• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.276-283
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• 2021

In this paper, we propose an effective noise reduction method for photon counting imaging using a discrete wavelet transform. Conventional 2D photon counting imaging was used to visualize the object under dark conditions using statistical methods, such as the Poisson random process. The photons in the scene were estimated using a statistical method. However, photons which disturb the visualization and decrease the image quality may occur in the background where there is no object. Although median filters are used to reduce the noise, the noise in the scene remains. To remove the noise effectively, our proposed method uses the discrete wavelet transform, which removes the noise in the scene using a specific thresholding method that utilizes photon counting imaging characteristics. We conducted an optical experiment to demonstrate the denoising performance of the proposed method.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2019년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.488-489
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• 2019

차량의 특징점들 사이의 간격과 그 크기의 비례율의 식으로 자동차의 차종을 식별하는 방법을 제안한다. 자동차 영상은 기본 RGB모델에서 Gray색상 모델로 변환시켜 사용한다. Canny Edge Direction을 수행하여 자동차의 배경이 되는 영상을 제거한다. 윤곽선 추출을 통하여 원하는 특징 점을 얻는다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.540-553
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• 2023

The hollow letter CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is an optimized version of solid CAPTCHA, specifically designed to weaken characteristic information and increase the difficulty of machine recognition. Although convolutional neural networks can solve CAPTCHA in a single step, a good attack result heavily relies on sufficient training data. To address this challenge, we propose a seed filling algorithm that converts hollow characters to solid ones after contour line restoration and applies three rounds of detection to remove noise background by eliminating noise blocks. Subsequently, we utilize a support vector machine to construct a feature vector for recognition. Security analysis and experiments show the effectiveness of this algorithm during the pre-processing stage, providing favorable conditions for subsequent recognition tasks and enhancing the accuracy of recognition for hollow CAPTCHA.

• 센서학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.186-191
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• 2006

In general, Cerenkov light is produced by a charged particle that passes through a medium with a velocity greater than that of visible light. Although the wavelength of Cerenkov light is very broad, the peak is in the almost visible range from 400 to 480 nm. Therefore, it always causes a problem to detect a real light signal that is generated in the scintillator on the fiber-optic sensor tip for dose measurements of high-energy electron beam. The objectives of this study are to measure, characterize and remove Cerenkov light generated in a fiber-optic radiation sensor tip to detect a real light signal from the scintillator. In this study, the intensity of Cerenkov light is measured and characterized as a function of incident angle of electron beam from a LINAC, and as a function of the energy of electron beam. As a measuring device, a photodiode-amplifier system is used, and a subtraction method using a background optical fiber is investigated to remove Cerenkov light.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2003

비디오 영상에 포함되어 있는 자막은 비디오의 내용을 함축적으로 표현하고 있기 때문에 비디오 색인 및 검색에 중요하게 사용될 수 시다. 본 논문에서는 뉴스 비디오로부터 폰트, 색상, 자막의 크기 등과 같은 사전 지식 없이도 자막을 효율적으로 추출하여 인식하는 방법을 제안한다. 문자 영역의 추출과정에서 문자영역은 뉴스 비디오의 여러 프레임에 걸쳐나 나오기 때문에 인길 프레임의 차영상을 통해서 동일한 자막 영역이 존재하는 프레임을 자동적으로 추출한 후, 이들의 시간적 평균영상을 만들어 인식에 사용함으로써 인식률을 향상한다. 또한, 평균 영상의 외각선 영상을 수평, 수직방향으로 투영한 값을 통해 문자 영역을 찾아 Region filling, K-means clustering을 적용하여 배경들을 완벽하게 제거함으로써 최종적인 자막 영상을 추출한다. 자막 인식과정에서는 문사 영역 추출과정에서 추출된 글자영상을 사용하여 white run, zero-one transition과 같은 비교적 간단한 특징 값을 추출하여 이를 비교함으로써 인식과정을 수행한다. 제한된 방법을 다양한 뉴스 비디오에 적용하여 문자영역 추출 능력과 인식률을 측정한 결과 우수함을 확인하였다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.52-55
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• 2012

