• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.271-277
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• 2019

CareDose 4D which is the Siemens's Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) can adjust the level of radiation dose distribution which is based on organ characteristic unlike other manufacturer's AEC. Currently, a wide scan range containing different organs is sometimes examined at once (defined as one scan). The purpose of this study was to figure out which organ characteristic option is suitable when one scan method is utilized. Two types of anthropomorphic phantoms were scanned in the same range which were from frontal bone to carina level according to three different organ characteristics such as Thorax, Abdomen, and Neck. All scans and image reconstruction parameters were equally applied and radiation dose were compared. Radiation dose with Thorax organ characteristic was lower than that with Neck. Also, that with Abdomen oran characteristic was lower than Thorax. There were significant differences in radiation dose according to different organ characteristics at the same parameters (P<0.05). Usage of Neck organ characteristic had a result of the highest radiation dose to all phantom. On the other hand, utilization of Abdomen organ characteristic showed the lowest radiation dose. As a result, it is desirable to set appropriate organ characteristic according to examined body part when you checkup patients. Also, when you implement one scan method, selection of Abdomen-based organ characteristic has reduced more radiation dose compared with two different organ characteristic.

• 전기의세계
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.204-208
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• 1982

The objective of this paper is to present a digital method for improving the lateral resolution of the B-scan images in the medical applications of ultrasound. The method is based upon a mathematical model of the lateral blurring caused by the finite beam width of the transducers. This model provides a simple method of applying a recursive scheme for image restoration with fast computation time. The point spread function (P.S.F.) can be measured by the reflective signals after scanning the small pins located along the depth of interest. From the measured P.S.F., one can compute the coefficient matrices of the inverse discrete-time dynamic state variable equation of the blurring process. Then, a recursive scheme for deblurring is applied to the recorded B-scan to improve the lateral resolution. One major advantage of the present recursive scheme over the transform method is in its applicability for the space-variant imaging, such as in the case of the rotational movement of transducer.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.11D no.7 s.96
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• pp.1385-1398
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• 2004

This paper discusses an effective processing of subsequence matching under time warping in time-series databases. Time warping is a trans-formation that enables finding of sequences with similar patterns even when they are of different lengths. Through a preliminary experiment, we first point out that the performance bottleneck of Naive-Scan, a basic method for processing of subsequence matching under time warping, is on the CPU processing step. Then, we propose a novel method that optimizes the CPU processing step of Naive-Scan. The proposed method maximizes the CPU performance by eliminating all the redundant calculations occurring in computing the time warping distance between the query sequence and data subsequences. We formally prove the proposed method does not incur false dismissals and also is the optimal one for processing Naive-Scan. Also, we discuss the we discuss to apply the proposed method to the post-processing step of LB-Scan and ST-Filter, the previous methods for processing of subsequence matching under time warping. Then, we quantitatively verify the performance improvement ef-fects obtained by the proposed method via extensive experiments. The result shows that the performance of all the three previous methods im-proves by employing the proposed method. Especially, Naive-Scan, which is known to show the worst performance, performs much better than LB-Scan as well as ST-Filter in all cases when it employs the proposed method for CPU processing. This result is so meaningful in that the performance inversion among Nive- Scan, LB-Scan, and ST-Filter has occurred by optimizing the CPU processing step, which is their perform-ance bottleneck.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.259-266
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• 2013

Binary connected-components labeling, which is widely used in the field of the pattern recognition, has been researched for a long time as one of the basic image processing techniques. Two-scan algorithm has been mainly used in the researches of the connected-components labeling. Recently, for the first scan in the two-scan algorithm, block-based labeling approaches have been used and reported as the fastest methods. In this paper, a new efficient scan mask for connected-components labeling with a block-based labeling approach is proposed. Labeling with the new pixel-based scan mask is more efficient than any other existing method. The results of the experiments show that the proposed method is faster than the existing fastest method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.333-334
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• 2007

We propose a path planning method to decrease a inspection lead time of line scan camera in SMT(surface mount technology) in-line system. The inspection window area of printed circuit board should be minimized to consider the FOV(field of view) of line scan camera so that line scan inspector is going to find a optimal solution of path planning. We propose one of the hierarchical clustrering algorithm for a given board. Comparative simulation results are presented to verify the usefulness of proposed method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.161-169
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• 2011

