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Magnetic Resonance Angiography using 3D Time-Of-Flight Method (Time of Flight 원리를 이용한 삼차원 자기공명 혈관조영술의 구현)

  • Yi, Y.;Ryu, T.H.;Kim, S.S.;Ahn, S.H.;Lee, M.W.;Jung, K.J.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1998 no.11
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    • pp.96-97
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    • 1998
  • 3D TOF MR Angiography is able to obtain thinner slice thickness, higher SNR, therefore higher spatial resolution than 2D TOF MR Angiography. Since it uses longer TR than 2D TOF MRA to allow stronger in-flow effect, the background tissue may not be fully saturated. Thus background tissue signal can be further suppressed by MTS(Magnetization Transfer Saturation). Flow-compensation was accomplished by GMN(Gradient Moment Nulling), and tracking saturation was used to suppress vein signal. The different flow signal at the entry of the slab and output of the slab can be compensated by TONE(Tilted Optimized Non-saturating Excitation) RF pulse.

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A study on the 3-D positional analysis for track of magnetically levitated vehicles (자기부상열차 선로의 3차원 위치해석에 관한 연구)

  • 강준묵;윤희천;배상호
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.229-236
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    • 1995
  • This study is the 3-D positional analysis for track of magnetically levitated vehicles to precise construction and periodical safe diagnosis by photogrammetry. In the result, we could improve the accuracy of Z as well as X, Y using the modified control points of spatial distribution to the plane distribution of the absolutly effective control points to accuracy and diagnosis the the track of magnetically levitated vehicles using the below 1㎜ accuracy. And we could analysis the 3-D precise positions and efficiently decide the geometric characteristics of the cant and gradient to the instrument.

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WASHINGTON PHOTOMETRY OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE VIRGO GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXY M86

  • Park, Hong-Soo
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.71-84
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    • 2012
  • We present a photometric study of the globular clusters (GCs) in the Virgo giant elliptical galaxy M86 based on Washington $CT_1$ images. The colors of the GCs in M86 show a bimodal distribution with a blue peak at ($C-T_1$) = 1.30 and a red peak at ($C-T_1$) = 1.72. The spatial distribution of the red GCs is elongated similar to that of the stellar halo, while that of the blue GCs is roughly circular. The radial number density profile of the blue GCs is more extended than that of the red GCs. The radial number density profile of the red GCs is consistent with the surface brightness profile of the M86 stellar halo. The GC system has a negative radial color gradient, which is mainly due to the number ratio of the blue GCs to the red GCs increasing as galactocentric radius increases. The bright blue GCs in the outer region of M86 show a blue tilt: the brighter they are, the redder their mean colors get. These results are discussed in comparison with other Virgo giant elliptical galaxies.

Characteristics of spatial distribution of cold cathode type large aperture electron beam (냉음극형 대면적 전자빔의 공간적 분포 특성)

  • Woo, S.H.;Abroyan, M.;Cho, C.H.;Kim, G.H.;Lee, H.S.;Rim, G.H.;Lee, K.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07e
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    • pp.2170-2172
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    • 1999
  • A low energy large aperture(LELA) pulsed electron beam generator of a cold cathode type has been developed for environmental applications, for example, waste water cleaning, flue gas cleaning, and pasteurization etc. The operational principle is based on the emission of secondary electrons from cold cathode when ions in the plasma hit the cathode, which are accelerated toward exit window by the gradient of an electric potential. We have fabricated the LELA electron beam generator with the peak energy of 200keV and beam diameter of 200mm and obtained the large aperture electron beam in air. The electron beam current density has been investigated as a function of glow discharge current, accelerating voltage and radial distribution in front of the exit window foil. The plasma density and electron temperature have been measured in order to confirm the relation with the electron beam current density. We are going to upgrade the LELA electron beam generator in the electron energy, electron beam current and stability of operation for various applications.

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Line segment grouping method for building roof detection in aerial images (항공영상에서 건물지붕 검출을 위한 선소의 그룹화 기법)

  • Ye, Cheol-Su;Im, Yeong-Jae;Yang, Yeong-Gyu
    • 한국지형공간정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents a method for line segment grouping used for detection of various building roofs. First, by using edge preserving filtering. noise is eliminated and then images are segmented by watershed algorithm, which preserves location of edge pixels. To extract line segments between control points from boundary of each region, we calculate curvature of each pixel on the boundary and then find the control points. Line linking is performed according to direction and length of line segments and finally the location of line segments is adjusted using gradient magnitudes of all pixels of the line segment. The algorithm has been applied to aerial imagery and the results show accurate building roof detection.

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Toward Accurate Road Detection in Challenging Environments Using 3D Point Clouds

  • Byun, Jaemin;Seo, Beom-Su;Lee, Jihong
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.606-616
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we propose a novel method for road recognition using 3D point clouds based on a Markov random field (MRF) framework in unstructured and complex road environments. The proposed method is focused on finding a solution for an analysis of traversable regions in challenging environments without considering an assumption that has been applied in many past studies; that is, that the surface of a road is ideally flat. The main contributions of this research are as follows: (a) guidelines for the best selection of the gradient value, the average height, the normal vectors, and the intensity value and (b) how to mathematically transform a road recognition problem into a classification problem that is based on MRF modeling in spatial and visual contexts. In our experiments, we used numerous scans acquired by an HDL-64E sensor mounted on an experimental vehicle. The results show that the proposed method is more robust and reliable than a conventional approach based on a quantity evaluation with ground truth data for a variety of challenging environments.

