• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2013

심혈관 촬영 시 선량감소를 위해 실무자가 조절 가능한 기하학적 특성을 살펴보고, 각 특성에 따른 유효선량을 비교해 보았다. 인체 모형 팬텀을 이용하여 투시촬영과 영화촬영을 시행하였고, 선량의 측정은 심혈관 장치의 DAP meter를 이용하여 DAP 값을 유효선량으로 환산하였다. 먼저 영화촬영은 투시촬영에 비해 기하학적 특성 전반에 걸쳐서 선량이 약 6-7배 높았다. FPS mode에 따른 선량은 FPS를 낮게 설정할수록 선량이 70%까지 감소하였다. 선관 각도에 따른 선량은 LAO $45^{\circ}$+Caudal $30^{\circ}$이 가장 높게 측정되었고, 조사야 조절장치를 많이 적용할수록 선량은 감소하였다. X-선관과 영상증배관의 거리가 10 cm 멀어질수록 투시촬영과 영화촬영에서 각각 선량이 25-35%까지 증가하였다. FOV가 확대될수록 선량이 1.21-2배 증가하였고, 테이블과 영상증배관 거리가 10cm 멀어질수록 선량은 1.11-1.25배 까지 증가하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 실험한 기하학적 특성인 FPS mode, 선관 각도, 조준기, 선관과 영상증배관 거리, 테이블과과 영상증배관 거리, FOV 영상 확대 등은 중재적 시술 시 실무자가 수시로 조절 가능한 인자이며, 각 특성에 따라 선량 감소 효과를 기대할 수 있다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2008

We introduce a rotating-gantry-based x-ray micro-tomography system to be used for small animal imaging studies. It has the zoom-in imaging capability for high resolution imaging of a local region inside the animal subject without any contrast anomalies arising from truncation of the projection data. With the sliding mechanism mounted on the rotating gantry holding the x-ray source and the x-ray detector, we can control the magnification ratio of the x-ray projection data. By combining the projection data from the large field of view (FOV) scan of the whole animal subject and the projection data from the small FOV scan of the region of interest, we can obtain artifact-free zoomed-in images of the region of interest. For the acquisition of x-ray projection data, we use a $1248{\times}1248$ flat-panel x-ray detector with the pixel pitch of 100 mm. It has been experimentally found that the developed system has the spatial resolution of up to 121p/mm when the highest magnification ratio of 5:1 is applied to the zoom-in imaging. We present some in vivo rat femur images to demonstrate utility of the developed system for small animal imaging.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2005

We introduce an x-ray micro tomography system capable of high resolution imaging of a local region inside a small animal. By combining two kinds of projection data, one from a full field-of-view (FOV) scan of the whole body and the other from a limited FOV scan of the region of interest, we have obtained zoomed-in images of the region of interest without any contrast a nomalies. We have integrated a micro tomography system using a micro-focus x-ray source, a $1248\times1248$ flat-panel x-ray detector, and a precision scan mechanism. Using the cross-sectional images taken with the zoom-in micro tomography system, we measured trabecular thicknesses of femur bones in postmortem rats. To compensate the limited spatial resolution in the zoom-in micro tomography images, we used the fuzzy distance transform for the calculation of the trabecular thickness. To validate the trabecular thickness measurement with the zoom-in micro tomography images, we compared the measurement results with the ones obtained from the conventional micro tomography images of the extracted bone samples.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.56.4-57
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• 2015

