• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.1205-1215
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of local heating and cooling of various body parts on the skin temperature of the exposed extremities including neck. Hot pack was used to warm up the body of seven participants for 15 minutes and it was removed as the temperature of the hot pack decreased after 15minutes of warming. Thermograms of body surface with and without hot pack were analyzed intensively to observe the efficiency of the local heating of shoulder, abdomen, back waist, and foot on the skin temperature of ten area of the subjects' body. The results indicated that the absolute skin temperature of front upper arm and thigh was significantly higher depending on the area of heating, especially, in case of abdomen and foot heating, which was not observed at the back of the body. The rate of skin temperature of extremities such as finger, palm and foot was significantly different depending on the body area of local heating. Generally, it was found that back waist heating was not efficient to warm up and maintain the skin temperature of the body after removing the hot pack.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2012

초음파 영상 진단이 보편화되지 않은 재활 분야의 경우 초음파 영상에서 얻어지는 결과들이 전문의의 숙달 정도에 따라 주관적인 경향을 띄게 된다. 정확한 진단을 위해서는 객관적인 영상 분석이 필요하며, 정확한 자료 도출을 위한 자동화가 필요한 실정이다. 기존의 근골격계 검사에 사용되는 초음파 영상 분석의 자동화를 위해 제시된 방법은 영상에 존재하는 근막의 형태가 희미할 경우에는 정확한 근육 영역이 확보되지 않는 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 초음파 영상 분석을 통한 객관적인 자료 도출을 위해 복부 초음파 영상에 존재하는 근육 영역 추출의 정확성을 높일 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 근육 영역의 추출 과정은 초기 초음파 영상의 불필요한 잡음을 제거하고, Ends-in Search 알고리즘을 적용하여 근막과 근육 영역의 명암대비를 강조한다. 전처리를 통하여 근육과 근막 영역을 강조한 초음파 영상에 Up_Down 탐색 기법을 적용하여 초기 근육 영역을 추출하고, 기존의 방법에서 근막 영역이 희미하여 정확하게 도출되지 않았던 근육 영역을 추출하기 위해 초기 추출된 근막의 형태 정보와 방향 정보를 기반으로 하는 마스크를 이용하여 희미한 근막을 추적한다. 마스크가 이동한 흔적을 이용하여 근막의 형태를 강조하고, 최종적으로 근육 영역을 추출한다. 제안된 방법을 재활 분야에서 실제 사용되는 Convex 형태의 초음파 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 기존의 근육 추출 방식보다 근육 정보를 정확하게 분석할 수 있고 근육 추출에 효과적인 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.2382-2387
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 충수염 영상 분석에 필요한 두께, 염증의 변화량 등의 자료를 객관적으로 측정할 수 있도록 하기 위해 복부 초음파 영상에서 충수염을 추출하고 분석하는 방법을 제안한다. 초음파 영상은 동일한 환경에서 영상을 촬영할 수 없기 때문에 객관적인 분석을 위해 초음파 영상을 표준화 한다. 본 논문에서 사용된 영상은 표준화된 초음파 영상을 대상으로 하였으며, 충수염 추출 과정은 사람마다 초음파 영상 결과가 다르게 나타나므로 최하단 근막을 추출한 뒤, 최하단 근막을 기준으로 충수염을 추출한다. 제안된 방법을 초음파 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 제안된 충수염 추출 및 분석 방법이 측정자가 직접 충수염을 추출하고 분석하는 방법보다 효과적인 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.610-614
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• 2023

Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon yet fatal soft tissue infection. Current recommended treatment includes antibiotics with repeat surgical exploration and wound debridement followed by reconstruction. In burn patients, the Meek micrograft has demonstrated a higher true expansion ratio, faster reepithelialization rate, more resilient toward infection, and reduced risk of graft failure as compared with meshed graft. To our best knowledge, the use of Meek micrografting technique in reconstruction of postdebridement wounds of necrotizing fasciitis has not been reported. Hereby, we present a case of a 57-year-old gentleman who was referred to us for wound reconstruction after surgical debridement of Fournier's gangrene and extensive necrotizing fasciitis involving the anterior abdomen and bilateral femoral region. Meek micrografting technique was used to reconstruct the anterior abdomen as the wound bed was large. Although the graft was complicated with a small area of localized infection, it did not spread across the entire graft and was successfully treated with topical antibiotics and regular wound dressing. In our case, wound reconstruction using Meek micrografting technique in a patient with extensive necrotizing fasciitis was successful and showed positive outcome. Therefore, we suggest further studies to be conducted to investigate the applications and outcomes of the Meek micrografting technique, especially in patients with extensive wound bed and limited donor site availability.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2000

We came to the conclusion after considering all the information from many kinds of books on the circulation courses, cross-link points, functions and the symptoms of disease of Chongmai. The results were as follows : 1. The Chongmai that starts from a Uterus flows to Dazhu through the inside of vertebra after joining Renmai and Duimai at Huiyin. The Chongmais up-line that comes out from Qichong into a surface of body arrives and is scattered at a chest through an abdomen. One strand of them goes upward again and is connected to a throat and lips area. After coming out from Qichong, separated down-line is divided into two parts when it arrives a inner part of a heel through the inner part of a leg. One is for an instep, the other is for the sole of a foot. 2. We call it "Sea of Twelve Meridians" or "Meridian's Sea". Because Chongmai controls all of Meridian by acquired "Basic energy" as getting Stomach's energy, Kidney's energy and air-energy, and there are responsible of physiological phenomenon control. And also we name it "Sea of Blood", because it starts from and provides a nutrition to Uterus. 3. All of these four Meridian such as Renmai, Kidney Meridian, Stomach Meridian and Spleen Meridian are ones that flow around the part of a chest and an abdomen. Chongmai makes energy and blood circulation of a chest and an abdomen be stronger and be controlled. Therefore it makes viscera, bowels and body surface be warm and given a nutrition. So Chongmai becomes "Sea of Viscera and Bowels". 4. Chongmai provides a nutrition for ligament and muscle and makes legs get warm as making energy and blood circulate from head to foot. If Chongmai is energetic, hair is completely easy to grow. 5. To see in pathological phase, Chongmais failure or weakness causes like a chest pain, stomachache, heart attack, a menstrual irregularity and sterility and so on. And also if Chongmai is damaged, it happens that giving a nutrition for lips area is stopped, and then mustache doesn't grow any more.

