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Investigation of light stimulated mouse brain activation in high magnetic field fMRI using image segmentation methods

  • Kim, Wook;Woo, Sang-Keun;Kang, Joo Hyun;Lim, Sang Moo
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2016
  • Magnetic resonance image (MRI) is widely used in brain research field and medical image. Especially, non-invasive brain activation acquired image technique, which is functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) is used in brain study. In this study, we investigate brain activation occurred by LED light stimulation. For investigate of brain activation in experimental small animal, we used high magnetic field 9.4T MRI. Experimental small animal is Balb/c mouse, method of fMRI is using echo planar image (EPI). EPI method spend more less time than any other MRI method. For this reason, however, EPI data has low contrast. Due to the low contrast, image pre-processing is very hard and inaccuracy. In this study, we planned the study protocol, which is called block design in fMRI research field. The block designed has 8 LED light stimulation session and 8 rest session. All block is consist of 6 EPI images and acquired 1 slice of EPI image is 16 second. During the light session, we occurred LED light stimulation for 1 minutes 36 seconds. During the rest session, we do not occurred light stimulation and remain the light off state for 1 minutes 36 seconds. This session repeat the all over the EPI scan time, so the total spend time of EPI scan has almost 26 minutes. After acquired EPI data, we performed the analysis of this image data. In this study, we analysis of EPI data using statistical parametric map (SPM) software and performed image pre-processing such as realignment, co-registration, normalization, smoothing of EPI data. The pre-processing of fMRI data have to segmented using this software. However this method has 3 different method which is Gaussian nonparametric, warped modulate, and tissue probability map. In this study we performed the this 3 different method and compared how they can change the result of fMRI analysis results. The result of this study show that LED light stimulation was activate superior colliculus region in mouse brain. And the most higher activated value of segmentation method was using tissue probability map. this study may help to improve brain activation study using EPI and SPM analysis.

Comparison of DICOM images and various types of images (DICOM 영상과 다양한 형식의 영상 비교)

  • Kim, Ji-yul;Ko, Seong-Jin
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.76-83
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    • 2017
  • In this study, the original medical image, DICOM file, was converted into TIFF, BITMAP, GIF, JPEG image file, and then the conversion loss ratio according to the image compression and conversion process was quantitatively evaluated using Origin pro and ICY image analysis program. As the evaluation method, 50% MTF, structural similarity index, MSE, RMSE, maximum signal - to - noise ratio and so on were evaluated. The TIFF image file showed the same result as DICOM image in all experimental groups, Image file format. In this study, we propose a new method for evaluating the quality of digital images by applying original evaluation program such as Origin pro or ICY medical image analysis program. Is expected to be used as research data in the field of medical image processing, and TIFF image file showing the same result as DICOM image in the basic research field using digital medical image and evaluation program that does not support DICOM file Therefore, it is believed that it will help to secure reliability in digital medical image processing research using image file.

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Recent Developments in Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation (최근 핵의학 영상 기기 발전 동향)

  • Kim, Joon-Young;Choi, Yong;Kim, Jong-Ho;Im, Ki-Chun;Choe, Yearn-Seong;Lee, Kyung-Han;Kim, Sang-Eun;Kim, Byung-Tae
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.471-481
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    • 1998
  • The goals of developments in nuclear medicine instrumentation are to offer a higher-quality image and to aid diagnosis, prognosis assessment or treatment planning and monitoring. It is necessary for physicists and engineers to improve or design new instrumentation and techniques, and to implement, validate, and apply these new approaches in the practice of nuclear medicine. The researches in physical properties of detectors and crystal materials and advances in image analysis technology have improved quantitative and diagnostic accuracy of nuclear medicine images. This review article presents recent developments in nuclear medicine instrumentation, including scatter and attenuation correction, new detector technology, tomographic image reconstruction methods, 511 keV imaging, dual modality imaging device, small gamma camera, PET developments, image display and analysis methods.

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Gradual Encryption of Medical Image using Non-linear Cycle and 2D Cellular Automata Transform

  • Nam, Tae Hee
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.1279-1285
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we propose on image encryption method which uses NC(Non-linear Cycle) and 2D CAT(Two-Dimensional Cellular Automata Transform) in sequence to encrypt medical images. In terms of the methodology, we use NC to generate a pseudo noise sequence equal to the size of the original image. We then conduct an XOR operation of the generated sequence with the original image to conduct level 1 NC encryption. Then we set the proper Gateway Values to generate the 2D CAT basis functions. We multiply the generated basis functions by the altered NC encryption image to conduct the 2nd level 2D CAT encryption. Finally, we verify that the proposed method is efficient and extremely safe by conducting an analysis of the key spatial and sensitivity analysis of pixels.

