• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2021

본 연구는 흉부 X-ray 검사 시 디지털 영상의 적절한 유효 Detector exposure index (DEI) 범위 내의 영상의 Dose area product (DAP)값과 유효선량을 비교함으로써 적절한 관전압의 범위를 확인하고자 하였다. GE Definium 8000을 사용하여 흉부팬텀을 이용한 Chest PA 검사를 재현하였다. kVp range는 60~130 kVp, mAs range는 2.5 ~ 40 mAs로 설정하였다. 획득한 영상을 유효한 DEI 범위의 영상으로 분류하고 측정한 DAP을 이용하여 PC-Based Monte Carlo Program을 통해 유효선량을 계산하였다. 영상의 정량적 평가를 하기 위해 Picture archiving and communication system을 이용하여 흉추, 갈비뼈가 포함된 폐야부위, 갈비뼈가 포함되지 않은 폐야부위, 간 등 총 네 부분의 Signal to noise ratio (SNR)를 측정하였다. 관전압 별 그룹의 유의성은 Kruskal-wallis test와 사후검정으로 Mann-whitney test를 시행하여 검증하였으며 검증에 사용된 신뢰구간은 95%이다. 총 13개의 관전압 중 적정한 유효 DEI 범위안에 포함된 네개의 관전압 (60~90 kVp)을 각각 비교하였을 때, DAP는 60 kVp를 기준으로 80 kVp, 90 kVp를 비교한 결과에서만 유의한 차이를 보였다 (p= 0.034, 0.021). 유효선량은 모든 관전압 그룹에서 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다 (p>0.05). SNR은 간 부위에서 80 kVp와 90 kVp를 제외한 모든 그룹에서 유의한 차이를 보였다 (p<0.05). 그러므로 디지털 환경에서 적정한 흉부 X-ray 영상의 농도를 나타내기 위해 100 kVp 이상의 고관전압은 환자 선량 및 영상 측면에서 재고할 필요성이 있다고 사료된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.769-781
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• 2019

Dynamic displacement response of civil structures is an important index for in-construction and in-service structural condition assessment. However, accurately measuring the displacement of large-scale civil structures such as high-rise buildings still remains as a challenging task. In order to cope with this problem, a vision-based system with the use of industrial digital camera and image processing has been developed for long-distance, remote, and real-time monitoring of dynamic displacement of supertall structures. Instead of acquiring image signals, the proposed system traces only the coordinates of the target points, therefore enabling real-time monitoring and display of displacement responses in a relatively high sampling rate. This study addresses the in-situ experimental verification of the developed vision-based system on the Canton Tower of 600 m high. To facilitate the verification, a GPS system is used to calibrate/verify the structural displacement responses measured by the vision-based system. Meanwhile, an accelerometer deployed in the vicinity of the target point also provides frequency-domain information for comparison. Special attention has been given on understanding the influence of the surrounding light on the monitoring results. For this purpose, the experimental tests are conducted in daytime and nighttime through placing the vision-based system outside the tower (in a brilliant environment) and inside the tower (in a dark environment), respectively. The results indicate that the displacement response time histories monitored by the vision-based system not only match well with those acquired by the GPS receiver, but also have higher fidelity and are less noise-corrupted. In addition, the low-order modal frequencies of the building identified with use of the data obtained from the vision-based system are all in good agreement with those obtained from the accelerometer, the GPS receiver and an elaborate finite element model. Especially, the vision-based system placed at the bottom of the enclosed elevator shaft offers better monitoring data compared with the system placed outside the tower. Based on a wavelet filtering technique, the displacement response time histories obtained by the vision-based system are easily decomposed into two parts: a quasi-static ingredient primarily resulting from temperature variation and a dynamic component mainly caused by fluctuating wind load.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2169-2190
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• 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of human life. The pandemic not only caused millions of fatalities and problems but also changed public sentiment and behavior. Owing to the magnitude of this pandemic, governments worldwide adopted full lockdown measures that attracted much discussion on social media platforms. To investigate the effects of these lockdown measures, this study performed sentiment analysis and latent Dirichlet allocation topic modeling on textual data from Twitter published during the three lockdown waves in Malaysia between 2020 and 2021. Three lockdown measures were identified, the related data for the first two weeks of each lockdown were collected and analysed to understand the public sentiment. The changes between these lockdowns were identified, and the latent topics were highlighted. Most of the public sentiment focused on the first lockdown as reflected in the large number of latent topics generated during this period. The overall sentiment for each lockdown was mostly positive, followed by neutral and then negative. Topic modelling results identified staying at home, quarantine and lockdown as the main aspects of discussion for the first lockdown, whilst importance of health measures and government efforts were the main aspects for the second and third lockdowns. Governments may utilise these findings to understand public sentiment and to formulate precautionary measures that can assure the safety of their citizens and tend to their most pressing problems. These results also highlight the importance of positive messaging during difficult times, establishing digital interventions and formulating new policies to improve the reaction of the public to emergency situations.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.445-459
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• 2022

