• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.220-226
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• 2017

SNR (signal to ratio) is a criterion for providing objective information for evaluating the performance of a magnetic resonance imaging device, and is an important measurement standard for evaluating the quality of MR (Magnetic Resonance) image. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the correct SNR measurement for multi-channel coil and parallel imaging. As a result of research, we found that both T1 and T2 weighted images show the narrowest confidence interval of the method recommended by NEMA (The National Electrical manufacturers Association) 1 having a single measurement method, whereas the ACR (American College of Radiology) measurement method using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique shows the widest confidence interval. There is a significance in that we quantitatively verified the inaccurate problems of a signal to noise ratio using a ACR measurement method when using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique of which method does not satisfy the preconditions that researchers could overlook.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1068-1081
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• 2019

Signal complexity is one point of view to analyze the biological signal. It arises as a result of the physiological signal produced by biological systems. Signal complexity can be used as a method in extracting the feature for a biological signal to differentiate a pathological signal from a normal signal. In this research, Hjorth descriptors, one of the signal complexity measurement techniques, were measured on signal sub-band as the features for lung sounds classification. Lung sound signal was decomposed using two wavelet analyses: discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and wavelet packet decomposition (WPD). Meanwhile, multi-layer perceptron and N-fold cross-validation were used in the classification stage. Using DWT, the highest accuracy was obtained at 97.98%, while using WPD, the highest one was found at 98.99%. This result was found better than the multi-scale Hjorth descriptor as in previous studies.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.97-101
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• 2000

The AE measurement is one of the most convenient methods for detecting contacts between slider disk. The AE method has been widely used in the investigation of the tribology of sliding interfaces due to the convenience of using AE sensor. In this study, we examined the relationship between the AE signal and the flying height of a slider. We tried to know the influence of the disk velocity on the AE rms signal by using the AE measurement system. The experiment also gives the relationship between the take-off velocity and the disk surface state. To investigate the behavior of the slider further, the variances of the AE signal are analyzed. The results about a subambient pressure slider indicate that the increase in the magnitude of AE rms signal does not necessarily mean the slider/disk contacts.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2011

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate and review the previous researches about objective measuring fatigue caused by visual stimuli. Also, we analyze possibility of alternative visual fatigue measurement methods using facial expression recognition and gesture recognition. Background: In most previous researches, visual fatigue is commonly measured by survey or interview based subjective method. However, the subjective evaluation methods can be affected by individual feeling's variation or other kinds of stimuli. To solve these problems, signal and image processing based visual fatigue measurement methods have been widely researched. Method: To analyze the signal and image processing based methods, we categorized previous works into three groups such as bio-signal, brainwave, and eye image based methods. Also, the possibility of adopting facial expression or gesture recognition to measure visual fatigue is analyzed. Results: Bio-signal and brainwave based methods have problems because they can be degraded by not only visual stimuli but also the other kinds of external stimuli caused by other sense organs. In eye image based methods, using only single feature such as blink frequency or pupil size also has problem because the single feature can be easily degraded by other kinds of emotions. Conclusion: Multi-modal measurement method is required by fusing several features which are extracted from the bio-signal and image. Also, alternative method using facial expression or gesture recognition can be considered. Application: The objective visual fatigue measurement method can be applied into the fields of quantitative and comparative measurement of visual fatigue of next generation display devices in terms of human factor.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2006

Ryu 등은 배열센서 출력을 이용하여 추정한 신호부공간으로부터 표적의 방위각 측정치를 구하고, 이를 이용하여 표적의 방위각 궤적을 추적하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. Ryu 등이 제안한 방위각 추적 알고리즘은 별도의 데이터연관 필터가 필요 없으며 구조가 간단하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. Ryu의 방위각 추적 알고리즘에서는 신호부공간이 센서출력에 의해서 계속 쇄신되고 있지만 표본시간의 신호부공간에서 구한 측정치만을 사용하고 있으며, 신호대잡음비가 낮은 경우에는 Ryu 알고리즘의 추적 성능이 매우 급격히 저하되는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Ryu 알고리즘의 방위각 추적 성능을 개선하기 위하여 표본시간의 신호부공간에서 구한 측정치뿐만 아니라 표본시간에 인접한 신호부공간으로부터 구한 측정치까지 사용할 수 있도록 ML(Maximum Lekelihood)에 기반을 둔 측정치 융합 기법을 제안한다. 그리고 제안한 측정치 융합 기법을 이용하여 Ryu 알고리즘과 같은 구조를 가지는 새로운 방위각 추적 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 방위각 추적 알고리즘은 Ryu 알고리즘의 장점을 그대로 유지하면서 Ryu 알고리즘보다 향상된 추적 성능을 가진다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.271-274
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• 2005

