• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2021

In order to acquire an image in a positron emission tomography, it is necessary to draw the position coordinates of the scintillation pixels of the detector module measured at the same time. To this end, in a detector module using a plurality of scintillation pixels and a small number of photosensors, it is necessary to obtain a flood image and divide a region of each scintillation pixel to obtain a position of a scintillation pixel interacting with a gamma ray. Alternatively, when the number of scintillation pixels and the number of photosensors to be used are the same, the position coordinates for the position of the scintillation pixels can be directly acquired as digital signal coordinates. A method of using a plurality of scintillation pixels and a small number of photosensors requires a process of obtaining digital signal coordinates requires a plurality of photosensors and a signal processing system. This complicates the signal processing process and raises the cost. To solve this problem, in this study, we developed a method of obtaining digital signal coordinates without performing the process of separating the planar image and region using a plurality of flash pixels and a small number of optical sensors. This is a method of obtaining the position coordinate values of the flash pixels interacting with the gamma ray as a digital signal through a look-up table created through the signals acquired from each flash pixel using the maximum likelihood function. Simulation was performed using DETECT2000, and verification was performed on the proposed method. As a result, accurate digital signal coordinates could be obtained from all the flash pixels, and if this is applied to the existing system, it is considered that faster image acquisition is possible by simplifying the signal processing process.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.409-414
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• 2021

In order to acquire an image from a gamma camera, linearity correction must be performed. To this end, digital coordinates are acquired by using a linearity map to accurately specify the location where the scintillator and gamma rays interact. In this study, a method for acquiring undistorted images and digital coordinates was developed using a lookup table and maximum likelihood position estimation without using a linearity map. The proposed method was verified by configuring a small gamma camera through DETECT2000 simulation. A gamma camera was constructed using a GAGG scintillator and a SiPM optical sensor, and a gamma-ray interaction was generated at the center of the scintillator, and a lookup table was prepared using the ratio of the signals obtained from the SiPM. Through the prepared lookup table and the maximum likelihood position estimation, the position of the signal obtained by the gamma-ray interaction was acquired as digital coordinates to compose an image. As a result, the linearity was maintained compared to the generally acquired image, the accuracy of the location where the gamma-ray interaction was generated was excellent, and the distance between the locations was uniform. Since the lookup table obtained through simulation is created using the ratio of the signal, it can be directly used in the experiment, and the position of the signal can be conveniently obtained with digital coordinates with corrected linearity without creating a linearity map.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.8B
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• pp.1161-1167
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 칼라 영상에 대한 인간 시각 특성과 무채색으로부터 정보를 추출하여 칼라 정지 영상에 효과적으로 워터마크 신호를 삽입하는 방법을 제안하였다. 워터마크는 이진 워터마크를 사용하였으며, 일반적으로 인간 시각 체계 특성에서 무채색(achromatic) 신호보다 유채색(chromatic) 신호에 대한 변별력이 떨어지는 특성을 이용하여 입·출력 장치로 획득된 RGB 좌표계의 칼라 정지 영상을 무채색 성분과 유채색 성분으로 완벽히 분리되는 다른 좌표계로 변환하여 워터마크를 유채색 포화도 성분에 삽입한다. 워터마크를 검출하는 과정은 원영상을 사용하지 않고 유채색 포화도 성분의 변경 형태를 추정하여 삽입된 워터마크를 검출 가능하였다. 실험 결과 특히 비가시성 특성 부분에서는 기존 방법들과 비교할 때 향상된 결과를 얻을 수 있었으며 강인성 또한 좋은 결과를 얻었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.118-124
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• 2001

In this paper, we proposed the novel digital watermarking for color still image using the characteristics of human visual system and the distribution of DCT coefficients. We insert watermark signal in the chromatic components of YCrCb color space according the characteristics of the human visual system that chromatic component are less sensitive than achromatic components. In order to extract the watermark signal, we use the relationship among the DCT coefficients of watermarked image without using original one. Simulation results show that the proposed watermarking method is better quality on invisibility than the conventional methods.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.483-490
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose an active location acquisition terminal needing to construct an infrastructure based on a LBS and analyze the performance in real field. The proposed terminal is compounded with a GPS module and a CDMA module, so it can get the location information independently using satellite GPS signal and the proposed terminal can decide a user location with the location information of a base station in satellite GPS shadowed area. This is the distinguishable location acquisition method from the conventional A-GPS, and it complements a disadvantage of the conventional GPS. From these results, we can confirm that the proposed active location acquisition terminal is suitable to the requirements for the LBS which are the independent location acquisition ability, the continuity in the location information acquisition and the maintenance in the location information security.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.200-208
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• 2022

In this study, an automatic information collection system and geographic information construction algorithm for the transportation disadvantaged using electric mobility aids are implemented using an object recognition model. Recognizes objects that the disabled person encounters while moving, and acquires coordinate information. It provides an improved route selection map compared to the existing geographic information for the disabled. Data collection consists of a total of four layers including the HW layer. It collects image information and location information, transmits them to the server, recognizes, and extracts data necessary for geographic information generation through the process of classification. A driving experiment is conducted in an actual barrier-free zone, and during this process, it is confirmed how efficiently the algorithm for collecting actual data and generating geographic information is generated.The geographic information processing performance was confirmed to be 70.92 EA/s in the first round, 70.69 EA/s in the second round, and 70.98 EA/s in the third round, with an average of 70.86 EA/s in three experiments, and it took about 4 seconds to be reflected in the actual geographic information. From the experimental results, it was confirmed that the walking weak using electric mobility aids can drive safely using new geographic information provided faster than now.