Effect of rainfall spatial distribution and duration on minimum spatial resolution of rainfall data for accurate surface runoff prediction

Kim, Changhwan,Kim, Dae-Hong Elsevier 2018 JOURNAL OF HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH Vol.20 No.-

<P>The effect of rainfall spatial distribution and duration on determining rainfall spatial resolution for runoff discharge prediction and equilibrium time estimation was studied. We simulated hydrographs and equilibrium times of storms which have the same spatial averaged rainfall intensity with wide range of spatial distributions and durations under stationary storm conditions on an idealized plane. The equilibrium times under various rainfall conditions were estimated with an approximate solution based on the kinematic wave assumption. The runoff hydrographs were simulated using a-kinematic wave runoff model. The approximate and computed results were used to investigate the relationship between the spatial-temporal rainfall characteristics and rainfall spatial resolution. From the simulated results, it was found that (i) A required rainfall spatial resolution to achieve threshold accuracy depended on rainfall spatial distribution. For the simulated cases, the critical rainfall spatial resolution was higher as the slope of rainfall spatial distribution was steeper. (ii) The rainfall duration, as well as rainfall spatial distribution, was an important factor for determining a required rainfall spatial resolution for accurate flood prediction. The required rainfall spatial resolution to achieve threshold prediction accuracy was higher as the rainfall duration was shorter. (iii) The rainfall spatial distribution and duration which were traditionally neglected need to be considered in lumped runoff modelling or measurement as an important factor. Although limited to the ideal test cases, the maximum errors due to the low rainfall spatial resolution for the equilibrium time and peak discharge were about 25% and 35%, respectively.</P>

Analysis of spatial structure for high-resolution satellite image using wavelet multi-resolution analysis

Cha Yong Ku 국토지리학회 2004 국토지리학회지 Vol.38 No.1

Since spatial data have a scale effect, their characteristics vary with different spatial resolutions. This studyidentified the characteristics of spatial data with a coarser spatial resolution and determined the procedures for spatialresolution in operational scale. The wavelet Multi-Resolution Analysis was adopted to generate multiple-resolution data,which could provide information about the characteristics when the resolution of an image changes. The indices forrepresenting scale characteristics with resolution were applied at the IKONOS high-resolution imagery covering northernSeoul, and the indices were then compared. Local variance and fractal dimension developed by previous studies wereapplied to the context image for measuring the textual characteristics. And, Moran’s I was applied to the detail image formeasuring the spatial pattern change generated from the process of wavelet MRA decomposition. Drawing upon theabove, Moran’s I of the detail image was considered as the optimum technique for analyzing texture characteristicscompared to those of previous studies. When Moran’s I is maximum at some resolution, spatial data reveal maximumchange at that resolution.

Detector Motion Method to Increase Spatial Resolution in Photon-Counting Detectors

이대희,김경진,임경택,조규성 한국물리학회 2017 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.70 No.6

Medical imaging requires high spatial resolution of an image to identify fine lesions. Photoncounting detectors in medical imaging have recently been rapidly replacing energy-integrating detectors due to the former‘s high spatial resolution, high efficiency and low noise. Spatial resolution in a photon counting image is determined by the pixel size. Therefore, the smaller the pixel size, the higher the spatial resolution that can be obtained in an image. However, detector redesigning is required to reduce pixel size, and an expensive fine process is required to integrate a signal processing unit with reduced pixel size. Furthermore, as the pixel size decreases, charge sharing severely deteriorates spatial resolution. To increase spatial resolution, we propose a detector motion method using a large pixel detector that is less affected by charge sharing. To verify the proposed method, we utilized a UNO-XRI photon-counting detector (1-mm CdTe, Timepix chip) at the maximum X-ray tube voltage of 80 kVp. A similar spatial resolution of a 55-μm-pixel image was achieved by application of the proposed method to a 110-μm-pixel detector with a higher signal-to-noise ratio. The proposed method could be a way to increase spatial resolution without a pixel redesign when pixels severely suffer from charge sharing as pixel size is reduced.

