• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.292-303
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• 2018

Objective: Biplanar imaging systems allow for simultaneous acquisition of lateral and frontal cephalograms. The purpose of this study was to compare measurements recorded on three-dimensional (3D) cephalograms constructed from two-dimensional conventional radiographs and biplanar radiographs generated using a new biplanar imaging system with those recorded on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-generated cephalograms in order to evaluate the accuracy of the 3D cephalograms generated using the biplanar imaging system. Methods: Three sets of lateral and frontal radiographs of 15 human dry skulls with prominent facial asymmetry were obtained using conventional radiography, the biplanar imaging system, and CBCT. To minimize errors in the construction of 3D cephalograms, fiducial markers were attached to anatomical landmarks prior to the acquisition of radiographs. Using the 3D $Ceph^{TM}$ program, 3D cephalograms were constructed from the images obtained using the biplanar imaging system (3D $ceph_{biplanar}$), conventional radiography (3D $ceph_{conv}$), and CBCT (3D $ceph_{cbct}$). A total of 34 measurements were obtained compared among the three image sets using paired t-tests and Bland-Altman plotting. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the 3D $ceph_{biplanar}$ and 3D $ceph_{cbct}$ measurements. In addition, with the exception of one measurement, there were no significant differences between the 3D $ceph_{cbct}$ and 3D $ceph_{conv}$ measurements. However, the values obtained from 3D $ceph_{conv}$ showed larger deviations than those obtained from 3D $ceph_{biplanar}$. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the new biplanar imaging system enables the construction of accurate 3D cephalograms and could be a useful alternative to conventional radiography.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2018

Macrophages play a key role in atherosclerotic plaque formation, but their participation has been discerned largely via ex vivo analyses of atherosclerotic lesions. Therefore, we aimed to identify atherosclerosis on noninvasive in vivo imaging using reporter gene system. This study demonstrated that recruitment of macrophages could be detected in atherosclerotic plaques of Apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice with a sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene imaging system using $^{99m}Tc-SPECT$. This novel approach to tracking macrophages to atherosclerotic plaques in vivo could have applications in studies of arteriosclerotic vascular disease.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.328-335
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• 2010

A hyperspectral imaging spectrometer has shown significant advantages in performance over other existing ones for remote sensing applications. It can collect hundreds of narrow, adjacent spectral bands for each image, which provides a wealth of information on unique spectral characteristics of objects. We have developed a compact hyperspectral imaging system that successively shows high spatial and spectral resolutions and fast data processing performance. In this paper, we present an overview of the hyperspectral imaging system including the strucure of geometrical optics and several image processing schemes such as wavelength calibration and noise reduction for image data on Visible and Near-Infrared(VNIR) and Shortwave-Infrared(SWIR) band.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제3권6호
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• pp.382-387
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• 2014

A computational approach to depth estimations using a color over lapped integral imaging system is presented. The proposed imaging system acquires multiple color images simultaneously through a single lens with an array of multiple pinholes that are distributed around the optical axis. This paper proposes a computational model of the relationship between the real distance of an object and the disparity among different color images. The proposed model can serve as a computational basis of a single camera-based depth estimation.

• 대한수학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.519-541
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• 2001

Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography(MREIT) is a new medical imaging technique for the cross-sectional conductivity distribution of a human body using both EIT(Electrical Impedance Tomography) and MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) system. MREIT system was designed to enhance EIT imaging system which has inherent low sensitivity of boundary measurements to any changes of internal tissue conductivity values. MREIT utilizes a recent CDI (Current Density Imaging) technique of measuring the internal current density by means of MRI technique. In this paper, a mathematical modeling for MREIT and image reconstruction method called the alternating J-substitution algorithm are presented. Computer simulations show that the alternating J-substitution algorithm provides accurate high-resolution conductivity images.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.183-191
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• 2024

