• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.222-226
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• 2007

We suggest the fluorescence endoscope system that has light source apparatus providing selectable white or excitation light. White light source generates normal color images and is easily switched over to excitation light with the wide spectrum range from 380 nm to 580 nm. 5-ALA is deposited selectively in the abnormal tissue like cancer and causes fluorescence in the red spectrum range when excited by blue spectrum range. In addition, the others of excitation light make the color background image by reflected light to allow accurate orientation and visualization of the abnormal tissue and around. According to clinical studies, the fluorescence intensity contrast that defines the fluorescence intensity of lesion over the fluorescence intensity of around has more than 2 in tumour. Proposed system is useful and objective way in early diagnosis. Furthermore, it can be used in the biopsy for tumour classification at the highest fluorescence intensity point.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.425-433
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• 2012

목적: 광과민성 증후군자를 위한 가상 색 오버레이, 필름 오버레이, 색 렌즈나 색안경의 기초 설계. 방법: 필름오버레이 3종류에 대한 광학적 특성 측정을 통한 sRGB, RGB 값 도출. 백색종이, IT기기 백색화면 적용시와 투과모드시의 색도 관계 분석 결과: 구현 가능한 sRGB와 RGB값을 얻었다. 백색종이나 IT기기의 백색화면을 배경으로 얻은 색도와 필름 자체의 색도는 달랐으나, 일정한 관계 패턴을 보였다. 광투과율은 Intuitive Overlays가 단일 색에서 59%-79%로 가장 높았고, 광반사율은 Reading Ruler가 평균 8%로 가장 낮았다. 결론: 측정된 데이터를 보정하여 계산된 sRGB와 RGB값은 실제 보조도구를 구현하는데 직접 사용할 수 있다. 광투과율은 IT기기의 가상 오버레이의 투명도인 ${\alpha}$값을 산출하는데 사용될 수 있다. IT기기에서는 디스플레이 장치의 백색 화면과 이론적 백색의 색도 차이가 너무 크면 가상 색 오버레이 구현에서 기기의 백색 특성을 고려할 필요가 있다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.22.2-22.2
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• 2004

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.116-122
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• 2004

Background: LIGHT (TNFSF14) is a member of tumor necrosis factor superfamily and is the ligand for TR2 (TNFRSF14/HVEM). LIGHT is known to have proinflammatory roles in atherosclerosis. Methods: To find out the expression pattern of LIGHT in atherosclerotic plaques, immunohistochemical analysis was performed on human carotid atherosclerotic plaque specimens. LIGHT induced atherogenic events using human monocytic cell line THP-1 were also investigated. Results: Immunohistochemical analysis revealed expression of LIGHT and TR2 in foam cell rich regions in the atherosclerotic plaques. Double immunohistochemical analysis further confirmed the expression of LIGHT in foam cells. Stimulation of THP-1 cells, which express TR2, with either recombinant LIGHT or immobilized anti-TR2 monoclonal antibody induced interleukin-8 and matrix metalloproteinase(MMP)-9. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated that LIGHT induces nuclear localization of transcription factor, nuclear factor $(NF)-{\kappa}B$. LIGHT induced activation of MMP-9 is mediated by $NF-{\kappa}B$, since treatment of THP-1 cells with the $NF-{\kappa}B$ inhibitor PDTC (pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate) completely blocked the activation of MMP-9. Conclusion: These data indicate that LIGHT is expressed in foam cells in atherosclerotic plaques and is involved in atherogenesis through activation of pro-atherogenic cytokine IL-8 and destabilization of plaque by inducing matrix degrading enzyme.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2022

Background: Mixed breeding herb Viola collina Besser, which produces both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flower, has limited habitats under closed canopy and short and early flowering timing, making it relatively more vulnerable to climate change. To better understand the effect of light and nutrient on the flower formation and vegetative growth of V. collina, a mesocosm experiment was conducted. Two-by-two factorial treatments of two light conditions (100% and 60% of natural light) and two fertilizer treatment conditions (fertilized and not fertilized) were applied in the mesocosm experiment. Results: The number of flowers, including chamogamous and cleistogamous flowers, was highest (5.65/pot) under 60% light and fertilized condition and lowest (1.41/pot) under 100% light and not-fertilized condition. However, above ground vegetative growth was highest (2.89 g/pot) under 100% light and fertilized condition and lowest (2.38 g/pot) under 60% light and not-fertilized condition. Above ground biomass to belowground biomass ratio was highest (1.50) under 60% light and fertilized condition and lowest (1.26) under 100% light and fertilized condition. Conclusions: This study showed that high light and nutrient are responsible for the vegetative growth, though the effect of fertilizer was reduced due to allocation and retainment of nutrients. In addition, the low light is necessary to make flowers, especially chasmogamous flowers.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2005

Effect of the pH, molar ratio of Cu(II)/EDTA, concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA and ionic strength on the photocatalytic oxidation(PCO) of Cu(II)-EDTA in solar light was studied in this work. Experimental results in this work were compared with previous results obtained with UV-lamp. In the kinetics, Cu(II)-EDTA decomposition was favorable below neutral pH. The removal of Cu(II) and DOC was favorable as $TiO_2$ dosage increased. The initial rate for the decomplexation of Cu(II)-EDTA linearly increased as the concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA increased. The removal of Cu(II) and DOC was not much affected by variation of ionic strength with $NaClO_4$ as a background ion while much reduction was observed in the presence of background ions having higher formal charges. The removal trend of Cu(II) and DOC with variation of ionic strength and concentration of Cu(II)-EDTA in solar light was similar with that in UV light. Variation of the molar ratio of Cu(II)/EDTA showed a negligible effect on the removal of both Cu(II) and DOC. However, removal of both Cu(II) and DOC was two-times greater than that previous results obtained with UV light.