We present the optical design and a sensitivity analysis for a wide field of view (FOV) instrument operating at UV and IR wavelengths. The ongoing investigation is performed in collaboration with Omnisys Instruments (Sweden) and focuses on a telluric-limb-viewing instrument that will fly in a low Earth orbit to study mesospheric wave structures over a wide range of horizontal scales in the altitude range 80 - 100 km. The instrument has six wavelength channels which consist of 4 channels of IR and 2 of UV. We are proposing an optical design based on three mirror aplanatic off-axis reflective system. The entrance pupil diameter and effective focal length are 45 mm and 270 mm, respectively. The FOV is $5.5^{\circ}{\times}1^{\circ}$ and the secondary mirror is set for stop. The optical specification is required to have an encircled energy of at least 80 % within a diameter of 21 um. We performed sensitivity analysis for the longest wavelength of 772 nm in consideration of the diffraction limit of system. The results show that tolerance limits for positions and angles of the mirrors are not very sensitive compared with typical error budgets of manufacturing and assembling process. The secondary mirror has the most sensitive tolerance for surface figure of 250 nm in root-mean-square.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2646-2651
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• 2021

A rectangular-shaped PET system with an adjustable gantry (AGPET) has been developed for imaging small animals. The AGPET system employs a new depth of interaction (DOI) method using a depth dependent reflector patterns and a new digital time pickoff method based on the pulse reconstruction method. To evaluate the performance of the AGPET, timing resolution, intrinsic spatial resolution and point source images were acquired. The timing resolution and intrinsic spatial resolution were measured using two detector modules and Na-22 gamma source. The PET images were acquired in two field of view (FOV) sizes, 30 mm and 90 mm, to demonstrate the characteristic of the AGPET. As a result of in the experiment results, the timing resolution was 0.9 ns using the pulse reconstruction method based on the bi-exponential model. The intrinsic spatial resolution was an average of 1.7 mm and the spatial resolution of PET images after DOI correction was 2.08 mm and 2.25 mm at the centers of 30 mm and 90 mm FOV, respectively. The results show that the proposed AGPET system provided higher sensitivity and resolution for small animal imaging.

• 천문학논총
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2003

FIMS (Far-ultraviolet IMaging Spectrograph) is the main payload of STSAT-1 satellite which was successfully launched on September 27, 2003. The optical system of FIMS consists of two sets of parabolic cylinder mirror, slit, ellipsoidal reflection grating, and baffle system. We designed two types of baffle system for the FIMS: FOV baffle and order baffle. FOV baffle in the mirror house controls the field of view, and the order baffle in the vacuum box blocks the rays reflected rays by different orders.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2018

This paper proposes a line laser thermography scanning (LLTS) system for multiple crack evaluation on a concrete structure, as the core technology for unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted crack inspection. The LLTS system consists of a line shape continuous-wave laser source, an infrared (IR) camera, a control computer and a scanning jig. The line laser generates thermal waves on a target concrete structure, and the IR camera simultaneously measures the corresponding thermal responses. By spatially scanning the LLTS system along a target concrete structure, multiple cracks even in a large scale concrete structure can be effectively visualized and evaluated. Since raw IR data obtained by scanning the LLTS system, however, includes timely- and spatially-varying IR images due to the limited field of view (FOV) of the LLTS system, a novel time-spatial-integrated (TSI) coordinate transform algorithm is developed for precise crack evaluation in a static condition. The proposed system has the following technical advantages: (1) the thermal wave propagation is effectively induced on a concrete structure with low thermal conductivity of approximately 0.8 W/m K; (2) the limited FOV issues can be solved by the TSI coordinate transform; and (3) multiple cracks are able to be visualized and evaluated by normalizing the responses based on phase mapping and spatial derivative processes. The proposed LLTS system is experimentally validated using a concrete specimen with various cracks. The experimental results reveal that the LLTS system successfully visualizes and evaluates multiple cracks without false alarms.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.41-45
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• 2013

