• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.708-711
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• 2010

Purpose: The sheath of tendon is uncommon site of tuberculous involvement as compared to other parts of the body. Especially, tuberculous tenosynovitis affecting flexor tendon of the hand is a rare condition. In recent years, furthermore, the incidence of tuberculosis is increasing in our country. Tuberculous tenosynovitis is a chronic, slowly destructive disease, which is difficult to diagnosis before operation, but can be definitively diagnosed by the pathologic microscopic examination. Early detection and surgical excision combined with antituberculous medication is important. We report a rare case of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor tendon of the hand. Method: A 12-year-old woman presented with a painless, nontender mass on palmar side between distal interphalangeal joint and proximal area of metacarpophalangeal joint of the left third finger. We had surgical excision of the involved flexor tendon sheath and studied histopathologically. Result: The histopathological findings were chronic granulomatous inflammation with caseating necrosis consistent with tuberculosis. We started antituberculous medication. Conclusion: Tuberculous tenosynovitis is a rare condition, especially involving on the flexor tendon of the hand. But because of increasing tendency of tuberculosis, it is important to differentiate it from other tumors of the hand.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 1995

For use in patients with severe forms of heart disease for which no surgical repair is possible, development of artificial hearts has many importance in point of economics, medical and industrial applications. To provide a sufficient cardiac output to the physiological demands of circulatory systems is the objective of control systems for an electromechanical artificial heart, which is based on the stable controller design for the motor in the artificial heart. In this paper, an implantable microcontroller-based brushless DC motor control system with the implantability, reliability, and stability is introduced. The developed control system for the artificial heart has the following advantages: (1) It is possible to be implanted in a body by realizing the fundamental functions such as a motor speed detection, proportional-intergral control, timer, and PWM generation through a software programming. (2) Thus, the power consumed in the controller is reduced. (3) The reliability and stability are improved through the reduction of electronic parts and line connetions at the controller. The performance of the artificial hearts and control system developed was evaluated through a series of mock circulatory experiments and a reliability test for one and half years. A sheep with the artificial heart and control system was survived for three days.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1998년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.313-314
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• 1998

An intelligent developer replenish system was developed for automatic film processor. The system detects the gray level of a developed film and determines the amount of the developer to be added to the system. Using the film darkness detection system, it was found that the film darkness is inversely proportional to the amount of light exposure, that the developer retrograde after developing certain number of films without replenishment and the number is dependent upon the parts of the body, and that the developer does not retrograde when 30 ml of developer is added after each chest film processing. The use of this system resulted in a decrease in the amount of developer by 40%.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권11호
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• pp.2051-2057
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• 2007

In Oriental medicine, the status of a tongue is the important indicator to diagnose one's health like physiological and clinicopathological changes of inner parts of the body. The method of tongue diagnosis is not only convenient but also non-invasive and widely used in Oriental medicine. However, tongue diagnosis is affected by examination circumstances a lot like a light source, patient's posture and doctor's condition. To develop an automatic tongue diagnosis system for an objective and standardized diagnosis, segmenting a tongue is inevitable but difficult since the colors of a tongue, lips and skin in a mouth are similar. The proposed method includes preprocessing, graph-based over-segmentation, detecting positions with a local minimum over shading, detecting edge with color difference and estimating edge geometry from the probable structure of a tongue, where preprocessing performs down-sampling to reduce computation time, histogram equalization and edge enhancement. A tongue was segmented from a face image with a tongue from a digital tongue diagnosis system by the proposed method. According to three oriental medical doctors' evaluation, it produced the segmented region to include effective information and exclude a non-tongue region. It can be used to make an objective and standardized diagnosis.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

Causative agent of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) belonging to genus Novirhabdovirus (Rhabdoviridae). Economic losses caused by IHNV are serious in mainly Oncorhynchus spp. including rainbow trout O. mykiss and Atrantic salmon Salmo salar. IHNV was initially found by endemic presence in U.S. West Coast for sockeye salmon fry O. nerka and chinook salmon fry O. tshawytscha in the 1950s, and it has spread to Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 1970s, and also to Italy and France in the 1990s. Currently, IHNV is detectable in many parts of the world, including Russia and South America. Mortality due to IHNV infection in fish with ${\leq}0.5g$ of body weight reaches 60% to 100%, while the mortality reduces by fish growing. In recent years, onset of IHNV infection has increased also in fish with large sizes. Here, we introduce molecular epidemiology and virulence changes of IHNV in East Asia, furthermore, we discuss on future prospects in IHNV researches.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.285-294
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• 2021

In general, mycoviruses remain latent and rarely cause visible symptoms in fungal hosts; however, some viral infections have demonstrated abnormal mycelial growth and fruiting body development in commercial macrofungi, including Lentinula edodes. Compared to other cultivated mushrooms, L. edodes is more vulnerable to viral infections as it is still widely cultivated under near-natural conditions. In this study, we investigated whether Korean wild strains of L. edodes were infected by RNA mycoviruses that have previously been reported in other parts of the world (LeSV, LePV1, LeV-HKB, LeNSRV1, and LeNSRV2). Using specific primer sets that target the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase genes of each of the RNA mycovirus, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect viral infection. Viral infection was detected in about 90% of the 112 wild strains that were collected in Korea between 1983 and 2020. Moreover, multiple infections with RNA mycoviruses were detected in strains that had normal fruiting bodies. This work contributes to our understanding of the distribution of RNA mycoviruses in Korea and the impact of multiple viral infections in a single strain of L. edodes.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.170-179
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• 2017