수치표고모형 공간해상도에 따른 선구조 자동 추출 연구

박서우 ( Seo-woo Park ),김건일 ( Geon-il Kim ),신진호 ( Jin-ho Shin ),홍상훈 ( Sang-hoon Hong ) 대한원격탐사학회 2018 大韓遠隔探査學會誌 Vol.34 No.3

The lineament is a linear or curved terrain element to discriminate adjacent geological structures in each other. It has been widely used for analysis of geology, mineral exploration, natural disasters, and earthquake, etc. In the past, the lineament has been extracted using cartographic map or field survey. However, it is possible to extract more efficiently the lineament for a very wide area thanks to development of remote sensing technique. Remotely sensed observation by aircraft, satellite, or digital elevation model (DEM) has been used for visual recognition for manual lineament extraction. Automatic approaches using computer science have been proposed to extract lineament more objectively. In this study, we evaluate the characteristics of lineament which is automatically extracted with respect to difference of spatial resolution of DEM. We utilized two types of DEM: one is Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) with spatial resolution of about 90 m (3 arc sec), and the other is the latest world DEM of TerraSAR-X add-on for Global DEM with 12 m spatial resolution. In addition, a global DEM was resampled to produce a DEM with a spatial resolution of 30 m (1 arc sec). The shaded relief map was constructed considering various sun elevation and solar azimuth angle. In order to extract lineament automatically, we used the LINE module in PCI Geomatica software. We found that predominant direction of the extracted lineament is about N15-25°E (NNE), regardless of spatial resolution of DEM. However, more fine and detailed lineament were extracted using higher spatial resolution of DEM. The result shows that the lineament density is proportional to the spatial resolution of DEM. Thus, the DEM with appropriate spatial resolution should be selected according to the purpose of the study.

공간분해능 및 민감도 향상을 위한 새로운 감마카메라 설계

강승훈,이승재 한국방사선학회 2023 한국방사선학회 논문지 Vol.17 No.2

In order to improve the spatial resolution of the gamma camera, the size of the hole in the collimator must be reduced, so the sensitivity is reduced. In order to improve the sensitivity, the size of the hole must be increased, and thus the spatial resolution is reduced. In other words, spatial resolution and sensitivity show opposite characteristics. In this study, a gamma camera was designed to improve both spatial resolution and sensitivity. In order to obtain higher sensitivity in gamma cameras with the same spatial resolution, the structure of the scintillator was designed differently from the existing system. A scintillation pixel was used, and a partition wall was placed between the scintillation pixels to prevent incident gamma rays from being transmitted to other scintillation pixels to interact. Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) simulation was performed to evaluate the performance of the designed gamma camera. When the same sensitivity as the block-type scintillator was obtained, the spatial resolution increased by 16.5%, and when the same spatial resolution was obtained, the sensitivity increased by 61.5%. It is considered that the use of the gamma camera designed in this study can improve the sensitivity compared to the existing system while securing excellent spatial resolution. 감마카메라의 공간분해능을 향상시키기 위해서는 콜리메이터의 구멍 크기를 작게 만들어야 하므로 민감도는 저하된다. 민감도를 향상시키기 위해서는 구멍 크기를 크게 해야 하므로 공간분해능은 저하된다. 즉, 공간분해능과 민감도는 서로 상반된 특성을 보인다. 본 연구에서는 공간분해능과 민감도를 모두 향상시키는 감마카메라를 설계하였다. 동일한 공간분해능을 보이는 감마카메라에서 보다 높은 민감도를 획득하기 위해 섬광체의 구조를 기존시스템과 다르게 설계하였다. 섬광 픽셀을 사용하고, 섬광 픽셀 사이에는 격벽을 위치시켜 입사한 감마선이 다른 섬광 픽셀로 투과되어 상호작용하는 것을 방지하였다. 설계한 감마카메라의 성능을 평가하기 위해 Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 동일한 공간분해능을 획득하는 조건의 콜리메이터를 각각 사용하여 기존 감마카메라와 설계한 감마카메라의 민감도를 획득한 결과 각각 0.0026%, 0.0042%로 설계한 감마카메라의 민감도가 61.54% 향상된 결과를 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 설계한 감마카메라를 사용하면 우수한 공간분해능을 확보하면서 민감도를 기존 시스템보다 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