Background Removing for Digital image self-adaptive acquisition in medical X-ray imaging

  • Li, Xun;Kim, Young-Ju;Song, Young-Jun
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.12-15
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we propose a new method of background removing for digital self-adaptive acquisition in medical X-ray imaging. We analysis the construction of video digital acquisition system and main factors of acquired image quality, propose a more efficiency method to against background non-uniformly. With proposed method, non-uniform illumination back ground was well removed without image quality degradation.

A Study on Three-Dimensional Image Modeling and Visualization of Three-Dimensional Medical Image (삼차원 영상 모델링 및 삼차원 의료영상의 가시화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kun;Gwun, Oubong
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 1997
  • 3-D image modeling is in high demand for automated visual inspection and non-destructive testing. It also can be useful in biomedical research, medical therapy, surgery planning, and simulation of critical surgery (i.e. cranio-facial). Image processing and image analysis are used to enhance and classify medical volumetric data. Analyzing medical volumetric data is very difficult In this paper, we propose a new image modeling method based on tetrahedrization to improve the visualization of three-dimensional medical volumetric data. In this method, the trivariate piecewise linear interpolation is applied through the constructed tetrahedral domain. Also, visualization methods including iso-surface, color contouring, and slicing are discussed. This method can be useful to the correct and speedy analysis of medical volumetric data, because it doesn't have the ambiguity problem of Marching Cubes algorithm and achieves the data reduction. We expect to compensate the degradation of an accuracy by using an adaptive sub-division of tetrahedrization based on least squares fitting.

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Various Image Compression using Medical Image and Analysis for Compression Ratio (의료영상을 이용한 다양한 압축방법의 구현 및 압축율 비교.분석)

  • 추은형;김현규;박무훈
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.185-188
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    • 2002
  • With improved network system and development of computer technology, a lot of hospitals are equipping PACS that deals with process and transmission of the medical images. Owing to equipment of PACS the problems on transmission and storage of the medical images were treated. The way to solve the problems is to use various image processing techniques and compression methods This paper describes RLC in lossless image compression method, JPEG using DCT in loss image compression applied to medical images as way implementing DICOM standard. Now the medical images were compressed with Wavelet transform method have been taken advantage of image process. And compression rate of each compression methods was analyzed.

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Study on Image Processing Techniques Applying Artificial Intelligence-based Gray Scale and RGB scale

  • Lee, Sang-Hyun;Kim, Hyun-Tae
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.252-259
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    • 2022
  • Artificial intelligence is used in fusion with image processing techniques using cameras. Image processing technology is a technology that processes objects in an image received from a camera in real time, and is used in various fields such as security monitoring and medical image analysis. If such image processing reduces the accuracy of recognition, providing incorrect information to medical image analysis, security monitoring, etc. may cause serious problems. Therefore, this paper uses a mixture of YOLOv4-tiny model and image processing algorithm and uses the COCO dataset for learning. The image processing algorithm performs five image processing methods such as normalization, Gaussian distribution, Otsu algorithm, equalization, and gradient operation. For RGB images, three image processing methods are performed: equalization, Gaussian blur, and gamma correction proceed. Among the nine algorithms applied in this paper, the Equalization and Gaussian Blur model showed the highest object detection accuracy of 96%, and the gamma correction (RGB environment) model showed the highest object detection rate of 89% outdoors (daytime). The image binarization model showed the highest object detection rate at 89% outdoors (night).

A Study on the Comparative Analysis of Overseas Medical Care Video and Domestic Medical Care Video (해외 의료케어 전문 영상과 국내 의료케어 영상 비교분석에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Hyun Kyung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.415-420
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    • 2021
  • In a situation where the medical care field is developing from various angles, medical promotion video analysis has an important meaning. It is important as a matter of improving competitiveness, and in the era of acceleration of AI systems, medical care is also the leading field. Accordingly, the importance of videos on publicity, advertisements, and explanations is very important, and it is also an important direction to change the image of a company. In this study, the design characteristics and differences in the video were compared, focusing on the comparative analysis of professional videos of AI medical brands, with two foreign major companies (Stryker and Hill-rom) and one domestic leading company (Nine Bell), and detailed part analysis and section analysis were performed accordingly. As a technical partial analysis of image editing, the transition method and infographic graphics were considered. In an in-depth comparison, we found that AI medical imaging Points such as differences in image tone and image color harmony were analyzed and compared. For a detailed analysis in the video image determination part, we compared and studied the differentiated elements appearing in the promotional design and specific scenes of the video intro part and the product description video part of each video.

헤파린화 혈액 적합성 고분자 재료

  • 한동근;김영하
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.255-270
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    • 1987
  • A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network).

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