• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.135-143
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• 2000

Purpose: As vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) could lead to renal functional deterioration when combined with urinary tract infection, we need to decide whether operative anti-reflux treatment should be performed at the time of diagnosis of VUR. Predictive value of radioisotope voiding cystography (RIVCG) for renal outcome was tested. Materials and Methods: In 35 children (18 males, 17 females), radiologic voiding cystoure-thrography (VCU), RIVCG and DMSA scan were performed. Change in renal function was evaluated using the follow-up DMSA scan, ultrasonography, and clinical information. Discriminant analysis was performed using individual or integrated variables such as reflux amount and extent at each phase of voiding on RIVCG, in addition to age, gender and cortical defect on DMSA scan at the time of diagnosis. Discriminant function was composed and its performance was examined. Results: Reflux extent at the filling phase and reflux amount and extent at postvoiding phase had a significant prognostic value. Total reflux amount was a composite variable to predict prognosis. Discriminant function composed of reflux extent at the filling phase and reflux amount and extent at postvoiding phase showed better positive predictive value and specificity than conventional reflux grading. Conclusion: RIVCG could predict renal outcome by disclosing characteristic reflux pattern during various voiding phases.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.699-704
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• 2019

It is important to minimize the exposure dose during an examination and obtain good quality images at the same time. This study compared the beam harding effect according to the baseline superior orbito meatal line(SOML), orbito meatal line(OML), inferior orbito metal line(OML) and measured the exposure dose of the lens, especially in brain CT examinations, which generally apply to head diease patients. The beam harding effect assessment of each image along the baseline was performed quantitatively using the Image J program, and the exposure dose of the lens was detected by OSLDs and compared. As a result, As a result, when the SOML was used as the reference line, the dose of the lens was decreased by 85.08% at 80 kV and by 79.7% at 80 kV, compared to when IOML was used as the baseline. If the gantry angle at brain CT was parallel scan to SOML, there were no significant differences in the exposure to the lens and between the OML and IOML. Therefore, this study has shown that it is efficient to have a parallel scan on SOML as a protocol during Brain CT examinations.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.171-176
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• 2007

The tracking antenna must always point to track moving vehicle for data link. In this paper, we determine pointing angle from the geometric relationship of antenna and UAV(Unmaned Aerial Vehicle) to let an antenna be toward a moving vehicle. The pointing angle of antenna is set through GPS measurement data installed in antenna and UAV. We verify the performance of this system from the fixing a camcoder on the antenna.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.04a
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• pp.859-861
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• 2015

생산 기술이 발전함에 따라 제품의 생산량이 증가하고 컴퓨터 비전을 통한 제품의 양/불 판단 기술의 필요성이 증가하고 있다. 제품의 양/불 판단은 그 정확도가 중요하며, 동시에 빠른 검사를 위한 신속성이 요구된다. 기존 연구들에서 다양한 금속성 제품에 대한 양/불 판단과 각인된 글자에 대한 양/불 판단을 수행하는 연구가 지속되어 왔으나 자동차 에어백 부품 중 하나인 Upper Housing의 양/불을 판단하는 알고리즘은 부재하다. 본 논문에서는 Upper Housing에 대해 각인 문자의 양/불을 판정하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 먼저 영상에서 기준점이 되는 원을 찾는 것부터 시작하여, 기준점을 기반으로 특정 각도로 회전시켜 미리 수집한 글자 이미지와의 템플릿 매칭을 통해 글자가 제대로 각인 되었는지를 판단한다. 실험에서는 에어백 부품에 대한 검사 장치에서 촬영한 동영상에 대하여 제안한 알고리즘을 적용하였고, 그 결과 높은 정확도로 글자를 검출할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.63-70
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• 2003

SMAS(Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome) is a disease caused by a chronic obstruction of the duodenum(transverse portion), which is hardly detectable. However, it is known that when the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta form a narrow angle, that the transverse portion of the duodenum is pressed down between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta, and that this can lead to obstruction of the duodenum. Measuring this angle is a complicated job using conventional angiography, and results often turns out to be inaccurate. In addition, no attempt has been made to determine the value of this angle in Koreans. In this study, we conducted abdominal CT angiography using MIP(maximum intensity projection) on patients with no clinical evidence of SMAS in order to determine the angle at which the superior mesenteric artery branches from the abdominal aorta by using PC based software(Rapidia ver. 1.2) for the image reconstruction. Accordingly, we found that the mean angle between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery was $50.05{\pm}15.87^{\circ}$ on average, and that the angle in men($53.64{\pm}16.57^{\circ}$) is higher than in women($46.46{\pm}14.98^{\circ}$). We hope that the angles determined by our study will serve as an important indicator for detecting SMAS.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.13-17
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• 2004

