• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.1054-1061
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• 2007

In this paper, the comparison between UPML and Liao's absorbing boundary condition in the FDTD(Finite-Difference Time-Domain) method was performed for the analysis of the 2D cylindrical coordinate system. Generally, it is known as the absorbing characteristics of the UPML is bro than Liao's absorbing boundary condition in the 2D rectangular coordinate. The simulation results in this paper showed that Liao's original absorbing boundary condition is better than other two absorbing boundary conditions, Liao's modified condition and UPML. We concluded that more numerical, theoretical studies, simulations and verifications for various absorbing boundary conditions will be needed to get more accurate results for the design of useful 2D cylindrical microwave circuits.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2011.01a
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• pp.47-49
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 사용자의 정면, 측면 영상을 이용하여 3차원 얼굴 모델에 적합한 텍스쳐 맵을 생성, 이를 이용하여 3차원 얼굴 모델을 생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 기존 3차원 얼굴 모델은 매핑 할 텍스쳐 영상들을 하나로 통합하여 이를 원통형 좌표계를 통해 텍스쳐링 하는 방법이 이용되고 있다. 이때 정면과 측면의 영상을 3차원 얼굴 모델의 중심축을 기준으로 계산하여 좌표에 맞게 투영시키고 통합 및 보간하여 텍스쳐링 하게 된다. 사용자는 이를 위하여 정면과 측면 영상을 원통형 좌표에 맞게 통합시키는 작업이 필요하다. 본 논문은 사용자에게 수반되는 이러한 작업을 줄이고 발생될 수 있는 텍스쳐의 왜곡을 최소화하기 위한 방법을 제시한다. 2차원 정면 측면 이미지를 3차원 얼굴모델에 투영시키고 정면과 측면을 구분하여 각 텍스쳐 간 경계 부분을 자연스럽게 처리하기 위해 파노라마 이미지 스티칭 기술을 이용하여 텍스쳐링 한 뒤 얼굴 모델을 생성하는 방법에 대해서 기술한다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.107-119
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• 2014

Purpose : To efficiently evaluate phased array coil performance using a software tool box with which we can make visual comparison of the sensitivity of every coil element between the real experiment and EM simulation. Materials and Methods: We have developed a $C^{{+}{+}}$- and MATLAB-based software tool called Phased Array Coil Evaluator (PACE). PACE has the following functions: Building 3D models of the coil elements, importing the FDTD simulation results, and visualizing the coil sensitivity of each coil element on the ordinary Cartesian coordinate and the relative coil position coordinate. To build a 3D model of the phased array coil, we used an electromagnetic 3D tracker in a stylus form. After making the 3D model, we imported the 3D model into the FDTD electromagnetic field simulation tool. Results: An accurate comparison between the coil sensitivity simulation and real experiment on the tool box platform has been made through fine matching of the simulation and real experiment with aids of the 3D tracker. In the simulation and experiment, we used a 36-channel helmet-style phased array coil. At the 3D MRI data acquisition using the spoiled gradient echo sequence, we used the uniform cylindrical phantom that had the same geometry as the one in the FDTD simulation. In the tool box, we can conveniently choose the coil element of interest and we can compare the coil sensitivities element-by-element of the phased array coil. Conclusion: We expect the tool box can be greatly used for developing phased array coils of new geometry or for periodic maintenance of phased array coils in a more accurate and consistent manner.