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Imaging Human Structures

  • Kim Byung-Tae;Choi Yong;Mun Joung Hwan;Lee Dae-Weon;Kim Sung Min
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.283-294
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    • 2005
  • The Center for Imaging Human Structures (CIH) was established in December 2002 to develop new diagnostic imaging techniques and to make them available to the greater community of biomedical and clinical researchers at Sungkyunkwan University. CIH has been involved in 5 specific activities to provide solutions for early diagnosis and improved treatment of human diseases. The five area goals include: 1) development of a digital mammography system with computer aided diagnosis (CAD); 2) development of digital radiological imaging techniques; 3) development of unified medical solutions using 3D image fusion; 4) development of multi-purpose digital endoscopy; and, 5) evaluation of new imaging systems for clinical application

The Design of Smart Lawn-management System based on Image Processing (영상처리 기반의 스마트 잔디관리 시스템 설계)

  • Kang, Seong-in;Lee, Ju-won;Kwon, Eon-hyeok;Park, Seong-sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.583-585
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    • 2015
  • Recently, the lawn has plenty of uses in parks, school grounds, golf courses, gardens, etc. So the lawn market is expected to grow. But the cost of running for lawn management has increased, and there are also environmental issues by using pesticide. In this study, we propose Smart Lawn-management System based on Image Processing which increase the efficiency of management and reduce expenses of operation.

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A Study on the Quantitative Regularity Measures That Are Suitable for Biological Signal Analysis - Standard Data and 24 Hour R-R interval Analysis

  • Nam, Y.H.;Lee, J.M.;Han, J.M.;Park, K.S.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1998 no.11
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    • pp.197-198
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    • 1998
  • We tested the capability of Pointwise Correlation Dimension(PD2), Approximate Entropy (ApEn) and LZ complexity, as alternative measures of a biological signal. For this purpose, we analyzed standard data and a healthy child's 24-hour heart rate variability. Our conclusion is as follows. First, PD2, ApEn and LZ complexity can be used for discerning chaotic attractor, white noise, and periodic signal. Second, these measures show different characteristics on day and night. Third, these measures can be used for detecting time-varying characteristics of biological signals.

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Fractal Coding of Three Dimensional Medical Images with Perceptually Enhanced Matching (삼차원 의학 영상에서 시각적으로 향상된 정합을 사용한 프랙탈 부호화)

  • Ahn, C.B;Song, Y.C;Shin, H.S
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.305-312
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    • 1996
  • A new three dimensional fractal coding is proposed with a perceptually enhanced matching. Since most of medical images (e.g. computed tomoyaphy or magnetic resonance images) have three dimensional characters, searching regions are extended to adjacent slices. For a perceptually enhanced matching, a high frequency boost filter is used for pre-filtering images to be encoded, and a least mean square error matching is applied to the edge enhanced Images rather than the original images. From simulation with magnetic resonance images($255\times255$, 8bits/pixel), reconstructed images by the proposed compression algorithm show much improved subjective image quality with higher peak signnal-to-noise ratio compared to those by existing fractal coding algorithms at compression ratios of about 10.

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Building a Rule-Based Goal-Model from the IEC 62304 Standard for Medical Device Software

  • Kim, DongYeop;Lee, Byungjeong;Lee, Jung-Won
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.13 no.8
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    • pp.4174-4190
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    • 2019
  • IEC 62304 is a standard for the medical device software lifecycle. Developers must develop software that complies with all specifications in the standard for licensing. However, because the standard contains not only a large number of specifications, but also domain-specific information and association relationships between specifications, it requires considerable effort and time for developers to understand and interpret the standard. To support developers, this paper presents a method for extracting the contents of the IEC 62304 standard as a goal model, which is the core methodologies of requirements engineering. The proposed method analyzes the grammar of the standard to robustly extract complex structures and various information from standard specifications and define rules that extract goals and links from syntactic element units. We validated the actual extraction process for the standard document experimentally. Based on the extracted goal model, developers can intuitively and efficiently comply with the standard and track specific information within the medical software and standard domains.

