• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2002

내시경 영상의 질을 결정하는데는 많은 요소들 즉 내시경 영상가이드가 포함하고 있는 광섬유들의 숫자 및 광섬유 각각의 형태, 재료, 길이 등의 측정, 분석이 필요하지만 그 각각의 요소들은 서로 상관관계를 가지고 있기 때문에 각 요소들에 대한 독립적 분석은 불가능한 것으로 평가되어 지고 있다. 그래서 크게 2가지 특성 즉 영상가이드의 영상분해능(image resolution)과 영상광도(image brightness)를 측정, 분석함으로써 내시경 영상의 질을 판단하려는 연구가 진행되고 있으나 아직 그 정확한 분석 방법이 확립되어 있지 않은 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 의료용 내시경에 사용되는 미세 영상가이드의 영상광도를 정량화하기 위해서 영상가이드 자체의 PF(Packing fraction), 개구수(numerical aperture) 및 광감쇠율의 측정방법을 개발하였고, 실제 미세내시경에 사용되고 있는 영상가이드의 광도를 측정하고 정량화였다 특히 영상가이드 전체의 개구수를 측정함으로써 기존의 개구수 계산값에 의한 방법보다 정확한 영상광도의 정량화가 가능하였고 그 결과 직경이 $3.1\mu m$인 광섬유를 포함하는 영상가이드의 광도는 직경이 $4.1\mu m$인 광섬유를 포함하는 영상가이드 보다 약 37% 만큼 낮다는 결론을 얻었다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.129.1-129.1
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• 2011

We have applied an advanced multi-aperture indexing photometry and sophisticated de-trending method to existing Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) data sets. TAOS, a wide-field ($3^{\circ}{\times}3^{\circ}$) and rapid photometry (5Hz) survey, is designed to detect small objects in the Kuiper Belt. Since TAOS has fast and multiple exposures per zipper mode image, point spread function (PSF) varies in a given image. Selecting appropriate aperture among various size apertures allows us to reflect these variations in each light curve. The survey data turned out to contain various trends such as telescope vibration, CCD noise, and unstable local weather. We select multiple sets of stars using a hierarchical clustering algorithm in such a way that the light curves in each cluster show strong correlations between them. We then determine a primary trend (PT) per cluster using a weighted sum of the normalized light curves, and we use the constructed PTs to remove trends in individual light curves. After removing the trend, we can get each synthetic light curve of star that has much higher signal-to-noise ratio. We compare the efficiency of the synthetic light curves with the efficiency of light curves made by previous existing photometry pipelines. Our photometric method is able to restore subtle brightness variation that tends to be missed in conventional aperture photometric methods, and can be applied to other wide-field surveys suffering from PSF variations and trends. We are developing an analysis package for the next generation TAOS survey (TAOS II) based on the current experiments.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.157-166
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• 2021

This paper aims at the temperature and slenderness ratio effects on physical and mechanical properties of Beishan granite. A series of uniaxial compression tests with various slenderness ratios and temperatures were carried out, and the acoustic emission signal was also collected. As the temperature increases, the fracture aperture of intercrystalline cracks gradually increases, and obvious transcrystalline cracks occurs when T > 600℃. The failure patterns change from tensile failure mode to ductile failure mode with the increasing temperature. The elastic modulus decreases with the temperature and increases with slenderness ratio, then tends to be a constant value when T = 1000℃. However, the peak strain has the opposite evolution as the elastic modulus under the effects of temperature and slenderness ratio. The uniaxial compression strength (UCS) changes a little for the low-temperature specimens of T < 400℃, but a significant decrease happens when T = 400℃ and 800℃ due to phase transitions of mineral. The evolution denotes that the critical brittle-ductile transition temperature increases with slenderness ratio, and the critical slenderness ratio corresponding to the characteristic mechanical behavior tends to be smaller with the increasing temperature. Additionally, the AE quantity also increases with temperature in an exponential function.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2012

UWB 주파수대역의 안테나로써 CPW 급전의 U-자형 평면 패치 안테나모델의 지향성이득 향상 방법을 검토하였다. 지향성 이득 향상을 위해 CPW 급전의 U-자형 패치 안테나 모델에 개구슬롯 반사면을 부가하여 마이크로스트립 구조로 재구성하였다. 재구성한 안테나는 특성 임피던스 $50.08{\Omega}$에 대해 반사계수는 -6.5dB(VSWR < 3.3)이하이며 지향성이득은 7.8 dBi ~ 9.6 dBi, 전후방비는 17.8dB ~ 28.7dB 그리고 ${\theta}=0^{\circ}$의 주방사 방향에 대해 -3dB 방사각의 범위가 ${\pm}30^{\circ}$의 방사지향성의 패턴을 나타내 보였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.422-426
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• 2005