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the occupational radiation exposures of emergency medical technicians(EMTs) in emergency medical centers in Korea. The results will provide a basis for developing prevention programs to minimize adverse health effects relating to radiation exposure among emergency medical technicians working in this area. Methods: Radiation exposure doses were measured for twenty-two EMTs working in six emergency medical centers. Thermo Luminescent Dosimeters(TLD) were placed on three representative body parts, including chest, neck, and a finger. Measurements were conducted over the entire working hours of the participants for foor weeks. Dosimeters were analyzed according to a standard method by a KFDA-designated lab. Detection rate, annual radiation exposure dose, and relative levels to dose limit were derived based on the measured doses from the dosimeters. SPSS/Win 18.0 software(IBM, US) was used for statistical analysis. Results: Detection rates were 45.5%, 36.4%, and 45.5% for the dosimeters sampled from chest, neck, and a finger, respectively. The average annual doses were $2.39{\pm}3.44mSv/year$(range 0.38-10.0 mSv/year) for the chest, $2.72{\pm}3.05mSv/year$(2.00-11.34) for the neck, and $20.98{\pm}17.57mSv/year$(1.25-53.50) for the hand dose. The average annual eye dose was estimated to $3.61{\pm}2.37mSv/year$(1.50-8.34). The exposure dose levels of EMTs were comparable to those of radiologists, who showed relatively higher radiation dose among health care workers, as reported in another study. Conclusions: EMTs working in emergency medical centers are considered to be at risk of radiation exposure. Although the radiation exposure dose of EMTs does not exceed the dose limit, it is not negligible comparing to other professionals in health care sectors.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.563-572
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• 2010

흙댐에서의 누수 구역을 판별하기 위해 다채널 연속 온도 모니터링을 수행하고 이를 검증하기 위해 전기비저항 물리탐사를 함께 수행하였다. 일반적으로 댐이나 사면과 같은 인공구조물의 내부는 시간과 위치에 따라 상이한 온도 분포를 갖는 것으로 여겨진다. 이와 같은 분포는 구조물의 안전성을 판단하는 데 매우 중요한 기본 자료로 이용될 수 있으며, 특히 댐 구조물의 경우 과도 침투수나 누수에 의한 위험 대역을 파악할 수 있는 기술로 이용될 수 있다. 그러나 기존의 온도 측정 방식은 대형 구조물의 온도를 연속적으로 동시에 측정할 수 없는 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이를 극복한 새로운 온도 모니터링 장비를 이용하여 댐의 상부 및 하부에 걸쳐, 여러 지점에서 동시에 온도 분포를 측정하였으며, 실내 시험을 통해 누수 대역이 온도 분포의 이상을 충분히 반영하고 있음을 관측하였다. 또한 대상 댐의 전 구역에 걸쳐 전기비저항 조사를 수행한 결과와 온도 모니터링 자료를 비교 분석하여 누수구역의 판별력을 높일 수 있는 방법을 제시하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2020

알코올성 간손상을 유발한 마우스 모델에서 새싹인삼 지상부 추출물(HGE)의 간 보호 효과를 확인하였다. 알코올성 간손상 모델은 25% 알코올을 마우스에 5 g/kg의 농도로 경구 투여하여 이루어졌고, HGE를 투여한 군에는 알코올을 투여하기 3일전부터 경구투여를 시작하여 10일간 마우스 개체 당 4와 12 mg/kg의 농도로 경구투여 하였다. HGE를 투여한 그룹에서는 알코올만 처리한 대조군에 비해 AST 및 ALT 수치가 농도의존적으로 낮아진 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 간손상에 의해 증가된 LDH 수치는 대조군과 유사하게 감소하였다. 새싹인삼 지상부 추출물로 부터 ginsenoside F5, F3, F1, 및 F2의 정량분석 결과는 각각 2.5, 4.4, 1.4, 및 23.3 mg/g으로 확인하였다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2019

재해로 인한 부상 및 만성 질환 등의 다양한 요인으로 신체적 장애를 가진 환자, 혹은 신체의 노화로 인하여 몸의 움직임의 범위가 제한된 노인과 같은 경우, 치료의 일종으로 병원에서의 재활 프로그램의 참여를 권장 받는 경우가 있다. 그러나 이들은 신체의 거동이 불편하므로 보호자의 동행 없이 재활 프로그램의 참여를 위한 이동이 쉽지 않다. 또한, 병원에서는 각각의 환자 및 노인들에게 재활 운동을 지도해주어야 하는 불편함이 존재한다. 이러한 이유로, 이 논문에서는 모션 인식을 통하여 집에서도 타인의 도움 없이 재활 운동이 가능한 원격 재활 프로그램을 개발하였다. 해당 시스템은 사용자 집의 스테레오 카메라와 컴퓨터를 이용하여 구동할 수 있으며, 모션 인식 기능을 통하여 사용자의 실시간 운동 상태 확인이 가능하다. 사용자가 재활 운동에 참여하는 동안, 시스템은 사용자의 특정 부위의 관절가동범위(Joint ROM; Joint Range of Motion)를 저장하여 신체 기능의 향상도를 확인한다. 이 논문에서는 시스템의 검증을 위하여 총 4명의 실험군이 참여하였으며, 총 3종류의 운동을 각 9회씩 반복한 데이터를 이용하여 각 실험군의 시작 및 마지막 운동의 관절가동범위의 차이를 비교하였다.