• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.259-263
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• 2019

Although many imaging modalities can play some roles in the diagnosis of vertebral artery dissection (VAD), digital subtraction angiography (DSA) remains the gold standard method, with the highest detection rate and ability to assist in planning for endovascular treatment. However, this tool is often avoided in children because its invasive nature and it exposes them to radiation. High resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) have been suggested to be a reliable and non-invasive alternative, but it has never been discussed in children in whom vertebral artery dissection is a rare condition. In this report, we evaluate a case of a 2-year-old child who initially presented with cerebellar symptoms, and was early diagnosed with vertebral artery dissection using HR- MRI and was successfully treated.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.427-433
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• 2010

Although tracking methods are efficient and popular for vessel segmentation, they require a seed to initiate an instance of tracking. In this paper, a new method to detect new seeds for tracking of arterial segments from CT angiography (CTA) and to construct a vascular structure is proposed. The proposed algorithm is based on shape analysis of connected components in a volume of interest around a vessel segment which was already extracted by tracking. The eigenvalues of the covariance matrix are used as the shape features for detection. The experimental results on actual clinical data showed that the results totally revealed the arterial tree not hindered by bone or veins. In visual comparison to a method which combines registration and subtraction of both pre-contrast and post-contrast CT volumes, the proposed method produced comparable results to the reference method and were confirmed of its feasibility for clinical use of reducing the cost and burden of patients.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 2진논리의 확장을 Galis체상에서 해석하여 확장논리에 기초한 순차디지털논리시스템과 컴퓨터구조의 핵심인 연산알고리즘을 논의하였다. 순차디지털논리시스템은 Building Block으로서 T-gate를 사용하였으며, 차순상태함수, 출력함수를 도출하여 최종 궤환이 없는 Moore Model의 순차디지털논리시스템을 구성하였다. 그리고, 컴퓨터구조에서 중요한 연산알고리즘의 핵심인 가산, 감산, 승산 및 제산 알고리즘을 유한체의 수학적 성질을 토대로 각각 도출하였다. 특히, 유한체 GF($P^m$)상에서 P=2인 경우는 기존의 2진디지털논리시스템에 적용이 용이하다는 장점이 있으며, mod2의 성질에 의해 감산 알고리즘은 가산 알고리즘과 동일하다. 제안한 방법은 기존의 2진논리를 확장할 수 있어 좀 더 효율적으로 디지털논리시스템을 구성할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.719-741
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• 2014

Monitoring surface cracks is important to ensure the health of concrete structures. However, traditional visual inspection to monitor the concrete cracks has disadvantages such as subjective inspection nature, associated time and cost, and possible danger to inspectors. To alter the visual inspection, a complete procedure for automated crack assessment based on adaptive digital image processing has been proposed in this study. Crack objects are extracted from the images using the subtraction with median filter and the local binarization using the Niblack's method. To adaptively. determine the optimal window sizes for the median filter and the Niblack's method without distortion of crack object an optimal filter size index (OFSI) is proposed. From the extracted crack objects using the optimal size of window, the crack objects are decomposed to the crack skeletons and edges, and the crack width is calculated using 4-connected normal line according to the orientation of the local skeleton line. For an image, a crack width nephogram is obtained to have an intuitive view of the crack distribution. The proposed procedure is verified from a test on a concrete reaction wall with various types of cracks. From the crack images with different crack widths and patterns, the widths of cracks in the order of submillimeters are calculated with high accuracy.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.170-175
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• 2009

본 논문은 PDA 디바이스에서 개인정보를 보호하기 위한 자동화자확인 시스템을 제안한다. 최근 M-커머스와 같은 모바일 환경을 위한 PDA의 용량이 확장되고 사용이 증가되고 있다. 그러나 너무 많은 계산량 때문에 PDA 디바이스에서 자동화자확인의 실질적인 응용은 여전히 많은 어려움이 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해서 음성발성 동안 스펙트럼 차감법과 음성 검출과 같은 전처리를 수행함으로써 계산량을 줄일 수 있는 방법을 적용하였다. 또한 빠른 처리 결과를 얻기 위한 은닉마코프모델의 최적 상태 정합과 시퀀스 확률비 테스트를 적용하였다. 전체적인 시스템은 PDA디바이스의 제한된 메모리와 낮은 CPU 속도에 적합하도록 간결하게 구현하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.308-315
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• 2019

Due to its high spectrum efficiency, 64-amplitude phase-shift keying (64-APSK) is one of the primary technologies used in deep space communications and digital video broadcasting through satellite-second generation. However, 64-APSK suffers from considerable computational complexity because of the de-mapping method that it employs. In this study, a low-complexity de-mapping method for (4 + 12 + 20 + 28) 64-APSK is proposed in which we take full advantage of the symmetric characteristics of each symbol mapping. Moreover, we map the detected symbol to the first quadrant and then divide the region in this first quadrant into several partitions to simplify the formula. Theoretical analysis shows that the proposed method requires no operation of exponents and logarithms and involves only multiplication, addition, subtraction, and judgment. Simulation results validate that the time consumption is dramatically decreased with limited degradation of bit error rate performance.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.411-420
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• 1997

