• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2015

전기 임피던스 단층촬영법(EIT)에서 역문제는 매우 높은 비정치성이므로 이것을 완화시키기 위해서 사전정보가 사용되고 EIT 역문제를 푸는 과정에서 만족스러운 복원성능을 갖기 위해 조정 기법은 적용된다. 반복적 Gauss-Newton 방법은 정확성과 빠른 수렴속도로 인해서 일반적으로 역문제를 푸는데 사용되지만 항상 좋은 성능을 내는 것은 아니며 조정 인자 선택에 따라 성능이 좌지우지된다. 비록 L-곡선과 같이 조정 인자를 결정하는데 이용할 수 있는 여러 가지 방법들이 존재하지만 이러한 방법들이 모든 경우에 적용할 수 있는 것은 아니다. 게다가 조정 인자는 스칼라이고 반복 연산동안 변하지 않는다. 그러므로 이 논문에서는 복원 성능을 향상시키기 위해서 조정 인자를 결정해주는 새로운 방법을 사용하였다. 각각의 반복 연산과정에서 도전율의 norm을 구하고 이것을 대각 행렬형태인 조정 인자를 구하는데 사용한다. 제안한 방법을 인체 흉부 영상 복원에 적용하였고, 기존의 방법들과 복원 성능을 비교하였다. 모의실험 결과, 기존의 방법들과 비교해서 개선된 성능을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.31-49
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a very efficient method which reconstructs the high resolution surface from a set of unorganized points. Our method is based on the level set method using adaptive octree. We start with the surface reconstruction model proposed in [20]. In [20], they introduced a very fast and efficient method which is different from the previous methods using the level set method. Most existing methods[21, 22] employed the time evolving process from an initial surface to point cloud. But in [20], they considered the surface reconstruction process as an elliptic problem in the narrow band including point cloud. So they could obtain very speedy method because they didn't have to limit the time evolution step by the finite speed of propagation. However, they implemented that model just on the uniform grid. So they still have the weakness that it needs so much memories because of being fulfilled only on the uniform grid. Their algorithm basically solves a large linear system of which size is the same as the number of the grid in a narrow band. Besides, it is not easy to make the width of band narrow enough since the decision of band width depends on the distribution of point data. After all, as far as it is implemented on the uniform grid, it is almost impossible to generate the surface on the high resolution because the memory requirement increases geometrically. We resolve it by adapting octree data structure[12, 11] to our problem and by introducing a new redistancing algorithm which is different from the existing one[19].

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.1587-1592
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• 2023

Time-encoded imagers (TEI) are important class of instruments to search for potential radioactive sources to prevent illicit transportation and trafficking of nuclear materials and other radioactive sources. The energy of the radiation cannot be known in advance due to the type and shielding of source is unknown in practice. However, the response function of the time-encoded imagers is related to the energy of neutrons or gamma-rays. An improved image reconstruction method based on MLEM was proposed to correct for the energy induced response difference. In this method, the count vector versus time was first smoothed. Then, the preset response function was adaptively corrected according to the measured counts. Finally, the smoothed count vector and corrected response were used in MLEM to reconstruct the source distribution. A one-dimensional dual-particle time-encode imager was developed and used to verify the improved method through imaging an Am-Be neutron source. The improvement of this method was demonstrated by the image reconstruction results. For gamma-ray and neutron images, the angular resolution improved by 17.2% and 7.0%; the contrast-to-noise ratio improved by 58.7% and 14.9%; the signal-to-noise ratio improved by 36.3% and 11.7%, respectively.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제36S권11호
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• pp.112-119
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• 1999

동영상 표준안인 H.263의 성능평가를 위해 사용되고 있는 TMN5는 변환부호화방법으로 DCT를 기본으로 사용하고 있어 블록킹 현상의 문제점을 갖고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 TMN5의 구조를 그대로 유지하면서 DCT를 DWT로 대체하고 이 구조에 적응하는 양자화기를 설계하였다. 실험의 결과로 평균 PSNR측면에서 휘도 신호는 평균 0.35dB 정도의 손실을 보였으나 색차 신호는 평균 2dB 정도 개선되었다. 주관적 화질평가에서도 블록킹 현상이 감소되므로 TMN5에 비하여 우수한 화질의 영상을 얻을 수 있다. 또한 같은 전송속도에서 더 많은 프레임을 전송함으로 화면 드롭 현상을 줄일 수 있다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2014