Two-photon microscopy (TPM) is minimally-invasive 3D fluorescence microscopy based on nonlinear excitation, and TPM can visualize cellular structures based on auto-fluorescence. Line-scanning TPM is one of high-speed TPM methods without sacrificing the image resolution by using spatial and temporal focusing. In this paper, we developed line-scanning TPM based on spatial and temporal focusing for auto-fluorescence imaging by exciting the tryptophan. Laser source for this system was an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and it made near 570 nm femtosecond pulse laser. It had 200fs pulse width and 1.72 nm bandwidth, so that the achievable depth resolution was 2.41um and field of view (FOV) is 10.8um. From the characterization, our system has 3.0 um depth resolution and 12.3 um FOV. We visualized fixed leukocyte cell sample and compared with point scanning system.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.293-297
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 실시간으로 획득된 칼라 영상에서 CMODE(Correct Multiple Object DEtection)방법을 이용하여 움직이는 다수 물체를 검출하고, 위치 정보와 색상 정보를 이용하여 관심 보행자만을 추적하는 새로운 알고리즘을 제안한다. 다수 물체가 검출되면, 사람의 구조적 특징과 형태 정보를 이용하여 나무의 흔들림이나 차량의 움직임은 제거하고 관심 보행자만을 검출한다. 검출된 관심 보행자 추적을 위한 1차 유사성 판단은 이전 관심 보행자의 무게중심과 현재 관심 보행자의 무게중심간의 거리차를 이용한다. 1차 유사성이 판단된 영역에 대하여 k-평균 알고리즘으로 세 개의 특징점을 구하고, 각 특징점의 $3{\times}3$ 영역에 대한 평균 색상값으로 2차 유사성을 판단하여 추적하도록 한다. 카메라 배율은 원거리의 보행자에 대한 추적을 용이하게 하기 위해서 조정하고, 카메라 시계(FOV: Field of View)는 보행자의 위치가 화면내의 일정 범위에 있지 않을 경우에 조정한다. 실험 결과, 제안한 CMODE 방법이 라벨링 방법보다 평균 접근 횟수가 1/4배정도 덜 접근하였으며, 평균 검출시간도 3배정도 빠르게 검출됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 나무의 흔들림으로 인한 영역이나 차량의 움직임 영역, 그림자 영역과 같이 복잡한 배경에서도 관심 보행자 검출은 평균 96.5%의 높은 검출률을 보였다. 관심 보행자 추적은 위치 정보와 색상 정보를 이용하여 평균 95%의 높은 추적률을 보였으며, 관심 보행자는 카메라 시계와 배율을 조정함으로써 연속적으로 추적할 수 있었다.

• 감성과학
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2002

이전 연구에서 가상현실에 몰입하는 동안 넓은 시야(field of view : 150˚)와 빠른 운행속도(70km/sec)가 사이버 멀미를 심화시킨다는 결과를 얻었다. 피험자의 90%가 좁은 시야(50˚)와 느린 운행속도(30km/sec)에서 사이버멀미 증상이 적었다. 본 실험에서는 피험자가 생리적인 동요를 경험할 때마다 바이오피드백 방법을 사용하여 사이버 멀미 감소 가상환경(cybersickness alleviating virtual environment ; CAVE)을 제시한 후, 그 효과를 관찰하였다. 피부전도도, 말초체온, 말초 혈류량, 심박률, 눈 깜박임, 뇌전위의 변수들을 입력하는 인공 신경망으로 구성된 실시간 멀미 탐지 시스템과 CAVE-제시 피드백 시스템을 구축하였다 이 시스템들은 생리적 측정치들이 사이버 멀미의 출현을 신호할 때마다 피드백 출력으로 좁은 화면과 감소된 운행속도를 일시적으로 제공하였다. 36명의 피험자를 대상으로 SSQ(simulator sickness questionnaire)와 자기보고를 이용하여 사이버 멀미의 빈도와 심각도를 조사하였다. 모든 피험자는 한달 간격으로 CAW 조건과 non-CAYE 조건에서 두 번 가상현실을 경험하였다. 사이버멀미의 빈도와 심각도는 non-CAVE 조건보다 CAVE 조건에서 유의미하게 감소하였다. 즉, 전기 생리학적 특징들에 기반한 인공 신경망에 의해 제공된 좁은 시야와 느린 운행의 가상환경은 사이버 멀미 증상들을 감소시켰다 이러한 결과들은 생체신호 피드백 시스템을 이용하여 인간 친화적 가상환경을 구축할 수 있는 가능성을 보인 것이다.