• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 향상된 최소값 제어 재귀 평균 기법 (improved minima controlled recursive averaging, IMCRA) 알고리즘의 잡음 전력 추정성능을 향상 시키기 위한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 기존의 IMCRA은 주파수 특성이 빠르게 변화하는 비정상적인 환경과 낮은 SNR을 갖는 상황에서 잡음 전력 추정에 직접적으로 영향을 미치는 음성 검출기의 성능이 강인하지 못한 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 강인한 음성 검출 성능을 위해서 기존 IMCRA의 음성 검출기에 전역 음성 부재 확률을 적용한 음성 향상 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘의 성능 평가는 음성의 perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ)와 composite measure를 통한 음질을 평가하였다. 실험 결과 다양한 잡음 환경 (car, white, babble)에서 전역 음성 부재 확률을 적용한 IMCRA의 음성 향상 기법이 향상된 결과를 보여주었다. 특히, 비정상잡음 환경인 babble 5dB에서 PESQ 0.026, composite measure 0.029의 향상된 음질을 나타내었다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.1196-1203
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• 2011

The reduced frequency selectivity is a typical phenomenon of sensorineural hearing loss. In this paper, we compared two modeling methods for reduced frequency selectivity of hearing impaired people. The two models of reduced frequency selectivity were made using LPC(linear prediction coding) algorithm and bandwidth control algorithm based on ERB(equivalent rectangular bandwidth) of auditory filter, respectively. To compare the effectiveness of two models, we compared the result of PESQ (perceptual evaluation of speech quality) and LLR(log likelihood ratio) using 36 Korean words of two syllables. To verify the effect on noise condition, we mixed white and babble noise with 0dB and -3dB SNR to speech words. As the result, it is confirmed that the PESQ score of bandwidth control algorithm is higher than the score of LPC algorithm, on the other hands, and the LLR score of LPC algorithm is lower than the score of bandwidth control algorithm. It means that both non-linearity and widen auditory filter characteristics caused by reduced frequency selectivity could be more reflected in bandwidth control algorithm than in LPC algorithm.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.910-916
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• 2019

자연 영상의 비지역적 유사성은 다양한 영상 응용 분야에서 활용되는 중요한 특성 중에 하나이다. 영상 내 객체의 에지나 텍스쳐, 무늬 등은 비지역적으로 반복되어 나타난다. 유사도가 높은 영상 블록들로 군집을 형성하면 자연스럽게 그로부터 특징을 추출할 수 있다. 또한 군집의 크기가 클수록 원치 않는 백색 잡음에 대한 대항력을 키울 수 있다. 영상 신호 처리 중 잡음 제거 관련 연구는 백색 가산 잡음이 포함된 영상의 복원을 다룬다. 본 논문에서는 백색 잡음이 포함된 영상을 유사도에 따라 적응적으로 군집화하여 잡음 신호에 대한 이득을 향상시키고, 이를 통해 잡음을 효과적으로 제거하는 알고리듬을 제안한다. 다양한 영상과 잡음 강도에 대한 모의실험 결과로부터 제안된 알고리듬이 에지, 텍스쳐, 무늬 영역을 잘 보존하면서 잡음을 제거할 수 있음을 시각적으로 확인할 수 있고, 또한 최근 보고된 여러 방법들과의 잡음 제거 성능 수치 비교에서도 우수한 결과를 보인다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.951-958
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• 2021

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of virtual monochromatic images (VMIs) obtained using dual-layer dual-energy CT (DL-DECT) for evaluating brain tumors. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 32 patients with brain tumors who had undergone non-contrast head CT using DL-DECT. Among them, 15 had glioblastoma (GBM), 7 had malignant lymphoma, 5 had high-grade glioma other than GBM, 3 had low-grade glioma, and 2 had metastatic tumors. Conventional polychromatic images and VMIs (40-200 keV at 10 keV intervals) were generated. We compared CT attenuation, image noise, contrast, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between tumor and white matter (WM) or grey matter (GM) between VMIs showing the highest CNR (optimized VMI) and conventional CT images using the paired t test. Two radiologists subjectively assessed the contrast, margin, noise, artifact, and diagnostic confidence of optimized VMIs and conventional images on a 4-point scale. Results: The image noise of VMIs at all energy levels tested was significantly lower than that of conventional CT images (p < 0.05). The 40-keV VMIs yielded the best CNR. Furthermore, both contrast and CNR between the tumor and WM were significantly higher in the 40 keV images than in the conventional CT images (p < 0.001); however, the contrast and CNR between tumor and GM were not significantly different (p = 0.47 and p = 0.31, respectively). The subjective scores assigned to contrast, margin, and diagnostic confidence were significantly higher for 40 keV images than for conventional CT images (p < 0.01). Conclusion: In head CT for patients with brain tumors, compared with conventional CT images, 40 keV VMIs from DL-DECT yielded superior tumor contrast and diagnostic confidence, especially for brain tumors located in the WM.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2016

