• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.435-439
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• 2010

A six-year-old intact female Bull Terrier dog (weighing 17 kg) was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital with exercise intolerance and occasional syncope as the primary complaint. Diagnostic studies revealed a rare case of atrial flutter with complete heart block and aberrant ventricular activation from the ectopic focus, possibly due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Although the dog was responded with cardiac medication for right-sided heart failure and anti-arrhythmic agent (dofetilide), the dog died suddenly of cardiac arrest after 11 months of treatment.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.243-255
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• 1997

To investigate detoxification effects of aqua-acupuncture; Bovis Calculus and Susi Fei extract against the toxicity of aconitine were studied. We examined the GOT activities, GPT activities, $\gamma-GPT$ activites, ALP activities and ultrastructural changes of hepatocytes in rats. The GOT activities were decreased in the aqua-acupuncture group compared with control at the 48-hours and 96-hours. The $\gamma-GTP$ and ALP activities were decreased in the aqua-acpuncture group compared with control at 96-hours. We observed the ultrastructural changes of hepatocytes compared the detoxification effects of acua-acupuncture with toxicity of aconitine by transmission electron microscope. In the 24-hours group, the cisternae of rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum hepatocytes are dilated more or less. In the 48-hours group, the nuclear envelope are irregured, and chromatins of nucleus are condensed. The cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum are dilated/branched. In the 96-hours group, the rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum are well developed in aqua-acpuncture group compared with control. These results suggest that acua-acpuncture groups of the Bovis calculus and Susi fei extract showed detoxification effects against cytotoxicity of aconitine in the hepatocyte of rats.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.20 no.3 s.39
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• pp.18-26
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• 1999

This paper aims to determine the effect of CBW on the liver of mice treated with PQ (paraquat) examined by light and transmission electron microscope. Under light microscopic observations, the 2 days control showed mild congestion and necrosis of liver while those were manifest in the 7 days control. When electron microscopy was used, mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum were dilated or destructed in the 2 days control and 7 days control, respectively. Under light microscopic observations, the 2 days experimental group did not show any hepatic damages while accumulation of glycogen granules in the cytoplasm was conspicuous in the 7 days experimental group. When electron microscopy was used, mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum were less dilated in the 2 days experirrlental group. On the other hand, denaturation of cell organelles was not observed in the 7 days experimental group. These results suggest that CBW seems related with recovery from the PQ cytotoxity.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.55-58
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• 2015

Although heart transplantation is a final therapeutic option in pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP), the shortage of pediatric heart donors is a major obstacle. In adults with DCMP characterized by cardiac dyssynchrony, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is known to be an effective treatment option. However, there is a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of CRT in infants with DCMP. Several studies have reported improvement in hemodynamics and cardiac performance following CRT in infants with DCMP. Here, we report CRT in an infant with DCMP during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with 5 months of follow-up.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.523-526
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• 2015

A 9-year-old, castrated male Malamute dog was presented with chronic cough. On thoracic computed tomography, non-tapered and dilated peripheral bronchi were detected. Bronchoarterial ratio was about 2.2. The dilated bronchi appeared as a cluster of grapes especially in left cranial, left caudal and right middle lung lobe. Based on the computed tomographic findings, the diagnosis was made as the saccular type of bronchiectasis.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.7-18
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• 1969

Researches to determine the infectious status on the pancreatic fluke, Eurytrema pancreaticum(Janson 1889) Looss, 1907, were made into several slaughter hauses at four different districts through seven years from 1963 to 1969. The infection rate showed 2962 positive of 5974 heads (49.6%) of cattle at the Seoul first slaughter hause in Seoul, 881 positive of 1021 heads (86.3%) in Cheju, and six(6) positive of 56 heads (11.1%) at Suwon, 58 positive of 306 heads(19.0%)at Joenju. The infection rate 53.1%, (2907 positive heads of total 7357 heads exammed) is the representative infection rate at the cattle eurytremiasis in Korea. It showed little variation through a year and was increased as compared with those of the past period, from 1915 to 1945. Fecal examinations in order to find out the local distribution of the pancreatic fluke were conducted on cattle, sheep, and goats raised in four districts, showing two(2) of 269 heads (0.7%) in Kyonggi-do, 41 of 212 heads (19.3%) in Cheju-do, and negative in both Chungnam-do and Joenbuk-do. When an artificial infection wss performed on rabbits and goats with metacercaria of the pancreatic fluke, Parenchyma of their pancreas were degenerated and the ducts were dilated. When cattle and sheep were infected naturally, the pancreatic ducts were also dilated, the wall was thickened, and adenomatous and epithelial hyperplasia was appeared. The conclusion, putting the foregoing pathological changes, has been arrived at chronic hyperplastic pancreatitis in the eurytremiasis of cattle, sheep, goats and rabbits.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.26-29
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• 2018

