• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.399-405
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• 2012

The brain is the body's most organized and controlled organ, and it governs various psychological and mental functions. A brain abnormality could greatly affect one's physical and mental abilities, and consequently one's social life. Brain disorders can be broadly categorized into three main afflictions: stroke, brain tumor, and dementia. Among these, stroke is a common disease that occurs owing to a disorder in blood flow, and it is accompanied by a sudden loss of consciousness and motor paralysis. The main types of strokes are infarction and hemorrhage. The exact diagnosis and early treatment of an infarction are very important for the patient's prognosis and for the determination of the treatment direction. In this study, texture features were analyzed in order to develop a prototype auto-diagnostic system for infarction using computer auto-diagnostic software. The analysis results indicate that of the six parameters measured, the average brightness, average contrast, flatness, and uniformity show a high cognition rate whereas the degree of skewness and entropy show a low cognition rate. On the basis of these results, it was suggested that a digital CT image obtained using the computer auto-diagnostic software can be used to provide valuable information for general CT image auto-detection and diagnosis for pre-reading. This system is highly advantageous because it can achieve early diagnosis of the disease and it can be used as supplementary data in image reading. Further, it is expected to enable accurate medical image detection and reduced diagnostic time in final-reading.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.33-38
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• 2014

Purpose Auto exposure control (AEC) in SPECT/CT automatically controls the exposure dose (mA) according to patient's shape and size. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of AEC in SPECT/CT on exposure dose reduction and image quality. Materials and Methods The model of SPECT/CT used in this study was Discovery 670 (GE, USA), Smart mA for AEC; and $^{99m}Tc$ as a radioisotope. To compare SPECT and CT images by CT exposure dose variation, we used a standard technique set at 80, 100, 120, 140 kVp, 10, 30, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 mA, and AEC at 80, 100, 120, 140 kVp, 10-250 mA. To evaluate resolution and contrast of SPECT images, triple line phantom and flangeless Esser PET phantom were used. For CT images, noise and uniformity were checked by anthropomrphic chest phantom. For dose evaluation to find DLP value, anthropomorphic chest phantom was used and the CT protocol of torso was applied by standard technique (120 kVp, 100 mA) and AEC (120 kVp, 10-250 mA). Results When standard and AEC were applied, the resolutions at SPECT images with attenuation correction (AC) were the same as FWHM by center 3.65 mm, left 3.48 mm, right 3.61 mm. Contrasts of standard and AEC showed no significant difference: standard 53.5, 29.8, 22.5, 15.8, 6.0, AEC 53.5, 29.6, 22.4, 15.7, 6.1 In CT images, noise values at standard and AEC were 15.4 and 18.5 respectively. The application of AEC increases noise but the value of coefficient variation were 33.8, 24.9 respectively, obtaining uniform noise image. The values of DLP at standard and AEC were 426.78 and 352.09 each, which shows that the application of AEC decreases exposure dose more than standard by approximately 18%. Conclusion The results of our study show that there was no difference of AC in SPECT images based on the CT exposure dose variation at SPECT/CT images. It was found that the increased CT exposure dose leads to the improvement of CT image quality but also increases the exposure dose. Thus, the use of AEC in SPECT/CT contributes to obtaining equal AC SPECT images, and uniform noise in CT images while reducing exposure dose.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.138-144
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• 2007

This paper introduces the design techniques of an IR module using the 2-D array un-cooled type infrared detector which is applied to the individual combat weapon. Considering the size and weight of the hand carried weapon system, we used a very small-sized detector and applied an adaptive temperature control algorithm so that the operation consumed with low power can be possible. We applied the AR(Auto Regressive) filter to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in a thermal image processing step. We also applied the plateau equalization and boundary enhancement techniques to improve the visibility for human visual system.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.139-150
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• 2004

