• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.199-207
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• 2013

Purpose: Tomatoes, an important agricultural product in fresh-cut markets, are sometimes a source of foodborne illness, mainly Salmonella spp. Growth cracks on tomatoes can be a pathway for bacteria, so its detection prior to consumption is important for public health. In this study, multispectral Visible/Near-Infrared (NIR) reflectance imaging techniques were used to determine optimal wavebands for the classification of defect tomatoes. Methods: Hyperspectral reflectance images were collected from samples of naturally cracked tomatoes. To classify the resulting images, the selected wavelength bands were subjected to two-band permutations, and a supervised classification method was used. Results: The results showed that two optimal wavelengths, 713.8 nm and 718.6 nm, could be used to identify cracked spots on tomato surfaces with a correct classification rate of 91.1%. The result indicates that multispectral reflectance imaging with optimized wavebands from hyperspectral images is an effective technique for the classification of defective tomatoes. Conclusions: Although it can be susceptible to specular interference, the multispectral reflectance imaging is an appropriate method for commercial applications because it is faster and much less expensive than Near-Infrared or fluorescence imaging techniques.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2017

Radioactive materials are used in medicine, non-destructive testing, and nuclear plants. Source localization is especially important during nuclear decommissioning and decontamination because the actual location of the radioactive source within nuclear waste is often unknown. The coded-aperture imaging technique started with space exploration and moved into X-ray and gamma ray imaging, which have imaging process characteristics similar to each other. In this study, we simulated $21{\times}21$ and $37{\times}37$ coded aperture collimators based on a modified uniformly redundant array (MURA) pattern to make a gamma imaging system that can localize a gamma-ray source. We designed a $21{\times}21$ coded aperture collimator that matches our gamma imaging detector and did feasibility experiments with the coded aperture imaging system. We evaluated the performance of each collimator, from 2 mm to 10 mm thicknesses (at 2 mm intervals) using root mean square error (RMSE) and sensitivity in a simulation. In experimental results, the full width half maximum (FWHM) of the point source was $5.09^{\circ}$ at the center and $4.82^{\circ}$ at the location of the source was $9^{\circ}$. We will continue to improve the decoding algorithm and optimize the collimator for high-energy gamma rays emitted from a nuclear power plant.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 강판 손상 진단을 위하여 누설자속 기법을 적용하고, 신호 기반으로 신호의 이미지화 기법에 대해 연구를 실시하였다. 누설자속 신호의 이미지화를 위해 다른 두께를 가지는 강판시편을 준비하였고, 각 시편에 똑같은 위치에 6가지 깊이의 손상을 인공적으로 가공하였다. 홀센서와 Yoke를 이용한 센서헤드를 제작하여 강판시편을 자화시킴과 동시에 누설자속 신호를 계측하였다. 센서로부터 수집된 자속신호의 노이즈 제거 및 이미지 해상도를 높이기 위하여 여러 신호처리 과정을 거쳤으며, 각 손상부로부터 계측된 누설자속 신호의 분석을 위해 각 채널별로 P-P value를 분석하였다. 위의 신호처리 및 분석을 바탕으로 누설자속 신호를 이미지로 변환시켰다. 이를 통해 누설자속 신호 기반 강판 손상의 이미지화로 손상을 한눈에 파악하는 것이 가능하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.255-270
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• 1987

A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network).

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권8호
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• pp.160-171
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• 1994

The wide dynamic range and severely attenuated contrast in mediastinal area appearing in typical chest radiographs have often caused difficulties in effective visualization and diagnosis of lung diseases. This paper proposes a new adaptive image enhancement technique which potentially solves this problem and there by improves observer performance through image processing. In the proposed method image processing is applied to the chest radiograph with different processing parameters for the lung field and mediastinum adaptively since there are much differences in anatomical and imaging properties between these two regions. To achieve this the chest radiograph is divided into the lung and mediastinum by gray level thresholding using the cumulative histogram and the dynamic range compression and local contrast enhancement are carried out selectively in the mediastinal region. Thereafter a gray scale transformation is performed considering the JND(just noticeable difference) characteristic for effective image displa. The processed images showed apparenty improved contrast in mediastinum and maintained moderate brightness in the lung field. No artifact could be observed. In the visibility evaluation experiment with 5 radiologists the processed images with better visibility was observed for the 5 important anatomical structures in the thorax.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2015

능동적 열화상 기법은 넓은 면적을 동시에 검사할 수 있으며, 결함부와 건전부 사이의 위상차로부터 결함의 유무를 판단할 수 있다. 지금까지 다양한 재료와 시험편을 가지고 결함 검출 기법에 대한 발전이 이루어졌다. 본 논문에서는 위상잠금 열화상 기법을 적용하여 각각 다른 결함의 크기와 깊이의 인공결함을 갖는 SM45C 시험편을 가지고 제안된 기법을 검증하였으며, 결론으로서 결함의 크기, 깊이에 따른 위상 이미지와 진폭 이미지 검사 결과를 비교하여 결함 검출능을 평가할 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.338-346
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• 2001

온도에 따른 반도체 에너지갭의 변화를 디지털 영상처리를 이용해 직접 측정하는 적외선 영상기법을 제안하고 있다. 본 방법은 반도체 에너지갭의 온도계수를 경제적이고 간단하게 평가할 수 있도록 한다. 본 기법의 핵심 구성 부품은 다색광원기(Polychromator), 프레임 그래버가 내장된 컴퓨터 및 가변 온도 저온유지장치(Cryostat)이다. 방법의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 LEC 방법으로 제조한 GaAs에 시험적으로 행한 실험은 온도 계수가 이론 모델에서 구한 값과 전반적으로 잘 일치함을 보여 주었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.703-710
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• 2012

A structural health monitoring technique for locating impact position in a composite plate is presented in this paper. The method employs a single sensor and spatial focusing properties of time reversal(TR) and inverse filtering(IF). We first examine the spatial focusing efficiency of both approaches at the impact position and its surroundings through impact experiments. The imaging results of impact localization show that the impact location can be accurately estimated in any position of the plate. Compared to existing techniques for locating impact or acoustic emission source, the proposed method has the benefits of using a single sensor and not requiring knowledge of anisotropic material properties and geometry of structures. Furthermore, it does not depend on a particular mode of dispersive Lamb waves that is frequently used in other ultrasonic testing of plate-like structures.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.545-548
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• 2004

In Japan for protecting the slides of steep sloped areas covering the face of slopes by sprayed mortar became popular since 1970s. But, these mortar walls are getting older now. In this background, this study aims to find ways to develop a diagnostic technique of these faces of slope without physically contacting or destroying them. In doing so, we have used heat infrared imaging processing method and developed a simulation model to predict the weak portion of the wall. The results revealed that, by following the model vacuum of mortar wall can be detected having thickness up to 15cm.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2009

A novel computational integral imaging technique with enhanced depth sensitivity is proposed. For each lateral position at a given depth plane, the dissimilarity between corresponding pixels of the elemental images is measured and used as a suppressing factor for that position. The intensity values are aggregated to determine the correct depth plane of each plane object. The experimental and simulation results show that the reconstructed depth image on the incorrect depth plane is effectively suppressed, and that the depth image on the correct depth plane is reconstructed clearly without any noise. The correct depth plane is also exactly determined.