본 연구는 위드 코로나(With COVID-19)시대 노인의 삶의 만족도와 여가생활 현황과 노인의 삶의 만족을 증진하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다. 이를 위해 경기도 노인복지관 노인 107명을 대상으로 삶이 만족도, 여가생활에 대해 알아보았으며 다음과 같은 결과를 도출하였다. 첫째, 전체적으로 삶의 만족도가 코로나 이전보다 이후에 상대적으로 낮아졌음을 알 수 있다. 둘째, 여가활동과 삶의 만족도 상관관계에서는 코로나 이전의 경우 여가활동 정도와 삶의 만족도가 유의한 상관관계를 보이지 않았고, 코로나 이후의 경우 여가활동 정도와 삶의 만족도가 유의한 정적인 상관관계를 보였다. 이러한 결과에 따라 대안방안을 제시하면 첫째, 지역사회에서 위드 코로나 시대에 맞는 노인을 위한 환경 개선과 관리할 수 있는 방안을 모색할 필요가 있다. 특히 디지털에 많은 변화로 노인들의 적응 격차를 줄이기 위해 노인관련 기관에서는 스마트폰, 키오스크 사용 방법 등의 교육을 실시하고 있으나 지역사회 차원의 방안으로 좀 더 확대될 필요가 있다. 둘째, 위드 코로나 시대에 노인건강관리를 위한 체계적인 시스템이 갖춰 줘야 한다. 셋째, 코로나로 인해 경제적인 어려움을 겪고 있는 노인을 위해 최소한의 생활보장이 보장되도록 노후소득보장제도 및 지원이 요구 되어진다. 넷째, 코로나로 인해 사회적 거리 및 관계위축으로 인한 관계 개선 및 위치 만족을 위한 노인들의 말벗과 상담 관련 프로그램 활성화가 필요하다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.65-81
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• 2022

Objectives This study aimed to assess the effects of oral administration of deer antler extracts on an osteoporosis-induced animal model. We analyzed the results of using deer antler single extracts on animal models with osteoporosis through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We included osteoporosis studies in animal experiments that administrated deer antler extracts orally. We searched the following 13 databases without a language restriction: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, Korean Medical Database (KMbase), National Digital Science Library (NDSL), Korean Traditional Knowledge (Koreantk), Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS), Research Information Sharing Service (RISS), Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), and Koreanstudies Information Service System (KISS). We used Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory Animal Experimentation's risk of bias tool for assessing the methodological quality of the included studies. Results A total of 299 potentially relevant studies were searched and 11 were included for a systematic review. Nine studies used a single deer antler extract. A study compared the effects of single extracts of deer antler and antler glue, while another study compared the effects of three single extracts of deer antler, old antler, and antler glue. For evaluating the intervention effect, bone mineral density (BMD) was measured as the primary outcome, while the histomorphometric indicators of the bone and serum alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin levels were used as the secondary outcome variables. On conducting a meta-analysis of studies on single deer antler extract, BMD was observed to be significantly increased compared to that in control group (standardized mean difference [SMD]=2.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.58~2.65; Z=7.75; p<0.00001; I²=56%). As a result of meta-analysis, according to the concentration of deer antler, the group with high concentration showed statistically significantly higher BMD than the group with low concentration (SMD=1.28; 95% CI=0.74~1.82; Z=4.63; p<0.00001; I²=9%). Conclusions The research shows that the deer antler extracts have significant anti-osteoporotic effects on the osteoporosis-induced animal model. However the studies included in this research had a high methodological risk of bias. This indicates the requirement of considerable attention in the interpretation of the study results.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.107-124
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• 2022

