• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2008

Purpose : To assess the diagnostic accuracy and value in an imaging technique field through the comparison of cone beam computed tomography and conventional panoramic radiography in assessing the topographic relationship between the mandibular canal and impacted third molars. Materials and Methods : Participants consisted of 100 patients offered the images through cone beam computed tomography and panoramic radiography. PSR-$9000^{TM}$ Dental CT system (Asahi Roentgen Ind. Co., Ltd, Japan) was used as the unit of cone beam computed tomography. CE-II (Asahi Roentgen Ind. Co., Ltd, Japan) and Pro Max (Planmeca Oy, Finland) were used as the unit of panoramic radiography. The images obtained through panoramic radiography were classified into 3 types according to the distance between mandibular canal and root of mandibular third molar. And they were classified into 4 types according to the proximity of radiographic feature. The images obtained through cone beam computed tomography based on the classification above were classified into 4 types according to the location between the mandibular canal and the root and were analyzed. And they were classified into buccal, inferior, lingual, and between roots, according to the location between mandibular canal and root. The data were statistically analyzed and estimated by $X^2$-test. Results : 1. There was no statistical significance according to 3 types (type I, type II, type III) through CBCT. 2. The results of 4 types (type A, type B, type C, type D) through CBCT were as high prevalence of CBCT 1 in type A, CBCT 2 in type B, CBCT 3 in type C, and CBCT1 in type D and those of which showed statistical significance (P value=0.03). 3. The results according to location between mandibular canal and root through CBCT recorded each 49, 25, 17, 9 as buccal, inferior, lingual, between roots. Conclusion : When estimating the mandibular canal and the roots through the panoramic radiography, it could be difficult to drive the views of which this estimation was considerable. Thus it is required to have an accurate diagnostic approaching through CBCT that could estimate the location between mandibular canal and roots.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.474-493
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• 1999

According to repeated measurements and correction procedures, the accuracy of the phase-shifting profilometry was developed. At first, after 20 final models for maxillary complete denture were duplicated , the mucosa sur-faces of models were measured with the phase-shifting proflometry and each mirror view of these was calibrated. Maxillary casts were divided into 4 groups of 5 casts per each, and wax dentures with 2 sheets of baseplate wax and artificial teeth were made and then cured according to the curing method of each group. Group I ; quick curing with QC-20 acrylic resin Group II ; 9 hour curing with QC-20 acrylic resin Group III ; SR-Ivocap system Group IV ; metal base and quick curing with QC-20 acrylic resin. After curing, polishing, and storing at $37^{\circ}C$ in saline for 30 days, the forms of the impression surface of the dentures were measured with the phase-shifting profilometry. Then, the impression surface form of each denture was placed in the optimal position of com-parison with the mirror view of the same final cast. The amount and direction of distortion of each denture was analyzed and the effects of polishing and storage in each denture were compared, The obtained results were as follows : 1. In Group I, the denture was observed as the appearance distorted in the opposite direction of the mucosa and the postero-lateral part of palatal portion of the denture was observed as the appearance separated from the mucosa. Also, the buccal flanges of the denture were observed as the appearance distorted in the direction of the mucosa. 2. In Group II, the postero-lateral part of palatal portion of the denture was observed as the appearance separated slightly from the mucosa. The bilateral buccal flanges of denture were observed as the appearance distorted severely in the direction of the mucosa. 3. In Group III the bilateral part of the residual ridge crest portions and the buccal flanges of the denture were observed as the appearance distorted in the direction of the mucosa, and specially, the buccal flanges of the maxillary tuberosities were distorted severely. 4. In Group IV, the acrylic resin base of the buccal portion of the denture was observed as the appearance distorted in the opposite direction of the mucosa. 5. The phase-shifting profilometry, done with repeated measurements and correction procedures, was effective in comparing the amount and direction of distortion at every position after the laboratory work and the delivery of maxillary complete denture.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2012

