Cauchy Biogeography-Based Optimization based on lateral inhibition for image matching

In this paper, a hybrid method of Cauchy Biogeography-Based Optimization (CBBO) and Lateral Inhibition (LI) is proposed to complete the task of complicated image matching. Lateral inhibition mechanism is adopted for image pre-process to make the intensity gradient in the image contrastively strengthened. Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO) is a bio-inspired algorithm for global optimization which is based on the science of biogeography, searching for the global optimum mainly through two steps: migration and mutation. To promote the optimization performance, an improved version of the BBO method using Cauchy mutation operator is proposed. Cauchy mutation operator enhances the exploration ability of the algorithm and improves the diversity of population. The proposed LI-CBBO method for image matching inherits both the advantages of CBBO and lateral inhibition mechanism. Series of comparative experiments using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), LI-PSO, BBO and LI-BBO have been conducted to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed LI-CBBO.     

Biological image processing via Chaotic Differential Search and lateral inhibition

In this paper, we propose a hybrid biological image processing approach, which is based on Chaotic Differential Search (CDS) algorithm and lateral inhibition (LI) mechanism. We named this hybrid biological image processing approach as LI-CDS. Differential Search (DS) algorithm is a new bio-inspired optimization algorithm mimicking the migration behavior of an organism, and has been successfully used for solution of coordinate system transformation. The property of chaotic variable is integrated into DS to improve its search strategy so that it can escape from the local optimum. Furthermore, lateral inhibition mechanism, which is verified to have good effects on image edge extraction and image enhancement, is employed to pre-process images involved. In this hybrid biological image processing mechanism, our proposed LI-CDS method incorporates both advantages of chaos theory and lateral inhibition mechanism. Series of comparative experimental results by using LI-CDS, DS, CDS and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) demonstrate that the proposed LI-CDS performs better than the other three methods.     

Hybrid bio-inspired lateral inhibition and Imperialist Competitive Algorithm for complicated image matching

Bio-inspired intelligent algorithms, such as Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), have been applied to solve image matching problems. However, due to high computational complexity and premature convergence problems associated with these methods, they have limitations in defining the global optimal matcher efficiently and accurately. To address these problems, we proposed a hybrid bio-inspired optimization approach, coupling the lateral inhibition mechanism and Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA), to solve complicated image matching problems. With the adoption of the lateral inhibition mechanism, the global convergence of conventional ICA algorithms has been greatly improved. We demonstrate the efficiency and feasibility of the proposed approach by extensive comparative experiments.     

A chaotic quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization based on lateral inhibition for image matching

A novel Chaotic Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization Based on Lateral Inhibition (LI-CQPSO) is proposed in this paper, which is used to solve complicated image matching problems. As one of the meta-heuristic algorithms inspired by biological behaviors, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has been successfully applied to image matching. However, high computational complexity and premature convergence of PSO are the main drawbacks that limit its further application. In this work, the proposed LI-CQPSO which combines advantages of chaos theory, quantum and lateral inhibition could have better performance. Chaos can guarantee the PSO escaping from local best, quantum can make the traditional PSO with better searching performance as well as having fewer parameters to control, and lateral inhibition is applied to extract the edge of the images by sharpening the spatial profile of excitation in response to a localized stimulus. The detailed process of LI-CQPSO is also given. The effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed algorithm are illustrated in solving image matching problems by series of comparative experiments with PSO, QPSO, and LI-PSO.     

基于微粒群区域搜索和小波评价的差分式自动聚焦

为进一步提高图像法自动聚焦的性能,提出了一种差分式提取图像边缘的方法,并构造了图像清晰度的小波评价函数,同时利用微粒群(PSO)算法对聚焦区域进行快速搜索。首先,介绍了差分式边缘提取方法及其优势,给出了一种评价区域的选取判据以及基于PSO的高效搜索方法;然后,对小波评价函数参数进行了比较分析和优选;最后,与传统方法进行了对比实验。结果表明,由于采用了差分式提取方法以及新的自适应聚焦窗口和评价函数,聚焦曲线较传统方法具有更高的调焦分辨率,PSO算法的使用使聚焦速度提高了约170 ms,聚焦精度约为2.3μm,同时调焦效果不受初始位置的影响。     

