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A dual path encoder-decoder network for placental vessel segmentation in fetoscopic surgery

  • Yunbo Rao;Tian Tan;Shaoning Zeng;Zhanglin Chen;Jihong Sun
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.15-29
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    • 2024
  • A fetoscope is an optical endoscope, which is often applied in fetoscopic laser photocoagulation to treat twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. In an operation, the clinician needs to observe the abnormal placental vessels through the endoscope, so as to guide the operation. However, low-quality imaging and narrow field of view of the fetoscope increase the difficulty of the operation. Introducing an accurate placental vessel segmentation of fetoscopic images can assist the fetoscopic laser photocoagulation and help identify the abnormal vessels. This study proposes a method to solve the above problems. A novel encoder-decoder network with a dual-path structure is proposed to segment the placental vessels in fetoscopic images. In particular, we introduce a channel attention mechanism and a continuous convolution structure to obtain multi-scale features with their weights. Moreover, a switching connection is inserted between the corresponding blocks of the two paths to strengthen their relationship. According to the results of a set of blood vessel segmentation experiments conducted on a public fetoscopic image dataset, our method has achieved higher scores than the current mainstream segmentation methods, raising the dice similarity coefficient, intersection over union, and pixel accuracy by 5.80%, 8.39% and 0.62%, respectively.

Qualitative study on the key elements of obesity counseling in Korean Medicine

  • Sungha Kim;Seung Eun Chung;Kyungsun Han;Sunmi Choi;Jun-Hwan Lee
    • 대한한의학회지
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2023
  • Objectives: Weight counseling is an inevitable process for patients with obesity who intend to lose weight; however, the contents of real-world counseling practices remain uncertain in Korean medicine (KM) practice. This study aimed to explore the structure and constituents of obesity counseling in KM. Methods: Qualitative methods were used to explore the structure of weight counseling and clinicians' approaches to weight counseling, particularly the advice and main constituents of weight counseling in KM. Nine KM clinicians (4 women, 5 men) from nine clinics completed face-to-face, individual and semi-structured interviews from September 2019 to February 2020 in Seoul, Daejeon, Cheonan, Seongnam, Asan, and Hwaseoug. The interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, and categorized based on their constituents. Results: During weight loss counseling, the six principal constituents of KM identified were: planning with patients, motivation, correcting misinformation on weight loss, dietary and exercise advice, medication guidance, and customized guides for each type. Conclusion: Clinicians with in-depth knowledge about obesity prescribed personalized guidance for exercise, diet, and medication through an integrative approach. The study results provide an in-depth understanding of weight counseling in KM. These six constituents could guide the counseling provided by clinicians in obesity care.

Incidence of falls and fall-related characteristics in hospitalized children in South Korea: a descriptive study

  • Hyeyeong Park;Hyunju Kang
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.176-186
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: With the recent increase in interest in patient safety, prevention of falls in hospitalized children has become important. This study aimed to identify the incidence rate of falls among hospitalized children and explore fall-related characteristics. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study analyzed the medical information of 18,119 patients aged <18 years admitted to a general hospital in South Korea from electronic medical records and fall event reports between January 1, 2018, and September 30, 2023. The study variables included the general and clinical characteristics of the fall group and fall-related characteristics of the fall events. This study employed descriptive statistics and a chi-square test using IBM SPSS version 26.0. Results: Among the patients, 82 fall events were identified. Therefore, the fall incidence rate was 4.5 falls per 1,000 patients. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference was found concerning the type of injury sustained between children >1 year old and those <1 year old, and most cases had no damage or bruises. More cases were found in which falls occurred two days after hospitalization in winter and summer than on the day or the day after hospitalization, which was a statistically significant difference. In addition, fall prevalence was higher between 8 am and 4 pm, and when no caregiver was present. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, education and interventions to prevent fall events in infants and toddlers should persist throughout hospitalization, and it is necessary to guide continuous management and observation of the caregivers.

