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Safe clinical photography: best practice guidelines for risk management and mitigation

  • Chandawarkar, Rajiv;Nadkarni, Prakash
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.295-304
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    • 2021
  • Clinical photography is an essential component of patient care in plastic surgery. The use of unsecured smartphone cameras, digital cameras, social media, instant messaging, and commercially available cloud-based storage devices threatens patients' data safety. This paper Identifies potential risks of clinical photography and heightens awareness of safe clinical photography. Specifically, we evaluated existing risk-mitigation strategies globally, comparing them to industry standards in similar settings, and formulated a framework for developing a risk-mitigation plan for avoiding data breaches by identifying the safest methods of picture taking, transfer to storage, retrieval, and use, both within and outside the organization. Since threats evolve constantly, the framework must evolve too. Based on a literature search of both PubMed and the web (via Google) with key phrases and child terms (for PubMed), the risks and consequences of data breaches in individual processes in clinical photography are identified. Current clinical-photography practices are described. Lastly, we evaluate current risk mitigation strategies for clinical photography by examining guidelines from professional organizations, governmental agencies, and non-healthcare industries. Combining lessons learned from the steps above into a comprehensive framework that could contribute to national/international guidelines on safe clinical photography, we provide recommendations for best practice guidelines. It is imperative that best practice guidelines for the simple, safe, and secure capture, transfer, storage, and retrieval of clinical photographs be co-developed through cooperative efforts between providers, hospital administrators, clinical informaticians, IT governance structures, and national professional organizations. This would significantly safeguard patient data security and provide the privacy that patients deserve and expect.

Secured Different Disciplinaries in Electronic Medical Record based on Watermarking and Consortium Blockchain Technology

  • Mohananthini, N.;Ananth, C.;Parvees, M.Y. Mohamed
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.947-971
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    • 2022
  • The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a valuable source of medical data intelligence in e-health systems. The watermarking techniques have been used to authenticate the owner and protect the EMR from illegal copying. The existing distributive strategies, successfully operated to secure the EMR, are found to be inadequate. Blockchain technology, mainly, is employed by a sharing database that allows the digital crypto-currency. It rapidly leads to the magnified expectations acme. In this excitement, the use of consortium adopting the technology based on Blockchain, in the EMR structure, is found improving. This type of consortium adds an immutable share with a translucent record of the entire business and it is accomplished with responsibility, along with faith and transparency. The combination of watermarking and Blockchain technology provides a singular chance to promote a secured, trustworthy electronic documents administration to share with the e-records system. The authors, in this article, present their views on consortium Blockchain technology which is incorporated in the EMR system. The ledger, used for the distribution of the block structure, has team healthcare models based on dissimilar multiple image watermarking techniques.

Surrealistic Characteristics Expressed in Ignasi Monreal's Fashion Illustrations -Focusing on the 2018 S/S Gucci Hallucination Collection- (이그나시 몬레알(Ignasi Monreal)의 패션 일러스트레이션에 나타나는 초현실주의적 특성 -2018 S/S Gucci Hallucination 컬렉션을 중심으로-)

  • Son, Ju Hee;Chun, Jaehoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.407-423
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    • 2022
  • Fashion illustration is a language that expresses the inspirational imagination of designers. Like fashion, illustration reflects and records the social and cultural phenomena of the time. In this context, Ignasi Monreal's fashion illustration shows the characteristics that reveal modern people's ways of thinking and their desires. This study analyzed work by Ignasi Monreal in 'Gucci Hallucination' of 2018 S/S to examine the characteristics of his new painting style and the messages his fashion illustration aims to convey. He tried to harmonize his surrealistic digital illustrations of Greek mythology with Gucci items. As a result of this study, the characteristics of Monreal's illustration works were divided into two main categories: formal aspects (similarity of composition or subject and use of dépaysement techniques), and content aspects (expression of a mythical surreal being). These qualities differentiate Monreal's fashion illustration from that of other artists. In addition, his works on the myth of Icarus not only express the desires of modern people but also convey social satirical messages.

Mining Association Rules From Medical Records (연관규칙을 이용한 의료데이터 마이닝)

  • Lim, Junho;Joh, Taewon;Kang, Jaewoo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2010.11a
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    • pp.193-196
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    • 2010
  • 정보화 시대를 거치면서 모든 산업분야에서 대량의 데이터가 생성되고 관리되고 있다. 최근에는 비즈니스 환경의 변화로 인하여 의사결정을 지원할 수 있는 고급 정보에 대한 필요성이 대두되었으며 IT 기술의 발전과 더불어 데이터마이닝에 대한 많은 연구가 활발히 이루어졌다. 데이터마이닝은 금융, 정부, 제조, 유통 등 다양한 분야에서 활용되고 있다. 한편 의료데이터는 다른 산업분야의 데이터와 구별되는 특징이 있는데, 데이터의 이질성과 복잡성, 부정확성과 오류가능성, 불완전성과 윤리 및 법적인 문제, 개인정보보호, 특징 선택의 제한, 모델의 투명성과 설명력에 대한 높은 요구도 등이 그것이다. 이와 같은 이유로 의료데이터에 대한 접근은 제한적일 수 밖에 없다. 그럼에도 병원 전산화를 통해 발생하는 의료데이터의 양은 기하급수적으로 증가하고 있으며, 임상정보를 포함하는 의료데이터는 데이터 자체로도 가치가 매우 크다. 이에 본 논문은 국내 제 3차 의료기관의 2년간 내원환자에 대한 진단데이터를 사용하여 데이터마이닝의 연관법칙을 이용, 상병간의 관계를 연구하고자 하였다. 이를 통해 잠재고객에게는 객관화된 의료지표를 제공하고, 의료기관은 예측 가능한 정보를 종합의료시스템에 활용하여 고객만족도를 높이는 효과를 볼 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

