• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.625-631
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• 2001

The anatomic structure around interproximal area plays an important role not only in the natural teeth, but also in the implant. The loss of papilla can lead to cosmetic deformity, phonetic problem, food impaction on the anterior dentition, and masticatory problem, food impaction and proximal caries on the posterior dentition. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between interdental papilla existence and distance from contact point to alveolar crest in Korean posteior dentition. 45 Korean adult patients(31males, 14 females) participated in this study. Measurements were carreid out total 126 interproximal areas, 18 first premolar, 31 second premolar, 40 first molar, and 37 second molar areas. Papilla index was recorded as suggested by Jemt. Distance between contact point and alveolar crest measrued by Florida $probe^{R}$, after flap elevation. Each distance was measured 10 times by every 0.1mm unit. The results showed that the mean Papilla index 1.37 and mean distance between contact point and alveolar crest was 7.44mm. The correlation between the Papilla index and distance was high negative correlation(Pearson correlation=-0.47), and it was statistically significant(P=0.000) When the distance between contact point and alveolar crest was 5mm, the loss of papilla was appeared almost in half cases. When the distance was 6mm, the papilla loss was present 95%, when 7mm, the papilla loss was 100%.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2008

Purpose: To evaluate the difference of the movement of the mandibular condyles between trans cranial and panoramic TMJ radiographs to view the movement of the mandibular condyles. Materials and Methods: Thirty-four paired transcranial and panoramic TMJ radiographs of patients were used to evaluate the movement of the mandibular condyle. The distances, from the most superior point of the mandibular condyle to the most inferior point of the articular eminence on both radiographs, were measured. The measurements were taken at closed state and maximum opening state of each radiograph on both side. Differences between matched pairs were analysed by paired t-test, with significance established at P<0.05. Results and Conclusion: The mean distance, from the most superior point of the mandibular condyle to the most inferior point of the articular eminence on both radiographs, was statistically different at each side (P<0.05). At closing state, the mean distance measured on panoramic TMJ radiographs was longer than on transcranial radio-graphs (0.85 mm at right side, 1.20 mm at left side). But at maximum opening state, the mean distance on transcranial radiographs was longer (1.00 mm at right side, 0.62 mm at left side) than panoramic TMJ radiographs.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.373-382
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• 2021

Purpose: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) reconstructions were analysed to elucidate factors affecting the anatomical relationship between tooth roots and the mandibular canal(MC). Materials and Methods: Images of 300 volumetric tomography scans of patients aged between 20 and 79 years old (167 women and 133 men) were analysed. The mean distances between 2,053 dental root apices and the internal border of the MC were obtained by measuring the horizontal and vertical distances on coronal CBCT images. The actual distance was then calculated mathematically with the Pythagorean formula. The statistical significance of differences between men and women was assessed using the Mann-Whitney test. Correlations with patient age were evaluated with the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. Results: The mean distances ranged from 2.17 mm, for single right third molar roots in women, to 8.02 mm for single left third molar mesiolingual roots in men. The mean distances measured for the mandibular right second molar mesial roots and the right second premolar roots were larger in men than in women. Age showed a significant positive correlation with the measured distances for mesial and distal roots of the first and second molar on both sides and the right third molar, mesiolingual roots of the left third molar, and single roots of the right third molar. Conclusion: The root-to-mandibular canal distance depended on age and the type of tooth. In 2 root types, this distance was impacted by sex.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.46.2-46.2
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• 2015

Modern methods in determining the value of the Hubble constant are divided into two main ways: the classical distance ladder method and the inverse distance ladder method. The classical distance ladder method is based on Cepheid calibrated Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), which are known as powerful distance indicator. The inverse distance ladder method uses cosmic microwave background radiation, which emitted from the high-z universe, and the cosmological model. Recent estimations of the Hubble constant based on these two methods show a $2{\sim}3{\sigma}$ difference, which called the "Hubble tension". It is currently an issue in the modern cosmology. We have been working on the luminosity calibration of SNe Ia based on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB), which is a precise population I distance indicator. We present the TRGB distance estimates of 5 SNe Ia host galaxies with the archival Hubble Space Telescope image data. We derive the mean absolute maximum magnitude of 5 SNe Ia and the value of the Hubble constant. Cosmological implications of our estimate will be discussed.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권7호
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• pp.1072-1077
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• 2017

Mean-reverting analysis refers to a way of estimating the underlining tendency after new data has evoked the variation in the equilibrium state. In this paper, we propose a new method to interpret the specular portraits of Premature Ventricular Contraction(PVC) arrhythmia by applying K-means unsupervised learning algorithm on electrocardiogram(ECG) data. Aiming at this purpose, we applied a mean-reverting model to analyse Heart Rate Variability(HRV) in terms of the modified poincare plot by considering PVC rhythm as the component of disrupting the homeostasis state. Based on our experimental tests on MIT-BIH ECG database, we can find the fact that the specular patterns portraited by K-means clustering on mean-reverting HRV data can be more clearly visible and the Euclidean metric can be used to identify the discrepancy between the normal sinus rhythm and PVC beats by the relative distance among cluster-centroids.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2013

A robust and efficient text extraction is very important for an accuracy of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems. Natural scene images with degradations such as uneven illumination, perspective distortion, complex background and multi color text give many challenges to computer vision task, especially in text extraction. In this paper, we propose a method for extraction of the text in signboard images based on a combination of mean shift algorithm and weighting scheme of hue and saturation in HSI color space for clustering algorithm. The number of clusters is determined automatically by mean shift-based density estimation, in which local clusters are estimated by repeatedly searching for higher density points in feature vector space. Weighting scheme of hue and saturation is used for formulation a new distance measure in cylindrical coordinate for text extraction. The obtained experimental results through various natural scene images are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.35-46
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• 2019