Feasibility study of spent fuel internal tomography (SFIT) for partial defect detection within PWR spent nuclear fuel

  • Hyung-Joo Choi;Hyojun Park;Bo-Wi Cheon;Hyun Joon Choi;Hakjae Lee;Yong Hyun Chung;Chul Hee Min
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제56권6호
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    • pp.2412-2420
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    • 2024
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mandates safeguards to ensure non-proliferation of nuclear materials. Among inspection techniques used to detect partial defects within spent nuclear fuel (SNF), gamma emission tomography (GET) has been reported to be reliable for detection of partial defects on a pin-by-pin level. Conventional GET, however, is limited by low detection efficiency due to the high density of nuclear fuel rods and self-absorption. This paper proposes a new type of GET named Spent Fuel Internal Tomography (SFIT), which can acquire sinograms at the guide tube. The proposed device consists of the housing, shielding, C-shaped collimator, reflector, and gadolinium aluminum gallium garnet (GAGG) scintillator. For accurate attenuation correction, the source-distinguishable range of the SFIT device was determined using MC simulation to the region away from the proposed device to the second layer. For enhanced inspection accuracy, a proposed specific source-discrimination algorithm was applied. With this, the SFIT device successfully distinguished all source locations. The comparison of images of the existing and proposed inspection methods showed that the proposed method, having successfully distinguished all sources, afforded a 150 % inspection accuracy improvement.

Effect of Forward Head Posture on Erector Spinae Muscle Activity

  • FEIFEI LI;Yoongyeom Choi;Ilyoung Moon;Chung-hwi Yi
    • 한국전문물리치료학회지
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    • 제31권2호
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    • pp.159-166
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    • 2024
  • Background: For instance, forward head posture (FHP), characterized by the forward movement of the head relative to the spine, places significant stress on the neck and upper back muscles, disrupting the biomechanical balance of the body. Objects: The objective of this study was to probe the biomechanical effects of FHP on musculoskeletal health through a relative analysis of 26 adults diagnosed with FHP and 26 healthy controls. Methods: In this study, we evaluated the biomechanical impacts of FHP. Participants adjusted their head positions and underwent muscle strength tests, including electromyography assessments and the Biering-Sørensen test for trunk muscle endurance. Data analysis was conducted using Kinovea (Kinovea) and IBM SPSS software ver. 26.0 (IBM Co.) to compare muscle activities between groups with normal and FHPs. Results: The study shows that individuals with FHP have significantly lower muscle activity, endurance, and spinal extension in the erector spinae compared to those without, highlighting the detrimental effects of FHP on these muscles. Conclusion: This study underscores the impact of FHP on erector spinae function and emphasizes the need for posture correction to enhance musculoskeletal health and guide future research on intervention strategies.

무증상 고교 야구 선수의 견관절 초음파 소견 (Ultrasonographic Findings of the Shoulder in Asymptomatic High School Baseball Players)

  • 황태혁;조형래;왕태현;양희순
    • 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2012
  • 목적: 무증상 고교 야구 선수의 양측 견관절 초음파 소견을 알아보고 이를 건강한 대조군과 비교하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 총 42명(연령: 1$7.6{\pm}1.2$세)이 본 연구에 참여하였다. 최근 6개월간 견관절 통증이 없었던 남자 고교 야구 선수 중 투수 14명과 야수 18명을 두 그룹으로 분류하고 같은 연령대의 스포츠 활동을 하지 않는 고교 학생 10명을 대조군으로 설정하였다. 초음파를 이용하여 우세수와 비우세수의 상완 이두건 장두와 극상건의 두께를 측정하고 0도 외전 상태에서의 견봉 상완 간격을 측정하였다. 결과: 초음파 검사 상 야구 선수 32명 중 우세수에서 7명, 비우세수에서 2명에서 견봉하 점액낭의 삼출액이 관찰 되었으며 이는 무증상 대조군에서는 관찰되지 않았다. 양 견관절의 상완 이두건 장두와 극상건의 두께, 견봉 상완 간격은 대조군 보다 야구 선수에서 의미 있게 증가되어 있었다(p<0.05). 또한 야구 선수에서 상완 이두건과 극상건의 두께, 견봉 상완 간격은 비우세수에 비해 우세수에서 증가를 보였으나(p<0.05), 투수와 야수와의 차이는 없었으며 대조군 사이에서도 차이는 없었다. 결론: 무증상 고교 야구 선수에서도 초음파 상 견봉하 점액낭의 삼출액이 관찰될 수 있고 정상인보다 야구 선수에서 상완 이두건, 극상건의 두께가 더 두껍고 견봉 상완 간격이 증가되어 있으므로 이는 고교 야구 선수의 견관절 질환의 초음파 진단 시 유용한 참고 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

