• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.126.1-126.1
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• 2011

The SPICA (SPace Infrared Telescope for Cosmology & Astrophysics) project is a next-generation infrared space telescope optimized for mid- and far-infrared observation with a cryogenically cooled 3m-class telescope. Owing to unique capability of focal plane instruments onboard SPICA, it will enable us to resolve many astronomical key issues from the star-formation history of the universe to the planetary formation. The FPC (Focal Plane Camera) is a Korean-led near-infrared instrument as an international collaboration. Korean consortium for FPC proposed a key instrument responsible for a fine guiding (FPC-G). The back-up of FPC-G will make scientific observations as well. We have examined the legacy science programs for FPC and performed the feasibility study for the fine guiding system. Recently, the international review process is now in progress, in order to make a selection of the focal plane instruments. Here, we report the current status of SPICA/FPC project.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.542-552
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• 2012

In this paper, a gaze estimation method is proposed for use with a large-sized display at a distance. Our research has the following four novelties: this is the first study on gaze-tracking for large-sized displays and large Z (viewing) distances; our gaze-tracking accuracy is not affected by head movements since the proposed method tracks the head by using a near infrared camera and an infrared light-emitting diode; the threshold for local binarization of the pupil area is adaptively determined by using a p-tile method based on circular edge detection irrespective of the eyelid or eyelash shadows; and accurate gaze position is calculated by using two support vector regressions without complicated calibrations for the camera, display, and user's eyes, in which the gaze positions and head movements are used as feature values. The root mean square error of gaze detection is calculated as $0.79^{\circ}$ for a 30-inch screen.

• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1225-1229
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• 2018

In this paper, we investigated the electronic structures and defect states of $SrLaMgTaO_6$ (SLMTO) double perovskite structures by using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. Recently, $Eu^{3+}$ doped SLMTO red phosphors have been vigorously investigated due to their higher red emission efficiency compared to commercial white light emitting diodes (W-LED). However, a comprehensive understanding on the electronic structures and defect states of host SLMTO compounds, which are specifically related to the W-LED and photoluminescence (PL), is far from complete. Here, we found that the PL spectra of SLMTO powder compounds sintered at a higher temperature, $1400^{\circ}C$, were weaker in the blue emission regions (at around 400 nm) and became enhanced in near infrared (NIR) regions compared to those sintered at $1200^{\circ}C$. To elucidate the difference of the PL spectra, we performed resonant inelastic x-ray spectroscopy (RIXS) at Ta L-edge. Our RIXS result implies that the microscopic origin of different PL spectra is not relevant to the Ta-related defects and oxygen vacancies.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2002년도 강연요지집
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• pp.59-62
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• 2002

Wavelength selection and prediction algorithm for determining hematocrit are investigated. A model based on the difference in optical density induced by the pulsation of heart beat is developed by taking approximation of Twersky's theory on the assumption that the variation of blood vessel size is small during arterial pulsing[1]. A device is constructed with a five-wavelength LED array as light source. The selected wavelengths are two isobestic points and three in compensation for tissue scattering. Data are collected from 549 out-patients who are randomly grouped as calibration and prediction sets. The range of percent hematocrit was 19.3∼51.8. The ratio of the variations of optical density between systole and diastole at two different wavelengths is used as a variable. We selected several such variables that show high reproducibility among all variables. Multiple linear regression analysis is made. The relative percent error is 8% and the standard deviation is 3.67 for the calibration set. The relative % error and standard deviation of the prediction set are 8.2% and 3.69 respectively. We successfully demonstrate the possibility of non-invasive hematocrit measurement, particularly, using the wavelengths below 1000nm.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.239-243
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• 2008

In this study, Bi-Sb thin film structure was prepared by thermal evaporation method. The electrical, optical transmission and structural characteristics of the prepared samples were introduced before and after thermal annealing process. At temperature of $500^{\circ}C$, the absorption of the structure was improved to reach 97% at near-infrared region. As well, the thermal annealing caused to reduce the bulk resistance of the Bi-Sb thin film structure. The morphology of Bi-Sb structure was also improved by thermal annealing as characteristic islands of the structure appear clearly in form hexagonal areas distinct from each other. This study is aiming to examine such structures if they are employed as photonic devices such as photodetectors, LED's and optical switches.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

Over the last three decades, the development of Ti:sapphire femtosecond lasers has led to advancements in scientific and industrial fields. In particular, these advanced lasers show great potential for applications with bio-imaging and medical surgery, such as two-photon microscopy, nonlinear Raman microscopy, optical coherence tomography, and ophthalmic surgery. Herein, we present a detailed description of the theoretical and experimental physics of Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers and its two-photon microscopy.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.463-470
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• 2022

