• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1777-1785
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• 2021

Objective: To investigate the accuracy of the Agatston score obtained with the ultra-high-pitch (UHP) acquisition mode using tin-filter spectral shaping (Sn150 kVp) and a kVp-independent reconstruction algorithm to reduce the radiation dose. Materials and Methods: This prospective study included 114 patients (mean ± standard deviation, 60.3 ± 9.8 years; 74 male) who underwent a standard 120 kVp scan and an additional UHP Sn150 kVp scan for coronary artery calcification scoring (CACS). These two datasets were reconstructed using a standard reconstruction algorithm (120 kVp + Qr36d, protocol A; Sn150 kVp + Qr36d, protocol B). In addition, the Sn150 kVp dataset was reconstructed using a kVp-independent reconstruction algorithm (Sn150 kVp + Sa36d, protocol C). The Agatston scores for protocols A and B, as well as protocols A and C, were compared. The agreement between the scores was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman plot. The radiation doses for the 120 kVp and UHP Sn150 kVp acquisition modes were also compared. Results: No significant difference was observed in the Agatston score for protocols A (median, 63.05; interquartile range [IQR], 0-232.28) and C (median, 60.25; IQR, 0-195.20) (p = 0.060). The mean difference in the Agatston score for protocols A and C was relatively small (-7.82) and with the limits of agreement from -65.20 to 49.56 (ICC = 0.997). The Agatston score for protocol B (median, 34.85; IQR, 0-120.73) was significantly underestimated compared with that for protocol A (p < 0.001). The UHP Sn150 kVp mode facilitated an effective radiation dose reduction by approximately 30% (0.58 vs. 0.82 mSv, p < 0.001) from that associated with the standard 120 kVp mode. Conclusion: The Agatston scores for CACS with the UHP Sn150 kVp mode with a kVp-independent reconstruction algorithm and the standard 120 kVp demonstrated excellent agreement with a small mean difference and narrow agreement limits. The UHP Sn150 kVp mode allowed a significant reduction in the radiation dose.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1764-1776
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• 2021

Objective: This study aimed to validate a deep learning-based fully automatic calcium scoring (coronary artery calcium [CAC]_auto) system using previously published cardiac computed tomography (CT) cohort data with the manually segmented coronary calcium scoring (CAC_hand) system as the reference standard. Materials and Methods: We developed the CAC_auto system using 100 co-registered, non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced CT scans. For the validation of the CAC_auto system, three previously published CT cohorts (n = 2985) were chosen to represent different clinical scenarios (i.e., 2647 asymptomatic, 220 symptomatic, 118 valve disease) and four CT models. The performance of the CAC_auto system in detecting coronary calcium was determined. The reliability of the system in measuring the Agatston score as compared with CAC_hand was also evaluated per vessel and per patient using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman analysis. The agreement between CAC_auto and CAC_hand based on the cardiovascular risk stratification categories (Agatston score: 0, 1-10, 11-100, 101-400, > 400) was evaluated. Results: In 2985 patients, 6218 coronary calcium lesions were identified using CAC_hand. The per-lesion sensitivity and false-positive rate of the CAC_auto system in detecting coronary calcium were 93.3% (5800 of 6218) and 0.11 false-positive lesions per patient, respectively. The CAC_auto system, in measuring the Agatston score, yielded ICCs of 0.99 for all the vessels (left main 0.91, left anterior descending 0.99, left circumflex 0.96, right coronary 0.99). The limits of agreement between CAC_auto and CAC_hand were 1.6 ± 52.2. The linearly weighted kappa value for the Agatston score categorization was 0.94. The main causes of false-positive results were image noise (29.1%, 97/333 lesions), aortic wall calcification (25.5%, 85/333 lesions), and pericardial calcification (24.3%, 81/333 lesions). Conclusion: The atlas-based CAC_auto empowered by deep learning provided accurate calcium score measurement as compared with manual method and risk category classification, which could potentially streamline CAC imaging workflows.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.244-250
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• 2007

