• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.195-198
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• 2007

In this paper, we introduce a digital cross-polarization and fluorescent color imaging system for quantitative evaluation of skin lesions. We describe the characterization of the imaging systems and the quantitative image analysis methods to show the feasibility for quantitative evaluation of skin lesions. The polarization color image was used to compute erythema and melanin index image which are useful for quantitative evaluation of pigmentation and vascular skin lesions, respectively. The fluorescent color image was used to quantitatively evaluate "sebum" and "vitiligo". In quantitative evaluation of various skin lesions, we confirmed the clinical efficacy of the imaging systems for dermatological applications. Finally, we sure that the imaging systems can be utilized as important assistant tools for the evaluation of skin lesions by providing reproducible quantitative result for widely distributed skin lesions.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.841-846
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• 2016

Local protein synthesis mediates precise spatio-temporal regulation of gene expression for neuronal functions such as long-term plasticity, axon guidance and regeneration. To reveal the underlying mechanisms of local translation, it is crucial to understand mRNA transport, localization and translation in live neurons. Among various techniques for mRNA analysis, fluorescence microscopy has been widely used as the most direct method to study localization of mRNA. Live-cell imaging of single RNA molecules is particularly advantageous to dissect the highly heterogeneous and dynamic nature of messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) complexes in neurons. Here, we review recent advances in the study of mRNA localization and translation in live neurons using novel techniques for single-RNA imaging.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.230.1-230.1
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• 2015

One of the major problems of biological ToF-SIMS imaging is the lack of protein and peptide imaging. Most of biological story telling is mianly based on proteins. The biological implication of lipid ToF-SIMS imaging would be much higher if protein imaging is provided together. Utilizing high secondary ion yields of metals, proteins can be ToF-SIMS imaged with nanoparticle tagged proteins. Nanoparticles such as Fe3O4, SiO2, PbS were used for imaing NeuN, MCH, Orexin A, ${\alpha}$ synucline, TH(Tryosine Hydroxylase) in mouse tissues with a spatial resolution of ${\sim}2{\mu}m$ using a TOF-SIMS. Lipids and neurotransmitters images obtained simultaneously with protein images were overlayed for more deeper understanding of neurobiology, which is not allowed by any other bioimaging technqiues. The protein images from TOF-SIMS were compared with confocal fluorescence microscopy and NanoSIMS images. A new sample preparation method for imaging single cell membranes in a tissue using the vibrotome technique to prepare a tissue slice without any fixation and freeze drying will be also presented briefly for Hippocampus and Hypothalamus tissues.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.489-496
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• 2021

Chromatin has highly organized structures in the nucleus, and these higher-order structures are proposed to regulate gene activities and cellular processes. Sequencing-based techniques, such as Hi-C, and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) have revealed a spatial segregation of active and inactive compartments of chromatin, as well as the non-random positioning of chromosomes in the nucleus, respectively. However, regardless of their efficiency in capturing target genomic sites, these techniques are limited to fixed cells. Since chromatin has dynamic structures, live cell imaging techniques are highlighted for their ability to detect conformational changes in chromatin at a specific time point, or to track various arrangements of chromatin through long-term imaging. Given that the imaging approaches to study live cells are dramatically advanced, we recapitulate methods that are widely used to visualize the dynamics of higher-order chromatin structures.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.69-84
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• 1997