항공기와 선박의 PSO 표적탐지 결과에 공간해상도가 미치는 영향

염준호(Yeom, Jun Ho),김병희(Kim, Byeong Hee),김용일(Kim, Yong Il) 대한공간정보학회 2014 대한공간정보학회지 Vol.22 No.1

고해상도 위성영상의 등장과 공간분해능의 발전은 위성영상을 활용한 다양한 연구들을 가능하게 하였다. 그 중에서도 고해상도 위성영상을 이용한 표적 탐지 기술은 광범위한 지역의 차량, 항공기, 선박 등의 탐지를 가능하게 하여 교통류 모델링, 군사적 목적의 감시·정찰을 효과적으로 수행하게 한다. 최근 다양한 국가에서 여러 위성을 발사함에 따라 위성영상 선택의 폭이 증가하였으나 고해상도 위성영상을 이용한 공간해상도 비교 연구는 많지 않으며 더욱이 표적 탐지에 미치는 공간 해상도의 영향에 관한 연구는 국내외로 매우 부족한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 PSO 기반의 표적 탐지 연구를 바탕으로 공간해상도가 항공기 및 선박 표적 탐지에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 원영상에 대한 재배열 보간 기법을 통해 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 4m의 다양한 공간해상도의 시뮬레이션 영상을 생성하고 이때 최근린보간, 양선형보간, 3차회선보간과 같이 다양한 재배열 보간 기법을 적용하였다. 표적 탐지 정확도는 공간해상도 뿐만 아니라 보간 기법에 따라 비교 분석되었다. 연구 결과 0.5m의 고해상도 영상에서 그리고 최근린 보간 기법을 이용한 재배열 영상에서 더 높은 표적 탐지 정확도를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 50% 이상의 표적 탐지 정확도를 얻기 위해서는 항공기의 경우 2m, 선박의 경우 4m 이상의 영상이 필요하며 항공기의 형태적 특이성은 더 높은 공간 해상력을 필요로 함을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 항공기 및 선박 표적 탐지에 적합한 적정 공간분해능을 제안하고 위성 센서 설계의 기준을 제시하는데 큰 기여를 할 것으로 사료된다. The emergence of high resolution satellite images and the evolution of spatial resolution facilitate various studies using high resolution satellite images. Above all, target detection algorithms are effective for monitoring of traffic flow and military surveillance and reconnaissance because vehicles, airplanes, and ships on broad area could be detected easily using high resolution satellite images. Recently, many satellites are launched from global countries and the diversity of satellite images are also increased. On the contrary, studies on comparison about the spatial resolution or target detection, especially, are insufficient in domestic and foreign countries. Therefore, in this study, effects of spatial resolution on target detection are analyzed using the PSO target detection algorithm. The resampling techniques such as nearest neighbor, bilinear, and cubic convolution are adopted to resize the original image into 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 4m spatial resolutions. Then, accuracy of target detection is assessed according to not only spatial resolution but also resampling method. As a result of the study, the resolution of 0.5m and nearest neighbor among the resampling methods have the best accuracy. Additionally, it is necessary to satisfy the criteria of 2m and 4m resolution for the detection of airplane and ship, respectively. The detection of airplane need more high spatial resolution than ship because of their complexity of shape. This research suggests the appropriate spatial resolution for the plane and ship target detection and contributes to the criteria of satellite sensor design.

