• 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.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.447-453
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• 2013

A micro zoom system without moving elements by use of two liquid lenses is designed and optimized in this paper. The zoom equations of the system composed of two liquid lenses are deduced. The structure parameters including radius and thickness of a conical double-liquid electrowetting based lens are analyzed and calculated. Because the liquid thickness varies non-linearly with the radius of the interface, it's very difficult to optimize a real liquid lens using commercial optical design software directly. Through the Application Programming Interface (API) of the optical design software CODE V, a zoom system with two real electrowetting based liquid lenses is modeled and optimized. A two-liquid-lens zoom system without moving elements, with a zoom factor of 1.8 and a compact structure of 10 mm is designed for illustration. This can be useful for the camera design of mobile phones, tablets and so on. And this paper presents a convenient way of designing and optimizing a zoom system including liquid lenses by commercial optical design software.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2007

Recently, small-animal imaging technology has been rapidly developed for longitudinal screening of laboratory animals such as mice and rats. One of newly developed imaging modalities for small animals is an x-ray micro-CT (computed tomography). We have developed two types of x-ray micro-CT systems for small animal imaging. Both systems use flat-panel x-ray detectors and micro-focus x-ray sources to obtain high spatial resolution of $10{\mu}m$. In spite of the relatively large field-of-view (FOV) of flat-panel detectors, the spatial resolution in the whole-body imaging of rats should be sacrificed down to the order of $100{\mu}m$ due to the limited number of x-ray detector pixels. Though the spatial resolution of cone-beam CTs can be improved by moving an object toward an x-ray source, the FOV should be reduced and the object size is also limited. To overcome the limitation of the object size and resolution, we introduce zoom-in micro-tomography for high-resolution imaging of a local region-of-interest (ROI) inside a large object. For zoom-in imaging, we use two kinds of projection data in combination, one from a full FOV scan of the whole object and the other from a limited FOV scan of the ROI. Both of our micro-CT systems have zoom-in micro-tomography capability. One of both is a micro-CT system with a fixed gantry mounted with an x-ray source and a detector. An imaged object is laid on a rotating table between a source and a detector. The other micro-CT system has a rotating gantry with a fixed object table, which makes whole scans without rotating an object. In this paper, we report the results of in vivo small animal study using the developed micro-CTs.

• 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.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2010

Speed, accuracy and smoothness are the important properties of pan-tilt camera. In the case of a high ratio zoom lens system, low vibration characteristic is a crucial point in driving pan-tilt mechanism. In this paper, a novel micro-stepping controller with a function of reducing vibration was designed using field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) technology for high zoom ratio pan-tilt camera. The proposed variable reference current (VRC) control scheme reduces vibration decently and optimizing coil current in order to prevent the step motor from occurring missing steps. By employing VRC control scheme, the vibration in low speed could be significantly minimized. The proposed controller can also make very high speed of 378kpps micro-step driving, and increase maximum acceleration in motion profiles.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.993-998
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• 2007

To verify the 2D or 3D positioning accuracy of a multi-axes stage is not easy, particularly, in the case the moving path of the stage is not linear. This paper is a study on a measuring method for the curved path accurately. A machine vision technique is used to trace the moving path of two-axes stage. To improve the accuracy of machine vision, a zoom lens is used for the 2D micro moving path. The accuracy of this method depends of the CCD resolution and array align accuracy with the zoom lens system. Also, a further study for software algorithm is required to increase the tracing speed. This technique will be useful to trace a small object in the 2D micro path in real-time accurately.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.462-467
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• 1999

