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A New Driving Waveform to Improve Dark Room Contrast Ratio in AC Plasma Display Panel

  • Lee, Sung-Hyun;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Ryu, Jae-Hwa;Lee, Ho-Jun;Park, Chung-Hoo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2002년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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    • pp.203-206
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    • 2002
  • In this study, a new driving method is suggested to improve the dark room contrast ratio. The principles of the method are that the reset facing discharges occur between scan and address electrodes instead of surface discharge and that the discharge occurs only for the cells that experienced sustain discharge in preceding sub-field after the first sub-field. The dark room contrast ratio is improved more than 7 times compared with the conventional method.

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A New Address-While-Display Driving Method using the $\underline{S}hort\;\underline{R}amp\;\underline{R}eset$ Pulse (SRR) for High Contrast ratio and Wide Address Margin

  • Jung, Jae-Chul;Whang, Ki-Woong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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    • pp.631-634
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    • 2005
  • We propose a new address-while-display (AWD) driving method to obtain a high contrast ratio and a wide driving margin which is composed of a short ramp reset period, a sustain period and an address period as the basic unit. The short ramp reset (SRR) pulse made it possible to assure the wide operating voltage margin and minimize the background luminance by redistributing the wall charges between address and scan electrode. As a result, a high dark room contrast ratio of 10000 to 1 could be obtained with a wide operating voltage margin of 40V for stable address.

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Dual-Slope Ramp Reset Waveform to Improve Dark Room Contrast Ratio in AC PDPs

  • Lim, Jae-Kwnag;Cho, Byung-Gwon;Tae, Heung-Sik
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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    • pp.639-642
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    • 2005
  • A new dual-slope ramp (DSR) reset waveform is proposed to improve the dark room contrast ratio in AC-PDPs. The proposed reset waveform has two different voltage slopes during a ramp-up period. The first voltage slope is lower than the conventional ramp voltage slope, causing a reduction in the background luminance, whereas the second voltage slope is higher than the conventional ramp voltage slope, causing an increase in the background luminance. Thus, a bias voltage is also applied during the second voltage-slope period to adjust the background luminance and address discharge characteristics. As a result, the proposed dual-slope reset waveform can lower the background luminance, thereby improving the high dark room contrast ratio of an AC-PDP without reducing the address voltage margin

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A Study of New Operation Mode for High Contrast Ratio and Fast Switching Time in Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal(AFLC)

  • Lim, Tong-Kun;Baek, Do-Hyeon;Shin, Sung-Tae
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.39-42
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    • 2001
  • A new method of switching mode in AFLC cell is proposed for faster switching time and higher contrast ratio. In this mode the ″dark″ state is obtained by applying negative full voltage while the ″bright″ state is achieved by applying positive full voltage to the cell. The switching time is reduced to 100 $mutextrm{s}$ for the cell whose switching time is 22 ms when operated in conventional mode. The contrast ratio is also improved vastly with this method. The possibility of achieving gray scale was shown in this mode of operation.

Hepatocellular carcinomas: correlation of enhancement degree with pathologic grades triple contrast MR imaging

  • Kim, Joo-Hee;Kim, Myeong-Jin;Park, Young-Nyun;Kim, Kyung-Sik;Lee, Woo-Jung
    • 대한자기공명의과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한자기공명의과학회 2001년도 제6차 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.108-108
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    • 2001
  • Purpose: To correlate the histological differentiation of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) with finding on triple contrast-enhanced MR imaging using gadolinium-chelates, superparamganetic ire oxides (SPIO), and mangafodipir trisodium. Method: Ten patients with proven HCC underwent triple contrast-enhanced MRI befo surgical resection. Subjective ratings of the enhancement pattern and degree were compare with the histological grades determined on surgical specimen. Quantitative measurements signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of the lesion and the lesion-to-liver contrast-to-noise ratio C/N on the enhanced MR images, and the degree of S/N and C/N changes between the unenhanced and enhanced images were also correlated with the histological grades.