中医按摩机器人专家控制系统的研究

为改进传统模糊C均值聚类(FCM)算法对初始聚类中心敏感、易陷入局部收敛、抗噪性差、计算量大的问题,提出一种新的基于改进粒子群算法的快速模糊聚类图像分割方法(PSOFFCM)。方法首先利用自适应中值滤波对图像进行滤波处理,增强算法的鲁棒性;然后,将图像像素灰度值映射到二维直方图特征空间,作为聚类样本,优化FCM的目标函数,减少图像分割的计算量;最后,利用PSO算法代替FCM的梯度迭代过程,减弱了算法对初始聚类中心的依赖,同时增强全局搜索能力。实验结果表明,该方法不仅克服了FCM算法对初始聚类中心的依赖,而且抗噪能力强,收敛速度快,分割精度明显优于传统FCM。     

一种基于词袋模型的大规模图像层次化分组算法

大规模图像集合的自动分组,不仅可以帮助用户快速组织和掌握图像集合的内容,并且是基于图像的三维场景重建应用的前提和重要环节。提出一种基于词袋模型（bag-of-words, BOW）的层次化分组算法,将每幅图像表示为一个超高维视词向量,利用多路量化技术将内容相似的图像量化到同一个节点,从而完成对图像粗略分组。然后,在每组类别里面,对图像的局部特征向量进行逐一匹配,并利用仿射空间不变量的约束条件,去除不可靠特征匹配,得到更为准确可靠的图像相似度度量,从而完成图像的精细分组。实验结果表明:从得到的系统不同阶段图像分组的查准率-查全率（precision-recall）曲线可以看出,精细分组过程可以显著提高粗分组精度,并且在精细分组阶段,使用约束条件比不使用约束还能获得更高的分组精度     

Mode Converter Synthesis by the Particle Swarm Optimization

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an effective, simple and promising method intended for the fast search in multi-dimensional space [Kennedy and Eberhart, "Particle Swarm Optimization", Proc. of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, 1995]. Besides special testing problems a number of engineering tasks of electrodynamics were solved by the PSO successfully [Robinson and Rahmat-Samii, "Particle Swarm Optimization in Electromagnetics", IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 2004; Jin and Rahmat-Samii, "Parallel Particle Swarm Optimization and Finite-Difference Time-Domain (PSO/FDTD) Algorithm for Multband and Wide-Band Patch Antenna Designs", IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 2005]. On the other hand, the scattering matrix technique is a fast and accurate method of mode converter analysis. We illustrate PSO by a number of converter designs developed for high-power microwaves control: a matching horn for output maser section, a corrugated converter of linear-polarized hybrid modes, a TE₀₁ mitre bend.     

Parameter estimation for chaotic systems with a Drift Particle Swarm Optimization method

Inspired by the motion of electrons in metal conductors in an electric field, we propose a variant of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), called Drift Particle Swarm Optimization (DPSO) algorithm, and apply it in estimating the unknown parameters of chaotic dynamic systems. The principle and procedure of DPSO are presented, and the algorithm is used to identify Lorenz system and Chen system. The experiment results show that for the given parameter configurations, DPSO can identify the parameters of the systems accurately and effectively, and it may be a promising tool for chaotic system identification as well as other numerical optimization problems in physics.     

基于混合粒子群优化算法的DV-Hop定位算法

针对无线传感器网络节点定位技术中DV-Hop算法的不足,利用混合粒子群优化算法对DV-Hop算法的位置估计进行校正,提出了一种CCPDV-Hop算法,该方法在不需要任何额外硬件设备和通信开销基础上,将未知节点定位问题抽象为高维最优化问题,并利用混合粒子群优化算法进行求解。仿真实验结果表明,改进的DV-Hop算法与传统方法相比,定位误差显著下降,定位精度和鲁棒性都有明显提高。     