A 6-month-old, female poodle presented with a three-month history of persistent regurgitation immediately after eating. On physical examination, the patient was emaciated and dehydrated. Thoracic radiography showed ventral displacement of the trachea and increased radiopacity in the mediastinum, cranial to the heart base. A severely dilated esophagus was identified cranial to the heart on esophagram. Computed tomography (CT) revealed the esophagus was filled with gas, fluid and a little of contrast and dilated from caudo-cervical to cranio-thoracic part. The esophageal diameter was markedly decreased at the heart base. In addition, the trachea was displaced to the left-ventral side of the right aortic trunk and an aberrant left subclavian artery originating from the aorta was identified. There was no evidence of abdominal vascular anomaly. Based on diagnostic imaging, persistent right aortic arch (PRAA) with an aberrant left subclavian artery was diagnosed. The patient did not undergo surgery and died at 15 days after diagnosis. This report describes imaging diagnosis, including CT and radiography in a weaned dog with regurgitation due to esophageal obstruction by PRAA. When PRAA is suspected and conventional radiography or contrast study is insufficient for diagnosis, CT may be helpful for diagnosing PRAA.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.276-278
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• 2019

The cisterna chyli, a dilated lymphatic sac in the retrocrural space, is usually located to the right of the aorta. We report a case of a left-sided cisterna chyli, which was incidentally detected on the radiologic examinations of a preoperative workup for cholangiocarcinoma. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images revealed a cisterna chyli measuring 2.5 cm in length in the left retrocrural space. The dilated lumbar lymphatics joined with the cisterna chyli, which was continuous with the left-sided thoracic duct. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second antemortem case of a left-sided cisterna chyli in literature. The cisterna chyli can mimic retrocrural lymphadenopathy, solid tumor with cystic degeneration, abscess or hematoma. The left-sided cisterna chyli should be referred to as a structure so as to be cautious in surgical approach.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.84-86
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• 2018

요즘 자율주행과 같은 최신 기술의 발전과 더불어 촬영된 영상 장면에 대한 깊이있는 이해가 필요하게 되었다. 특히, 기계학습 기술이 발전하면서 카메라로 찍은 영상에 대한 의미론적 분할 기술에 대한 연구도 활발히 진행되고 있다. FuseNet은 인코더-디코더 구조를 이용하여 장면 내에 있는 객체에 대한 의미론적 분할 기술을 적용할 수 있는 신경망 모델이다. FuseNet은 오직 RGB 입력을 받는 기존의 FCN보다 깊이정보까지 활용하여 RGB 정보를 기반으로 추출한 특징지도와의 요소합 연산을 통해 멀티 모달 구조를 구현했다. 의미론적 분할 연구에서는 객체의 전역 컨텍스트가 고려되는 것이 중요한데, 이를 위해 여러 계층을 깊게 쌓으면 연산량이 많아지는 단점이 있다. 이를 극복하기 위해서 기존의 합성곱 방식을 벗어나 새롭게 제안된 팽창 합성곱 연산(Dilated Convolution)을 이용하면 객체의 수용 영역이 효과적으로 넓어지고 연산량이 적어질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 컨볼루션 연산의 새로운 방법론적 접근 중 하나인 팽창된 합성곱 연산을 이용해 의미론적 분할 연구에서 새로운 멀티 모달 네트워크의 성능 향상 방법을 적용하여 계층을 더 깊게 쌓지 않더라도 파라미터의 증가 없이 해상도를 유지하면서 네트워크의 전체 성능을 향상할 수 있는 최적화된 방법을 제안한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1778-1797
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• 2021

Document image binarization is an important pre-processing step in document analysis and archiving. The state-of-the-art models for document image binarization are variants of encoder-decoder architectures, such as FCN (fully convolutional network) and U-Net. Despite their success, they still suffer from three limitations: (1) reduced feature map resolution due to consecutive strided pooling or convolutions, (2) multiple scales of target objects, and (3) reduced localization accuracy due to the built-in invariance of deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs). To overcome these three challenges, we propose an improved semantic segmentation model, referred to as DP-LinkNet, which adopts the D-LinkNet architecture as its backbone, with the proposed hybrid dilated convolution (HDC) and spatial pyramid pooling (SPP) modules between the encoder and the decoder. Extensive experiments are conducted on recent document image binarization competition (DIBCO) and handwritten document image binarization competition (H-DIBCO) benchmark datasets. Results show that our proposed DP-LinkNet outperforms other state-of-the-art techniques by a large margin. Our implementation and the pre-trained models are available at https://github.com/beargolden/DP-LinkNet.