• International Journal of Railway
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2008

During maintenance or construction works in or at the tracks of railways, high risks for passengers and railway staff, especially for the workers on the construction site exist. The high risks result out of the movement of rail vehicles, like trains or construction vehicles, which must be faced by using any available technical and operational technologies for securing them against the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the level of protection continuously and to identify new and innovative methods and technologies for the protection of the gang (construction worker, machines and material). Especially on construction sites at line sections with two or more parallel tracks but also with single tracks, there are still a lot of incidents and accidents mostly with seriously injured persons or fatalities. These were mainly gang members that breach the railway-loading gage. By using proper warning or protection systems, the avoidance of such accidents must be achieved. The latest developments. in gang protection systems concern on the one hand fixed barriers in the middle between the construction site and the operated track and on the other hand construction vehicles equipped with automatic warning systems. The disadvantage of such protection methods is that the gang can be warned against an approaching train but a monitoring of the gang members cannot be performed. Only one part of a potential dangerous situation will be detected. If the gang members will overhear the acoustic warning signal of the security staff and the workers will not leave the danger zone in the track, the driver of the approaching train had no chance to react to the dangerous situation. An accident is often inevitable. While the detection of acoustic warning signals by the gang members working on a construction site is very difficult, the acoustical planning of an automatic warning system has to be designed for an acoustic short range level of one meter besides the construction vehicle. The decision about the use of today's technical warning system (fixed systems, automatic warning systems, etc.) must be geared to the technical feasibility and the level of safety which is needed. Criteria for decision guidance to block a track should be developed by danger estimation and economical variables. To realize the actual jurisdiction and to minimize the hazards of railway operations by the use of construction vehicles near the tracks further developments are needed. This means, that the warning systems have to be enhanced to systems for protection, which monitor the realization of the warning signal as a precondition for giving a movement authority to a train. This method can protect against accidents caused by predictable wrongdoing. The actual state of the art technique of using a collective warning combined with additional security staff is no longer acceptable. Therefore, the Institute of Transportation System of the German Aerospace Center in Braunschweig (Germany) will develop a gang warning and protection system based upon imaging methods, with optical sensors such as video in visible and invisible ranges, radar, laser, and other. The advantage of such a system based on the possibility to monitor both the gang itself and the railway-loading gauge either of the parallel track or of the same track still in use. By monitoring both situations, the system will be able to generate a warning message for the approaching train, that there are obstacles in the track, so that the train can be stopped to prevent an accident. And also the gang workers will be warned, while they breach their area.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2009

목적 : 자기공명영상화는 보통 긴 스캔 시간으로 인해 환자의 움직임이 큰 문제가 된다. 이러한 환자의 움직임을 보정하기 위한 한가지 방법인 영상의 엔트로피(entropy)를 이용한 후처리 방법은 다른 추가 데이터 획득 없이 효과적으로 움직임 인공물을 줄일 수 있음을 보였다. 하지만 이 방법의 가장 큰 문제는 처리 시간이 매우 길다는데 있다. 본 연구에서는 움직임 보정 처리시간을 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. 대상 및 방법 : 전체적인 보정 시간을 줄이기 위한 첫 번째 방법은, 퓨리에 변환의 분리성을 이용하여 전체적인 퓨리에 변환시간을 줄일 수 있다. 영상의 엔트로피 기준을 대신해 영상의 전체 화소의 합(pixel sum)을 움직임 보정의 기준으로 이용하여 영상 기준을 계산하는 시간을 절반 이하로 줄일 수 있다. 마지막으로 부분 퓨리에 재구성 방법을 조합하여 움직임의 영향을 보정하는 k-공간의 데이터 량을 줄임으로써 전체적인 처리 시간을 큰 폭으로 줄일 수 있다. 결과 : 제안한 방법을 사용하여 보정한 영상의 품질은 엔트로피를 이용한 보정 방법과 거의 흡사했으며, 대신 전체적인 처리 시간을 2차원 영상에서 15%로, 3차원 영상에서 30%로 줄일 수 있었다. 결론 : 제안한 방법을 병렬 영상화 기법 등과 결합하여 영상 보정 시간을 더욱 줄일 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 제안하는 방법은 다른 보정 기법을 사용할 수 없을 때, 영상에서 움직임의 영향을 줄이는 방법으로 유용할 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2019