연구 목적: 합금의 종류와 지대주의 재질의 차이가 변연적합도에 미치는 영향을 비교 분석하고자 한다. 연구 재료 및 방법: 2개의 임플란트 유사체를 평행하게 위치시킨 후 아크릴릭 레진으로 포매하여 연구모형을 제작하였다. 바 구조물은 gold UCLA 지대주에 고귀금속 합금(high noble metal alloy)과 귀금속 합금(noble metal alloy)을, 그리고 metal UCLA 지대주에 고귀금속 합금과 비귀금속 합금(base metal alloy)을 이용하여 총 4 종류의 바 구조물을 7개씩 시편을 제작하였다. 주조된 바 구조물을 레진 모형에 장착하고 한쪽 지대나사를 조인 후, 반대쪽 임플란트-지대주 간극의 수직 거리를 앞, 뒤, 측면 3부위에서 입체 광학 현미경으로 관찰하여 기록하였다. 결과: 각 군들의 변연오차 평균값은 gold UCLA 지대주에 고귀금속 합금과 귀금속 합금을 사용했을 때 각각 $13.69{\pm}6.74{\mu}m$와 $267.26{\pm}65.85{\mu}m$이었으며, metal UCLA 지대주에 고귀금속 합금과 비귀금속 합금을 사용했을 때 $26.19{\pm}8.14{\mu}m$와 $61.90{\pm}33.65{\mu}m$이었다. One-way ANOVA를 이용하여 변연 적합도의 차이를 분석했을 때 고귀금속 함금을 사용한 군들을 제외하고, 모든 군간에 유의한 차이가 존재하였다($P$<.05). Gold UCLA 지대주-귀금속 합금 조합을 제외하고 모두 $70{\mu}m$ 이하의 수직오차를 보였다. 결론: 임플란트 바 유지 장치의 제작에 있어서 고귀금속 합금 대신 비귀금속 합금과 metal UCLA 지대주를 사용하는 것은 임상적 타당성이 있다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2008

Activity가 20만 dpm인 고상 $^3H$ 표준선원을 사용하여 액체섬광계수기에 대한 교정을 수행할 경우 환경시료와는 Activity 및 Geometry 차이가 존재하고, 계측조건 차이로 인해 많은 불확실성이 존재할 수 있지만 이에 대한 연구결과가 없는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 민감도분석을 통해 최적의 계측조건을 도출한 후 그 결과에 근거하여 Geometry 및 Activity 차이에 의한 영향을 정량적으로 평가하였고, 각 항목에 의한 영향이 나타날 경우 추가실험을 통해 원인을 규명하였다. 계측 결과에 대한 검증을 수행하기 위해 Chi-square test와 방사능오차분석을 수행하였고, 민감도분석 결과 본 연구에서 제안한 방법이 기존 방법에 비해 $1{\sim}3%$정도 오차가 감소하였다. 방사능오차분석 결과 Activity 차이에 의한 영향은 무시할 수 있었지만 Geometry 차이에 의한 영향이 크게 나타났고, 이에 대한 원인을 규명한 결과 비수용성인 플라스틱용기는 반사체 역할을 하였고, Activity가 높을수록 플라스틱에 의한 영향은 무시할 수 있었으며, 선원형태 차이에 의한 영향이 지배적인 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2013

CR과 DR 장비에서 팬텀을 이용하여 선량과 노출지수(exposure index, EI)의 변화를 관찰하고 처리된 영상에서 NSR(noise to signal ratio)과 CNR (contrast to noise ratio)을 측정하여 디지털 시스템에서 방사선량을 최적화하기 위한 인자들 간의 상관관계를 알아보고자 하였다. EI와 입사표면선량(entrance surface dose, ESD)는 CR과 DR 장비에서 모두 주어진 선량의 증가에 따라 비례하여 증가하였다. 적정범위 내 EI 산출시 CR의 경우 DR 보다 더 많은 선량이 요구되었으나 두 시스템에서 모두 EI 지표는 노출인자인 kVp, mAs의 증가에 대해 선형으로 비례하여 증가하였다. 특히, 검출기 효율이 우수한 DR 시스템에서는 선량 변화에 대해 더 안정된 감도를 나타내었고, 최소의 선량증가에도 영상의 유용한 대조도를 형성하여 화질의 향상에 쉽게 도달할 수 있었다. 이는 검출기 흡수선량과 밀접한 관련이 있는 EI 지표의 정확성을 예측 가능하게 하였다. EI의 물리적 특징과 영상평가를 위한 NSR 측정은 DR 시스템에서 CR 보다 더 낮은 NSR이 나타났으며 CR에서는 6 mAs이상의 관전류에서는 관전압의 값에 따른 영향이 상대적으로 적었다. 본 연구 결론은 디지털 시스템 검출기의 흡수선량 측정의 지표인 EI는 노출인자와 선형비례관계에 있었고 EI가 제조사에서 제공한 범위 내에 존재할 때 그 EI 지표가 우수할수록 최적의 영상화질을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 디지털 방사선 영상 기술에서 EI의 물리적 특징의 활용은 실제 임상에서 영상의 화질향상에 도움을 주고 검출기의 품질관리를 통하여 환자의 불필요한 피폭선량을 줄이는 데 많은 기여를 할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2009

