• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.341-363
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• 2016

Haze or fog is a common natural phenomenon. In foggy weather, the captured pictures are difficult to be applied to computer vision system, such as road traffic detection, target tracking, etc. Therefore, the image dehazing technique has become a hotspot in the field of image processing. This paper presents an overview of the existing achievements on the image dehazing technique. The intent of this paper is not to review all the relevant works that have appeared in the literature, but rather to focus on two main works, that is, image dehazing scheme based on atmospheric veil and image dehazing scheme based on dark channel prior. After the overview and a comparative study, we propose an improved image dehazing method, which is based on two image dehazing schemes mentioned above. Our image dehazing method can obtain the fog-free images by proposing a more desirable atmospheric veil and estimating atmospheric light more accurately. In addition, we adjust the transmission of the sky regions and conduct tone mapping for the obtained images. Compared with other state of the art algorithms, experiment results show that images recovered by our algorithm are clearer and more natural, especially at distant scene and places where scene depth jumps abruptly.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2017

GPS (global positioning system)는 지구 궤도를 도는 여러 GPS 위성의 신호를 수신하여 위성 별 수신 시간 차이를 이용하여 자신의 절대 위치를 알아내는 시스템으로 민간 목적뿐만 아니라 군용 목적으로도 널리 사용되고 있다. 특히 유도무기 등에 사용되기 때문에 신뢰성 있는 GPS 수신은 군에서 훨씬 더 중요하다. 하지만 GPS 는 사용 주파수 대역이 알려져 있고 수신신호 전력이 미약하기 때문에 인위적인 재밍신호를 송출하여 쉽게 GPS 시스템을 무력화 시킬 수 있는 문제가 있다. 이러한 간섭신호에 대응하기 위한 한 가지 방법은 GPS 수신기에 다중 안테나를 설치하고 디지털 빔포밍 기술을 이용하여 GPS 신호는 훼손하지 않으면서 재머만을 제거하는 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 MVDR(minimum variance distortionless response) 기술에 기반하여 새로운 적응형 빔 제어 기술을 제안한다. 제안하는 방식은 알려져 있는 위성 방향으로의 빔을 형성하고 재머 방향으로는 적응형 알고리즘에 의해 널을 형성하여 재머를 제거한다. 제안하는 방식의 성능은 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해 검증한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.4339-4347
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• 2014

Purpose: This study aimed at exploring treatment delay (TD) among cancer patients in China with an attempt to develop a practical methodology facilitating frontline Chinese clinicians in promoting earlier cancer diagnosis and treatment. Materials and Methods: The study comprised framework development, qualitative interviews and paired factor rating. Framework development utilized systematic literature review, soft systems thinking and consensus groups. Qualitative interviews employed a checklist of open questions soliciting information about all the domains included the framework from cancer patients drawn via stratified randomized sampling of inpatients at 10 hospitals in Hefei, China. Paired factor rating used a self-developed computer aid and the interviewed patients as referring cases to weigh the relative importance of the factors listed in the framework in terms of their contributions to specific components of total delay (TD). Results: a) A conceptual framework was proposed consisting of a 6-step path to TD and 36 category determinants. b) A total of 227 patients were interviewed; their TD was 267.3 mean or 108 median days ranging from 0 to 2475 days; average appraisal, illness, behavioral, preparation and treatment delay accounted for 52.1%, 9.4%, 0.30%, 8.8% and 29.4% of the TD respectively. Individual side factors were rated substantially more important than environmental side factors (60% vs. 40%); most influential TD factors included cancer symptoms, overall health, family relations and knowledge about cancer and health. Conclusions: The framework proposed together with the interviewing and rating approaches used provide a potential new methodology for understanding cancer patients' TD and promoting earlier cancer treatment.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2012

