• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.108-117
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• 2018

Xiao Quan is a leading documentary portrait photographer in China. He tried to shoot portrait photographs of celebrities in the literary and artistic world. By doing this, he represented their time period. We explored the way Xiao Quan implemented the times they lived in by analyzing their portrait photographs included in . Our research showed that Xiao Quan used images of their living environments, clothes and facial expressions and composition of portraits. Such various methods of creation are a means for the symbolic expressions of their times. This research not only finds the way Chinese documentary portraits are created but also provides an opportunity to increase the value of documentary portraits as historic documents.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.239-245
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to comprehensively compare and evaluate the characteristics of image quality for digital mammography systems which use a direct and indirect conversion detector. Three key metrics of image quality were evaluated for the direct and indirect conversion detector, the modulation transfer function (MTF), normalized noise power spectrum (NNPS), and detective quantum efficiency (DQE), which describe the resolution, noise, and signal to noise performance, respectively. DQE was calculated by using a edge phantom for MTF determination according to IEC 62220-1-2 regulation. The contrast to noise ratio (CNR) was evaluated according to guidelines offered by the Korean Institute for Accreditation of Medical Image (KIAMI). As a result, the higher MTF and DQE was measured with direct conversion detector compared to indirect conversion detector all over spatial frequency. When the average glandular dose (AGD) was the same, direct conversion detector showed higher CNR value. The direct conversion detector which has higher DQE value all over spatial frequency would provide the potential benefits for both improved image quality and lower patient dose in digital mammography system.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.371-379
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• 2014

In this study, we conducted a survey on the limited examinations of the DR system to the 30 radiologic technologists engaging in the clinical sites and university hospitals in Daejeon metropolitan city from Oct. 15, 2012 to Nov. 15, 2012. Based on the survey results, we propose the conceptual design of a supplementary table for the conventional DR system to extend the examination capability and overcome the limitation of DR system. And, we evaluated the convenience and usefulness of the proposed table by applying it to five subjects. Ten experts were involved to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the obtained images. In this study, the experimental results show the feasibility to overcome the limited examination of the conventional DR system, and the proposed supplementary table may be beneficial to patients and hospitals.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.64-77
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• 2012

In this study, the crack detecting system with digital image processing techniques based on the mathematical morphology method was developed to detect cracks in concrete structures. In the developed system, the image combining technique of reconstructing multiple images as an entire single image considering efficient management of analysis results was applied as an additional module. The developed system was verified through a field test with the cracked concrete culvert and the crack width of 0.2 mm was able to be detected in the 40m span. In the image analysis, the difference between calculated crack width and actual crack width were less than 0.08mm. For image combination in the stitching test of pattern images, the stitched image was identical with the original picture of entire subject in the visual perception level.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.307-314
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• 2011

This study proposed detection method of Marine debris using unmanned aerial photography. For unmanned aerial photography, a RC(Radio Control) helicopter which has good movability and economics was used. To a camera mounting, a gimbal equipment was attached to the bottom of the RC helicopter. The gimbal equipment is very useful because it is not seriously affected by vibration and rolling. In addition, we invented that digital image processing algorithm using Matlab program for detection of marine debris from photographs. Particularly, background subtraction in invented algorithm was applied. As a result, marine debris of a variety of forms from different sand states of coast were reliably detected. In the future, monitoring using proposed method was expected to contribute that the solution to representative problem of monitoring area selecting and estimate the total litter mass over the beach. Moreover, It is considered a greater application possibility to marine environmental observations.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.281-290
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• 2010

Cone-beam digital tomosynthesis (CBDT) has greatly been paid attention in the image-guided radiation therapy because of its attractive advantages such as low patient dose and less motion artifact. Image quality of tomograms is, however, dependent on the imaging conditions such as the scan angle (${\beta}_{scan}$) and the number of projection views. In this paper, we describe the principle of CBDT based on filtered-backprojection technique and investigate the optimization of imaging conditions. As a system performance, we have defined the figure-of-merit with a combination of signal difference-to-noise ratio, artifact spread function and floating-point operations which determine the computational load of image reconstruction procedures. From the measurements of disc phantom, which mimics an impulse signal and thus their analyses, it is concluded that the image quality of tomograms obtained from CBDT is improved as the scan angle is wider than 60 degrees with a larger step scan angle (${\Delta}{\beta}$). As a rule of thumb, the system performance is dependent on $\sqrt{{\Delta}{\beta}}{\times}{\beta}^{2.5}_{scan}$. If the exact weighting factors could be assigned to each image-quality metric, we would find the better quantitative imaging conditions.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.377-383
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• 2013

