• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 근적외선 다채널 형광 영상 시스템을 소개하고, 노출시간, 작동거리, 여기광의 강도에 따른 형광 영상 시스템의 특성에 대해 분석하였다. 노출시간이 길수록, 작동거리가 짧을수록, 여기광의 강도가 강할수록 형광신호가 증가하였다. 필터의 적절한 구성과 영상 모듈의 정밀한 패키징으로 배경신호의 증가를 억제하여 SBR이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 다채널 형광 영상 시스템을 활용할 수 있는 방안에 대해 제안하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.904-910
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• 2017

This paper presents temperature measurement of solar photovoltaic modules using the custom-made system composed of an infrared temperature sensor and a microcontroller. The obtained measurement results are processed, displayed and stored on a PC using the custom-made virtual instrument. The proposed system overcomes some of the problems related to the contact sensor application, and at the same time offers accurate readings and better flexibility. The proposed system is especially suitable for applications where the cost is a limiting factor in the choice of measuring system. The conducted analysis and the obtained results have shown an excellent accuracy of the proposed system in comparison to a high quality thermal imaging camera used as the reference instrument.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2017

Thermal imaging is mainly used in military equipment required for night observation. In particular, technologies of uncooled thermal imaging detectors are being developed as applied to low-cost night observation system. Many system integrators require different specifications of the uncooled thermal imaging camera but their development time is short. In this approach, EOSYSTEM has developed a small size, TEC-less uncooled thermal imaging camera module with $32{\times}32mm$ size and low power consumption. Both domestic detector and import detector are applied to the EOSYSTEM's thermal imaging camera module. The camera module contains efficient infrared image processing algorithms including : Temperature compensation non-uniformity correction, Bad/Dead pixel replacement, Column noise removal, Contrast/Edge enhancement algorithms providing stable and low residual non-uniformity infrared image.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.396-403
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• 2000

A thermal imaging system is implemented for the measurement and the analysis of the thermal distribution of the target objects. The main part of the system is a thermal camera in which a focal plane array typed sensor is introduced. The sensor detects the mid-range infrared spectrum of target objects and then it outputs a generic video signal which should be processed to form a frame thermal image. Here, a digital signal processor(DSP) is applied for the high speed processing of the sensor signals. The DSP controls analog-to-digital converter, performs correction algorithms and outputs the frame thermal data to frame buffers. With the frame buffers can be generated a NTSC signal and transferred the frame data to personal computer(PC) for the analysis and a monitoring of the thermal scenes. By performing the signal processing functions in the DSP the overall system achieves a simple configuration. Several experimental results indicate the performance of the overall system.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.62-73
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• 2015

We developed an evans blue-indocyanine green-$^{99m}Tc$-human serum albumin conjugate for sentinel lymph node mapping and we describe its unique potential usage for clinical implications. This conjugate has combined the strengths of visible blue dye, near-infrared fluorescence and radioisotope into one single conjugate without any additional weakness/disadvantage. All the components of evans blue-indocyanine green-$^{99m}Tc$-human serum albumin are safe and of low cost, and they have already been clinically used. This conjugate was stable in the serum, it showed a long retention time in the lymphatic system and the lymph nodes showed a much higher signal-to-noise ratio after the conjugate was injected intradermally into the paw of mice. Both the single-photon emission computed tomography and near-infrared fluorescent images of the mice were successfully obtained at the same time as the excised sentinel lymph nodes showed blue color. The visual color, near-infrared fluorescence and gamma ray from this agent could be complementary for each other in all the steps of sentinel lymph node sampling: exploring and planning sentinel lymph node before excision with visualization of the exact sentinel lymph node location during an operation. Therefore, the triple modal agent will possibly be very ideal for sentinel lymph node mapping because of the high signal-to-noise ratio for non-invasive imaging and its complementary multimodal nature, easy preparation and safety. It is promising for clinical applications and it may have great advantages over the traditional single modal methods.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.291-300
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• 2015

In the steel manufacturing process heat-endurance deterioration of a ladle used to cause a big accident. In this paper, an infrared imaging system and image analyzing procedure are proposed for inspecting refractory bricks of a ladle. The proposed algorithm contains following three parts: two-stage image selection procedure, reference point detection, and analysis of heat-endurance deterioration. Experiments were conducted with real data from a steel plant and detailed configuration of infrared imaging system was presented.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2021