Background and Objectives : Based on histological findings, intracordal cysts are divided in two subtypes : retention cysts and epidermoid cysts. They are typically located in the superficial layer of the lamina propria and appeared as opaque ovoid buldging masses underlying the epithelium. They are characterized by unilateral diminished mucosal wave on stroboscopy. In this article, we report some cases of patients with an oval shaped-yellowish flat cyst. Materials and Method : At the clinic of the department of otorhinolaryngology in Gangnam Severance Hospital, with 3 female complained of hoarseness as subjects, using the stroboscopy we checked preoperative and postoperative vocal cord and operative findings. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia by the senior authors. All patients noted subjectively that their performing voice was improved. Results : During surgery, an oval shaped-yellowish flat cystic lesion was distinguished from normal epithelium. On palpation of this area with microforceps and cottons, the yellowish discharge was noted to move out from the opening of the cyst. In one case, the cyst was ruptured but remove the capsule completely. In other cases, sulcus was noted at the oppsite site. Conclusion : Because of the opening, the cyst was not easy to dissect and remove completely. After the debris was move out, fibrosis around the opening and invaginated epithelium extending into the deeper layers to the fold. The cyst was must removed carefully and completely for improvement of voice quality before evolving into a sulcus vocalis.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.47-50
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• 2019

Background: It is uncommon for patients who have received a permanent implant to remove the spinal cord stimulator (SCS) after discontinuation of medication in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) due to their completely painless state. This study evaluated CRPS patients who successfully removed their SCSs. Methods: This 10-year retrospective study was performed on patients who had received the permanent implantation of an SCS and had removed it 6 months after discontinuation of stimulation, while halting all medications for neuropathic pain. Age, sex, duration of implantation, site and type of CRPS, and their return to work were compared between the removal and non-removal groups. Results: Five (12.5%, M/F = 4/1) of 40 patients (M/F = 33/7) successfully removed the permanent implant. The mean age was younger in the removal group ($27.2{\pm}6.4$ vs. $43.5{\pm}10.7$ years, P < 0.01). The mean duration of implantation in the removal group was $34.4{\pm}18.2$ months. Two of 15 patients (13.3%) and 3 of 25 patients (12%) who had upper and lower extremity pain, respectively, had removed the implant. The implants could be removed in 5 of 27 patients (18.5%) with CRPS type 1 (P < 0.01). All 5 patients (100%) who removed their SCS returned to work, while only 5 of 35 (14.3%) in the non-removal group did (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Even though this study had limited data, younger patients with CRPS type 1 could remove their SCSs within a 5-year period and return to work with complete pain relief.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2023

Background: Aptamers are currently being used in various fields including medical treatments due to their characteristics of selectively binding to specific molecules. Due to their special characteristics, the aptamers are expected to be used to remove radionuclides from a large amount of liquid radioactive waste generated during the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. The radiological effects on the aptamers should be evaluated to ensure their integrity for the application of a radionuclide removal technique. Materials and Methods: In this study, Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code version 6 (MCNP6) and Monte Carlo damage simulation (MCDS) codes were employed to evaluate the radiological effects on the aptamers. MCNP6 was used to evaluate the secondary electron spectrum and the absorbed dose in a medium. MCDS was used to calculate the DNA damage by using the secondary electron spectrum and the absorbed dose. Binding experiments were conducted to indirectly verify the results derived by MCNP6 and MCDS calculations. Results and Discussion: Damage yields of about 5.00×10^-4 were calculated for 100 bp aptamer due to the radiation dose of 1 Gy. In experiments with radioactive materials, the results that the removal rate of the radioactive ⁶⁰Co by the aptamer is the same with the non-radioactive ⁵⁹Co prove the accuracy of the previous DNA damage calculation. Conclusion: The evaluation results suggest that only very small fraction of significant number of the aptamers will be damaged by the radioactive materials in the liquid radioactive waste.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.610-622
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• 2008

