This master`s thesis is focused on a suppression of a distorsion in iris images. The aim of this work is to study and describe existing degradation methods (1D motion blur, uniform 2D motion blur, Gaussian blur, atmospheric turbulence blur, and out of focus blur). Furthermore, these methods are implemented and tested on a set of images. Then, we designed methods for suppression of these distorsions - inverse filtration, Wiener filtration and iterative deconvolution. All of these methods were tested and evaluated. Based on the experimental results, we can conclude that the Wiener-filter restoration is the most accurate approach from our test set. It achieves the best results in both normal and iterative mode.

This master's thesis deals with the optimization of numerical coefficients of the Wiener filter for muscle noise filtering in ECG signals. The theoretical part deals with ECG signal characteristic and muscle interference. It also contains a summary of the wavelet transform, wavelet Wiener's filtration, methods for calculating of the threshold and thresholding. In the last theoretical part the characteristic optimization techniques, the exhausive search and Nelder-Mead simplex method are mentioned, which were implemented in the practical part of this thesis in MATLAB. The functional verification and Wiener's filter optimization were tested on the standard electrocardiograms database CSE. By using the methods of exhausive search, the initial estimate for the solution method Nelder-Mead was obtained. The optimization method Nelder-Mead gives better results in the orders of hundredths or tenths than the method of exhausive search. The practical part is finished by the comparison of results of implemented algorithm with optimum coefficients, implemented in this thesis, with the results of other methods for filtering muscle interference in ECG signals.

Life on Earth is strongly related to the Sun, which makes it a vital star to study and understand. To improve our knowledge of the way the Sun works, many satellites have been launched into space to monitor the Sun‟s activities where the one of main focus is the effect of these activities on the Earth‟s climate; PICARD is one such satellite. Due to the noise associated with SODISM images, the clarity of these images and the appearance of solar features are affected. Image denoising and enhancement are the main techniques to improve the visual appearance of SODISM images. Affective de-noising algorithm methods depend on a proper detecting of noise present in the image. The aim is to identify which type of noise is present in the image. To reach this point, supervised machine-learning (ML) classifier is used to classify the type of noise present in the image. Furthermore, this work introduces a novel technique developed to enhance the quality of SODISM images. In this thesis, the Modified Undecimated Discrete Wavelet Transform (M-UDWT) technique is used to de-noise and enhance the quality of SODISM images. The proposed method is robust and effectively improves the quality of SODISM images, and produces more precise information and clear feature are brought out. In addition, the non wavelet enhancement is developed as well in this thesis. The results of this algorithm is discussed. The new methods are also assessed using two different methods: subjective (by human observation) and objective (by calculation)

Ocean-surface Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are essential in various thalassic applications, such as maritime communication, ocean monitoring, seawater examination, pollution detection, etc. Formed by simple structured sensor nodes, ocean-surface WSN can improve the data transmission rate, enhance the monitoring resolution, expand the geographical coverage, extend the observation period, and lower the cost compared to the vessel-based monitoring approaches. Despite the importance and the broad applications of ocean-surface WSNs, little is known about the stability of the wireless links among the sensors. Especially, research suffers from the lack of an accurate model that describes the environmnetal effects, including the ocean surface movements and the wind speed on the link stability. The inappropriate understanding of link stability can result in network protocols that are not robust to environmental interruptions. Such a shortcoming decreases the network reliability and degrades the accuracy of the network planning. To compensate for this shortcoming, in this dissertation, we provide a thorough analysis on the stability of the wireless links over the ocean. In particular, we investigate and capture the effects of ocean waves on the link stability through the following steps. First, we use the linear wave theory and obtain a novel stochastic model of Line-of-Sight (LoS) links over the ocean based on the realistic behavior of ocean waves. Second, we present and prove an important theorem on the level-crossing of Wide Sense Stationary (WSS) random processes, and combine that with our stochastic model of LoS links to study two important indicators of link stability, i.e., the blockage probability and the blockage and connectivity periods. The former indicates the probability that a LoS link is blocked by the ocean waves while the latter determines the duration of on/off periods of the LoS links over the ocean. The aforementioned stability parameters directly affect different stages of network design, such as choosing the antenna