• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.148-151
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• 2015

초음파 검사를 이용한 지방간의 등급을 분류하는 진단 결과는 검사자의 주관적 판단으로 시행하므로 검사자 간의 불일치가 발생하여 초음파 검사의 진단 결과에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 환자와 검사자에게 지방간 등급을 보다 정확하게 진단하기 위한 전단계로서 초음파 영상에서 간과 신장 영역을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법을 다양한 초음파 영상에 적용한 결과, 간과 신장 영역이 비교적 정확히 추출되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 제안된 방법이 초음파 영상에서 지방간을 분석하는데 적용할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.871-879
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to analysis the correlation between kidneys function indicators and these size in ultrasonography. A total of 170 (male:86, female:84) patients of sex and age groups were examined by abdominal ultrasonography. The patients classified as those in their 20's, 30's, 40's, and over 50's. We measured the length, width, and cross-sectional height of the kidneys twice. At this time, the length of these were measured from the maximum upper to the maximum lower pole and the widest width in the same ultrasonography was measured to obtain the cross-sectional area. Other relevant indicators included body surface area, serum creatinine, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), MDRD (Modification of diet in renal disease) and C-G (Cockcroft-Gault). Significant comparisons of differences between relevant factors by age groups and sex were conducted with a one-way distribution analysis. Correlation analysis was also performed between relevant factors by using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient. It was defined as meaningful when the p-value was less than 0.05. As a result, the length, the width, and the cross-sectional area of kidneys were correlated with GFR, C-G, MDRD. Therefore, it is expected that the accuracy of diagnosis of kidneys disease will be increased if the relevant indicators are evaluated together rather than measuring only length of these in ultrasonography.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.103-107
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• 1996

한우 성우 및 송아지에서 신장 및 방광의 정상적인 초음파영상에 관한 연구를 하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 초음파 검사법에 의하여 19두의 한우 성우의 우측 신장 및 방광과 16두의 한우 송아지의 양측 신장 및 방광의 위치, 면적 및 구조를 관찰하였다. 3.5 또는 5.0-MHz convex transducer 및 5.0-MHz sector transducer를 사용하여, 신장은 요추측와 및 최후 늑간강에서 관찰하였으며, 방광은 하복부 정중선에서 관찰하였다. 송아지의 우측 신장은 6.9-9.9cm의 길이, 4.2-6.6 cm의 폭, 그리고 2.5-3.3 cm의 깊이를 나타내었다. 우측 신장의 실질 및 신동의 직경은 각각 0.77-1.26 cm 및 0.67-0.94 cm를 나타내었다. 송아지의 좌측 신장에서도 유사한 결과를 나타내었다. 성우의 우측 신장은 10.6-11.7 cm의 폭, 그리고 5.0-8.4cm의 깊이를 나타내었다. 우측 신장의 실질 및 신동의 직경은 각각 1.9-3.1 및 1.6-2.7cm를 나타내었다. 송아지에서 방광의 직경, 원주 및 면적은 각각 52.3mm, 162.8mm alc $22.3cm^{2}$이었으며, 성우에서의 방광의 직경, 원주 및 면적은 각각 94.3mm, 293.8mm alc $69.4^{2}$이었다. 본 연구에서의 초음파검사 결과는 한우 성우 및 한우 송아지의 신장 및 방광의 형태학적 변화의 진단을 위한 참고자료로서 사용될 수 있다는 결론을 얻었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.419-422
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 환자와 검사자에게 초음파 영상의 객관화된 정보를 정확하게 제공하기 위해 간과 신장의 초음파 영상에 SOM 기법을 적용하여 지방간 농도 수치를 분류하는 방법을 제시한다. 제안된 방법은 간, 신장 영역을 촬영한 초음파 영상에서 촬영정보나 눈금자 등과 같이 필요 없는 부분을 잡음으로 간주하여 제거한 Region Of Interest(ROI) 영상을 추출하고, 추출된 ROI 영상에서 명암대비를 강조하기 위해 Fuzzy Stretching 기법을 적용한다. Stretching된 영상에 Enhanced Average Binary와 Labeling 기법으로 적용하여 얻은 Contour 정보를 분석하여 잡음을 제거한 후, 지방간의 측정 영역을 추출한다. 추출된 간과 신장의 측정 영역에 SOM 기법을 적용하여 명암도 값을 분류한 후, 간과 신장의 실질 영역의 대표 명암도를 각각 추출하여 비교 분석한다. 제안된 방법을 초음파 영상에 적용한 결과, 효율적이고 객관적으로 간의 지방도를 분류할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06d
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• pp.169-171
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 사람의 신장을 측정하는 과정에서 기존의 수동식 측정 장비가 가지는 문제점을 해결하기 위한 방안으로 초음파 센서를 이용한 신장 측정 기술을 제안한다. 기존의 수동식 측정 장비 혹은 모터를 이용한 반 자동식 측정 장비의 경우 측정 장비의 일부가 사람의 신체에 직접 접촉한다는 문제와 측정 대상자의 수에 따라 측정 대상자와 측정 실시자 모두 많은 시간과 비용이 들어가는 문제가 있다. 하지만 초음파 센서를 이용하면 이 문제를 해결할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 초음파 센서와 AVR 보드를 사용하여 비 접촉식 신장 측정 기법을 제안한다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.54-61
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• 2008