The osseous or osteocutaneous free fibula flap has become the gold standard for most mandibular reconstructions because of its favorable osseous characteristics. However, disadvantages, such as the time-consuming reconstructive step, difficulty in performing the osteotomies to precisely recreate the shape of the missing segment of mandible and poor bone-to-bone contact play a role in making the surgeons look for alternative flaps. With the advent of computerized design software, which accurately plans complex 3-dimensional reconstructions, has become a process that is more efficient and precise. However, the ability to transfer the computerized plan into the surgical field with stereolithographic models and guides has been a significant development in advancing reconstruction in the maxillofacial regions. The ability to "pre-plan" the case, mirror and superimpose natural structures into diseased and deformed areas, as well as the ability to reproduce these plans with good surgical precision has decreased overall operative time, and has helped facilitate functional and esthetic reconstruction. We describe a complex case treated with this technique, showing the power and elegance of computer assisted maxillofacial reconstruction from the University of Michigan, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the linear distance accuracy and reliability of stitched small field of view (FOV) cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) reconstructed images for the fabrication of implant surgical guides. Material and Methods: Three gutta percha points were fixed on the inferior border of a cadaveric mandible to serve as control reference points. Ten additional gutta percha points, representing fiduciary markers, were scattered on the buccal and lingual cortices at the level of the proposed complete denture flange. A digital caliper was used to measure the distance between the reference points and fiduciary markers, which represented the anatomic linear dimension. The mandible was scanned using small FOV CBCT, and the images were then reconstructed and stitched using the manufacturer's imaging software. The same measurements were then taken with the CBCT software. Results: The anatomic linear dimension measurements and stitched small FOV CBCT measurements were statistically evaluated for linear accuracy. The mean difference between the anatomic linear dimension measurements and the stitched small FOV CBCT measurements was found to be 0.34 mm with a 95% confidence interval of +0.24 - +0.44 mm and a mean standard deviation of 0.30 mm. The difference between the control and the stitched small FOV CBCT measurements was insignificant within the parameters defined by this study. Conclusion: The proven accuracy of stitched small FOV CBCT data sets may allow image-guided fabrication of implant surgical stents from such data sets.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2015

최근 디지털 기술이 발달하면서 임플란트 식립 시 가이드 템플릿을 이용하는 컴퓨터 가이드 수술이 활발하게 이루어지고 있으며, 임플란트 보철시 구강스캐너를 이용하는 방법이 소개되고 있다. 가이드 템플릿의 제작방법은 크게 RP 제작 시스템과 벡터 밀링 시스템으로 나눌 수 있는데, 각각은 우수한 정확성에도 불구하고 임상적 적용에 있어 약간의 아쉬운 점을 보이고 있다. 이에 본 증례에서는 CBCT 및 구강스캐너로 획득한 디지털 영상을 이용하여 쾌속조형법으로 왁스재료의 작업모형을 제작하고 그 위에 교정용 레진으로 금속애관을 픽업해 내는 방법을 사용하여 임플란트 수술용 가이드 템플릿을 제작하여 수술에 사용하였으며, 임상적으로 임플란트 식립 및 최종보철물 제작 시 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있어서 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.278-285
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• 2009

Navigation system is applied in variety of fields including the simple location positioning, autopilot navigation of unmanned robot tractor, autonomous guidance systems for agricultural vehicles, construction of large field works that require high precision and map making process. Particularly utilization of GPS (Global Positioning System) is very common in the present navigation system. This study introduces a navigation system for autonomous field robot that travels to the pre-input path using GPS information. Performance of the GPS- based navigation is highly depended on its receiving rate because GPS receivers do not acquire any navigation information in the period between the refresh intervals. So this study presents an algorithm that improves an accuracy of the navigation by estimation the positional information during the blind period of a low rate GPS receiver. In fact the algorithm calculated the robot's heading in a 50 Hz rate, so the blind period of an 1 Hz GPS receiver is extensively covered. Consequently implementation of the algorithm to the GPS based navigation showed an improvement in guidance accuracy. The conventional field robot directly carried an expensive control computer and sensors onboard, therefore the miniaturization and weight reduction of the robot was limited. In this paper, the field robot carried only communication equipments such as GPS module, normal RC receiver, and bluetooth modem. This enabled the field robot to be built in an economic cost and miniature size.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.303-306
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• 2011

