• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.32-38
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• 2005

Impaired processing of facial information is one of the broad ranges of cognitive deficits seen in patients with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the differences in brain activities involved in the process of facial working memory between schizophrenic patients and healthy comparison subjects. Ten patients with schizophrenia were recruited along with matched healthy volunteers as a comparison group. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to assess cortical activities during the performance of a 1-back working memory paradigm using images of neutral faces as mnemonic content. The patient group performed the tasks with reduced accuracy. Group analysis revealed that left fusiform gyrus, right superior frontal gyrus, bilateral middle frontal gyri/insula, left middle temporal gyrus, precuneus and vermis of cerebellum and showed decreased cortical activities in the patient group. On the other hand, an increased level of activation in lateral prefrontal cortex and parietal lobule was observed from the patient group, all in the right hemisphere. A decreased level of activity in the left fusiform gyrus among the patient group implicates inefficient processing of facial information. An increased level of activation in prefrontal and parietal neural networks from the patient group confirms earlier findings on the impaired working memory of patients with schizophrenia.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.124-135
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• 2012

Purpose : The objective of this study was to investigate the differences of hippocampal volume and shape as well as the functional change between long life experienced taxi drivers and controls of Korean population. Materials and Methods: Three-dimensional T1-weighted images and blood oxygen level dependent functional MRI(fMRI) were obtained from 8 subjects, consisting of 4 experienced (20-30 years) taxi drivers and 4 age-matched controls. The hippocampal volume and shape were analyzed with three-dimensional T1-weighted images. In addition, neuronal activities of brain were analyzed using a blood oxygen level dependent fMRI between the two groups. Results: The hippocampal volume showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups (p > 0.05). The left hippocampi of the taxi drivers were slightly elongated with larger head and tail portions than those of the controls (p < 0.05, uncorrected). For the functional MRI, fusiform gyrus was specifically activated in taxi drivers, compared with the control group. Conclusion: The structural and functional changes of taxi driver's hippocampus indicate the functional differentiation as a result of occupational dependence on spatial navigation. In other words, the continuous usage of spatial navigation performance may diminish degeneration of hippocampus and the related brain regions.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2004.10d
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• pp.270-272
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 뇌손상으로 인하여 난독증을 보이는 환자를 대상으로 시각적 단어 재인과정에 대한 평가와 기능적 자기공명영상기법을 통한 언어처리과정의 대뇌활성 양상을 살펴봄으로써 난독증의 특성을 알아보고자 한다. 인지신경심리학적 언어행동평가를 통해 환자 JYM는 자소-음소 변환(grapheme-phoneme conversion)경로와 직접 경로(direct route) 모두가 손상된 심층성 난독증(deep dyslexia)으로 보이며. 기능적 자기공명영상촬영 결과 언어처리과정에서 특정한 언어관련영역보다 등외측전전두영역과 시각피질의 활성이 증가되는 양상을 나타냈다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.612-614
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• 1998

뇌정위 수술(Stereotactic Surgery)은 컴퓨터 단층영상과 자기공명 영상 같은 3차원 영상을 이용하여 뇌병변의 위치를 입체적으로 정확히 파악하여 정상 뇌에 대한 손상을 최소화하며 병변을 수술하는 기법이다. 본 논문에서는 수술 받을 환자의 컴퓨터 단층영상과 자기공명 영상 등 다양한 종류의 3차원 볼륨 데이터를 전처리한 다음 동일한 3차원 공간 내에서 정렬시켜 선택적 또는 동시적으로 3차원 영상을 가시화 하는 기법을 제안한다. 또한 3차원 영상에서 뇌정위 수술의 삽입점과 목표점을 지정할 수 있는 기능을 지원하며 수술 경로에 따른 가상 수술의 시뮬레이션을 통하여 수술 경로의 안전성을 검증할 수 있게 하였다.

• Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.10-18
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• 2009

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.35-44
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• 2019

Individuals with problematic hypersexual behavior (PHB) evince the inability to control sexual impulses and arousal. Previous studies have identified that these characteristics are related to structural and functional changes in the brain region responsible for inhibitory functions. However, very little research has been conducted on the functional connectivity of these brain areas during the resting state in individuals with PHB. Therefore, this study used functional magnetic resonance imaging devices with the intention of identifying the deficit of the functional connectivity in the executive control network in individuals with PHB during the resting state. Magnetic resonance imaging data were obtained for 16 individuals with PHB and 19 normal controls with similar demographic characteristics. The areas related to the executive control network (LECN, RECN) were selected as the region of interest, and the correlation coefficient with time series signals between these areas was measured to identify the functional connectivity. Between groups analysis was also used. The results revealed a significant difference in the strength of the functional connectivity of the executive control network between the two groups. In other words, decreased functional connectivity was found between the superior/middle frontal gyrus and the caudate, and between the superior/middle frontal gyrus and the superior parietal gyrus/angular gyrus in individuals with PHB. In addition, these functional Connectivities related to the severity of hypersexual behavior. The findings of this study suggest that the inability to control sexual impulses and arousal in individuals with PHB might be related to the reduced functional connectivity of executive control circuits.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.169-180
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• 2013