基于粒子群算法的多阈值图像分割方法

在对粒子群优化算法的基本原理和方法进行简要概述的基础上,提出了一种基于粒子群的多阈值图像分割算法。算法采用信息熵构建优化目标函数,提出了新的粒子更新准测,并以此对图像进行了多阈值优化搜索。实验表明,该算法不仅能对图像进行正确的分割,而且还具有稳定性高,易于实现,速度快等特点。     

A Hybrid Rao-NM Algorithm for Image Template Matching

This paper proposes a hybrid Rao-Nelder–Mead (Rao-NM) algorithm for image template matching is proposed. The developed algorithm incorporates the Rao-1 algorithm and NM algorithm serially. Thus, the powerful global search capability of the Rao-1 algorithm and local search capability of NM algorithm is fully exploited. It can quickly and accurately search for the high-quality optimal solution on the basis of ensuring global convergence. The computing time is highly reduced, while the matching accuracy is significantly improved. Four commonly applied optimization problems and three image datasets are employed to assess the performance of the proposed method. Meanwhile, three commonly used algorithms, including generic Rao-1 algorithm, particle swarm optimization (PSO), genetic algorithm (GA), are considered as benchmarking algorithms. The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed method is effective and efficient in solving image matching problems.     

基于无人机载的光电与SAR图像融合技术研究

为了提高无人机侦察识别能力,提出基于小波变换方法的无人机载光电与SAR的图像融合技术。经时间配准算法生成图像配准源,采用SIFT算法提取图像特征点,BBF算法计算生成匹配点集,依据匹配点集计算图像间透视变换模型完成图像配准,利用小波变换算法实现配准图像融合。经实验验证以及利用Matlab分析图像灰度直方图和计算信息量,结果表明:融合图像保留了光电图像95.7%的细节(熵),相比于光电图像平均梯度提高了1.52倍,增强了光电图像目标区对比度,降低了随机性噪点;融合图像相比于SAR图像信息量提高了1.44倍。     

基于微粒群区域搜索和小波评价的差分式自动聚焦

为进一步提高图像法自动聚焦的性能,提出了一种差分式提取图像边缘的方法,并构造了图像清晰度的小波评价函数,同时利用微粒群（PSO）算法对聚焦区域进行快速搜索。首先,介绍了差分式边缘提取方法及其优势,给出了一种评价区域的选取判据以及基于PSO的高效搜索方法;然后,对小波评价函数参数进行了比较分析和优选;最后,与传统方法进行了对比实验。结果表明,由于采用了差分式提取方法以及新的自适应聚焦窗口和评价函数,聚焦曲线较传统方法具有更高的调焦分辨率,PSO算法的使用使聚焦速度提高了约170 ms,聚焦精度约为2.3μm,同时调焦效果不受初始位置的影响。     

Chaos-based image encryption using a hybrid genetic algorithm and a DNA sequence

The paper studies a recently developed evolutionary-based image encryption algorithm. A novel image encryption algorithm based on a hybrid model of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) masking, a genetic algorithm (GA) and a logistic map is proposed. This study uses DNA and logistic map functions to create the number of initial DNA masks and applies GA to determine the best mask for encryption. The significant advantage of this approach is improving the quality of DNA masks to obtain the best mask that is compatible with plain images. The experimental results and computer simulations both confirm that the proposed scheme not only demonstrates excellent encryption but also resists various typical attacks.     

一种结合并行成像和压缩感知的快速磁共振成像新方法

压缩感知（CS）技术和并行成像技术（主要是SENSE技术、GRAPPA技术等）都能通过减少k空间数据的采集量来加快磁共振成像速度,目前已有一些将两种方法相结合进一步加速磁共振成像速度的方法（例如CS-GRAPPA）.本文针对数据采集和重建这两方面对现有CS-GRAPPA方法进行了改进,采集方式上采用了局部等间隔采集模板以满足GRAPPA重建的要求,并对采集模板进行随机放置以满足CS重建的要求;数据重建时,根据自动校正数据估算GRAPPA算法中欠采行的重建误差,并利用误差的大小确定在CS算法中保真的程度.不同磁共振图像重建实验的结果表明：与现有方法相比,本文方法能够更好地保留原有图像细节并有效减少伪影.     

