• Korean Journal of Cleft Lip And Palate
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.51-60
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• 2012

Craniofacial sutures absorb the stress transferred to skull. It was reported the cells of craniofacial sutures respond to exogenetic factors to be involved in growth control mechanism. In this study, we constructed a finite element model composed of cortical bone, cancellous bone, suture, PDL, and teeth by using CT images of a growing patient, simulating maxillary expansion to evaluate the effects of the thickness of sutures and type of maxillary expansion appliance on stress distribution in circummaxillary sutures.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1803-1805
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• 2003

계기용 변압변류기는 전력량계로 고압 이상의 전기회로의 전기사용량을 적산하기 위하여 고전압과 대전류를 저전압과 소전류로 변성하는 장치이다. 구조는 한 용기안에 PT와 CT가 함께 내장되어 있는 형태로 되어 있으며 한국전력공사와 전력량을 거래하는데 목적으로 수변전설비에 설치하는 전력용 기기의 일종이다. 전원설비의 공사비중에서 계기용 변성기가 차지하는 비율은 미비하지만 역할은 매우 중요하여 선정이 잘못 될 경우 전력차단기 및 제어설비 등이 기능을 할 수 없게 되므로 고려해야 할 사항과 설계기술 및 시험기술은 매우 중요하다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.209-212
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• 2002

In electrical machinery and apparatus, the most important problem is protect of machinery and apparatus in duo to transient phenomena and overload on operation. Particularly by advanced technology of late, there is demand for low cost of equipments and high percentage of use of equipments. Therefore, protection of machinery and apparatus in condition of overload is more valued considering that all efficiency increase is passed by operating all machinery and apparatus in condition of heavyload. In this paper, the suggested system is add overload protect system using CT in condition of overload.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1706-1707
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• 2007

전력 계통의 사고 검출과 사고예측으로 계통의 안정성과 신뢰성을 확보하여 전력계통의 최적 운전을 유지하게 하기위해서는 전력계통의 가장 기본 적인 요소인 전압, 전류, 전력, 주파수 및 위상의 정확한 계측이 필요하게 되는데, 넓은 범위의 입력신호를 AD 변환 범위로 변환하게 되면 작은 입력신호에 대해서는 AD로 너무 작은 신호로 변환되어 정확한 계측을 할 수가 없게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 입력 신호의 크기에 따라 증폭비율을 자동적으로 선택할 수 있는 방법과 PT나 CT의 특성에 따른 신호 왜곡과 AD 컨버터의 비선형성에 따른 신호 계측의 오차를 줄일 수 있는 캘리브레이션 방법을 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.523-524
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• 2007

현재까지 변전소에 구축되어있는 변전소 자동화 시스템은 기존 설비를 바탕으로 지능형 장비(IED)를 추가한, 전력설비 자체의 인텔리전트화가 아닌 2차 설비(제어, 보호, 감시 장치)의 인텔리전트화를 지향하고 있었다. 그러나 본 실증변전소는 CT, PT와 같은 1차 설비에서부터 상위 시스템까지 전체 전력실비를 Intelligent화하였으며, Hardwiring되어 있는 시스템을 모두 통신과 S/W로 처리하였으며, 국내 최초로 Merging Unit을 개발, 적용하여 디지털 계전기를 검증하였다. 또한 향상된 예방진단 시스템 및 보안방재 시스템을 도입하여 변전소종합자동화 시스템을 구축하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.325-334
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• 2008

Statement of problem & Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a mouth guard material properties on the skull and brain when they were under impact loads on mandible. Material and methods: Two customized mouth protectors having different material propeerst ieach other were made for a female Korean who had no history of brain trauma, no cerebral diseases, nomal occlusion and natural dentition. The 3D finite element model of human skull and brain scanned by means of computed tomography was constructed. The FEM model of head was composed of 407,825 elements and 82,138 nodes, including skull, brain, maxilla, mandible, articular disc, teeth and mouth guard. The stress concentrations on maxillary teeth, maxilla and skull with two mouth guards were evaluated under oblique impact load of 800N onto mandibular 3 loading points for 0.1sec. And the brain relative displacement was compared in two different mouth guard materials under same condition. Result and Conclusion: The results were as follows; 1. In comparison of von Mises stress on maxillary teeth, a soft mouth guard material had significantly lower stress values on measuring point than a hard mouth protector materials (P < .05). 2. In comparison of von Mises stress on maxilla and skull, A soft mouth protector material had significantly lower stress values on measuring point than a hard mouth protector materials (P < .05). 3. For impact loads on mandible, there were more stress concentrated area on maxilla and skull with hard mouth guard than soft with mouth protector. 4. For impact loads on mandible, brain relative displacement had little relation with mouth guard material properties. In results of this study, soft mouth guard materials were superior to hard mouth guard materials for mandible impact loads for prevention of sports injuries. Although the results of this study were not enough to figure out the roles of needed mouth guard material properties for a human head, we got some knowledge of the pattern about stress concentration and distribution on maxilla and skull for impact loads with soft or hard mouth protector. More studies are needed to substantiate the relationship between the mouth guard materials and sports injuries.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.590-596
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• 2016