Purpose: This study was performed to assess necessity of voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) for infants with urinary tract infection (UTI) who had both normal renal sonography and normal DMSA renal scans. Methods: We reviewed 117 infants hospitalized for UTI between February 2002 and July 2007 at Sanggye Paik Hospital. The diagnosis of UTI was made by culture from a urine specimen obtained by suprapubic puncture(n=57), catheterization(n=58), or collection bag method (n=2, twice positive culture of the same organism). All patients had undergone renal sonography, DMSA renal scan and VCUG. Children with both normal renal sonography and normal DMSA renal scans were evaluated for the presence or severity of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Results: Of the 117 patients, 96 were boys and 21 were girls. 28 patients(23.9%) had VUR. 59(50.4%) showed both normal renal sonography and normal DMSA renal scans. Among these 59 patients, 7(11.9%) showed VUR. Three of them had grade I-II reflux, two grade III reflux, and the other two grade IV reflux. One of them showed bilateral VUR, grade IV reflux on the right and grade III on the left. Conclusion: Although the negative predictive value of both normal renal sonography and normal DMSA renal scan for VUR was 88.1%, 7 patients had VUR and two of them had high grade reflux(grade IV). So, we suggest that VCUG should be performed in infants with UTI despite both normal renal sonography and normal DMSA renal scans.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 2009

In this study, we investigated utility of ultrasonography for urinary tract infections of infants. The results of the research is as follows : 1. The number of infants under one year old was 100 out of 122 infants who were diagnosed as a unitary infection. The ratio of males to females was 1.7 : 1. Seventy-seven infants who underwent three kinds of radiologic examinations such as kidney sonography (51%), $^{99m}TC$ DMSA-scan (42%), and VCUG (22%). 2. In comparison of correlation between kidney sonography and VCUG, the sensitivity of kidney sonography was 82% while the specificity of kidney sonography was 58%. In comparison of correlation between kidney sonography and $^{99m}TC$ DMSA-scan, the sensitivity of kidney sonography was 66% while the specificity of kidney sonography was 67%. 3. Utility of kidney sonography showed the highest efficiency when we considered pain, discomfort, a sense of shame, psychological stress when infants may undergo at the examination, side-effect of a contrast agent after the examination, and complication of exposure to radiation.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.2206-2212
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• 2013

We propose a method for the classification of fatty liver by ultrasound imaging using Fuzzy Contrast Enhancement Technique and FCM. ROI images are extracted after removal of information data except ultrasound image of the liver and the kidney then image contrast is improved by Fuzzy Contrast Enhancement Algorithm. The images applied Fuzzy Contrast Enhancement Technique is applied average binarization then ROI images of liver and kidney parenchyma are extracted using Blob algorithm. Representative brightness is extracted in the liver and kidney images using the most frequent brightness level after classification of 10 brightness levels. We applied this method to ultrasound images and a radiologist confirmed the accuracy of diagnosis for fatty liver. This method would be a model for automatic method in the diagnosis of fatty liver.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.991-995
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• 1996

Renal size(length, width and height) of rabbits was measured by radiographs and nephrosonograms and compared with actual size. After measuring on the radiographs and nephrograms, both kidneys were removed from the body and actual size was also measured. On radiographs, right kidney was observed at the T13-L2 vertebrae and left kidney was at L2-L4 vertebrae. On nephrosonograms, the renal cortex was visible as small, homogenous echoes that were hypoechoic relative to the surrounding tissues, whereas the renal medulla was anechoic to slightly hypoechoic. The actual length, width and height of the left kidney were $35.84{\pm}3.12(mean{\pm}SD)$, $23.52{\pm}3.21$, $15.11{\pm}2.58cm$, respectively, whereas those of the right kidney were $36.02{\pm}3.42$, $23.69{\pm}3.50$ and $14.13{\pm}3.55cm$, respectively. On radiographs, the length and width of both kidneys were a little magnified(102-104%) when compared to actual size. On nephrosonograms, the length, width and height of bothkidneys were lessened(70-96 %) when compared to actual size. The length and width of kidney were 1.85 and 1.25 times the length of the second lumbar vertebrae on the ventrodorsal view. In correlation and correlation coefficient of body weight with the renal size, the body weight and renal size were significantly correlated with each other other(p<0.01) and the correlation coefficents of body weight with left, right and both Kindneys were 0.748, 0.794 and 0.859, respectively.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.38-43
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• 2003

Purpose : Accurate diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis(APN) using clinical and laboratory parameters is often difficult in children. Clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated that renal scarring can be prevented or diminished by early diagnosis and aggressive treatment of acute pyelonephritis. dimercaptosuccinic acid(DMSA) renal scan has been reported to be useful in children for confirmation of the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis. An analysis was undertaken to correlate the clinical and laboratory manifestations of APN With the results of the DMSA renal scan in different age groups. Methods : We determined the sensitivity of DMSA renal scan in febrile urinary tract infections(UTI) in two groups according to age : group I in less than 2 years; group II in older than 2 years. During the period March 2001 through September 2002, 67 children presented with febrile UTIs. All patients had DMSA renal scan done in the acute period, 55 had voiding cystourethrography(VCUG) and 66 had renal ultrasonogram(RUS) done. Results : There were no significant difference between the two groups in DMSA renal scan (P>0.05). But, in group I sensitivity of DMSA renal scan was 47%; in group II sensitivity of DMSA renal scan was 70%. The grade of reflux correlated with a positive DMSA renal scan. Vesicoureteral reflux did not correlate with age. RUS did not correlate with a positive DMSA renal scan in any age group. Abnormality of RUS did not correlate with age. Conclusion : At present, we believe that DMSA renal scan is the prevailing method in differention of the APN. In addition, it is not invasive and less costly. Even though there is no statistical difference in the sensitivity of DMSA renal scan between young and older children, we can observe that in the younger group, the sensitivity of DMSA renal scan seemed to be lower(47%).