For noise and vibration order-analysis on rotating machinery, it is compulsory to measure the RPM of the rotating part of the machine. Normally the RPM is measured using dedicated tacho-probes. In this paper we describe a new method that in real-time synthesizes a tacho signal from the measured noise or vibration signal thus eliminating the tacho probe. The method strengths and weaknesses are evaluated on practical signals.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.72-78
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• 2001

Roundness measurement method using three displacement sensors makes in-process roundness measurement possible on the NC machine because it eliminates the vibration signal and eccentricity signal from measured roundness signal from the workpiece. But there are noises in measured signals, it isn't possible to measure the roundness with high precision. In this study, a high precision in-process roundness measurement system is development, which can eliminate vibrations of the spindle by using three displacement sensors and which can also estimate the noisy roundness measurement signals by applying Kalman filter.

• 센서학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.235-242
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• 2016

A system for measuring the electrodermal activity (EDA) signal occurring at the sweat glands in the left palm and left finger of the human body was implemented in this study. The EDA measurement system (EDAMS) consisted of an algometer, a biopotential measurement system (BPMS), and a PC. Two experiments were performed to evaluate the function and clinical applicability of EDAMS. First, an experiment was carried out on the linearity of the voltage and the pressure that comprised the output signals of the algometer used for applying a pressure stimulus. Second, the amplitude of the EDA signal acquired from the electrode attached to the left palm or finger was measured while increasing the pressure stimulus of the algometer. When the pressure stimulus of the algometer applied to the left scapula was increased, the amplitude of the EDA signal increased. The amplitude of the EDA signal at the left palm was observed to be greater than that at the left finger. The amplitude of the EDA signal was observed to increase in a relatively linear relation with the intensity of the pressure stimuli. In addition, the latency of the EDA signal acquired from the electrode attached to the left palm or finger was measured while increasing the pressure stimulus of the algometer. When the pressure stimulus of the algometer applied to the left scapula was increased, the latency of the EDA signal decreased. The latency of the EDA signal at the palm was observed to be less than that at the finger. The latency of the EDA signal was observed to decrease nonlinearly with the pressure stimuli.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the number of measurement points on the calculation of transverse relaxation time (T2) with a focus on muscle T2. Materials and Methods: This study assumed that muscle T2 was comprised of a single component. Two phantom types were measured, 1 each for long ("phantom") and short T2 ("polyvinyl alcohol gel"). Right calf muscle T2 measurements were conducted in 9 healthy male volunteers using multiple-spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging. For phantoms and muscle (medial gastrocnemius), 5 regions of interests were selected. All region of interest values were expressed as the mean ${\pm}$ standard deviation. The T2 effective signal-ratio characteristics were used as an index to evaluate the magnetic resonance image quality for the calculation of T2 from T2-weighted images. The T2 accuracy was evaluated to determine the T2 reproducibility and the goodness-of-fit from the probability Q. Results: For the phantom and polyvinyl alcohol gel, the standard deviation of the magnetic resonance image signal at each echo time was narrow and mono-exponential, which caused large variations in the muscle T2 decay curves. The T2 effective signal-ratio change varied with T2, with the greatest decreases apparent for a short T2. There were no significant differences in T2 reproducibility when > 3 measurement points were used. There were no significant differences in goodness-of-fit when > 6 measurement points were used. Although the measurement point evaluations were stable when > 3 measurement points were used, calculation of T2 using 4 measurement points had the highest accuracy according to the goodness-of-fit. Even if the number of measurement points was increased, there was little improvement in the probability Q. Conclusion: Four measurement points gave excellent reproducibility and goodness-of-fit when muscle T2 was considered mono-exponential.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.3428-3434
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• 2010

논문에서는 IS-95 역방향링크 신호의 품질 측정을 위한 알고리즘을 제안하고 구현하였다. 수신 신호의 품질을 측정하기 위해서는 등화, 반송파 주파수 및 위상 오프셋 추정, 타이밍 동기가 반드시 필요하며, 모든 신호처리는 기저대역에서 수행된다. 등화기는 칩간 간섭(InterChip Interference)을 제거하기 위해, 4배 오버샘플링된 샘플에 대해서 동작하도록 설계되었다. 반송파 주파수 및 위상 오프셋 추정은 데이터 및 타이밍 정보 없이도 가능하도록 하였기 때문에, 타이밍 동기 이전에 수행된다. 타이밍 동기 시에 사용되는 보간 수(Interpolation Number)에 따라 측정의 정확도가 증가하지만, 계산량도 증가하게 된다. 따라서, 제안된 알고리즘이 구현될 플랫폼 성능에 따라 보간 수를 적절히 선택해야한다.