In this study, the performance of a 32-quadrature amplitude position modulation (QAPM) system is analyzed under a Rician fading channel condition when the maximal ratio combining (MRC) diversity technique is used in the receiver. The fading channel is modeled as a frequency non-selective slow Rician fading channel corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). QAPM is available to improve BER performance without amplifying transmit power, and MRC diversity makes the performance improvement of QAPM system even bigger by intentionally maximizing SNR. Error performances are shown for the 32-QAPM system and a 32-phase silence shift keying (PSSK) system in order to examine the effects of fading severity, for various values of the Rician parameter, K. The dependence of error rates on MRC diversity is also analyzed. The simulation results show that the BER performance of the 32-QAPM system is better than that of the 32-PSSK system under the above mentioned conditions.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.455-463
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• 2009

We consider the challenges of finding good puncturing patterns for rate-compatible low-density parity-check code (LDPC) codes over additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels. Puncturing is a scheme to obtain a series of higher rate codes from a lower rate mother code. It is widely used in channel coding but it causes performance is lost compared to non-punctured LDPC codes at the same rate. Previous work, considered the role of survived check nodes in puncturing patterns. Limitations, such as single survived check node assumption and simulation-based verification, were examined. This paper analyzes the performance according to the role of multiple survived check nodes and multiple dead check nodes. Based on these analyses, we propose new algorithm to find a good puncturing pattern for LDPC codes over AWGN channels.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.37-42
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 선형 필터에 백색 잡음을 통과시켜 생성된 협대역 기진 모우멘트에 대한 선박의 횡요 응답의 통계적 특성을 연구하였다. 선형 필터의 파라미터들은 생성된 협대역 기진 모우멘트와 JONSWAP 스펙트럼으로부터 계산된 횡요 기진 모우멘트와 비교함으로써 구하였다. 선박 횡요 응답의 통계적인 결과를 제시하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1993년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.167-170
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• 1993

matched filter는 신호와 잡음의 통계적 값을 알고 있을 때 신호대 잡음비를 최대로 하는 filter이다. 그런데, matched filter가 최적화 되려면 잡음이 white noise이어야한다. 그러나 ECG신호에 존재하는 잡음은 여러가지 성분이 공존하는 서로 연관되어있는 잡음이다. 따라서 whitening filter를 사용하여 잡음을 whitening시킨후에 matched filter를 통과 시켜야한다. 본 논문에서는 QRS complex를 검출하기 위한 matched filter에 있어서 LMS방법을 이용한 linear whitening filter와 neural network을 이용한 non-linear whitening filter의 특성을 비교하였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.36-44
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• 2014

Exploiting the energy-delay tradeoff for energy saving is critical for developing green wireless communication systems. In this paper, we investigate the delay-constrained energy-efficient packet transmission. We aim to minimize the energy consumption of multiple randomly arrived packets in an additive white Gaussian noise channel subject to individual packet delay constraints, by taking into account the practical on-off circuit power consumption at the transmitter. First, we consider the offline case, by assuming that the full packet arrival information is known a priori at the transmitter, and formulate the energy minimization problem as a non-convex optimization problem. By exploiting the specific problem structure, we propose an efficient scheduling algorithm to obtain the globally optimal solution. It is shown that the optimal solution consists of two types of scheduling intervals, namely "selected-off" and "always-on" intervals, which correspond to bits-per-joule energy efficiency maximization and "lazy scheduling" rate allocation, respectively. Next, we consider the practical online case where only causal packet arrival information is available. Inspired by the optimal offline solution, we propose a new online scheme. It is shown by simulations that the proposed online scheme has a comparable performance with the optimal offline one and outperforms the design without considering on-off circuit power as well as the other heuristically designed online schemes.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.207-223
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• 2018

In this inquisition, a passive damper namely Stockbridge Damper (SBD) has been introduced to the field of vibration control of Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) to reduce the earthquake excitations. The dynamic responses of the structure have been analyzed for three recorded earthquakes and the responses have been assessed. To find an optimum SBD, the parameters of damper have been optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based on Box-Behnken Design (BBD) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The influence of the design variables of SBD such as the diameter of messenger cable, the length of messenger cable and logarithmic decrement of the damping has been investigated through response variables such as maximum displacement, RMS displacement and frequency amplitude of structure under an artificially generated white noise. After that, the structure with optimized and non-optimized damper has been analyzed with under the same earthquakes. Moreover, the comparative results show that the structure with optimized damper is 11.78%, 18.71%, 11.6% and 7.77%, 7.01%, 10.23% more effective than the structure with non-optimized damper with respect to the displacement and frequency response under the earthquakes. The results show that the SBD can obviously affect the characteristics of the vibration of the OWT and RSM based on BBD and PSO approach can provide an optimum damper.