중적외선 파장대역$(3.7-4.8{\mu}m)$에서 20:1의 줌 비(zoom ratio)를 가지며 최저배율에서는 40$^{\circ}$$\times$30$^{\circ}$의 광시계를 갖는 연속 줌렌즈 광학계를 설계, 제작하였다. 설계된 줌 렌즈 광학계는 F/2.5에 총 7매의 렌즈로 구성되며 실리콘(Si)과 게르마늄(Ge)이 광학재질로 사용된다. 줌 광학계는 적외선 검출기를 최종 상면에 놓을 때 비네트(vignett)에 의한 광학적 errors를 줄이면서도 줌 대물렌즈의 크기를 최소화하기 위한 릴레이 형태의 재결상계(reimaging system)로 설계하였으며, 줌 렌즈의 배율 변화와 1차적인 결상을 담당하는 줌 대물부와 이를 다시 검출기에 재결상 시켜주는 결상부는 구성된다. 줌 대물부는 기계보정식 4군 줌 렌즈 형태로 구성되며 각 군을 구성하는 렌즈 매수를 최소화하여 광학계의 질량 및 크기를 줄이면서도 광학적 성능은 우수하게 유지되도록 설계하였으며 결상부는 1개의 렌즈군으로 구성하였다. 제작된 줌 렌즈 광학계의 축상 MTF를 측정한 결과 최고 배율인 20배에서 공간주파수가 24cycle/mm일 때 4.0$\mu$m파장에 대한 MTF 측정값이 0.692로 회절한계에 가까운 성능을 보였으며, 분해능은 7.6 cycles/crad까지 분해되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.867-875
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• 2004

In order to inspect burr geometry and hole quality in micro-drilling processes, a cost-effective method using an image processing and shape from focus (SFF) methods on the machine tool is proposed. A CCD camera with a zoom lens and a novel illumination unit is used in this paper. Since the on-machine vision unit is incorporated with the CNC function of the machine tool, direct measurement and condition monitoring of micro-drilling processes are conducted between drilling processes on the machine tool. Stainless steel and hardened tool steel are used as specimens, as well as twist drills made of carbide are used in experiments. Validity of the developed system is confirmed through experiments.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.423-428
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• 2004

320${\times}$240 배열의 중적외선 대역(3.7 $\mu\textrm{m}$∼4.8 $\mu\textrm{m}$) MCT(HgCdTe) 검출기를 이용하여 분해능과 신뢰도가 대폭 향상된 소형$.$고성능의 적외선 열상센서를 설계, 제작하였다. 개발된 열상센서는 1∼20배의 고배율 줌 광학계로 설계하고 미세주사 기법을 적용하여 640${\times}$480의 화소를 재현하여 항공기의 항법 보조로부터 표적획득에 이르기까지 다양한 활용이 가능하다. 적용된 적외선 줌 광학계는 릴레이 형태의 재결상계로 설계되었으며 미세주사 장치의 개발로 7.6 cycles/mrad 까지 분해가 가능하며 최저배율에서 40$^{\circ}$${\times}$30$^{\circ}$의 초광각(super wide field of view)의 시계를 갖는다. 또한 불균일 보정기법과 히스토그램 가변방식의 결합을 통한 첨단 열 영상처리 기법을 제안하여 열상센서에 적용함으로써 고성능의 실시간 디지털 영상처리를 가능케 하였다. 본 신호처리기의 개발을 통해 획득된 열영상의 최소분해가능 온도차는 고배율에서 0.05K(＠1cycles/mrad) 이하의 우수한 결과를 보였다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2014

This paper is to improve the problem of the LED dimming control system using the conventional PWM and DAC method. The conventional PWM method controls the average current to switch dimming signal. This method generates the flicker when controlling at a low current. In order to solve the problem, this system prevents the flicker with the DAC method. The LED is lit at micro-current flowing in the LED. And offset voltage is generated in the output of the DAC when the DAC output is very low voltage as 0V. This was resolved by the voltage drop of the output voltage to construct a negative offset circuit. In addition, the LED current can't flow as set values because of overheating of FET. In order to solve the problem, the 16 bits ADC in the microprocessor is a more accurate current control receives the LED current in comparison with the set value. Therefore, the LED dimming control system proposed in this paper showed the accurate and reliable more than conventional systems.