• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2000

Objective : Asymptomatic cyst of the pineal gland is a common incidental finding in adults on computerized tomography or magnetic resonance image(MRI) or at postmortem examination. This study was conducted to identify MRI findings of the benign pineal cysts and to determine the proper management of asymptomatic pineal cysts. Methods : From January 1995 to March 1999, 13 cases of asymptomatic pineal cysts were diagnosed incidentally on MRI. The mean age of the patients at diagnosis was 43 years(ranged 8 to 69 years). Five patients were females and eight patients were males. We analyzed the clinical presentations and MRI findings. Results : Clincal features were not related to pineal cysts in all 13 cases included posttraumatic headache in seven cases, headache related to brain tumor in two cases, one of facial palsy, one of diabetic neuropathy, and two of other diseases. MRI demonstrated a well-demarcated mass lesion(mean 1.3cm in diameter) of low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI, performed in 10 cases, demonstrated a rim enhancement. Hydrocephalus was not present in all cases. Follow-up MRI(ranged 12 to 36 months) obtained in 3 of the 13 patients showed stability of cyst size. After symptomatic treatment, presenting symptoms were resolved in all patients and symptom related to pineal cysts have not been developed during follow up period(mean 27 months). Conclusion : The long-term behavior of asymptomatic pineal cysts is still unknown. But we advocate conservative management of these benign pineal cysts that may be developmental variants of normal pineal gland.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.1972-1978
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• 2010

AAM(Active Appearance Model)은 변형 가능한 형태의 검출에 가장 효과 적인 방법의 하나이며, 수학적으로 최적화 문제이다. 비용함수는 최소자승 함수이어서 볼록 함수이나, 탐색 공간이 볼록공간이 아니므로 국소 최소값이 전역 최소값인 것으로 보장 되지 않는다. 즉 초기값이 전역 최소값 근방에서 출발하지 않으면, 지역 최소값에 수렴하여 정확한 얼굴 윤곽 검출이 어려워진다. 본 논문에서는 연속적인 입력영상에 SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform)와 유전자 알고리즘을 사용하여 눈동자를 검출하고 AAM 모델의 초기화 정보로 사용함으로써 조명과 배경에 강인한 AAM 기반의 얼굴 정합 방법을 제안한다. 실험을 통하여 제안한 AAM 기반 얼굴 정합 방법이 자세, 얼굴 배경 등에 대해 기존의 AAM 기반 얼굴 정합 방법보다 더 강인한 것으로 확인 되었다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.359-362
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• 2010

The zygoma is second most commonly vulnerable facial bone in fracture, in number only by nasal fractures. It is difficult to evaluate reduction state intraoperatively, because almost surgeons reduce the fractured zygoma by blind method. We suggest the use of orthopedic C-arm intraoperatively. We use plain radiography, CT to evaluate preoperative state. Gilles approach or intraoral approach were used to reduce the fractured zygomatic arch. The C-arm was positioned at chin area, used to evaluate reduction intraoperatively. We got postoperative image by CT or submento-vertex view. There are variable methods to evaluate reduction intraoperatively: palpation, ultrasonography, CT, plain films. C-arm is considered superior diagnostic tool to other methods. The use of intraoperative C-arm was very efficient, it could bring better results.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2013

Objectives: In three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT), the cant is evaluated by measuring the distance between the reference plane (or line) and the tooth. The purpose of this study was to determine the horizontal skeletal reference plane that showed the greatest correlation with clinical evaluation. Materials and Methods: The subjects were 15 patients who closed their eyes during the CT image taking process. The menton points of all patients deviated by more than 3 mm. In the first evaluation, clinical cant was measured. The distance from the inner canthus to the ipsilateral canine tip and the distance from the eyelid to the ipsilateral first molar were obtained. The distance between the left and right sides was also measured. In the second evaluation, skeletal cant was measured. Six reference planes and one line were used for the evaluation of occlusal cant: 1) FH plane R: Or.R - Or.L - Po.R; 2) FH plane L: Or.R - Or.L - Po.L; 3) F. Ovale plane R: Rt.F.Ovale - Lt.F.Ovale - Or.R; 4) F. Ovale plane L: Rt.F.Ovale - Lt.F.Ovale - Or.L; 5) FZS plane R: Rt.FZS - Lt.FZS - Po.R; 6) FZS plane R: Rt.FZS - Lt.FZS - Po.L, and; 7) FZS line: Rt.FZS - Lt.FZS. Results: The clinical and skeletal cants were compared using linear regression analysis. The FH plane R, FH plane L, and FZS line showed the highest correlation (P<0.05). Conclusion: The FH plane R and FH plane L are the most appropriate horizontal reference plane in evaluation of occlusal cant on 3D-CT.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2004

