• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.118-128
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• 2021

The oxide layer in samples taken from an irradiated Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube from a CANDU-PHWR reactor was analyzed using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The examined tube had been exposed to temperatures ranging from 264 to 306 ℃ and a neutron fluence of 8.9 × 10²¹ n/cm² (E > 1 MeV) for the maximum 10 effective full-power years in a nuclear power plant. Measuring oxide layer thickness generally employs optical microscopy. However, in this study, analysis of the oxide layer from the irradiated pressure tube components was undertaken through X-ray image mapping obtained using EPMA. The oxide layer characteristics were analyzed by X-ray image mapping with 256 × 256 pixels using EPMA. In addition, the slope of the oxide layer was measured for each location. A particular advantage of this study was that backscattered electrons and X-ray image mapping were obtained at a magnification of 9,000 when 20 kV volts and 30 uA of current were applied to radiation-shielded EPMA. The results of this study should usefully contribute to the study of the oxide layer properties of various types of metallic materials irradiated by high radiation in nuclear power plants.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 1992

Lineacgrams are diagnostic films taken using X-ray from the linear accelerator with the patient in the treatment position to assure that the treatment is being delivered in accordance with the treatment prescription. But the image quality of the lineacgram is so bad because of the high X-ray energy. This paper presents a new algorithm that enhances the image of lineacgram. Thls algorithm calculates optimal threshold value which is used for segmentation of lineacgram using co-occurrence matrix and enhances the image Inside and outside treatment area preserving treatments boundary.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2013

X-ray cross-sectional image-based inspection technique is one of the most useful methods to inspect the brazing joints of heat exchanger. Through X-ray cross-sectional image acquisition, image processing, and defect inspection, the defects of brazing joints can be detected. This paper presents a method to judge the type of detected defects automatically, and to display them three-dimensionally. The defect type is classified as unconnected defect, void, and so on, based on location, size, and shape information of defect. Three-dimensional display which is realized using OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) will be helpful to understand the overall situation including location, size, shape of the defects in a test object.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2001

In digital image processing, the homomorphic filtering approach is derived from an illumination-reflectance model of the image. It can also be used with an illumination-transillumnation model of X-ray film. Several X-ray images were applied to enhancement with histogram equalization and homomorphic filter based on an illumination-transillumination model. The homomorphic filter has proven theoretical claim of image density range compression and balanced contrast enhancement, and also was found a valuable tool to process analog X-ray images to digital images.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.141-144
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• 2015

As the visual quality of X-ray images is a critical reference for the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis, the methods to improve the quality of X-ray images have been investigated. Among many existing methods, using frequency domain filter is a very powerful method to improve the visual quality of images. In this paper, the inherent noises of the input images are suppressed by adding the Laplacian image to the subjected image. The medical X-ray images using the optimal high pass filter has shown improved edges. Further, the optimal high frequency emphasis filter has shown the improved contrast of flat areas by using the result image from the optimal high pass filter. Also the resulting images of the global contrast have improved by the histogram equalization. As a result, the proposed methods have shown enhanced contrast and edges of the images with noise canceling effect.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.3207-3209
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• 2000

X-ray CT(Computed Tomography) has been a good modality for non-invasive diagnosis and recently, Conventional CT has been replaced rapidly with Spiral CT in recent. In X-ray CT, spiral scanning has various advantages such as better image quality, reduced scan time (in a single breath-hold), a lower x-ray dose. But, it requires very fast and high performance image processing system to reconstruct slice images from spiral scanning. This paper describes the fast image reconstruction techniques with filtered back projection from the viewpoints of fast algorithm as well as hardware implementation for real-time imaging.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2008

