• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.1645-1648
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• 2004

해마를 비롯하여, 뇌 기능과 밀접한 관련을 가지는 뇌 하위조직의 분석에 대한 최근 연구로 MR 영상 등의 해부학적 영상으로부터의 볼륨 추출, 형상 복원, 대칭성 비교 등을 들 수 있다. 이러한 연구들은 뇌의 해부학적 정보에만 의존함으로써 관심영역에 대한 신진대사 등의 분석에 한계를 가진다. 본 논문에서는 뇌 해마영역에 대하여 해부학적, 기능적 특성의 동시 분석이 가능한 프로시저를 제안한다. 먼저 해부학적 영상과 기능적 영상의 다중모달리티 영상정합을 수행하고 이를 기반으로 해마 SPECT 볼륨이 추출되며, 나아가 체적 측정 및 강도 분포 등의 정량분석을 수행함으로써 해부학적 영역의 기능정보에 대한 직관적이며 객관적인 분석이 가능하도록 하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.477-485
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• 2018

The aim of this study was to improve the 'self-directed learning ability and attitudeselementary school students by applying a brain education-based learning program based on brain science in the form of a short term camp in consideration of the elementary school students' brain characteristics and mechanisms. For this purpose, this study was conducted on 4, 5, and 6 elementary school students in Korea. The brain training based learning camp program was conducted for two nights and three days. The camps were conducted twice from February 3 to 5, 2017 with 45 students from grade 6 and from February 22 to July 24, 2017, with 56 students from grades 4 and 5, 101 students in total. The conclusions of this study are as follows. The brain education-based learning camp program was found to be effective in improving the elementary school students' self-directed learning ability and learning attitude. First, the brain education-based learning camp program can increase the learning concentration through brain gymnastics, breathing, and meditation. Second, brain training called 'Brain Screen' among the brain education-based learning camp program can improve the brain ability of memory. Third, it can establish a self - directed learning philosophy of 'My study is done by me' by giving reason and motivation to study through the brain education-based learning camp program.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.54-60
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• 2016

Brain gene expression information is closely related to the structural and functional characteristics of the brain. Thus, extensive research has been carried out on the relationship between gene expression patterns and the brain's structural organization. In this study, Principal Component Analysis was used to extract features of gene expression patterns, and genes were automatically classified by spatial distribution. Voxels were then clustered with classified specific region expressed genes. Finally, we visualized the clustering results for mouse hippocampal region gene expression with the Allen Brain Atlas. This experiment allowed us to classify the region-specific gene expression of the mouse hippocampal region and provided visualization of clustering results and a brain atlas in an integrated manner. This study has the potential to allow neuroscientists to search for experimental groups of genes more quickly and design an effective test according to the new form of data. It is also expected that it will enable the discovery of a more specific sub-region beyond the current known anatomical regions of the brain.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2002.05c
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• pp.206-209
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• 2002

의료 영상 처리 시스템에서는 영상들의 검색이 중요한 문제로 대두되고 있다. 그에 대한 해결 방법으로는 의료 영상 처리 시스템에 지능적인 내용 기반의 영상 검색 방법을 도입하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 의료 영상에 적합한 분할 방법을 사용하여 뇌의 MR 영상에 대하여 내용기반 검색을 하기 위한 영상 특징 색인화 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 색인화 방법은 뇌 MR 영상에서 뇌영역을 분할하고 특징들을 추출한 후 이 정보를 가지고 대상 영상의 그룹핑 정보를 유추하고, 각 대상 영상에서의 비정상 후보 영역 위치를 찾아내어 3차원 공간 색인을 하는 방법이다.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.635-644
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• 2011

This research analyzed the brainwave activities and brain hemispherity to find out any implications to design the connections between the activities of the brain function and the computerized arithmetic addition in two difficulty levels: easy: 1-5 vs. hard: 6-9. Thus, in developing the brain based math learning for the computer education by implicit association test(IAT) indicated the significant results for the exclusive brain location and the brain hemispherity on the theta, alpha, low alpha, beta brainwaves by QEEG analysis. The results of this study physiologically supported the theoretical background for the computerized math learning skills as well as the math learning material development. It shows the difficulty levels of math information education and the brain activities on cognitive process of the learner continued on the possible investigation of the brain science.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.201-204
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• 2012

최근 우리나라 사회가 고령화로 진행함에 따라 노인성 질환인 치매 환자가 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 치매를 진단하기 위한 방법으로는 뇌 MR 영상을 사용하여 치매에 의해 영향을 받는 특정 뇌 영역인 해마의 위축률을 기반으로 진단 할 수 있다는 보고가 있다. 본 연구에서는 치매 환자 위한 보조적 판별 시스템 개발의 예비 연구로써 뇌 MR 영상 데이터를 3차원으로 가시화하는 것이 목적이며, 최근 대용량으로 획득되는 MR 영상을 고속으로 처리하기 위하여 CUDA를 사용한 병렬 컴퓨팅 구축을 하고 FPS(Frame Per Second)를 측정하여 유용성을 평가하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.309-338
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• 2010