프로게스테론 제제를 복용해 오던 12세령의 암컷 잡종 견이 복부 종괴의 평가를 위해 내원하였다. 복부 초음파 검사와 방사선 검사를 통해 확장된 자궁과 관련된 종괴를 확인하였다. 혈청 화학 검사에서는 고글로불린혈증이 나타났으며, 전기영동 검사상 급성 염증 패턴으로 판단되었다. 초음파 유도하에 종괴의 세침흡인을 실시하였으며 세포학검사를 통해 선암종이 진단되었다. 탐색적 개복을 실시하였으며 장구체의 종괴를 발견하여 자궁과 함께 종괴를 제거하는 수술을 실시하였다. 조직병리 검사결과 자궁 선암종이 진단되었으며 종양세포의 에스트로겐 수용체와 프로게스테론 수용체 발현 여부 평가를 위해 면역 염색을 실시하였다. 면역염색결과 종양세포는 두 항체에 대해 음성 결과를 보였으며, 정상 간엽세포에서만 양성 결과가 나타났다. 수술 후 1주일에 재검을 위해 내원하였는데 컴퓨터 단층촬영 검사결과 폐 전이가 확인되었다. 환자는 수술 후 40일경에 폐사하였다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2014

In weapon systems development, live fire tests have been frequently adopted to evaluate the performance of the systems under development. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure safety in the test ranges where the live fire tests can cause serious hazards. During the tests, a special care must be taken to protect the test and evaluation (T&E) personnel and also test assets from potential danger and hazards. Thus, the development and management of the range safety process is quite important in the tests of guided missiles and artillery considering the explosive power of the destruction. Note also that with a newly evolving era of weapon systems such as laser, EMP and non-lethal weapons, the test procedure for such systems is very complex. Therefore, keeping the safety level in the test ranges is getting more difficult due to the increased unpredictability for unknown hazards. The objective of this paper is to study on how to enhance the safety in the test ranges. To do so, an approach is proposed based on model-based systems engineering (MBSE). Specifically, a functional architecture is derived utilizing the MBSE method for the design of the range safety process under the condition that the derived architecture must satisfy both the complex test situation and the safety requirements. The architecture developed in the paper has also been investigated by simulation using a computer-aided systems engineering tool. The systematic application of this study in weapon live tests is expected to reduce unexpected hazards and test design time. Our approach is intended to be a trial to get closer to the recent theme in T&E community, "Testing at the speed of stakeholder's need and rapid requirement for rapid acquisition."

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2020

현대의 수동소나 시스템에서는 자함 소음의 영향을 최소화하고 더 높은 신호대잡음비를 얻기 위한 목적으로 예인형 선배열 센서를 운용한다. 얇고 긴 예인형 선배열 센서는 예인선의 기동에 따라 비선형 형태로 유도될 수 있다. 이러한 배열 형상의 변화가 고려되지 않는다면 빔형성기의 성능이 저하될 수 있다. 따라서 예인형 선배열 센서를 이용한 빔형성 시 센서 배열에 대한 정확한 형상의 추정이 필요하다. 선배열 형상 추정에는 다양한 기법이 존재한다. 그 중 방위센서를 이용한 기법의 경우, 방위센서 잡음의 영향으로 추정성능이 감소할 수 있다. 이러한 잠재적 오류를 제거하기 위해 가중 다항 근사화 기반 배열 형상 추정 기법을 제안하였다. 제안 기법의 성능 검증을 위하여 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 그 결과 제안 기법의 성능이 기존 기법에 비해 잡음에 강인함을 확인하였다.