MIMS 시스템은 액체 시료의 용존 가스 농도를 정확하게 측정하는데 이용되어 왔는데, 본 연구에서는 해수와 퇴적물 공극수에 존재하는 용존 메탄 농도를 정량화하는데 사용되었다. 측정의 정밀성을 파악하기 위하여, 여러 분압의 메탄 농도에 대해서 포화된 액체 시료를 준비하였으며 이를 MIMS 시스템으로 측정하였다. 측정된 값은 용존 기체의 포화 상수로부터 계산된 값과 잘 일치하였다. 측정의 표준 오차는 평균값의 $0.13{\sim}0.9%$ 정도였다. 이 시스템을 이용하여 한반도 남해안 인근 해수의 용존 메탄 농도를 측정한 결과, 용존 메탄의 깊이별 분포는 물리적인 요소가 좌우하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. MIMS system을 이용하여, 각 수괴 간의 미세한 용존 메탄 농도의 차이를 구분하여 살펴볼 수 있었다. 또 다른 실험에서는 MIMS 시스템의 inlet 부분을 탐침 형태로 제작하여 퇴적물 깊이에 따른 용존 메탄을 측정할 수 있었다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.96-109
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• 2024

본 연구는 딥러닝 모델 중 VGG-16 및 ResNet50 모델을 활용하여 전시 정원의 유사성 평가 방법을 제시하는 것에 목적이 있다. VGG-16과 ResNet50 모델을 기반으로 전시 정원 유사성 판단을 위한 모형을 개발하였고, 이를 DRG(deep recognition of similarity in show garden design)모형이라 한다. 평가를 위한 방법으로 GAP와 피어슨 상관계수를 활용한 알고리즘을 사용하여 모형을 구축하고 1순위(Top1), 3순위(Top3), 5순위(Top5)에서 원본 이미지와 유사한 이미지를 도출하는 총 개수 비교로 유사성의 정확도를 분석하였다. DRG 모형에 활용된 이미지 데이터는 국외 쇼몽가든페스티벌 전시 정원 총 278개 작품과 국내 정원박람회인 서울정원박람회 27개 작품 및 코리아가든쇼 전시정원 이미지 17개 작품이다. DRG모형을 활용하여 동일 집단과 타 집단간의 이미지 분석을 진행하였고, 이를 기반으로 전시 정원 유사성의 가이드라인을 제시하였다. 첫째, 전체 이미지 유사성 분석은 ResNet50 모델을 기반으로 하여 데이터 증강 기법을 적용하는 것이 유사성 도출에 적합하였다. 둘째, 내부 구조와 외곽형태에 중점을 둔 이미지 분석에서는 형태에 집중하기 위한 일정한 크기의 필터(16cm × 16cm)를 적용하여 이미지를 생성하고 VGG-16 모델을 적용하여 유사성을 비교하는 방법이 효과적임을 알 수 있었다. 이때, 이미지 크기는 448 × 448 픽셀이 효과적이며, 유채색의 원본 이미지를 기본으로 설정함을 제안하였다. 이러한 연구 결과를 토대로 전시 정원 유사성 판단에 대한 정량적 방법을 제안하고, 향후 다양한 분야와의 융합 연구를 통해 정원 문화의 지속적인 발전에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 자율협력주행 인프라를 위해 제작된 8가지 센서 전용 시설물들에 대해 라이다로 취득한 포인트 클라우드 데이터로부터 시설물들의 특징을 추출하여 샘플 데이터셋으로 구축하는 방법을 제안한다. 고휘도 반사지가 부착된 8가지 센서 전용 시설물들과 데이터 취득 시스템을 개발했고, 취득된 포인트 클라우드 데이터로부터 일정한 측정 거리 내에 위치한 시설물들의 특징을 추출하기 위해 포인트 대상의 DBSCAN 방법과 반사강도 대상의 OTSU 방법을 응용하여 추려낸 포인트들에 원통형 투영법을 적용했다. 3차원 포인트 좌표, 2차원 투영 좌표, 그리고 반사강도 등을 해당 시설물의 특징으로 설정했고, 정답 레이블과 함께 데이터셋으로 제작했다. 라이다로 취득한 데이터를 기반으로 구축된 시설물 데이터셋의 효용 가능성을 확인하기 위해서 기본적인 CNN 모델을 선정하여 학습 후 테스트를 진행하여 대략 90% 이상의 정확도를 보여 시설물 인식 가능성을 확인했다. 지속적인 실험을 통해 제시한 데이터셋 구축을 위한 특징 추출 알고리즘의 개선 및 성능 향상과 더불어 이에 적합한 자율협력주행을 위한 센서 전용 시설물을 인식할 수 있는 전용 모델을 개발할 예정이다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.203-217
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• 2024

The Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory is crucial for obtaining data on carbon sinks, necessitating accurate estimations. This study analyzes cases of countries applying the LULUCF sector at the Tier 3 level to propose enhanced methodologies for carbon sink estimation. In nations like Japan and Western Europe, satellite spatial information such as SPOT, Landsat, and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)is used alongside national statistical data to estimate LULUCF. However, in Korea, the lack of land use change data and the absence of integrated management by category, measurement is predominantly conducted at the Tier 1 level, except for certain forest areas. In this study, Space-borne LiDAR Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) was used to calculate forest canopy heights based on Relative Height 100 (RH100) in the cities of Icheon, Gwangju, and Yeoju in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. These canopy heights were compared with the 1:5,000 scale forest maps used for the National Inventory Report in Korea. The GEDI data showed a maximum canopy height of 29.44 meters (m) in Gwangju, contrasting with the forest type maps that reported heights up to 34 m in Gwangju and parts of Icheon, and a minimum of 2 m in Icheon. Additionally, this study utilized Ordinary Least Squares(OLS)regression analysis to compare GEDI RH100 data with forest stand heights at the eup-myeon-dong level using ArcGIS, revealing Standard Deviations (SDs)ranging from -1.4 to 2.5, indicating significant regional variability. Areas where forest stand heights were higher than GEDI measurements showed greater variability, whereas locations with lower tree heights from forest type maps demonstrated lower SDs. The discrepancies between GEDI and actual measurements suggest the potential for improving height estimations through the application of high-resolution remote sensing techniques. To enhance future assessments of forest biomass and carbon storage at the Tier 3 level, high-resolution, reliable data are essential. These findings underscore the urgent need for integrating high-resolution, spatially explicit LiDAR data to enhance the accuracy of carbon sink calculations in Korea.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2024

최근 자율주행차 시장이 지속해 성장함에 따라 충전 인프라에 대한 필요성이 커지고 있다. 그러나 무선 충전 시스템의 경우 기존 유선 충전에 비해 대출력이 요구되어 안정성 문제가 제기되고 있다. 자율주행차 무선 충전 인프라를 구축하기 위한 표준으로는 SAE J2954가 존재하며 해당 표준에서는 차량과 전력 전송 시스템 간의 통신 방법에 대해 정의한다. SAE J2954에서는 자율주행차량의 무선 충전 통신 방법으로 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 및 UWB와 같은 물리적 미디어를 사용해 차량과 충전 패드 간의 통신을 활성화할 것을 권장한다. 특히 UWB는 실내 환경에서 견고한 통신 능력을 보이고 간섭에 민감하지 않기 때문에 실내외 충전 환경에서 적합한 솔루션이다. 해당 표준에서는 무선전력전송 시스템을 구축하기 위한 프로세스로 충전 시작부터 충전 완료까지를 여러 단계로 구분하였다. 본 연구에서는 UWB 기술을 사용하여 무선전력전송 시스템의 한 가지 프로세스인 Fine alignment의 수단으로 사용한다. 실제 자율주행차 무선전력전송 시스템에 적용 가능성을 판단하기 위해 거리에 따라 실험을 수행하였으며 UWB로부터 거리 정보를 수집하였다. UWB로부터 얻어진 거리 데이터의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 수집한 데이터를 세 단계의 전처리 과정을 거쳐 머신러닝과 딥러닝 기법을 적용한 Single Model과 Multi Model을 제안한다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1093-1101
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• 2023

