• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 무손실 압축을 위하여 예측기를 스위칭하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 MED(median edge detector), GAP(gradient adaptive prediction) 예측기의 예측 에러들에 따라 적응적으로 하나의 예측기를 이용하여 화소값을 예측한다. 그리고, 에러는 기존의 엔트로피 방법을 이용하여 측정한다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 알고리즘이 기존 예측 방법보다 적은 에러값과 엔트로피를 가짐으로써 향상된 압축을 할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.209-213
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• 2010

본 논문에서 엔트로피 코딩을 위한 효과적인 예측기를 제안한다. 제안하는 예측기는 MED(median edge detector)와 GAP(gradient adaptive prediction)의 예측 에러 중의 하나를 적응적으로 선택한다. 감소한 에러는 기존의 엔트로피 코딩 방법을 이용하여 부호화한다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 알고리즘이 기존 예측 방법보다 향상된 압축이 가능함을 보인다.

• Acute and Critical Care
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.260-268
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• 2018

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical application of modified Burns Wean Assessment Program (m-BWAP) scoring at first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) as a predictor of successful liberation from mechanical ventilation (MV) in patients with endotracheal intubation. Methods: Patients requiring MV for more than 72 hours and undergoing more than one SBT in a medical intensive care unit (ICU) were prospectively enrolled over a 3-year period. The m-BWAP score at first SBT was obtained by a critical care nursing practitioner. Results: A total of 103 subjects were included in this study. Their median age was 69 years (range, 22 to 87 years) and 72 subjects (69.9%) were male. The median duration from admission to first SBT was 5 days (range, 3 to 26 days), and the rate of final successful liberation from MV was 84.5% (n=87). In the total group of patients, the successful liberation from MV group at first SBT (n=65) had significantly higher m-BWAP scores than did the unsuccessful group (median, 60; range, 43 to 80 vs. median, 53; range, 33 to 70; P<0.001). Also, the area under the m-BWAP curve for predicting successful liberation of MV was 0.748 (95% confidence interval, 0.650 to 0.847), while the cutoff value based on Youden's index was 53 (sensitivity, 76%; specificity, 64%). Conclusions: The present data show that the m-BWAP score represents a good predictor of weaning success in patients with an endotracheal tube in place at first SBT.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2014

Motion estimation is a core part of most video compression systems since it directly affects the output video quality and the encoding time. The full search (FS) technique gives the highest visual quality but has the problem of a significant computational load. To solve this problem, we present in this paper a modified median (MMED) operation and advanced search strategies for fast motion estimation. The proposed MMED operation includes a temporally co-located motion vector (MV) to select an appropriate initial candidate. Moreover, we introduce a search procedure that reduces the number of thresholds and simplifies the early termination conditions for the determination of a final MV. The experimental results show that the proposed approach achieves substantial speedup compared with the conventional methods including the motion vector field adaptive search technique (MVFAST) and predictive MVFAST (PMVFAST). The proposed algorithm also improves the PSNR values by increasing the correlation between the MVs, compared with the FS method.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.382-393
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• 1991

A DPCM system employing a median predictor, which is called the predictive median-DPCM(PM-DPCM), is proposed. An interesting observation that in PM-DPCM transmission errors are often isolated and not propagated over the reconstructed signal is made, and is analyzed deterministically and statistically. In addition, it is shown that the decoder of the PM-DPCM is always a stable system. In addition, it is shown that the decoder of the PM-DPCM is always a stable system. In order to examine the performance characteristics of PM-DPCM, it is applied to real images. The results indicate that reconstructed images through the PM-DPCM can be better than those through thestandadrd DPCM when transmission errors occur, and that under noise-free conditions the PM-DPCM performs like the standard DPCM.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2007

비디오 압축 기법에서 움직임 추정(Motion Estimation)은 매우 중요한 부분을 차지하는데, 그것은 움직임 추정이 화질과 인코딩 시간에 직접적으로 영향을 미치기 때문이다. 가장 기본적인 움직임 추정 기법은 전역 탐색 기법(Full Search)인데, 이는 가장 좋은 화질을 보여주긴 하지만 매우 많은 계산량이 필요하다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 좋은 화질을 유지하면서도 계산량을 낮추기 위한 많은 고속 알고리즘들이 제안되었다. 그 중 PMVFAST는 움직임 벡터간의 연관성을 이용하여 계산량을 낮추면서도 전역 탐색 기법에 거의 근접한 화질을 얻어낼 수 있었다. 이 논문에서는 현재 프레임과 이전 프레임의 움직임 벡터에 기초하여 현재 매크로블록의 움직임 벡터를 예측하는 새로운 예측방법을 제시한다. 실험결과에 따르면 제안한 알고리즘은 PMVFAST보다 빠르면서도 전역 탐색기법보다도 높은 평균 PSNR을 보여주었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1094-1101
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• 1993

