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Development of Knee Radiography Auxiliary Device (무릎 방사선 검사 보조장비의 개발)

  • Do-Byung Rhee;Il-Hwan Bae;Hye-Jung Kim;So-Mi Lee;Deok-Mun Kwon;Dong-Ho Choi;Hee-June Kim
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.87-95
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    • 2024
  • Most knee axial radiographs, known as sunrise and skyline view, were performed with the patient in the prone position. The authors tried to address some of the shortcomings of conventional radiography by developing a new radiography method, K-RAD. According to previous research, the K-RAD method showed a wider patellar-femoral joint space than conventional radiography and provided a clear patellar hemi-lateral image with a constant gap between the femoral trochlear groove and tibial tuberosity. The authors worked with an orthopedic specialist to perform radiography using the K-RAD method rather than using existing methods, and as a result, the two knees were aligned correctly and a clear image of the patellar-femoral joint space was created. The authors propose the K-RAD method for knee axial radiography because the K-RAD method provides a sense of stability to the patient and provides images with high diagnostic value.

Analysis of Medical Image with CD-RAD Phantom (CD-RAD Phantom을 이용한 의료영상의 분석)

  • Kim, Chang-Bok;Kim, Young-Keun;Cho, Yong-Sung;Lee, Kyung-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.369-369
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    • 2007
  • The physical and visual evaluation of the identical X-rays are analyzed for medical image clarity with CD-RAD Phantom on this study. The method of measurement is to research CD-RAD by X-rays and to acquire images through image processing equipment, the image analyses are carried out by physical evaluation with statistical method through CD-RAD analyser program, and the visual evaluation of the identical X-rays is carried out by blind test for 20 observers. The result of it is that IQF value of the physical evaluation of Contrast-detail curve is 25 and IQF value of the visual evaluation is 30, so it is revealed that the physical evaluation is superior to the visual one. The special qualities of medical images have much importance of the transmission capacity of information to the image analyser, so it is concluded that 0비ective methods of the physical and visual analyses should be carried out side by side.

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Development of Spherical Fine Powders by High-pressure Water Atomization Using Swirl Water Jet (II)

  • Terai, Shinji;Kikukawa, Masato;Inaba, Tsuneta;Koyama, Tadashi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09a
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    • pp.16-17
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    • 2006
  • In order to obtain spherical fine powder, we have developed a new method of high-pressure water atomization system using swirl water jet with the swirl angle $(\omega)$. The effect of nozzle apex angle $(\theta)$ upon the morphology of atomized powders was investigated. Molten copper was atomized by this method, with $\omega=0.2$ rad (swirl water jet) and $\omega=0$ rad (conical water jet). It was found that the median diameter $(D_{50})$ of atomized powders decreased with decreasing $(\theta)$ down to 0.35 rad in each $\omega$, but under ${\theta}<\;0.35$ rad, $D_{50}$ increased abruptly with decreasing $\theta$ for $\omega=0$ rad, while it was still decreased with decreasing $(\theta)$ for $\omega=0.2$ rad.

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The Effect of Total Radiation Dose on Normal Spinal Cord of Hybrid Mice -Early Pathological Changes- (총 방사선 조사량이 잡종 백색 마우스의 정상 척수에 미치는 영향)

  • Shon, Sung-Won;Kim, Myung-Se;Choi, Won-Hee
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 1986
  • Radiation myelitis is a rather rare, but irreversible fatal complication. Etiology, pathologic change, clinical symptoms and the method of diagnosis have been studied with animal experiments and human necropsies. In spite of massive studies, pathogenesis of post-irradiation myelitis and the level of tolerance dose still remain controversial. Thoracolumbar spine of 110 hybrid mice were irradiated with orthovoltage x-ray machine. Mild capillary congestion and axonal swelling were observed in 1,000 rad irradiated specimens. Focal necrosis in 3,500 rad specimens, fragmentation of neural tissue in 4,000 rad specimens were also observed. These results suggest that 5,000 rad is not a completely safe tolerable dose which have been accepted and we cannot exclude direct radiation damage to news tissue as the causative pathology of radiation myelitis in addition to blood vessel damage.

