• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.77-77
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• 2002

목적： We has proposed a surface coil which has improved SNR compared with the standard head coil. Usually, a cylindrical head coil provide good homogeneity but less SNR than surface coil. A surface coil has better SNR at the expense of image homogeneity. In this paper, a surface coil of transmit-receive mode offers a better SNR as compared with a head coil.

• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.98-98
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• 2002

목적： RF Coil sensitivity 또는 MRI system의 여러 요인들로 인해서 생길 수 있는 영상의 Bias field 즉, 유난히 밝거나 어두운 부분을 raw data 의 low frequency 값들을 임의로 변화를 줌으로써 어느 정도 보정이 가능하다. 대상 및 방법： Bias field로 인해서 분석에 어려움이 있는 이미지의 k-space 데이터를 가지고 있으면 부위에 상관없이 모두 가능하다. k-space에서 얻어진 raw data를 Kx와 Ky의 2-D로 표현한 후에 DC 성분에 해당하는 영점을 그대로 놔둔 상태에서 영점 주변으로 일정 범위 안에 있는 low frequency 성분 값들을 FT(Fourier Transform)를 거치기 전에 0으로 바꾼 후에 image processing을 거치도록 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.180-185
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• 2000

방사선 치료계획이나 사전수술계획 등에 컴퓨터 사용이 늘어남에 따라 의료영상별 특성에 따른 복합적 처리를 필요로 한다. 본 논문에서는 다중 모달리티 영상으로부터 의미 있는 정보를 제공하기 위하여 상호정보 최적화를 통한 영상정합 방법을 제안한다. 본 방법은 두 영상에서 대응되는 위치의 명암도간 통계적 의존관계와 정보중복성을 계산하는 상호정보(mutual information)를 통해 영상간 변형관계를 추정함으로써 영상을 정합한다. 실험결과로는 뇌 자기공명영상(MRI)과 컴퓨터단층촬영영상(CT)의 상호정보를 최적화하여 정합 결과를 제시한다. 본 방법은 기존 정합방법에서 사용하는 영상분할이나 특징점 추출 등의 전처리 과정 없이 영상 자체 정보를 기반으로 계산함으로써 정합의 정확도를 높일 수 있다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.71-77
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• 2007

Advance of neuroimaging technique has greatly influenced recent brain research field. Among various neuroimaging modalities, positron emission tomography has played a key role in molecular neuroimaging though functional MRI has taken over its role in the cognitive neuroscience. As the analysis technique for PET data is more sophisticated, the complexity of the method is more increasing. Despite the wide usage of the neuroimaging techniques, the assumption and limitation of procedures have not often been dealt with for the clinician and researchers, which might be critical for reliability and interpretation of the results. In the current paper, steps of voxel-based statistical analysis of PET including preprocessing, intensity normalization, spatial normalization, and partial volume correction will be revisited in terms of the principles and limitations. Additionally, new image analysis techniques such as surface-based PET analysis, correlational analysis and multimodal imaging by combining PET and DTI, PET and TMS or EEG will also be discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 2000.12a
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• pp.169-172
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• 2000

Direct volume rendering has yet been restricted to high-end graphic workstations and special-purpose hardware, due to the large amount of trilinear interpolation, that are necessary to obtain high image quality. In this paper, we implemented the volume rendering techniques using the 2D-texture at the environment of standard PC hardware. In addition, we show how multi-texturing capabilities of modern PC graphics board are enable to volume rendering. Besides using extended OpenGL function, we improved pixel operations and rendering capacity.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07d
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• pp.2783-2785
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• 2003

In multi-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging, data is obtained in the spatial frequency domain. Since the signal variation in the spatial frequency domain is much larger than that in the spatial domain, analog-to-digital converts with wide conversion bits are required. In this paper, the quantization noise in magnetic resonance imaging is analyzed. The signal-to-quantization noise ratio(SQNR) in the reconstructed image is derived from the level of quantization in the data acquisition. Since the quantization noise is proportional to the signal amplitude, it becomes more dominant in high field imaging. Using the derived formula the SQNR for several MRI systems are evaluated, and it is shown that the quantization noise can be a limiting factor in high field imaging, especially in three dimensional imaging in magnetic resonance imaging.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.942-944
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• 2014

