• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2022

Background Dermal backflow (DBF), which refers to lymphatic reflux due to lymphatic valve insufficiency, is a diagnostic finding in lymphedema. However, the three-dimensional structure of DBF remains unknown. Photoacoustic lymphangiography (PAL) is a new technique that enables the visualization of the distribution of light-absorbing molecules, such as hemoglobin or indocyanine green (ICG), and can provide three-dimensional images of superficial lymphatic vessels and the venous system. This study reports the use of PAL to visualize DBF structures in the extremities of patients with lymphedema after cancer surgery. Methods Patients with a clinical or lymphographic diagnosis of lymphedema who previously underwent surgery for cancer at one of two participating hospitals were included in this study. PAL was performed using the PAI-05 system. ICG was administered subcutaneously in the affected hand or foot, and ICG fluorescence lymphography was performed using a near-infrared camera system prior to PAL. Results Between April 2018 and January 2019, 21 patients were enrolled and examined using PAL. The DBF was composed of dense, interconnecting, three-dimensional lymphatic vessels. It was classified into three patterns according to the composition of the lymphatic vessels: a linear structure of lymphatic collectors (pattern 1), a network of lymphatic capillaries and lymphatic collectors in an underlying layer (pattern 2), and lymphatic capillaries and precollectors with no lymphatic collectors (pattern 3). Conclusions PAL showed the structure of DBF more precisely than ICG fluorescence lymphography. The use of PAL to visualize DBF assists in understanding the pathophysiology and assessing the severity of cancer-related lymphedema.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 컬러 용액을 사용하여 스핀 코팅 방식으로 Building Integrated Photovoltaic(BIPV) 시스템용 전면 컬러 유리를 구현하였다. 컬러 유리 구현을 위해 진주광택 안료와 다양한 용액를 사용하여 컬러 용액에 적합한 용액을 조사하였다. 조사한 용액 중 자외선 광 경화제인 NOA series의 경우 다른 용액보다 우수한 코팅성과 컬러 재현성을 가진 컬러 유리를 구현할 수 있었다. NOA 65 기반의 컬러 용액으로 스핀 코팅하여 구현한 컬러 유리는 가시광선 및 근적외선 파장 대역에서 최대 86%의 높은 투과율을 보였으며 시간에 따른 컬러 유리의 광학적 특성의 변화가 미미하여 BIPV용 컬러 유리 구현을 위한 컬러 용액으로 적합하였다. 스핀 코팅 방식을 활용한 용액 공정 방식은 기존의 물리적 증착 방식이나 나노 입자를 활용한 컬러 유리 제작 공정보다 쉽고 빠르게 컬러 유리를 제작할 수 있어 BIPV용 전면 컬러 유리 제작 공정이 용이해질 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2018

The characterization of detectors installed in space- and ground-based instruments is important to evaluate the system performance. We report the development of a detector performance test system for astronomical applications using the Andor iKon M CCD camera. The performance test system consists of a light source, monochromator, integrating sphere, and power meters. We adopted the Czerny-Tuner monochromator with three ruled gratings and one mirror, which covers a spectral range of 200-9,000 nm with a spectral resolution of ~1 nm in the visible region. Various detector characteristics, such as the quantum efficiency, sensitivity, and noise, can be measured in wide wavelength ranges from the visible to mid-infrared regions. We evaluated the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) detector performance test system by using the performance verification of the Andor iKon-M CCD camera. The test procedure includes measurements of the conversion gain ($2.86e^-/ADU$), full well capacity ($130K\;e^-$), nonlinearity, and pixel defects. We also estimated the read noise, dark current, and quantum efficiency as a function of the temperature. The lowest measured read noise is $12e^-$. The dark current at 223 K was determined to be $7e^-/s/pix$ and its doubling temperature is $5.3^{\circ}C{\pm}0.2^{\circ}C$ at an activation energy of 0.6 eV. The maximum quantum efficiency at 223 K was estimated to be $93%{\pm}2%$. We proved that the quantum efficiency is sensitive to the operating temperature. It varies up to 5 % in the visible region, while the variation increases to 30 % in the near-infrared region. Based on the comparison of our results with the test report by the vendor, we conclude that our performance test results are consistent with those from the vendor considering the test environment. We also confirmed that the KASI detector performance test system is reliable and our measurement method and analysis are accurate.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제48권8호
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• pp.659-672
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• 2015