Computed radiography(CR) has been widely used in the field of diagnostic radiography since digital X-ray image was introduced. The imaging performance of CR system was studied by analyzing the digital image data of the CR images which are the outcomes of the whole imaging system composed of image plate(IP), laser digitizer, analoge-digital convertor, and a given image processing unit. In this study, we used a conventional CR system made by Agfa. From the flat field image of 150$\times$150 image pixels, signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) was calculated. SNR of the CR image increases in proportion to logarithm value of the X-ray exposure irradiated on the IP. SNR is less than about 6 at the exposure below 0.2mR and is more than 10 at the exposure above 0.54mR. In our study, most of images obtained by the smaller exposures less than 2.0mR can not be readable. In general, the minimum value of the SNR ranges from 3 to 5. We obtained modulation transfer function(MTF) by analyzing the bar pattern image which was made under conditions as follows: X-ray tube potential was 55kVp, the IP exposure was 0.54 mR, and the distance between X-ray source to IP was 2m, where bar pattern was located on the IP. MTF is 23% at 2.5lp/mm spatial frequency. Provided that the MTF of noise equivalent modulation is 10%, the CR system has the limiting spatial resolution of 3.2lp/mm. If the image sharpness is evaluated by the spatial frequency where MTF is 50%. the corresponding spatial frequency is 0.5$\sim$0.75lp/mm. MTFA(Modulation Transfer Function Area) is 1.0lp/mm. Compared with the Fuji CR whose MTFA is 1.1lp/mm, Agfa CR in this study shows almost same MTFA performance.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 산업 전분야에 걸쳐 다양하게 활용되고 있는 X-ray CT의 지반분야 적용을 위해 X-ray CT를 이용한 사질토의 간극비 측정에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 고분해능 X-ray CT 시스템의 적용에 문제가 되는 빔하드닝(Beam hardening) 및 동심원상 화상결함(Ring artifact) 등에 대한 문제점 지적 및 해결방안을 제시하였다. 또한 X-ray CT를 이용한 간극비 산정을 위한 알고리즘 및 프로그램을 개발하였으며, 이를 이용하여 주문진 표준사의 간극비를 측정하여 신뢰성을 검토하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1618-1624
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• 2020

X-ray를 기반으로 하는 장 폐색 진단 방법은 검사자의 주관적인 요소가 포함되기 때문에 객관적 진단에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 허프 변환과 PCM 클러스터링 기법을 적용하여 장폐색 영역을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 X-ray 장폐색 영상에서 ROI 영역을 추출한 후, 허프 변환 기법을 이용하여 ROI 영역에서 직선을 검출하고, 검출된 직선을 이용하여 공기 액체층의 형태학적 특징을 이용하여 대장 폐색을 추출한다. 그리고 추출된 ROI 영역을 PCM 클러스터링을 적용하여 ROI 영역을 양자화 한다. 양자화된 ROI 영역 중에서 대장 폐색의 특징이 포함된 클러스터의 그룹을 선정하고, 선정된 클러스터의 그룹에서 객체를 탐색하여 소장 장폐색 영역을 추출한다. 장폐색 환자의 X-ray 영상 30개를 대상으로 PCM 클러스터링을 적용한 결과, PCM의 초기 클러스터의 수를 4개로 설정한 경우가 장폐색 검출 성능이 우수하였고 TPR은 81.47%로 나타났다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.327-333
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• 2023

본 연구는 X-Ray 단순 코곁굴 검사에서 위턱뼈와 위턱굴의 진단하고자 바로누운자세에서 부비동 비극-두정방향은 검사법 연구하였다. Skull Rando Phantom을 이용하여 자세와 엑스선관 각도를 변경하여 검사 후 영상의학과에서 10년 이상 근무한 방사선사 5명에게 주관적평가(ROC)를 의뢰한 결과 엑스선관을 머리쪽 또는 다리쪽을 향하여 5° 씩 기울려 검사 시 19점으로 높은 평가를 맞았다. 평가한 점수를 SPSS Ver. 3.0을 통해 유의성을 검증하였으며 Cronbach 값이 0.712로 유의하게 나타났다. 또한 위턱굴과 위턱뼈 영상의 관심영역(ROI)을 설정하여 SNR를 산출한 결과 엑스선관 머리쪽 또는 다리쪽 5° 씩 기울려 검사 시 6.449로 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구에서 X-Ray 단순검사의 코곁굴 검사에서 비극-두정방향(acanthi oparietal projection: Revesse Waters) 검사 시 엑스선관을 머리쪽 또는 다리쪽을 향하여 5° 씩 기울려 검사할 경우 선예한 영상을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.