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Measurement of the Average Speed of Ultrasound and Implementation of Its Imaging Using Compounding Technique in Medical Ultrasound Imaging (초음파 의료영상에서 컴파운딩 기법을 이용한 초음파의 평균 음속도의 측정과 음속도 영상의 구현)

  • Jeong, Mok-Kun;Kwon, Sung-Jae;Choi, Min-Joo
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 2009
  • Using a spatial compound imaging technique in a medical ultrasound imaging system, the average speed of sound in a medium of interest is measured, and imaging of its distribution is implemented. When the brightness reaches the highest level in an ultrasonic image obtained as the speed of sound used in focusing is varied, it turns out that the focusing has been accomplished satisfactorily and that the speed of sound which has been adopted becomes the sought-after average speed of sound. Because spatial compound imaging provides many different views of the same object, the adverse effect of erroneous speed-of-sound estimation tends to be more severe in compound imaging than in plain B-mode imaging. Thus, in compound imaging, the average speed of sound even in the case of speckled images can be accurately estimated by observing the brightness change due to different speeds of sound employed. Using this new method that offers spatial diversity, we can construct an image of the speed of sound distribution in a phantom embedded with a 10-mm diameter plastic cylinder whose speed of sound is different from that of the background. The speed of sound in the cylinder is found to be different from that of the surrounding medium.

On-Chip Fabrication of PDA Sensor Fiber Using Laser Polymerization and 3-D Hydrodynamic Focusing (3-D 유체집속효과와 레이저 중합반응을 이용한 PDA 센서 미세섬유 제작)

  • Yoo, Im-Sung;Song, Si-Mon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.2692-2695
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    • 2008
  • Polydiacetylene (PDA) is chemosensor materials that exhibit non-fluorescent-to-fluorescent transition as well as blue-to-red visible color change upon chemical or thermal stress. They have been studied in forms of film or microarray chip, so far. In this paper, we provide a novel technique to fabricate continuous micro-fiber PDA sensor using in-situ laser-polymerization technique and 3-D hydrodynamic focusing on a microfluidic chip. The flow of a monomer solution with diacetylene (DA) monomer is focused by a sheath flow on a 3-D microfluidic chip. The focused flow is exposed to 365 nm UV laser beam for in-situ polymerization which generates a continuous fiber containing DA monomers. Then, the fiber is exposed to 254 nm UV light to polymerize DA monomers to PDA. Preliminary results indicate that the fiber size can be controlled by the flow rates of the monomer solution and sheath flows and that a PDA sensor fiber successively responds to chemical and thermal stress.

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Defocusing image generation corresponding to focusing plane by using spatial information of 3D objects (3차원 물체의 공간정보를 이용한 임의의 집속면에 대응하는 디포커싱 영상 구현)

  • Jang, Jae-Young;Kim, Young-Il;Shin, Donghak;Lee, Byung-Gook;Lee, Joon-Jae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.981-988
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we propose a method to generate defocusing images at the focusing plane using the 3D spatial information of object through pickup process of integral imaging technique. In the proposed method, the focusing and defocusing images are generated by the convolution operation between elemental images and ${\delta}$ function array. We observed the image difference by defocusing degree according to the distance of focusing plane. To show the feasibility of the proposed method, some preliminary experiments are carried out and the results are presented.

A Study of Hair and Make up illustration Techniques -focusing on production based on graphical expression techniques- (헤어와 메이크업 일러스트레이션 기법 연구 -사실적 표현기법에 의한 작품제작을 중심으로-)

  • Kuh, Ja-Myung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fashion and Beauty
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.65-78
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    • 2003
  • This research is to provide practical help in learning hair and makeup illustration skills by presenting techniques for hair and makeup drawing; to serve efficient illustration education; and to enhance the status of beauty and contribute to artistic development. Hair style and makeup techniques include graphical one, pattern-centered one, one using pattern paper, simplifying one and mood one expressing image. Of them, this research made the illustrations to use cosmetics, color pencils and pastel based on the graphical technique. for each design of the illustrations, ethnic, sexy, natural, romantic and gorgeous images, which were considered to be appropriate to the graphical technique, were chosen by the researcher out of hair and makeup styles that appeared in the fashion magazines including Vogue, Gap, Mode et Mode from 2000 through 2001. In particular, they were chosen with focusing on basic styles. The summaries below were found with the experience of making illustrations. Various techniques and skills are required to express the ideas of hair and makeup styles. Of them, the graphical technique is very useful as the primary step to learn various techniques and improve drawing skills. First, the graphical technique may enable not only expressing what is desired to draw as is, but also accurately representing hair and makeup designs so as to convey objective expression. In this regard, it is a proper way to achieve its inherent purpose as conveyance of messages. Second, more accurate styling of hair and makeup is available through graphical expression, which helps understand related practical techniques. In addition, makeup illustration, which is expressed through direct makeup products and instruments, may serve skill improvement since such direct use provides the feeling of real makeup. Third, the graphical technique as a basic drawing skill may unrestrictedly show the artist's expression ability. Fourth, although artistic merits implying individuality and creativity should be shared through illustrations that express the artist's ideas or emotions, the graphical technique is the easiest method to beginners who just started learning of illustration, in that it enables expression without highly advanced skills.

