• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.205-212
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• 2017

Chronic diffuse hepatopathy is one of the important clinical tasks to reduce mortality and morbidity due to liver cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the criteria for predicting liver and chronic liver disease using Fibroscan based on ultrasound diagnosis. Serum and liver stiffness measurement(kPa) were analyzed in 280 patients and cut-off values of liver stiffness measurement for predicting fatty liver and chronic diffuse hepatopathy were determined using ROC curve analysis. Bilirubin and PT(prothrombin time) were not related to disease prediction(p=0.243, p=0.115). Serum glucose and triglyceride levels were significantly higher in the liver (p<0.05). The cut-off value for predicting chronic diffuse hepatopathy was determined as 10.3 kPa(AUC 0.98, sensitivity 94.94%, specificity 94.93%) in the order of control group, fatty liver and chronic diffuse hepatopathy. Therefore, it will be used as a primary tool for the diagnosis of chronic liver disease patients with quantitative evaluation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.211-219
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• 2006

The UET(ultrasound excited thermography) for the ,eat-time diagnostics of the object employs an infrared camera to image defects of the surface and subsurface which are locally heated using high-frequency putted ultrasonic excitation. The dissipation of high-power ultrasonic energy around the feces of the defects causes an increase In temperature. The defect's image appears as a hot spot (bright IR source) within a dark background field. The UET for nondestructive diagnostic and evaluation is based on the image analysis of the hot spot as a local response to ultrasonic excited heat deposition. In this paper the applicability of VET for fast imaging of defect is described. The ultrasonic energy is injected into the sample through a transducer in the vertical and horizontal directions respectively. The voltage applied to the transducer is measured by digital oscilloscope, and the waveform are compared. Measurements were performed on four kinds of materials: SUS fatigue crack specimen(thickness 14mm), PCB plate(1.8 mm), CFRP plate(3 mm) and Inconel 600 plate (1 mm). A high power ultrasonic energy with pulse durations of 250ms Is injected into the samples in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively The obtained experimental result reveals that the dissipation loss of the ultrasonic energy In the vertical injection is less than that in the horizontal direction. In the cafe or PCB, CFRP, the size of hot spot in the vortical injection if larger than that in horizontal direction. Duration time of the hot spot in the vertical direction is three times as long as that in the horizontal direction. In the case of Inconel 600 plate and SUS sample, the hot spot in the horizontal injection was detected faster than that in the vertical direction

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.46 no.6
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• pp.475-484
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• 2023

This study aimed to compare filters for reducing speckle noise in ultrasound images using clinical liver images. We acquired the clinical liver ultrasound images, and noisy images were obtained by adding 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.50 intensity levels of speckle noise to the liver images. The Wiener filter, median modified Wiener filter, gamma filter, and Lee filter were designed for the noisy images by setting window sizes at 3×3, 5×5, and 7×7. The coefficient of variation (COV) and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) were calculated to evaluate noise reduction and various filters. Moreover, the filter with the highest image quality was selected and quantitatively compared to a noisy image. As a result, COV and CNR showed the noise improved result when the Lee filter was applied. Furthermore, the Lee filter image with a window size of 7×7 was noted to possess approximately a minimum of 1.28 to a maximum of 3.38 times better COV and a minimum of 2.18 to a maximum of 5.50 times better CNR than the noisy image. In conclusion, we confirmed that the Lee filter was effective in reducing speckle noise and proved that an appropriate window size needs to be set considering blurring.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1916-1920
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• 2010

영상수위계는 카메라에 의해서 수위표를 촬영하여 촬영된 영상을 처리하여 수위값으로 변환하여 자동적으로 수위를 측정하는 장비이다. 이 수위계는 기존 수위측정 장비인 부자식, 압력식, 기포식, 초음파식, 레이다식과는 달리 수위표를 촬영한 영상으로부터 수위를 직접 눈으로 확인할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이로 인해 영상자료로부터 측정된 수위를 검증할 수 있어 수위측정의 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있다. 그리고 수위표 영상과 더불어 관측지점 주변의 전체 영상을 동시에 촬영하여 실시간으로 전송하기 때문에 홍수시 하천 상황에 대한 모니터링 목적으로 사용될 수 있다. 영상수위계 시스템은 크게 메인제어기, 전원부, 서버부 및 카메라부로 구성되어 있다. 현재 운영되고 있는 시스템은 전원장치 리셋시 전 시스템을 리셋해야하고, 상전 단전시 전 시스템이 off된다. 그리고 별도의 통신모듈을 사용하여 장비간 통신이 이루어지고 있다. 또한 카메라부에는 렌즈와 팬/틸트를 제어하기 위한 별도의 장비가 포함되어 있고, 백색 LED 조명이 사용되어 야간에 수위인식주기마다 조명이 on/off 되고 있다. 위와 같은 전원장치의 운영으로 시스템을 안정적으로 운영할 수 없다. 그리고 수위 오인식을 최소화하기 위해서는 연속적인 수위 인식이 필요하지만, 백색 LED조명과 1초에 2프레임을 캡쳐하는 비디오 캡쳐방식에 의해 시스템을 상시로 운영하는 것이 곤란하다. 현재 운영 중인 영상수위계를 안정적으로 운영할 수 있도록 장비별로 제어가 가능하도록 전원 제어장치를 개발하였고, 상전 단전시 최소 30분 정도 전원을 유지할 수 있도록 무정전전원장치(UPS)를 설치하였으며, 측정자료의 저장장치를 하드디스크 타입에서 Flash SSD 메모리 타입으로 교체하였다. 또한 영상수위계 시스템을 상시 운영할 수 있도록 백색 LED조명을 적외선 LED조명으로 교체하였고, 1초에 1회 수위를 인식하도록 수위인식주기와 1초에 25프레임 캡쳐할 수 있도록 비디오 캡쳐방식을 개선하였다. 위와 같은 시스템의 개선으로 시스템을 안정적으로 운영할 수 있게 되어 시스템 고장에 의해 발생하는 수위 결측을 감소시킬 수 있고, 시스템의 상시 운영으로 수 위 오인식을 최소화시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.367-370
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• 2009