Analysis of Heat Transfer in Cooling of a Hot Plate by Planar Impingement Jet (평면충돌제트에 의한 고온 판 냉각과정의 열전달 해석)

  • Ahn, Dae-Hwan;Kim, Dong-Sik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2009
  • Water jet impingement cooling is used to remove heat from high-temperature surfaces such as hot steel plates in the steel manufacturing process (thermo-mechanical cooling process; TMCP). In those processes, uniform cooling is the most critical factor to ensure high strength steel and good quality. In this study, experiments are performed to measure the heat transfer coefficient together with the inverse heat conduction problem (IHCP) analysis for a plate cooled by planar water jet. In the inverse heat transfer analysis, spatial and temporal variations of heat transfer coefficient, with no information regarding its functional form, are determined by employing the conjugate gradient method with an adjoint problem. To estimate the two dimensional distribution of heat transfer coefficient and heat flux for planar waterjet cooling, eight thermo-couple are installed inside the plate. The results show that heat transfer coefficient is approximately uniform in the span-wise direction in the early stage of cooling. In the later stage where the forced-convection effect is important, the heat transfer coefficient becomes larger in the edge region. The surface temperature vs. heat flux characteristics are also investigated for the entire boiling regimes. In addition, the heat transfer rate for the two different plate geometries are compared at the same Reynolds number.

Numerical Simulation of Shock Wave Reflecting Patterns for Different Flow Conditions

  • Choi, Sung-Yoon;Oh, Se-Jong
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.74-85
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    • 2002
  • The numerical experiment has been conducted to investigate the unsteady shock wave reflecting phenomena. The cell-vertex finite-volume, Roe's upwind flux difference splitting method with unstructured grid is implemented to solve unsteady Euler equations. The $4^{th}$-order Runge-Kutta method is applied for time integration. A linear reconstruction of the flux vector using the least-square method is applied to obtain the $2^{nd}$-order accuracy for the spatial derivatives. For a better resolution of the shock wave and slipline, the dynamic grid adaptation technique is adopted. The new concept of grid adaptation technique, which is much simpler than that of conventional techniques, is introduced for the current study. Three error indicators (divergence and curl of velocity, and gradient of density) are used for the grid adaptation procedure. Considering the quality of the solution and the numerical efficiency, the grid adaptation procedure was updated up to $2^{nd}$ level at every 20 time steps. For the convenience of comparison with other experimental and analytical results, the case of interaction between the straight incoming shock wave and a sharp wedge is simulated for various flow conditions. The numerical results show good agreement with other experimental and analytical results, in the shock wave reflecting structure, slipline, and the trajectory of the triple points. Some critical cases show disagreement with the analytical results, but these cases also have been proven to show hysteresis phenomena.

Kinematic Control of Redundant Robots in the Constrained Environment and Its Applicaiton to a Nozzle Dam Installation/Detachment Task in Nuclear Power Plants (구속된 환경에서의 여유자유도 로봇의 기구학적 제어와 원자력 발전소 노즐댐 장 /탈착작업에의 적용)

  • Park, Ki-Cheol;Chang, Pyung-Hun;Kim, Seung-Ho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.3871-3882
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, a closed-form formulation for inverse kinematics of robot manipulators with kinematic redundancy under the constrained environment has been derived using the Kuhn-Tucker condition, the extended Lagrange multiplier method and the working set method. The proposed algorithm satisfies the necessaryand sufficient conditions for optimization subject to equality and inequality constraints. In addition, computationally efficient kinematic control methods have been proposed using differential kinemetics and gradient projection mehtod. The effectiveness of the proposed methods has been demonstrated with a 4-dof planar robot, and then a 7-dof spatial robot as a practical application to the nozzle dam task in the Nuclear Power Plant.

Trait-based algal community assembly associated with Pectinatella magnifica (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata)

  • Kim, Hyo Gyeom;Lee, Hak Young;Joo, Gea-Jae
    • ALGAE
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.99-109
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    • 2019
  • Habitat-forming species increase spatial complexity and alter local environmental conditions, often facilitating the assembly of plants and animals. We conducted a trait-based approach to algal assemblages associated with the freshwater bryozoan, Pectinatella magnifica. Association with algae leads to the inner bodies of the bryozoans being colored green; this is frequently observed in the large rivers of South Korea. We collected the green-colored gelatinous matrices and phytoplankton from waterbodies of the two main rivers in South Korea. Algal assemblages within the colonies and in the waterbodies were compared using the three diversity indices (richness, diversity, and dominance), and the composition of functional groups (FGs) and morphologically based functional groups (MBFGs) between the colonies within and outside of P. magnifica colonies. The most dominant and common species within the colonies were Oscillatoria kawamurae and Pseudanabaena catenata, both of which were assigned to the same FG (codon S1). Of the algal assemblages within the colonies, the dominance was higher, while the richness and diversity were lower, than those in the waterbodies. There was variation in the compositions of FGs and MBFGs in the waterbodies outside the colonies. Total nitrogen and orthophosphate led to dominance, and were significant factors for the variation in FGs in the waterbodies, whereas there were no such significant factors within the colonies. This trait-based approach to the community structure of associated algae provides the status and habitat gradient of these communities, which are stable, isolated, and consistent with the overgrowth of shade-adapted tychoplanktonic cyanobacteria.