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Evaluation of Images Depending on an Attenuation Correction in a Brain PET/CT Scan

  • Choi, Eun-Jin;Jeong, Mon-Taeg;Dong, Kyung-Rae;Kwak, Jong-Gil;Choi, Ji-Won;Ryu, Jae-Kwang
    • Journal of Radiation Industry
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.267-276
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    • 2018
  • A Hoffman 3D Brain Phantom was used to evaluate two PET/CT scanners, BIO_40 and D_690, according to the radiation dose of CT (low, medium and high) at a fixed kilo-voltage-peak (kVp) with the tube current(mA) varied in 17~20 stages(Bio_40 PET/CT scanner: the tube voltage was fixed to 120 kVp, the effective tube current(mAs) was increased from 33 mAs to 190 mAs in 10 mAs increments, D_690 PET/CT scanner: the tube voltage was fixed to 140 kVp, tube current(mA) was increased from 10 mAs to 200 mAs in 10 mAs increments). After obtaining the PET image, an attenuation correction was conducted based on the attenuation map, which led to an analysis of the difference in the image. First, the ratio of white to gray matter for each scanner was examined by comparing the coefficient of variation (CV) depending on the average ratio. In addition, a blind test was carried out to evaluate the image. According to the study results, the BIO_40 and D_690 scanners showed a <1% change in CV value due to the tube current conversion. The change in the coefficients of white and gray matter showed that the Z value was negative for both scanners, indicating that the coefficient of gray matter was higher than that of white matter. Moreover, no difference was observed when the images were compared in a blind test.

Performance of Zoysia spp. and Axonopus compressus Turf on Turf-Paver Complex under Simulated Traffic

  • Chin, Siew-Wai;Ow, Lai-Fern
    • Weed & Turfgrass Science
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.88-94
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    • 2016
  • Vehicular traffic on turf results in loss of green cover due to direct tearing of shoots and indirect long-term soil compaction. Protection of turfgrass crowns from wear could increase the ability of turf to recover from heavy traffic. Plastic turfpavers have been installed in trafficked areas to reduce soil compaction and to protect turfgrass crowns from wear. The objectives of this study were to evaluate traffic performance of turfgrasses (Zoysia matrella and Axonopus compressus) and soil mixture (high, medium and low sand mix) combinations on turf-paver complex. The traffic performance of turf and recovery was evaluated based on percent green cover determined by digital image analysis and spectral reflectance responses by NDVI-meter. Bulk density cores indicated significant increase in soil compaction from medium and low sand mixtures compared to high sand mixture. Higher reduction of percent green cover was observed from A. compressus (30-40%) than Z. matrella (10-20%) across soil mixtures. Both turf species displayed higher wear tolerance when established on higher sand (>50% sand) than low sand mixture. Positive turf recovery was also supported by complementary spectral responses. Establishment of Zoysia matrella turf on turfpaver complex using high sand mixture will result in improved wear tolerance.

New Year Picture, a Visual Educational Medium in the Qing Dynasty (청대 시각적 교육매체로서의 연화)

  • Lee, Eunsang
    • 중국학논총
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    • no.27
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    • pp.147-166
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    • 2009
  • New year pictures prevailed from 1660s to 1860. Especially, the reign period of Emperor Qianlong(r. 1736-1795) was the period of prosperity. The period of 1660s when new year pictures were started to be popular was the reign period of Emperor Kangxi(r. 1662-1722) was just started and corresponded to Emperor Kangxi's promulgation of "Sacred Edict." Chinese operas such as Peking opera were very popular among common people in the period from 1660s to 1860 when new year pictures prevailed. Qing emperors as foreign ruler chose the way of ruling their people by means of cultural influence in stead of military power. However their culture effort was not efficient toward the majority of illiterate people. New year pictures offered every information about the world through visual icons to the illiterate people at that time who perceived the world by means of seeing. They met the world through visual information offered by new year pictures. New year pictures were the stronger visual medium to spread and educate "Sacred Edict" to illiterate subjects than any other guide books published by elite officers.

A Study on the Development of Differentiated Collaborative Robot Shape Design (Focusing on the Applicability of Morphological Analysis) (차별화된 협동로봇 형태 디자인 개발에 관한 연구 (형태분석법 적용 가능성을 중심으로))

  • Kuk, Hwayeon;Hong, Seongsoo
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.177-183
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    • 2020
  • Collaborative Robot (Cobot) that can collaborate with humans by fusion with many advanced technologies among industrial robots in the industrial field are attracting attention. In this study, the engineers of Small and Medium Enterprises can directly participate in the cobot design, and ultimately, the possibility of deriving the shape design of the differentiated cobot was studied. The method applied to derive the shape design of differentiated cobot is 'Morphological Analysis'. First, the design elements of the form of cobots were derived as 'Link' and 'Joint'. In addition, by analyzing the image form of the Link and Joint of the existing cobot, a new form element of the Link and Joint was proposed. In order to quantitatively identify the most discriminating cobot shape design, FGI (Focus Group Interview) was conducted to derive image types of 4 Link and 3 Joint. Then, the most important 'Shape Combination' was carried out in morphological analysis, and 12 new cobot shape designs were drawn. Through this, the applicability of the morphological analysis method in the derivation of differentiated cobot shape design was examined.