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to setup a concuurent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-functional MRI (fMRI) system for understanding causality of the functional brain network. Materials and Methods: We manufactured a TMS coil holder using nonmagnetic polyether ether ketone (PEEK). We simulated magnetic field distributions in the MR scanner according to TMS coil positions and angles. To minimize image distortions caused by TMS application, we controlled fMRI acquisition and TMS sequences to trigger TMS during inter-volume intervals. Results: Simulation showed that the magnetic field below the center of the coil was dramatically decreased with distance. Through the MR phantom study, we confirmed that TMS application around inter-volume acquisition time = 100 miliseconds reduced imaging distortion. Finally, the applicability of the concurrent TMS-fMRI was tested in preliminary studies with a healthy subject conducting a motor task within TMS-fMRI and passive motor movement induced by TMS in fMRI. Conclusion: In this study, we confirmed that the developed system allows use of TMS inside an fMRI system, which would contribute to the research of brain activation changes and causality in brain connectivity.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.1129-1145
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• 2016

Functional neuro-connectivity is one of the main issues in brain science in the sense that it is closely related to neurodynamics in the brain. In the paper, we choose fMRI as a main form of response data to brain activity due to its high resolution. We review methods for analyzing functional neuro-connectivity assuming that measurements are made on physiological responses to neuron activation. This means that we deal with a state-space and measurement model, where the state-space model is assumed to represent neurodynamics. Analysis methods and their interpretation should vary subject to what was measured. We included analysis results of real fMRI data by applying a high-dimensional autoregressive model, which indicated that different neurodynamics were required for solving different types of geometric problems.

• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.69-78
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• 2016

Ischemic stroke is a disease that the brain tissues cannot function by reducing blood flow due to thrombosis or embolisms. Due to the nature of the disease, it is most important to identify the status of cerebral vessel and the medical images are necessarily used for its diagnosis. Among many indicators, brain MRI is most widely utilized because experts can effectively obtain the semantic information such as cerebral anatomy aiding the diagnosis with it. However, in case of emergency diseases like ischemic stroke, even though a intelligent system is required for supporting the prompt diagnosis and treatment, the current systems have some difficulties to provide the information of medical images intuitively. In other words, as the current systems have managed the medical images based on the basic meta-data such as image name, ID and so on, they cannot consider semantic information inherent in medical images. Therefore, in this paper, to provide core information like cerebral anatomy contained in brain MRI, we suggest a template-driven medical images mapping method. The key idea of the method is defining the mapping characteristics between anatomic feature and representative images by using template images that can be representative of the whole brain MRI image set and revealing the semantic relations that only medical experts can check between images. With our method, it will be possible to manage the medical images based on semantic.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.151-152
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• 2009

최근 신경과학 분야에서 대뇌피질 영역 간 연관성 분석은 신경학적 질병 (자폐증, 간질, 정신 분열증)의 분석 및 진단에 적용되고 있다. 기존 대뇌피질 영역 간 연관성 분석은 뇌전도 (EEG), 기능적 자기공명영상 (fMRI), 뇌자도 (MEG)등이 이용되었지만, 뇌전도의 낮은 공간분해능, 기능적 자기공명영상의 낮은 시분해능 등은 영역 간 연관성 분석에 단점으로 작용되고 있다. 반면, 근적외선 분광법(NIRS)은 대뇌피질에서의 혈류변화(oxy-, deoxy-hemoglobin)를 비침습적이며 빠른 시분해능으로 측정할 수 있는 방법으로 최근 신경과학 분야에 응용되고 있다 [1-2]. 본 논문에서는 근적외선 분광법을 이용한 대뇌피질영역 간 연관성 분석의 효용성을 입증하기 위해, 쥐의 수염자극 시 대응되는 지역 (일차-, 이차 체감각피질, 일차 운동피질 영역)에서의 혈류변화 신호의 영역 간 연관성 분석을 하였다. 본 연구결과에 의하면 수염자극 시 일차-, 이차 체감각피질 영역에서의 방향성은 확인할 수 없었고, 일차-, 이차 체감각피질 영역에서 일차 운동피질영역으로의 방향성은 확인할 수 있었다. 본 결과는 기존 수염자극 시 활성화되는 전기신호의 패턴과 일치하며, 향후 신경과학적 질병의 분석 및 진단에 근적외선을 이용한 대뇌피질 영역 간 연관성 분석이 유용할 수 있음을 보여준다.