With the recent advances in radiological science, there was radiographic techniques development and several researches to diagnosing dysphagia. We proposed the new Imaging technology based on Near Infrared radiation (NIR) for video fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS). To reduce the risk of the VFSS examination for swallowing rehabilitation, multi-NIR camera system comprised. Based on the multi-NIR camera imaging system, Computational simulation was conducted to identify the potential of the multi-NIR camera imaging system as a clinical tool (screening system). As a result of the simulation applied in this study, the proposed system has a potential to be a clinical solution although there is a few of limitations. we believe that it will be a good tool to support the VFSS as a screening technology in clinical fields.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.128-132
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• 2007

Thermal Imaging systems are reported to be crucial for fire fighting and beginning to be used by fire fighters. The performance of thermal imaging system is determined by both the radiation of infrared from the target and the attenuation of infrared signal in the optical path by the absorption, scattering, diffraction and reflection. In the scene of fire, water drops with various sizes such as vaporized water, wafer mist from sprinkler, and wafer to suppress the fire reside with various gas generated by burning. To measure the transmission of infrared radiation in the scene of fire, fire simulating system and thermal imagers with cooled detector which detects $3{\sim}5{\mu}m$ infrared and uncooled detector fabricated by the MEMS technology which detects $8{\sim}12{\mu}m$ infrared. are made. With thermal imagers and Ire simulating system, the change of thermal image with respect to the change of visibility controlled with the burned fas was measured. It was found that the transmission of infrared was not reduced by the burned gas, which could be explained by the long wavelength of infrared ray compared with visible ray. However, the transmission of infrared ray was largely reduced by the combination of burned gas and water mist supplied by sprinkler. This is contrary to the results of calculated transmission through the pure water mist and shows that the transmission of infrared ray is mostly affected by the compounds of water mist and burned gas. In this case, it was found that the uncooled detector which detects $8{\sim}12{\mu}m$ infrared ray is better than cooled detector which detects $3{\sim}5{\mu}m$ infrared ray for fire fighting.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.679-684
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• 2023

정맥의 천자는 병리학적 검사를 위한 혈액 샘플을 획득하기 위해 널리 사용되고 있다. 바늘을 사용한 침습적인 정맥 천자 방법이 반복되서 시행되면 환자가 받는 고통이 증가되는 문제가 있어 본 연구팀은 사전에 소형 근적외선 (near-infrared, NIR) 영상 시스템을 개발하였다. 획득된 NIR 영상의 화질 개선을 위하여 본 연구에서는 노이즈 제거에 효율적으로 잘 알려진 비지역적 평균 (non-local means, NLM) 알고리즘을 모델링하여 시스템에서의 적용 가능성을 분석하고자 한다. 개발된 NIR 영상 시스템은 dichroic 및 long-pass filter를 적외선 (infrared, IR)이 통과하여 최종적으로 CMOS 센서 모듈로 검출되는 원리를 기반으로 구성하였다. 제안하는 NLM 알고리즘은 노이즈를 제거시키고자 하는 픽셀을 주변 픽셀들간의 거리들을 고려한 값으로 대체하는 원리를 기반으로 모델링하였다. 850 nm의 중심 파장을 가진 NIR 영상을 획득 후 NLM 알고리즘을 적용하여 히스토그램 평활화를 통해 최종 정맥 영역을 분할하였다. 결과적으로 NLM 알고리즘을 적용한 정맥의 NIR 영상의 coefficient of variation은 평균 0.247로 기존의 filtering 방법들과 비교하여 우수한 결과값으로 도출되었다. 또한 NLM 알고리즘의 dice similarity coefficient 값은 기존의 median filter와 total variation 방법에 비하여 각각 62.91 및 9.40% 향상된 값이 획득되었다. 결론적으로 NLM 알고리즘은 NIR 영상 시스템으로 획득한 정맥의 정확한 분할이 가능하게 할 수 있음을 증명하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.2937-2941
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• 2013

Fluorescence imaging is considered as one of the most powerful techniques for monitoring biomolecule activities in living systems. Near-infrared (NIR) light is advantageous for minimum photodamage, deep tissue penetration, and minimum background autofluorescence interference. Herein, we have developed a new NIR fluorescent dye, namely, RB-1, based on the Rhodamine B scaffold. RB-1 exhibits excellent photophysical properties including large absorption extinction coefficients, high fluorescence quantum yields, and high photostability. In particular, RB-1 displays both absorption and emission in the NIR region of the "biological window" (650-900 nm) for imaging in biological samples. RB-1 shows absorption maximum at 614 nm (500-725 nm) and emission maximum at 712 nm (650-825 nm) in ethanol, which is superior to those of traditional rhodamine B in the selected spectral region. Furthermore, applications of RB-1 for fluorescence imaging in living cells and small animals were investigated using confocal fluorescence microscopy and in vivo imaging system with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR = 10.1).