Reconstruction of Multiple Digital Defects by Temporary Syndactylization Using a Lateral Arm Free Flap

  • Sae Hwi Ki;Jin Myung Yoon;Tae Jun Park;M. Seung Suk Choi;Min Ki Hong
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.745-749
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    • 2022
  • Background Soft tissue defects of the multiple finger present challenges to reconstruction surgeons. Here, we introduce the use of a lateral arm free flap and syndactylization for the coverage of multiple finger soft tissue defects. Methods This retrospective study was conducted based on reviews of the medical records of 13 patients with multiple soft tissue defects of fingers (n = 33) that underwent temporary syndactylization with a microvascular lateral arm flap for temporary syndactylization from January 2010 to December 2020. Surgical and functional outcomes, times of flap division, complications, and demographic data were analyzed. Results Middle fingers were most frequently affected, followed by ring and index fingers. Mean patient age was 43.58 years. The 13 patients had suffered 10 traumas, 2 thermal burns, and 1 scar contracture. Release of temporary syndactyly was performed 3 to 9 weeks after syndactylization. All flaps survived, but partial necrosis occurred in one patient, who required a local transposition flap after syndactylization release. The mean follow-up was 15.8 months. Conclusion Coverage of multiple finger defects by temporary syndactylization using a free lateral arm flap with subsequent division offers an alternative treatment option.

An Evaluation of Academic Institutional Repositories in Ghana

  • Kumah, Mariyama Abdulai;Filson, Christopher Kwame
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.67-83
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    • 2022
  • This study aims to evaluate some academic institutional repositories (IRs) in Ghana. Data were collected using observation and interview methods by examining the various websites of seven (7) selected academic institutional repositories in Ghana. The findings revealed that the University of Ghana, Legon, leads records count of the seven Institutional Repository (IRs) examined. Dspace was the prioritized software for managing and preserving the digital contents of these IRs. Theses, dissertations and research articles were the leading contents deposited on the IRs. The majority of the IRs have incorporated RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) feeds on their IRs with few using other Web 2.0 features. English was the only interface language used on all the IRs. From the interview, the findings revealed that most of the faculty members did not use the IR very often and 9(42.9) also indicated that, they have never deposited their materials on the IR. Faculty members again indicated that, inadequate ICT connectivity and infrastructure, unreliable power supply, Copyrights and intellectual rights, financial constrain, inadequate advocacy and training on the importance of IRs to faculty and users were the major challenges of academic libraries in operating IRs in Ghana.

Building a Big Data Platform Using Real-time Wearable Devices and Cases of Safety Accidents in KOREA

  • LEE, Ki Seok;CHOI, Youngjin;LEE, Kyung-cheun;SHIN, Yoonseok;YOO, Wi Sung
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.375-381
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    • 2022
  • Safety accidents are of concern during construction projects, even given the recent innovations in digital technologies. These projects remain focused on overcoming specific and limited applications on construction sites. For this reason, the development of an inclusive safety management system has become crucial. This study aims to build a Big Data platform to inform decisions on how to proactively eliminate worker hazards on construction sites. The platform consists of about 100,000 real records and a real-time monitored database featuring various safety indices, such as workers' altitudes, heart rates, and fatigability during construction, which are determined through various wearable devices. The data types are customized and integrated by a research team in accordance with the characteristics of a specific project using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The results can be helpful as efficient tools to ensure successful safety management in complex construction situations. This study is expected to provide three significant contributions to the field, including real-time fatigability analysis and tracking of workers on-site; providing early GPS-based warnings to workers who might be accessing dangerous spaces or places; and monitoring the workers' health indices, based on details from 100,000 cases.