• 천문학회보
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.42-42
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• 2012

The First stars (Pop.III stars) in the universe are expected to be formed between the recombination era at z - 1100 and the most distant quasar (z - 8). They have never been directly detected due to its faintness so far, but can be observed as a background radiation at around 1${\mu}m$ which is called the Cosmic Near-Infrared Background (CNB). Main part of the CNB is thought to be redshifted Lyman-alpha from gas clouds surrounding the Pop.III stars. Until now, the COBE (COsmic Background Explorer) and the IRTS (Infrared Telescope in Space) observed excess emission over the background due to galaxies. To confirm the COBE and the IRTS results and pursue more observational evidences, we carried out the sounding rocket experiment named the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER). The CIBER is successfully launched on July 10, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA. It consists of three kinds of instruments. We report the results obtained by LRS (Low Resolution Spectrometer) which is developed to fill the uncovered spectrum around 1${\mu}m$. LRS is a refractive telescope of 5.5 cm aperture with spectral resolution of 20 - 30 and wavelength coverage of 0.7 to 2.0${\mu}m$. After subtracting foreground components (zodiacal light, integrated star light and diffuse galactic light) from the sky brightness of observed five fields, there remained significant residual emission (even for the lower limit case) consistent with the IRTS and the COBE results. In addition, there exists a clear gap at 0.7 - 0.8${\mu}m$ in the CNB spectrum over the background due to galaxies according to recent results (Matsuoka et al. 2011; Mattila et al. 2011). The origin of the excess emission could be ascribed to the Pop.III stars with its active era of z = 7 - 10.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2011

동영상에서의 움직이는 객체 검출과 추적은 객체 식별, 상황인식, 지능형 영상 감시 시스템 등 많은 시각 기반 응용 시스템에서 기본적이고 필수적인 전처리 작업이다. 본 논문에서는 배경과 조명이 실시간으로 변화하는 상황에서 움직이는 객체를 빠르고 정확하게 추출하고 움직이는 객체가 다른 물체에 가려지는 경우에도 강인하게 객체를 추적하는 방법을 제안한다. 객체의 효과적인 검출을 위해서 효과적인 고유 공간과 Fuzzy C-means(FCM) 를 결합하여 사용하고 검출된 객체를 강인하게 추적하기 위해 Conditional Density Propagation (CONDENSATION) 알고리즘을 사용한다. 먼저 Principal Component Analysis(PCA)를 이용하여 배경 영상에서 수집한 학습데이터를 주성분(Principal component)으로 선형변환 한다. 주성분들의 고유 특성에 대한 해석을 통하여 객체와 배경에 대하여 판별 능력이 우수한 주성분을 선별하여 고유 배경을 구성한다. 다음으로 이전단계에서 구성된 고유 벡터와 입력 영상을 결합한 연산 결과를 FCM의 입력 값으로 사용해서 객체를 검출한다. 최종적으로 검출된 객체의 좌표를 CONDENSATION의 입력으로 사용해서 객체를 추적한다. 고정된 카메라에서 조명변화와 배경변화에 적용 가능한 시스템을 구현하기 위해 고정된 카메라에서 움직이는 다양한 객체가 포함된 영상을 수집하여 학습데이터로 구성하여 사용하였다. 실험 결과에 따르면 제안하는 방법이 조명변화와 배경변화 그리고 객체의 부분적 움직임에 모두 강인하게 객체를 검출하고 다른 물체나 배경에 의해 객체가 일부 가려지더라도 객체를 추적함을 보여준다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.313-322
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• 2022

Remote-sensing optical payloads, especially hyperspectral imagers, have particular issues with stray light because they often encounter high-contrast target/background conditions, such as sun glint. While developing an optical payload, we usually apply several stray-light analysis methods, including forward and backward analyses, separately or in combination, to support lens design and optomechanical design. In addition, we often characterize the stray-light response over a full field to support calibration, or when developing an algorithm to correct stray-light errors. For this purpose, we usually use forward analysis across the entire field, but this requires a tremendous amount of computational time. In this paper, we propose a sequence of forward-backward-forward analyses to more effectively investigate the through-field response of stray light, utilizing the combined advantages of the individual methods. The application is an airborne hyperspectral imager for creating hyperspectral maps from 900 to 1700 nm in a 5-nm-continuous band. With the proposed method, we have investigated the through-field response of stray light to an effective accuracy of 0.1°, while reducing computation time to 1/17^th of that for a conventional, forward-only stray-light analysis.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2002

In general, the background light that is produced during the reset period deteriorates the dark room contrast ratio in AC PDP. In this paper, we propose a modified ramp reset pulse that can reduce the background light to an imperceptible level. In the new reset waveform, the discharges between the scan and sustain electrodes are minimized by applying a positive bias voltage to the sustain electrode and only the weak discharges between the scan and address electrodes are found to occur during the reset period. We also adopted the MgO coated phosphor layer to improve the address voltage margin that was reduced when the bias voltage in the modified ramp reset waveform was applied. As a result, the address voltage margin of 45 V which is the same level of the conventional method was ortained and the dark room contrast ratio was improved up to 7500 : 1.