• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.265-270
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• 2007

Objective : The current literature implies that the use of short-segment pedicle screw fixation for spinal fractures is dangerous and inappropriate because of its high failure rate, but favorable results have been reported. The purpose of this study is to report the short term results of thoracolumbar burst and compression fractures treated with short-segment pedicle instrumentation. Methods : A retrospective review of all surgically managed thoracolumbar fractures during six years were performed. The 19 surgically managed patients were instrumented by the short-segment technique. Patients' charts, operation notes, preoperative and postoperative radiographs (sagittal index, sagittal plane kyphosis, anterior body compression, vertebral kyphosis, regional kyphosis), computed tomography scans, neurological findings (Frankel functional classification), and follow-up records up to 12-month follow-up were reviewed. Results : No patients showed an increase in neurological deficit. A statistically significant difference existed between the patients preoperative, postoperative and follow-up sagittal index, sagittal plane kyphosis, anterior body compression, vertebral kyphosis and regional kyphosis. One screw pullout resulted in kyphotic angulation, one screw was misplaced and one patient suffered angulation of the proximal segment on follow-up, but these findings were not related to the radiographic findings. Significant bending of screws or hardware breakage were not encountered. Conclusion : Although long term follow-up evaluation needs to verified, the short term follow-up results suggest a favorable outcome for short-segment instrumentation. When applied to patients with isolated spinal fractures who were cooperative with 3-4 months of spinal bracing, short-segment pedicle screw fixation using the posterior approach seems to provide satisfactory result.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.645-647
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• 2003

In this work a new method for on-line scene segmentation is developed. In remote sensing a scene is represented by the pixel-oriented features. It is possible to reduce data redundancy by an unsupervised segment-feature extraction process, where the segment-features, rather than the pixelfeatures, are used for multispectral scene representation. The algorithm partitions the observation space into exhaustive set of disjoint segments. Then, pixels belonging to each segment are characterized by segment features. Illustrative examples are presented, and the performance of features is investigated. Results show an average compression more than 25, the classification performance is improved for all classes, and the CPU time required for classification is reduced by the same factor.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.340-345
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• 2009

Objective : We investigated the locations of compressing vessels in hemifacial spasm. To approach compression sites, we described and evaluated the efficacy of the infranuchal infrafloccular (INIF) approach. Methods : A retrospective review of 31 consecutive patients who underwent microvascular decompression (MVD) through INIF with a minimum follow-up of 1 year was performed. Along the intracranial facial nerve, we classified the compression sites into the transitional zone (TRZ), the central nervous system (CNS) segment and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) segment. The INIF approach was used to inspect the CNS segment and the TRZ. Subdural patch graft technique was used in order to achieve watertight dural closure. The cranioplasty was performed using polymethylmethacrylate. The outcome and procedure-related morbidities were evaluated. Results : Twenty-nine patients (93%) showed complete disappearance of spasm. In two patients, the spasm was resolved gradually in 2 and 4 weeks, respectively. Late recurrence was noted in one patient (3%). The TRZ has been identified as the only compression site in 19 cases (61.3%), both the TRZ and CNS segment in 11 (35.5%) and the CNS segment only in 1 (3.2%). There was no patient having a compressing vessel in the PNS segment. Infection as a result of cerebrospinal fluid leak occurred in one patient (3%). Delayed transient facial weakness occurred in one patient. Conclusion : The TRZ and the CNS segment were more vulnerable area to the compression of vessels. We suggest that surgical avenue with the INIF approach provides early identification of this area.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.58-60
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• 2011

Ligamentum flavum hematoma (LFH) is a very rare condition of dural compression; most are observed in the mobile cervical and lumbar spine regions. A 67-year-old man who had a long level interbody fusion at L3-S1 four years ago presented with symptoms suggestive of dural compression. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a posterior semicircular mass located at the adjacent L2-L3 level. After decompression of the spinal canal and removal of the mass lesion, pathological examination of the surgical specimen revealed a hematoma within the ligamentum. The patient fully recovered to normal status after surgery. Here, we report our experience with a LFH in the adjacent segment after a long level fusion procedure and discuss the possible associated mechanisms.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제15권
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• pp.93-101
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• 1995

Fractal coding is a promising method for image compression, but it has not lived up to its promise as low bit-rate image compression scheme. The existing algorithms for finding self-mapping contractive transforms are computationally expensive and offer a poor rate-quality tradeoff. In this paper, we propose a segment based fractal coding. We classify the range blocks into shade, midrange or edge blocks, and segment edge block along the edge. And we apply midrange coding scheme for each segment. Our experiments show that our method gives better rate-qualty trade of than current fractal block coding methods.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권11B호
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• pp.1296-1302
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 MCTF와 표준 비디오 압축 도구를 이용하여 디지털 홀로그램을 효율적으로 부호화하는 방법을 제안한다. 홀로그램은 객체 영상과 깊이 정보를 바탕으로 하여 컴퓨터 생성 알고리즘으로부터 생성되었다. 제안한 알고리즘은 홀로그램을 분리하는 국부화 과정, $64\times64$ 크기의 세그먼트를 나누는 과정, 상관성을 유도하기 위한 DCT 과정, MCTF 과정, 압축을 위해 비디오 시퀀스를 만드는 과정, 그리고 H.264/AVC를 이용하여 압축하는 과정으로 구성된다. 제안한 알고리즘은 이전의 연구와 비교할 때 복원된 객체에 대해서 10%만큼 압축 효율이 향상되었다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.54-65
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• 2009