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Implementation of Rapid Application Development Method in the Development of Geographic Information Systems of Industrial Centers

  • Sasmito, Ginanjar Wiro;Wibowo, Dega Surono;Dairoh, Dairoh
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.194-200
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    • 2020
  • Cities in Indonesia include diverse scattered industrial centers comprising industries that can sustain the existing economic pace. For industrial data collection, the city government still relies on census that consumes extensive time and money. The public are unfamiliar with industries owing to their lack of industry information; therefore, the market share is not optimal. In addition, the opportunity to procure investors for business development is limited. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that can record, store, write, analyze, and display geographical data. Using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) method, GIS was developed on a website platform to provide information on industry profiles, types of production, investment values, industry maps, and industrial locations in each village and sub-district to a wider community. The RAD method was chosen compared to the waterfall method because it could accelerate website development process.

A Case Study of e-Portfolio Framework Based K-folio Implementation for Improving College Students' Competency (대학생 학습역량강화를 위한 e-포트폴리오 프레임워크 기반 K-folio 구축 사례 연구)

  • Park, Dong-Jin;Lee, Yun-Jae;Kim, Jin-Gyoung
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.87-95
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    • 2014
  • e-Portfolio is a useful tool that enhances students' learning competency. This paper introduces 'K-folio' which is an e-Portfolio system. K-folio is currently being implemented throughout campus. K-folio is designed to apply the theoretical framework for college level e-Portfolio. We chose RAD(Rapid Application Development) as our development method which we designed to gradually improve system's capability and usability by reflecting and implementing the suggestions of students and instructors. This paper has the following contributions: first, it proposes the e-Portfolio implementation model that is more applicable to the college environment. second, the study identifies RAD as the most suitable method for e-Portfolio development. third, it mentions important technical implications regarding the development and operation for their e-Portfolio.

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Stability of Human Centromeric Alphoid DNA Repeat during Propagation in Recombination-Deficient Yeast Strains (효모의 재조합 변이주를 이용한 인간 Centromeric Alphoid DNA Repeat의 안정성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kwang-Sup;Shin, Young-Sun;Lee, Sang-Yeop;Ahn, Eun-Kyung;Do, Eun-Ju;Park, In-Ho;Leem, Sun-Hee;SunWoo, Yang-Il
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.243-249
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    • 2007
  • The centromere is a highly differentiated structure of the chromosome that fulfills a multitude of essential mitotic and meiotic functions. Alphoid DNA (${\alpha}$-satellite) is the most abundant family of repeated DNA found at the centromere of all human chromosomes, and chromosomes of primates in general. The most important parts in the development of Human Artificial Chromosomes (HACs), are the isolation and maintenance of stability of centromeric region. For isolation of this region, we could use the targeting hook with alphoid DNA repeat and cloned by Transformation-Associated Recombination (TAR) cloning technique in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The method includes rolling-circle amplification (RCA) of repeats in vitro to 5 kb-length and elongation of the RCA products by homologous recombination in yeast. Four types of $35\;kb{\sim}50\;kb$ of centromeric DNA repeat arrays (2, 4, 5, 6 mer) are used to examine the stability of repeats in homologous recombination mutant strains (rad51, rad52, and rad54). Following the transformation into wild type, rad51 and rad54 mutant strains, there were frequent changes in inserted size. A rad52 mutant strain showed extremely low transformation frequency, but increased stability of centromeric DNA repeat arrays at least 3 times higher than other strains. Based on these results, the incidence of large mutations could be reduced using a rad52 mutant strain in maintenance of centromeric DNA repeat arrays. This genetic method may use more general application in the maintenance of tandem repeats in construction of HAC.