이동 객체의 검출은 다양한 영상 감시 응용에 필수적인 중요한 기술이다. 그런데 이동 객체 검출 결과로 얻어진 전경 영상에는 그림자에 의한 색상 변화가 전경 영역으로써 함께 검출되는 경우가 쉽게 발생하며, 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 이동 객체 검출은 흔히 그림자 제거와 함께 수행된다. 대부분의 그림자 제거 방법은 조명 변화발생시 색상의 조도 성분만 변화하며 색도 성분은 유지된다는 가정에 기반하여 색도 성분을 분리하여 표현하는 다양한 색상 공간을 통해 그림자 제거를 수행한다. 본 논문에서는 색도 성분을 분리하는 색상 공간 가운데 그림자 제거에 가장 적합한 색상 공간을 선택하고자 다양한 색상 공간 (YCbCr, HSI, 정규화된 rgb, Yxy, Lab, c1c2c3)을 비교하였다. 과거 그림자 제거에 있어서 다양한 색상 공간의 성능을 비교한 몇몇 연구가 있었으나, 기존 연구들은 각 논문에서 제안한 특정 그림자 제거 방법에 다양한 색상 공간을 적용하거나 임의의 임계값을 이용하여 각 색상 공간의 성능을 비교하였기 때문에, 각 색상 공간에서 조명 변화 발생에 따른 색상 왜곡을 정확히 측정하기 어려운 문제가 있었다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 기존 연구의 문제점을 피하고 각 색상 공간을 정확하게 비교하기 위하여 1) 서로 다른 조명 조건에 노출된 동일한 색상을 갖는 면의 경계에서 색도 성분의 기울기 값을 측정함으로서 조명 변화 발생 시 색도 성분의 변화 정도를 비교하였으며, 2) RoC 곡선을 통하여 임계치 설정의 문제를 피하면서 배경 제거 정확도를 비교하였다. 실험을 통하여 YCbCr 색상 공간과 정규화된 rgb 색상 공간이 비교대상으로 선택된 여러 색상 공간 가운데 가장 좋은 성능을 보이는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.380-389
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• 2012

Background: Bovine pericardium is one of the most widely used materials in bioprosthetic heart valves. Immunologic responses have been implicated as potential causes of limited durability of xenogenic valves. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of decellularization and ${\alpha}$-galactosidase (${\alpha}$-gal) to remove major xenoreactive antigens from xenogenic tissues. Materials and Methods: Recombinant Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (B. thetaiotaomicron) ${\alpha}$-gal or decellularization, or both were used to remove ${\alpha}$-gal from bovine pericardium. It was confirmed by ${\alpha}$-gal-bovine serum albumin-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), high-performance anion exchange chromatography, flow cytometry, 3,3'-diaminobenzidine-staining, and lectin-based ELISA. The mechanical properties of bovine pericardium after decellularization or ${\alpha}$-gal treatment were investigated by tests of tensile-strength, permeability, and compliance. Collagen fiber rearrangement was also evaluated by a 20,000${\times}$ transmission electron microscope (TEM). Results: Recombinant B. thetaiotaomicron ${\alpha}$-gal could effectively remove ${\alpha}$-gal from bovine pericardium B. thetaiotaomicron (0.1 U/mL, pH 7.2) while recombinant human ${\alpha}$-gal removed it recombinant human ${\alpha}$-gal (10 U/mL, pH 5.0). There was no difference in the mechanical properties of fresh and recombinant ${\alpha}$-gal-treated bovine pericardium. Furthermore, the TEM findings demonstrated that recombinant ${\alpha}$-gal made no difference in the arrangement of collagen fiber bundles with decellularization. Conclusion: Recombinant B. thetaiotaomicron ${\alpha}$-gal effectively removed ${\alpha}$-gal from bovine pericardium with a small amount under physiological conditions compared to human recombinant ${\alpha}$-gal, which may alleviate the harmful xenoreactive immunologic responses of ${\alpha}$-gal. Recombinant ${\alpha}$-gal treatment had no adverse effects on the mechanical properties of bovine pericardium.