• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2019

Purpose: The size, shape, and volume of prosthetic appliance depend on the metal artifacts resulting from dental implant during head and neck treatment with radiation. This reduced the accuracy of contouring targets and surrounding normal tissues in radiation treatment plan. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to obtain the images of metal representing the size of tooth through MVCT, SMART-MAR CT and KVCT, evaluate the volumes, apply them into the proton therapy plan, and analyze the difference of dose distribution. Materials and Methods : Metal A ($0.5{\times}0.5{\times}0.5cm$), Metal B ($1{\times}1{\times}1cm$), and Metal C ($1{\times}2{\times}1cm$) similar in size to inlay, crown, and bridge taking the treatments used at the dentist's into account were made with Cerrobend ($9.64g/cm^3$). Metal was placed into the In House Head & Neck Phantom and by using CT Simulator (Discovery CT 590RT, GE, USA) the images of KVCT and SMART-MAR were obtained with slice thickness 1.25 mm. The images of MVCT were obtained in the same way with $RADIXACT^{(R)}$ Series (Accuracy $Precision^{(R)}$, USA). The images of metal obtained through MVCT, SMART-MAR CT, and KVCT were compared in both size of axis X, Y, and Z and volume based on the Autocontour Thresholds Raw Values from the computerized treatment planning equipment Pinnacle (Ver 9.10, Philips, Palo Alto, USA). The proton treatment plan (Ray station 5.1, RaySearch, USA) was set by fusing the contour of metal B ($1{\times}1{\times}1cm$) obtained from the above experiment by each CT into KVCT in order to compare the difference of dose distribution. Result: Referencing the actual sizes, it was appeared: Metal A (MVCT: 1.0 times, SMART-MAR CT: 1.84 times, and KVCT: 1.92 times), Metal B (MVCT: 1.02 times, SMART-MAR CT: 1.47 times, and KVCT: 1.82 times), and Metal C (MVCT: 1.0 times, SMART-MAR CT: 1.46 times, and KVCT: 1.66 times). MVCT was measured most similarly to the actual metal volume. As a result of measurement by applying the volume of metal B into proton treatment plan, the dose of $D_{99%}$ volume was measured as: MVCT: 3094 CcGE, SMART-MAR CT: 2902 CcGE, and KVCT: 2880 CcGE, against the reference 3082 CcGE Conclusion: Overall volume and axes X and Z were most identical to the actual sizes in MVCT and axis Y, which is in the superior-Inferior direction, was regular in length without differences in CT. The best dose distribution was shown in MVCT having similar size, shape, and volume of metal when treating head and neck protons. Thus it is thought that it would be very useful if the contour of prosthetic appliance using MVCT is applied into KVCT for proton treatment plan.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.882-893
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• 1996