A Study on Dose Calculation in Intracavitary Radiotherapy of the Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix with TAO Applicator (TAO Applicator를 이용한 자궁경암 강내조사시의 선양계산에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, Chul-Soo;Kim, Jung-Jin
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 1984
  • Various methods are available for determination of exposure time in intracavitary radiotherapy of the carcinoma of the uterine cervix. To determine the accuracy of dose calculation with isodose curve for TAO applicator, comparison with results calculated by computer for radiotherapy treatment Planning was done in 24 procedures done in 12 consecutive patients with the carcinoma of the uterine cervix from May to December, 1983. The results are as follows: 1. The average dose rate Per hour of Point A was 87.70 rad, being 89.91 rad ana 85.49 rad in left and right, respectively. 2. The average percentage of dose rate of point A calculated by isodose curve method over that by computer was $101.28\%$ and the difference was less than $5\%$ in 17 Procedures and over $10\%$ in only 3 procedures. 3. The average percentage in case of point B was $108.67\%$. In conclusion, in most cases the difference was less than 200 rad for point A and less than 100 rad for point B during 2 courses of intracavitary radiotherapy. And so the dose rate calculation with isodose curve for TAO applicator is comparatively accurate.

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A Novel Linearization Method of Sin/Cos Sensor Signals Used for Angular Position Determination

  • Zivanovi, Dragan;Lukic, Jelena;Denic, Dragan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.1437-1445
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    • 2014
  • In this paper a novel method for angular position determination using sensors with sin/cos output and without an excitation signal, is presented. The linearization of the sensor transfer characteristic and digitalization of the measurement results are performed simultaneously with a goal to increase the measurement resolution. This improvement is particularly important for low angular velocities, and can be used to increase the resolution of incremental Hall, magnetic and optical sensors. This method includes two phases of sin/cos signal linearization. In the first linearization phase the pseudo-linear signal is generated. The second linearization phase, executed by the two-stage piecewise linear ADC, is an additional linearization of the pseudo-linear signal. Based on the LabVIEW software simulations of the proposed method, the contribution of each processing phase to a final measurement error is examined. After the proposed method is applied within $2{\pi}$ [rad] range, the maximal nonlinearity is reduced from 0.3307 [rad] ($18.9447^{\circ}$) to $3{\cdot}10^{-4}$ [rad] ($0.0172^{\circ}$).

Validation of Surface Reflectance Product of KOMPSAT-3A Image Data Using RadCalNet Data (RadCalNet 자료를 이용한 다목적실용위성 3A 영상 자료의 지표 반사도 성과 검증)

  • Lee, Kiwon;Kim, Kwangseob
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.36 no.2_1
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    • pp.167-178
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    • 2020
  • KOMPSAT-3A images have been used in various kinds of applications, since its launch in 2015. However, there were limits to scientific analysis and application extensions of these data, such as vegetation index estimation, because no tool was developed to obtain the surface reflectance required for analysis of the actual land environment. The surface reflectance is a product of performing an absolute atmospheric correction or calibration. The objective of this study is to quantitatively verify the accuracy of top-of-atmosphere reflectance and surface reflectance of KOMPSAT-3A images produced from the OTB open-source extension program, performing the cross-validation with those provided by a site measurement data of RadCalNet, an international Calibration/Validation (Cal/Val) portal. Besides, surface reflectance was obtained from Landsat-8 OLI images in the same site and applied together to the cross-validation process. According to the experiment, it is proven that the top-of-atmosphere reflectance of KOMPSAT-3A images differs by up to ± 0.02 in the range of 0.00 to 1.00 compared to the mean value of the RadCalNet data corresponding to the same spectral band. Surface reflectance in KOMPSAT-3A images also showed a high degree of consistency with RadCalNet data representing the difference of 0.02 to 0.04. These results are expected to be applicable to generate the value-added products of KOMPSAT-3A images as analysisready data (ARD). The tools applied in thisstudy and the research scheme can be extended as the new implementation of each sensor model to new types of multispectral images of compact advanced satellites (CAS) for land, agriculture, and forestry and the verification method, respectively.