• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.297-300
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• 1996

In male reproducible health and fertility and IVF(in-vitro fertilization), semen analysis has been most important. But the traditional tools for semen analysis are subjective, imprecise, inaccurate, difficult to standardize, and difficult to reproduce mainly due to their manually oriented operations. The purpose of a morphometric analysis of sperm is to microscopically type-classify spermatozoa cytologically according to their morphology of heads. Until now, the strict criteria method has long been used in clinic to discriminate normal spermatozoa from abnormal ones. This method cannot classify the diverse groups of abnormal spermatozoa in detail and shows variations in inter-operators and intra-operator In this paper, we developed a new method of a sperm morphometric analysis using artificial neural networks which are widely used in pattern recognition and image processing.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.12.1-12.8
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• 2019

Background: Wild fish populations stock is continuously diminishing in the Indo-Ganges river basin, and the population status of most fishes is unidentified. The identification of the population status and the conservation of commercially important and endemic wild fish populations in this region are crucial for the management. The aim of this paper was to identify the population status of Cirrhinus reba, a promising aquaculture but vulnerable species in the Indo-Ganges river basin in Bangladesh. Methods: C. reba samples were collected from four isolated populations of the Brahmaputra (n = 30), the Padma (33), the Karatoya (31), and the Jamuna Rivers (30) in Bangladesh, and the population status was evaluated using morphometric and landmark comparisons. Data were analyzed with the Kruskal-Wallis test, univariate analysis, discriminant function analysis, and the formation of a dendrogram. Results: Three meristic characters (Pectoral fin rays, caudal fin rays, scale in lateral lines), four morphometric characters (head length, pre-orbital length, post-orbital length, maximum body depth), and truss measurement (4-7) were significantly different among the stocks. The step-wise discriminant function analysis retained 15 variables from morphometric and landmark measurements that significantly differentiated the populations based on the constructed DFI and DFII. Discriminate function analysis also showed that 91.2% of the original groups were classified into their correct samples. The cluster analysis of Euclidean distances placed the Jamuna population in one cluster and the Brahmaputra, the Padma, and the Karatoya populations in the second one. Conclusion : Morphological differences among the stock were probably due to different ancestral origin. This is the first report about population status of C. reba in their natural habitat of the Indian subcontinent. Further genetic studies and the evaluation of environmental impact on C. reba populations in Bangladesh are suggested to support our findings.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.94-101
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• 2008

In Korean waters, there are two color types (blue and purple) of the blue crab Portunus trituberculatus. The blue type is common, but the ratio of the purple type has increased in landings. To determine whether there were significant morphometric or genetic differences between the blue and purple types, crabs caught from the West Sea of Korea were examined. Based on covariance analysis, there were significant differences in 1 of 10 morphometric characteristics of males between the two types, in none of the ten characteristics for females. Using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) DNA fingerprinting, no specific AFLP marker was detected for each type. The heterozygosity and genetic diversity were very low. Analyses of pairwise distance, the Fst index, and genetic similarity revealed similar results, with very low genetic differentiation. Therefore, there is no significant difference between blue and purple types of the crab from the West Sea of Korea, and the two types in the West Sea can be managed as one stock.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2007

Purpose : The research was done to investigate the effectiveness of 2D bony morphometry and microstructure of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) on the osteoporotic bony change. We performed the bone morphometric analysis of proximal femur in ovariectomized rabbits with BMD and micro-CT examination. Materials and Methods : Twenty-one female (Newzealand, about 16 weeks old, 2.9-3.4kg) rabbits were used. Three rabbits were sacrificed on the day when experiment began (Baseline). The remaining 18 rabbits were divided into two groups. One group was ovariectomized bilaterally (OVX) and the other animals were subjected to sham operation (Sham). Bone specimens were obtained from the right and left femur of sacrificed rabbits. At intervals of 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 months respectively, BMD tests were performed on the proximal femur by using PIXlmus 2 (GE Lunar Co. USA), 2-dimensional bone morphometric analysis by custome computer program and 2D/3D bone structure analysis by micro-CT (Skyscan 1072, Antwerpen, Belgium). Statistical analysis was carried out for the correlation between bone morphometry, micro-CT and BMD Result : BV/TV, Tb.Th, Tb.N of micro-CT parameters showed higher values in sham group than OVX group. N.Nd/Ar.RI, N.NdNd, N.NdTm, N. TmTm, PmB/Ar.RI, 3-D BoxSlope of 2D morphometric parameters showed higher values in Sham group than OVX group. The micro-CT parameters of Tb.Sp, Tb.N were statistically significant correlated with BMD respectively. Several 2D morphometric parameters were statistically significant correlated with BMD respectively. Conclusion : Several parameters of 2D bony morphometry and micro-CT showed effective aspects on the osteoporotic bony change.

• 환경생물
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2020

The sectioned-body morphometric characteristics of the diploid and triploid marine medaka, Oryzias dancena, of both sexes were examined to collect basic data on the significant differences between the diploid and triploid fish. Significant differences between the diploid and triploid fish in both sexes were observed in the body circumference anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the body circumference anterior to the base of the anal fin, the body circumference anterior to the base of the dorsal fin, the area anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the area anterior to the base of the anal fin, the area anterior to the base of the dorsal fin, the total height anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the total height anterior to the base of the anal fin, the height anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the height anterior to the base of the anal fin, the width anterior to the base of the anal fin, the belly thickness II anterior to the base of the anal fin, section shape 2-1, and section shape 4-1 (p<0.05). These measurements were greater in the triploid marine medaka of both sexes than those in the diploid marine medaka of both sexes, and they were also greater in the male diploid and triploid marine medaka than those in the corresponding female fish. Therefore, the sectioned-body morphometric dimensions were greater in the triploid males than those in the triploid females and the diploid fish in this study.

