• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2006

Remote sensing cannot provide a direct measurement of vegetation index (VI) but it can provide a reasonably good estimate of vegetation index, defined as the ratio of satellite bands. The monitoring of vegetation in nearby urban regions is made difficult by the low spatial resolution and temporal resolution image captures. In this study, enhancing spatial resolution method is adapted as to improve a low spatial resolution. Recent studies have successfully estimated normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) using improved resolution method such as from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard EOS Terra satellite. Image enhancing spatial resolution is an important tool in remote sensing, as many Earth observation satellites provide both high-resolution and low-resolution multi-spectral images. Examples of enhancement of a MODIS multi-spectral image and a MODIS NDVI image of Cheongju using a Landsat TM high-resolution multi-spectral image are presented. The results are compared with that of the IHS technique is presented for enhancing spatial resolution of multi-spectral bands using a higher resolution data set. To provide a continuous monitoring capability for NDVI, in situ measurements of NDVI from paddy field was carried out in 2004 for comparison with remotely sensed MODIS data. We compare and discuss NDVI estimates from MODIS sensors and in-situ spectroradiometer data over Ochang plain region. These results indicate that the MODIS NDVI is underestimated by approximately 50%.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.150-158
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• 2010

디지털 신호의 표본화 속도를 변환시키는 SRC(sample rate converter) 장치에는 필터가 필요하다. 속도 변환율이 높을수록 필터의 신호처리량이 증대되며, 필터의 구현이 복잡해진다. 그러므로 속도 변환율이 높은 경우에는 신호처리량이 적은 필터를 설계하는 것은 중요한 문제이다. 본 논문에서는 다단 FIR(finite impulse response) 필터를 효과적으로 설계하는 방법을 제시하였다. 다단 필터는 표본화 속도를 한 번에 변환하는 것이 아니라 여러 단 나누어서 변환하는 방식이다. 제시된 설계방식은, 속도 변환율의 인수분해 조합 모두에 대하여 조사하며, 필터의 복잡도 측정을 필터 차수의 추정식에 의존하지 않고 필터의 구현 결과를 바탕으로 한 점이 특징이다. 필터 설계 결과, 종래의 방식으로 설계된 것보다 곱셈연산량이 적음을 보였다. 또한 halfband 필터나 다중 차단대역 필터 등의 특성을 활용하면 곱셈연산량이 더욱 감소된 필터를 구성할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2008

특징점 기반 지문 인증은 적은 양의 데이터만을 활용하여 소형화와 속도에서 유리하기 때문에 주로 이용되지만 잘못 추출된 특징점에 의해 지문 인증 오류가 발생된다. 현재 이 문제를 해결하기 위한 많은 방법들이 제안되었다. 하지만 지문입력시 발생하는 잡음등과 같은 외부적 요인과 여러 처리 단계에서 발생하는 내부적 요인 등으로 왜곡 현상을 피하기 어렵기 때문에 전처리 과정의 개선에 의한 오류 감소는 한계를 가지고 있다. 반면에 영상 기반 지문정합은 특징점을 이용하지 않고 영상을 직접 비교하여 특징점에 의한 오류가 발생하지 않는다. 그러나 영상 기반 지문정합은 영상보정이 어려운 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 특징점 기반 지문정합과 영상 기반 지문정합을 함께 수행하여 효과적으로 인증 성능을 향상시키는 방법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘을 실험한 결과 타인 인증 오류와 본인 거부 오류가 각각 2.7%와 6.5%에서 0.8%와 5.5%로 성능이 향상되었다.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.80-84
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• 2015

Softness is considered one of the most important attributes of hygiene paper such as tissue and towel. Being subjective in nature, however, softness attribute has been generally believed to be impossible to evaluate using objective methods. Hallmark in his pioneering work proposed that tissue subjective softness should be mainly consisted of the bulk softness component and surface softness component. The bulk softness component can be determined by tensile stiffness; the surface softness component by surface tester. The surface friction turns out far more important than the surface roughness in determining the surface softness component. It cannot be too much emphasized that both results of the tensile stiffness and the surface friction should depend on measuring conditions such as an instrument used, sample sizes (e.g., basis weight, length, and width) and operating conditions of the instrument (e.g., gauge length, cross-head speed, size of stylus, and its scanning speed). This indicates that a direct comparison of the test results would be impossible or misleading unless they have been tested under the identical conditions. This may explain why the standard objective test method for tissue softness has not been available at present.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2007