A 5-year-old, intact female Shih-Tzu dog was presented with 1 year history of icterus, ascites and anorexia. The serum biochemistry revealed elevated liver enzyme levels. Microhepatica and decreased serosal detail were detected in abdominal radiography. Abdominal ultrasonographic findings included irregular liver margins, multifocal hypoechoic nodules in the liver parenchyma, and ascites. Computed tomography (CT) showed multifocal hypodense nodules with ring-like contrast enhancement. Cytologic and histopathologic examination by liver core biopsy revealed fibrosis. Cirrhosis was diagnosed based on above results. This report focuses on the imaging characteristics of ultrasonography and CT for liver cirrhosis in a dog.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.117-124
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• 2004

In this paper, we have been implemented the QPSK-based underwater transmission systems using DSP in order to transmit the underwater image data. We have adopted a BDPA (Block Data Parallel Architecture) to control multiple DSPs used in the transmitter and receiver in order to transmit the image data in real-time. We also have developed GUI software in order to drive and to debug the implemanted system in real-time. We have executed open sea tests in order to analyze the performance of the implemented system at East Sea near Kosung in Kangwon-Do. As a result of these experiments, it has been demonstrated that 10 kbps image data can be received without errors at 30m and 80m depth points, while the distance between the transmitter and the receiver is up to 20m.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.187-194
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pathologic results of hepatic parenchyma parameters such as liver parenchyma, liver surface, liver margin and liver, portal vein, spleen size, And to evaluate the usefulness of fibrosis progression and hepatic ultrasonography. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and prognostic value according to the stage of fibrosis and grade of inflammation were divided into two groups according to the morphologic variable "A" through ultrasound and "B" We evaluated the predictive value and predicted the variables to evaluate fibrosis in clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic liver disease. The sensitivity and specificity of hepatic fibrosis in hepatic morphologic variables and other size variables were highest in liver surface and edge. The morphologic parameters used in the evaluation of fibrosis were clinically relevant in distinguishing the fibrosis stage from the results of liver biopsy.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.519-526
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• 2000

볼륨 렌더링은 3D 의료영상 데이터를 가시화하는 중용한 기법 중 하나이다. 그러나 볼륨 렌더링을 실시간으로 이룰 때, 많은 계산량을 필요로하는 것이 볼률 렌더링을 사용하는데 걸림돌이 되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 Superscalar와 VLIM(Very Long Instruction Word)의 구조를 가지고 있어 동시에 8개의 명령어 수행이 가능한 TI사의 TMS320C6201 DSP를 이용하여 3D 초음파 영상의 쉬어-웝 볼륨 렌더링을 구현하였다. 쉬어-웝 방법을 DSP 상에서 최적으로 구현하기 위하여 ray map 방법, one-to-four ray casting, ？디 skipping 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법들을 이용한 볼륨 렌더링과 적용하지 않은 기존의 알고리즘을 DSP에 구현하여 PSNR과 렌더링 시간의 비교·평가를 통해 만족할 만한 영상 화질에 빠른 렌더링 성능을 얻을 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.556-560
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• 1993

최근 모든 산업에 있어서 자동화에 대한 요구가 높아지고 있다. 모든 자동화는 힘들고 어려운 작업을 기계가 인간을 대신하여 수행하며 품질 및 생산성을 향상시킨다는 관점에서 끊임없이 추구되고 있다. 용접 자동화도 그 예외는 아니어서 용접 구조물 제작의 경우, 임의의 용접 경로를 추적하는 방법과 공정 변수의 제어법 등이 현재 연구되고 있다. 특히 용접 공정중 용접선 경로 변화를 측정할 수 있는 센서가 용접 공정의 자동화에 필수적이다. 이러한 센서중에는 아크센서, 시각센서, 초음파센서, 레이저센서가 있으며, 이중 널리 이용되고 있는 것은 팁-모재간의 거리변화에 따른 전류 또는 전압 변화를 모델링하여 위치 정보로 이용하는 아크센서와, 카메라를 이용한 영상 정보를 처리함으로써 토치가 이동해야 항 위치를 찾는 시각센서가 있다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.377-388
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• 2011

Surface Image Velocimetry (SIV) is a recently-developed discharge measurement instrument. It uses image processing techniques to measure the water surface velocity and estimate water discharge with given cross section. The present study aims to implement a FSIV (Fixed-type Surface Image Velocimetry) at Soojeon Bridge in the Dalcheon. The hardware system consists of two digital cameras, a computer, and a pressure-type water stage gauge. The images taken with the hardware system are sent to a server computer via a wireless internet, and analyzed with a image processing software (SIV software). The estimated discharges were compared with the observed discharges through Goesan dam spillway and index velocity method using ADVM. The computed results showed a good agreement with the observed one, except for the night time. The results compared with discharges through Goesan dam spillway reached around 5~10% in the case of discharge over 30 m3/s, and the results compared with discharges through index velocity method using ADVM reached around 5% in the case of discharge over 200 $m^3/s$. Considering the low cost of the system and the visual inspection of the site situation with the images, the SIV would be fairly good way to measure water discharge in real time.