ASIR기법은 statistical noise modeling을 사용하여 CT image를 reconstruction하는 방법으로, mA를 낮춰도 이미지 질을 보전하며 noise reduction 효과가 있다고 알려져 왔다. 본 논문은 본원에서 주로 하는 bone SPECT/CT에 ASIR 기법을 적용하여 이미지를 평가하였다. GE의 Discorvery 670을 이용하여 120 kVp, 100 mA를 기준으로 mA를 변화시켜서 ASIR의 적용 전과 적용 후 영상을 비교하였다(ASIR level: 20-80%). Anthropomorphic phantom으로 ASIR (%)의 변화에 따른 SPECT image의 감쇠 보정 정도를 측정하였다. 두번째로 ACR phantom으로 CT image의 CNR, image noise, spatial resolution을 평가하였다. 세 번째로 lower torso phantom을 이용하여 spine에 최적화할 수 있는 ASIR level을 선택한 후 2명의 bone SPECT/CT follow up 환자에게 ASIR를 적용하여 영상을 획득한 후 5년 이상의 경험이 있는 10명의 방사선사에게 blind test를 시행하였다. SPECT의 영상의 감쇠 보정 정도는 ASIR의 변화와는 무관하게 모두 유의한 차이가 없었다(P>0.05). ASIR을 적용했을 때 CT image의 noise는 mA의 변화에 따라 최소 17%에서 최대 52%까지 감소하였다. ASIR를 적용하지 않았을 때 CNR은 40 mA에서 0.42를 보여준 반면 ASIR를 적용한 40 mA (ASIR 60%)에서도 0.8 이상을 유지하였다. High contrast 영역의 비교에서는 ASIR 적용과 상관없이 40 mA까지 12 lp/cm 영역을 구별할 수 있었다. Lower torso phantom의 spine image에서 100 mA image와 육안적으로 비슷한 ASIR level은 60% (40 mA) 정도였고, bone SPECT/CT에 적용한 후 blind test에서 육안적으로 ASIR를 적용하지 않았을 때와 차이를 구별하지 못하였다. 본 논문의 결과는 SPECT/CT에서 ASIR 기법을 사용했을 때 SPECT와 CT image의 특별한 영상의 질 저하 없이 radiation dose를 줄일 수 있다는 것을 보여준다. 또한 관심부위가 bone에 한정되어 있는 bone SPECT/CT 특성상 더 높은 ASIR level도 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.3641-3655
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• 2016

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) provide a promising approach to monitor the physical environments, to prolong the network lifetime by exploiting the mutual correlation among sensor readings has become a research focus. In this paper, we design a hierarchical network framework which guarantees layered-compression. Meanwhile, a data sorting-based adaptive spatial compression scheme (DS-ASCS) is proposed to explore the spatial correlation among signals. The proposed scheme reduces the amount of data transmissions and alleviates the network congestion. It also obtains high compression performance by sorting original sensor readings and selectively discarding the small coefficients in transformed matrix. Moreover, the compression ratio of this scheme varies according to the correlation among signals and the value of adaptive threshold, so the proposed scheme is adaptive to various deploying environments. Finally, the simulation results show that the energy of sorted data is more concentrated than the unsorted data, and the proposed scheme achieves higher reconstruction precision and compression ratio as compared with other spatial compression schemes.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제2권5호
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• pp.199-202
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• 2013

무선 센서 네트워크에서 클러스터링 방식의 네트워크 수명은 클러스터 헤드 결정 방법에 의해서 영향을 받는다. 대표적인 클러스터링 방식인 LEACH(Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy)의 경우 주기적으로 클러스터 헤드를 선택함으로써 클러스터 재구축으로 인한 에너지 소모가 큰 단점이 있다. 한편 ACAWT(Adaptive Clustering Algorithm via Waiting Timer)는 클러스터 헤드의 잔여 에너지 수준이 하나의 특정 임계치에 도달하면 클러스터를 재구축하는 비주기적인 클러스터 재구축 방식을 사용한다. 본 논문에서는 클러스터를 주기적으로 재구축하지 않고 노드의 잔여 에너지 수준(level)을 여러 단계로 설정한 후 클러스터 헤드의 잔여 에너지 수준이 한 단계 낮아지면 클러스터를 재구축하는 방법을 제안한다. 또한 클러스터 헤드 선정 시 이웃 노드 수와 잔여 에너지 수준을 고려함으로써 클러스터 헤드의 분포를 균일하게 유지시켜 네트워크 수명을 연장시킨다. 본 제안 방식의 성능을 평가하기 위해서 Qualnet 기반의 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, ACAWT와 성능을 비교한 결과 제안 방식이 네트워크 수명 측면에서 우월함을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.472-478
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• 2015