In order to prevent upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, effective keyboard selection is an important consideration. The aim of this study was to compare upper extremity muscle activity according to transverse plane angle changes during vertical keyboard typing. Sixteen healthy men were recruited. All subjects had a similar typing ability (rate of more than 300 keystrokes per minute) and biacromion and forearm-fingertip lengths. Four different types of keyboard (vertical keyboard with a transverse plane angle of $60^{\circ}$, $96^{\circ}$, or $120^{\circ}$, and a standard keyboard) were used with a wrist support. The test order was selected randomly for each subject. Surface electromyography (EMG) was used to measure upper extremity muscle activity during a keyboard typing task. The collected EMG data were normalized using the reference contraction and expressed as a percentage of the reference voluntary contraction (%RVC). In order to analyze the differences in EMG data, a repeated one-way analysis of variance, with a significance level of .05, was used. Bonferroni correction was used for multiple comparisons. There were significant differences in the EMG amplitude of all seven muscles (upper trapezius, middle deltoid, anterior deltoid, extensor carpi radialis, extensor carpi ulnaris, flexor carpi radialis, and flexor carpi ulnaris) assessed during the keyboard typing task. The mean activity of each muscle had a tendency to increase as the transverse plane angle increased. The mean activity recorded during all vertical keyboard typing was lower than that recorded during standard keyboard typing. There was no significant difference in accuracy and error scores; however, there was a significant difference between transverse plane angles of $60^{\circ}$ and $120^{\circ}$ with regard to comfort. In conclusion, a vertical keyboard with a transverse plane angle of $60^{\circ}$ would be effective in reducing muscle activity compared with vertical keyboards with other transverse plane angles.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2000

Genomics is providing targets faster than we can validate them and combinatorial chemistry is providing new chemical entities faster than we can screen them. Historically, the drug discovery cascade has been established as a sequential process initiated with a potency screening against a selected biological target. In this sequential process, pharmacokinetics was often regarded as a low-throughput activity. Typically, limited pharmacokinetics studies would be conducted prior to acceptance of a compound for safety evaluation and, as a result, compounds often failed to reach a clinical testing due to unfavorable pharmacokinetic characteristics. A new paradigm in drug discovery has emerged in which the entire sample collection is rapidly screened using robotized high-throughput assays at the outset of the program. Higher-throughput pharmacokinetics (HTPK) is being achieved through introduction of new techniques, including automation for sample preparation and new experimental approaches. A number of in vitro and in vivo methods are being developed for the HTPK. In vitro studies, in which many cell lines are used to screen absorption and metabolism, are generally faster than in vivo screening, and, in this sense, in vitro screening is often considered as a real HTPK. Despite the elegance of the in vitro models, however, in vivo screenings are always essential for the final confirmation. Among these in vivo methods, cassette dosing technique, is believed the methods that is applicable in the screening of pharmacokinetics of many compounds at a time. The widespread use of liquid chromatography (LC) interfaced to mass spectrometry (MS) or tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) allowed the feasibility of the cassette dosing technique. Another approach to increase the throughput of in vivo screening of pharmacokinetics is to reduce the number of sample analysis. Two common approaches are used for this purpose. First, samples from identical study designs but that contain different drug candidate can be pooled to produce single set of samples, thus, reducing sample to be analyzed. Second, for a single test compound, serial plasma samples can be pooled to produce a single composite sample for analysis. In this review, we validated the issue whether the second method can be applied to practical screening of in vivo pharmacokinetics using data from seven of our previous bioequivalence studies. For a given drug, equally spaced serial plasma samples were pooled to achieve a 'Pooled Concentration' for the drug. An area under the plasma drug concentration-time curve (AUC) was then calculated theoretically using the pooled concentration and the predicted AUC value was statistically compared with the traditionally calculated AUC value. The comparison revealed that the sample pooling method generated reasonably accurate AUC values when compared with those obtained by the traditional approach. It is especially noteworthy that the accuracy was obtained by the analysis of only one sample instead of analyses of a number of samples that necessitates a significant man-power and time. Thus, we propose the sample pooling method as an alternative to in vivo pharmacokinetic approach in the selection potential lead(s) from combinatorial libraries.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.108-114
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• 1980