정맥주사는 환자의 치료를 위해 주사 약물, 수액, 비경구 영양, 혈액제제의 투입 등에 광법위하게 이용되고 있으며 입원 환자에게 가장 빈번하게 행해지는 침습적 처치로서, 채혈, 말초 카테터 삽입 및 기타 IV요법 등에 해당하며 연간 10억건 이상 발생하고 있다. 정맥주사는 정맥주사 교육을 받은 숙련된 간호사들에 의해서만 시술되는 어려운 시술 중에 하나이며 실패 시 정맥에 혈전증 및 혈종이나 신경손상 등을 초래할 수 있다. 정맥주사를 자주 시술하는 간호사들도 비만, 피부색, 나이 등의 요인으로 정맥 검출이 쉽지 않아 실수들이 발생하는 경우도 있다. 이에 정맥주사 시 실수를 줄이기 위해 손등이나 팔의 정맥 구조를 시각화할 수 있는 보조 장비들에 대한 연구들이 발표되고 있다. 본 논문은 정맥주사 시 정맥의 구조를 시각화하는 정맥검출 장비 개발에 관한 연구에 대한 내용으로서, 정맥검출을 위한 실험 모듈을 제작하고 각기 다른 파장대를 지닌 NIR(근적외선) LED와 Filter의 파장대 조합에 따른 획득 영상의 밝기 비교를 통해 최적의 조합을 선정하는 연구를 진행했다. 또한 구현한 정맥검출 실험 모듈을 통해 획득한 정맥 영상의 선명화를 위해 그레이스케일 변환, 히스토그램 평활화, 샤프닝 필터 적용하고 이진화 이후 마킹을 통해 혈관 부분을 녹색으로 변환하는 영상처리 알고리즘을 도출하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.423-423
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• 2009

Currently, lasers are one of the most popular light sources in use for medical treatment. Many studies on low power lasers are being done in cell culture or through animal tests and most report different findings, making it difficult to verify their true effects. There are shifts in trends of studies from laser and LED that are expensive and generate heat problem to LED that are economically effective and safe. Its near infrared rays can penetrate deep into skin or muscle, up to 23 cm, without causing thermal damage or impairing neighboring tissues. This study verified the performance and effectiveness of an LED irradiator that was designed to emit similar wavelengths to that of a laser and thus could be used instead of a low level laser therapy in experiments on animals. And then, each experiment was performed to irradiation group and non-irradiation group for NTacSam:SD tissue cells. MIT assay method was chosen to verify the cell increase of two groups and the effect of irradiation on cell proliferation was examined by measuring 590nm transmittance of ELISA reader. As a result, the cell increase of NTacSam:SD tissue cells was verified in irradiation group as compared to non-irradiation group. The fact that specific wavelength irradiation has an effect on cell vitality and proliferation is known through this study.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2022

The SiO₂/TiO₂ multilayer thin films used for narrow band pass filter were fabricated using E-beam evaporation method. The narrow band pass filter was used to enhance the resolution of spectroscopy and sensor applications with near infrared (NIR) light source. The narrow band pass filter with multilayer thin films were designed with Essential Macleod program. The multilayers of SiO₂/TiO₂ with 32 layers were deposited on the silicon encapsulation of IR with peak wavelength (λ_p) of 660 nm and NIR LEDs with λ_p of 830 nm, 880 nm, and 955 nm. After NIR light passed through the narrow band pass filter, the full width of half maximum of 33.4~48.6 nm became narrow to 20~24 nm owing to the absorption of photons with short or long wavelength of designed band of 20 nm. The SiO₂/TiO₂ band pass filter fabricated in this study can be used for sensor, optoelectronics, and NIR spectroscopy applications.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.485-491
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• 2022

정맥주사는 입원환자에게 가장 빈번하게 행해지는 침습적 처치로서 비경구 영양투여, 혈액제제 등의 투입 등에 광범위하게 이용되고 있으며 이외에도 말초 카테터 삽입, 채혈, 기타 IV 요법에 사용되는 시술로서 연간 10억 건 이상이 발생한다. 정맥주사는 정맥주사 교육을 받은 숙련된 간호사들에 의해서만 시술되는 어려운 시술 중에 하나이며 실패 시 정맥에 혈전증 및 혈종이나 신경 손상 등을 초래할 수 있다. 이에 정맥주사 시 실수를 줄이기 위해 손등이나 팔의 정맥 구조를 시각화할 수 있는 보조 장비들에 대한 연구들이 발표되고 있다. 본 연구는 정맥주사 시 정맥을 시각화하는 정맥 검출기에 850nm 파장대를 조사하는 LED의 수량에 따른 성능 차이에 대한 연구이다. 피부 위에 조사된 NIR 검출기능이 있는 CCD 및 CMOS 카메라 렌즈에 NIR Filter 부착하여 영상을 획득하고 획득된 영상을 영상처리 알고리즘을 통해 정맥 이미지를 선명화하고 선명화된 이미지를 피부 위에 투영하는 원리로 작동되는 정맥 검출기를 제작한 이후 제작된 정맥 검출기 앞단에 NIR LED 수량에 차이를 주어 4가지 LED PCB를 제작했다. 이후 각각의 PCB를 정맥 검출기 앞단에 부착하여 정맥 영상을 검출하고 성능평가를 위해 획득한 정맥 영상을 바탕으로 성능 비교 설문지를 만들어 설문을 실시했다. 설문은 K병원에 재직 중인 간호사 20명을 대상으로 진행했다.