height, planning the sensors' deployment distances, determining the packet length, designing the retransmission and scheduling strategies in the Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols and transport layer protocols, selecting the fragmentation threshold in Internet Protocol (IP), etc., which will be discussed in the respective chapters. In the last part of our dissertation, we investigate the problem of linear prediction of ocean waves, which has special importance in the design of ocean-surface WSNs. In this regard, we first introduce a low-complexity metric for effectiveness of k-step-ahead linear prediction, which we refer to as efficiency curve. The significance of efficiency curve becomes evident when we decide upon the number of previous samples in the linear prediction model, and determine the extent to which the predictor forecasts the future. After efficiency curve, we formulate an adaptive Wiener filter to predict the ocean waves and adapt the prediction model according to the environmental changes. / Doctor of Philosophy / Covering almost three quarters of the earth and supplying half of its oxygen, oceans are vital to the support of life on our planet. It is important to continuously monitor different parts of the ocean environment for tracking climate changes, detecting pollution, etc. However, the existing monitoring approaches have serious weaknesses, which prevent us from constantly monitoring the state of ocean, and drastically limit the geographical coverage. For instance, the traditional ocean monitoring system using oceanographic research vessels is time-consuming and expensive. Besides, it has low resolution in time and space, which poses serious challenges to oceanographers by providing under-sampled records of the ocean. To compensate for these defects, one of the promising alternatives is to employ Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) which has many advantages, such as real-time access to data for a longer period of time and a larger geographical coverage of the ocean, higher resolution of monitoring, faster processing of collected data and instantaneous transmission to onshore monitoring centers. With the benefit of simple structure sensor nodes, ocean-surface WSNs can also decrease the cost by at least one order of magnitude compared to the conventional approaches. Despite the advantages that ocean surface WSN have over traditional ocean monitoring methods, ocean surface WSN research suffers from the lack of an accurate model that describes the stability of wireless links among sensor nodes. While some of the existing literature has developed accurate models of the electromagnetic wave propagation over the ocean surface, they have failed to consider the environmental effects, such as ocean waves on the stability of the links. To fill this void, in this dissertation, we investigate ocean surface waves' effects on the Line-of-Sight (LoS) link between the sensors in an ocean-surface WSN. Specifically, we derive the blockage probability, and the blockage and connectivity periods of LoS links between a transmitter and receiver pair due to wave movements. In addition to the link stability analysis, we dedicate the last part of this dissertation to look into the problem of linear prediction of ocean waves, which has special importance in the design process of ocean-surface WSNs. In this regard, we present a low-complexity metric for effectiveness of k-step-ahead linear prediction, and formulate an adaptive Wiener filter to predict the ocean waves and adapt the prediction model according to the environmental changes.

Atributos visuais de textura e forma foram investigados para a recuperação baseada em conteúdo de imagens mamográficas (CBIR). Para a similaridade de imagens, foi considerada a estrutura de densidade mamária, representada principalmente pelos tecidos fibro-glandulares. A pesquisa consistiu de três etapas: (1) Preparação e processamento das imagens; (2) Extração e seleção de atributos visuais de textura e forma; (3) Implementação de um sistema de recuperação de imagem. A primeira etapa consistiu dos processos de retirada de ruído do fundo da imagem, segmentação da região da mama, detecção da região de músculo peitoral, localização do mamilo e da segmentação da região de tecidos fibro-glandulares. Utilizou-se a equação de Difusão Anisotrópica com filtro de Wiener para retirada e suavização de ruídos encontrados na imagem e preservação da borda da mama. Para a segmentação da região da mama, foram utilizadas as técnicas de limiarização de Princípio de Máxima Entropia, Método de Preservação de Momento, Método de Otsu, Método interativo de Ridler & Carvard, Método de Reddi e Método da Matriz de Co-ocorrência. A melhor imagem foi escolhida numa tarefa supervisionada. A detecção automática da região do músculo peitoral foi feita com a combinação do operador de Canny e a transformada de Radon como detector de linha. A posição do mamilo foi detectada com a transformada de Radon como detector de direção de densidade. A segmentação da região de tecidos fibro-glandulares foi feita também com as técnicas de limiarização do Princípio de Máxima Entropia, Método de Preservação de Momento, e Método de Otsu. Momentos Estatísticos extraídos do Histograma, Medida de Granulometria, Momentos Estatísticos extraídos do Domínio de Radon, Momento de Hu, e Textura de Haralick foram investigados como atributos de textura. Medida de Área, Circularidade e Razão