• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.679-685
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• 2017

Computed tomography has widely been used to diagnose patient disease, and patient dose also increase rapidly. To reduce the patient dose by CT, various techniques have been applied. The iterative reconstruction is used in view of image reconstruction. Image quality of the reconstructed section image through algebraic reconstruction technique, one of iterative reconstruction methods, was examined by the normalized root mean square error. The computer program was written with the Visual C++ under the parallel beam geometry, Shepp-Logan head phantom of $512{\times}512$ size, projections of 360, and detector-pixels of 1,024. The forward and backward projection was realized by Joseph method. The minimum NRMS of 0.108 was obtained after 10 iterations in the regularization parameter of 0.09-0.12, and the optimum image was obtained after 8 and 6 iterations for 0.1% and 0.2% noise. Variation of optimum value of the regularization parameter was observed according to the phantom used. If the ART was used in the reconstruction, the optimal value of the regularization parameter should be found in the case-by-case. By finding the optimal regularization parameter in the algebraic reconstruction technique, the reconstruction time can be reduced.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.65-70
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• 2018

Computed tomography system is widely used on various fields because section image of an object can be acquired. During several step to obtain section image, artifacts by many error factors can be added on the image. Ring artifact induced by the CT system is examined in this study. A test phantom of $512{\times}512$ size was constructed numerically, and the ring artifact was investigated by the algebraic reconstruction technique. The computer program was realized using Visual C++ under the fan beam geometry with projections of 720 and detector pixel of 1,280. The generation of ring artifact was verified by applying different detection efficiency on detector pixels. The ring intensity became large as increasing the ring value, and the ring artifacts were strongly emphasized near the center of the reconstructed image. The ring artifact may be eliminated by tracking the position of ring artifact on the reconstructed image and by calibrating the detector pixel.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.141-148
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• 2023

The algebraic reconstruction technique is one of the reconstruction methods in CT and shows good image quality against noise-dominant conditions. The number of iteration is one of the key factors determining the execution time for the algebraic reconstruction technique. However, there are some rules for determining the number of iterations that result in more than a few hundred iterations. Thus, the rules are difficult to apply in practice. In this study, we proposed a method to determine the number of iterations for practical applications. The reconstructed image quality shows slow convergence as the number of iterations increases. Image quality 𝜖 < 0.001 was used to determine the optimal number of iteration. The Shepp-Logan head phantom was used to obtain noise-free projection and projections with noise for 360, 720, and 1440 views were obtained using Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation that has the same geometry dimension as a clinic CT system. Images reconstructed by around 10 iterations within the stop condition showed good quality. The method for determining the iteration number is an efficient way of replacing the best image-quality-based method, which brings over a few hundred iterations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06b
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• pp.193-196
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• 2011

공간적으로 다양하게 재구성되며 이동하는 분산/이동/실시간 시스템을 명세 및 분석하기 위한 기존의 프로세스 대수들은 명세/분석 과정에서 텍스트 기반의 명세 언어를 사용한다. 이로 인하여 프로세스 사이의 이동성과 프로세스들의 공간적 분포를 대한 명세 및 분석 방법은 매우 큰 복잡도가 존재한다. 이를 극복하기 위하여 일반 프로세스 대수를 시각적인 형태로 표현하는 다양한 기법들이 제안되었다. 이러한 시각화 언어들은 시스템의 특정 상태를 명세하거나, 시스템의 속성을 공간적 분포와 링크정보로 분리하는 방법들이 사용되었지만, 명세하고자 하는 시스템의 전체 행위에 대한 효율적인 명세 방법이 존재하지 않고, 시각화 언어임에도 불구하고 텍스트기반의 프로세스 대수와 병행되어 사용되어야만 하는 제약들이 존재한다. 이러한 제약들을 극복하기 위한 하나의 방법으로 본 논문에서는 프로세스 대수를 위한 새로운 시각화 언어인 Onion Visual Language를 제안한다. Onion Visual Language는 프로세스 사이에서 발생하는 이동과 상호작용 등의 전체 행위를 원형의 양파껍질과 같은 형태로 표현하며, 각 프로세스들 사이에서 발생하는 행위들의 관계를 액션으로 표현한다. 또한, 계층화된 프로세스 구조, 프로세스의 상태정보, 프로세스의 미래 행위 정보, 비결정적 행위정보를 포함하여 매우 복잡한 시스템의 특징을 효율적으로 명세/분석 가능하도록 하였다.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.227-236
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• 2016

Dynamic positron emission tomography(dPET) is widely used medical imaging modality that can provide both physiological and functional neuro-image for diagnosing various brain disease. However, dPET images have low spatial-resolution and high noise level during spatio-temporal analysis (three-dimensional spatial information + one-dimensional time information), there by limiting clinical utilization. In order to overcome these issues for the spatio-temporal analysis, a novel computational technique was introduced in this paper. The computational technique based on singular value decomposition classifies multiple independent components. Signal components can be distinguished from the classified independent components. The results show that signal to noise ratio was improved up to 30% compared with the original images. We believe that the proposed computational technique in dPET can be useful tool for various clinical / research applications.