• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2012

본 논문은 MAP (maximum a posterior) 예측기에 기반하여 움직임 보상 예측 오차를 보정해주는 방식의 순차주사화 (de-interlacing) 알고리즘을 제안한다. 먼저, 현재 필드와 인접한 필드 간의 적절한 정합 (registration)을 수행 한 후, 계산된 정합 정보에 기반한 MAP 예측기를 통해 현재 필드에 대응하는 순차 주사 (progressive) 프레임을 찾아낸다. 안정적인 결과를 얻기 위하여 잘 알려진 BTV (bilateral total variation) 기반의 평활화 (regularization) 과정이 추가된다. 한편, 잘못된 정합 정보로 인한 소위 깃털 현상 (feathering artifact)을 억제하기 위하여 블록 단위로 깃털 현상 발생 여부를 판단하여 발생되었다고 판단된 블록 영역에 대해서는 앞서 설명한 MAP기반 순차주사화 대신 에지 방향성에 기반한 공간적 순차주사화를 적용한다. 실험 결과에 따르면, 제안된 기법은 종래 기법들에 비하여 평균 약 4dB의 PSNR 성능 개선을 보이고 있으며, 우수한 주관적 화질을 보여주고 있다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.957-964
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• 2020

본 연구는 현재 사용되고 있는 가장 빠른 Pulse Sequence 중 하나인 EPI기법과 T2 FLAIR 기법 두 가지를 함께 적용하여 사용하는 EPI-FLAIR기법을 급성 허혈성 뇌경색 환자에게 적용하여, EPI-FLAIR 기법의 진단적 유용성에 대하여 평가하였다. 연구 결과 정성적, 정량적 분석 결과 EPI-FLAIR 기법이 T2 FLAIR 기법과 비교 시 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 결론적으로 EPI-FLAIR 기법은 화질의 저하 없이 영상획득시간을 줄일 수 있어 허혈성 급성 뇌경색 및 뇌출혈, 신경학적 결핍, 경색 시기 진단이 필요한 환자의 여러 가지 뇌 병변 평가와 함께 비협조적인 환자들에게 발생하는 Motion Artifact를 줄일 수 있는 장점 있어 T2 FLAIR와 비교하여 충분한 진단적 가치가 있다고 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.351-358
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• 2010

In the automatic non-invasive blood pressure measurement device, the oscillometric method iswidely used. In the oscillometric method, the step-wise deflation has the advantage of the robustness for the motion artifacts than the linear deflation method. But it has the disadvantage of its longer measurement time because we need to detect two or more pulses in a certain cuff pressure step. In this study, we suggest the modified step-wise deflation method to overcome this limitation while maintaining the general concept of step-wise deflation. Using one valid pulse in each step and the deflating valve control during the diastolic period, the measurement time could be reduced. In order to verify the accuracy of the proposed algorithm, we compared the blood pressure values from the suggested method and the blood pressure values from the conventional auscultation method. The mean and standard deviation were -0.50${\pm}$5.3mmHg and 2.08${\pm}$4.75mmHg, for systolic and diastolic blood pressure respectively. The measurement time can be reduced up to the half of conventional step-wise deflation method.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2020

This work presents a fully analog baseline wander tracking and removal circuitry using high-pass filter (HPF) based R-peak detection and quadratic interpolation that does not require digital post processing, thus suitable for compact and low power long-term ECG monitoring devices. The proposed method can effectively track and remove baseline wander in ECG waveforms corrupted by various motion artifacts, whereas minimizing the loss of essential features including the QRS-Complex. The key component for tracking the baseline wander is down sampling the moving average of the corrupted ECG waveform followed by quadratic interpolation, where the R-peak samples that distort the baseline tracking are excluded from the moving average by using a HPF based approach. The proposed circuit is designed using CMOS 0.18-㎛ technology (1.8V supply) with power consumption of 19.1 ㎼ and estimated area of 15.5 ㎟ using a 4^th order HPF and quadratic interpolation. Results show SNR improvement of 10 dB after removing the baseline wander from the corrupted ECG waveform.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 1999년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.234-238
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• 1999

In order to radiate X-ray, the low ripple stabilized high voltage DC over the range of 40KV to 150KV is directly inflicted to X-ray tube. The energy characteristics of the radiated X-ray depend on the pulsating waveforms of the DC voltage supplied X-ray tube. In general, the low ripple voltage waveforms with fast rising times are required to increase with the dosage per unit time lest the exposure time should be longer in orde that the motion artifacts of an object may be eliminated in actual. The conventional types of X-ray generators were bulky in physical size and heavy in weight, and the control accuracies of the output voltages were not always satisfactory. The high frequency switching inverter and converter technology on power conversion and control systems have been greatly closed up introducing new power semiconductor devices. To decreasing the volume and the weight of high voltage transformer, and to stabilize ripple, a high frequency PWM inverter is connected between DC source and high voltage transformer. This paper describes the output characteristics according to stabilize ripple of X-ray tube voltage and compared the reproducibility, direcibility and doesage.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.285-293
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• 1998