본 증례보고는 성인형 치주염으로 인해 전반적인 치조골 소실을 보이고 양악 전돌을 동반한 II급 부정교합으로 진단된 50세 10개월 된 여자환자의 치료를 소개하고자 한다. 치주 치료를 진행한 후 양악 전돌을 해소하기 위해 양악 제1소구치를 발치하고, 상악 전치부는 피질골 절단술 시행 후 악정형적 견인을, 하악 전치부는 6전치의 전방부 분절골 절단술[Anterior segment osteotomy(ASO)]을 국소마취하에 시행하였다. 총 치료기간은 9개월이 소요되었고 안정적인 교합관계와 안모의 개선이 이루어졌다. 하지만 치료 후에 하악 전치부에 약간의 치근 흡수 소견이 관찰되었다. 치료 27개월 후에도 안정적인 치료결과가 유지되었다.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제4권
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• pp.191-220
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• 1991

Human Visual System(HVS)의 특성과 image의 textural regions의 roughness을 이용하여 image segmentation을 행하여 high compression에서도 고화질을 나타내는 새로운 image coder를 이 논문에서 논한다. 제안된 image coder는 constant segments를 가진 segmentation-based image coding technique의 문제들을 다음과 같은 방법론을 제안함으로써 해결하였다. Image를 HVS으로 보았을 때 degree of roughness에 관하여 textually homogeneous regions으로 segmentation하였다. Fractal dimension을 roughness of textural regions을 측정하기 위하여 사용하였다. Segmentation은 fractal dimension을 thresholding하여 textural regions이 three texture classes로 분류하였다(perceived constant intensity, smooth texture, and rough texture). High compression을 가지는 고질화의 image coder는 각각의 segment boundary와 각각의 texture class에 효율적인 coding technique를 적용 함으로 얻었다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2006

Objective : This study is to evaluate the efficacy of dorsal short-segment fixation in unstable thoracolumbar junction fractures. Methods : The cases of 20 patients who underwent dorsal short-segment fixation were reviewed retrospectively. Clinical outcomes were analysed using Sonntag's pain level, work status, and neurological scale according to the modified Frankel classification. Radiological outcomes were analysed using Mumford's anterior body compression[%], canal compromise ratio, and Cobb's kyphotic angle. Results : At the latest clinical follow-up [average=14.6 months]. there were 19 [95.0%] in group I and 1 patient [5.0%] in II in pain level. The postoperative work status were 17 [85.0%] in group I, 2 patients [10.0%] in II, and 1 patient [5.0%] in V. Surgery brought to improve the neurologic status. In success group [19 cases, 95%], the average canal compromise ratio was reduced from 0.57 [${\pm}0.07$] to 0.05 [${\pm}0.08$] [P<005], the average anterior body compression [%] was reduced from 41% [${\pm}17$] to 18% [${\pm}14$] [P<0.05], and the average preoperative kyphotic angle was $20.0^{\circ}$ [${\pm}9.0$], and corrected to $5.7^{\circ}$ [${\pm}7.1$] postoperatively, and progressed to $7.8^{\circ}$ [${\pm}6.2$] at the latest follow-up. There was a case of implantation failure in an elderly osteoporotic patient. Conclusion : Although there are limitations in the patient number and follow-up period, the present study favors dorsal short-segment fixation for selective cases in unstable thoracolumbar junction fractures.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.513-516
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• 2012

Objective : It is rare that the medial loop in the V2 segment of the vertebral artery (VA) causes compression of the proximal cervical root of the spinal cord without leading to bony erosion and an enlarged foramen. We evaluated the clinical significance and incidence of the medial loop in the V2 segment of the VA. Methods : We reviewed the records from 1000 consecutive patients who had undergone magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of the cervical spine between January 2005 and January 2008. The inclusion criteria were that over a third of the axial aspect of the VA located in the intervertebral foramen was inside the line between the most ventral points of the bilateral lateral mass, and that the ipsilateral proximal root deviated dorsally because of the medial loop of the VA. We excluded cases of bone erosion, a widened foramen at the medial loop of the VA, any bony abnormalities, tumors displacing VA, or vertebral fractures. The medical records were reviewed retrospectively to search for factors of clinical significance. Results : In six patients (0.6%), the VA formed a medial loop that caused compression of the proximal cervical root. One of these patients had the cervical radiculopathy that developed after minor trauma but the others did not present with cervical radiculopathy related to the medial loop of the VA. Conclusion : The medial loop of the VA might have a direct effect on cervical radiculopathy. Therefore, this feature should be of critical consideration in preoperative planning and during surgery.