• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether periodontal pocket could be satisfactorily visualized by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to suggest quantitative methods for measuring periodontal pocket depth. Methods: We acquired OCT images of periodontal pockets in a porcine model and determined the actual axial resolution for measuring the exact periodontal pocket depth using a calibration method. Quantitative measurements of periodontal pockets were performed by real axial resolution and compared with the results from manual periodontal probing. Results: The average periodontal pocket depth measured by OCT was $3.10{\pm}0.15mm$, $4.11{\pm}0.17mm$, $5.09{\pm}0.17mm$, and $6.05{\pm}0.21mm$ for each periodontal pocket model, respectively. These values were similar to those obtained by manual periodontal probing. Conclusions: OCT was able to visualize periodontal pockets and show attachment loss. By calculating the calibration factor to determine the accurate axial resolution, quantitative standards for measuring periodontal pocket depth can be established regardless of the position of periodontal pocket in the OCT image.

• 전자공학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.44-48
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• 2014

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2006

원통형의 압접소자를 이용한 광지연선을 사용하여 광 간섭형 단층촬영 시스템을 제작하였다. 광지연선은 18 m 길이의 단일 모드 광섬유를 압전소자의 둘레에 134회 감아 구성하였으며 0.78 mm의 광경로 길이변화를 얻었다. 제작한 광 간섭형 단층촬영 시스템은 신호 대 잡음비 96.9 dB, 종방향 분해능 $18.6{\pm}0.5\;{\mu}m$, 횡방향 분해능 $5\;{\mu}m$의 특성을 보였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.243-248
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• 2019

기관지는 호흡과정에 있어서 호흡기 시스템의 필수적인 부분이다. 그러나 기관에 협착이 발생하면 기관지 안쪽이 좁아져 호흡을 원활하게 유지하는데 문제가 되기 때문에 조기에 진단 및 치료를 함으로써 증상의 악화를 예방하는 것이 중요하다. 천식은 기도 협착의 가역적 원인의 전형적인 예이며, 급성 악화로 고통받는 환자의 수는 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 고해상도의 광 결맞음 단층촬영법(optical coherence tomography, OCT)은 조직의 미세 구조를 관찰하는 데 적합하다. 본 연구에서는 내시경 광 결맞음 단층촬영법을 개발하였다. 1,300 nm 광 결맞음 단층촬영법과 고속으로 회전할 수 있는 서보모터를 결합하였다. 모터를 이용하여 360도 회전하면서 이미징하는 동안 프로그램으로 조작이 가능한 선형 스테이지를 사용하여 내시경 프로브를 풀백했다. 모터는 토크, 회전 속도 및 풀리의 기어비와 같은 다양한 요구사항을 고려하여 선정하였다. 샘플로는 생체 외토끼 기도 모델을 사용하였고, 샘플과 카테터는 모터 회전에 의해 흔들리지 않도록 아크릴 구조물로 고정시켰다. 광 결맞음 단층촬영 이미지는 점막 및 점막하층 구조에 대한 정보를 제공하며, 정상부분과 협착부분의 차이를 영상에서 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 3차원 영상 복원 과정을 통해, 단면 영상과 더불어 3차원 영상에서도 기도의 협착을 식별할 수 있었다. 이 연구는 기도 협착증 진단에 도움을 줄 수 있는 영상법 개발 뿐만아니라 3차원 영상을 구현했다는 점에서 의미가 있다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2008

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an important noninvasive medical imaging technique that can reveal subsurface structures of biological tissue. OCT has demonstrated a good correlation with histology in sufficient resolution to identify morphological changes in articular cartilage to differentiate normal through progressive stages of degenerative joint disease. Current OCT systems provide individual cross-sectional images that are representative of the tissue directly under the scanning beam, but they may not fully demonstrate the degree of degeneration occurring within a region of a joint surface. For a full understanding of the nature and degree of cartilage degeneration within a joint, multiple OCT images must be obtained and an overall assessment of the joint surmised from multiple individual images. This study presents frequency domain three-dimensional (3-D) OCT imaging of degenerative joint cartilage extracted from bovine knees. The 3-D OCT imaging of articular cartilage enables the assembly of 126 individual, adjacent, rapid scanned OCT images into a full 3-D image representation of the tissue scanned, or these may be viewed in a progression of successive individual two-dimensional (2-D) OCT images arranged in 3-D orientation. A fiber-based frequency domain OCT system that provides cross-sectional images was used to acquire 126 successive adjacent images for a sample volume of $6{\times}3.2{\times}2.5\;mm^3$. The axial resolution was $8\;{\mu}m$ in air. The 3-D OCT was able to demonstrate surface topography and subsurface disruption of articular cartilage consistent with the gross image as well as with histological cross-sections of the specimen. The 3-D OCT volumetric imaging of articular cartilage provides an enhanced appreciation and better understanding of regional degenerative joint disease than may be realized by individual 2-D OCT sectional images.