High-resolution retinal imaging based on adaptive optics (AO) is important for early diagnosis related to retinal diseases. However, in practical applications, closed-loop AO correction takes a relatively long time, and traditional open-loop correction methods have low accuracy in correction, leading to unsatisfactory imaging results. In this paper, a SH-U-net-based open-loop AO wavefront correction method is presented for a retinal AO imaging system. The SH-U-net builds a mathematical model of the entire AO system through data training, and the Root mean square (RMS) of the distorted wavefront is 0.08λ after correction in the simulation. Furthermore, it has been validated in experiments. The method improves the accuracy of wavefront correction and shortens the correction time.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.283-288
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• 2013

This paper describes development of a high speed Doppler OFDI system for non-invasive vascular imaging. Doppler OFDI (optical frequency domain imaging) is one of the phase-resolved second generation OCT (optical coherence tomography) techniques for high resolution imaging of moving elements in biological tissues. To achieve a phase-resolved imaging, two temporally separated measurements are required. In a conventional Doppler OCT, a pair of massively oversampled successive A-lines is used to minimize de-correlation noise at the expense of significant imaging speed reduction. To minimize a de-correlation noise between targeted two measurements without suffering from significant imaging speed reduction, several methods have been developed such as an optimized scanning pattern and polarization multiplexed dual beam scanning. This research represent novel imaging technique using frequency multiplexed dual beam illumination to measure exactly same position with aimed time interval. Developed system has been verified using a tissue phantom and mouse vessel imaging.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2003

고속 디지털신호처리기를 사용한 자기공명영상 실시간 대화형 제어기(스펙트로미터)를 개발하였다. 개발린 제어기는 rf 파형과 경사자계 파형을 만들고, 신호 측정을 위한 다중 측정기를 제어한다. TMS320C6701과 간은 높은 계산 능력을 가진 디지털신호처리기를 사용함으로써 복잡한 경사자계파형의 실시간 계산 및 출력이 가능해졌다. 또한 회전 행렬을 실시간으로 계산함으로써 심장과 같이 움직임이 큰 장기의 실시간 영상에서 얻고자하는 평면을 대화식으로 조절이 가능해졌다. 개발된 스펙트로미터를 1.5 테슬라 전신자기공명 영상시스템에 성공적으로 적용하였다. 개발된 스펙트로미터를 고속스핀에코나 echo planar imaging(EPI) 등과 같은 초고속자기공명영상에 적용하여 성능을 검증하였다. 이것은 이들 초고속 자기공명영상기법들이 측정 시간을 단축해주는 대신에 스펙트로미터의 송신부와 수신부 또는 경사자계부간의 동기나 위상에 에러가 있을 경우 문제점을 크게 부각시켜 시스템의 성능 평가에 적합하기 때문이다.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제84권1호
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• pp.75-91
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• 2023

전립선영상 판독과 자료체계 버전 2.1에서는 다중 매개 자기공명영상(multiparametric MRI; 이하 mpMRI)을 사용하는 버전 2의 기술적인 변수와 영상 판독 기준이 개정되었다. 이러한 변화를 통해 전립선암 평가의 발전이 예상지만, 어떤 사항들은 아직까지 해결되지 않았고 새로운 문제점들이 부각되고 있다. 본 종설에서는 전립선영상 판독과 자료체계 2.1 버전의 간단한 개요와 새롭게 부상하는 다음과 같은 문제들에 대해 비판적인 관점에서 논의하고자 한다: mpMRI의 보다 자세한 프로토콜에 대한 필요, 개정된 이행부 판독기준에 대한 검증 부족, 개정된 확산강조영상 및 조영 증강 영상 판독기준, anterior fibromuscular stroma, 중심부 평가, 주변부 신호 및 종양 공격성, 구조화된 판독문 변화에 대한 명료화의 필요, 영상 품질과 수행능력 제어에 대한 필요 및 기타 적응증을 포함하도록 시스템 확장을 위한 적응증.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

We research a system of compressed-sensing computational ghost imaging (CSCGI) based on the intensity fluctuation brought by turbulence. In this system, we used the gamma-gamma intensity-fluctuation model, which is commonly used in transmission systems, to simulate the CSCGI system. By setting proper values of the parameters such as transmission distance, refractive-index structure parameter, and sampling rates, the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) performance and bit-error rate (BER) performance are obtained to evaluate the imaging quality, which provides a theoretical model to further research the ghost-imaging algorithm.