홍수시 하천의 유속 측정을 위한 표면영상유속계에서 가장 기본이 되는 단계는 적절한 영상을 취득하는 것이다. 하지만 영상 획득에 있어 야간에 발생하는 홍수 흐름을 촬영하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 이에 본 연구에서는 표면영상 유속계의 야간 영상 획득 장치로 원적외선 카메라를 이용하는 방안을 검토하였다. 원적외선 카메라는 별도의 조명을 필요로 하지 않으므로, 주야간 모두 영상을 획득할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 또한 안개나 연기의 영향을 받지 않아서 고정식 표면영상유속계를 구성하는 좋은 대안이 될 수 있다. 원적외선 영상을 이용한 유속 산정의 결과를 비교하기 위해, 보통의 가시광 카메라와 근적외선 카메라를 이용한 동시 촬영을 하여 영상을 분석하였다. 아울러 소형 프로펠러 유속계에 의한 유속 측정 자료와 비교하였다. 정확도 분석 결과 원적외선의 주간 영상을 이용할 경우 최소-9%에서 최대 -19%의 오차를 나타냈고, 야간 영상을 이용할 경우 최소 -10%에서 최대 -23%의 오차를 나타냈다. 또한 일반캠코더를 이용한 경우와 비교하여 최대 10% 이내의 차이를 보였기 때문에 주야간 유속 측정에 원적외선 카메라의 적용이 가능한 것을 확인하였다. 다만 주간 영상에 비해 야간 영상이 약간 흐려지는 경향이 있기 때문에, 이러한 영상을 적절히 분석하기 위한 지속적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각한다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.177-183
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• 2012

Purpose: In near infrared spectroscopy, interactance configuration of a light source and a spectrometer probe can provide more information regarding fruit internal attributes, compared to reflectance and transmittance configuration. However, there is no through study on the parameters of interactance measurement setup. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the parameters on the estimation of soluble solids content (SSC) and firmness of muskmelons. Methods: Melon samples were taken from greenhouses at three different harvesting seasons. The prediction models were developed at three distances of 2, 5, and 8 cm between the light source and the spectrometer probe, three measurement points of 2, 3, and 6 evenly distributed on each sample, and different number of fruit samples for calibration models. The performance of the models was compared. Results: In the test at the three distances, the best results were found at a 5 cm distance. The coefficient of determination ($R_{cv}{^2}$) values of the cross-validation were 0.717 (standard error of prediction, SEP=$1.16^{\circ}Brix$) and 0.504 (SEP=4.31 N) for the estimation of SSC and firmness, respectively. The minimum measurement point required to fully represent the spectral characteristics of each fruit sample was 3. The highest $R_{cv}{^2}$ values were 0.736 (SEP=$0.87^{\circ}Brix$) and 0.644 (SEP=4.16 N) for the estimation of SSC and firmness, respectively. The performance of the models began to be saturated when 60 fruit samples were used for developing calibration models. The highest $R_{cv}{^2}$ of 0.713 (SEP=$0.88^{\circ}Brix$) and 0.750 (SEP=3.30 N) for the estimation of SSC and firmness, respectively, were achieved. Conclusions: The performance of the prediction models was quite different according to the condition of interactance measurement setup. In designing a fruit grading machine with interactance configuration, the parameters for interactance measurement setup should be chosen carefully.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2020