배경 : 폐암은 13%만이 완치할 수 있는 예후가 불량한 질환으로 조기진단이 중요한 것으로 알려져 있다. 상피내암이나 미세침윤성 기관지암 등의 조기폐암은 조기에 효과적으로 치료할 수 있어 그 진단이 중요하며, 최근에는 전구암 병변도 조기에 진단 가능하므로써 그 예방적인 치료가 시도되고 있다. 조기진단을 위한 객담 세포진 검사나 기존의 기관지 내시경검사는 조기폐암과 전구암 병변에 대한 진단율이 떨어져 진단에 어려운 실정이다. 최근에는 정상과 암세포의 자기형광 (autofluorescence)을 이용한 형광 기관지 내시경(lung imaging fluorescence endoscope device : LIFE)을 통하여 조기 폐암과 전구암 병변의 진단에 효과적인 것으로 알려져 있다. 목적 : 본 연구는 기존의 내시경을 시행하는 환자를 대상으로 형광기관지 내시경 검사를 시행하여 기관지 점막에 이상이 있는 경우 조직검사를 통하여 두 검사 사이에 민감도와 특이도의 차이를 비교하였다. 방법 : 대상환자는 총 35명으로 평균연령 59.3(27-77)세였으며, 남자 26명, 여자 9명이었다. 흉부 방사선상에 폐암 환자 9명, 폐구엽성 무기폐환자 4명, 폐렴환자 3명, 객담에서 악성세포 양성을 보인 2명, 원인 모르는 흉수 환자 2명, 혈담환자 9명, 만성 기침환자 6명이였다. 대상환자 중 악성종양으로 진단된 환자는 15명이였으며, 기존의 백색빛 광원의 기관지 내시경검사와 형광 기관지 내시경 검사를 시행하였으며, 두 검사에 중에 한 검사에서도 이상병변이 있는 경우 조직검사를 시행하여 총 79조직을 얻어 두 검사간에 민강도와 특이도를 비교하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 결과 : 1) 총 79조직은 정상조직이 8, 상피세포 증식이 21, 상피세포의 이형성이 23, 침윤성 폐암이 27조직이었다. 2) 상피세포의 이형성인 23조직에서 백색빚 기관지내시경은 14조직에서 양성으로 60.9 % 였으나, LIFE는 19조직에서 양성으로 82.6 %로 높은 경향을 보였다. 3) 27조직의 침윤성 폐암에 대한 백색빛 기관지내시경는 27조직 모두 양성(100%)인 반면에, LIFE는 19조직이 양성으로 70.3 %의 양성율을 나타냈다. LIFE에서 음성으로 보인 8조직의 침융성 폐암은 선암 7조직 중 3조직, 소세포암 8조직 중 5조직이었으며, 이들은 모두 상피조직은 정상이나 암조직이 점막이하에 침윤되어 있었던 조직이었다. 반면에 상피조직에 이상이 있던 7조직의 편평상피 세포암 조직, 1조직의 대세포암, 2조직의 유암과 2조직의 전이성 앙은 모두 양성이었다. 결론 : 이상의 결과로 LIFE는 전구암 병변과 기관지 기관지 폐암증에 상피세포에 이상이 있는 기관지 폐암의 진단에는 백색빛 기관지내시경보다 민감도가 높아 기관지 상피세포에 이상이 있는 전구암 병변과 조기폐암에는 유용할 것으로 사료되나, 기관지 폐암중에 정상의 기관지 점막하에 칩윤하는 기관지 폐암의 진단에는 한계가 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.207-220
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• 2006

새로 개발된 조기 진단 장비들로는 laser fluorescence device(LFD), 초음파 진단 시스템, confocal laser scanning microscopy(CLSM), quantitative light-induced fluorescence(QLF) 시스템 그리고 digital imaging fiber-optic trans-illumination(DIFOTI) 시스템 등이 있다. 본 연구는 임상에서 사용되고 있는 DIFOTI시스템과 LFD를 이용하여 유치 교환 시기에 있는 환아 21명, 25개의 유치를 대상으로 각 치아당 $1{\sim}3$점을 선정하여 구강내에서 초기 우식법랑질에 대한 DIFOTI 이미지 촬영 결과와 LFD 계측값을 3회 측정하고 그 평균을 대표값으로 한 결과를 CLSM과 비교하여 진단 능력을 평가하였다. 실험실 연구에서는 인공우식 용액을 이용하여 수거된 40개의 유치를 협설면에 $2{\times}3mm$ 크기의 창을 형성하고 4, 8, 12, 16일간 탈회시키면서 그 변화를 DIFOTI 시스템과 LFD를 이용하여 측정하고 이를 CLSM과 비교 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 구강내에서 촬영된 DIFOTI의 민감도는 88.2%이었고, 특이도는 76.9%이었다. 2. 구강내에서 측정된 LDD의 민감도는 76.5%이었고, 특이도는 69.2%이었다. 3. 실험실 연구에서 유치 법랑질의 탈회 기간에 따른 DIFOTI 광투과율의 회귀 분석한 결과, 탈회 시간에 따라 광투과율은 감소하였다(r=-0.96, p<0.05). 4. 실험실에서 탈회 기간에 따른 LFD의 측정값의 회귀 분석 결과 통계적 유의성을 보이지 않았다(p>0.05). 5. DIFOTI 이미지의 광투과율과 CLMS의 병소 깊이에 대한 상관 계수는 -0.688이었으나(p<0.05), LFD의 측정값은 유의성을 보이지 않았다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1808-1815
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• 2001

