• 제목/요약/키워드: Center Pixel

검색결과 424건 처리시간 0.034초

PET/CT에서 소아환자 영상 재구성 시DFOV 변화의 유용성 (Usefulness of DFOV Changes in Pediatric PET/CT Image Reconstruction)

  • 최성욱;최춘기;이규복;석재동
    • 핵의학기술
    • /
    • 제12권3호
    • /
    • pp.171-175
    • /
    • 2008
  • 목적 : 소아환자는 성인과는 다르게 작은 체구로 인하여 병소의 위치확인과 정량평가하기에 다소 어려움이 있다. 저자들은 phantom 실험과 소아환자를 대상으로 PET/CT에서의 영상재구성 시 DFOV 변화에 따른 SUV값의 유용성을 평가하였다. 실험재료 및 방법 : Uniform NU2-94 Phantom에 0.023 MBq/cc의 $^{18}F$-FDG를 채운 후 10 min 동안 얻었으며, 재구성시 DFOV는 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25 cm로 변화를 주었다. 환자 영상은 2007년 10월부터 2008년 1월까지 소아 암 진단을 받았거나 의심되는 20명, 영상재구성 시 DFOV는 50~25 cm 까지 각 5 cm 변화를 주었다. phantom과 소아 환자의 재구성 된 영상에서 DFOV 변화에 따라 각각의 pixelsize와 $SUV_{max}$ 값 변화를 비교 분석하였다. 결과 : phantom실험에서 DFOV가 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25 cm로 감소함에 따라 pixel size는 각각 3.906, 3.515, 3.125, 2.734, 2.343, 1.953 mm로 감소하였고, $SUV_{max}$는 각각 1.275, 1.323, 1.359, 1.418, 1.524, 1.685로 증가를 보였다. 환자 영상에서는 DFOV 50 cm를 기준으로, $SUV_{max}$는 4.629, 4.786, 4.995, 5.231, 5.373, 5.659의 증가 변화와. 11.9, 12.22, 12.43, 12.52, 12.80, 13.23으로 증가를 나타냈다. 또한 DFOV 5 cm가 감소하면서 40 cm 까지는 좋은 영상을 얻을 수 있었지만, DFOV 35 cm 부터는 truncated artifact가 나타나는 것을 알수 있었다. 결론 : phantom을 이용한 $SUV_{max}$ 값은 DFOV가 5 cm씩 감소함에 따라 평균 수치가 증가하였으며, DFOV 50 cm를 기준으로 각각 3.7, 6.5, 11.2, 19.5, 32.1%로 증가함을 알았다. 소아환자 영상에서도 DFOV가 감소함에 따라 phantom 실험에서와 같이 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 영상 재구성 시 matrix size의 변화 없이 DFOV를 감소시키는 것만으로도 pixel size가 줄어들기 때문에 영상의 질을 향상시킬 수 있으며, 이는 소아 환자의 영상을 성인에서와 같은 방법으로 재구성한 후 확대하여 보는 것 보다 효과적이라 할 수 있다. 그러나 DFOV를 35 cm 이하로 적용할 경우 truncated artifact가 발생할 수 있으므로 제한적으로 적용해야 할 것이라 생각된다. 그러므로 DFOV의 변화는 소아 환자에 보다 좋은 영상을 얻을 수 있지만, 영상 판독은 DFOV의 변화에 따른 SUV값의 변화를 고려해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

  • PDF

SLS Crystallized Poly-Si TFT Technology

  • Ryu, Myung-Kwan;Kim, Eok-Su;Kook, Yoon-Boo;Park, Jung-Ho;Yoon, Bin-Nal;Kwon, Hyuk-Soon;Hwang, Hyun-Ki;Son, Gon;Kim, Cheon-Hong;Kim, Seung-Soo;Jun, Jung-Mok;Lee, Jung-Yeal
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
    • /
    • pp.501-504
    • /
    • 2006
  • The Process technology for uniform SLS poly-Si and performance enhancement of furnace activated poly-Si TFTs are reported. By strictly optimizing SLS optics, threshold voltage variation in pixel TFTs was remarkably decreased and the non-uniformity such as SLS shot mark was removed. Optimized doping process for low sheet resistance and passivation annealing are critical for the enhancement of device performances.