Objective: Cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a noninvasive method to quantitatively assess bowel motility. However, its accuracy in measuring various degrees of small bowel motility has not been extensively evaluated. We aimed to draw a quantitative small bowel motility score from cine MRI and evaluate its performance in a population with varying degrees of small bowel motility. Materials and Methods: A total of 174 participants (28.5 ± 7.6 years; 135 males) underwent a 22-second-long cine MRI sequence (2-dimensional balanced turbo-field echo; 0.5 seconds per image) approximately 5 minutes after being intravenously administered 10 mg of scopolamine-N-butyl bromide to deliberately create diverse degrees of small bowel motility. In a manually segmented area of the small bowel, motility was automatically quantified using a nonrigid registration and calculated as a quantitative motility score. The mean value (MV) of motility grades visually assessed by two radiologists was used as a reference standard. The quantitative motility score's correlation (Spearman's ρ) with the reference standard and performance (area under the receiver operating characteristics curve [AUROC], sensitivity, and specificity) for diagnosing adynamic small bowel (MV of 1) were evaluated. Results: For the MV of the quantitative motility scores at grades 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3, the mean ± standard deviation values were 0.019 ± 0.003, 0.027 ± 0.010, 0.033 ± 0.008, 0.032 ± 0.009, and 0.043 ± 0.013, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between the quantitative motility score and the MV (ρ = 0.531, P < 0.001). The AUROC value for diagnosing a MV of 1 (i.e., adynamic small bowel) was 0.953 (95% confidence interval, 0.923-0.984). Moreover, the optimal cutoff for the quantitative motility score was 0.024, with a sensitivity of 100% (15/15) and specificity of 89.9% (143/159). Conclusion: The quantitative motility score calculated from a cine MRI enables diagnosis of an adynamic small bowel, and potentially discerns various degrees of bowel motility.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.114-125
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• 2019

Objective: Segmented cardiac cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for cardiac ventricular volumetric assessment. In patients with difficulty in breath-holding or arrhythmia, this technique may generate images with inadequate quality for diagnosis. Real-time cardiac cine MRI has been developed to address this limitation. We aimed to assess the performance of retrospective electrocardiography-gated real-time cine MRI at 3T for left ventricular (LV) volume and mass measurement. Materials and Methods: Fifty-one patients were consecutively enrolled. A series of short-axis cine images covering the entire left ventricle using both segmented and real-time balanced steady-state free precession cardiac cine MRI were obtained. End-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), stroke volume (SV), ejection fraction (EF), and LV mass were measured. The agreement and correlation of the parameters were assessed. Additionally, image quality was evaluated using European CMR Registry (Euro-CMR) score and structure visibility rating. Results: In patients without difficulty in breath-holding or arrhythmia, no significant difference was found in Euro-CMR score between the two techniques (0.3 ± 0.7 vs. 0.3 ± 0.5, p > 0.05). Good agreements and correlations were found between the techniques for measuring EDV, ESV, EF, SV, and LV mass. In patients with difficulty in breath-holding or arrhythmia, segmented cine MRI had a significant higher Euro-CMR score (2.3 ± 1.2 vs. 0.4 ± 0.5, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Real-time cine MRI at 3T allowed the assessment of LV volume with high accuracy and showed a significantly better image quality compared to that of segmented cine MRI in patients with difficulty in breath-holding and arrhythmia.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2000

Objective: The purpose of our study was to determine the ability of H-1 MR spectroscopy (MRS) to lateralize the lesion in patients with hippocampal sclerosis. Materials and Methods: Twenty healthy volunteers and 25 patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy whose MR imaging diagnosis was unilateral hippocampal sclerosis were included. This diagnosis was based on the presence of unilateral atrophy and/or high T2 signal intensity of the hippocampus. Single-voxel H-1 MRS was carried out on a 1.5-T unit using PRESS sequence (TE, 136 msec). Spectra were obtained from hippocampal areas bilaterally with volumes of interest (VOIs) of 6.0 cm³ and 2.25 cm³ in healthy volunteers, and of either 6.0 cm³ (n = 14) or 2.25 cm³ (n = 11) in patients. Metabolite ratios of NAA/Cho and NAA/Cr were calculated from relative peak height measurements. The capability of MRS to lateralize the lesion and to detect bilateral abnormalities was compared with MR imaging diagnosis as a standard of reference. Results: In healthy volunteers, NAA/Cho and NAA/Cr ratios were greater than 0.8 and 1.0, respectively. In patients, the mean values of these ratios were significantly lower on the lesion side than on the contralateral side, and lower than those of healthy volunteers (p < .05). The overall correct lateralization rate of MRS was 72% (18/25); this rate was lower with a VOI of 6.0 cm³ than of 2.25 cm³ (64% versus 82%, p < .05). Bilateral abnormalities on MRS were found in 24% (6/25) of cases. Conclusion: Although its rate of correct lateralization is low, single-voxel H-1 MRS is a useful and promising diagnostic tool in the evaluation of hippocampal sclerosis, particularly for the detection of bilateral abnormalities. To improve the diagnostic accuracy of H-1 MRS, further investigation, including the use of a smaller VOI and measurement of the absolute amount of metabolites, are needed.