Biopsy is a typical needle type intervention procedure performed under radiographic image equipment such as computed tomography (CT) and cone-beam CT. This minimal invasive procedure is a simple and effective way for identifying cancerous condition of a suspicious tissue but radiation exposure for the patients and interventional radiologists is a critical problem. In order to overcome such trouble and improve accuracy in targeting of the needle, there have been various attempts using robot technology. Those devices and systems, however, are not for full procedure automation in biopsy without consideration for tissue sampling task. A robotic end-effector of a master-slave tele-operated needle type intervention robot system has been proposed to perform entire biopsy procedure by the authors. However, motorized sampling adopted in the device has different cutting speed from that of biopsy guns used in the conventional way. This paper presents the design of a novel robotic mechanism and protocol for the automation of biopsy procedure using spring-triggered biopsy gun mechanism. An experimental prototype has been successfully fabricated and shown its feasibility of the automated biopsy sequence.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.171-178
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• 2010

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to develop a surgical stent for dental implant procedure that can be easily applied and affordable by using cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT). Materials and Methods : Aluminum, Teflon-PFA (perfluoroalkoxy), and acetal (polyoxymethylene plastic) were selected as materials for the surgical stent. Among these three materials, the appropriate material was chosen using the CBCT images. The surgical stent, which could be easily placed into an oral cavity, was designed with chosen material. CBCT images of the new surgical stent on mandible were obtained using Alphard-3030 dental CT system (Asahi Roentgen Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan). The point of insertion was prescribed on the surgical stent with the multiplanar reconstruction software of OnDemand3D (CyberMed Inc., Seoul, Korea). Guide holes were made at the point of insertion on the surgical stent using newly designed guide jig. CBCT scans was taken for the second time to verify the accuracy of the newly designed surgical stent. Results : Teflon-PFA showed radiologically excellent image characteristics for the surgical stent. High accuracy and reproducibility of implantation were confirmed with the surgical stent. Conclusion : The newly designed surgical stent can lead to the accurate implantation and achieve the clinically predictable result.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.115-121
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• 2010

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to accurately analyze the radiographic characteristics of dentigerous cyst (DC) with multiplanar images of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). Materials and Methods : Thirty eight radiographically and histopathologically proven cases of DCs were analyzed with panoramic radiograph and CBCT, retrospectively. The radiographic CT pattern, symmetry of radiolucency around the unerupted tooth crown, ratio of long length to short length, degree of cortical bone alternation, effects on adjacent tooth, and cyst size were analyzed. Relative frequencies of these radiographic features were evaluated. In order to compare the CBCT features of DC with those of odontogenic keratocyst (OKC), 9 cases of OKCs were analyzed with the same method radiographically. Results : DCs consisted of thirty unilocular cases (79.0%), seven lobulated cases (18.4%) and one multilocular case (2.6%). Eight were asymmetric (21.0%) and thirty were symmetric (79.0%). Maxillary DC showed rounder shape than mandibular DC (L/S ratio; maxilla 1.32, mandible 1.67). Alternations of lingual cortical bone (14 cases, 48.2%) were more frequent than those of buccal side (7 cases, 24.1%). CBCT images of DC showed definite root resorption and bucco-lingual tooth displacement. These findings were hardly observed on panoramic radiographs of DCs. Comparison of CBCT features of DC with those of OKC showed several different features. Conclusions : CBCT images of DC showed various characteristic radiographic features. Therefore, CBCT can be helpful for the diagnosis of DC radiographically.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2023

Devices such as X-Ray, CT, MRI, scanners, etc. can generate S&P noise from several sources during the image acquisition process. Since S&P noise appearing in the image degrades the image quality, it is essential to use noise reduction technology in the image processing process. Various methods have already been proposed in research on S&P noise removal, but all of them have a problem of generating residual noise in an environment with high noise density. Therefore, this paper proposes a filtering algorithm based on a three-dimensional plane equation by setting the grayscale value of the image as a new axis. The proposed algorithm subdivides the local mask to design the three closest non-noisy pixels as effective pixels, and applies cosine similarity to a region with a plurality of pixels. In addition, even when the input pixel cannot form a plane, it is classified as an exception pixel to achieve excellent restoration without residual noise.