• Medical Lasers
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2019

Background and Objectives The picosecond 755 nm alexandrite laser was first approved by the US FDA in 2012. A previous study described the use of a 1,064 nm picosecond laser with a micro-lens array (MLA) in peri-areolar scarring from breast reconstruction surgery and reported significant improvement in the texture and aesthetic appearance of the scar without other wound complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the improvement of overall scarring, not just pigmentation, in the picosecond laser treatment of patients with pigmentations. Materials and Methods Sixteen patients who underwent 1,064 nm picosecond laser treatment from June 2016 to December 2018 were enrolled in this study. Patients received two to six sessions of picosecond laser treatment at intervals of 4 weeks. Before and after the laser treatment, the patients evaluated their own satisfaction score and a physician evaluated the Vancouver Scar Scale. To evaluate the satisfaction score and complication rate, a retrospective chart review was done. Results Seven were female and nine were male. The mean of the patients' satisfaction score before the treatment was 1.44 (interquartile range [IQR], 1-2) and 3.00 (IQR 2.25-3.75) six months after treatment. The mean of the Vancouver Scar Scale before the treatment was 9.69 (IQR 8-11), and 6.25 (IQR 5-7.75) six months after treatment. All the results were statistically significant (p<0.01). Conclusion This study provides evidence that the use of a 1,064 nm picosecond laser treatment for pigmented scars can be effective in improving the pigmentation and overall scar status, including vascularity, height, and pliability, with the results of a decrease in the VSS scores between treatments.

• 천문학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.9-26
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• 2020

At q = 1.81 ± 0.20 × 10^-5, KMT-2018-BLG-0029Lb has the lowest planet-host mass ratio q of any microlensing planet to date by more than a factor of two. Hence, it is the first planet that probes below the apparent "pile-up" at q = 5-10 ×10^-5. The event was observed by Spitzer, yielding a microlens-parallax π_E measurement. Combined with a measurement of the Einstein radius θ_E from finite-source effects during the caustic crossings, these measurements imply masses of the host M_host = 1.14^+0.10_-0.12 M_⊙ and planet M_planet = 7.59^+0.75_-0.69 M_⊕, system distance D_L = 3.38^+0.22_-0.26 kpc and projected separation a_⊥ = 4.27^+0.21_-0.23 AU. The blended light, which is substantially brighter than the microlensed source, is plausibly due to the lens and could be observed at high resolution immediately.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.415-417
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• 2002

Images of microcalcification specks showed large variation in conventional radiographs of phantoms which are approved for mammography image quality standard by the American College of Radiology (ACR). This kind of variation is not appropriate for image quality standards because the number of specks are visually counted in images and that number is important in image quality evaluation. Our study using synchrotron radiation (SR) imaging revealed the overlapping of micro-sized air bubble(s) to some specks, and also the structural deformation or crackings. Eight phantoms approved by ACR from two different makers and an air-bubble phantom were examined. SR imaging was performed at a synchrotron radiation facility, SPring-8, in Japan. The image-detector was a fluorescent-screen optical-lens coupling system using a CCD camera with a spatial resolution of 6 $\square$m. Objects when imaged with longer sample-to-detector distance show edge enhancement due to a difference in refraction indices, that is refraction enhancement. Refraction-enhanced SR images revealed that some of specks carried foreign objects, which were proven to be air. In phantoms provided by one maker, attaching/overlapping airs were observed for 62 out of 150 specks (41%) , with a higher incidence for the smallest specks. A speck becomes hardly visible in a conventional radiograph when air(s) overlaps the majority part of a speck, though depending on the size of the air-inclusion and on its configuration. Those airs might have been adsorbed on a speck surface before being embedded and then introduced into the matrix together with specks. Our study using SR imaging has clearly shown the nature of defects in some mammography phantoms which seriously degrade the quality as an image standard.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.383-390
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• 2006

Shack-Hartmann 파면측정 센서는 적응광학 분야에서 파면측정용으로 가장 널리 사용되고 있다. Shack-Hartmann 센서에서 파면측정 알고리즘은 크게 점영상의 중심점 탐색 알고리즘과 파면복원 알고리즘으로 나눌 수 있다. 이 중 점영상의 중심점 탐색은 파면측정 결과에 크게 영향을 미치나 많은 연구결과에도 불구하고 최적의 중심점 측정 알고리즘 및 내부 변수 설정에 대한 일반적인 해결책은 아직 제시되지 못하고 있다. 현재, 중심점 탐색 알고리즘으로는 무게중심법(center of gravity)이 가장 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중심점 탐색 알고리즘에 의한 측정 정확도 분석을 위해 무게중심법과 상관관계법(correlation)을 함께 고려하였다. 이를 위해 Shack-Hartmann 센서의 파면측정 과정을 전산모사하였고, 이로부터 중심점 탐색 알고리즘과 관련하여 무게중심법 및 상관관계법에서의 노이즈 특성을 비교, 분석하였다. 또한, 무게중심법에서 문턱값(threshold value)의 설정에 따른 파면측정의 정확도에 대한 분석을 통하여 노이즈 제거를 위한 최적의 문턱값을 제안하였다. 이와 더불어 Shack-Hartmann 센서 시스템을 구성하여 디포커스(defocus)를 발생시키고 이를 측정하는 실험을 수행함으로써 파면측정 알고리즘 및 전산모사 결과를 검증하였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2024

유기발광다이오드(OLED)는 층간 굴절률 차이로 내부 전반사가 발생하며 낮은 광추출 효율의 원인이 된다. 그 결과, MLA와 같은 구조체를 활용하는 광추출 기술들이 연구되고 있다. 하지만 MLA와 같은 석유계 고분자를 활용한 기술들은 폐기 과정에서 환경 문제를 야기한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 친환경 고분자 hydroxyethyl cellulose(HEC)와 tannic acid(TA)를 활용하여 외부 광추출 필름을 제작하고자 한다. HEC는 생분해가 가능하며 높은 투명도를 가져 친환경 외부 광추출 필름으로 제작하는데 적합하다. 첨가제로 사용된 TA는 폴리페놀 화합물로 HEC와 견고한 수소결합을 형성할 것으로 예상된다. 또한, TA는 페놀 그룹을 통해 자외선으로부터 OLED가 손상되는 것을 방지할 수 있다. HECTA MLA 필름은 추가적인 용매를 사용하지 않고 물에 HEC와 TA를 용해시킨 후 MLA 몰드에 임프린팅 하여 제작하였다. HECTA MLA 필름을 OLED 외부에 부착하여 분석한 결과, 80% 이상의 높은 흐림도를 보였으며 OLED의 외부 양자 효율과 전류 효율이 기준 대비 각각 38%, 39% 향상되었다.