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Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring : A Review of Techniques Used for Brain Tumor Surgery in Children

  • Kim, Keewon;Cho, Charles;Bang, Moon-suk;Shin, Hyung-ik;Phi, Ji-Hoon;Kim, Seung-Ki
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제61권3호
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    • pp.363-375
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    • 2018
  • Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) utilizes electrophysiological techniques as a surrogate test and evaluation of nervous function while a patient is under general anesthesia. They are increasingly used for procedures, both surgical and endovascular, to avoid injury during an operation, examine neurological tissue to guide the surgery, or to test electrophysiological function to allow for more complete resection or corrections. The application of IOM during pediatric brain tumor resections encompasses a unique set of technical issues. First, obtaining stable and reliable responses in children of different ages requires detailed understanding of normal age-adjusted brain-spine development. Neurophysiology, anatomy, and anthropometry of children are different from those of adults. Second, monitoring of the brain may include risk to eloquent functions and cranial nerve functions that are difficult with the usual neurophysiological techniques. Third, interpretation of signal change requires unique sets of normative values specific for children of that age. Fourth, tumor resection involves multiple considerations including defining tumor type, size, location, pathophysiology that might require maximal removal of lesion or minimal intervention. IOM techniques can be divided into monitoring and mapping. Mapping involves identification of specific neural structures to avoid or minimize injury. Monitoring is continuous acquisition of neural signals to determine the integrity of the full longitudinal path of the neural system of interest. Motor evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials are representative methodologies for monitoring. Free-running electromyography is also used to monitor irritation or damage to the motor nerves in the lower motor neuron level : cranial nerves, roots, and peripheral nerves. For the surgery of infratentorial tumors, in addition to free-running electromyography of the bulbar muscles, brainstem auditory evoked potentials or corticobulbar motor evoked potentials could be combined to prevent injury of the cranial nerves or nucleus. IOM for cerebral tumors can adopt direct cortical stimulation or direct subcortical stimulation to map the corticospinal pathways in the vicinity of lesion. IOM is a diagnostic as well as interventional tool for neurosurgery. To prove clinical evidence of it is not simple. Randomized controlled prospective studies may not be possible due to ethical reasons. However, prospective longitudinal studies confirming prognostic value of IOM are available. Furthermore, oncological outcome has also been shown to be superior in some brain tumors, with IOM. New methodologies of IOM are being developed and clinically applied. This review establishes a composite view of techniques used today, noting differences between adult and pediatric monitoring.

무증상 고교 상지 거상 운동 선수의 견관절 초음파 소견 (Ultrasonographic Findings of the Shoulder in Asymptomatic High School Overhead Athletes)

  • 조수현;조형래;이정수;김정우
    • 대한정형외과 초음파학회지
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.81-88
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    • 2012
  • 목적: 무증상 고교 상지 거상 운동 선수의 양측 견관절 초음파 소견을 알아보고 이를 건강한 대조군과 비교하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 총 33명(연령 $17.5{\pm}1.4$세)이 본 연구에 참여하였다. 최근 6개월간 견관절 통증이 없었던 남자 고교 야구 선수 13명과 남자 배구선수 10명을 두 그룹으로 분류하고 같은 연령대의 스포츠 활동을 하지 않는 고교 학생 10명을 대조군으로 설정하였다. 초음파를 이용하여 우세수와 비우세수의 상완 이두건 장두와 극상건의 두께를 측정하고 0도 외전 상태에서의 견봉 상완 간격을 측정하였다. 결과: 초음파 검사 상 상지 거상 운동선수 23명 중 우세수에서 5명, 비우세수에서 1명에서 견봉하 점액낭의 삼출액이 관찰 되었으며 이는 무증상 대조군에서는 관찰되지 않았다. 양 견관절의 상완 이두건 장두와 극상건의 두께, 견봉 상완 간격은 대조군 보다 운동선수에서 의미 있게 증가되어 있었다(P<0.05). 또한 상지 거상 운동선수에서 상완 이두건과 극상건의 두께, 견봉 상완 간격은 비우세수에 비해 우세수에서 증가를 보였으나(P<0.05), 배구선수와 야구선수와의 차이는 없었다. 결론: 무증상 상지 거상 운동선수에서도 초음파상 견봉하 점액낭의 삼출액이 관찰될 수 있고 정상인보다 상지 거상 운동 선수에서 상완 이두건, 극상건의 두께가 더 두껍고 견봉 상완 간격이 증가되어 있었다. 이러한 소견은 상지 거상 운동선수의 견관절 질환의 초음파 진단 시 유용한 참고 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