  • PDF

휴대전화기 카메라의 자동초점 기능을 위한 보이스 코일형 Actuator의 설계 (Design of a Voice Coil Type Actuator for Auto Focusing Module of Mobile Phone Camera)

  • 정인성;서정무;허진;성하경;김양식
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 대한전기학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
    • /
    • pp.107-109
    • /
    • 2006
  • This paper presents the design and fabrication results of a voice coil type actuator for auto focusing(AF) functional module of mobile phone cameras. Axisymmetric FEM and 3-dimensional FEM is used to analyze and design the actuator, and the performance is verified by fabrication and evaluation of it. The size of the fabricated 2M pixel AF module is $10.5{\times}10.5{\times}7.9mm$, and the operating performance was satisfactory.

  • PDF

고속 하향 패킷 접속 통신을 이용한 응급 의료 정보 전송 시스템 구축에 관한 연구 (Research for a Emergency Medical Information Transmission System using High-Speed Downlink Packet Access)

  • 정진;유재영;김응석
    • 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
    • /
    • pp.131-132
    • /
    • 2008
  • It is necessary to develop a high-speed wireless transmission system, which is able to send medical informations to the emergency medical center during emergency patient transportation. In this research, a system which transmits patient’s vital signs and a real-time audio/video contents of the event has been designed, developed, and the suitability of the system has been verified. Test results indicate that the system is capable of transmitting vital signal data, including 17 numeric data, 12 waveforms and 113 events, reading the affected part by forwarding a $320{\times}240$ pixel image at 2fps. Also, the full-duplex voice transmission of the system at 8bit/64kbps is enough to make stable communication between emergency medical technicians and hospital professionals possible. After numerous hours of driving, the packet loss of patient vital signs is 0.013%.

  • PDF

Auto-Stereoscopic 60 View 3D using Slanted Lenticular Lens Arrays

  • Im, Hee-Jin;Lee, Byung-Joo;Hong, Hyung-Ki;Shin, Hyun-Ho
    • Journal of Information Display
    • /
    • 제8권4호
    • /
    • pp.23-26
    • /
    • 2007
  • A natural 3D image is considered by many people to be next-step in evolution of displays. This paper introduces autostereoscopic 3D of 60-view number, which is made using slanted lenticular lens array and LCD of 15.1 inch diagonal size and 3200 by 2400 pixel numbers and presents the results of our prototype. Due to its large view number, smooth motion parallax is observed and the visual fatigue is reduced.

Improvement of Phase Separation Behavior of LC/Polymer Composite by using PDLC Prepolymer

  • Song, Seong-Kyu;Jung, Eun-Ae;Sung, Shi-Joon;Kim, Dae-Hwan;Kang, Jin-Kyu;Ha, Ki-Ryong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
    • /
    • pp.931-934
    • /
    • 2009
  • EHA(ethylhexyl acrylate), well known for the prepolymer used for PDLC, was used for the LC/polymer composite system for pixel isolated LC (PILC). In order to improve the polymer wall structures of EHA, various acrylate prepolymers were blended with EHA prepolymer.

  • PDF

Study of point defects caused by a thin contamination layer in a-Si TFT-LCD

  • Oh, Jae-Young;Lee, Jae-Kyun;Yang, Moung-Su;Kang, In-Byeong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
    • /
    • pp.845-848
    • /
    • 2007
  • Analysis of point defects invisible by a microscope has been studied on the a-Si thin film transistor panel. The point defects which were named Invisible Point Defect (IPD) is characterized by no particles or distortion of patterns on a pixel structure and randomly distributed on panels. To investigate the IPD, measurements were carried out: gray level driving, transistor transfer characteristic, focused ion beam (FIB), and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The results showed that a contamination layer had a bad influence on an active surface. The contamination layer consisted of oxygen and iron from a water supply line during cleaning process. After the process tuning, IPD has been stabilized.

