• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.113-117
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• 2001

The energy band method for NaI spectrum calculates only the exposure rate due to natural radiation because it calculates exposure rate using energy spectrum of $1300{\sim}3000keV$. However, the total energy method includes in its calculation the exposure rate due to man-made radiation because it uses the energy spectrum of $150{\sim}3400keV$. Therefore, the resulting difference of extracting the exposure rate calculated by the energy band method from the exposure rate calculated by the total energy method is apparently the exposure rate due to man-made radiation. In this study, we measured the NaI spectrum during the period of significant changes of the exposure rate in the area without a man-made radiation. As the results, we found the exposure rates calculated by those two methods are equal within the statistical variation of ${\pm}0.3{\mu}R\;h^{-1}$. Consequently, if the difference between the exposure rates calculated by the two methods exists, it may be due to the man-made radiation exposure rate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.779-782
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• 2008

It is important to detect speech active interval from Noisy Speech in speech communication and speech recognition. In this research, we propose characteristic parameter with combining spectral Entropy for detect speech active interval in Noisy Speech, and compare performance of speech active interval based on energy. The results shows that analysis using proposed characteristic parameter is higher performance the others in noisy environment.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.427-428
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• 2015

본 논문은 DC 배전시스템 내에서 발생할 수 있는 직렬 DC 아크 고장을 검출하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 직렬 DC 아크 고장은 동일 전위의 도선 또는 접속점의 노화 등으로 인해 발생하며, 아크 고장 에너지의 크기에 따라 수초 이내에 화재 사고를 유발할 수 있기 때문에 정확한 고장 검출을 통한 빠른 제거가 필요하다. 스위칭 전력변환 장치에서 발생하는 노이즈 성분에 의한 검출 알고리즘의 오동작 현상을 제거하기 위해 시간 영역에서의 전류 변화와 주파수 영역에서의 전류 크기 차이를 동시에 이용하여 직렬 DC 아크 고장 발생여부를 검출하게 된다. 제안 알고리즘은 5kW급 용량의 380V 저전압 DC 배전 시스템을 대상으로 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.180-182
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• 2005

비냉각형 적외선 검출 회로 설계 시 공정상 변화에 의해 발생하는 센서의 저항값 변동이 크다. 본 논문에서는 이것을 해결하기 위해 차동적 입력 수신 구조를 이용한 방법을 제시하였다. 볼로미터 타입 비냉각형 적외선 영상 센서 회로는 입사된 적외선 에너지 양에 따라 센서의 저항값이 변하는 특성을 이용하며 그에 따른 전압 또는 전류의 변화를 측정하여 적외선의 파장을 알아내는 방식으로 검출회로 설계 시 가장 큰 문제점인 공정상의 변화 등으로 인한 신호검출 회로의 오동작을 개선하기 위하여 검출회로의 입력단을 차동적으로 받아들이도록 설계하였다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.13B no.4 s.107
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• pp.361-368
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• 2006

In this paper we present a snake-based scheme for efficiently detecting contours of objects with boundary concavities. The proposed method is composed of two steps. First, the object's boundary is detected using the proposed snake model. Second, snake points are optimized by inserting new points and deleting unnecessary points to better describe the object's boundary. The proposed algorithm can successfully extract objects with boundary concavities. Experimental results have shown that our algorithm produces more accurate segmentation results than the conventional algorithm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.2C
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• pp.184-190
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose the blind multiuser detector which is robust against the effects of near-far and multiuser interference. The proposed detector is composed of the partial IC(interference canceller) and the blind MOE(minimum output energy) multiuser detector. The partial IC partially eliminates interference components from the received signal then the output of partial IC is fed into the input of multiuser detector. Simulation results show that the proposed detector has the robust property but the performance of conventional MOE multiuser detector is rapidly degraded in case of existing both near far and multiuser. Thus, the proposed partial IC BMUD(blind multiuser detection) technique has better performance than the conventional MOE.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.100-109
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• 1999