de Diâmetro foram investigados como atributos de forma. A rede de Mapas Auto-Organizáveis de Kohonen foi utilizada como sistema de recuperação de imagem. Foram utilizadas, neste trabalho, 1080 imagens do projeto de Banco de Imagens do HCFMRP-USP, módulo Mamografia. O treinamento e teste foram feitos com a técnica de \"leaving-one-out\" e os melhores resultados obtidos foram: Taxa de precisão de 91,07% para a combinação dos cinco grupos de atributos de Forma, Estatísticos Extraídos do Histograma, Momento de Hu, Espectral no Domínio de Radon e de Medida de Granulometria; taxa de precisão e revocação do coeficiente de correlação médio representadas pela área sob a curva com valor de 0,02351 dos grupos de atributos de forma, de Textura de Haralick e Momento de Hu. Os resultados obtidos indicaram a relevância de nosso trabalho e seu potencial de utilização para a recuperação baseada em conteúdo de imagens mamográficas. / Visual texture based on texture and shape features were investigated for content-based mammographic images retrieval (CBIR). For similarity of images, the mammary density structures were considered, mainly represented by fibro-glandular tissues. This research consisted of three stages: (1) Images preparation and processing; (2) Extraction and selection of the visual features; (3) Implementation of a retrieval system. The first stage consisted of noisy removing from the image background, breast region segmentation, pectoral muscle region detection, nipple localization and the fibro-glandular tissues region segmentation. The equation of Anisotropic Diffusion was used with Wiener filter for noisy removing with the breast region edge preservation. For the breast region segmentation, the Thresholding techniques were used of Maximum Entropy Principle, Moment Preserving Method, Otsu Method, Ridler & Carvard Method, Reddi Method and Co-occurrence Matrix Method. The better image was chosen in a supervised task. The automatic pectoral muscle region detection was made with the Canny operator and Radon Transform combination as straight line detector. The nipple position was detected with the Radon Transform as density direction detector. The fibro-glandular tissues region was also defined with the thresholding techniques of the Maximum Entropy Principle, Moment Preserving Method, and Otsu Method. The Statistical Moments extracted from the Histogram, Measured of Granulometry, Statistical Moments extracted in Radon Domain, Moment of Hu, and Haralick Textures were investigated as texture features. Area, Circularity and Diameter Ratio were investigated as shape features. The Self-Organizing Maps of Kohonen was used as image retrieval system. One thousand and eighty images of the HCFMRP-USP Database Project, Mammography Module, were used in this work. The training and test processes were realized with the \"leaving-one-out\" technique and the best results obtained were: The precision rate of 91,07% for the combination of the five following features group: Shape, Statistical Moments extracted of the Histogram, Moment of Hu, Statistical Moments extracted in Radon Domain and Measure of Granulometry; precision and revocation rates of the average coefficient of correlation represented by the area under the curve with value of 0,02351 for the three following features group: Shape, Haralick Textures and Moment de Hu. The results obtained indicated the relevance of our work for the content-based mammographic images retrieval.

Atributos visuais de textura e forma foram investigados para a recuperação baseada em conteúdo de imagens mamográficas (CBIR). Para a similaridade de imagens, foi considerada a estrutura de densidade mamária, representada principalmente pelos tecidos fibro-glandulares. A pesquisa consistiu de três etapas: (1) Preparação e processamento das imagens; (2) Extração e seleção de atributos visuais de textura e forma; (3) Implementação de um sistema de recuperação de imagem. A primeira etapa consistiu dos processos de retirada de ruído do fundo da imagem, segmentação da região da mama, detecção da região de músculo peitoral, localização do mamilo e da segmentação da região de tecidos fibro-glandulares. Utilizou-se a equação de Difusão Anisotrópica com filtro de Wiener para retirada e suavização de ruídos encontrados na imagem e preservação da borda da mama. Para a segmentação da região da mama, foram utilizadas as técnicas de limiarização de Princípio de Máxima Entropia, Método de Preservação de Momento, Método de Otsu, Método interativo de Ridler & Carvard, Método de Reddi e Método da Matriz de Co-ocorrência. A melhor imagem foi escolhida numa tarefa supervisionada. A detecção automática da região do músculo peitoral foi feita com a combinação do operador de Canny e a transformada de Radon como detector de linha. A posição do mamilo foi detectada com a transformada de Radon como detector de direção de densidade. A segmentação da região de tecidos fibro-glandulares foi feita também com as técnicas de limiarização do Princípio de Máxima Entropia, Método de Preservação de Momento, e Método de Otsu. Momentos Estatísticos extraídos do Histograma, Medida de Granulometria, Momentos Estatísticos extraídos do Domínio de Radon, Momento de Hu, e Textura de Haralick foram investigados como atributos de textura. Medida de Área, Circularidade e Razão de Diâmetro foram investigados como atributos de forma. A rede de Mapas Auto-Organizáveis de Kohonen foi utilizada como sistema de recuperação de imagem. Foram