灰度人脸识别形态学相关的一般理论研究

提出一般形态学相关概念,并提出一种小型联合变换相关器的硬件设计以实现一般形态学相关.提出两种改进的一般形态学相关算法,灰度图像按某种分解方法分解成一系列二值图像片.在第一种算法中,每片二值联合图像片的边缘被检测,其功率谱求和.在第二种算法中,一种情况是每片的联合变换功率谱被二值化或细化再求和;另一种情况是这些片的联合变换功率谱的总和被二值化或细化.计算机模拟结果表明,改进后的算法能改善高相似度灰度人脸图像识别的鉴别率.     

宽带喇曼/EDFA混合放大器的优化设计

采用改进的模拟退火算法对Raman/EDFA混合放大器的增益谱进行了优化,根据EDFA及Raman的功率传播方程获得了简洁的目标函数.通过对模拟退火算法几个优化环节的改进,使其能够更快速地应用于Raman/EDFA的多峰值问题的优化设计,可以在短时间内获得最优的放大器参量.计算结果表明选择合适的喇曼抽运波长和抽运功率,仅用4个反向抽运的分布式喇曼放大器加C波段的EDFA就可以获得C+L波段约70 nm的带宽、开关增益达到15 dB、最大增益波动小于1.2 dB的平坦增益谱,而且无需额外的平坦滤波器.     

Real-time application of critical dimension measurement of TFT-LCD pattern using a newly proposed 2D image-processing algorithm

A critical dimension measurement system for TFT-LCD patterns has been implemented in this study. To improve the measurement accuracy, an imaging auto-focus algorithm, fast pattern-matching algorithm, and precise edge detection algorithm with subpixel accuracy have been developed and implemented in the system.The optimum focusing position can be calculated using the image focus estimator. The two-step auto-focusing technique has been newly proposed for various LCD patterns, and various focus estimators have been compared to select a stable and accurate one.Fast pattern matching and subpixel edge detection have been developed for measurement. The new approach, called NEMC, is based on edge detection for the selection of influential points; in this approach, points having a strong edge magnitude are only used in the matching procedure. To accelerate pattern matching, point correlation and an image pyramid structure are combined.Edge detection is the most important technique in a vision inspection system. A two-stage edge detection algorithm has been introduced. In the first stage, a first order derivative operator such as the Sobel operator is used to place the edge points and to find the edge directions using a least-square estimation method with pixel accuracy. In the second stage, an eight-connected neighborhood of the estimated edge points is convolved with the LoG (Laplacian of Gaussian) operator, and the LoG-filtered image can be modeled as a continuous function using the facet model. The measurement results of the various patterns are finally presented.The developed system has been successfully used in the TFT-LCD manufacturing industry, and repeatability of less than 30 nm (3σ) can be obtained with a very fast inspection time.     

LDPC coded DFT/DCT-spread SC-FDMA for image communication: A compressed sensing approach

A compressed sensing (CS)-based detector is proposed for the low-density parity-check (LDPC) coded single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) scheme. The proposed CS-based detector can be employed at the receiver of LDPC-coded SC-FDMA systems for efficient image communications over vehicular channels. The proposed detector employs a suitable sparse recovery algorithm. We have considered both the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based and the discrete cosine transform (DCT)-based SC-FDMA for mitigating the channel-induced dispersion at a low peak to average power ratio (PAPR). Additionally, both the linear equalizer (LE) and the decision feedback equalizer (DFE)-based SC-FDMA have been considered for image communication. The performance of the proposed technique is investigated using a number of image quality metrics. The qualities of the received images are also compared visually. The complexity of the proposed detector and that of the benchmark detectors are quantified. Furthermore, the performance and the complexity of the proposed system using some of the sparse recovery techniques are investigated and compared. Our simulations demonstrate that LDPC coded SC-FDMA using the compressed sampling matching pursuit (CoSaMP)-based CS detector can significantly improve the performance of image communication over vehicular channels.