본 연구는 제방 균열의 탐지를 위해 드론 기반의 초분광 영상을 활용하여 균열의 분광정보 및 반사율을 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 초분광 센서는 드론에 탑재된 Nano-Hyperspec을 사용하였으며 안동댐 하류 제방 균열을 대상으로 조도별 초분광 영상을 촬영하였다. 조도와 최대강도에 대한 분석 결과 상관관계를 보였으며 비균열 영역과 균열 영역의 결정계수는 각각 0.9864, 0.9851로 계산되었다. 각 영역별 같은 포인트의 반사율은 조도에 상관없이 유사한 값과 패턴을 보였으며 반사율 계산 시 기준이 되는 백색판이 조도에 따라 변하기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 균열 영역에서 반사율은 비균열 영역에 비해 가시광선에서는 5.65%, 근적외선에서는 4.58% 낮게 나타났다. 향후 드론 촬영을 위한 짐벌 방향과 카메라 각도 등이 보정되면 좀더 정확한 균열 탐지가 가능하며 특히 초분광 영상은 일반 RGB 영상으로 확인이 어려운 균열 심도, 점토광물 종류 등에 대한 탐지가 가능하기 때문에 제방 안정성 평가를 위한 선제적 대응방법이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.9-12
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• 2016

특정 광 파장 영역대역에서 광 반사율을 갖는 다층 박막을 DC펄스 스퍼터링 공정으로 제작하기 위하여 공정변수가 다층 박막의 광학 특성에 미치는 영향이 연구되었다. 다층 박막 필름을 제작하기위한 시뮬레이션이 이루어졌으며, DC펄스 스퍼터링 공정을 이용한 저 굴절률의 $SiO_2$와 고 굴절률의 $TiO_2$ 박막의 광학 특성에 미치는 공정 변수 파라미터가 연구되었다. DC펄스 스퍼터링 파워 2kW, 아르곤 가스 200sccm(standard cubic centimeter per minute)기준조건에서 산소가스 비율 12% 범위에서 제작한 $SiO_2$박막은 굴절률 1.46이었고 산소가스 1% 비율에서 제작한 $TiO_2$박막은 굴절률 2.27이었다. 이들 박막으로 구성된 고 굴절률 박막/저 굴절률 박막/고 굴절률 박막의 3층 다층 박막 구조의 광학설계 시뮬레이션 결과와 측정된 광 반사율 특성결과는 파장 대역에 걸쳐 유사한 경향이 있는 것으로 측정되었다. 근적외선 780nm에서 1200nm파장 대역 영역에서 광 반사율 45%이상의 성능을 갖는 다층 박막 필름을 제작할 수 있었고 근적외선 차단 기능 박막으로 사용될 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.289-305
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• 2004

Atmospheric correction of Landsat Visible and Near Infrared imagery (VIS/NIR) over aquatic environment is more demanding than over land because the signal from the water column is small and it carries immense information about biogeochemical variables in the ocean. This paper introduces two methods, a modified dark-pixel substraction technique (path--extraction) and our spectral shape matching method (SSMM), for the correction of the atmospheric effects in the Landsat VIS/NIR imagery in relation to the retrieval of meaningful information about the ocean color, especially from Case-2 waters (Morel and Prieur, 1977) around Korean peninsula. The results of these methods are compared with the classical atmospheric correction approaches based on the 6S radiative transfer model and standard SeaWiFS atmospheric algorithm. The atmospheric correction scheme using 6S radiative transfer code assumes a standard atmosphere with constant aerosol loading and a uniform, Lambertian surface, while the path-extraction assumes that the total radiance (L/sub TOA/) of a pixel of the black ocean (referred by Antoine and Morel, 1999) in a given image is considered as the path signal, which remains constant over, at least, the sub scene of Landsat VIS/NIR imagery. The assumption of SSMM is nearly similar, but it extracts the path signal from the L/sub TOA/ by matching-up the in-situ data of water-leaving radiance, for typical clear and turbid waters, and extrapolate it to be the spatially homogeneous contribution of the scattered signal after complex interaction of light with atmospheric aerosols and Raleigh particles, and direct reflection of light on the sea surface. The overall shape and magnitude of radiance or reflectance spectra of the atmospherically corrected Landsat VIS/NIR imagery by SSMM appears to have good agreement with the in-situ spectra collected for clear and turbid waters, while path-extraction over turbid waters though often reproduces in-situ spectra, but yields significant errors for clear waters due to the invalid assumption of zero water-leaving radiance for the black ocean pixels. Because of the standard atmosphere with constant aerosols and models adopted in 6S radiative transfer code, a large error is possible between the retrieved and in-situ spectra. The efficiency of spectral shape matching has also been explored, using SeaWiFS imagery for turbid waters and compared with that of the standard SeaWiFS atmospheric correction algorithm, which falls in highly turbid waters, due to the assumption that values of water-leaving radiance in the two NIR bands are negligible to enable retrieval of aerosol reflectance in the correction of ocean color imagery. Validation suggests that accurate the retrieval of water-leaving radiance is not feasible with the invalid assumption of the classical algorithms, but is feasible with SSMM.