In this paper, we studied the brain-computer interface (BCI). BCIs help severely disabled people to control external devices by analyzing their brain signals evoked from motor imageries. The findings in the field of neurophysiology revealed that the power of $\beta$(14-26 Hz) and $\mu$(8-12 Hz) rhythms decreases or increases in synchrony of the underlying neuronal populations in the sensorymotor cortex when people imagine the movement of their body parts. These are called Event-Related Desynchronization / Synchronization (ERD/ERS), respectively. We implemented a BCI-based mouse interface system which enabled subjects to control a computer mouse cursor into four different directions (e.g., up, down, left, and right) by analyzing brain signal patterns online. Tongue, foot, left-hand, and right-hand motor imageries were utilized to stimulate a human brain. We used a non-invasive EEG which records brain's spontaneous electrical activity over a short period of time by placing electrodes on the scalp. Because of the nature of the EEG signals, i.e., low amplitude and vulnerability to artifacts and noise, it is hard to analyze and classify brain signals measured by EEG directly. In order to overcome these obstacles, we applied statistical machine-learning techniques. We could achieve high performance in the classification of four motor imageries by employing Common Spatial Pattern (CSP) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) which transformed input EEG signals into a new coordinate system making the variances among different motor imagery signals maximized for easy classification. From the inspection of the topographies of the results, we could also confirm ERD/ERS appeared at different brain areas for different motor imageries showing the correspondence with the anatomical and neurophysiological knowledge.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.241-252
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• 2004

Purpose: Population based structural and functional maps of the brain provide effective tools for the analysis and interpretation of complex and individually variable brain data. Brain MRI and PET standard templates and statistical probabilistic maps based on image data of Korean normal volunteers have been developed and probabilistic maps based on cytoarchitectonic data have been introduced. A quantification method using these data was developed for the objective assessment of regional intensity in the brain images. Materials and Methods: Age, gender and ethnic specific anatomical and functional brain templates based on MR and PET images of Korean normal volunteers were developed. Korean structural probabilistic maps for 89 brain regions and cytoarchitectonic probabilistic maps for 13 Brodmann areas were transformed onto the standard templates. Brain FDG PET and SPGR MR images of normal volunteers were spatially normalized onto the template of each modality and gender. Regional uptake of radiotracers in PET and gray matter concentration in MR images were then quantified by averaging (or summing) regional intensities weighted using the probabilistic maps of brain regions. Regionally specific effects of aging on glucose metabolism in cingulate cortex were also examined. Results: Quantification program could generate quantification results for single spatially normalized images per 20 seconds. Glucose metabolism change in cingulate gyrus was regionally specific: ratios of glucose metabolism in the rostral anterior cingulate vs. posterior cingulate and the caudal anterior cingulate vs. posterior cingulate were significantly decreased as the age increased. 'Rostral anterior'/'posterior' was decreased by 3.1% per decade of age ($P<10^{-11}$, r=0.81) and 'caudal anterior'/'posterior' was decreased by 1.7% ($P<10^{-8}$, r=0.72). Conclusion: Ethnic specific standard templates and probabilistic maps and quantification program developed in this study will be useful for the analysis of brain image of Korean people since the difference in shape of the hemispheres and the sulcal pattern of brain relative to age, gender, races, and diseases cannot be fully overcome by the nonlinear spatial normalization techniques.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.36
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• pp.237-257
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• 2014

This study is the process of performing the interdisciplinary fusion study between multiple fields by identifying the status on the previous artistic education considering the brain scientific mechanism of image creativity and brain-based learning principles. In recent years, producing the educational methods of each field as the fusion study activities are emerging as the trend and thanks to such, the results of brain-based educational fusion studies are being presented for each field. It includes artistic fields such as music, art and dance. In other words, the perspective is that by understanding the operating principles of the brain while creativity and learning is taking place, when applying various principles that can develop the corresponding functions as a teaching method, it can effectively increase the artistic performance ability and creativity. Since the animation drawing should be able to intuitively recognize the elements of movement and produce the communication with the target beyond the delineative perspective of simply drawing the objects to look the same, it requires the development of systematic educational method including the methods of communication, elements of higher cognitive senses as well as the cognitive perspective of form implementation. Therefore, this study proposes a literature study results on the artistic education applied with brain-based principles in order to design the educational model considering the professional characteristics of animation drawing. Therefore, the overseas and domestic trends of the cases of brain-based artistic education were extracted and analyzed. In addition, the cases of artistic education studies applied with brain-based principles and study results from cases of drawing related education were analyzed. According to the analyzed results, the brain-based learning related to the drawing has shown a common effect of promoting the creativity and changes of positive emotion related to the observation, concentration and image expression through the training of the right brain. In addition, there was a case of overseas educational application through the brain wave training where the timing ability and artistic expression have shown an enhancement effect through the HRV training, SMR, Beta 1 and neuro feedback training that strengthens the alpha/seta wave and it was proposing that slow brain wave neuro feedback training contributes significantly in overcoming the stress and enhancing the creative artistic performance ability. The meaning of this study result is significant in the fact that it was the case that have shown the successful application of neuro feedback training in the environment of artistic live education beyond the range of laboratory but the use of the machine was shown to have limitations for being applied to the teaching methods so its significance can be found in providing the analytical foundation for applying and designing the brain-based learning principles for future animation drawing teaching methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04b
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• pp.459-465
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• 2000

최근 들어 인공지능과 뇌과학 분야의 연구성과를 힘입어 뇌의 기본기능을 이해하고 재구축하고자 하는 시도가 활발히 전개되고 있다. 뇌의 정보처리 기능을 실험관찰 방법으로 밝히고자 하는 신경과학, 마음의 정보 처리 기능을 역시 실험관찰 방법으로 이해하고자 하는 심리학, 그리고 정보처리모형의 구성법을 제시하는 컴퓨터과학을 통합함으로써 뇌와 마음의 작동을 정보과학의 입장에서 해명하고자 하는 접근방식이 현재 가장 가능성이 있다고 생각된다. 본 논문에서는 그와 같은 맥락에서 인공적으로 뇌를 구현하기 위하여 제안된 CAM-Brain을 소개하고, 로봇을 제어하는 문제에 적용한 예를 통하여 그 가능성을 보이고자 한다.