Development of the paper coating technologies to prevent print mottle is needed to obtain high quality printing. Printing mottle is recognized as the most common printing problems in using coated paper and which is one of the most difficult problems to solve in offset printing. Print mottle is one of the most important quality properties of printed products and manufacturers strive to improve the paper surface to gain higher and more even print mottle. The prevention of printed mottle requires of coating color formation, especially the minimum of binder migration. The results the uniformity of liquid absorption by paper at very short contact time between paper and testing printing liquids.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2007.03a
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• pp.308-310
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• 2007

복사 보정에 해당하는 NUC(Non-Uniformity Correction)은 MSC 각각의 픽셀들이 가지는 상이한 특성을 균일한 이미지를 얻기 위해 보정하는 작업으로서 KOMPSAT-2 검보정 작업 중 Video Processor 의 Electrical Gain/Offset 의 보정 과 더 불어 매 우 중요한 비중을 차지하는 과정이다. 본 논문에서는 KOMPSAT-2 의 Panchromatic 밴드의 raw image 를 이 용한 NUC 보정 작업 의 과정과 그 결과에 대해서 소개하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.205-211
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• 1998

The MTF(modulation transfer function) measuring system with a linear CCD(charge coupled-device) was constructed to cvaluate a color CRT(catode ray tube). The measured MTF values were corrected by considering the spectral response and the pixel sizes of CCD. The effects of a spot size, video bandwidth, pitch of shadow mask holes, display luminance, and ambient illumination on image quality were studied. The uniformity of resolution and the contrast Ioss by ambient light of the color CRT monitor were measured, and the results were analyzed by MTFA(modulation threshold area).

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.127-130
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• 2008

A 2.2" QVGA($320{\times}240$) 262,114 color AMOLED module has been developed using digital driving methodology. In this paper, we discuss the development of diver IC which is applied to Digital AMOLED module. Technologies for low cost IC structure and image quality enhancement are presented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.07d
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• pp.2577-2579
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• 2004

중성자를 사용한 비파괴검사는 X선을 사용하는 것에 비해 상대적으로 뛰어난 투과력을 가지고 있다. 하지만 중성자와 원자핵의 반응에 의한 scattering 효과와 중성자 빔의 uniformity부족 등으로 인한 영상의 왜곡이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 이런 중성자 영상의 왜곡을 보정하기 위한 영상처리 알고리즘을 연구하고 연구된 알고리즘을 토대로 영상처리 소프트웨어를 구현하였다. 먼저 히스토그램 연산을 이용하여 영상의 밝기와 대비를 조절하여 영상의 가시성을 높였고, 필터링 기법을 통하여 영상이 가지는 임펄스 잡음과 가우시안 잡음을 순차적으로 제거하였다. 마지막으로 가우시안 잡음 제거시 부가적으로 발생한 영상의 흐려짐을 보완하여 보다 향상된 질의 영상을 얻게 되었다. 또한 Visual C++을 사용하여 위의 알고리즘들을 GUI 환경의 프로그램으로 구현하였다.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2004

Flaw visualization and velocity field measurement methods have practical applications in the various fluid engineering fields, such as mechanics, ships, and heat fluids. In this study, the basic principles and theoretical methods are used to establish an application technique of Particle Imae Velocimetry(abbreviated to PIV below). Accordingly, the measured results of velocity field distribution of a section inside the Circulating Water Channel (abbreviated to CWC below) are computed using the PIV is presented. The uniformity of velocity distribution of the section in CWC is confirmed, by comparing this PIV data with the existing current meter data. Also, in order to measure the flaw fields of surroundings of 2-dimensional cylinder in the CWC, the flaw visualization technique using the PIV is applied.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.1085-1087
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• 2002

To have cost down and get improved image quality and performance of plasma display panel, several factors have been developed including development of low price material and improvement in production for PDP front plate. In this work, viscosity and surface characteristics of transparent dielectric were investigated to find the optimum and low price materials fabrication condition of transparent dielectric paste. It was found that uniformity and transmissivity of green and fired dielectrics had some relationship with the kinds and content of binder, and solvent as well.