Background : Over one-third of solitary pulmonary nodules are malignant, but most malignant SPNs are in the early stages at diagnosis and can be cured by surgical removal. Therefore, early diagnosis of malignant SPN is essential for the lifesaving of the patient. The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Korea is somewhat higher than those of other countries and a large number of SPNs are found to be tuberculoma. Most primary physicians tend to regard newly detected solitary pulmonary nodule as tuberculoma with only noninvasive imaging such as CT and they prefer clinical observation if the findings suggest benignancy without further invasive procedures. Many kinds of noninvasive procedures for confirmatory diagnosis have been introduced to differentiate malignant SPNs from benign ones, but none of them has been satisfactory. FOG-PET is a unique tool for imaging and quantifying the status of glucose metabolism. On the basis that glucose metabolism is increased in the malignant transfomled cells compared with normal cells, FDG-PET is considered to be the satisfactory noninvasive procedure which can differentiate malignant SPNs from benign SPNs. So we performed FOG-PET in patients with solitary pulmonary nodule and evaluated the diagnostic accuracy in the diagnosis of malignant SPNs. Method : 34 patients with a solitary pulmonary nodule less than 6 cm of irs diameter who visited Samsung Medical Center from Semptember, 1994 to Semptember, 1995 were evaluated prospectively. Simple chest roentgenography, chest computer tomography, FOG-PET scan were performed for all patients. The results of FOG-PET were evaluated comparing with the results of final diagnosis confirmed by sputum study, PCNA, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, or thoracotomy. Results : (I) There was no significant difference in nodule size between malignant (3.1 1.5cm) and benign nodule(2.81.0cm)(p>0.05). (2) Peal SUV(standardized uptake value) of malignant nodules (6.93.7) was significantly higher than peak SUV of benign nodules(2.71.7) and time-activity curves showed continuous increase in malignant nodules. (3) Three false negative cases were found among eighteen malignant nodule by the FDG-PET imaging study and all three cases were nonmucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma less than 2 em diameter. (4) FOG-PET imaging resulted in 83% sensitivity, 100% specificity, 100% positive predictive value and 84% negative predictive value. Conclusion: FOG-PET imaging is a new noninvasive diagnostic method of solitary pulmonary nodule thai has a high accuracy of differential diagnosis between malignant and benign nodule. FDG-PET imaging could be used for the differential diagnosis of SPN which is not properly diagnosed with conventional methods before thoracotomy. Considering the high accuracy of FDG-PET imaging, this procedure may play an important role in making the dicision to perform thoracotomy in diffcult cases.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.321-327
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• 2010

This paper deals with the design and development of the motorized valve control system using CANopen protocol. The CAN network protocol is used in the physical layer(layer 1) and data link layer(layer 2), and other upper network layer above that layer 1 and 2 utilize the CANopen protocol in this paper. The motorized valve controller is implemented by a PIC microprocessor, and the server application software for the control system user is written in C# language. In particular the CANopen protocol is widely used int the area such as ship automation systems and marine transportation systems. The experimental result of the proposed control system implemented in this paper is evaluated via real-time experiments, which works well as designed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.407-410
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• 2006

방대한 양의 다양한 데이터들이 발생되는 의료분야에서는 임상데이터를 기반으로 보다 정확하고 효율적으로 현상을 분석/판단하여 의사가 환자진료 시 정확한 진단과 치료를 수행할 수 있도록 보조해주는 적절한 의사결정지원시스템이 요구되고 있다. 따라서, 이와 같은 요구를 충족시키기 위해서는 다종 다양한 데이터로부터 간결하면서도 효과적으로 개념들을 추출하고 구조화하여 개념계층구조로 표현할 수 있어야 하며, 실세계의 데이터에 대한 구조화와 요약을 제공하고 필요한 정보를 수월하게 접근할 수 있어야 한다. 본 연구에서는, 도메인 내의 다양한 데이터들로부터 개념들을 추출하고, 개념들 사이의 상하위 관계를 파악하여 개념계층구조를 구축하기위한 정형화된 데이터분석기법으로서 형식개념분석기법(Formal Concept Analysis)을 소개하고, 이를 치과 교정학 분야의 환자 임상데이터 분석기법(Cephalometric Analysis)에 융합한 형태의 임상의사결정지원시스템 개발 및 향후 연구과제 등에 관해 설명한다.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.277-294
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to give a challenge LIS field and serve a starting point for the discussion on iSchool. To achieve the study purpose, this study conducted in-depth interview with LIS scholars. Qualitative method was utilized to analyze the interview data. According to the study results, current curriculum reorganization is required for the success of Korean iSchool. In addition, the followings are the expected effects of iSchool: 1)increased possibility of interdisciplinary research and education, 2)expansion of LIS identity, and 3)creation of a new image of LIS. However, there was anxiety about losing LIS's unique identity as an librarian education institute.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.15-21
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• 1988

