• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.534-544
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• 1997

Levenberg-Marquardt (LMA)와 유전 알고리즘(GA)을 결합한 새로운 잡종알고리틈을 반복적으로 사용하여, 비용함수의 실 극소값(global minimum)을 주는 2차원 강산란체의 유전율 분포를 재구성한다. 비용함수에 사용되는 산란파는 원통형 각모드로 전개되며, 이 중 유효 전파모드만이 이용된다. 유효 전파모드만을 사용하여 비용함수를 정의함으로써 주어진 산란체를 재구성하는데 필요한 입사파 개수의 최소값이 공식화된다. 수치해석 결과로부터,LMA는 수렴 속도가 빠르나 강산란체를 재구성할 수 없고, GA는 강산란체의 재구성은 가능하나 수렴 속도가 느린 반면, 결합 알고리즘을 이용하는 역산란 방법은 LMA와 GA의 장점만을 취합한 방법임이 입증된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.427-432
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• 2021

The conventional approach of looking down a microscope to perform microsurgical procedures is associated with occupational injuries, anti-ergonomic postures, and increased tremor and fatigue, all of which predispose microsurgeons to early retirement. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) visualization of real-time microscope magnification has been developed as an alternative. Despite its commercial availability, no supermicrosurgical procedures have been reported using this technology to date. Lymphovenous anastomoses (LVAs) often require suturing vessels with diameters of 0.2-0.8 mm, thus representing the ultimate microsurgical challenge. After performing the first documented LVA procedure using 3D-augmented visualization in our unit and gaining experience with this technique, we conducted an anonymized in-house survey among microsurgeons who had used this approach. The participants considered that 3D visualization for supermicrosurgery was equivalent in terms of handling, optical detail, depth resolution, and safety to conventional binocular magnification. This survey revealed that team communication, resident education, and ergonomics were superior using 3D digital hybrid visualization. Postoperative muscle fatigue, tremor, and pain were also reduced. The major drawbacks of the 3D visualization microscopic systems are the associated costs, required space, and difficulty of visualizing the lymphatic contrast used.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.3380-3389
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• 2022

We evaluated the performance of an improved hybrid median filter (IHMF) applied to X-ray computed tomography (CT) images obtained using a high-resolution photon-counting cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector. To study how the proposed approach improves the image quality, we measured the noise levels and the overall CT-image quality. We established a CZT imaging system with a detector length of 5.12 cm and thickness of 0.3 cm and acquired phantom images. To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed filter, we first modeled two conventional median filters. Subsequently, we were able to achieve a normalized noise power spectrum result of ~10^-8 mm², and furthermore, the proposed method improved the contrast-to-noise ratio by a factor of ~1.51 and the coefficient of variation by 1.55 relative to the counterpart values of the no-filter image. In addition, the IHMF exhibited the best performance among the three filters considered as regards the peak signal-to-noise ratio and no-reference-based image-quality evaluation parameters. Thus, our results demonstrate that the IHMF approach provides a superior image performance over conventional median filtering methods when applied to actual CZT X-ray CT images.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.98-111
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• 2008

This review introduces advances in clinical and pre-clinical single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) providing noninvasive functional images of biological processes. Development of new collimation techniques such as multi-pinhole and slit-slat collimators permits the improvement of system spatial resolution and sensitivity of SPECT. Application specific SPECT systems using smaller and compact solid-state detector have been customized for myocardial perfusion imaging with higher performance. Combined SPECT/CT providing improved diagnostic and functional capabilities has been introduced. Advances in PET and CT instrumentation have been incorporated in the PET/CT design that provide the metabolic information from PET superimposed on the anatomic information from CT. Improvements in the sensitivity of PET have achieved by the fully 3D acquisition with no septa and the extension of axial field-of-view. With the development of faster scintillation crystals and electronics, time-of-flight (TOF) PET is now commercially available allowing the increase in the signal-to-noise ratio by incorporation of TOF information into the PET reconstruction process. Hybrid PET/SPECT/CT systems has become commercially available for molecular imaging in small animal models. The pre-clinical systems have improved spatial resolution using depth-of-interaction measurement and new collimators. The recent works on solid state detector and dual modality nuclear medicine instrumentations incorporating MRI and optical imagers will also be discussed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.43.6-43
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• 2002

$\textbullet$ KAEROT/m1 with an omni-directional planetary wheel mechanism for the narrow corridor. $\textbullet$ KAEROT/m2 can pass over the ditch with specially designed four wheel of a re-configurable crawler. $\textbullet$ Stereo imaging system with master manipulator enhancing the tele-presence. $\textbullet$ Small hybrid dosimeter detecting radiation dose and dose rate simultaneously.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2014