Optimization of the Spatial Resolution for the GE Discovery PET/CT 710 by Using NEMA NU 2-2007 Standards

Hyun Jin Yoon,Young Jin Jeong,Hye Joo Son,Do-Young Kang,Kyung-Yae Hyun,Min-Kyung Lee 한국물리학회 2015 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.66 No.2

The spatial resolution in positron emission tomography (PET) is fundamentally limited by the geometryof the detector element, the positron’s recombination range with electrons, the acollinearityof the positron, the crystal decoding error, the penetration into the detector ring, and the reconstructionalgorithms. In this paper, optimized parameters are suggested to produce high-resolutionPET images by using an iterative reconstruction algorithm. A phantom with three point sourcesstructured with three capillary tubes was prepared with an axial extension of less than 1 mm andwas filled with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) with concentrations above 200 MBq/cc. Theperformance measures of all the PET images were acquired according to the National ElectricalManufacturers Association (NEMA) NU 2-2007 standards procedures. The parameters for the iterativereconstruction were adjusted around the values recommended by General Electric GE, andthe optimized values of the spatial resolution and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) or thefull width at tenth of maximum (FWTM) values were found for the best PET resolution. Theaxial and the transverse spatial resolutions, according to the filtered back-projection (FBP) at 1cm off-axis, were 4.81 and 4.48 mm, respectively. The axial and the transaxial spatial resolutionsat 10 cm off-axis were 5.63 mm and 5.08 mm, respectively, and the trans-axial resolution at 10 cmwas evaluated as the average of the radial and the tangential measurements. The recommendedoptimized parameters of the spatial resolution according to the NEMA phantom for the numberof subsets, the number of iterations, and the Gaussian post-filter are 12, 3, and 3 mm for the iterativereconstruction VUE Point HD without the SharpIR algorithm (HD), and 12, 12, and 5.2mm with SharpIR (HD.S), respectively, according to the Advantage Workstation Volume Share 5(AW4.6). The performance measurements for the GE Discovery PET/CT 710 using the NEMANU 2-2007 standards from our results will be helpful in the quantitative analysis of PET scannerimages. The spatial resolution was modified more by using an improved algorithm such as HD.S,than by using HD and FBP. The use of the optimized parameters for iterative reconstructions isstrongly recommended for qualitative images from the GE Discovery PET/CT 710 scanner.

Monte Carlo simulation of spatial resolution of lens-coupled LYSO scintillator for intense pulsed gamma-ray imaging system with large field of view

Li Guoguang,Sheng Liang,Duan Baojun,Li Yang,Hei Dongwei,Xing Qingzi 한국원자력학회 2024 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.56 No.7

In this paper, we use a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation based on Geant4 to investigate the influence of four parameters on the spatial resolution of the lens-coupled lutetium yttrium orthosilicate (LYSO) scintillator, including the thickness of the LYSO scintillator, the F-number and minification factor of the lens, and the incident position of the gamma-rays. Simulation results show that when the gamma-rays are incident along the lens axis, the smaller the thickness, the larger the F-number, the larger the minification factor, the higher the spatial resolution, with an isotropic point spread function (PSF). As the incident position of the gamma-rays deviates from the lens axis, the spatial resolution decreases, and the PSF becomes anisotropic. In addition, by analyzing the whole physical process of the lens-coupled LYSO scintillator from gamma-rays to secondary electrons to fluorescence photons, we aim to provide a detailed analysis of the influence of each parameter on the spatial resolution. The results show that the PSF of the secondary electrons energy deposition is almost constant in the simulation, which determines the upper limit of the spatial resolution. Meanwhile, the dispersion process of the fluorescence photons can explain the reason why each parameter affects the spatial resolution.

광신호의 공간 해상도 향상을 위한 초 분해능 알고리즘 연구

이병진,유봉국,김경석,Lee, Byung-Jin,Yu, Bong-Guk,Kim, Kyung-Seok 한국인터넷방송통신학회 2018 한국인터넷방송통신학회 논문지 Vol.18 No.1

