• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.1233-1241
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• 2009

Over the 50 percents of women who are older than 45 years have osteoporosis. Because people hardly recognize this disease by themselves, the researches that measure bone mineral density have been doing widely to detect osteoporosis in the early stage. The most widely used methods for bone mineral density measurement are based on the X-ray imaging. Among them, DEXA(Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry) imaging is one of the important methods in bone mineral density measurement. DEXA images are useful methods to increase diagnosis efficiency by reducing anatomic noise as two images obtained from two different energy levels. However, it has some problems to a calibration parameter determined by the heuristic method for bone extraction. In this paper, we propose the method to extract bone in DEXA image using calibration parameter based on anatomic attenuation coefficient. The experimental results reveal that the proposed method is effective.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.294-297
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• 2002

For the quality control procedure of diagnostic x ray units, a method for simultaneous measurement of air kerma, half value layer and tube potential was developed utilizing a computed radiography system for intraoral radiography and film badge case. The response of average pixel values under the windows were calibrated by x rays generated at tube potentials from 40 to 140 kV with filtration from 1.5 to 3.7 mmAl. The calibration curves for half value layer and tube potential were derived as functions of attenuation factors by the 1.4 mmAl filter and the 0.2 mmCu filter. The energy dependency of the open window response was corrected by the calibration factor as a function of the attenuation factor by the 1.4 mmAl filter. The uncertainty of the estimated half value layer, tube potential and air kerma were 0.2 mmAl, 3.6 % and 5 %, respectively. It was thus suggested that this system could be applied to quality control program to detect the variation of working condition of x ray units in clinical use.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.1795-1799
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• 2013

The corrosion property of aluminum by lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) salt is investigated in liquid and gel electrolytes consisting of ethylene carbonate/propylene carbonate/ethylmethyl carbonate/diethyl carbonate (20:5:55:20, vol %) with vinylene carbonate (2 wt %) and fluoroethylene carbonate (5 wt %) using conductivity measurement, cyclic voltammetry, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. All corrosion behaviors are attenuated remarkably by using three gel electrolytes containing 3 wt % of hydrophilic and hydrophobic fumed silica. The addition of silica particles contributes to the increase in the ionic conductivity of the electrolyte, indicating temporarily formed physical crosslinking among the silica particles to produce a gel state. Cyclic voltammetry also gives lower anodic current responses at higher potentials for repeating cycles, confirming further corrosion attenuation or electrochemical stability. In addition, the degree of corrosion attenuation can be affected mainly by the electrolytic constituents, not by the hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of silica particles.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.591-594
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• 2002

This paper presents a systematic method of probing channel characteristics and communication reliabilities of home power line communication network applied to the Internet accessed control of home appliances. The effects of the three performance deteriorating factors, i.e., additive noise, channel attenuation, and intersymbol interference, can be systematically measured by applying the channel probing waveform in the frequency range from 100㎑ to 450㎑. Probability of bit error is derived with the probed channel parameters of the signal attenuation, noise and signal-to-interference ratio read in the frequency domain. The agreement between the derived probability of bit ewer and the measured probability of bit error support the validity of the proposed approach of probing home power line channel characteristics. The experimental results performed with the constructed test-bed applying the Proposed channel probing method and the operation reliability measurement of the overall networked system also support the feasibility of commercially deploying the PLC modem installed home appliances and their services for the Internet accessed home automation in densely populated residential apartment complexes.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.172-178
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• 2007

An ultrasonic bone densitometer has been developed by measuring speed of sound signal transmitted and received on the skin, not through the horizontal axis but through the vertical one in tissue. The SOS(speed of sound) method measuring the time difference between the ultrasound signals reflected from the both sides of surface of bone could produce more precise result compared with the BUA(broadband ultrasound attenuation) method measuring the frequency difference. Middle finger is selected to be the best measurement position in order to increase the accuracy, after due consideration that the thickness of flesh at the down part of thumb shows too much variation although the ratio of the receiving signal is higher than the other fingers. The measured value by using SOS method shows almost the same result as compared with the conventional DEXA method.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.279-284
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• 2008