최근 병원정보시스템의 도입으로 병원 내 의료서비스 효율성 향상이 두드러지고 있다. 이러한 병원정보시스템의 개선으로 의료정보 통합이라는 문제가 대두되고 있으며, 이를 시도하고자 하는 움직임이 나타나고 있다. 그러나 의료정보 통합을 위한 선행 단계로 동일 환자를 찾는 문제해결이 우선시 되며, 이를 위한 환자 식별 알고리즘의 연구가 필요시 되고 있다. 대표적인 사례로 MPI(Master Patient Index) 모듈을 통해 환자의 기본 정보 및 진료 정보 등의 여러 필드를 비교하여 유사도를 산출할 수 있으나, 국내에 적합하지 않는 언어체계, 필드별 최적 가중치의 산정 등 여러 가지 문제점들을 가지고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 MPI 등과 같은 매칭 알고리즘의 정확도를 높일 수 있는 보완적인 방법으로, 환자 필드 정보 외에 촬영한 의료 영상(MRI) 정보를 활용하여 동일 환자를 찾는 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 영상 정보만을 활용한 방법과는 달리, 의료영상의 물리적인 정보를 환자 식별 시 가장 높은 가중치를 부여하여 변하지 않는 불변의 특정 값으로 하여 높은 정확도를 검출하였다. 이러한 영상 정보를 활용한 유사도 측정 결과는 향후 환자 식별에 있어 보조적인 수단으로 활용하고자 한다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.172-174
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• 2019

Upon review, it is noted that recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy (RPON) is a rare neurological syndrome characterized by recurrent unilateral headaches and painful ophthalmoplegia of the ipsilateral oculomotor nerve. As seen on brain MRI, thickening and enhancement of the oculomotor cranial nerve can be observed in these cases. We experienced a case of RPON in an adult patient who showed thickening and enhancement of the oculomotor nerve on gadolinium-enhanced 3D-FLAIR image. The authors report a case of RPON with a review of the literature.

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.121-127
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• 2012

Objectives : The multimodal telepresence systems have been adopted in a variety of applications, such as telemedicine, space or underwater teleoperation and videoconference. Multimedia, one of the telepresence systems, has been used in various fields including entertainment, education and communication. The degree of subjective telepresence is defined as the probability that a person perceives to be physically in the remote place when he/she experiences a multisensory feedback from the multimedia. The current study aimed to explore the neural mechanism of telepresence related to multisensory feedback in patients with schizophrenia. Methods : Brain activity was measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging while fifteen healthy controls and fifteen patients with schizophrenia were experiencing filmed referential conversation at various distances (1 m, 5 m and 10 m). Correlations between the image contrast values and the telepresence scores were analyzed. Results : Subjective telepresence was not significantly different between the two groups. Some significant correlations of brain activities with the telepresence scores were found in the left postcentral gyrus, bilateral inferior frontal gyri, right fusiform gyrus, and left superior temporal sulcus. There were no main effects of group and distance. Conclusion : These results suggest that patients with schizophrenia experience telepresence as appropriately as healthy people do when exposed to multimedia. Therefore, patients with schizophrenia would have no difficulty in immersing themselves in multimedia which may be used in clinical training therapies.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.129-136
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• 2016

Objective : The purpose of this study was to figure out the radiologic findings and risk factors related to adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using 3-year follow-up radiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance image (MRI). Methods : A retrospective matched comparative study was performed for 64 patients who underwent single-level ACDF with a cage and plate. Radiologic parameters, including upper segment range of motion (USROM), lower segment range of motion (LSROM), upper segment disc height (UDH), and lower segment disc height (LDH), clinical outcomes assessed with neck and arm visual analogue scale (VAS), and risk factors were analyzed. Results : Patients were categorized into the ASD (32 patients) and non-ASD (32 patients) group. The decrease of UDH was significantly greater in the ASD group at each follow-up visit. At 36 months postoperatively, the difference for USROM value from the preoperative one significantly increased in the ASD group than non-ASD group. Preoperative other segment degeneration was significantly associated with the increased incidence of ASD at 36 months. However, pain intensity for the neck and arm was not significantly different between groups at any post-operative follow-up visit. Conclusion : The main factor affecting ASD is preoperative other segment degeneration out of the adjacent segment. In addition, patients over the age of 50 are at higher risk of developing ASD. Although there was definite radiologic degeneration in the ASD group, no significant difference was observed between the ASD and non-ASD groups in terms of the incidence of symptomatic disease.