A deterministic conceptual erosion model which simulates detachment, entrainment, transport and deposition of eroded soil particles by rainfall impact and flowing water is presented. Both upland and channel phases of sediment yield are incorporated into the erosion model. The algorithms for the soil erosion and sedimentation processes including land and crop management effects are taken from the literature and then solved using a digital computer. The erosion model is used in conjunction with the modified Kentucky Watershed Model which simulates the hydrologic characteristics from watershed data. The two models are linked together by using the appropriate computer code. Calibrations for both the watershed and erosion model parameters are made by comparing the simulated results with actual field measurements in the Four Mile Creek watershed near Traer, Iowa using 1976 and 1977 water year data. Two water years, 1970 and 1978 are used as test years for model verification. There is good agreement between the mean daily simulated and recorded streamflow and between the simulated and recorded suspended sediment load except few partial differences. The following conclusions were drawn from the results after testing the watershed and erosion model. 1. The watershed and erosion model is a deterministic lumped parameter model, and is capable of simulating the daily mean streamflow and suspended sediment load within a 20 percent error, when the correct watershed and erosion parameters are supplied. 2. It is found that soil erosion is sensitive to errors in simulation of occurrence and intensity of precipitation and of overland flow. Therefore, representative precipitation data and a watershed model which provides an accurate simulation of soil moisture and resulting overland flow are essential for the accurate simulation of soil erosion and subsequent sediment transport prediction. 3. Erroneous prediction of snowmelt in terms of time and magnitute in conjunction with The frozen ground could be the reason for the poor simulation of streamflow as well as sediment yield in the snowmelt period. More elaborate and accurate snowmelt submodels will greatly improve accuracy. 4. Poor simulation results can be attributed to deficiencies in erosion model and to errors in the observed data such as the recorded daily streamflow and the sediment concentration. 5. Crop management and tillage operations are two major factors that have a great effect on soil erosion simulation. The erosion model attempts to evaluate the impact of crop management and tillage effects on sediment production. These effects on sediment yield appear to be somewhat equivalent to the effect of overland flow. 6. Application and testing of the watershed and erosion model on watersheds in a variety of regions with different soils and meteorological characteristics may be recommended to verify its general applicability and to detact the deficiencies of the model. Futhermore, by further modification and expansion with additional data, the watershed and erosion model developed through this study can be used as a planning tool for watershed management and for solving agricultural non-point pollution problems.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.481-487
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• 2013

Objective: The present study aims to evaluate the visual reactions of users when they are playing games of different flow levels, and to explore the visual variables that can sensitively reflect the different flow levels. Background: The flow is defined as a psychological state where interface users feel their actions in a virtual setting identical to those in real environment. To measure the flow states of users, the questionnaire-based FSS(Flow State Scale) has mostly been used. However, this method is a qualitative test that has limits in terms of the accuracy of users' flow experiences. Therefore, more accurate methods to measure users' flow experiences are required. Method: Ten subjects participated in the experiment, where the independent variables were three games with different flow levels(puzzle games, dot drawing and coloring) and the time frame(the first and last 10 seconds in game playing), whereas the dependent variables included the pupil size and the frequency and duration of eye blinking. This study was a within-subject design. Each participant performed three types of games with different flow levels 3 times for each for 10 minutes, and their visual reactions to each game were measured. Results: The higher the flow cause the bigger pupil size(p<0.01) and the lower eye blinking frequency(p<0.1), indicating that different types of games lead to different flow levels. The pupil size during the last 10 seconds when the flow level was higher was bigger by 2.1% compared with that during the first 10 seconds in game playing(p<0.1), and the eye blinking frequency decreased by 12%(p<0.01). Conclusion: It was found out that the pupil size and the frequency and duration of eye blinking were psychophysiological indices for evaluating users' flow experiences, which could quantify the flow states users go through. The psychophysiological variables capable of measuring diverse aspects of the flow need diversifying to be applicable to precise measurement of the flow. Application: These studies are warranted for both quantitative analysis of flow levels and qualitative improvement of cyber leisure in line with development of healthy games.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2015

최근 현대인들의 스트레스 증가로 인하여 수면 장애에 대한 문제가 부각되면서 수면의 질에 대한 관심이 급증하고 있다. 이러한 수면 장애는 정밀한 진단을 위해서 긴 시간과 높은 비용을 요구하는 수면다원검사를 수행하여야 한다. 따라서 실생활에서 낮은 비용으로 손쉽게 수면의 효율을 측정하는 가속도 센서가 내장된 손목 착용형 장비가 활용 가능한 방안으로 부각되고 있다. 하지만 가속도 데이터를 이용한 기존의 수면/비수면 구간 분류 방식은 개별 시점의 가속도 값만을 이용해 수면/비수면 상태를 구분하기 때문에 수면 중 간헐적 움직임과 비수면 중 미세한 움직임이 발생한 구간에서 오분류율이 높은 약점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 분류과정에서 인근 시점간의 SVM 분류기 스코어의 유사성을 고려하는 동적 분류기를 이용함으로써 앞에서 언급한 문제에 효과적으로 대처할 수 있음을 보인다. 제안하는 알고리즘의 실생활 적용가능 여부 판단을 위하여 50개 데이터 세트에 대해 구간 구분을 수행하여 정확도 88.9%, 민감도 88.9%, 특이도 88.5%의 결과를 얻었다.