Multivariate Confidence Region (MCR) cannot be used to obtain the confidence region of the mean vector of multivariate data when the normality assumption is not satisfied; however, the Quantile Confidence Region (QCR) could be used with a Multivariate Quantile Vector in these cases. The coverage rate of the QCR is better than MCR; however, it has a disadvantage because the QCR has a wide shape when the probability density function follows a bimodal form. In this study, we propose a Quantile Confidence Region using the Highest density (QCRHD) method with the Highest Density Region (HDR). The coverage rate of QCRHD was superior to MCR, but is found to be similar to QCR. The QCRHD is constructed as one region similar to QCR when the distance of the mean vector is close. When the distance of the mean vector is far, the QCR has one wide region, but the QCRHD has two smaller regions. Based on these features, it is found that the QCRHD can overcome the disadvantages of the QCR, which may have a wide shape.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2001

해상의 축양장에서 초음파 핑거를 부착한 참돔의 유영행동을 원격계측 시스템으로 추적한 현장실험의 관측결과로부터 수치 모델의 파라메터를 최소자승법으로 추정한 결과와 정규난수를 이용한 시뮬레이션에 의해 각 개체의 추정위치의 시계열 데이터를 구하여 유영궤적, 유영속도, 유영깊이, 축양교의 벽과 개체 사이의 근접거리, 개체 상호간의 최근접거리 등의 유영특성을 나타내는 지표에 대해 현장보험에 의한 결과와 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과를 비교한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 초음파 핑거를 부착한 참돔을 방류하여 120분 동안의 유영행동을 추적한 현장보험에 의한 유류궤적은 고류 후 30분이 경과한 때에는 축양권의 중심 부근으로 이동하고, 주로 축양노의 좌하 모퉁이와 우상 모퉁이의 대각선 방향으로 분포하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 시뮬레이션에 의한 유영궤적도 이와 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 2. 현장보험의 결과로부터 계산된 어군의 평균 유영속도는 39.2 cm/sec (1.4BL cm/sec)였으며, 시뮬레이션에 의한 평균 유영속도는 44.4 cm/sec (1.6BL cm/sec)로서 보험에 의 한 결과와 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 현장보험에서 계측된 어군의 평균 유영 깊이는 238 cm였으며, 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과는 248 cm로서 큰 차이가 없었다. 4. 현장보험에서 구한 축양노의 벽과 개체 사이의 평균 근접거리는 132 cm였으며, 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과는 129cm로서 비슷한 것으로 나타났다. 5. 현장보험에 의한 개체 상호간의 평균 최근접 거리는 83 cm였으나, 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과는 61cm로서 다소 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.108-116
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 스테레오 비전에서 시차를 이용하여 근거리뿐만 아니라 원거리의 장애 물체에 대해서도 신뢰성 있는 거리를 추정하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 시차를 이용한 거리 측정에서 양자화 오차는 원거리에서의 거리 정확도를 떨어뜨리게 되므로, 이를 최소화하기 위해 부화소 보간법(sub-pixel interpolation)을 이용하여 시차 정확도를 향상시키고 거리 정확도 및 경로 추적의 최적화를 위해서 향상된 적응형 퍼지 칼만 필터(EAFSTKF : Enhanced Adaptive Fuzzy Strong Tracking Kalman Filter)를 사용한다. 제안한 방법은 차량과 같이 다양한 동적인 움직임에 의한 비선형성에 대하여 기존 칼만 필터에서 발생되는 발산 문제(divergence problem)를 해결할 수 있고, 거리의 정확도 및 신뢰도도 높일 수 있다. 몬테카를로(Monte Carlo) 방법을 이용한 모의실험 결과 제안한 방법은 기존 방법들과 거리 오차율(RMSER : Root Mean Square Error Rate)을 비교하였을 때, strong tracking Kalman filter(STKF)에 비하여 성능이 약 13.5%정도 향상되었음을 보여준다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2017

PURPOSES : The objective of this study is to develop a methodology to estimate the minimum required separation distance (MRSD) between a vehicle and a bicycle when overtaking. METHODS : Three steps have been conducted to develop a methodology to estimate MSRD. First, a literature review has been conducted on the measurement of MSRD, and how it may be applied in Korea. Second, two assumptions have been made to develop a methodology to estimate the MSRD. The first assumption is that the maximum separation distance between a vehicle and a bicycle can be observed when they are at the same location longitudinally. In addition, it is assumed that the separation distance is invalid when the contra-flow exists. Finally, three cameras were installed at a height of 10 m to record the vehicle-bicycle interaction. Moreover, the vehicle trajectories as well as the separation distance were coded and analyzed. Through the hypothesis test and the interval estimation, the sample mean was tested and the confidence interval was estimated. RESULTS : 141 records of separation distance data were collected, and the hypothesis test demonstrated that the MSRD in Korea is significantly higher than other countries. In addition, the confidence interval of the population mean of MSRD is from 1.51 m to 1.65 m with 95% level of confidence. CONCLUSIONS : It is expected that the proposed methodology to estimate MSRD would be beneficial in studying road safety of vehicles and bicycles. Also, the proposed MSRD is expected to be designated in the act of road and transportation.