The Polarographic behavior of 1-(2-thiazolylazo)-2-naphthol (TAN) in acetonitrile solution was studied. From the DC polarograms of TAN in acetonitrile solution, the type of reduction current and the effect of proton donor such as water have been investigated. In order to explain the reduction mechanism, the number of the electrons for each reduction step was measured by controlled potential coulometric technique and the electrolysis products were identified by UV-Vis spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy. The results were shown that the reduction of TAN in acetonitrile solution occurred with four-one electron steps. In addition, each reduction step was considerably reversible and the reduction current was diffusion controlled.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.775-782
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the basic unit of irrigation water on golf courses in Jeju Island. The amounts of rainwater and groundwater used on 20 golf courses have been monitored for this study. The characteristics of rainwater and groundwater from the selected 20 golf courses were analyzed based on the existing data that had been collected for three consecutive years from 2006 to 2009. The range of monthly irrigation water (groundwater + rainwater) used was about $13,200\sim55,600\;m^3$/month, with average of $36,600\;m^3$/month. In the respects of the amount of annual water used, groundwater was recorded as $163,500\;m^3$/year, and rainwater was recorded as $275,400\;m^3$/year. Thus, the total annual irrigation water used was approximately $439,000\;m^3$/year. The correlation (R2) between golf course lot size and average amount of monthly irrigation water used was 0.65, and the monthly basic unit per golf course area ($1,000\;m^2$) was calculated as $60\;m^3$.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.128-136
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• 2007

무선 기술이 가지는 장점인 설치의 편리성, 기동성으로 인하여, ZigBee를 이용한 홈 네트워크 서비스 활용성에 대한 기술개발이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이러한 유비쿼터스 홈 서비스의 활용성에도 불구하고 ZigBee 기반 홈 기기나 센서 정보의 도청, 비정상적인 패킷의 유통, 메시지 재사용등의 데이터 위/변조 문제와 네트워크 전체를 마비시킬 수 있는 서비스 거부 공격등에 쉽게 노출되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 이에 대한 효과적인 대응과 관리 처리를 위하여, 유비쿼터스 홈 네트워크에서의 ZigBee 기술을 사용할 시에 발생할 수 있는 보안 문제점을 해결하기 위한 ZigBee 기반 End-to-End 보안 기술을 개발하였다. 본 기술 개발의 특징은 ZigBee Device, 코디네이터/게이트웨이 영역은 ZigBee 표준 스펙을 구현하였으며, 응용어플리케이션/서버 영역은 표준 스펙이 정의 되어 있지 않으나, 이 부분을 유비쿼터스 홈 네트워크 서비스 관점에서 설계 및 구현하였다. ZigBee 디바이스가 가지는 하드웨어 자원의 빈약성을 고려하여 최대한 보안 기능을 리소스가 풍부한 응용어플리케이션/서버의 자원 활용에 촛점을 맞췄다.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.331-336
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• 2004

In this paper, an antenna for telematics is proposed. It operates at GPS/GSM frequency-bands and it can be installed inside of a vehicle. There is a great difference between the proposed antenna and commonly used antennas. It needs not to use a dielectric with a high permittivity since it is formed on a sheet of FR4 with only 1mm thickness. Thus, it is possible to cut costs and make process of manufacture simple. Planar inverted-F antenna(PIFA) for GSM and microstrip antenna(MSA) for GPS is designed and PIFA-MSA antenna is proposed. The height is lower than that of commonly used antennas. And polarization of the PIFA and MSA is arranged perpendicularly for isolation improvement of each port, thus isolation of these two antennas is improved. Also, it is sufficient for the all specifications.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.30 no.9
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• pp.487-493
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• 2003

A secret sharing scheme is a cryptographic Protocol that a dealer distributes shares about a secret to many participants and authorized subsets of the participants can reconstruct the secret. Secret sharing schemes that reflect various access structure were proposed. We propose a new reusable secret sharing scheme in a hierarchical group. Participants have priority about restoration of secret from high position level of tree. And when participants who belong in high position level are absent, they can delegate restoration competence of the secret transmitting delegation ticket to child nodes that it belongs in low rank level. By participants reuse own share and take part in different secret restoration, they who belong on hierarchical group can be possible different secret restoration by each participant's single share.