This research experimented on the change of the multiple colleague scan angle facing one scan object facet to many directions of the form of 3D about the visual angle nervous system forming the cubic distribution with the gradient magnetic field of the mri system and considered the existing basic angle oblique direction test coverage and comparison. MR system can freely select various pulse sequence and image slice. To oblique imaging for optic nerve viewing, we have studied the variation of scan angle between typical oblique scan method (sagittal-coronal plane) and multi directional angles oblique scan method (sagittal-coronal-axial plane) using gradient of MR system. In this study, the subjects of the experiment were normal adults in our country. As a result, we confirmed that multi directional angles oblique scan method can display anatomical information of more wider area than typical oblique scan method. In addition, to clearly display optic nerve, we also confirmed that image slice thickness and pulse sequence have effect on it.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.804-810
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• 2001

Transition of flows in natural convection in a horizontal cylindrical annulus is investigated for the fluid with Pr=0.2. The unsteady streamfunction-vorticity equation is solved with finite difference method. As Rayleigh number is increased, the steady crescent-shaped eddy flow bifurcates to a time-periodic flow with like-rotating eddies. After the first Hopf bifurcation, however, a reverse transition from oscillatory to a steady flow occurs by the flow pattern variation. Hysteresis phenomenon occurs between the solution branches of up-scan and down-scan stages, and dual solutions with one steady and one oscillatory flow are found. Overall Nusselt of the flows at the flows at the down-scan stage is greater than that at the up-scan stage.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.339-347
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• 2001

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.88-95
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• 2022

PURPOSE. This study investigated the accuracy of full-arch intraoral scans obtained by various scan strategies with the segmental scan and merge methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Seventy intraoral scans (seven scans per group) were performed using 10 scan strategies that differed in the segmental scan (1, 2, or 3 segments) and the scanning motion (straight, zigzag, or combined). The three-dimensional (3D) geometric accuracy of scan images was evaluated by comparison with a reference image in an image analysis software program, in terms of the arch shape discrepancies. Measurement parameters were the intermolar distance, interpremolar distance, anteroposterior distance, and global surface deviation. One-way analysis of variance and Tukey honestly significance difference post hoc tests were carried out to compare differences among the scan strategy groups (α = .05). RESULTS. The linear discrepancy values of intraoral scans were not different among scan strategies performed with the single scan and segmental scan methods. In general, differences in the scan motion did not show different accuracies, except for the intermolar distance measured under the scan conditions of a 3-segmental scan and zigzag motion. The global surface deviations were not different among all scan strategies. CONCLUSION. The segmental scan and merge methods using two scan parts appear to be reliable as an alternative to the single scan method for full-arch intraoral scans. When three segmental scans are involved, the accuracy of complete arch scan can be negatively affected.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.135-143
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• 2017

Purpose: This research was conducted to compare the marginal and internal fit of zirconia prostheses fabricated with the model scan method and the intraoral scan method. Materials and methods: In this study, 20 extracted human mandibular first molar was used in the preparation of abutment tooth for the fabrication of zirconia prostheses. In the first group, the model scan method was applied on 10 prepared teeth. In the other group, the intraoral scan method was used on other 10 prepared teeth. Datum of both groups were transmitted to the software system. Afterwards, 20 zirconia prostheses were fabricated using the Ceramill system. Weight technique was used to evaluate the internal gap of the zirconia prostheses. In the Replica technique, marginal gap of the zirconia prostheses were analyzed by optical microscopy. Statistical analysis was based on one-way ANOVA. Results: Model scan group showed lower average weight than intraoral scan group when weight technique was applied, which has significance (P < .05). Also, model scan group showed significantly lower figures in all 5 measurements of replica technique than intraoral scan group (P < .05). Conclusion: Zirconia prostheses of both groups demonstrated clinically acceptable margin and internal fit. However, model scanned zirconia prostheses showed higher marginal and internal fit than intraoral scanned crowns.