• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.348-354
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• 2008

Segmenting vessels in lower extremity CT images is very difficult because of gray level variation, connection to bones, and their small sizes. Instead of segmenting vessels, we propose an approach that segments bones and subtracts them from the original CT images. The subtracted images can contain not only connected vessel structures but also isolated vessels, which are very difficult to detect using conventional vessel segmentation methods. The proposed method initially grows a 3-dimensional (3D) volume with a seeded region growing (SRG) using an adaptive threshold and then detects junctions and forked branches. The forked branches are classified into either bone branches or vessel branches based on appearance, shape, size change, and moving velocity of the branch. The final volume is re-grown by collecting connected bone branches. The algorithm has produced promising results for segmenting bone structures in several tens of vessel-enhanced CT image data sets of lower extremities.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2009년도 IWAIT
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• pp.562-565
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• 2009

This paper describes an automatic 3-dimensional (3D) segmentation method for 3D CT (Computed Tomography) images using region growing (RG) and edge detection techniques. Specifically, an augmented RG method in which the contours of regions are extracted by a 3D digital edge detection filter is presented. The feature of this method is the capability of preventing the leakage of regions which is a defect of conventional RG method. Experimental results applied to the extraction of teeth from 3D CT data of jaw bones show that teeth are correctly extracted by the proposed method.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2010

This study was conducted to provide design data for deciding covering method in double layers greenhouse. The variation of photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) and heat flow in air inflated and conventional double layers greenhouse was analyzed. The PPF of air inflated double covering greenhouse was less than that of conventional greenhouse during summer season because the more PPF comes into conventional greenhouse through roof vent which was rolled up for ventilation. The air inflated double layers covering greenhouse was superior to conventional type in the aspect of controlling inside temperature down owing to lower irradiation. The PPF of air inflated greenhouse was greater than that of conventional greenhouse during winter season because the transmittance of conventional greenhouse decreased by dust collected on inside plastic film nearly closed for insulation. Considering the PPF not sufficient for tomato growing in winter, the air inflated double covering system with the greater transmittance was better than conventional covering system. When the inside air of air inflated greenhouse was injected into space between the double layers of covering, the PPF of air inflated greenhouse was much less than the conventional greenhouse because the transmittance of air inflated double covering decreased due to condensation of highly humidified inside air. It was concluded that the more dried outside air should be used for inflating double layers covering. The heat insulation performance of air inflated double covering system was superior to conventional double covering system when comparing the overall heat transfer coefficients for each covering method. However the differences among the overall heat transfer coefficients depending on difference between inside and outside temperatures of greenhouse were great, it is necessary to conduct additional experiment for investigating the overall heat transfer coefficient to design the double layers covering.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2019

Interest in renewable energy is rapidly growing around the world. One of the most popular renewable energy sources is solar power, and photovoltaic (PV) systems are the most representative route for generating solar energy. However, with the growing adoption of solar power systems, the demand for land on which to install these systems has increased, which has caused environmental degradation. Recently, floating PV systems have been designed to utilize idle water surface areas of dams, rivers, and oceans. Because floating PV systems will be exposed to harsh environmental stresses, the safety of such systems should be secured before installation. In this study, the structural robustness of a floating PV system was analyzed by conducting numerical simulation to investigate whether the system can withstand harsh environmental stresses, such as wind and wave loads. Additionally, conventional wind and wave load predictions based on the design method and the simulation results were compared. The comparison revealed that the design method overestimated wind and wave loads. The total drag of the PV system was significantly overestimated by the conventional design criteria, which would increase the cost of the mooring system. The simulation offers additional advantages in terms of identifying the robustness of the floating PV system because it considers real-world environmental factors.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2015

Mixed raster content 모델 기반의 영상 부호화는 전경과 배경 레이어에 빈 영역인 don't care region (DCR)이 발생하게 되며, 이 영역에 대한 신호 채움 방식에 따라 전체적인 부호화 성능이 큰 영향을 받게 된다. DCR을 채우기 위한 대부분의 기존 기법들은 홀 주변 기존 영역의 특성을 효율적으로 이용하지 않아 신호 채움 후에도 기존 신호 영역에 존재하던 고주파 성분이 반영될 뿐 아니라, DCR 경계에서의 신호 불연속으로 인해 고주파 성분이 추가적으로 발생한다는 문제점을 갖고 있다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문은 우선순위 기반의 적응적 영역 확장법을 이용한 새로운 DCR 채움 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안 알고리즘은 분수령 알고리즘을 이용하여 DCR의 각 홀 픽셀에 대한 신호 특성을 판단한 후, 이를 토대로 영역 채움의 우선순위를 결정한다. 이 우선 순위를 기반으로 영역 확장을 수행함으로써 고주파 성분을 포함하고 있는 영역의 확장이 최소화되어 전체적인 부호화 효율이 향상될 수 있다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안 알고리즘이 비교 대상 알고리즘에 비해 효율적인 신호 채움으로 우수한 부호화 성능을 가짐을 보인다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.89-96
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• 1989