Purpose: We evaluated the motion-induced dosimetric effects on the field-in-field (FIF) technique for whole-breast irradiation (WBI) using actual patient organ motion data obtained from cine electronic portal imaging device (cine EPID) images during treatment. Materials and Methods: Ten breast cancer patients who received WBI after breast-conserving surgery were selected. The static FIF (SFIF) plan involved the application of two parallel opposing tangential and boost FIFs. To obtain the amplitude of the internal organ motion during treatment, cine EPID images were acquired five times for each patient. The outside contour of the breast (OCB) and chest wall (CW) contour were tracked using in-house motion analysis software. Intrafractional organ motion was analyzed. The dynamic FIF (DFIF) reflecting intrafractional organ motion incorporated into the SFIF plan was calculated and compared with the SFIF in terms of the dose homogeneity index (DHI_90/10) for the target and V₂₀ for the ipsilateral lung. Results: The average motion amplitudes along the X and Y directions were 1.84±1.09 mm and 0.69±0.50 mm for OCB and 1.88±1.07 mm and 1.66±1.49 mm for CW, respectively. The maximum motion amplitudes along the X and Y directions were 5.53 and 2.08 mm for OCB and 5.22 and 6.79 mm for CW, respectively. Significant differences in DHI_90/10 values were observed between SFIF and DFIF (0.94 vs 0.95, P<0.05) in statistical analysis. The average V₂₀ for the lung in the DFIF was slightly higher than that of the SFIF in statistical analysis (19.21 vs 19.00, P<0.05). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that the FIF technique can form a safe and effective treatment method for WBI. Regular monitoring using cine EPID images can be effective in reducing motion-induced dosimetric errors.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.117-128
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• 2003

Thallium-201 scintigraphy is used to discriminate the malignant bone tumor from the benign by qualitatively and quantitatively, and to predict the response of preoperative chemotherapy in osteosarcoma, by comparing the changes of thallium uptake ratio after chemotherapy to the tumor necrosis ratio. Thallium-201 scintigraphy scan should be done prior to surgical biopsy. PICKER Prism 2000 gamma camera with high resolution parallel hole collimator is usually used for scanning. The patient is injected with 2-3mCi of Tl-201 and the early phase is checked in 30 minutes and delayed phase in 3 hours. The scan images are visually evaluated by a blinded nuclear medicine physician. We could evaluate true positive, true negative, false positive and false negative by the comparison of results with those of biopsy, and calculate positive and negative predictive value(%), sensitivity(%), specificity(%) and diagnostic accuracy(%). For the quantitative analysis of thallium uptake, we drew the region of interest on the tumor side and contralateral normal side as mirror image, and calculated the uptake ratio with dividing the amount of gamma count in tumor side by normal side. We could calculate the percent changes of thallium uptake ratio in early and delayed phase, and compare them to the ratio of tumor necrosis. Thallium-201 scintigraphy proved as useful imaging study to discriminate malignant bone tumor from benign, but had exception in giant cell tumor and low grade malignant bone tumors. We can use T1-201 scan to differentiate the benign from the malignant tumor, and to evaluate the response of preoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and to determine the residual tumor or local recurrence. For the better result, we need to have a more detail information about false positive cases and a more objective and quantitative reading technique.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 Coloring 기법을 적용한 Gauss-Seidel 해법의 연산 성능을 분석하기 위해 2차원과 3차원 전도 열전달 문제를 다양한 격자 크기에서 해석하였다. 지배방정식의 이산화는 유한차분법과 유한요소법을 사용하였다. CPU의 경우에는 상대적으로 작은 격자계에서 연산 성능이 좋으며, 계산에 사용되는 메모리의 크기가 캐시메모리보다 크게 되면 연산 성능이 급격히 떨어진다. 반면에, GPU는 메모리 지연시간 숨김 특성으로 인하여 격자의 수가 충분히 많을 때 연산 성능이 좋다. GPU에 기반한 Colored Gauss-Seidel 해법은 단일 CPU를 이용한 연산에 비해서 각각 최대 7배의 속도 향상을 보인다. 또한, GPU 기반에서 Colored Gauss-Seidel 해법은 Jacobi 보다 약 2배 빠름을 확인하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 1998

