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근적외선 펨토초 레이저 및 이광자 바이오 영상 기술 (Near Infrared Femtosecond Laser and Its Two-photon Bio-imaging Technology)

  • 송동훈;서홍석;이상균;허철;박수준
    • 전자통신동향분석
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    • 제36권5호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2021
  • Over the last three decades, the development of Ti:sapphire femtosecond lasers has led to advancements in scientific and industrial fields. In particular, these advanced lasers show great potential for applications with bio-imaging and medical surgery, such as two-photon microscopy, nonlinear Raman microscopy, optical coherence tomography, and ophthalmic surgery. Herein, we present a detailed description of the theoretical and experimental physics of Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers and its two-photon microscopy.

3D Non-Rigid Registration for Abdominal PET-CT and MR Images Using Mutual Information and Independent Component Analysis

  • Lee, Hakjae;Chun, Jaehee;Lee, Kisung;Kim, Kyeong Min
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • 제4권5호
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    • pp.311-317
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    • 2015
  • The aim of this study is to develop a 3D registration algorithm for positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images acquired from independent PET/CT and MR imaging systems. Combined PET/CT images provide anatomic and functional information, and MR images have high resolution for soft tissue. With the registration technique, the strengths of each modality image can be combined to achieve higher performance in diagnosis and radiotherapy planning. The proposed method consists of two stages: normalized mutual information (NMI)-based global matching and independent component analysis (ICA)-based refinement. In global matching, the field of view of the CT and MR images are adjusted to the same size in the preprocessing step. Then, the target image is geometrically transformed, and the similarities between the two images are measured with NMI. The optimization step updates the transformation parameters to efficiently find the best matched parameter set. In the refinement stage, ICA planes from the windowed image slices are extracted and the similarity between the images is measured to determine the transformation parameters of the control points. B-spline. based freeform deformation is performed for the geometric transformation. The results show good agreement between PET/CT and MR images.

Diagnostic accuracy of artificially induced vertical root fractures: a comparison of direct digital periapical images with conventional periapical images

  • Lee Ji-Un;Kwon Ki-Jeong;Koh Kwang-Joon
    • Imaging Science in Dentistry
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    • 제34권4호
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    • pp.185-190
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: To compare the diagnostic accuracy for the detection of root fractures in CMOS-based digital periapical images with conventional film-based periapical images. Materials and Methods: Sixty extracted single-root human teeth with closed apices were prepared endodontically and divided into two groups; artificially induced vertical root fracture group and control group. All radiographs were obtained using the paralleling technique. The radiographs were examined by 4 observers three times within a 4 week interval. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was carried out using data obtained from four observers. Intra- and inter-examiner agreements were computed using kappa analysis. Results: The area under the ROC curve (Az) was used as an indicator of the diagnostic accuracy of the imaging system. Az values were as follows: direct-digital images; 0.93, film-based images; 0.92, and inverted digital images; 0.91. There was no significant difference between imaging modalities (P<0.05). The kappa value of inter-observer agreement was 0.42 (range: 0.28-0.60) and intra-observer agreement was 0.57 (range: 0.44-0.75). Conclusion : There is no statistical difference in diagnostic accuracy for the detection of vertical root fractures between digital periapical images and conventional periapical images. The results indicate that the CMOS sensor is a good image detector for the evaluation of vertical root fractures.

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Brain Hologram Visualization for Diagnosis of Tumors using Graphic Imaging

  • Nam, Jenie;Kim, Young Jae;Lee, Seung Hyun;Kim, Kwang Gi
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • 제3권3호
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2016
  • This research paper examines the usage of graphic imaging in Holographic Projections to further advance the medical field. It highlights the importance and necessity of this technology as well as avant-garde techniques applied in the process of displaying images in digital holography. This paper also discusses the different types of applications for holograms in society today. Different tools were utilized to transfer a set of a cancer patient's brain tumor data into data used to produce a 3D holographic image. This image was produced through the transfer of data from one program to another. Through the use of semi-automatic segmentation through the seed region method, we were able to create a 3D visualization from Computed Tomography (CT) data.