• 대한한방체열의학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2003

Purpose D.I.T.I. can be used to diagnose the dysmenorrhea and prove the Oriental Medical Theory and the Sasang Constitutional Medicine concerning Dysmenorrhea. According to the Sasang Constitutional Medicine, we chose 39 dysmenorrhea patients (Soeumin 26 Patients, Taeumin 13 Patients) and expremented D.I.T.I. to find difference of chilliness and fever in the upper part of body and the lower part of body. Methods We expremented 39 dysmenorrhea patients chosena expremental group from Apr 1. 2002 to May 30, 2002. We diagnosed the constitution by Q.S.C.C. and selected six acu-points CV-17, CV-12, CV-4, G-21, B-15 and B-23. To appraise difference of temperature according to constitution we compared skin temperature of front to back. Result Mean Absolute Value of ${\Delta}T$ in body (front and back) shows significant difference. Totally the temperature of front is higher than the temperature of back. the temperature of Soeumin is higher than the temperature of Taeumin in whole. Conciusion Especially the upper abdomen area(CV-17) shows high temperature in 39 dysmenorrhea patients, the lower abdomen area (CV-4) of Soeumin shows lower temperature relatively.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2015

The physical factors of Argiope bruennichi (Araneae, Araneidae) that influence the stabilimentum decoration on the web, a conspicuous white silk structure reflecting much more ultraviolet light than other spider silks in the web, have been poorly understood. In this study, individual variables involved in decorating the webs with stabilimenta by A. bruennichi were examined. The results revealed that the physical condition of the female A. bruennichi affected the behaviors of the stabilimentum decoration on the web. Among the 82 female spiders building their webs, the 49 female spiders adding upper and lower stabilimenta on their web weighed less, and had a narrower cephalothorax and shorter abdomen than the 33 female spiders that did not use stabilimentum. The heavier females decorated their webs with stabilimentum of greater widths. There were also significant positive relationships between the stabilimentum area and the female spider's cephalothorax width, and between the stabilimentum area and female spider's abdomen length. Taken together, this study suggests that spiders allocate their resources in stabilimentum decoration as a functional response to the spider's physical conditions, and also supports the "prey-attraction hypothesis," which states that the use of stabilimentum increases the foraging success by attracting more prey to the web.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.142-145
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• 2007

위장관이외의 장소에서 위장관 간질 종양(Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, GIST)이 발생하는 경우는 매우 드물기 때문에 일차적 병소가 아닌 전이 병소로 진단되는 경향이 있다. 이에 본 저자들은 25세 남자에서 좌측 둔부 중둔근, 소둔근에서 발생한 위장관 간질 종양이 복부의 일차 병소없이 인접한 장골 및 천골을 침범한 1례를 경험하였다. 이에 위장관외 간질종양(Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor, EGIST)이라는 진단명과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2006

Objectives : This study was performed to identify the effects of high frequency therapy on localized obesity. Methods : This trial was carried out in 12 volunteers. Volunteers were divided into 3 groups; upper arm group (n=4), thigh group (n=4) and abdomen group (n=4) according to local obesity type. Body weight and body fat were measured by Inbody 720 and CT (Computed Tomography) immediately before and following high frequency therapy. Diathermy was performed twice a week for 4 weeks for a total of 8 treatments. Results : In the upper arm group, body weight, body fat mass, fat area by CT scan and circumference were increased after treatment but not significantly (p>0.05). In the thigh group, body weight, body fat mass and circumference were decreased and fat area by CT scan was increased but both not significantly (p>0.05). In the abdomen group, significant differences were not found despite decreases in body weight, body fat mass, visceral fat and subcutaneous fat after diathermy (p>0.05). Conclusions : There was no significant effects of high frequency therapy on localized obesity.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.615-625
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• 2023

This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of the lower-body shape of middle-aged males with abdominal obesity by type and consider dimensional distribution to present a suit-pants size. The criteria were having a waist circumference greater than 90 cm and a waist-to-hip ratio(WHR) greater than 0.90; a total of 566 middle-aged males were surveyed. The findings revealed that, first, compared to standard lower-body types, the average body size of abdomenobese middle-aged males was significantly larger, especially in the horizontal area than in the vertical ares. Second, through a cluster analysis, a total of three categories of abdominal obesity were defined: small oval, large cylinder, and trapezoid type. The coverage rates of each type were 93.8%, 75.9%, and 93.0%, respectively. Finally, the suit-pants size system established according to lower-body types indicated the basic body size and reference body size were different for each type and also for the KS K 0050 male adult's garments size system. According to the definition of abdominal obesity, the types of abdominal obesity and the dimensions of each area are different, even if they belong to the same obesity group, suggesting that it is necessary to develop a pattern based on the analysis of obesity types.