본 교정 치료에 의한 경조직과 측모 연조직의 변화를 정량화하고 그들 상호간의 관계를 규명하기 위하여 원광대학교 치과대학 교정과에서 내원한 교정환자중 성장이 완료된 40명(발치군 20명, 비발치군 20명)의 여자 환자를 대상으로 치료 전후의 두부방사선계측사진을 채득하여, 경조직과 연조직 항목의 변화를 계측하고 계수공제영상 측정법을 이용하여 구순의 변화면적을 산출한 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 발치군에서의 상순과 하순부위의 연조직 변화(UL, LL)는 $558.60\pm355.17,\;941.15\pm364.07$ pixels이었으며 , 비 발치 군에서의 상순과 하순 부위의 연조직 변화(UL)는 상악 중절치의 이동량(${\Delta}UIP$)과 높은 상관성이 있으며, 하순부위의 연조직 변화(LL)는 상악 중절치의 이동량(${\Delta}UIP$), FH평면에 대한 상악중절치의 각도의 변화(${\Delta}FUIA$), 절치간 각도(${\Delta}IIA$)와 높은 상관성을 보였다. 상악중절치 변화(${\Delta}UIP$)와 상순변화(${\Delta}LS$)의 비율은 1.68, 하악중절치 변화(${\Delta}LIP$)와 하순변화(${\Delta}LI$)의 비율은 1.19, 상악중절치 변화(${\Delta}UIP$)와 상순의 두께 증가량(${\Delta}TUL$)의 비율은 1.95이었다. 비발치군에서는 상순부위의 연조직 변화(UL)와 상악중절치의 변화(${\Delta}UIP$)간에 유의한 상관성이 인정되었다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2000

신경 외과적 수술의 한분야인 정위적 방사선 수술은 두 개강 내의 병변의 위치 계산 후, 고선량의 방사선을 조사하여 병변을 치료하는 방법이기 때문에, 효과적인 수술을 위해서는 병변의 정확한 위치 정보가 무엇보다도 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 DSA(Digital Subtraction Angiography) 영상이 내재적으로 이미지 왜곡이라는 문제점을 가지고 있기 때문에, 이것의 보정을 통하여 더욱 정확한 target 위치를 계산하였다 이미지 왜곡을 보정하기 위하여 grid 팬텀을 제작하였고, localization 알고리즘의 정확도를 평가하기 위하여, target 팬텀을 제작하였다. Image Intensifier의 앞쪽에 grid 팬텀을 부착하고, target 팬텀을 Leksell Frame에 고정시킨 후, DSA 영상을 얻었다. 본 실험을 위하여 개발된 프로그램을 이용하여, Anterior and Posterior, Left and Right 영상에서 bilinear transform을 적용하여 왜곡을 보정한 후, target 위치를 계산하였다. 그리고, 이와 같은 방법을 통하여 계산된 target 위치 좌표와 target 팬텀의 절대 좌표의 비교를 통하여 localization 오차가 계산되었다. 이번 실험의 결과는 왜곡을 보정하지 않은 경우, localization 오차는 $\pm$0.41mm, 왜곡 보정을 한 경우는 $\pm$0.34mm이었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 알고리즘 정밀도가 인정되며, 환자의 치료에 적합한 것으로 사료된다.

• 치과방사선
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.51-70
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• 1995

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the direct digital radiographic system with film-based digital imaging system using Ektaspeed and Ektaspeed Plus film with respect to image characteristics and detectability and evaluate the sensor noise with the use of subtraction method. Direct digital radiographic system which used was Sens-A-Ray system(Regam Medical Systems, Sundsvall, Sweden) and film-based digital imaging system was composed of Macintosh II ci computer, high resolution Sony XC-77 CCD camera and intraoral x-ray film(Kodak Ektaspeed film, Kodak Ektaspeed Plus film). Images were taken by using CCD sensor of Sens-A-Ray system, Ektaspeed film and Ektaspeed Plus film with variable exposure time(0.06s, 0.1s, 0.16s, 0.2s, 0.3s, 0.4s, 0.5s, 0.6s, O.8s, LOs), 5 times at each exposure time. And then ektaspeed films and ektaspeed plus films were digitized using CCD camera. Image groups were divided into 3 groups; Sens-A-Ray group(direct digital radiographic system), Ektaspeed group and Ektaspeed Plus group (film-based digital imaging system) They were assessed by the following three aspects; image density, image contrast and detectability and sensor noise of Sens-A-Ray system was also evaluated. The results were as follow : 1. S group showed higher density than E , EP group except at the low exposure time(p<0.01). 2. S group showed higher contrast than E,EP group except at the high exposure time(p<0.01). 3. All groups showed good detectability at the each proper exposure time. Lowest exposure time which shows maximum detectability in S,EP group(0.5s) was lower than that in E group(0.6s). 4. Sensor noise of Sens-A-Ray system generally increased according to exposure time. On the basis of the above results, it was considered that Sens-A-Ray system could show higher speed, higher contrast than Ektaspeed, Ektaspeed Plus film except at too high and low exposure time and the same detectability as the conventional intraoral film.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.273-276
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• 2014

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) during pregnancy is quite rare, however it has a high maternal mortality rate. A pregnant woman in the 16th gestational week was admitted to our hospital with a drowsy level of consciousness. A brain magnetic resonance (MR) image showed hemorrhage on the prepontine cistern, and both sylvian fissures, and MR angiography and cerebral digital subtraction angiography demonstrated an aneurysm at the left posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). We performed endovascular coil embolization attempting to minimize radiation exposure. She was discharged with no neurologic deficit and delivered a healthy baby by cesarean section at the 38th week of gestation. This case study reported the shortest gestational period and this is the first report on an aneurysmal rupture arising from PICA which was treated using an endovascular method. Using an appropriate technique for reduced radiation exposure to the fetus and limited alterations in maternal-fetal physiology, endovascular coil embolization could guarantee good results in treatment of aneurysmal SAH in pregnant women.