In this paper, we present the performances of a Doppler system using single channel RF(Radio Frequency) sampling. This technique consists of undersampling the ultrasonic blood backscattered RF signal on a single channel. Conventional undersampling method in Doppler imaging system have to use a minimum of two identical parallel demodulation channels to reconstruct the multigate analytic Doppler signal. However, this system suffers from hardware complexity and problem of unbalance(gain and phase) between the channels. In order to reduce these problems, we have realized a multigate pulsed Doppler system using undersampling on a single channel, It requires sampling frequency at $4f_o$(where $f_o$ is the center frequency of the transducer) and 12bits A/D converter. The proposed " single-Channel RF Sampling" method aims to decrease the required sampling frequency proportionally to $4f_o$/(2k+1). To show the influence of the factor k on the measurements, we have compared the velocity profiles obtained in vitro and in vivo for different intersequence delays time (k=0 to 10). We have used a 4MHz center frequency transducer and a Phantom Doppler system with a laminar stationary flow. The axial and volumetric velocity profiles in the vessel have been computed according to factor k and have been compared. The influence of the angle between the ultrasonic beam and the flow axis direction, and the fluid viscosity on the velocity profiles obtained for different values of k factor is presented. For experiment in vivo on the carotid, we have used a data acquisition system with a sampling frequency of 20MHz and a dynamic range of 12bits. We have compared the axial velocity profiles in systole and diastole phase obtained for single channel RF sampling factor.ng factor.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2010

오늘날의 디지털영상 제작기술의 발전과 더불어 3D 이미징 기술은 첨단 TV와 컴퓨터에 응용되고 있으며 3D 입체 영상 제작 기술에 대한 연구, 개발이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 2009년 개봉한 제임스캐머런(James Cameron)감독의 3D입체영화 '아바타' 흥행 이후 3D 입체영상에 대한 관심이 대두 되고 있는 상황에서 본 연구는 최근 대두되고 있는 입체영상제작에 있어서 후반제작 공정상 색 보정이 입체의 깊이감에 미치는 영향을 실험하였다. 기존 영상제작 후반작업에서의 색 보정과정을 3D입체영상 제작과정에 적용하여, 입체감 변화에 대한 데이터를 측정하고 이를 통하여 3D 입체영상 제작에 있어서 효과적인 영상처리프로세스에 대한 정보를 제공하는 것이 연구의 목적이다. 입체영상에서 색과 명암대비가 입체의 깊이감을 인지하는데 영향을 줄 수 있다는 가정을 전제로 색 보정 실험을 하였다. 입체감, 공간감, 깊이감의 변화에 대한 피 실험자 반응을 종합하여 입체감이 상승하는 결과를 확인 할 수 있었다. 본 실험을 통하여 도출된 결과를 적용하여 15분 분량의 입체홍보영화를 제작 하였으며, 후반제작과 정상에서 색 보정 작업 결과가 입체를 인지하는 깊이감에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인됐다. 본 연구의 실험은 평행리그와 직교리그를 통하여 촬영된 좌측영상과 우측영상의 영상이미지를 실험 데이터로 사용하였으며 편집과정에서 컨버전스와 입체감을 수정한 후에 후반제작에서 색 보정 작업을 통하여 명암대비를 높였다. 그 결과 영상의 공간감과 깊이감, 그리고 돌출감이 증가한 영상을 제작 할 수 있었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2011

Parallel imaging technique can provide several advantages for a multitude of MRI applications. Especially, in SENSE technique, sensitivity maps were always required in order to determine the reconstruction matrix, therefore, a number of difference approaches using sensitivity information from coils have been demonstrated to improve of image quality. Moreover, many filtering methods were proposed such as adaptive matched filter and nonlinear diffusion technique to optimize the suppression of background noise and to improve of image quality. In this study, we performed SENSE reconstruction using computer simulations to confirm the most suitable method for the feasibility of filtering effect and according to changing order of polynomial fit that were applied on variation of spatial resolution of sensitivity map. The image was obtained at 0.32T(Magfinder II, Genpia, Korea) MRI system using spin-echo pulse sequence(TR/TE = 500/20 ms, FOV = 300 mm, matrix = $128{\times}128$, thickness = 8 mm). For the simulation, obtained image was multiplied with four linear-array coil sensitivities which were formed of 2D-gaussian distribution and the image was complex white gaussian noise was added. Image processing was separated to apply two methods which were polynomial fitting and filtering according to spatial resolution of sensitivity map and each coil image was subsampled corresponding to reduction factor(r-factor) of 2 and 4. The results were compared to mean value of geomety factor(g-factor) and artifact power(AP) according to r-factor 2 and 4. Our results were represented while changing of spatial resolution of sensitivity map and r-factor, polynomial fit methods were represented the better results compared with general filtering methods. Although our result had limitation of computer simulation study instead of applying to experiment and coil geometric array such as linear, our method may be useful for determination of optimal sensitivity map in a linear coil array.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.459-467
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• 2009

