• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.65-76
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• 2023

The Gamma Portable Radar Interferometer (GPRI) is a ground-based real aperture radar (RAR) that can acquire images with high spatial and temporal resolution. The GPRI ground-based radar used in this study composes three antennas with a Ku-band frequency of 17.1-17.3 GHz (1.73-1.75 cm of wavelength). It can measure displacement over time with millimeter-scale precision. It is also possible to adjust the observation mode by arranging the transmitting and receiving antennas for various applications: i) obtaining differential interferograms through the application of interferometric techniques, ii) generation of digital elevation models and iii) acquisition of full polarimetric data. We introduced the hardware configuration of the GPRI ground-based radar, image acquisition, and characteristics of the collected radar images. The interferometric phase difference has been evaluated to apply the multi-temporal interferometric SAR application (MT-InSAR) using the first observation campaigns at Pusan National University in Geumjeong-gu, Busan.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.139-144
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• 2017

To evaluation of clinical usefulness for B1+RMS limits, we compared image quality of Routine, Specific absorption rate (SAR) and Root mean square (RMS) protocol. 5 volunteers underwent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan of the brain using three different protocols. We draw Region of interest ROI in cortex, white matter, gray matter, putamen and thalamus of axial plan. Signal to noise ratio (SNR) were evaluated in each area and Contrast to noise ration (CNR) were evaluated between white matter and gray matter. Qualitative evaluation was used to score each ROI. B1+RMS is confirmed its usefulness compared to conventional SAR standard on the aspect of improvement of image quality, reduction of scan time and easy adjusting parameter.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.6_3
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• pp.1329-1350
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• 2018

There have been many applications to observe Earth using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) since it could acquire Earth observation data without reference to weathers or local times. However researches about digital map generation using SAR have hardly been performed due to complex raw data processing. In this study, we suggested feasibility of producing digital map using SAR stereo images. We collected two sets, which include an ascending and a descending orbit acquisitions respectively, of KOMPSAT-5 stereo dataset. In order to suggest the feasibility of digital map generation from SAR stereo images, we performed 1) rational polynomial coefficient transformation from radar geometry, 2) digital resititution using KOMPSAT-5 stereo images, and 3) validation using digital-map-derived reference points and check points. As the results of two models, root mean squared errors of XY and Z direction were less than 1m for each model. We discussed that KOMPSAT-5 stereo image could generated 1:25,000 digital map which meets a standard of the digital map. The proposed results would contribute to generate and update digital maps for inaccessible areas and wherever weather conditions are unstable such as North Korea or Polar region.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.159-162
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• 2008

This paper presents a modified mean curvature diffusion filter to smooth speckle noise in images. Mean curvature diffusion filter has already shown good results in reducing noise in images while preserving fine details. In the mean curvature diffusion, the rate of smoothing is controlled by the local value of the diffusion coefficient chosen to be a function of the local image gradient magnitude. In this paper, the diffusion coefficient is modified to be controlled adaptively by local image surface slope and heterogeneity. The local surface slope contributes to preserving details (e.g.edges) in image and the local surface heterogeneity helps the smoothing filter consider the amount of noise in both edge and non-edge area. The proposed filter's performance is demonstrated by quantitative experiments using speckle noised aerial image and TerraSAR-X satellite image.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.6_4
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• pp.1469-1478
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• 2018

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are disaster that causes billions of dollars in property damage and the loss of human life. Therefore, it is required to effectively monitor earthquakes and volcanoes. With the increase of satellite data, researches on earthquake and volcano using satellite imagery has been improved. Satellite images can be divided into three types i.e. optical, thermal, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and each image has different characteristics. In this article, we summarized its advantages and disadvantages of each type of satellite image. Moreover, we investigated the previous researches about earthquake and volcano using satellite images. Finally, we suggest application method to respond earthquake and volcano disaster using satellite images.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.534-537
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• 2005

Polarization of the radar wave refers to the ellipticity angle and orientation angle of the polarization ellipse. An evaluation of the polarization response can help understand the scattering mechanisms involved for a particular area of interest or provide information for image classification and algorithm section. C- and L-band polarization responses measured at urban area show the results that the polarization behavior for dihedral comer reflector or short, thin cylinder reflector appears at located in city streets or buildings site which are lined up and the polarization behavior for a large conducting sphere appears at parts of test site particularly river, flat, and vegetated areas. Also, the co- and cross-polarized response graphs and polarimetric parameters are discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.543-546
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• 2003

Kaiman 필터는 통계적 방법에 근거한 필터이므로, 이것을 구성할 때, 추정대상이나 잡음 등의 통계량을 미리 알고 있을 필요가 있다. 일반적으로 이러한 양을 미리 아는 것은 곤란하므로, 필터를 설계할 때에는, 적당한 통계적 모델을 가정하지 않으면 안된다. 그러나, 실제의 통계량이 이러한 값과 다른 경우, 즉, model mismatch가 발생하면, 최적의 추정이 행하여지지 않고 mismatch가 정도가 큰 경우에는, 올바른 추정이 전혀 행하여지지 않을 가능성이 있다. 본 논문에서는 Kalman 필터에 model mismatch가 발생한 경우의 추정값으로의 영향을 2가지의 방법으로 검토한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.66-69
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 깊은 합성 곱 신경망 (Deep Convolutional Neural Network) 를 이용해서 SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) 영상의 반전 잡음 (speckle noise) 성분을 제거하는 기법을 제안하고자 한다. Deep Convolutional Neural Network는 이미지의 데이터 특성에 적합한 딥 러닝 방법이고, 이는 SAR 위성영상의 반전 잡음 제거에 사용해도 효과적이다. 반전 잡음 필터 모델 추정을 위한 학습은 임의로 반전 잡음을 합성한 트레이닝 이미지들과 원본 트레이닝 이미지들을 이용한 회귀모델을 통해 진행된다. 학습을 통해 얻은 반전 잡음 필터는 기존 알고리즘에 비해 우수한 외곽선 보존 성능을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.596-601
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• 2003

위성영상으로부터 수계영역을 분류하는 일은 홍수관련 분석을 위해서 매우 중요한 일이다. 본 연구에서는 홍수 발생시 취득된 RADARSAT 영상을 이용해서 산악지역의 수계영역의 분류를 목적으로 하였다. SAR 영상은 능동적 영상취득을 수행하므로 광학영상에 비해서 수계영역이 확실하게 나타나는 반면에 지형의 기복에 따른 여러 가지 왜곡현상이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 RADARSAT 영상으로부터 수계영역의 분류를 위해 방사보정, 그림자 효과제거, 고도자료 및 경사도 자료의 활용 등의 경우로 구분하여 연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과 RADARSAT 영상만을 활용할 경우 분류의 정확도에 한계를 보였으며, RADARSAT 영상에 지형정보를 추가로 활용함으로서 정확한 수계영역을 분류할 수 있었다. 특히 RADARSAT 영상과 경사도 자료를 동시에 활용하여 수계지역을 분류하는 것이 가장 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.318-320
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• 2008

Offshore remote-sensing wind extraction using SAR satellite image is an emerging and promising technology for offshore wind resource assessment. We compared our numerical weather prediction and offshore wind extraction from ENVISAT images around Korea offshore areas. A few comparison sets showed good agreement but more comparisons are required to draw application guideline on a statistical basis.