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Development of A Simulation Technique for Arc-Rail Based GB-SAR System (원형레일 기반의 지상 SAR 시스템 시뮬레이션 기법 개발)

  • Kim, Kwang-Eun;Cho, Seong-Jun;Lee, Hoon-Yol
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 2009
  • A technique for the simulation of various kinds of ground based SAR system was developed. This is an ancillary research for the development of an ArcSAR system which uses an arc-rail as a platform for the antenna movement instead of linear rail. The results of applying conventional Deramp FFT based SAR focusing algorithm to the simulated raw signal of linear rail type ground based SAR for the point targets showed that the developed simulation technique generated accurate GB-SAR raw signal. The developed technique is now being used for the development and verification of SAR focusing algorithm for the arc-rail type ground based SAR. The simulation technique is also expected to be very useful for the purpose oriented system design and operation planning of ground based SAR technique.

A Study on the Design Methodology of SE-Based Military Force Construction in Defense Acquisition Process (Focusing on Influencing Factor Priorities) (국방획득 과정에서 SE개념 기반의 군사력건설 설계 방법론 연구(영향요인 우선순위 결정 중심으로))

  • Kim, Heung Bin;Seo, Je Hyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 2019
  • This paper focuses on the SE concept based on the weapon system design, which is the lack of systematic research at the stage of military requirements creation prior to acquisition management phase. Influence factors were derived by focusing on the core issues that were at issue in the process of requirements analysis, requirements verification, and business management in recent years. Next, the impact factor was prioritized using the AHP technique and then alternatives were suggested. As a result, through the hierarchical analysis process, 'substantiation of necessity' was found to be the most important factor in the large category, and 'satisfaction of the operating concept' was the most important factor. In addition, as a result of calculating the final weight for each nutritional factor, it was analyzed in order of 'enemy threat response ability', 'response to operational environment change', 'performance considering operational environment', and 'guaranteed power generation'. The results of this analysis suggest which factors should be focused on, firstly, based on the concept of SE by the military and JCS.

Improvement of Signal to Noise Ratio by Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique in Ultrasonic Testing (집속 신호 합성 기법에 의한 초음파 탐상 신호 개선)

  • Lee, S.L.;Chang, K.O.;Kim, B.C.;Kim, G.G.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 1998
  • Nondestructive method can include both testing itself and analysis or evaluation of the testing results. Although vast amount of testing can be accomplished in a fairly short amount of time due to the advancement of electronic technology. it is really difficult matter to identify whether the indication found during testing corresponds to be a real defect. Thus, in ultrasonic testing, advanced digital signal processing techniques have been widely studied in order to identify the shape of the defect during testing, and one of the signal processing techniques, synthetic aperture focusing technique(SAFT) was tried for holes machined in carbon steel plate in this study. Result showed that signal to noise ratio has been improved considerably compared to the result from original RF signals.

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Imaging of Harmonic Wave Generated by Contact Acoustic Nonlinearity in Obliquely Incident Ultrasonic Wave (경사입사 초음파에서 계면 접촉 음향 비선형성에 의해 발생한 고조파의 영상화)

  • Yun, Dong-Seok;Choi, Sung-Ho;Kim, Chung-Seok;Jhang, Kyung-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.362-368
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    • 2012
  • The objective of this study is to image the harmonic wave generated by contact acoustic nonlinearity in obliquely incident ultrasonic wave for early detection of closed cracks. A closed crack has been simulated by contacting two aluminum block specimens producing solid-solid contact interfaces and then acoustic nonlinearity has been imaged with contact pressure. Sampling phased array(SPA) and synthetic aperture focusing technique(SAFT) are used for imaging techniques. The amplitude of the fundamental frequency decreased with appling pressure. But, the amplitude of second harmonic increased with pressure and was a maximum amplitude at the simulation point of closed crack. Then, the amplitude of second harmonic decreased. As a result, harmonic imaging of contact acoustic nonlinearity is possible and it is expected to be apply for early detection of initial cracks.

Radarsat-1 Doppler Information Extraction Technique Using Both Received Echo Data and Orbital and Attitude Information of Satellite (신호자료 및 궤도정보를 이용한 Radarsat-1 도플러 정보 추출기법 연구)

  • 고보연;나원상;이용웅
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.421-430
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    • 2003
  • The extraction technique for Doppler information(Doppler centroid frequency(f$_{dc}$) and it's rate(f$_{r}$) is very important to make an image from the radar echo signal data. Clutterlock and auto-focusing techniques have been widely used to extract accurate Doppler information. But both techniques are not easy to implement in SAR processor and need quite lots of time to calculate accurate f$_{dc}$ and f$_{r}$ because they are generally based on echo signal data only. In this paper we suggest hybrid method for Doppler extraction using both of echo signal data and orbital and attitude information of satellite. In this method CDE(Correlation Doppler Estimation) technique is only used to estimate exact modular f$_{dc}$ using received echo signal data and rest of other algorithms are based on simple mathematical model of geometry between satellite and ground targets as well as the Doppler frequency ambiguity resolving problem. The experimental results using Radarsat-1 signal data shows that the proposed method can be effectively used for the extraction of Doppler information.