Purpose: Preamplifier and amplifier are very important parts for developing a portable counting or imaging gamma probe. They can be used for analyzing pulses containing energy and position information for the emitted radiations. The commercial Nuclear Instrument Modules (NIMs) can be used for processing these pulses. However, it may be improper to use NIMs in developing a portable gamma probe, because of its size and high price. The purpose of this study was to develop both preamplifier and amplifier and measure their performance characteristics. Materials and Methods: The preamplifier and amplifier were designed as a charge sensitive device and a capacitor resistor-resistor capacitor (CR-RC) electronic circuit, respectively, and they were mounted on a print circuit board (PCB). We acquired and analyzed energy spectra for Tc-99m and Cs-137 using both PCB and NIMs. Multichannel analyzer (Accuspec/A, Canberra Industries Inc., Meriden Connecticut, U.S.A) and scintillation detectors (EP-047(Bicron Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial EP-047 (Ceramics Co., Ohio, U.S.A) with $2"{\times}2"$ NaI(T1) crystal and R1535 (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Electron Tube Center, Shizuoka-ken, Japan) with $1"{\times}1"$ NaI(T1) crystal were used for acquiring the energy spectra. Results: Using PCB, energy resolutions of EP-047 detectors for Tc-99m and Cs-137 were 12.92% and 5.01%, respectively, whereas R1535 showed 13.75% and 5.19% of energy resolution. Using the NIM devices, energy resolutions of EP-047 detector for Tc-99m and Cs-137 were measured as 14.6% and 7.58%, respectively. However, reliable energy spectrum of R1535 detector could not be acquired, since its photomultiplier tube (PMT) requires a specific type of preamplifier. Conclusion: We developed a special preamplifier and amplifier suitable for a small sized gamma probe that showed good energy resolutions independent of PMT types. The results indicate that the PCB can be used in developing both counting and imaging gamma probe.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.93-98
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• 2010

The aim of this work was to establish the methodology for event positioning by measuring depth of interaction (DOI) information and to evaluate the system sensitivity and spatial resolution of the new detector for I-125 and Tc-99m imaging. For this purpose, a Monte Carlo simulation tool, DETECT2000 and GATE were used to model the energy deposition and light distribution in the detector and to validate this approach. Our proposed detector module consists of a monolithic CsI(Tl) crystal with dimensions of $50.0{\times}50.0{\times}3.0\;mm^3$. The results of simulation demonstrated that the resolution is less than 1.5 mm for both I-125 and Tc-99m. The main advantage of the proposed detector module is that by using 3 mm thick CsI(Tl) with maximum-likelihood position-estimation (MLPE) method, high resolution I-125 imaging and high sensitivity Tc-99m imaging are possible. In this paper, we proved that our new detector to be a reliable design as a detector for a multi-energy SPECT.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.130-137
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• 2000

신에너지 전원의 배전 계통과의 실제 연계 운전상에서 순간정전, 순간전압상승, 및 강하등의 전압가변 현상이 자주 발생하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 영향에 따른 문제점을 검증하여 사전에 대처할 수 있는 방안을 모색하고자 전력품질의 변화를 임의로 발생시키고 특정시간후에 다시 원상으로 회복시키는 전원의 전압가변 시험장치를 개발하였다. 개발한 시험장치는 개폐스위치, 바이패스 스위치, 가변 변압부, 전압·전류 검출부 직류전원공급기, 제어·구동부 , 표시·조작부 등의 구성을 가지고 있다. 개발한 시험장치의 정상적인 동작에 의한 기능을 확인하기 위하여 실제 배전 계통에 적용하여 순간정전, 순간전압상승 및 강하시험을 실시하며 전압·전류 파형을 측정·분석하여 시험장치의 신뢰성과 , 효용성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.443-451
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• 2017

Mammography is commonly used for screening early breast cancer. However, mammographic images, which depend on the physical properties of breast components, are limited to provide information about whether a lesion is malignant or benign. Although a dual-energy subtraction technique decomposes a certain material from a mixture, it increases radiation dose and degrades the accuracy of material decomposition. In this study, we simulated a breast phantom using attenuation characteristics, and we proposed a technique to enable the accurate material decomposition by applying weighting factors for the dual-energy mammography based on a photon-counting detector using a Monte Carlo simulation tool. We also evaluated the contrast and noise of simulated breast images for validating the proposed technique. As a result, the contrast for a malignant tumor in the dual-energy weighted subtraction technique was 0.98 and 1.06 times similar than those in the general mammography and dual-energy subtraction techniques, respectively. However the contrast between malignant and benign tumors dramatically increased 13.54 times due to the low contrast of a benign tumor. Therefore, the proposed technique can increase the material decomposition accuracy for malignant tumor and improve the diagnostic accuracy of mammography.