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An Influence of Taping Treatment on Shoulder Pain and Physiological Change (테이핑적용이 어깨부위 통증과 생리적 변화에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Janggon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.25-33
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    • 2015
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study was to find out objective and scientific grounds on the effect of Spiral Balanced Taping(SBT) by examining physiological change according to pain reduction and understanding the relationship physiological change and pain. Method : 32 female students who was from 20 to 25 years old($22.06{\pm}1.13$). Regarding the range of pain, each 16 female students ranged in the right and the left. The subjects selected the most comfortable method of six taping methods related with trapezius. They were examined with four measurement methods(Visual Analogue Scale : VAS, Algometer, Digital Infrared Thermograph Imaging(DITI), and Cervical Range of motion : CROM) and measured before treatment, right after treatment, 30 minutes later after treatment and 60 minutes later after treatment. Result : According to the result of Repeated measure ANOVA, there was a significant difference with all four methods before and after treatment. In addition there was a significant difference in proportion to time. As a result of stepwise regression, VAS was the highest with Digital Infrared Thermograph Imaging(r2=0.136) and pressure pain threshold was the highest in the range of cervical motion. Conclusion : There was the effect of SBT to all four measurement method and it was effective with measuring VAS and DITI, or Algometer and CROM together.

Case Report of Raynaud's Disease Treated with Prescription of Modified Woogyu-yeum (우귀음가미방(右歸飮加味方) 투여로 호전된 레이노 병 환자 1례)

  • Ha, Ye-Jin;Cho, Mun-Young;Jang, Won-Seok;Eun, Seon-Hye;Shin, Yong-Jeen;Shin, Sun-Ho
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.908-913
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    • 2011
  • Major symptoms of Raynaud's Disease are pain, edema, cyanosis, and redness of hands, feet, nose, and etc. The purpose of this report is to show the curative effect of herbal medicine for Raynaud's Disease. We provided Prescription of Modified Woogyu-yeum(Yougui-yinjiaweifang ) to patient who was diagnosed with Raynaud's Disease three times a day for 22 days. We observed changes of symptoms through Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging, taking photos of both hands, and collecting the survey answered by the patient. Modified Woogyu-yeum reduced pain, edema, and redness of both hands. The frequency of cyanosis decreased after the treatment. Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging proved a rise in temperature of fingertips after the treatment. In conclusion, Modified Woogyu-yeum showed the possibility of effect on Raynaud's Disease.

Thermal Imaging for Detection of SM45C Subsurface Defects Using Active Infrared Thermography Techniques (능동 적외선 열화상 기법에 의한 SM45C 이면결함 검출 열영상에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Yoonjae;Ranjit, Shrestha;Kim, Wontae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.193-199
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    • 2015
  • Active thermography techniques have the capability of inspecting a broad range simultaneously. By evaluating the phase difference between the defected area and the healthy area, the technique indicates the qualitative location and size of the defect. Previously, the development of the defect detection method used a variety of materials and the test specimen was done. In this study, the proposed technique of lock-in is verified with artificial specimens that have different size and depth of subsurface defects. Finally, the defect detection capability was evaluated using comparisons of the phase image and the amplitude image according to the size and depth of defects.

Two Cases on Anti-inflammatory Effect of Scolopendrid Herbal-Acupuncture (오공약침(蜈蚣藥鍼)의 항염증 효과 치험 2례)

  • Won, Jae-Kyun;Lee, Yoon-Kyoung;Han, Sang-Won;Seo, Jung-Chul
    • Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 2004
  • Objective : This study was designed to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of Scolopendrid Herbal-Acupuncture. Methods : Scolopendrid Herbal-Acupuncture was administered one time on everyday and A-shi points were selected. Except Scolopendrid Herbal-Acupuncture administration, other therapies(conventional body acupuncture, physical therapy and so on) were not performed at all. We evaluated the patient through Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) and Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging(DITI). Results : After 2 or 3 times of treatment, the patient showed that clinical symptoms and VAS were lessened and there was a change of temperature in DITI. Conclusions : According to the results, Scolopendrid Herbal-Acupuncture may have anti-inflammatory effects. But further studies are required to prove the exact effect.

Optical and Near-Infrared Color Distributions of the NGC 4874 Globular Cluster System

  • Cho, Hye-Jeon;Blakeslee, John P.;Lee, Young-Wook
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.61.1-61.1
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    • 2012
  • We examine both optical and optical/near-infrared (NIR) color distributions of the globular cluster (GC) system in the core of the Coma cluster of galaxies (Abell 1656), centered on the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4874, to study how non-linearities in the color-metallicity relations of GC systems in large elliptical galaxies are linked to bimodal optical color distributions. Since optical-NIR color distributions of extragalactic GC systems reflect the underlying features of the metallicity distributions, we also present the color-color relation for this GC system. In order to do this, we combine F160W ($H_{160}$) NIR imaging data acquired with the Wide Field Camera 3 IR Channel (WFC3/IR), newly installed on Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with F475W ($g_{475}$) and FF814W ($I_{814}$) optical imaging data from the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). To quantitatively explain the feature of color distributions, we use the Gaussian Mixture Modeling (GMM) code. Finally, we show the radial distribution of the GCs in the field of NGC 4874.