This study examined the radiopacity of eight contemporary luting cements by direct digital radiography. Five disc-shaped specimens ($5mm{\times}1mm$) were prepared for each material tested (BisCem, Clearfil SA Luting, Duolink, Maxcem Elite, Multilink Speed, Panavia F 2.0, RelyX Unicem Clicker, V-link). The specimens were radiographed using a Kodak CS 7600 image plate (Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA) and an aluminum step wedge with a range of thicknesses (1.5 to 16.5 mm in 1.5 mm increments) and a 1 mm tooth used as a reference. A dental X-ray machine Kodak 2200 Intraoral X-ray System (Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA), operating at 70 kVp, 4 mA, 0.156 s and a source-to-sample distance of 30 cm, was used. According to international standards, the radiopacity of the specimens was compared with that of an aluminum step wedge using NIH ImageJ software (available at http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/).The data was analyzed by ANOVA and a Tukey's post hoc test. Maxcem Elite (5.66) showed the highest radiopacity of all materials, followed in order by Multilink Speed (3.87) and V-link (2.83). The radiopacity of Clearfil SA Luting (1.35), BisCem (1.33), Panavia F 2.0 (1.29) and Duolink (1.10) were between enamel (1.79) and dentin (0.19). RelyX Unicem Clicker (0.71) showed the lowest radiopacity, which was higher than that of dentin. All materials showed a radiopacity above the minimum recommended by the International Organization for Standardization and the American National Standards/American Dental Association with the exception of RelyX Unicem Clicker.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.61-68
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• 2016

Digital aerial images have been commonly used in a large scale map production owing to their excellent geometry, and high spatial and radiometric resolution in recent years. However, a quality verification process for acquired images should be preceded in order to secure the high precision and reliability of produced results. Several experimental studies to verify digital imaging systems have been vigorously researched by constructing permanent test field in abroad. On the other hand, it is urgently necessary to suggest a practical scheme for an image quality verification, because this related study and experiment are still in its early stage at home. Hence, this study aims to present an easy method to measure the spatial resolution of the image in a visual way using a portable Siemens star. The images used in the study were obtained with three different cameras, two frame array sensors of DMC, UltraCamXp and a linear array sensor of ADS80. The Siemens star target appeared in every image is extracted and then the spatial resolution of image is compared with theoretical GSD(Ground Sample Distance) by a visual method. In addition, the change of spatial resolution depending on the location of the Siemens star from image center and flight direction and cross-flight direction is also compared and analyzed. As study results, while the theoretical GSDs of images taken with each camera are about 6~9cm, the visual resolutions are 1.2~1.3 times as great as the theoretical ones.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.31-42
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• 2009

One set of hardware system of guide point method (GP method), modified from the multistage convergent photographing technique, was developed to interpret the geometrical characteristics of Joints photogrammetrically on rock slope. Before the field application of the hardware system, the level of errors and constraints that ran be acceptable in the field measurement has been severely investigated in the laboratory and the optimum photographing scheme was analyzed. The range of the most suitable convergence angle between two cameras was $25^{\circ}{\sim}150^{\circ}$ and the photographing distance was about 5.5 m when using a 2 M pixel digital camera. An extended analyzing technique, which was newly developed in this study, was applied to the field measurement to magnify the benefits of GP method. This technique can be applied when survey for the wide range of rock surface is necessary. The global coordinates of ground control points for the neighbor photographing area ran be introduced without any preparation from the previous photographed area using this technique. It could reduce phographing time in the field.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.919-921
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• 2013

영상시장의 개척과 디지털 기술의 발전과 더불어 차세대 3D 입체영상기술에 대한 관심과 수요가 증가하고 있다. 입체 정보는 크게 '단안 입체 정보(monoscopic depth cue)'와 '양안 입체 정보(stereoscopic depth cue)'로 분류 할 수 있다. 단안 입체 정보는 은폐, 상대적 크기, 상대적 밀도, 시야 안의 높이, 공기투시, 운동투시, 초점조절인 7가지로 경험에 의한 입체감을 지각하는 것을 말하며 양안 입체 정보는 두 눈으로 볼 때 처음으로 깊이를 지각 할 수 있는 것으로 크게 '동시시(simultaneous perception)', '융합(sensory fusion)', '입체시(stereoscopic vision)'의 세종류의 기능으로 분류한다. 3D 촬영은 이 양안시의 원리를 이용하여 두 대의 카메라의 좌우 영상을 합성하여 깊이감 있는 영상을 만들어 내게 된다. 본 논문에서는 3D 촬영방법은 촬영방식에 따라 크게 평행방식, 직교방식, 교차방식이 있는데 이중 중 원거리 촬영에 유리한 교차방식을 활용하여 사이드 바이 사이드 리그(Rig; 카메라를 수평으로 설치할 수 있도록 만들어진 장치)를 원거리 촬영에 맞게 축간거리를 기존의 리그 사이즈보다 2배 이상 긴 리그를 제작하여 보다 먼 거리에서의 상이한 좌우 영상획득이 가능하도록 설계하였다. 또한, 일정한 간격에 따라 피사체를 촬영하면서 거리에 따른 양 카메라의 가장 이상적인 IOD(Interocular Distance)와 CONV(Convergence)를 찾고, 교차방식촬영에 따른 특징적인 아티팩트인 키스톤 왜곡(Keystone distance)의 보정을 통한 원거리 입체영상을 효과적으로 획득하는데 본 연구방법을 제안하고자 한다.