• 센서학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2011

In this paper, the swept source-optical coherence tomography system using frequency domain mode locked(FDML) laser has realized. The FDML swept source laser showed 55.03 kHz sweeping speed, 125 nm sweeping range, and 9 mW output optical power, which are the superiority of FDML laser compared to previous swept source lasers. Also, through the cross-sectional image captured at 5 frames per second for a mirror, a 1 mm-thickness glass plate, and a thumb bottom, the performance of the system has demonstrated.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2023

In this study, we demonstrate ultrahigh-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with a 200-kHz line rate using a superluminescent diode with a -3-dB bandwidth of 100 nm at 849 nm. To increase the line rate, a subset of the total number of camera pixels is used. In addition, a partial-spectrum detection method is used to obtain OCT images within an imaging depth of 2.1 mm while maintaining ultrahigh axial resolution. The partially detected spectrum has a flat-topped intensity profile, and side lobes occur after fast Fourier transformation. Consequently, we propose and apply the super-Gaussian window function as a new window function, to reduce the side lobes and obtain a result that is close to that of the axial-resolution condition with no window function applied. Upon application of the super-Gaussian window function, the result is close to the ultrahigh axial resolution of 4.2 ㎛ in air, corresponding to 3.1 ㎛ in tissue (n = 1.35).

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1291-1298
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• 2017

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the most common medical imaging device with the ability to image the retina in eyes at micrometer resolution and to visualize the pathological indicators of many retinal diseases such as Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. Accordingly, there have been research activities to analyze and process OCT images to identify those indicators and make medical decisions based on the findings. In this paper, we use a deep convolutional neural network for analysis of OCT volume data to distinguish AMD from normal patients. We propose a novel approach where images in each OCT volume are grouped together into sub-volumes and the network is trained by those sub-volumes instead of individual images. We conducted an experiment using public data set to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach. The experiment confirmed performance improvement of our approach over the traditional image-by-image training approach.

• Medical Lasers
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2021

Optical imaging modalities with properties of real-time, non-invasive, in vivo, and high resolution for image-guided surgery have been widely studied. In this review, we introduce two optical imaging systems, that could be the core of image-guided surgery and introduce the system configuration, implementation, and operation methods. First, we introduce the optical coherence tomography (OCT) system implemented by our research group. This system is implemented based on a swept-source, and the system has an axial resolution of 11 ㎛ and a lateral resolution of 22 ㎛. Second, we introduce a fluorescence imaging system. The fluorescence imaging system was implemented based on the absorption and fluorescence wavelength of indocyanine green (ICG), with a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. To confirm the performance of the two imaging systems, human malignant melanoma cells were injected into BALB/c nude mice to create a xenograft model and using this, OCT images of cancer and pathological slide images were compared. In addition, in a mouse model, an intravenous injection of indocyanine green was used with a fluorescence imaging system to detect real-time images moving along blood vessels and to detect sentinel lymph nodes, which could be very important for cancer staging. Finally, polarization-sensitive OCT to find the boundaries of cancer in real-time and real-time image-guided surgery using a developed contrast agent and fluorescence imaging system were introduced.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2002년도 하계학술발표회
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• pp.86-87
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• 2002

생체의용 Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)는 살아있는 표피의 내부 미세구조의 고해상도 단면 영상을 얻는 기술이다. OCT는 1-2mm의 깊이의 작은 혈관이나 표피의 내부 구조 영상을 얻을 수 있다. OCT의 광원으로는 800nm대와 1300nm대의 파장을 갖는 Edge-emitting Light-Emitting Diode(ELED)와 Super-Luminescent diode(SLD)를 많이 사용하고 있다. 그러나 기존 광원의 가간섭성 길이가 정밀의료계측 분야의 응용에서 요구하는 해상도에 충분하지 못하다. (중략)