인공위성 원격탐사 자료는 화산재 모니터링을 위한 중요한 도구로서 사용되어 왔다. 본 연구는 최근에 발생한 주요 화산폭발 사례(2008년 Chait$\acute{e}$n 화산, 2010년 Eyjafjallaj$\ddot{o}$kull 화산, 2011년 Shinmoedake 화산)를 대상으로 인공위성자료를 이용한 화산재 모니터링과 궤적분석 모델링을 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer(MODIS) 인공위성 관측자료로부터 적외선 밝기온도차 기법을 적용하여 산출된 화산재 탐지 산출물과 HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory(HYSPLIT) 모델을 이용한 전진궤적분석자료를 상호 비교하였다. 그 결과, 인공위성을 이용한 화산재 탐지 산출물은 모델링한 궤적분석 결과와 상호간에 관련성이 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 인공위성 관측자료와 모델링의 통합분석자료가 화산재 감시 및 예측을 위하여 중요한 역할을 수행할 수 있는 가능성을 제시한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.15
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• pp.416-419
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• 2002

There are being two prominent studying for Digital Radiography. Direct and Indirect method of Digital Radiography are announced for producing high quality digital image. The one is using amorphous selenium as photoconductor and the other is using phosphor layer as a light conversion. But each two systems have strength and weakness such as high voltage and blurring effect. In this study, we investigated the electrical characteristic of $multi-layer\left(CaWO_{4}+a-Se \right)$ as a photoconductor according to the changing arsenic composition ratio. This is a basic research for developing of Hybrid digital radiography which is a new type X-ray detector. The arsenic composition ratio of a-Se compound is classified into 7 different kinds which have 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 5%, 10% and were made test sample throught thermo-evaporation. The phosphor layer of $CaWO_4$ was overlapped on a-Se using EFIRON optical adhesives. We measured the dark and photo current about the test sample and compared the electrical characteristic of the net charge and signal-to-noise ratio. Among other things, test sample of compound material of 0.3% arsenic showed good characteristic of $2.45nA/cm^2$ dark current and $357.19pC/cm^2/mR$ net charge at $3V/{\mu}m$.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제36S권1호
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• pp.104-114
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• 1999

본 논문에서능 2차원 칼라 동영상으로부터 3차원 개인 얼굴 모델을 자동 생성하는 효율적인 방법을 다루었다. 복잡한 배경이 포함된 영상에서 얼굴 영역을 안정적으로 추출하기 위하여 피부 색상 분포에 근거한 색상 움직임 추출 방법을 이용하였다. 검출된 얼굴 영역 내에서 색상 정보과 경계선 정보를 활용하여, MPEG-4의 SNHC(Synthetic-Natural Hybrid Coding) 에서 제안하고 있는 개개인의 얼굴 특성을 표현하는 31개의 얼굴 특징점 파라메타(Facial Description Rarameter: FDP)를 자동 추출하였다. 추출된 2차원 얼굴 특징점을 1038개의 삼각형 메쉬로 이루어진 3차원 일반 얼굴 모델(Generic model)에 적용시켜 변형함으로써 개개인의 얼굴에 해당하는 모델을 자동 생성하였다. 제안하는 알고리듬은 컬러 동영상에서 배경의 복잡성, 얼굴 크기 등에 상관없이 정면상에 가까운 경우 안정적인 특징점을 추출하였으며, 펜티엄 PC에서 약 2초 이내에 개개인의 얼굴 모습에 유사한 얼굴 모델을 생성할 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2002

적외선 열 영상 system에서 가장 핵심이 되는 BSCT 320X240 IRFPA를 구현하였다. 검출기 module은 두 개의 부분, 즉 적외선 감지 pixel의 array와 감지된 신호를 읽어내는 ROIC로 구성된다. 50-${\mu}m$의 pitch와 95-%의 fill-factor를 만족하도록, laser scriber공정과 10-${\mu}m$ 크기의 ball을 갖는 micro bump공정을 적용하였다. ROIC는 선택된 신호를 읽어서 순차적으로 출력하게 설계되었으며, 단일 transistor amplifier, HPF, tunable LPF 그리고 clamp circuit를 삽입하여 SNR이 개선되도록 설계하였다. Detector와 ROIC의 결합으로 제작된 hybrid chip은 좀더 안정한 동작을 하도록 TEC가 내장된 ceramic package에 탑재하였다. 제작된 IRFPA sample은 원하는 특성을 만족하였으며, 특히 fill-factor, 탐지도, 반응도면에서 설계의 목표에 잘 근사함을 알 수 있었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.433-442
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• 2023

This study presents the visually observed behavior of fibers embedded in concrete samples that were subjected to a flexural bending test. Three types of fibers such as macro polypropylene, macro polyethylene, and the hybrid of steel and polyvinyl alcohol were mixed with cement by a designated mix ratio to prepare a total of nine specimens of each. The bending test was conducted by following ASTM C1609 with a net deflection of 2, 4, and 7 mm. The X-ray computed tomography (XCT) was carried out for 7 mm-deflection specimens. The original XCT images were post-processed to denoise the beam-hardening effect. Then, fiber, crack, and void were semi-manually segmented. The hybrid specimen showed the highest toughness compared to the other two types. Debonding based on 2D XCT sliced images was commonly observed for all three groups. The cement matrix near the crack surface often involved partially localized breakage in conjunction with debonding. The pullout was predominant for steel fibers that were partially slipped toward the crack. Crack bridging and rupture were not found presumably due to the image resolution and the level of energy dissipation for poly-fibers, while the XCT imaging was advantageous in evaluating the distribution and behavior of various fibers upon bending for fiber-reinforced concrete beam elements.