utilizadas, neste trabalho, 1080 imagens do projeto de Banco de Imagens do HCFMRP-USP, módulo Mamografia. O treinamento e teste foram feitos com a técnica de \"leaving-one-out\" e os melhores resultados obtidos foram: Taxa de precisão de 91,07% para a combinação dos cinco grupos de atributos de Forma, Estatísticos Extraídos do Histograma, Momento de Hu, Espectral no Domínio de Radon e de Medida de Granulometria; taxa de precisão e revocação do coeficiente de correlação médio representadas pela área sob a curva com valor de 0,02351 dos grupos de atributos de forma, de Textura de Haralick e Momento de Hu. Os resultados obtidos indicaram a relevância de nosso trabalho e seu potencial de utilização para a recuperação baseada em conteúdo de imagens mamográficas. / Visual texture based on texture and shape features were investigated for content-based mammographic images retrieval (CBIR). For similarity of images, the mammary density structures were considered, mainly represented by fibro-glandular tissues. This research consisted of three stages: (1) Images preparation and processing; (2) Extraction and selection of the visual features; (3) Implementation of a retrieval system. The first stage consisted of noisy removing from the image background, breast region segmentation, pectoral muscle region detection, nipple localization and the fibro-glandular tissues region segmentation. The equation of Anisotropic Diffusion was used with Wiener filter for noisy removing with the breast region edge preservation. For the breast region segmentation, the Thresholding techniques were used of Maximum Entropy Principle, Moment Preserving Method, Otsu Method, Ridler & Carvard Method, Reddi Method and Co-occurrence Matrix Method. The better image was chosen in a supervised task. The automatic pectoral muscle region detection was made with the Canny operator and Radon Transform combination as straight line detector. The nipple position was detected with the Radon Transform as density direction detector. The fibro-glandular tissues region was also defined with the thresholding techniques of the Maximum Entropy Principle, Moment Preserving Method, and Otsu Method. The Statistical Moments extracted from the Histogram, Measured of Granulometry, Statistical Moments extracted in Radon Domain, Moment of Hu, and Haralick Textures were investigated as texture features. Area, Circularity and Diameter Ratio were investigated as shape features. The Self-Organizing Maps of Kohonen was used as image retrieval system. One thousand and eighty images of the HCFMRP-USP Database Project, Mammography Module, were used in this work. The training and test processes were realized with the \"leaving-one-out\" technique and the best results obtained were: The precision rate of 91,07% for the combination of the five following features group: Shape, Statistical Moments extracted of the Histogram, Moment of Hu, Statistical Moments extracted in Radon Domain and Measure of Granulometry; precision and revocation rates of the average coefficient of correlation represented by the area under the curve with value of 0,02351 for the three following features group: Shape, Haralick Textures and Moment de Hu. The results obtained indicated the relevance of our work for the content-based mammographic images retrieval.

This thesis treats static and dynamic surface characterization using radiometric and Fourier optical methods. A Fourier optical method has been developed for real time image processing in paper production and printing applications. It has been shown that the method can be used to measure crepe frequency, an important parameter in tissue paper production, as well as to monitor the wire mark pattern at paper web velocities of up to 20 m/s. The wire mark pattern has been used to measure dimensional variations across a paper web. These are important for the mechanical properties of paper. Imaging of the moving surfaces onto a spatial light modulator, necessary for Fourier optical analysis of opaque objects, constitutes a motion blur problem. This problem has been solved by means of optical motion compensation using a rotating mirror. A rotating mirror system has also been developed for the inspection of small particles fixed to a rotating sample disc. The optical motion compensation configurations have made exposure times of more than two orders of magnitude longer than the exposure time without compensation possible. A light scattering model for opaque objects, for example coated paper, has also been developed and verified, with a coefficient of determination between theory and measurement ranging from r2=0.84 to r2=0.98, on various paper samples. The light scattering model has been used in the development of an instrument based on the photometric stereo principle. In this instrument the reflectance (or color) and topography of opaque samples are determined from two or more images of the sample illuminated from different directions. The method has been successfully used for studies of the relation between topography and print results in gravure and flexographic printing. Comparisons of surface height profiles measured with the photometric stereo method and profiles obtained with mechanical and optical scanning stylus instruments have shown coefficients of determination of up to r2=0.97. The main advantages of the method are the high speed, the scalability and the ability to obtain reflectance and surface height maps of a surface simultaneously.

