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DWT Analysis of Scatter-Ray Due to the Changed Energy on Digital Medical Images

디지털 의료영상에서 에너지 변화에 따른 산란선의 DWT 분석

  • 김지선 (남부대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 정재은 (대구보건대학교 방사선과) ;
  • 안병주 (남부대학교 방사선학과)
  • Received : 2013.09.30
  • Accepted : 2014.02.25
  • Published : 2014.02.28

Abstract

This study extracts characteristics of signal by wavelet transform to prove that the Compton scattering, occurred by changed the energy, influenced a picture. We also analyzed the extracted data and evaluated how much the picture of scatter-rays was affected by a change of tube voltage. For this study, we wrote a program with MatLap which is engineering tool and evaluated with the program on variation of scattered-rays due to increased tube voltage. The evaluation result shows both CR and DR have frequency changes of high frequency area by tube voltage variations and it proved that Compton scattering influences the picture. In conclusion, according to this study indicates that DR is more sensitive to radiation with high energy than CR. Therefore, the research on DR detector needs to be advanced as actual condition of clinical setting is being changed to DR circumstance gradually. From the result of this study, we expect that assessment method of the image quality using MatLab Tool becomes the official assessment method and very useful method.

본 연구에서는 에너지 변화에 의하여 발생하는 콤프턴 산란이 화질에 영향을 미친다는 것을 증명하기 위하여 웨이브릿 변환으로 신호의 특성을 추출하였다. 추출된 데이터를 분석하여 에너지의 변화에 따른 산란선의 화질영향 정도를 평가하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 공학용 도구인 MatLab Tool을 이용하여 프로그램을 작성하였고, 작성된 프로그램을 이용하여 관전압 증가에 따른 산란선의 변화를 평가하였다. 평가결과 CR과 DR 모두 관전압 변화에 따라서 고주파영역의 주파수 변화가 있는 것으로 보아 콤프턴 산란선의 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 급격한 주파수의 변화가 나타나는 관전압 영역이 CR은 80 kVp, DR은 90 kVp로 나타난 것으로 보아 DR의 검출기는 에너지에 대한 민감도가 낮은 것으로 알 수 있다. 결론적으로 본 연구의 결과로 보아 CR보다는 DR이 에너지가 높은 방사선에 민감한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 공학용 도구인 MatLab Tool을 이용한 영상의 화질평가 방법이 공식적인 화질평가의 방법으로 인정되어 유용하게 적용될 것을 기대한다.

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