현재 설치된 광섬유의 문제를 모니터링 하는데 가장 널리 사용되는 방법은 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer(OTDR)이다. OTDR는 FTTx 네트워크를 테스트하기 위해 설계된 계측기이며, 전송 손실 및 접속 손실과 같은 광섬유의 물리적 특성을 평가한다. OTDR을 이용하여 광로상의 문제점을 정확히 파악하기 위해서는 Spatial resolution을 높이는 것이 중요하다. 펄스폭이 두 반사체 사이의 거리 두 배보다 작을 때는 두 반사체에서 반사되는 신호는 상호간에 겹침 없이 반사되므로 반사되는 신호의 구분이 가능하지만 펄스폭이 두 반사체 사이의 거리 두 배보다 클 때에는 두 반사 펄스가 겹쳐져 반사되는 신호가 구분되지 못한다. 이와 같은 한계를 극복하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 초 분해능 알고리즘을 적용하여 Spatial resolution 향상 방법을 제안하였으며, 시뮬레이션 결과, 초 분해능 알고리즘 적용 시에 분해능이 향상 되어 이벤트 구간을 더 정밀하게 분석할 수 있었다. The optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) is the most widely used method to monitor problems with currently installed optical fibers. The OTDR is an instrument designed to test the FTTx network and evaluates the physical properties of the fiber, such as transmission loss and connection loss. It is important to improve the spatial resolution in order to accurately grasp the optical path problems by using the OTDR. When the pulse width is less than twice the distance between the two reflectors, the signals reflected from the two reflectors are reflected without overlap, so that the reflected signal can be distinguished. However, when the pulse width is larger than twice the distance between the two reflectors, so that the reflected signal can not be distinguished. In order to overcome these limitations, this paper proposed a method of improving spatial resolution by applying a super resolution algorithm. As a result of the simulation, the resolution is improved when the super resolution algorithm is applied, and the event interval can be analyzed more precisely.

공간분해능 향상을 위한 0.8 mm 크기의 섬광체를 사용한 PET 시스템 설계

이승재 한국방사선학회 2022 한국방사선학회 논문지 Vol.16 No.5

Positron emission tomography (PET) uses a very small scintillator to achieve exellent spatial resolution. Therefore, in this study, a PET system using a scintillator to 0.8 mm size was designed and the performance was evaluated. Anihilation radiation was generated from the center of the field of view (FOV) to the outskirts at intervals of 10 mm, and counted simultaneously. The image was reconstructed using the coincidence data, and the spatial resolution was calculated by acquiring the full width at half maximum through the profile. The spatial resolution at the center of the FOV was 1.02 mm, showing a very good result, and the spatial resolution decreased as it was located at the outer edge. To evaluate the phantom image, the Derenzo phantom was constructed to acquire the image, and the degree of classification between radiation sources was evaluated through profile analysis. The result showed that the distance between the radiation sources was larger than the spatial resolution of the radiation sources at each location, and it was confirmed that the radiation sources were distinguished through this. When the PET system designed in this study is applied to PET for small animals, it is considered that excellent performance can be secured through the characteristic of very good spatial resolution. 양전자방출단층촬영기기(positron emission tomography, PET)는우수한 공간분해능을 달성하기 위해 매우 작은 섬광체를 사용한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 0.8 mm 크기의 섬광체를 사용한 PET 시스템을 설계하여 성능을 평가하였다. 관심 시야(field of view, FOV) 중심에서부터 10 mm 간격으로 외곽에 이르는 위치에서 소멸방사선을 발생시켜 동시계수하였다. 획득한 데이터를 사용하여 영상을 재구성하였으며, 프로파일을 통해 반치폭을 획득하여 공간분해능을 계산하였다. FOV 중심에서 공간분해능은 1.02 mm로 매우 우수한 결과를 보였으며, 외곽에 위치할수록 공간분해능은 저하되는 특징을 보였다. 팬텀 영상을 평가하기 위해 Derenzo 팬텀을 구성하여 영상을 획득하였으며, 프로파일 분석을 통해 선원간 구분 정도를 평가하였다. 각 위치별 선원의 공간분해능에 비해 선원간의 간격이 더 큰 결과를 보였으며, 이를 통해 모든 위치의 선원들이 구분되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 설계한 PET 시스템을 소동물용 PET에 적용할 경우 매우 우수한 공간분해능을 특성을 통해 우수한 성능을 확보할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.