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Ultrasound investigation is one of meaningful imaging at present. Advantages of ultrasound are, that it hasn´t side effects as a rtg radiation and it is noninvasive. Ultrasound diagnostic is exploited in all branch of medicine (urology, cardiology, orthopeadist, gynecology etc.) to display organs, tissues and cavities of the human body. We use display in 2D, 3D and most modern display in 4D. We can encounter with many kinds of artifact. Artifacts are described more closely at 3rd chapter. Speckle noise deteriorates informative yiled of ultrasound picture. We try to remove speckle noise by simpler methods or more complex methods of filtration. These methods are described at 5th chapter. Programme for speckle filtering from pictures is part of this master´s thesis.

The Gamma Knife is a non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery system used for treatments of deep targets in the brain. Accurate patient positioning is needed for precise radiation delivery to the target. The two latest versions of the Gamma Knife allow fractionated treatment by co-registering Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of the patient's position in the Gamma Knife with a diagnostic magnetic resonance (MR) image used for treatment planning. However, CBCT images often suffer from artifacts that degrade image quality, which may result in less accurate co-registration. This thesis project investigates the potential of a new reconstruction framework developed by Elekta, which incorporates scattering correction and noise filters, for the reconstruction of Gamma Knife CBCT images. The performance of the new reconstruction framework, along with its noise filter and scatter correction, is quantified using image quality metrics of phantoms, including contrast, uniformity, spatial resolution, and CT-number accuracy. Additionally, brain CBCT images of five patients are co-registered with their diagnostic MR images, and the mean target registration error is measured. The results indicate that the new reconstruction framework, without using scatter correction and noise filtering, performs equally well as the current framework in reconstructing Gamma Knife CBCT images, as it achieved similar image quality and co-registration accuracy. However, when the scatter correction was used, there were improvements in image uniformity and CT-number accuracy without compromising spatial resolution. Additionally, the introduction of a noise filter resulted in an improved contrast-to-noise ratio and low contrast visibility with minimal compromise of spatial resolution. Despite these image quality enhancements, there were no consistent improvements in co-registration accuracy, indicating that the co-registration is not sensitive to scatter or noise artefacts. / Gammakniven är en medicinteknisk apparat som används för icke-invasiv stereotaktisk strålkirurgi vid behandling av djupa mål i hjärnan. För att uppnå precision i strålbehandlingen krävs noggrann patientpositionering. De två senaste versionerna av Gammakniven tillåter fraktionerad behandling genom att co-registrera cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-bilder av patientens position i Gammakniven med en diagnostisk magnetresonans (MR)-bild som används för behandlingsplanering. Tyvärr lider CBCT-bilder ofta av artefakter som kan försämra bildkvaliteten och därmed minska precisionen i co-registreringen. Detta examensarbete undersöker ett nytt rekonstruktionsramverk som utvecklats av Elekta. Det nya rekonstruktionsramverket och dess tillhörande brusfilter och spridningskorrigering utvärderas för rekonstruktion av Gammaknivens CBCT bilder med hjälp av bildkvalitetsmått för fantomer, såsom kontrast, uniformitet, spatial upplösning och noggrannhet i CT-nummer. Dessutom co-registreras CBCT-bilder från fem patienter med deras diagnostiska MR-bilder, och det genomsnittliga registreringsfelet mäts. Resultaten visar att det nya rekonstruktionsramverket, utan användning av spridningskorrigering och brusfiltrering, presterar lika bra som det nuvarande ramverket för rekonstruktion av CBCT-bilder från Gammakniven. Båda ramverken ger liknande bildkvalitet och noggrannhet i co-registreringen av bilderna. Vid användning av spridningskorrigering observerades förbättringar i uniformiteten och noggrannheten i CT-nummer utan att den spatiala upplösningen försämrades. Införandet av brusfilter resulterade i ett förbättrat kontrast-brus-förhållande och synlighet av svaga kontrastskillnader med endast lite avkall på den spatiala upplösningen. Trots dessa förbättringar i bildkvaliteten observerades ingen konsekvent förbättring av noggrannheten i co-registreringen av bilderna, vilket tyder på att co-registreringen inte påverkas av spridnings- eller brusartefakter i stor utsträckning.