Objectives This study aimed to identify optimal combinations of acupoints used to treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Methods We searched four international databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Databases [AMED], and China National Knowledge Infrastructure [CNKI]) and five Korean databases (DBpia, Research Information Sharing Service [RISS], Korean Studies Information Service System [KISS], Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System [OASIS], and KoreaMed) to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that used acupuncture to treat CIPN. Network analysis was performed on the acupoints used in more than three included articles. We constructed a network by calculating the Jaccard similarity coefficient between acupoints and applied minimum spanning tree. Then, modularity analysis, degree centrality (Cd), and betweenness centrality (Cb) were used to analyze properties of the acupoints. Results A total of 25 articles were included. 24 acupoints were extracted from 25 articles. The combinations of acupoints having the highest Jaccard similarity coefficient were {EX-UE9, EX-LE10} and {ST36, SP6}. In the modularity analysis, acupoints were classified to six modules. ST40, EX-UE11, and KI6 had the highest Cd value while ST40, GB34 had the highest Cb value. Conclusions This study found the systematic framework of acupoint combinations used in CIPN studies. This study is expected to provide new perspectives of CIPN treatment to therapists. A RCT is in progress of using the network of this study as a guideline. If significant results are derived from the RCT, it will be possible to lay the groundwork to consider acupuncture for CIPN treatment.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제65권6호
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• pp.816-824
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• 2022

Objective : Emergency superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis in patients with large vessel occlusion who fails mechanical thrombectomy or does not become an indication due to over the time window can be done as an alternative for blood flow restoration. The authors planned this study to quantitatively measure the degree of improvement in cerebral perfusion flow using perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after bypass surgery and to find out what factors are related to the outcome of the bypass surgery. Methods : For a total of 107 patients who underwent emergent STA-MCA bypass surgery with large vessel occlusion, the National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS), modified Rankin score (mRS), infarction volume, and hypoperfusion area volume was calculated, the duration between symptom onset and reperfusion time, occlusion site and infarction type were analyzed. After emergency STA-MCA bypass, hypoperfusion area volume at post-operative 7 days was calculated and analyzed compared with pre-operative hypoperfusion area volume. The factors affecting the improvement of mRS were analyzed. The clinical status of patients who underwent emergency bypass was investigated by mRS and NIHSS before and after surgery, and changes in infarct volume, extent, degree of collateral circulation, and hypoperfusion area volume were measured using MRI and digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Results : The preoperative infarction volume was median 10 mL and the hypoperfusion area volume was median 101 mL. NIHSS was a median of 8 points, and the last normal to operation time was a median of 60.7 hours. STA patency was fair in 97.1% of patients at 6 months follow-up DSA and recanalization of the occluded vessel was confirmed at 26.5% of patients. Infarction volume significantly influenced the improvement of mRS (p=0.010) but preoperative hypoperfusion volume was not significantly influenced (p=0.192), and the infarction type showed marginal significance (p=0.0508). Preoperative NIHSS, initial mRS, occlusion vessel type, and last normal to operation time did not influence the improvement of mRS (p=0.272, 0.941, 0.354, and 0.391). Conclusion : In a patient who had an acute cerebral infarction due to large vessel occlusion with large ischemic penumbra but was unable to perform mechanical thrombectomy, STA-MCA bypass could be performed. By using time-to-peak images of perfusion MRI, it is possible to quickly and easily confirm that the brain tissue at risk is preserved and that the ischemic penumbra is recovered to a normal blood flow state.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.7-24
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• 2022