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Performance Improvement for Tracking Small Targets (고기동 표적 추적 성능 개선을 위한 연구)

  • Jung, Yun-Sik;Kim, Kyung-Su;Song, Taek-Lyul
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.1044-1052
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a new realtime algorithm called the RTPBTD-HPDAF (Recursive Temporal Profile Base Target Detection with Highest Probability Data Association Filter) is presented for tracking fast moving small targets with IIR (Imaging Infrared) sensor systems. Spatial filter algorithms are mainly used for target in IIR sensor system detection and tracking however they often generate high density clutter due to various shapes of cloud. The TPBTD (Temporal Profile Base Target Detection) algorithm based on the analysis of temporal behavior of individual pixels is known to have good performance for detection and tracking of fast moving target with suppressing clutter. However it is not suitable to detect stationary and abruptly maneuvering targets. Moreover its computational load may not be negligible. The PTPBTD-HPDAF algorithm proposed in this paper for real-time target detection and tracking is shown to be computationally cheap while it has benefit of tracking targets with abrupt maneuvers. The performance of the proposed RTPBTD-HPDAF algorithm is tested and compared with the spatial filter with HPDAF algorithm for run-time and track initiation at real IIR video.

Near-infrared Subwavelength Imaging and Focusing Analysis of a Square Lattice Photonic Crystal Made from Partitioned Cylinders

  • Dastjerdi, Somayeh Rafiee;Ghanaatshoar, Majid;Hattori, Toshiaki
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.262-268
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    • 2013
  • We study the focusing properties of a two-dimensional square-lattice photonic crystal (PC) comprising silica and germanium partitioned cylinders in air background. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method with periodic boundary condition is utilized to calculate the dispersion band diagram and the FDTD method incorporating the perfectly matched layer boundary condition is employed to simulate the image formation. In contrast to the common square PCs in which the negative refraction effect occurs in the first photonic band without negative phase propagation, in our suggested model system, the frequency with negative refraction exists in the second band and in near-infrared region. In this case, the wave propagates with a negative phase velocity and the evanescent waves can be supported. We also discuss the dependency of the image resolution and its location on surface termination, source location, and slab thickness. According to the simulation results, spatial resolution of the proposed PC lens is below the radiation wavelength.

A Design of Fire Detection System based on Infrared Thermal Imaging & CCD Camera (적외선 열영상 및 CCD 카메라 기반 화재감지 시스템 설계)

  • Kim, Tae Wan;Choi, Chang Yong;Lee, Dong Myung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2013.05a
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    • pp.597-598
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    • 2013
  • A lot of fire and crime accidents are caused to a significant national loss. For example, the network and power facilities in national industry facilities, the fire risk region in large scale factories such as nuclear and thermal power plants, large-sized buildings, cultural properties, metal and steel mills, chemical plants, oil refineries. The development of a fire detection system that can detects the temperature and movement of objects as high-level quality is essential to prevent these incidents and accidents fundamentally. In this paper, the fire detection system based on infrared thermal imaging & CCD camera id designed to solve these problems.

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Clinical Study on Two Patients Typed as Soyangin with Cold Hypersensitivity on Hands and Feet (소양인 처방을 활용한 수족랭증(手足冷症) 치험 2례)

  • Kim, Oh-Young;Kim, Dong-Hoon;Ryu, Su-Hyang;Park, Soo-Gon;Lee, Jang-Sik;Park, Hye-Sun
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.1082-1086
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    • 2010
  • This study reports two cases of patients with cold hypersensitivity on hands and feet who were typed as the Soyangin. Although the two patients were experiencing the same symptom of cold hypersensitivity on hands and feet, we diagnosed one as a Soyangin Kyel-Hyung syndrome(結胸證) and the other as a Mang-eum syndrome(亡陰證). So we prescribed them Medications for Soyangin. And we used D.I.T.I.(Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging) to prove the improvement for cold hypersensitivity on hands and feet. The temperature change of D.I.T.I. after treatment showed that the main symptom After treatment, their symptoms were improved and the patients' D.I.T.I results also showed their improvement.

The Changes of Skin Temperature and Subjective Fatigue of the Thoracic Vertebrae by the Chiropractic Adjustments (흉추에 적용한 척추교정이 피부온도와 주관적 피로에 미치는 영향)

  • Yoon, Jung-Gyu;Lee, Geon-Cheol
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.102-108
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the changes of skin temperature and subjective fatigue of the thoracic vertebrae by the chiropractic adjustments. Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system will cause the changes in the skin blood flow which can be detected by measuring the skin surface temperature. This study was to see whether chiropractic adjustments could affect the activity of the sympathetic nervous system as reflected by changes in skin temperature of the thoracic. Skin temperature and subjective fatigue on 16 subjects was measured before, within 10 sec, 10min, 20min and 30 min after a thoracic adjustment with Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging(DITI) and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS). The adjustments consisted of a straight posterior-to-anterior high-speed, low-amplitude thrust to the transverse process of T3-T10 using a reinforced hypothenar contact. The average temperature and fatigue changed when the spine was considered as an entire unit. These results illustrate that the blood flow through the soft tissue can be affected by specific adjustments to the spine. This study might be served as an useful baseline data for the changes of the circulation and fatigue after the chiropractic adjustments.

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