목적: ML-EM (The maximum likelihood-expectation maximization) 기법은 방출과 검출 과정에 대한 통계학적 모델에 기반한 재구성 알고리즘이다. ML-EM은 결과 영상의 정확성과 유용성에 있어 많은 이점이 있는 반면 반복적인 계산과 방대한 작업량 때문에 CPU(central processing unit)로 처리할 때 상당한 연산시간이 소요되었다. 본 연구에서는 GPU(graphic processing unit)의 병렬 처리 기술을 ML-EM 알고리즘에 적용하여 영상을 재구성하였다. 대상 및 방법: 엔비디아사(社)의 CUDA 기술을 이용하여 ML-EM 알고리즘의 투사 및 역투사 과정을 병렬화 전략을 구상하였으며 Geforce 9800 GTX+ 그래픽 카드를 이용하여 병렬화 연산을 수행하여 기존의 단일 CPU기반 연산법과 비교하였다. 각 반복횟수마다 투사 및 역투사 과정에 걸리는 총 지연 시간과 퍼센트 오차(percent error)를 측정하였다. 총 지연 시간에는 RAM과 GPU 메모리 간의 데이터 전송 지연 시간도 포함하였다. 결과: 모든 반복횟수에 대해 CPU 기반 ML-EM 알고리즘보다 GPU 기반 알고리즘이 더 빠른 성능을 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 단일 CPU 및 GPU 기반 ML-EM의 32번 반복연산에 있어 각각 3.83초와 0.26초가 걸렸으며 GPU의 병렬연산의 경우 15배 정도의 개선된 성능을 보였다. 반복횟수가 1024까지 증가하였을 경우, CPU와 GPU 기반 알고리즘은 각각 18분과 8초의 연산시간이 걸렸다. GPU 기반 알고리즘이 약 135배 빠른 처리속도를 보였는데 이는 단일 CPU 계산이 특정 반복횟수 이후 나타나는 시간 지연에 따른 것이다. 결과적으로, GPU 기반 계산이 더 작은 편차와 빠른 속도를 보였다. 결론: ML-EM 알고리즘에 기초한 GPU기반 병렬 계산이 처리 속도와 안정성을 더 증진시킴을 확인하였으며 이를 활용해 다른 영상 재구성 알고리즘에도 적용시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2001

Objective : The exact position of the lesion during the pallidotomy is critical to obtain the clinical improvement of parkinson's disease without damage to surrounding structure. Ventriculogrphy, CT(computed tomograpy) or MRI(magnetic resonance imaging) have been used to determine the initial coordinates of stereotactic target for pallidotomy. The goal of this study was to determine whether microelectrode recording significantly improves the neurophysiologic localization of the target obtained from MRI. Methods : Twenty patients were studied. They underwent a unilateral pallidotomy. Leksell frame was applied and T1 axial images parallel to the AC-PC(anterior commissure-posterior commissure) plane using a 1.5 Tesla MRI with 3mm slice thickness were obtained. Anteroposterior coordinate of target was chosen at 2mm in front of the midcommissural point and lateral coordinate between 19 and 22mm from the midline. The vertical coordinate was calculated on coronal slice using a fast spin echo inversion recovery sequence(FSEIR) related to the position of the choroidal fissure and ranged over 4-5mm below the AC-PC plane. Confirmation of the anatomical target was done on axial slices using the same FSEIR sequence . Microrecording was done at the pallidum contralateral to the symptomatic side using an electrode with a tip diameter of $1{{\mu}m}$ diameter tip and 1.1-1.4 mOhm impedance at 1000Hz. Electrophysiologic localization of the target was also confirmed intraoperatively by macrostimulation. Results : Microrecording techniques were reliable to define the transition from the base of the pallidum which was characterized by the disappearance of spike activity and by the change of the audible background activity. Signals from high amplitude neurons firing at 200-400Hz were recorded in the pallidal base. X, Y and Z coordinates of target obtained from the MRI were within 1mm from the X, Y, Z coordinates obtained with microrecording in 16 patients (80%), 15 patients(75%), 10 patients(50%) respectively. The difference of Y coordinate between on MRI and on microrecording was 4mm in only one patient. Conclusion : The MRI was accurate to localize the target within 1mm of the error from microrecording target in 70% of the patients. 4mm discrepancy was observed only once. We conclude that MRI alone can be used to determine the target for pallidotomy in most patients. However, microrecording technique can still be extremely valuable in patents with aberrant anatomy or unusual MRI coordinates. We also consider physiologic confirmation of the target using macrostimulation to be mandatory in all cases.