• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.425-428
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• 2000

2차원 슬라이스 영상으로부터 volume rendered 이미지를 생성하기 위해서는 2차원 영상의 pixel 데이터를 voxel 기반으로 재구성해야 한다. 영상을 재구성하면서 생성되는 voxel value 는 3차원 영상을 2차원 화면으로 원근 투영할 때 최종 픽셀값을 결정하는 기본 요소가 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 조합되는 voxel value를 결정하는 Transfer Function를 이용한 intensity 와 gradient magnitude 의조작을 통하여 최종 3차원 이미지에서 오브젝트의 surface 뿐만 아니라 내부의 서로 다른 조직끼리의 경계 영역을 가시화하여 보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.279-280
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.772-775
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• 2006

Muilti-dimensional feature vector matching algorithm uses multiple features such as intensity, gradient, variance, first or second derivative of a pixel to find correspondence pixels in stereo images. In this paper, we proposed a new method for adjusting automatically the weight of feature in multi-dimensional feature vector matching considering sharpeness of a pixel in feature vector distance curve. The sharpeness consists of minimum and maximum vector distances of a small window mask. In the experiment we used IKONOS satellite stereo imagery and obtained accurate matching results comparable to the manual weight-adjusting method.

• 대한방사선방어학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.208-209
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.309-312
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• 2003

기존 홍채 인식 시스템의 접안식 영상 획득상 불편한 사항을 해결하고 인식의 정확도를 높이기 위해서는 원격으로 영상을 획득할 수 있어야 하며, 홍채의 경계선을 정확하게 검출할 수 있어야 한다. 또한 기존 홍채 영역 검출 방법의 문제점인 홍채를 원으로 가정하는 방식을 개선할 필요성이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 조명에 의한 glint 정보와 intensity gradient를 이용하여 홍채의 경계를 산출하였으며, 아울러 스테레오스코픽 카메라를 이용하여 홍채 경계의 3차원 좌표를 획득함으로써, 카메라를 기준으로 하는 홍채의 주시각을 찾아 홍채의 원형 변환에 활용하도록 하였다.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.209-216
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• 1995

Recently, a new tailored RF gradient echo (TRFGE) sequence was reported. This technique not only enhances the magnetic susceptibility effect but also allows us to measure local changes in brain oxygenation. In this study, a phantom and cat brain experiments were performed on a 4.7 Tesla BIQSPEC (BRUKER) instrument with a 26 cm gradient system. We have demonstrated that the signal intensity (SI) of the TRFGE sequence varies according to the concentration of susceptibility contrast agent. Three capillary tubes with different concentrations of Gd-DTPA (0.01, 0.05, 0.1 mMOI/l) were placed at the middle of a cylindrical water phantom. Using both TRFGE and conventional gradient echo (CGE) sequences, phantom images of the slices which contain all three tubes were obtained. For the animal experiment, cats were anesthetized and ventilated using halotane (0.5%) and a $N_2O/ O_2$ mixture (2:1), and blood pressure and heart rate were monitored and kept normal. For the observation of tue first pass of Gd- DTPA, imaging was started at t = 0. At t = 8 ~ 12s, 0.2 mMol/Kg Gd-DTPA was manually injected in the femoral vein. The imaging parameters were TRITE = 25/10 msec, flip angle = $30^{\circ}$, FOV = 10cm, image matrix size = $128{\times}128$ with 64 phase encodings and the image data acquisition window was 10 msec. SI-time curves were then obtained from a series of 30 images which were collected at 2 sec intervals using both CGE and TRFGE pulse sequences before, during, and following the contrast injection.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.272-277
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• 2001

An experimental study of jet impinging the non-isothermal heating surface with linear temperature gradient is conducted with the presentation of the turbulent flow characteristics and the heat transfer rate, represented by the Nusselt number. The jet Reynolds number ranges from 15,000 to 30,000, the temperature gradient of the plate is 2~4.2$^{\circ}C$/cm and the dimensionless nozzle to plate distance (H/D) is from 2 to 10. The results show that the peak of heat transfer rate occurs at the stagnation point, and the heat transfer rate decreases as the radial distance from the stagnation point increases. A remarkable feature of the heat transfer rate is the existence of the second peak. This is due to the turbulent development of the wall jet. Maximum heat transfer rate occurs when the axial distance from the nozzle to nozzle diameter (H/D) is 6 or 8. The heat transfer rate can be correlated as a power function of Prandtl number, Reynolds number, the dimensionless nozzle to plate distance (H/D) and temperature gradient (dT/dr). It has been found that the heat transfer rate increases with increasing turbulent intensity. The wall jet is influenced by temperature gradient and the effect becomes more important at higher radii.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1996 no.11
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• pp.161-164
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• 1996

An actively-shielded $r^{2}$-gradient coil has been developed for brain localized MRI or MRS. Spatial localization is very useful for spatial volume selection in MRI or MR Spectroscopy(MRS). The radial(or $R^{2}-$) gradient coil is useful in reducing the artifact or in improving the SNR by selecting the volume with less number of RF pulses. It is, however, difficult to implement the coil with a gradient intensity strong enough to use it for practical whole-body MRI system. For example, the smallest volume size for selection is just 6 cm in diameter with a 250 Ampere of current driving for a whole-body system (in case of 70-cm-diameter). In this study, an asymetric $r^{2}$-coil with a small diameter of 35 cm has been designed and implemented for brain localized MRI or MRS. An 8-rod high-pass-type birdcage RF coil has also been implemented. The coil set has been developed for 1.0 Tesla Medison MRI system and its performance has been verified experimentally.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.231-237
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• 2024

Brain injury causes persistent disability in survivors, and epidural hematoma(EDH) and subdural hematoma (SDH) resulting from cerebral hemorrhage can be considered one of the major clinical diseases. In this study, we attempted to automatically segment and hematomas due to cerebral hemorrhage in three dimensions based on computed tomography(CT) images. An improved GVF(gradient vector flow) algorithm was implemented for automatic segmentation of hematoma. After calculating and repeating the gradient vector from the image, automatic segmentation was performed and a 3D model was created using the segmentation coordinates. As a result of the experiment, accurate segmentation of the boundaries of the hematoma was successful. The results were found to be good even in border areas and thin hematoma areas, and the intensity, direction of spread, and area of the hematoma could be known in various directions through the 3D model. It is believed that the planar information and 3D model of the cerebral hemorrhage area developed in this study can be used as auxiliary diagnostic data for medical staff.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.79-86
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• 1979

The phototaxis of common carp Cyprinus carpio was studied tinder laboratory conditions to find out distributional pattern of the fish under light gradient and to find the light intensity which causes the maximum gathering rate. The optimum light intensities were determined, The fish tended to escape from tile light source when the light intensity was stronger or weaker than a certain optimum value. The mean illumination intensity which caused the maximum gathering rate was 3.813lux (2.99-4.76 lux) in the daytime and 6.292 lux (5.0-7.89 lux) at night. The gathering rate of the fish could be divided into two types: reflex gathering rate and equilibrium gathering rate. The reflex gathering rate appeared quickly soon after lighting and gradually changed as time elapsed, while the equilibrium gathering rate was almost always constant.