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Ontology Design for the Register of Officials(先生案) of the Joseon Period (조선시대 선생안 온톨로지 설계)

  • Kim, Sa-hyun
    • (The)Study of the Eastern Classic
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    • no.69
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    • pp.115-146
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    • 2017
  • This paper is about the research on ontology design for a digital archive of seonsaengan(先生案) of the Joseon Period. Seonsaengan is the register of staff officials at each government office, along with their personal information and records of their transfer from one office to another, in addition to their DOBs, family clan, etc. A total of 176 types of registers are known to be kept at libraries and museums in the country. This paper intends to engage in the ontology design of 47 cases of such registers preserved at the Jangseogak Archives of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) with a focus on their content and structure including the names of the relevant government offices and posts assumed by the officials, etc. The work for the ontology design was done with a focus on the officials, the offices they belong to, and records about their transfers kept in the registers. The ontology design categorized relevant resources into classes according to the attributes common to the individuals. Each individual has defined a semantic postposition word that can explicitly express the relationship with other individuals. As for the classes, they were divided into eight categories, i.e. registers, figures, offices, official posts, state examination, records, and concepts. For design of relationships and attributes, terms and phrases such as Dublin Core, Europeana Data Mode, CIDOC-CRM, data model for database of those who passed the exam in the past, which are already designed and used, were referred to. Where terms and phrases designed in existing data models are used, the work used Namespace of the relevant data model. The writer defined the relationships where necessary. The designed ontology shows an exemplary implementation of the Myeongneung seonsaengan(明陵先生案). The work gave consideration to expected effects of information entered when a single registered is expanded to plural registers, along with ways to use it. The ontology design is not one made based on the review of all of the 176 registers. The model needs to be improved each time relevant information is obtained. The aim of such efforts is the systematic arrangement of information contained in the registers. It should be remembered that information arranged in this manner may be rearranged with the aid of databases or archives existing currently or to be built in the future. It is expected that the pieces of information entered through the ontology design will be used as data showing how government offices were operated and what their personnel system was like, along with politics, economy, society, and culture of the Joseon Period, in linkage with databases already established.

Radiation Oncology Digital Image Chart 8nd Digital Radiotherapv Record System at Samsung Medical Center (디지털 화상 병력 시스템과 디지털 방사선치료 기록 시스템의 개발과 사용 경험)

  • Huh Seung Jae;Ahn Yong Chan;Lim Do Hoon;Cho Chung Keun;Kim Dae Yong;Yeo Inhwan;Kim Moon Kyung;Chang Seung Hee;Park Suk Won
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2000
  • Background :The authors have developed a Digital image chart(DIC) and digital Radiotherapy Record System (DRRS). We have evaluated the DIC and DRRS for reliability, usefulness, ease of use, and efficiency. Materials and Methods :The basic design of the DIC and DRRS was to build an digital image database of radiation therapy Patient records for a more efficient and timely flow of critical image information throughout the department. This system is a submit of comprehensive radiation oncology management system (C-ROMS) and composed of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS), a radiotherapy information database, and a radiotherapy imaging database. The DIC and DRRS were programmed using Delphi under a Windows 95 environment and is capable of displaying the digital images of patients identification photos, simulation films, radiotherapy setup, diagnostic radiology images, gross lesion Photos, and radiotherapy Planning isodose charts with beam arrangements. Twenty-three clients in the department are connected by Ethernet (10 Mbps) to the central image server (Sun Ultra-sparc 1 workstation). Results :From the introduction of this system in February 1998 through December 1999, we have accumulated a total of 15,732 individual images for 2,556 patients. We can organize radiation therapy in a 'paperless' environment in 120 patients with breast cancer. Using this system, we have succeeded in the prompt, accurate, and simultaneous access to patient care information from multiple locations throughout the department. This coordination has resulted in improved operational efficiency within the department. Conclusion :The authors believe that the DIC and DRRS has contributed to the improvement of radiation oncology department efficacy as well as to time and resource savings by providing necessary visual information throughout the department conveniently and simultaneously. As a result, we can also achieve the 'paperless' and 'filmless' practice of radiation oncology with this system.

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A Relative Study of 3D Digital Record Results on Buried Cultural Properties (매장문화재 자료에 대한 3D 디지털 기록 결과 비교연구)

  • KIM, Soohyun;LEE, Seungyeon;LEE, Jeongwon;AHN, Hyoungki
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.175-198
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    • 2022
  • With the development of technology, the methods of digitally converting various forms of analog information have become common. As a result, the concept of recording, building, and reproducing data in a virtual space, such as digital heritage and digital reconstruction, has been actively used in the preservation and research of various cultural heritages. However, there are few existing research results that suggest optimal scanners for small and medium-sized relics. In addition, scanner prices are not cheap for researchers to use, so there are not many related studies. The 3D scanner specifications have a great influence on the quality of the 3D model. In particular, since the state of light reflected on the surface of the object varies depending on the type of light source used in the scanner, using a scanner suitable for the characteristics of the object is the way to increase the efficiency of the work. Therefore, this paper conducted a study on nine small and medium-sized buried cultural properties of various materials, including earthenware and porcelain, by period, to examine the differences in quality of the four types of 3D scanners. As a result of the study, optical scanners and small and medium-sized object scanners were the most suitable digital records of the small and medium-sized relics. Optical scanners are excellent in both mesh and texture but have the disadvantage of being very expensive and not portable. The handheld method had the advantage of excellent portability and speed. When considering the results compared to the price, the small and medium-sized object scanner was the best. It was the photo room measurement that was able to obtain the 3D model at the lowest cost. 3D scanning technology can be largely used to produce digital drawings of relics, restore and duplicate cultural properties, and build databases. This study is meaningful in that it contributed to the use of scanners most suitable for buried cultural properties by material and period for the active use of 3D scanning technology in cultural heritage.