  • PDF

Color Capture Device의 저조도 감도 향상 방안 (Sensitivity Improvement Method for Color Capture Device At Low Illumination Conditions)

  • 김일도;전재성;최병선;박상규
    • 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
    • /
    • pp.235-236
    • /
    • 2007
  • CCD(Charge-Coupled Device) 혹은 CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)와 같은 소자를 이용하여 빛을 전기적 신호인 Image로 재구성하는 촬상소자(Color Capture Device)는 촬영환경이 어두워지면 Dynamic Range가 작아지고, Noise가 상대적으로 심해진다[1][2]. 본 논문에서는 촬영 환경이 어두울 때, Resolution을 Preserving하는 Pixel Pitch가 큰 촬상 소자와 Motion Blur를 억제하는 Exposure Time이 긴 촬상 소자의 조합을 신호처리로 구현하여, 신호의 Power를 향상시켜 Dynamic Range를 키우고 Noise의 Boost-up을 억제하여 SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio)을 향상시키는 방식으로, 촬상 장치의 감도를 향상시켜 화질을 개선하는 방법을 제안한다.

  • PDF

Object oriented classification using Landsat images

  • Yoon, Geun-Won;Cho, Seong-Ik;Jeong, Soo;Park, Jong-Hyun
    • 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
    • /
    • pp.204-206
    • /
    • 2003
  • In order to utilize remote sensed images effectively, a lot of image classification methods are suggested for many years. But, the accuracy of traditional methods based on pixel-based classification is not high in general. In this study, object oriented classification based on image segmentation is used to classify Landsat images. A necessary prerequisite for object oriented image classification is successful image segmentation. Object oriented image classification, which is based on fuzzy logic, allows the integration of a broad spectrum of different object features, such as spectral values , shape and texture. Landsat images are divided into urban, agriculture, forest, grassland, wetland, barren and water in sochon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do using object oriented classification algorithms in this paper. Preliminary results will help to perform an automatic image classification in the future.

  • PDF

Characterization of New Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for Positron Emission Tomography

  • Song, Tae-Yong;Park, Yong;Chung, Yong-Hyun;Jung, Jin-Ho;Jeong, Myung-Hwan;Min, Byung-Jun;Hong, Key-Jo;Choe, Yearn-Seong;Lee, Kyung-Han
    • 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 한국의학물리학회 2003년도 제27회 추계학술대회
    • /
    • pp.45-45
    • /
    • 2003
  • The aim of this study was the characterization and performance validation of new prototype avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays for positron emission tomography (PET). Two different APD array prototypes (noted A and B) developed by Radiation Monitoring Device (RMD) have been investigated. Principal characteristics of the two APD array were measured and compared. In order to characterize and evaluate the APD performance, capacitance, doping concentration, quantum efficiency, gain and dark current were measured. The doping concentration that shows the impurity distribution within an APD pixel as a function of depth was derived from the relationship between capacitance and bias voltage. Quantum efficiency was measured using a mercury vapor light source and a monochromator used to select a wavelength within the range of 300 to 700 nm. Quantum efficiency measurements were done at 500 V, for which the APD gain is equal to one. For the gain measurements, a pencil beam with 450 nm in wavelength was illuminating the center of each pixel. The APD dark currents were measured as a function of gain and bias. A linear fitting method was used to determine the value of surface and bulk leakage currents. Mean quantum efficiencies measured at 400 and 450 nm were 0.41 and 0.54, for array A, and 0.50 and 0.65 for array B. Mean gain at a bias voltage of 1700 V, was 617.6 for array A and 515.7 for type B. The values based on linear fitting were 0.08${\pm}$0.02 nA 38.40${\pm}$6.26 nA, 0.08${\pm}$0.0l nA 36.87${\pm}$5.19 nA, and 0.05${\pm}$0.00 nA, 21.80${\pm}$1.30 nA in bulk surface leakage current for array A and B respectively. Results of characterization demonstrate the importance of performance measurement validating the capability of APD array as the detector for PET imaging.

  • PDF