본 논문에서는 영역화에 기초를 둔 영상 부호화의 한 부분인 영역 부호화의 개선에 관한 연구가 수행되었다. 영역화시 texture의 효율적인 표현을 위하여 영상을 stochastic random field로 묘사 될 수 있는 stochastic 영역과 non-stochastic 영역으로 구분한다. 영역 부호화 및 복원시 stochastic 영역에 대해서는 autoregressive model을 이용하고 non-stochastic영역은 2차원 다항식 근사화를 이용한다. 제안 방식은 2차원 다항식 근사화만을 이용한 기존 방식보다 더 좋은 주관적 화질을 가지며, 상대적인 data 감축할 수 있었고 영상의 부호화 및 복원에 필요한 수행시간을 단축시켰다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.972-975
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• 2000

Environmental factors have become important in manufacturing planning due to governmental regulations and a growing preference for "green" products. However, planning decisions must also consider traditional dimensions such as production rate and quality. In this study, technology related to basic dicision method of environmentally conscious machining considered economic view was dealed. And experiments of dry type machining excluded coolant and semi-dry type machining using minimum coolant were established for the comparison of conventional machining ouputs.ng ouputs.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1991년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 22-24 Oct. 1991
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• pp.741-745
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• 1991

This paper describes a feature extraction in digitized chest X-ray image and CT head Image. There are Extraction, Thresholding, Region G rowing, Split-Merge and Relaxation in feature extraction technique. In this study, Region Growing System was realized and Fuzzy Set Theory was applied in order to extract the vague region which the conventional method has difficulties in extracting. The performance of proposed algorithm was proved by being applied to chest X-ray image and CT head image.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.455-467
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• 2021

Macrofungi are valuable resources as novel drug candidates, new biomaterials, and edible materials. Recently, genetic approaches pertaining to macrofungi have been continuously growing for their identification, molecular breeding, and genetic engineering. However, purification and amplification of fungal DNA is challenging because of the rigid cell wall and presence of PCR inhibitory metabolites. Here, we established a direct PCR method to provide a rapid and efficient method for PCR-grade macrofungal DNA preparation applicable to both conventional PCR and real-time PCR. We first optimized the procedure of lysis and PCR using the mycelia of Lentinula edodes, one of the most widely consumed macrofungal species. Lysates prepared by neutralizing with (NH₄)₂SO₄ after heating the mycelia in a mixture of TE buffer and KOH at 65℃ for 10 min showed successful amplification in both conventional and real-time PCR. Moreover, the addition of bovine serum albumin to the PCR mixture enhanced the amplification in conventional PCR. Using this method, we successfully amplified not only internal transcribed spacer fragments but also low-copy genes ranging in length from 500 to 3,000 bp. Next, we applied this method to 62 different species (54 genera) of macrofungi, including edible mushrooms, such as Pleurotus ostreatus, and medicinal mushrooms such as Cordyceps militaris. It was found that our method is widely applicable to both ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. We expect that our method will contribute to accelerating PCR-based approaches, such as molecular identification, DNA marker typing, gene cloning, and transformant screening, in macrofungal studies.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제27권2호통권89호
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• pp.107-111
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• 1999

멀칭용 비닐의 규격은 두께 0.03 mm, 폭 180 cm 투명비닐 이었으며, 구명의 크기와 구멍과 구멍 사이의 간격은 10cm로 하여 $1\;m^2$당 25개의 구멍이 들리도록 하였다. 느타리버섯 비닐멀칭 방법은 버섯의 다발을 크게 형성하였고, 버섯다발의 개체수가 약 2.5배 높았으며, 갓의 색깔이 진하였으며, 개체중도 1.2배 높게 나타났다. 비닐멀칭 재배는 균상관리를 용이하게 하였고, 어린버섯이 사멸되지 않았다. 구멍부위에만 버섯이 발생하여 수확시간을 2배 이상 빠르게 하였으며, 노동의 효율을 높였다. 전체 버섯 수량은 $1\;m^2$당 10.8 kg으로 5.7%수량이 증가되었다. 비닐에 덮여있는 버섯균사는 건전하게 백색을 유지하였다. 반변에 관행균상의 버섯균사는 주기가 계속되는 동안 노란색에서 갈색으로 변하였다. 비닐멀칭 균상에서 수확한 버섯 다발 1개의 무게는 283 g(개체수 33)으로 관행 117 g(개체수 15)에 비해 40% 이상 높았다.