In order to measure the retina thickness, the retina photographing system and the multi-channel high speed image data acquisition system is developed. This system requires the optical processing techniques and the high speed image processing techniques. The HeNe laser beam is projected the retina in artificial eye and then we sensed the reflected laser signal using APD array. The laser projection system on retina using optical instruments is implemented. In order to project the plane laser beam on retina, laser photographing system used the polygon mirror for horizontal scanning and the galvano mirror for vertical scanning. We acquired retina images in each channel of APD array, transferred computer using PCI interface the image data after real-time A/D converting.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.149-156
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• 2013

With a rapid growth of smartphone technologies, various applications are developed and diffused actively nowadays. Especially, interesting applications using camera module in a smartphone are developed continuously, mobile users are able to use various useful mobile services in humdrum life. In this paper, we design and implement measurement algorithms which precisely measure the object taken by the camera module in a smartphone. We use 3-axis gyro accelerometer sensor in a smartphone to get the distance, incline and rotation angle in a real time when we take a picture of shooting object and can obtain precise size of it in the picture image. The measurement algorithms proposed in this paper are analyzed and evaluated by a simulation study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.94-95
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• 2016

스테레오 정합은 서로 다른 두 시점을 갖는 스테레오 영상으로부터 객체의 깊이값을 예측한다. 이 방법은 객체가 카메라로 부터 멀리 떨어질수록 두 시점 사이에 큰 변위차를 갖는 양안시차 특성을 이용해 깊이값을 구한다. 일반적으로 스테레오 정합은 촬영한 두 영상의 조명 변화 및 노출 정도가 같다는 조건으로 수행된다. 하지만 실내 또는 실외에서 실제로 영상을 촬영하면 조명 및 햇빛의 위치 그리고 카메라의 특성에 따라 촬영된 스테레오 영상의 밝기가 서로 달라지는 경우가 발생하게 된다. 이처럼 두 영상의 밝기차를 고려하지 않고 스테레오 정합을 하게 되면 정확한 깊이값을 예측하기 어렵다. 이러한 문제를 개선하기 위해 조명 변화에 강인한 ANCC (Adaptive Normalized Cross Correlation)가 제안되었다. 이 방법은 영상 속 화소들의 색상 모델을 이용해 조명변화의 영향을 받는 요소들을 제거함으로써 다양한 밝기변화 속에서도 안정적으로 스테레오 정합을 수행할 수 있도록 한다. 하지만 ANCC는 수행과정에서 각 화소마다 양방향 필터 (Bilateral Filter)가 적용되는 등 높은 복잡도를 갖는다는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 ANCC 보다 복잡도가 낮으면서 밝기변화에도 안정적인 정합 결과를 갖기 위해 Census 변환의 이진 정보를 이용한 스테레오 정합 방법을 제안한다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.285-290
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• 2003

In this paper, a camera modeling method that utilizes ephemeris data and imaging geometry is presented. The proposed method constructs a mathematical model only with parameters that are contained in auxiliary files and does not require any ground control points for model construction. Control points are only needed to eliminate geolocation error of the model that is originated from errors embedded in the parameters that are used in model construction. By using a few (one or two) control points, RMS error of around pixel size can be obtained and control points are not necessarily uniformly distributed in line direction of the scene. This advantage is crucial in large-scale projects and will enable to reduce project cost dramatically.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.232-235
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• 2020

최근 딥러닝을 이용한 자동차 번호판 인식 알고리즘에 있어서 인조 번호판을 생성하여 데이터 수집과 라벨링 작업 시간을 줄이기 위한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 하지만 인조 번호판의 특성상 정면의 이미지로 구성되어 있기 때문에 자동차의 정면에서 촬영된 번호판의 인식률은 높지만 측면에서 촬영된 번호판의 경우 인식률이 낮아진다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 카메라 설치 위치에 따른 다각도로 촬영된 번호판 영상의 인식률을 보완하기 위해 이미지를 3차원으로 회전하여 데이터를 생성하는 인조 번호판 생성기 프로그램을 개발하였다. 3차원 회전을 하였을 때 번호판 인식 성능을 비교하기 위해 기존 방식으로 생성한 번호판과 제안 방식으로 생성한 번호판 각 600,000장씩 생성하여 총 1,200,000장을 생성하였으며, 데이터의 비율에 따라 10가지의 학습 데이터 셋을 구성하였다. 인조 번호판 데이터의 학습 결과를 평가하기 위해 실제 번호판 이미지 1789장으로 테스트 셋을 구성하였고, 기존의 인조 번호판 생성 방식과 인식 정확도를 비교 분석하였다.