This study purposed to evaluate a $CellPrep^{(R)}$ (CP) of liquid-based cytology (LBC) to search for a less expensive and automated alternative cytologic preparation technique applicable to usually encountered cytologic specimens. Cervicovaginal direct-to-vial split samples from 457 gynecologic patients, 40 body fluid samples, and 34 urine samples were processed with the CP technique and the results were compared with those of currently used $ThinPrep^{(R)}$ (TP) method. Both CP and TP methods provide evenly distributed thin layers of cells with little cellular overlaps or significant obscuring elements in most of cases. Staining quality of both preparations showed a little difference due to the difference of fixative solutions without significant distractions in cytologic interpretation. On the supposition that TP was a gold standard, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of CP cytology were 89%, 98%, 86%, and 99% in the cervicovaginal smear, 89%, 82%, 80%, and 90% in body fluid, and all of these values were 100% in urine samples. To testify the availability of immunohistochemistry on CP preparations, cytokeratin, vimentin, and Ki-67 were applied on body fluid specimens, and all of these antibodies were specifically stained on targeted cells. Conclusively, the CP method gave comparable results to those of TP in terms of smear quality and cytologic diagnostic evaluation, and was available on immunohistochemistry. The CP method could offer a cost-effective and automated alternative to the current expensive techniques of liquid-based cytology on popular cytologic materials including cervicovaginal, body fluid, and urine specimens.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.283-290
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• 2015

We proposed blink based online speller for the locked-in syndrome (LIS) patients, paralyzed in nearly all voluntary muscles expect for the eyes, with a simple and easy-to-use eye blink detection glasses. Electrooculogram (EOG) is the golden standard method of eye movement or blink measurement with Ag/AgCl electrodes. However, this method has several drawbacks such as skin irritation and dehydration of conductive gel. To resolve the shortcomings, we used a blink detection system based on a transparent capacitively coupled electrode, which is conductive indium tin oxide (ITO) films. The films make it possible to measure eye blink without direct skin contact and obstruction of field of view. We finally developed user-friendly blink based online speller with the blink detection system. To classify voluntary and non-voluntary blink, we used the double blink for command of the speller. The online speller experiment result with six healthy subjects shows that mean accuracy is 98.96% and letter per minute (LPM) is 4.73, which are better result by comparison with conventional P300 or auditory brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigm. The result of the experiment demonstrates the possibility of applying the proposed system as a communication method for the LIS patients.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.54-72
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• 2018

This study reviewed standard operation procedures for fractionation and analytical methods of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in north america and european countries to aid proper establishment of risk assessment protocols associated with TPH exposure in Korea. In current, the TPH fraction methods established by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Criteria Working Group (TPHCWG) are most frequently employed worldwide. Both methods were developed on the basis of direct exposure of TPH from soil, although the method by TPHCWG also took into account the mobility of TPH. Volatile and extractable fractions of petroleum hydrocarbons were analyzed either separately or together. TPH fractionation methods were evaluated based on conservative toxicity values considering the uncertainty of risk assessment in light of current standard protocol for analyzing soil contaminants in Korea, and it was concluded that the method developed by MassDEP is more appropriate.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.464-472
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• 2005