목적 : 아동 및 청소년의 다면적인 라이프스타일을 평가하는 표준화된 평가도구 개발을 위해 라이프스타일 평가도구와 라이프스타일 구성요소별 평가도구들을 체계적으로 분석하고자 한다. 연구방법 : 기간은 2001년부터 2020년까지였으며, 검색엔진은 CINANL, NDSL, PubMed, RISS를 사용하였다. 검색어는 'lifestyle assessment' OR 'lifestyle profile' OR 'lifestyle test', 'physical activity assessment' OR 'physical activity participation profile', 'nutrition assessment' OR 'nutrition profile', 'activity participation assessment' OR 'activity participation profile'을 사용하였다. 결과 : 5,883편의 연구에서 중복제거 후 제목, 초록, 전문을 검토한 결과, 총 24개의 평가도구가 선정되었다. 세부 결과로는 라이프스타일 평가도구 5개, 신체활동 평가도구 7개, 식습관 평가도구 9개, 활동참여 평가도구 3개가 도출되었다. 결론 : 아동 및 청소년의 라이프스타일 평가도구에 대하여 각 항목별 평가도구의 평가항목, 측정방법, 평가대상연령을 분석하였다. 향후 아동 및 청소년을 위한 표준화된 다면적인 라이프스타일 평가도구의 개발에 기초자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 3D 프린팅 구조물 기반 블라인드박스를 이용한 실습교육이 다차원 방사선영상해독력에 미치는 교육적 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상은 2020년부터 2022년까지 3년간 진행된 디지털의료영상학 실습에 참여한 방사선학과 2학년의 83명(남자: 49명, 여자: 34명)이었다. 학습방법은 3D 프린팅 기술을 이용하여 자체 설계한 블라인드박스 내 구조물을 출력하였다. 이를 엑스선 촬영한 한 후 소그룹별로 블라인드박스 내 구조물영상을 분석한다. 분석 결과로 3차원구조물을 지점토로 자체 제작하고 엑스선 촬영한 후 블라인드박스 내 구조물영상과 일치하는지 비교한다. 평가방법은 수업성실도(평소 수업태도, 예·복습 정도, 학습목표이해도), 방사선영상해독력(엑스선감쇠개념, 대조도개념, 윈도우닝개념, 3차원해독력), 수업만족도(흥미도, 외부추천도, 수업몰입도)를 5점 리커트 척도로 무기명 자기 기입방식으로 설문조사하였다. 그 결과 모든 평가항목이 남녀 간의 유의한 차이 없이 높은 긍정적인 효과가 있었다. 블라인드박스를 이용한 실습교육은 3D 프린팅 기술을 활용한 방사선교육공학의 의미있는 사례로써 학생들의 문제해결능력 향상과 전공과목의 만족도를 증대시키는 콘텐츠로 활용되기를 기대한다.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.23-39
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• 2022

목적 : 본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자의 기능적 결과를 예측하기 위한 인구통계학적 및 임상학적 특징과 머신러닝의 사용을 체계적으로 분석하고 요약하기 위해 수행되었다. 연구방법 : PubMed, CINAHL과 Web of Science를 사용하여 2010년부터 2021년 사이에 게재된 연구를 검색하였다. 주요 검색어는 "machine learning OR data mining AND stroke AND function OR prediction OR/AND rehabilitation"을 사용하였다. 뇌 이미지 처리 기법만을 분석한 연구, 딥러닝만 적용한 연구와 전체 본문을 열람할 수 없는 연구는 제외되었다. 결과 : 검색한 결과, 총 9편의 국내외 논문을 선정했다. 선정된 논문에서 가장 많이 사용된 머신러닝 알고리즘은 서포트 벡터 머신(support vector machine, 19.05%)과 랜덤포레스트(random forest, 19.05%)였다. 9개 중 7개의 연구에서 뇌졸중 환자의 기능을 예측하기 위해 중요하다고 추출된 변수를 결과로 제시했다. 그 결과, 5개(55.56%)의 연구에서 뇌졸중 환자의 기능을 예측하기 위해 환자의 임상적 특성이 아닌 modified ranking scale (mRS) 및 functional independence measure (FIM)과 같은 초기 또는 퇴원 평가 점수가 중요하다고 도출되었다. 결론 : 이 연구는 mRS 및 FIM과 같은 뇌졸중 환자의 초기 또는 퇴원 평가 점수가 임상적 특성보다 기능적 결과에 더 많은 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 나타냈다. 따라서, 뇌졸중 환자의 기능적 결과를 향상시키기 위한 최적의 중재를 개발하고 적용하기 위해서는 뇌졸중 환자의 초기 및 퇴원 시 기능적 결과를 평가하고 검토하는 것이 필요하다.