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비영어권 외국인 내원객의 조명 신호와 안내서를 이용한 검사방법 개선 효과(흉부 방사선 검사자를 대상으로) (Improvement of Inspection Methods using Lighting Signals and Guidebook for Non-English speaking Foreign Visitors (For chest X-ray Screening Examinees))

  • 곽종혁;최민경;김능균;김아연;김경립
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제14권5호
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    • pp.577-584
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구는 비영어권의 내원객 수가 나날이 증가하고 있고 그에 따른 방사선 검사 시 언어의 소통 및 의사전달에 한계가 있었다. 이에 검사를 위해 제작한 안내서를 배부 후 설명 전후에 따른 개선 효과를 알아 보았다. 검사 부위 인지 여부는 점수 척도가 통계적 유의성이 없었고 검사의 불편 정도, 호흡 지침 이해 정도, 검사 설명 만족도는 제작한 안내서 설명 전후에 따라 점수 척도가 향상되었으며 통계적 유의성이 있었다. 비영어권 외국인 내원객의 경우 영어나 한국어로 했을 때 보다 자국의 문자로 설명하는 것에 만족하였고, 그 방법 또한 검사실 내 조명 신호를 이용하여 외국인 내원객에게 호흡을 조절해야 하는 시기를 알려 줌으로써 효과적인 검사를 시행할 수 있었다. 향후 다양한 언어 통역 프로그램과 다양한 검사 부위에 따른 안내서 제작과 도구 개발, 방사선사 및 의료진의 외국어 능력 향상 등 여러 관점에서 의사소통 수단이 구현 될 때 비로소 의료서비스 및 영상 의학적 검사의 질이 개선 될 수 있을 것이다. 앞으로 다른 영상의학 검사실에서도 영어나 한국어를 이해하지 못하는 비영어권 외국인을 검사할 때 사용할 수 있는 매뉴얼을 마련하는데 기초 자료로 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 사료 된다.

완전 디지털 시스템을 이용한 상악동 거상술 및 구치부 임플란트 고정성 보철 수복 증례 (Sinus floor elevation and implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis in the posterior area, with full-digital system: a case report)

  • 박강수;김선재;표세욱;장재승
    • 대한치과보철학회지
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    • 제62권2호
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2024
  • 진단, 수술, 인상, 보철물 제작 등 임플란트 치료 전 과정에서 디지털 기술이 활용되고 있다. 본 증례에서는 디지털 수술 가이드를 이용하여 합병증 없이 상악동 거상술을 시행하고, 계획된 위치에 임플란트를 식립하였다. 골유착을 위한 치유 기간 이후, CAD-CAM(Computer-aided design/Computer-aided Manufacturing)으로 맞춤형 지대주 및 임시 보철물을 제작하여 장착하고, 환자의 적응도와 교합을 평가하였다. 임시 보철물상에서 교합 변화가 관찰되어, 광중합형 컴포지트 레진으로 수리하였다. 최종 보철물 제작 시, 지대주의 수직 침하, 임시 보철물의 형태와 적응된 교합 관계를 반영하기 위해, 이중 스캔과 지대주 수준의 디지털 인상을 채득하였다. 치은 압배 없이 치은 연하 변연을 인기하기 위해, CAD-CAM 소프트웨어상에서 라이브러리화된 지대주 데이터를 중첩하고, 지르코니아 최종보철물 제작하여 장착하였다. 구치부 임플란트 수복 시, 디지털 시스템을 이용하여 전통적인 방법에서 겪는 어려움을 줄이고, 수술부터 보철물 제작까지 효율적인 치료 과정과 안정적이고 예지성 있는 결과를 얻어 보고하는 바이다.