• 환경생물
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.507-517
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 외부형태적으로 매우 비슷한 참조기(Larimichthys polyactis) 와 부세(L. crocea)의 두 종 간 구분을 위해 계측형질 분석을 포함한 몇가지 기법들을 수행하였다. 총 48개의 계측형질 중 4개의 유의한 차이를 보이는 계측형질이 파악되었으며(p<0.05) classical dimension에서는 유의한 차이를 보이는 계측형질은 없었다(p>0.05). 오히려, 2가지의 truss dimension(Insertion of dorsal fin base origin of pectoral fin base와 Origin of anal fin base - origin of pectoral fin base)와 2가지의 head part dimension (Most anterior extension of the head - above of eye와 Above of eye posterior aspect of operculum)에서는 유의한 차이가 나타났다(p<0.05). 하지만, 이러한 4가지 계측형질 중 head part dimension의 Above of eye - posterior aspect of operculum의 계측형질을 제외한 나머지 3가지 계측형질들에서 부세가 참조기에 비해 더 큰 수치를 나타내었다(p<0.05). X-ray 분석 결과 curved vertebral column에서 부세는 45.1±2.34°로 참조기의 38.4±1.82°에 비해 8.4% 더 큰 수치를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 머리부위의 표피를 제거한 후의 유상돌기는 두 종에 모두 존재하여 일반적으로 참조기에서만 유상돌기가 존재한다고 알려진 바와는 달리, 유상돌기는 두 종을 구분하기 위한 형질로 볼 수 없었다. 본 연구 결과는 참조기와 부세에서 일부 외부 체형에 의해 명확히 구분 가능함을 시사한다.

• ALGAE
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2016

Paralia species have been frequently reported as P. sulcata in Korea, despite the species diversity within the genus. To understand the species diversity of Paralia in Korea, we collected phytoplankton samples at 79 sites from April 2006 to April 2015. Five Paralia species, P. fenestrata, P. guyana, P. marina, P. cf. obscura, and P. sulcata, were observed during this study, and we described their fine structure in terms of quantitative and qualitative morphological characteristics. To provide additional criteria to identify Paralia species more clearly, we morphometrically analysed four quantitative characteristics on valve diameter: pervalvar axis / diameter, internal linking spines / diameter, marginal linking spines / diameter, and fenestrae/diameter using non-metric multidimensional scaling (MDS). MDS analysis distinguished four Paralia species: P. guyana, P. marina, P. cf. obscura, and P. sulcata, with the exception of P. fenestrata. This new approach in using morphometric analysis is useful for the accurate identification of Paralia species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.79-92
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• 1986

한국산 유혈목이(Rhabdophis tigrina)의 유전 및 형태적 변이를 조사한 결과 각 집단간의 유전적 근연치는 S=O.970$\pm$0.009로서 야생물군의 동종내 집단간 근연치와 동일하였으며 Rhabdophis tigrina lateralis 와 Rhabdophis tigrina tigrina 두 아종의 형태변이에 관해서는 미하판수, 복판수와 미하판수의 총수가 대륙산과 일본산 공히 북부지방에서 남부지방으로 내려올 수록 그 수가 증가하는 구배현상을 나타태고 었어 별아종으로 분류할 수 없으며 6개 형태 형질에 대한 discriminant function analysis 결과 한국산 유혈목이는 동일종임이 확인되었다. 그러므로 Rhabdophis trgrina lateralis (Berthold, 1859)은 Rhabdophis trgrina tigrina (Boie, 1826)의 동종이명으로 분류함이 타당하다고 사료된다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• nspc2호
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• pp.243-250
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• 1988

보리나무속식물의 유연종군에 서식하는 큰보리나무이종군의 날개형질을 다변량적 방법으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 미기재종은 계절형과 성적인 변이형의 개체가 아닌 독립된 종으로 밝혀졌다. 2. 군분석에서 작은보리나무이는 종내 암.수의 형질 pattern이 높은 유사성을 나타내었다. 3. 4종의 군분석 결과는 작은보리나무이의 계절형이 다른 종에 결합하였으며, 큰보리나무이의 지리적변이가 개체군 사이에서 독립된 결합군으로 나타났다. 4. 명보리나무이와 큰보리나무이 및 미기재종의 암컷들은 세 종 모두 같은 그룹에 소속되었다. 5. 판별분석에서는 성별, 계절형 및 지리적 구분에 영향을 받지 않고 4종이 독립된 종군으로 동정되었다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

PURPOSE. Accuracy of image matching between resting and smiling facial models is affected by the stability of the reference surfaces. This study aimed to investigate the morphometric variations in subdivided facial units during resting, posed and spontaneous smiling. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The posed and spontaneous smiling faces of 33 adults were digitized and registered to the resting faces. The morphological changes of subdivided facial units at the forehead (upper and lower central, upper and lower lateral, and temple), nasal (dorsum, tip, lateral wall, and alar lobules), and chin (central and lateral) regions were assessed by measuring the 3D mesh deviations between the smiling and resting facial models. The one-way analysis of variance, Duncan post hoc tests, and Student's t-test were used to determine the differences among the groups (α = .05). RESULTS. The smallest morphometric changes were observed at the upper and central forehead and nasal dorsum; meanwhile, the largest deviation was found at the nasal alar lobules in both the posed and spontaneous smiles (P < .001). The spontaneous smile generally resulted in larger facial unit changes than the posed smile, and significant difference was observed at the alar lobules, central chin, and lateral chin units (P < .001). CONCLUSION. The upper and central forehead and nasal dorsum are reliable areas for image matching between resting and smiling 3D facial images. The central chin area can be considered an additional reference area for posed smiles; however, special cautions should be taken when selecting this area as references for spontaneous smiles.