• 공업화학
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.690-694
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 글루코스를 전구체로 사용하여 수열합성방법을 통해 구형탄소입자(carbon sphere, CS)를 제조하였다. 200 nm, 500 nm, 1,200 nm 크기의 중공형 TiO₂ (H-TiO₂)는 CS/TiO₂ core-shell 구조를 졸-겔 법과 열처리 방법으로 합성하였다. FE-SEM, HR-TEM, XRD 분석을 통하여 H-TiO₂의 물리적 특성을 측정하였다. H-TiO₂/polyacrylate (PA) 복합체의 UV-Vis-NIR 분석을 통해 색상변화와 일사반사율을 얻었으며, 실험실에서 제작한 차열온도 측정기를 통해 차열온도를 측정하였다. H-TiO₂/PA 복합체는 열전도도가 낮은 건조공기로 채워진 중공구조에 의한 우수한 차열 특성과 근적외선 반사율을 보였다. H-TiO₂/PA 복합체에서 중공구의 크기가 증가함에 따라 열차단 특성이 증가하였다. 1,200 nm 중공 크기의 H-TiO₂를 혼합한 PA 필름에서 측정된 차열온도가 투명 유리판의 차열온도보다 26 ℃ 감소하였다.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2023

Background: Local anesthesia has been reliably used to control pain during dental procedures and is important in pediatric dentistry. However, children occasionally complain of prolonged numbness after dental treatment, leading to several problems. Studies conducted to reverse the effect of local anesthesia using phentolamine mesylate and photobiomodulation therapy (PBM) are encouraging but limited. PBM is a type of light therapy that utilizes visible and near-infrared non-ionizing electromagnetic spectral light sources. Hence, this study used this modality to compare the reversal of local anesthesia at two different wavelengths. This study compared the effect of PBM at 660 and 810 nm wavelengths on the reversal of soft tissue local anesthesia using a diode LASER in pediatric dentistry. Method: Informed consent and assent were obtained, and the participants were then divided randomly into three groups of 20 children each: control group-without LASER irradiation, LASER irradiation at 660 nm, and LASER irradiation at 810 nm. Sixty children aged 4-8 years with deciduous mandibular molars indicated for pulp therapy were administered an inferior alveolar nerve block. After 45 min of injection, a duration that was similar to the approximate duration of treatment, they were exposed to 660- and 810-nm LASER irradiation according to their groups until reversal of local anesthesia was achieved. The control group did not undergo LASER irradiation. The reversal of the soft tissue local anesthetic effect was evaluated using palpation and pin prick tests every 15 min, and the LASER irradiation cycle continued until reversal of the soft tissue local anesthesia was achieved. Results: A significant reduction of 55.5 min (27.6%) in the mean soft tissue local anesthesia reversal time was observed after the application of 810 nm wavelength PBM and 69 min (34.7%) after 660 nm wavelength LASER irradiation. Conclusion: PBM with a 660 nm wavelength was more effective in reducing the mean soft tissue local anesthesia reversal duration, and thus can be used as a reversal agent for soft tissue local anesthesia in pediatric dentistry.