최근 지능형 로봇에 대한 관심이 모아지고 있다. 지능형 로봇의 가장 큰 특징은 사용자를 추적, 인식하고 그 결과를 기반으로 상호활동적인 대응을 할 수 있다는 점이다. 얼굴인식이 다른 생채인식과의 비교에서 장점을 가질 수 있는 점은 비 강제성과 비 접촉성을 들 수 있다. 그러나 얼굴인식은 얼굴 취득단계부터 차원의 감소가 발생하고 인식하고자 하는 얼굴 및 주변 환경 변화가 매우 심하기 때문에 다른 생체인식에 비하여 인식률이 낮다. 얼굴인식의 성능을 저하시키는 요인들로는 조명변화, 포즈변화, 표정변화, 카메라와의 거리 등을 들 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 실제 환경에서 얼굴 인식 성능에 가장 많은 영향을 미치는 포즈변화에 대응하기 위하여 새로운 선형이동 능동형 카메라를 개발하여, 정면 얼굴에 근접한 영상을 취득하고 주성분 분석 및 Hidden Markov Model 알고리듬을 이용하여 인식률을 개선하고자 한다. 제한된 방법은 지능형 보안시스템 및 모바일 로봇에 적용하는 것을 목표로 개발 되었지만, 높은 정확도의 얼굴인식을 요구하는 응용분야에 널리 적용할 수가 있다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.346-351
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the angular differences between the horizontal reference planes on the CBCT generated PA cephalogram and the modified interpupillary plane, which was usually used in the clinical examination, and to evaluate the validity of the horizontal reference planes. Methods: The CBCT generated PA cephalogram was used to measure the angles between the FH, Lo and IP planes. The subjects consisted of 42 patients with facial asymmetry (males: 21, females: 21, mean-age: 21.6 years). The control groups were also assessed (males: 10, females: 10, mean-age: 23.8 years). The distance of the interpupil was measured on the soft-tissue volume rendered image. The angular differences were statistically analyzed using the $Mann-Whitney$ $U$ $test$ for inter-group comparisons and the $Friedman$ $test$ for intra-group comparisions. Results: The angle between the FH plane and IP plane (the angle of the FH-IP line) showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups ($p$ <0.05). There was no statistical differences between each angle (angle of the FH-IP line, angle of the FH-Lo line, angle of the Lo-IP line) on the intra-group comparision ($p$ >0.05). Conclusion: The angle between the Lo line and IP line (angle of the Lo-IP line) showed no statistically significant difference in both the control and asymmetry groups. Therefore, the Lo line could be used as a horizontal reference plane in CBCT generated PA cephalograms.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.292-303
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• 2018

Objective: Biplanar imaging systems allow for simultaneous acquisition of lateral and frontal cephalograms. The purpose of this study was to compare measurements recorded on three-dimensional (3D) cephalograms constructed from two-dimensional conventional radiographs and biplanar radiographs generated using a new biplanar imaging system with those recorded on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-generated cephalograms in order to evaluate the accuracy of the 3D cephalograms generated using the biplanar imaging system. Methods: Three sets of lateral and frontal radiographs of 15 human dry skulls with prominent facial asymmetry were obtained using conventional radiography, the biplanar imaging system, and CBCT. To minimize errors in the construction of 3D cephalograms, fiducial markers were attached to anatomical landmarks prior to the acquisition of radiographs. Using the 3D $Ceph^{TM}$ program, 3D cephalograms were constructed from the images obtained using the biplanar imaging system (3D $ceph_{biplanar}$), conventional radiography (3D $ceph_{conv}$), and CBCT (3D $ceph_{cbct}$). A total of 34 measurements were obtained compared among the three image sets using paired t-tests and Bland-Altman plotting. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the 3D $ceph_{biplanar}$ and 3D $ceph_{cbct}$ measurements. In addition, with the exception of one measurement, there were no significant differences between the 3D $ceph_{cbct}$ and 3D $ceph_{conv}$ measurements. However, the values obtained from 3D $ceph_{conv}$ showed larger deviations than those obtained from 3D $ceph_{biplanar}$. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the new biplanar imaging system enables the construction of accurate 3D cephalograms and could be a useful alternative to conventional radiography.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2008