Analysis of microRNA expression profiles during the cell cycle in synchronized HeLa cells

  • Zhou, Jue-Yu;Ma, Wen-Li;Liang, Shuang;Zeng, Ye;Shi, Rong;Yu, Hai-Lang;Xiao, Wei-Wei;Zheng, Wen-Ling
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.42 no.9
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    • pp.593-598
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    • 2009
  • Cell cycle progression is regulated by both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) emerge as a new class of small non-coding RNA regulators of cell cycle as recent evidence suggests. It is hypothesized that expression of specific miRNAs oscillates orderly along with cell cycle progression. However, the oscillated expression patterns of many candidate miRNAs have yet to be determined. Here, we describe miRNA expression profiling in double-thymidine synchronized HeLa cells as cell cycle progresses. Twenty-five differentially expressed miRNAs were classified into five groups based on their cell cycle-dependent expression patterns. The cyclic expression of six miRNAs (miR-221, let-7a, miR-21, miR-34a, miR-24, miR-376b) was validated by real-time quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). These results suggest that specific miRNAs, along with other key factors are required for maintaining and regulating proper cell cycle progression. The study deepens our understanding on cell cycle regulation.

Expression Vectors for Human-mouse Chimeric Antibodies

  • Xiong, Hua;Ran, Yuliang;Xing, Jinliang;Yang, Xiangmin;Li, Yu;Chen, Zhinan
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.414-419
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    • 2005
  • The production of recombinant antibodies has been generally recognized as time-consuming and labor-intensive. The aim of our study is to construct mammalian expression vectors containing the cDNA encoding the human constant regions and murine variable regions to massively and cost-effectively produce full-length chimeric antibodies. Unique restriction sites flanking the Ig variable region were designed to allow for the replacement of variable regions generated by PCR. Western blot analysis of the chimeric antibodies revealed that the expressed products were of the predicted size, structure and specificity. The usefulness of the vectors was confirmed by construction of human-mouse chimeric antibody-HCAb which secretes murine antibody against the human colorectal cancer. Selected in medium containing gradually increasing methotrexate (MTX), clones with increased expression of the product gene can be efficiently generated. The secretion of recombinant chimeric antibody-HCAb yielded $30\;pg\;cell^{-1}\;day^{-1}$ at $10^{-6}\;M$ MTX. With this high-level expression from pools, the convenient and rapid production of over 100 milligram amounts per liter of recombinant antibodies may be achieved, which indicates the significant roles of pYR-GCEVH and pYR-GCEVL in the production of chimeric antibodies.

A Study on the Application of Systematic Literature Review for Post-Market Clinical Evaluation of Medical Devices: Focused on the Ophthalmic Electrosurgical system (시판 후 의료기기 임상평가를 위한 체계적 문헌고찰 활용 방안 연구: 안과용전기수술기 사례를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Byung Gwan;Choi, Young Sook;Kim, Mi Sun;Yang, Seok-Jo
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2020
  • In this study, we examined whether the systematic literature review method used in the field of evidence-based medicine could be used for post-market clinical evaluation of medical devices by modifying them to fit the regulatory perspective of medical devices in Korea. For this purpose, systematic literature review was modified and applied to conduct a clinical literature survey on the ophthalmic electrosurgical system(Trabectome®, NeoMediX Corp) used for the treatment of glaucoma. A total of six documents were finally selected, and clinical safety and efficacy information on the indications of the ophthalmic electrosurgical system were effectively presented. In addition, general safety information and unexpected safety information could be distinguished through comparison with medical device adverse event reporting cases. The method used in this study is expected to be used in various ways throughout post-market medical device safety management system and for the purpose of regulation improvement, especially in the field of ophthalmic electrosurgical system.