This experimental study represents the results of an analysis on the characteristics of flux density distribution in the focal region of solar concentrator. The characteristics of flux density distributions are investigated to optimally design and position a cavity receiver. This was deemed very useful to find and correct various errors associated with a dish concentrator. We estimated the flux density distribution on the target placed along with focal lengths from the dish vertex to experimentally determine the focal length. It is observed that the actual focal point exists when the focal length is 2.17m. The total integrated power and percent power was 2467W and $85.8\%$, respectively, in the case of small dish, and also 2095W and $79\%$, respectively, in the case of KIERDISH II. As a result of the percent power within radius, approximately $90\%$ of the incident radiation is intercepted by about 0.06 m radius. The minimum radius of receiver in KIERDISH II is found to be 0.15m and approximately $90\%$ of the incident radiation is intercepted by receiver aperture.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.425-431
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• 2001

비유전율 ${\epsilon}_{r}$=36인 유전체를 이용한 무선 LAN용 개구 결합 마이크로스트립 원통형 유전체 공진 안테나(DRA)를 설계하고 제작하였다. 우선 급전 소자는 마이크로스트립 전송선로 이론을 이용하여 급전 선로 길이, 선로 폭, 슬롯 길이, 슬롯 폿과 스터브 길이을 계산하였다. 방사 소자는 원통형 유전체 cavity 이론을 이용하여 설계하였다. 제작된 원통형 DRA의 공진주파수는 2.449 GHz이고 VSWR, 반사 손실과 대역폭은 각각 1.009, -47dB 와 70MHz이다. 방사 패턴의 전후방비는 13dB이고 E면과 H 면의 3dB 빔폭은 각각 1$10^{\circ}$과 90$^{\circ}$이다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.151-155
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 개구 급전 마이크로스트립 야기 배열에 의한 빔 틸팅 안테나를 제안하고, Ansoft사의 Ensemble 5.1을 이용하여 설계 변수들의 값을 추출하고 제작된 안테나의 성능을 측정 분석하였다. 제안된 안테나는 북반구 대부분 지역에서 고정위성 지향을 위해 3dB 빔 폭은 45$^{\circ}C$ 를 중심으로 +/- 2$0^{\circ}C$ 정도의 빔 커버리지를 가지며, 2.51GHz ~ 2.59GHz의 동작 대역을 가진다. 안테나의 구조는 반사기, 구동기, 유도기의 3개 구형 패치로 구성된다. 2.56GHz에서 제작된 안테나의 최대 이득은 앙각 42$^{\circ}C$ 에서 6.2dB, 그리고 Front-to-Back 비는 약 13dB 이상을 얻었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.923-928
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• 2018

We developed a compact gamma camera based on a modified uniformly redundant array coded aperture to investigate the position of a $UO_2$ pellet emitting characteristic X-rays (98.4 keV) and ${\gamma}-rays$ (185.7 keV). Experiments using an only-mask method and an antimask subtractive method were conducted, and the maximum-likelihood expectation maximization algorithm was used for image reconstruction. The images obtained via the antimask subtractive method were compared with those obtained using the only-mask method with regard to the signal-to-noise ratio. The reconstructed images of the antimask subtractive method were superior. The reconstructed images of the characteristic X-rays and the ${\gamma}-rays$ were combined with the obtained image using the optical camera. The combined images showed the precise position of the $UO_2$ pellet. According to the self-absorption ratios of the nuclear material and the minimum number of effective events for image reconstruction, we estimated the minimum detection time depending on the amount of nuclear material.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.789-802
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• 2021

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) at C-band is an ideal remote sensing system for crop monitoring owing to its short wavelength, which interacts with the upper parts of the crop canopy. This study evaluated the potential of dual polarimetric Sentinel-1 at C-band for monitoring rice phenology. Rice phenological variations occur in a short period. Hence, the short revisit time of Sentinel-1 SAR system can facilitate the tracking of short-term temporal morphological variations in rice crop growth. The sensitivity of SAR backscattering coefficients, backscattering ratio, and polarimetric decomposition parameters on rice phenological stages were investigated through a time-series analysis of 33 Sentinel-1 Single Look Complex images collected from 10th April to 25th October 2020 in Gimhae, South Korea. Based on the observed temporal variations in SAR parameters, we could identify and distinguish the phenological stages of the Gimhae rice growth cycle. The backscattering coefficient in VH polarisation and polarimetric decomposition parameters showed high sensitivity to rice growth. However, amongst SAR parameters estimated in this study, the VH backscattering coefficient realistically identifies all phenological stages, and its temporal variation patterns are preserved in both Sentinel-1A (S1A) and Sentinel-1B (S1B). Polarimetric decomposition parameters exhibited some offsets in successive acquisitions from S1A and S1B. Further studies with data collected from various incidence angles are crucial to determine the impact of different incidence angles on polarimetric decomposition parameters in rice paddy fields.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.443-461
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• 2022

Target Detection in synthetic aperture radar(SAR) image is critical for military and national defense. In this paper, we propose YOLOv4-Attention architecture which adds attention modules to YOLOv4 backbone architecture to complement the feature extraction ability for SAR target detection with high accuracy. For training and testing our framework, we present new SAR embedding datasets based on MSTAR SAR public datasets which are about poor environments for target detection such as various clutter, crowded objects, various object size, close to buildings, and weakness of signal-to-clutter ratio. Experiments show that our Attention YOLOv4 architecture outperforms original YOLOv4 architecture in SAR image target detection tasks in poor environments for target detection.