The patient dose incurred from diagnostic procedures during advanced radiotherapy has become an important issue. Many researchers in medical physics are using computational simulations to calculate complex parameters in experiments. However, extended computation times make it difficult for personal computers to run the conventional Monte Carlo method to simulate radiological images with high-flux photons such as images produced by computed tomography (CT). To minimize the computation time without degrading imaging quality, we applied a deterministic adaptation to the Monte Carlo calculation and verified its effectiveness by simulating CT image reconstruction for an image evaluation phantom (Catphan; Phantom Laboratory, New York NY, USA) and a human-like voxel phantom (KTMAN-2) (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA). For the deterministic adaptation, the relationship between iteration numbers and the simulations was estimated and the option to simulate scattered radiation was evaluated. The processing times of simulations using the adaptive method were at least 500 times faster than those using a conventional statistical process. In addition, compared with the conventional statistical method, the adaptive method provided images that were more similar to the experimental images, which proved that the adaptive method was highly effective for a simulation that requires a large number of iterations-assuming no radiation scattering in the vicinity of detectors minimized artifacts in the reconstructed image.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2002

The method of accumulating a sequence of focused images is usually used for reconstruction of 3D object\\`s shape. To acquire a focused image, the conventional methods must calculate the focus measures of all pixels resulting in a long measurement time. This paper proposes a new method of reducing the computation time spent for deciding the focused pixels in the input image, which predicts the area in the image to calculate the focus measure based on a priori information on the object to be measured. The proposed algorithm estimates the area to consider in the next measurement based on the focused area in the present measurement. As the focus measure, Laplacian measure was used in this paper and the experiments have shown that the preposed algorithm may significantly reduce the calculation time. Although, as implied, this algorithm can be applied to only simple objects at this stage, advanced representation schemes will eliminate the restrictions on application domain.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study has attempted to evaluate and compare the image evaluation and exposure dose by respectively applying Filtered Back Projection(FBP), the existing test method, and Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction(ASIR) with different values of tube voltage during the Low Dose Computed Tomography(LDCT). Materials and Methods: With the image reconstruction method as basis, Chest Phantom was utilized with the FBP and ASIR set at 10%, 20% respectively, and the change of Tube Voltage (100kVp, 120kVp). For image evaluation, Back ground noise, Signal to Noise ratio(SNR) and Contrast to Noise ratio(CNR) were measured, and, for dose evaluation, CTDIvol and DLP were measured respectively. The statistical analysis was tested with SPSS(ver. 22.0), followed by ANOVA Test conducted after normality test and homogeneity test. (p<0.05). Results: In terms of image evaluation, there was no outstanding difference in Ascending Aorta(AA) SNR and Infraspinatus Muscle(IM) SNR with the different values of ASIR application(p<0.05), but a significant difference with the different amount of tube voltage(p>0.05). Also, there wasn't noticeable change in CNR with ASIR and different amount of Tube Voltage (p<0.05). However, in terms of dose evaluation, CTDIvol and DLP showed contrasting results(p<0.05). In terms of CTDIvol, the measured values with the same tube voltage of 120kVp were 2.6mGy with No-ASIR and 2.17mGy with 20%-ASIR respectively, decreased by 0.43mGy, and the values with 100kVp were 1.61mGy with No-ASIR and 1.34mGy with 20%-ASIR, decreased by 0.27mGy. In terms of DLP, the measured values with 120kVp were $103.21mGy{\cdot}cm$ with No-ASIR and $85.94mGy{\cdot}cm$ with 20%-ASIR, decreased by $17.27mGy{\cdot}cm$(about 16.7%), and the values with 100kVp were $63.84mGy{\cdot}cm$ with No-ASIR and $53.25mGy{\cdot}cm$ with 20%-ASIR, a decrease by $10.62mGy{\cdot}cm$(about 16.7%). Conclusion: At lower tube voltage, the rate of dose significantly decreased, but the negative effects on image evaluation was shown due to the increase of noise. For the future, through the result of the experiment, it is considered that the method above would be recommended for follow-up patients or those who get health checkup as long as there is no interference on the process of diagnosis due to the characteristics of Low Dose examination.