목적: 부채살 단일광자단층촬영(SPECT)은 공간분해능과 민감도를 개선하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 보다 정확한 영상을 얻고 인체에 대한 SPECT의 영상화 과정을 정확하게 묘사하기 위하여 평행 데이터로 재배열하는 과정 없이 직접 부채살 데이터를 이용하여 재구성하는 알고리즘이 필요하다. 본 연구는 다양한 부채살 재구성 알고리즘을 구현하였고 각 방법의 성능을 비교하였다. 대상 및 방법: 선추적법을 적용하여 부채살 투사기와 이로부터 얻은 데이터를 직접 재구성할 수 있는 FBP, EM, OS-EM과 MAP-EM OSL 알고리즘을 구현하였다. OSL 알고리즘의 경우에는 membrane과 thin plate prior를 사용하였다. 직접 부채살 데이터를 재구성하는 방법의 성능을 평가하기 위해 양방향 최근접 이웃, 양방향 1차와 양방향 3차 보간법을 사용하여 재배열된 평행 데이터를 얻었고 이 데이터를 기존의 평행 데이터에 대한 EM 알고리즘을 사용하여 재구성하였다. Hoffman 두뇌와 Shepp/Logan 팬텀으로부터 얻은 잡음 없는 데이터와 잡음 있는 데이터는 각 방법으로 재구성하였으며 퍼센트 오차를 계산하여 각 재구성된 영상을 비교하였다. 결과: Thin-plate 사전 분포함수를 사용한 OSL 방법이 가장 낮은 오차를 가지며 잡음으로 인한 결과 영상의 불안정성을 효과적으로 제어함을 확인할 수 있었다. 부채살 데이터를 평행 데이터로 재배열시 양방향 1차 보간법이 정확성과 계산 시간 측면에서 가장 효율적인 방법임을 확인하였다. 재배열된 평행 데이터의 EM결과에 비해 직접 부채살 데이터를 재구성하여 얻은 결과영상이 더 정확하게 재구성되었다. 결론: 본 연구에서는 평행 데이터로 재배열한 경우에 비하여 보다 정확한 영상을 재구성하는 직접 부채살 재구성 알고리즘을 구현하였으며 이는 정량적으로 월등히 개선된 결과를 제공함을 확인하였다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.84-93
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• 1999

목적: 주기율표상에서 7족에 위치하며, 유사한 화학적 특성을 지닌 $^{99m}Tc$와 $^{188}Re$의 항체에 표지하는 조건의 차이점과 앞서 표지된 항체의 핵종에 따른 거동의 차이를 비교 실험해 보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: mercaptoethanol을 사용하여 non-specific human IgG의 disulfide 결합을 환원시켜, -SH 기의 발생을 유도하였다. 앞서 처리된 IgG을 stannous ion 을 사용하여 $^{99m}Tc$과 $^{188}Re$을 환원하여 $^{99m}Tc$-IgG과 $^{188}Re$-IgG을 제작하였다. HPLC를 사용하여 $^{99m}Tc$-IgG은 1시간, 4시간. 6시간, 24시간마다 $^{188}Re$-IgG은 1시간, 4시간, 16시간, 24시간마다 시간경과에 따른 안정도 변화를 확인하였다. 결과: 한 분자당 약 2개의 -SH기를 유도 면역 활성이 최대한 유지되는 환원된 IgG를 얻을 수 있었다. 각각 90%와 95% 이상의 높은 표지반응수율로 $^{99m}Tc$-IgG과 $^{188}Re$-IgG을 얻었다. $^{99m}Tc$-IgG의 %peak area를 1시간, 4시간, 6시간, 24시간마다 측정한 값은 각각 91%, 83%, 78%, 7%이었다. $^{188}Re$-IgG의 경우 1시간, 4시간, 16시간, 24시간에서 94%, 80%, 47%, 42%이었다. $^{99m}Tc$-IgG을 정맥주사 후 4시간 후의 %ID/g는 장기별로 신장, 혈액, 위, 농양($9.42{\pm}0.68,\;1.43{\pm}0.24,\;0.86{\pm}0.18,\;0.72{\pm}0.10$)순이었고, 24시간에서는 신장, 농양, 위, 혈액($7.61{\pm}1.58,\;0.57{\pm}0.07,\;0.37{\pm}0.09,\;0.281{\pm}0.09$)의 순이었다. $^{188}Re$-IgG의 경우 4시간에서 신장, 혈액, 농양, 위($3.92{\pm}0.62,\;1.32{\pm}0.08,\;0.88{\pm}0.01,\;0.26{\pm}0.06$)의 순이였고, 24시간에서 신장, 농양, 혈액, 위($4{\pm}0.26,\;0.37{\pm}0.04,\;0.29{\pm}0.01,\;0.13{\pm}0.03$)의 순이었다. 결론: $^{99m}Tc$-IgG과 $^{188}Re$-IgG의 표지항체는 직접표지 법을 사용하여 효과적으로 제조되었다. 그러나, 직접표지법을 사용한 $^{99m}Tc$-IgG과 $^{188}Re$-IgG의 안정도는 시간경과에 따라 불안정함을 보여 안정성을 증가시키기 위한 항체표지 방법들에 대한 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각되었다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.380-391
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• 2015

Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess airborne particulate matter pollution and its effect on health of residents living near Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex and its vicinities. Also, this study measured and analyzed the concentration of TSP, $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and heavy metals which influences on the environmental and respiratory disease in Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex, Daegu, Korea. Methods: In this study, we analyzed various environmental pollutants such as particulate matter and heavy metals from Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex that adversely affected local residents's health. In particular, we verified the concentration distribution and characteristics of exposure for TSP, $PM_{10}$, and $PM_{2.5}$ among particulate matters, and heavy metals(Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Fe, Zn, and Mg). In that regard, the official test method on air pollution in Korea for analysis of particulate matter and heavy metal in atmosphere were conducted. The large capacity air sampling method by the official test method on air pollution in Korea were applied for sampling of heavy metals in atmosphere. In addition, we evaluated the concentration of seasonal environmental pollutants for each point of residence in Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex and surrounding area. The sampling measured periods for air pollutants were from August 11, 2013 to February 21, 2014. Furthermore, we measured and analyzed the seasonal concentrations(summer, autumn and winter). Results: The average concentration for TSP, $PM_{10}$, and $PM_{2.5}$ by direct influence area at Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex were 1.7, 1.4 and 1.9 times higher than reference region. In analysis results of seasonal concentrations for particulate matter in four direct influence and reference area, concentration levels for winter were generally somewhat higher than concentrations for summer and autumn. The average concentrations for Cd, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb, Fe, and Zn in direct influence area at Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex were $0.0008{\pm}0.0004{\mu}g/Sm^3$, $0.0141{\pm}0.0163{\mu}g/Sm^3$, $0.0248{\pm}0.0059{\mu}g/Sm^3$, $0.0026{\pm}0.0011{\mu}g/Sm^3$, $0.0272{\pm}0.0084{\mu}g/Sm^3$, $0.4855{\pm}0.1862{\mu}g/Sm^3$, and $0.3068{\pm}0.0631{\mu}g/Sm^3$, respectively. In particularly, the average concentrations for Cd, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb, Fe, and Zn in direct influence area at Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex were 1.9, 3.6, 2.1, 1.9, 1.4, 2.6, and 1.2 times higher than reference area, respectively. The continuous monitoring and management were required for some heavy metals such as Cr and Ni. Moreover, the average concentration in winter for particulate matter in direct influence area at Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex were generally higher than concentrations in summer and autumn. Also, average concentrations for TSP, $PM_{10}$, and $PM_{2.5}$ were from 1.5 to 2.0 times, 1.2 to 1.8 times, and 1.1 to 2.3 times higher than reference area, respectively. In results for seasonal atmospheric environment, TSP, $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and heavy metal concentrations in direct influence area were higher than reference area. Especially, the concentrations in C station were a high level in comparison with other area. Conclusions: In the results, some particulate matters and heavy metals were relatively high concentration, in order to understand the environmental pollution level and health effect in surrounding area at Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex. The concentration of some heavy metals emitted from direct influence area at Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex were relatively higher than reference area. In particular, average concentration for heavy metals in this study were higher than average concentrations in air quality monitoring station for heavy metal for 7 years in Deagu metropolitan region. Especially, the residents near Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex may be exposed to the pollutants(TSP, $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and heavy metals, etc) emitted from the factories in Ansim Briquette Fuel Complex.