측두하악관절 내장증 환자의 임상증상과 자기공명영상 소견의 비교 연구 (Comparison of MRI findings with clinical symptoms in temporomandibular joint internal derangement)

  • 권기정
    • Imaging Science in Dentistry
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    • 제35권2호
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2005
  • Purpose : To determine the clinical correlation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of temporomandibular joint internal derangements. Materials and Methods : The MR images of 150 TMJs in 75 patients were analyzed. The clinical symptoms were pain in the preauricular area and masticatory muscles and TMJ sounds. Results : There was a statistically significant relationship between the MRI diagnoses of different types of disc displacements and clinical findings of pain, clicking, and crepitus. The risk of TMJ pain was increased when the disc displacement without reduction occurred at the same time in combination with the osteoarthrosis and effusion. Conclusion : Regardless of the results, the data indicate that each of these MR imaging variables may not be regarded as the unique and dominant factor in defining TMJ pain occurrence.

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Characteristics of integral imaging microscope using point light source array

  • Lim, Young-Tae;Park, Jae-Hyeung;Kwon, Ki-Chul;Kim, Nam
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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    • pp.1354-1356
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we explained characteristics of integral imaging microscope using point light source. To display the bio-medical information, which is captured as a form of the elemental images, using autostereoscopic displays, the characteristics analysis of three-dimensional information is required. For integral imaging microscope using point light source array, the elemental image capturing configuration has to satisfy a specific condition. We explain the condition to capture the elemental images and show the experimental results.

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k-t FOCUSS 알고리듬을 이용한 고분해능 4-D MR 혈관 조영 영상 기법 (High Resolution Time Resolved Contrast Enhanced MR Angiography Using k-t FOCUSS)

  • 정홍;김응엽;예종철
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.10-20
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    • 2010
  • 목적: 최근, 미국 애리조나 세도나에서 열린 국제자기공명학회 (ISMRM) 주관의 2009년 데이터 샘플링과 영상 복원에 관한 워크샵에서 자기공명영상 복원 대회가 열렸다. 이 대회는 time resolved contrast enhanced MR angiography 에 대한 고속 촬영의 실제 활용 가능성을 평가하기 위한 것이었다. 본 논문은 이 대회의 우승 결과를 얻은 k-t FOCUSS 알고리듬을 단계별로 자세히 묘사하도록 한다. 대상 및 방법: 본 그룹은 앞선 연구에서 비교적 덜 스파스한 심장 영상에 대해 k-t FOCUSS 알고리듬이 성공적으로 압축센싱 문제를 풀수 있음을 증명했다. 따라서 k-t FOCUSS 알고리듬을 time resolved contrast enhanced MR angiography 에 적용함으로써, 매우 정확한 영상 복원이 가능할 것이다. 영상 복원을 위해 X-ray 대뇌 혈관조영 영상으로부터 구성된 다운 샘플링된 데이터가 대회 주최측으로부터 공통으로 제시되었고, 방사선과 의사들이 각 복원된 영상에 대한 사전 정보 없이, 원래 영상과 복원된 결과를 비교함으로써, 영상의 질을 평가하였다. 결과: 다양한 다운샘플링에 대해 얻어진 결과들은 영상의 스파스 변환이나 샘플링 형태와 같은 압축센싱의 중요한 요소들에 의해 크게 영향을 받는다는 것을 보여주었다. 결론: 복원된 결과로부터, 압축센싱 동적자기공명영상 기법인 k-t FOCUSS 가 고해상도의 time resolved contrast enhanced MR angiography 를 가능하게 할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

Non-blinking dendritic crystals from C-dot solution

  • Mewada, Ashmi;Vishwakarma, Ritesh;Patil, Bhushan;Phadke, Chinmay;Kalita, Golap;Sharon, Maheshwar;Sharon, Madhuri
    • Carbon letters
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.211-214
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    • 2015
  • Bio-imaging and drug carriers for delivery have created a huge demand for crystals. Crystals are fascinating materials that have been grown for a long time but obtaining biocompatible fluorescent crystals is a challenging task. We report on the growth of fluorescent crystals using a carbon dot (C-dot) solution by a hydrothermal process. The crystallization pattern of these C-dots exhibited a unique dendritic structure having a feather-like morphology. The growth temperature and pressure were maintained at 60℃ and 200 mmHg, respectively, for crystal growth. A green fluorescence (under UV light) that was observed in the C-dot solution was retained in the crystals formed from the solution. Cytotoxicity studies on Vero cells revealed the crystals to be extremely biocompatible. These fluorescent crystals are extremely well suited for biomedical and optoelectronic applications.