The characteristics of a pulsed plasma jet originating from an electrothermal capillary discharge have been investigate using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurement. Previous emission measurements of a 3.1 kJ plasma jet show trial upstream of the Mach disk the temperature and electron number density are about 14,000 K and and 10$\^$17/ cm$\^$-3/, while downstream of the Mach dick tole values are about 25,000 K and 10$\^$18/ cm$\^$-3/, respectively. However, these values are barred on line-of-sight integrated measurements that may be misleading. Hence, LIF is being used to provide both spatially and temporally resolved measurements. Our recent work has been directed at using planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging of atomic copper in the plasma jet flow field. Copper is a good candidate for PLIF studies because it is present throughout the plasma and has electronic transitions that provide an excellent pump-detect strategy. Our PLIF results to date show that emission measurements may give a misleading picture of the flow field, as there appeals to be a large amount of relatively low temperature copper outside the barrel shock. which may lead to errors in temperature inferred from emission spectroscopy. In this paper, the copper LIF image is presented and at the moment, relative density of atomic copper, which is distributed in the upstream of the pulsed plasma jet, is discussed qualitatively.

• ALGAE
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2009

Imaging-PAM fluorometry was used to assess the chlorophyll a fluorescence parameter ${\Phi}_{PSII}$ (effective quantum yield) in Frcus vesiculosus. F. disttchus. ssp. distichus and AscophyIIum nodosum. The objective was to show variadon in fluorescence yield associated with age and frond organ, and to illustrate the spatial scales at which photosynthetic parameters vary on fucoid thalli. In addition, our species represented taxa in different but related genera, species with different ecoloeies (rock pool and non rock pool species), morphologies (with and without air bladders) and longevities (several to 20 or more years). A further objective was to determine the extent to which photosynthetic parameters reflected these differences- Effective quantum yield declined substantially with age in F. vesiculosus and F. distichus ssp. distichus, whereas ${\Phi}_{PSII}$ in A. nodosum was maximal after three years. In A. nodosum ${\Phi}_{PSII}$ was still high in branch segments at least seven years old. Older branches of A. nodosum showed relatively higher and more homogeneous photosynthetic capacity relative to Fucus species. Surfaces of air bladders in A. nodosum and F. vesicu- losus had ${\Phi}_{PSII}$ that was not significantly different from the highest rates, achieved in these species. The heterogene- ity of photosynthetic efficiency is consistent with morphological and developmental differences among the species and their ecology. in particular the longevity of A. nodosum fronds.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2009년도 창립 20주년기념 특별학술발표회
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• pp.199-200
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• 2009

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3844-3853
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• 2023

Although radiation and chemotherapy methods for cancer therapy have advanced significantly, surgical resection is still recommended for most cancers. Therefore, intraoperative imaging studies have emerged as a surgical tool for identifying tumor margins. Intraoperative imaging has been examined using conventional imaging devices, such as optical near-infrared probes, gamma probes, and ultrasound devices. However, each modality has its limitations, such as depth penetration and spatial resolution. To overcome these limitations, hybrid imaging modalities and tracer studies are being developed. In a previous study, a multi-modal laparoscope with silicon photo-multiplier (SiPM)-based gamma detection acquired a 1 s interval gamma image. However, improvements in the near-infrared fluorophore (NIRF) signal intensity and gamma image central defects are needed to further evaluate the usefulness of multi-modal systems. In this study, an attempt was made to change the NIRF image acquisition method and the SiPM-based gamma detector to improve the source detection ability and reduce the image acquisition time. The performance of the multi-modal system using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor and modified SiPM gamma detector was evaluated in a phantom test. In future studies, a multi-modal system will be further optimized for pilot preclinical studies.