Color Characteristics of Foreign Men's Premium Outer Brand (해외 남성 프리미엄 아우터 브랜드의 색채 특성)

  • Hong, YunJung
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.48-66
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    • 2022
  • This study aimed to investigate and analyze the overall color utilization characteristics as design elements of advanced men's premium outer brands. From the analysis of a total of 889 color samples, PB showed the highest distribution in color, Bk, R, and P. The use of ltg and p of high and low chroma was high, centering on dkg of low value and low chroma, and g of medium chroma. The men's premium outer brand displays a luxurious color image centered on color planning due to color contrast between dark and grayish shades. The characteristics of colors and color distribution by brand were considered. The brands that utilized the most diverse colors and shades were Herno, which pursues sportswear of the Elegance image, and Stone Island, which pursues casual images of workwear style. These results show that systematic planning using colors and shades are utilized by all premium outer brand concept. The results of this study are meaningful because they can be used as basic data for effective product planning, men's outer design development, and color planning of outer clothing brands are they represent premium outer brands for men, and identifies color characteristics as differentiated design elements.

Investigating the Colour Difference of Old and New Blue Japanese Glass Pigments for Artistic Use

  • Chua, Lynn;Quan, Seah Zi;Yan, Gao;Yoo, Woo Sik
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2022
  • Colour consistency is an important consideration when selecting pigments used on works of art. In this study, we analyse the colour difference between two sets of synthetic blue glass pigments acquired at least 8 years apart from the same manufacturer in Japan. The old pigment set (unused, dry powder with four different grain sizes) appears faded compared to the new set. These pigments are made available for artistic use, commonly in Nihonga or Japanese paintings. Raman spectroscopy and SEM-EDS results characterize these pigments as cobalt aluminate spinels dissolved in leaded glaze, a special class of complex coloured inorganic pigments that is not well-understood in the field of conservation. Colour difference between the old and new pigments with four different grain sizes were quantified by analysing photomicrographs with image analysis software. Blue pigments with coarse and extremely fine grains showed significant colour change compared to pigments with medium and fine grain sizes. The high occurrence of crystallites in the finer grains give a final colour that is bluer and lighter. Possible causes for the colour difference including manufacturing methods and storage environment are discussed.

Accurate Closed-Form Green′s Function for the Analysis of coplanar Waveguides (코플래너 도파로 해석을 위한 정확한 Closed-Form 그린함수)

  • Gang, Yeon-Deok;Lee, Taek-Gyeong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.37 no.11
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2000
  • In the layered medium, infinite Sommerfeld integral must be evaluated to calculate a space domain Green's function. The complex image method and the two-level method provide rapid calculation and accurate solutions in the near-field region. However, in the intermediate and far-field region, the solutions are inaccurate due to the deformation of the sampling contour. In this paper, we propose a method to calculate an accurate closed-form Green's function for coplanar structure by sampling data on the real axis.

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Adaptive thresholding noise elimination and asymmetric diffusion spot model for 2-DE image analysis

  • Choi, Kwan-Deok;Yoon, Young-Woo
    • 한국정보컨버전스학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.113-116
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    • 2008
  • In this paper we suggest two novel methods for an implementation of the spot detection phase in the 2-DE gel image analysis program. The one is the adaptive thresholding method for eliminating noises and the other is the asymmetric diffusion model for spot matching. Remained noises after the preprocessing phase cause the over-segmentation problem by the next segmentation phase. To identify and exclude the over-segmented background regions, il we use a fixed thresholding method that is choosing an intensity value for the threshold, the spots that are invisible by one's human eyes but mean very small amount proteins which have important role in the biological samples could be eliminated. Accordingly we suggest the adaptive thresholding method which comes from an idea that is got on statistical analysis for the prominences of the peaks. There are the Gaussian model and the diffusion model for the spot shape model. The diffusion model is the closer to the real spot shapes than the Gaussian model, but spots have very various and irregular shapes and especially asymmetric formation in x-coordinate and y-coordinate. The reason for irregularity of spot shape is that spots could not be diffused perfectly across gel medium because of the characteristics of 2-DE process. Accordingly we suggest the asymmetric diffusion model for modeling spot shapes. In this paper we present a brief explanation ol the two methods and experimental results.

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Implementation of an FPGA-based Frame Grabber System for PCB Pattern Detection (PCB 패턴 검출을 위한 FPGA 기반 프레임 그래버 시스템 구현)

  • Moon, Cheol-Hong
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.435-442
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    • 2018
  • This study implemented an FPGA-based system to extract PCB defect patterns. The FPGA-based system can perform pattern matching at high speed for vision automation. An image processing library that is used to extract defect patterns was also implemented in IPs to optimize the system. The IPs implemented are Camera Link IP, Histogram IP, VGA IP, Horizontal Projection IP and Vertical Projection IP. In terms of hardware, the FPGA chip from the Vertex-5 of Xilinx was used to receive and handle images that are sent from a digital camera. This system uses MicroBlaze CPU. The image results are sent to PC and displayed on a 7inch TFT-LCD and monitor.

Implementation of MINI-PACS using the DICOM Converter on the Web (DICOM Converter를 이용한 웹상에서의 MINI-PACS 구현)

  • Ji, Youn-Sang
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.103-111
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    • 2000
  • In recent years, medical procedures have become more complex, while financial pressures for shortened hospital stays and increased efficiency in patient care have increased. As a result, several shortcomings of present film-based systems for managing medical images have become apparent. Maintaining film space is labor intensive and consumes valuable space. Because only single copies of radiological examinations exist, they are prone to being lost or misplaced, thereby consuming additional valuable time and expense. In this paper, MINI-PACS for image archiving, transmission, and viewing offers a solution to these problems. Proposed MINI-PACS consists of mainly four parts such as Web Module, Client-Server Module, Internal Module, Acquisition Module. In addition, MINI-PACS system includes DICOM Converter that Non-DICOM file format converts standard file format. In Client-Server Module case, Proposed system is combined both SCU(Service Class User: Client) part and SCP(Service Class Provider: Server)part therefore this system provides the high resolution image processing techniques based on windows platform. Because general PACS system is too expensive for Medium and Small hospitals to install and operate the full-PACS. Also, we constructed Web Module for database connection through the WWW.

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