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CT 조영제 농도에 따른 영상 대조도 차 보상을 위한 DECT 적용의 유용성 (Usefulness of DECT Application for Compensation of Image Contrast Difference According to CT Contrast Agent Density)

  • 김현주
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.417-422
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 CT 검사 시 조영제로 기인한 화질 저하와 부작용을 감소시키기 위한 목적으로 식염수를 조영제에 일정 비율로 희석하였다. 이때 희석 정도에 따른 영상의 대조도 감소를 보상할 수 있는 DECT의 에너지 준위를 찾아 SNR, CNR, SSIM을 적용하여 비교 분석을 통해 영상 대조도 차 보상을 위한 DECT 적용의 유용성을 알아보았다. 그 결과 희석률 4(조영제) : 6(생리식염수), DECT의 에너지 준위 65 keV적용 시 조영제 원액을 사용했을 때와 가장 유사한 대조도 차가 형성되었고, 이때 SNR은 813.71±37.6, CNR은 921.87±17.1로 가장 높았으며, SSIM index가 1에 가장 유사한 0.851로 측정되었다. 본 연구결과는 향후 임상연구를 통해 검사부위별 적정 희석률과 에너지 레벨을 찾는 데 있어 기초정보를 제공하는 데 의미가 있으며 추가임상연구 결과를 임상에 적용한다면 조영제로 기인한 화질 저하와 부작용 문제를 줄여줄 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

CIECAM02에서의 밝기 분포 기반 모바일 디스플레이의 인지적 대비 (Perceptual Contrast based on Distribution of Brightness in CIECAM02 for Mobile Display)

  • 남의원;경왕준;하호건;하영호
    • 전자공학회논문지
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    • 제52권2호
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2015
  • 디스플레이의 대비는 일반적으로 디스플레이 최대 밝기와 최소 밝기의 비율을 이용하여 나타낸다. 그러나 이와 같은 명암비는 인간 시각의 인지 특성을 고려하지 않고 디스플레이의 물리적 특성만을 고려했기 때문에 인지 대비와 일치 하지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 디스플레이 밝기 범위 내에서 인지적으로 구별 가능한 밝기를 고려한 대비 측정 방법을 제안한다. 먼저, 디스플레이의 인지 밝기 범위를 측정하기 위해 CIECAM02 색 공간에서 최대 밝기와 최소 밝기 사이의 길이를 계산한다. 다음으로, Weber-Fechner 법칙을 기반으로 하여 각 밝기에서 인지적으로 동일한 밝기 범위를 결정하고, 각 범위 내에 존재하는 색의 수를 계산한다. 마지막으로, 각각의 동일하게 인지되는 밝기 범위내의 색의 수와 인지적 대비 길이의 비율로 인지적으로 구별 가능한 밝기를 계산한다. 주관적 실험에서 제안한 방법은 이전의 인지 대비 측정법에 비해 주관적 인지 대비 실험 결과와 일치하는 결과를 보였다.

저선량에서의 TrueX 재구성 방법에 의한 유용성 평가 (The Evaluation of TrueX Reconstruction Method in Low Dose)

  • 오세문;김계환;김승정;이홍재;김진의
    • 핵의학기술
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.83-87
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    • 2011
  • 최근 진단분야에서 PET/CT는 종양학 분야뿐만 아니라 심장 신경 등 여러 가지 분야에서 널리 활용되고 있다. PET/CT의 중요성이 높아지면서 영상의 질과 관련된 재구성 방법에 대한 연구도 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이 중 Siemens사의 TrueX 재구성 방법을 phantom 실험을 통해 Iterative 2D 재구성 방법과 비교 평가하여 임상적 유용성을 높이고자 하였다. 선량에 따른 영상을 비교 평가하기 위해 contrast ratio와 FWHM을 측정하였고 Biograph 40 True Point PET/CT (Siemens, Germany)를 사용하여 실험을 실시하였다. Contrast ratio를 구하기 위해 NEMA IEC PET body phantom (Data Spectrum Corp.)을 이용하였고, FWHM을 측정하기 위해 capillary tube를 사용하였다. 모든 영상은 10분씩 획득하였고, 영상 재구성은 현재 사용하고 있는 TrueX와 기존에 사용하던 Itertive 2D 알고리즘을 사용하였다. Iterative 2D는 임상에 적합한 parameter 조건을 적용하고 TrueX는 Siemens에서 권고하는 parameter를 적용하여 실험하였다. Capillary tube를 사용하여 FWHM을 측정한 결과, TrueX가 Iterative 2D 방식보다 낮게 나왔다. 저선량일수록 FWHM의 차이가 점점 커졌다. NEMA IEC PET body phantom을 사용하여 contrast ratio를 구한 결과, TrueX가 Itertive 2D보다 좋은 양상을 보였다. 그러나 선량에 따른 차이는 보이지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 영상 분석을 통해 TrueX가 Itertive 2D보다 contrast ratio와 spatial resolution이 높게 나타났다. 또한 TrueX를 통한 재구성 결과 저선량일수록 기존의 Iterative 2D보다 resolution은 좋은 양상을 보였고 contrast ratio는 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 즉 PET/CT에서 TrueX 재구성 기법이 환자의 피폭도 절감하고 질적으로 우수한 영상을 구현할 수 있어 임상적 이용가치가 높다고 생각된다.