A tongue shows physiological and clinicopathological changes of inner organs. Visual inspection of a tongue is not only convenient but also non-invasive. To develop an automat ic tongue diagnosis system for an objective and standardized diagnosis, the separation of the tongue are a from a facial image and the detection of coatings, spots and cracks are inevitable but difficult since the colors of a tongue, lips, and skin in a mouth as well as those of tongue furs and body are similar. The propose d method includes preprocessing with down-sampling and edge enhancement, over-segmentation, detecting positions with a local minimum over shading from the structure of a tongue, and correcting local minima or detecting edge with color difference. The proposed method produces the region of a segmented tongue, and then decomposes the color components of the region into hue, saturation and brightness, resulting in classifying the regions of tongue furs(coatings) into kinds of coatings and substance and segmenting them. Spots are detected by using local maxima and the variation of saturation, and cracks are searched by using local minima and the directivity of dark areas in brightness. The results illustrate the segmented region with effective information, excluding a non-tongue region and also give us accurate discrimination of coatings and the precise detection of spots and cracks. It can be used to make an objective and standardized diagnosis for an u-Healthcare system as well as a home care system.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권8C호
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• pp.711-720
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 운전자 졸음 인식 시스템의 구현 방법과 그에 따른 결과를 소개한다. 영상 입력 장치로는 시중에 판매되는 웹캠 카메라를 사용하였다. 얼굴 검출 방법으로는 Haar 변환 기법을 이용하였으며, 다양한 조명 환경에 강건하게 적응하도록 조명정규화를 수행하였다. 조명정규화를 거친 얼굴 영상은 특징값 추출에 용이하다. 조명정규화를 통한 눈 후보영역은 인체측정학 정보를 이용하여 후보 영역을 줄인 이후에 PCA와 Circle Mask의 혼합 모델을 적용했다. 위 방법을 통해 차량 내부의 복잡한 조명 환경 속에서 강건히 눈 영역을 추출한다. 검출된 눈 영역은 고해상도의 조명 정규화 영상과 간단한 연산을 통하여 졸음 여부를 판별한다. 졸음 상태가 1단계로 판단 될 경우에는 통합 모니터링 인터페이스에서 운전자에게 경고음을 울리며 2단계일 경우에는 CAN(Controller Area Network)를 통하여 안전벨트를 진동하게 함으로써 운전자에게 경고를 준다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 졸음 인식 시스템은 낮은 계산 복잡도를 만족하는 동시에 높은 인식률을 보여준다. 실험 결과 차량 내에서 97%의 인식률이 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2013

Objectives: Buccal fracture of the mandibular proximal bone segment during bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) reduces the postoperative stability. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of this type of fracture on bone healing and postoperative stability after mandibular setback surgery. Materials and Methods: Ten patients who experienced buccal fracture during SSRO for mandibular setback movement were evaluated. We measured the amount of bone generation on a computed tomography scan, using an image analysis program, and compared the buccal fracture side to the opposite side in each patient. To investigate the effect on postoperative stability, we measured the postoperative relapse in lateral cephalograms, immediately following and six months after the surgery. The control group consisted of ten randomly-selected patients having a similar amount of set-back without buccal fracture. Results: Less bone generation was observed on the buccal fracture side compared with the opposite side (P<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in anterior-posterior postoperative relapse between the group with buccal fracture and the control group. The increased mandibular plane angle and anterior facial height after the surgery in the group with buccal fracture manifested as a postoperative clockwise rotation of the mandible. Conclusion: Bone generation was delayed compared to the opposite side. However, postoperative stability in the anterior-posterior direction could be maintained with rigid fixation.