This paper presents unequal error protection and error concealment techniques far robust H.263 video transmission over mobile channels. The proposed error protection scheme has three major features. First, it has the capability of preventing the loss of synchronization information in H.263 video stream as much as possible that the H.263 decoder can resynchronize at the next decoding point, if errors are occurred. Secondly, it employs an unequal error protection scheme to support variable coding rates using rate compatible punctured convolutional (RCPC) codes, dividing the encoded stream into two classes. Finally, a macroblock-interleaving scheme is employed in order to minimize the corruption of consecutive macroblocks due to burst errors, which can make a proper condition for error concealment. In addition, to minimize the spatial error propagations due to the variable length codes, a fast resynchronization scheme at the group of block layer is developed for recovering subsequent error-free macroblocks following the damaged macroblock. futhermore, error concealment techniques based on both side match criterion and overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC) are employed at the source decoder so that it can not only recover the lost macroblock more accurately, but also reduce blocking artifacts. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can be an effective error protection scheme since proper video quality can be maintained under various channel bit error rates.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.16-19
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• 2015

A wearable sensing ECG T-shirt for ubiquitous vital signs sensing is proposed. The sensor system consists of a signal processing board and capacitive sensing electrodes which together enable measurement of an electrocardiogram (ECG) on the human chest with minimal discomfort. The capacitive sensing method was employed to prevent direct ECG measurement on the skin and also to provide maximum convenience to the user. Also, low power integrated circuits (ICs) and passive electrodes were employed in this research to reduce the power consumption of the entire system. Small flexible electrodes were placed into cotton pockets and affixed to the interior of a worn tight NIKE Pro combat T-shirt. Appropriate signal conditioning and processing were implemented to remove motion artifacts. The entire system was portable and consumed low power compared to conventional ECG devices. The ECG signal obtained from a 24 yr. old male was comparable to that of an ECG simulator.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제25권1B호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2000

선형적인 움직임에 의하여 흐려지고 가산잡음으로 훼손된 영상을 복원할 경우, 잡음을 평활화하면 동시에 윤곽도 같이 평활화 되며, 윤곽을 복원하면 잡음도 동시에 강조되는 이중성을 지닌다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 평면에선는{{{{ {I-H}^{ } }} }}연산잔가 효과적이고 윤곽에서는 Laplacian 연산자가 효과가 있는 점을 이용하여 훼손된 영상의 평면영역에서는{{{{ {I-H}^{ } }} }}정칙화 연산자를 윤곽영역에서는 Laplacian 정칙화 연산자를 적응적으로 적용하는 알고리듬을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제시한 복원방법을 실험결과를 통해 기존의 방법과 비교해보면 평면에서의 잡음의 평활화가 개선되고 윤곽에서의 리플잡음이 줄었음을 알 수 있다. 또한 이것은 우리의 시각이 가지는 평면에서의 잡음의 가시도에 따른 시각적인 효과가 개선되었음을 알 수 있었으며, 기존의 방법에 비해 더욱 우수한 ISNR을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 미세주사장치를 이용하는 이차원배열 적외선 검출기의 불균일 출력특성 보정을 위한 배경 신호 기반의 디지털방식 실시간 보정 기법을 제안한다 기존의 배경기반 불균일 보정 알고리즘은 영상의 움직임을 전제로 하가 때문에 정지영상에 적용하는 경우 영상이 흐려지면서 사라지는 현상이 나타난다 제안된 기법에서는 미세주사 효과와 변형된 Scribner의 알고리즘을 이용하여 이러한 문제점을 해결하고 영상의 불균일을 실시간으로 보정하였다 컴퓨터 모의실험과 하드웨어 시험을 통해 제안된 기법은 동영상뿐만 아니라 정지영상에서도 뛰어난 성능을 보임을 입증하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.345-352
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• 1993

The role of magnetic resonance(MR) imaging in the evaluation of thoracic disease has been limited Nontheless, MR has inherent properties of better contrast resolution than CT allowing tissue-specific diagnosis. MR has capability of direct imaging in sagittal, coronal, and oblique planes which provide better anatomic information than axial images of CT such as lesions in the pulmonary apex, aorticopulmonary window, peridiaphragmatic region, and subcarinal region. MR is sensitive to blood flow making it an ideal imaging modality for the evaluation of cardiovascular system of the thorax without the need for intravenous contrast media. Technical developments and better control of motion artifacts have resulted in improved image quality, and clinical applications of MR imaging in thoracic diseases have been expanded. Although MR imaging is considered as a problem-solving tool in patients with equivocal CT findings, MR should be used as the primary imaging modality in the following situations: 1) Evaluation of the cardiovascular abnormalities of the thorax 2) Evaluation of the superior sulcus tumors 3) Evaluation of the chest wall invasion or mediastinal invasion by tumor 4) Evaluation of the posterior mediastinal mass, especially neurogenic tumor 5) Differentiation of fibrosis and residual or recurrent tumor, especially in lymphoma 6) Evaluation of brachial plexopathy With technical developments and fast scan capabilities, clinical indications for MR imaging in thorax will increase in the area of pulmonary parenchymal and pulmonary vascular imaging.