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Evaluation of translucency of monolithic zirconia and framework zirconia materials

  • Tuncel, Ilkin;Turp, Isil;Usumez, Aslihan
    • The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.181-186
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    • 2016
  • PURPOSE. The opacity of zirconia is an esthetic disadvantage that hinders achieving natural and shade-matched restorations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the translucency of non-colored and colored framework zirconia and monolithic zirconia. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The three groups tested were: non-colored framework zirconia, colored framework zirconia with the A3 shade according to Vita Classic Scale, and monolithic zirconia (n=5). The specimens were fabricated in the dimensions of $15{\times}12{\times}0.5mm$. A spectrophotometer was used to measure the contrast ratio, which is indicative of translucency. Three measurements were made to obtain the contrast ratios of the materials over a white background ($L^*w$) and a black background ($L^*b$). The data were analyzed using the one-way analysis of variance and Tukey HSD tests. One specimen from each group was chosen for scanning electron microscope analysis. The determined areas of the SEM images were divided by the number of grains in order to calculate the mean grain size. RESULTS. Statistically significant differences were observed among all groups (P<.05). Non-colored zirconia had the highest translucency with a contrast ratio of 0.75, while monolithic zirconia had the lowest translucency with a contrast ratio of 0.8. The mean grain sizes of the non-colored, colored, and monolithic zirconia were 233, 256, and 361 nm, respectively. CONCLUSION. The translucency of the zirconia was affected by the coloring procedure and the grain size. Although monolithic zirconia may not be the best esthetic material for the anterior region, it may serve as an alternative in the posterior region for the bilayered zirconia restorations.

Split-bolus CT urography with synchronous nephrographic and excretory phase in dogs: comparison of image quality with three-phase CT urography and optimal allocation ratio of contrast medium

  • Je, Hyejin;Lee, Sang-Kwon;Jung, Jin-Woo;Jang, Youjung;Chhoey, Saran;Choi, Jihye
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.55.1-55.11
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    • 2020
  • Background: Computed tomography urography (CTU), based on the excretion of contrast medium after its injection, allows visualization of the renal parenchyma and the renal collecting system. Objectives: To determine the optimal contrast medium dose allocation ratio to apply in split-bolus CTU in dogs. Methods: This prospective, experimental, exploratory study used 8 beagles. In 3-phase CTU, unenhanced-, nephrographic-, and excretory-phase images were obtained with a single injection of 600 mg iodine/kg iohexol. In split-bolus CTU, two different contrast medium allocation ratios (30% and 70% for split CTU 1; 50% and 50% for split CTU 2) were used. Unenhanced phase image and a synchronous nephrographic-excretory phase image were acquired. Results: Although the attenuation of the renal parenchyma was significantly lower when using both split CTUs than the 3-phase CTU, based on qualitative evaluation, the visualization score of the renal parenchyma of split CTU 1 was as high as that of the 3-phase CTU, whereas the split CTU 2 score was significantly lower than those of the two others. Artifacts were not apparent, regardless of CTU protocol. The diameter and opacification of the ureter in both split CTUs were not significantly different from those using 3-phase CTU. Conclusions: Split-bolus CTU with a contrast medium allocation ratio of 30% and 70% is feasible for evaluating the urinary system and allows sufficient enhancement of the renal parenchyma and appropriate distention and opacification of the ureter, with similar image quality to 3-phase CTU in healthy dogs. Split-bolus CTU has the advantages of reducing radiation exposure and the number of CT images needed for interpretation.