The firmness of fruit is one of the most important quality factors and is highly correlated to the elastic modulus. In this study, the ultrasonic transmission method was applied to evaluate the elastic modulus of the apple. In order to transmit and receive the ultrasonic wave through the whole apple, the ultrasonic measurement setup consisted of ultrasonic pulser, two specially fabricated ultrasonic transducers for fruit and digital storage oscilloscope. Ultrasonic parameters such as ultrasonic wave velocity, apparent attenuation, and peak frequencies were analyzed. The elastic modulus of apple was measured by using compression test apparatus. The correlations between ultrasonic parameters and elastic modulus were analyzed. A multiple linear regression model describing the relationship between elastic modulus and ultrasonic parameters was proposed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.195-198
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• 2008

Ultrasonic method is applied for measuring burning rates of the solid propellants, since it can measure burning rates as a function of pressure in a single test performed. However, to replace the stand burner method by the ultrasonic method, it is necessary to verify of its accuracy and reliability. In this study, we investigated the performance of the ultrasonic method for burning rate measurements by comparison to the strand burner results. Furthermore, we investigated the relation between the attenuations of solid propellants and data scattering in the measured burning rates.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.452-459
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• 2009

A 6-bit MMIC digital attenuator applicable to X-band TR module has been developed by using $0.5{\mu}m$GaAs pHEMT processes. The Switched-T attenuator scheme and the switched-path attenuator scheme were adopted to obtain low insertion loss and small phase variation, respectively. Resistors and transmission lines are optimized to achieve the digital attenuator with high attenuation accuracy and small phase variation. The digital attenuator has RMS error of 0.4dB, resolution of 0.5dB and dynamic range of 31.5dB. The measurement results show that in-out VSWRs are less than 1.5, phase variation is from -7 to +2 degrees and IIP3 is 36.5dBm.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.172-180
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• 2008

PET/CT fused image with anatomical and functional information have improved medical diagnosis and interpretation. This fusion has resulted in more precise localization and characterization of sites of radio-tracer uptake. However, a motion during whole-body imaging has been recognized as a source of image quality degradation and reduced the quantitative accuracy of PET/CT study. The respiratory motion problem is more challenging in combined PET/CT imaging. In combined PET/CT, CT is used to localize tumors and to correct for attenuation in the PET images. An accurate spatial registration of PET and CT image sets is a prerequisite for accurate diagnosis and SUV measurement. Correcting for the spatial mismatch caused by motion represents a particular challenge for the requisite registration accuracy as a result of differences in PET/CT image. This paper provides a brief summary of the materials and methods involved in multiple investigations of the correction for respiratory motion in PET/CT imaging, with the goal of improving image quality and quantitative accuracy.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.82-85
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of extended CT field of view (FOV) on PET/CT of Standardized uptake value (SUV) when imaging extends beyond the CT FOV. Materials and Methods: CT images were reconstructed at different FOV sizes (500 and 700 mm). Two sets of CT images were reconstructed from the CT projection data by using two FOV sizes. Twenty patients were used in this study. PET images were reconstructed using attenuation maps with 500 mm CT FOV and 700 mm extended CT FOV images. Region of interests (ROIs) drawn on the PET images. In addition, twenty patients' PET images reconstructed by 500 mm CT FOV and 700 mm extended CT FOV were compared with $SUV_{max}$. Results: When using attenuation maps with 700 mm extended CT FOV, the $SUV_{max}$ analysis of liver (p=0.000), lung (p=0.007), mediastinum (p=0.001) were statistically significant. Conclusions: 700 mm extended CT FOV helps to recover the true activity distribution in the PET emission data. In addition, 700 mm extended CT FOV has affected SUV measurement of liver, lung, mediastinum.