신호를 블러링하여 상관도를 높이고 차이값의 정보량을 줄이는 BDPCM에 의한 영상 압축 가능성을 보인다. 균일한 양자화 간격을 가지고 부호기의 신호 흐름을 분석하여 복호기에서 완전한 신호 복원 능력을 제시한다. 블러링된 신호를 일반적인 DPCM 예측기에 의한 차이값이 일정한 동적 범위에 속한다는 것을 분석한다. 메디안 필터가 임펄스 잡음을 제거할 수 있는 대신에 신호를 철저히 훼손시키는 단점을 개선하기 위해, 차이값에 대해 선택적으로 필터링하는 것을 제안한다. 차이값 분포가 일정하기 때문에 전송중 잡음 특히 임펄스 잡음이 검출되며 필터링에 의해 제거된다. 이로써 저전송률 영상 전송에서 잡음 제거가 가능한 부호기를 제안하였다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2022

Purpose: Rib fractures are common injuries that can lead to morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data on all patients with rib fractures admitted to a single trauma center between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018 were reviewed. Results: A total of 1,671 admissions for rib fracture were examined. Patients' median age was 57 years, the median Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 14, and the median number of fractured ribs was three. The in-hospital mortality rate was 4%. Age, the number of rib fractures, and Charlson Comorbidity Index scores were poor predictors of mortality, while the ISS was a slightly better predictor, with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve values of 0.60, 0.55, 0.58, and 0.74, respectively. Multivariate regression showed that age, ISS, and Charlson Comorbidity Index score, but not the number of rib fractures, were associated with significantly elevated adjusted odds ratios for mortality (1.03, 1.14, and 1.28, respectively). Conclusions: Age, ISS, and comorbidities were independently associated with the risk of mortality; however, they were not accurate predictors of death. The factors associated with rib fracture mortality are complex and cannot be explained by a single variable. Interventions to improve outcomes must be multifaceted.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.7237-7242
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• 2015

Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the commonest malignancy involving the ovaries. Maximum surgical cytoreduction (MCR) followed by adjuvant taxane-platinum chemotherapy are the standard of care treatments. Aims: To study treatment outcomes of EOC patients that were maximally cyto-reduced and received adjuvant paclitaxel-carboplatin (PC) chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 174 patients with EOC treated at the Egyptian National Cancer Institute between 2006 and 2010. For inclusion, they should have had undergone MCR with no-gross residual followed by adjuvant PC chemotherapy. MCR was total abdominal hysterectomy/bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy [TAH/BSO] or unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy [USO] plus comprehensive staging. Results: The median age was 50 years. Most patients were married (97.1%), had offspring (92.5%), were postmenopausal (53.4%), presented with abdominal/pelvic pain and swelling (93.7%), had tumors involving both ovaries (45.4%) without extra-ovarian extension i.e. stage I (55.2%) of serous histology (79.9%) and grade II (87.4%). TAH/BSO was performed in 97.7% of cases. A total of 1,014 PC chemotherapy cycles were administered and were generally tolerable with 93.7% completing 6 cycles. Alopecia and numbness were the commonest adverse events. The median follow up period was 42 months. The 2-year rates for disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were 70.7% and 94.8%, respectively. The respective 5-year rates were 52.6% and 81.3%. Advanced stage and high-grade were significantly associated with poor DFS and OS (p<0.001). Age >65 years was associated with poor OS (p =0.008). Using Cox-regression, stage was independent predictor of poor DFS and OS. Age was an independent predictor of poor OS.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2014

Background: Our objectives were to review our institutional early and midterm experience with primary tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair, and identify predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) morbidity. Methods: We analyzed perioperative and midterm follow-up data for all cases of primary TOF repair from 2001 to 2012. The primary endpoint was early mortality and morbidity, and the secondary endpoint was survival and functional status at follow-up. Results: Ninety-seven patients underwent primary repair. The median age was 4.9 months (range, 1 to 9 months), and the median weight was 5.3 kg (range, 3.1 to 9.8 kg). There was no early surgical mortality. The incidence of junctional ectopic tachycardia and persistent complete heart block was 2% and 1%, respectively. The median length of ICU stay was 6 days (range, 2 to 21 days), and the median duration of mechanical ventilation was 19 hours (range, 0 to 136 hours). By multiple regression analysis, age and weight were independent predictors of the length of ICU stay, while the surgical era was an independent predictor of the duration of mechanical ventilation. At the 8-year follow-up, freedom from death and re-intervention was 97% and 90%, respectively. Conclusion: Primary TOF repair is a safe procedure with low mortality and morbidity in a medium-sized program with outcomes comparable to national standards. Age and weight at the time of surgery remain significant predictors of morbidity.