• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.325-336
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• 2009

건강한 정상 교합 어린이 83명(남자 42명, 여자 41명)을 대상으로 보호자 동의하에 cone beam CT 영상을 촬영하여, 하악 제 1대구치의 맹출 양상을 연구하였다. 대상을 발육 정도에 따라 Nolla stage(4-10단계)로 구분한 후 삼차원 기준 평면인 전두면(frontal), 시상면(sagittal), 수평면(horizontal)에서 각각 하악 제 1대구치의 맹출 양상을 관찰하였다. 1. 전두면과 수평면에서, 하악 제 1대구치간 폭경은 감소하였는데, stage 5에서 stage 8까지 가장 크게 감소했다가 약간 증가하였다. 2. 시상면과 전두면에서, 하악 제 1대구치 맹출량은 교합평면을 기준으로 stage 5에서 stage 7까지 가장 많은 맹출 이동을 보였다. 3. 수평면과 시상면에서, 하악 제 1대구치는 제 2유구치 원심면으로부터 stage 4에서 stage 6까지 원심으로 이동하였고 이후 큰 변화가 없었다. 4. 시상면에서, 교합 평면과 하악 제 1대구치의 근원심 치축이 이루는 각은 stage 4에서 stage 8까지 증가하였다. 5. 전두면에서, 교합 평면과 하악 제 1대구치의 협설측 치축이 이루는 각은 지속적으로 증가하였다. 6. 수평면에서, 정중 시상면과 하악 제 1대구치의 치축이 이루는 각은 stage 5부터 stage 8까지 증가하다 stage 8이후에는 다시 약간 감소하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2001

안면 비대칭이나 반안면 왜소증등과 같은 악변형증 환자의 진단 및 치료계획을 수립함에 있어서 종합적이고도 3차원적인 접근을 하는 것이 중요하다. 최근 3차원 CT가 개발되었으나 이 경우 계측점의 정확성이 아직 확립되어 있지 않다. 최근들어 두부 위치를 보정하여 다른 시기에 촬영된 방사선 사진을 3차원적으로 비교할수 있도록 하는 방법이 소개되었다. 이러한 방법을 이용하여 얻어진 3차원 좌표값 자동적으로 계산한 후 3차원적 구조 분석 및 계측을 할 수 있는 컴퓨터 프로그램을 개발하였다. 이 프로그램은 정중면을 설정하는 개념에 입각하여 안면구조물의 변형정도를 다양한 방법으로 나타낼수 있으며 이러한 기능은 특히 안면 비대칭의 분석과 술전, 후 비대칭의 정도를 파악하는데 유용한 것으로 보인다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2004

이 논문은 뇌 자기 공명 영상을 Talairach 좌표계에 맞추어 반자동적으로 정합시키기 위한 방법을 제시한다. 뇌영상을 Talairach 좌표계로 변환시키기 위해서는 anterior commissure (AC), posterior commissure (PC), 최 전방점 (AP), 최 후방점 (PP), 최고점 (SP), 최저점(IP), 좌측점 (LP), 우측점 (RP)을 정해주고, 뇌의 회전각을 구하기 위해서 좌뇌와 우뇌의 가운데를 지나는 선을 지정해 준다. 이때 제안한 방법을 쓰면 뇌를 좀더 쉽고 안정된 방법으로 정합할 수 있게 된다. 이 논문에서는 일단 뇌의 midsagittal plane을 추출해 내기 위해 사용자가 axial, coronal 방향에서 각각 두 개씩의 점을 지정해준다. 이후 원형정합을 이용하여 Corpus Callosum의 대강의 위치를 찾아내고 다음 단계에서 그 주변의 영역에 대한 원형정합을 통하여 정확한 AC와 PC의 위치를 찾아낸다. 마지막으로 단면의 밝기 정보를 이용하여 뇌의 경계를 이루는 나머지 점들을 찾을 수 있는데 이렇게 찾아낸 점들로 뇌자기공명영상을 정합하면 좀더 편리하고 안정적인 정합 결과를 얻을 수 있다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제38권
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• pp.23.1-23.7
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• 2016

Background: The purpose of this retrospective study was to develop a two- and three-dimensional analysis of the airway using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and to determine whether the airway space would be changed in mandibular prognathism after bimaxillary surgery involving maxillary posterior impaction. Methods: Patients requiring orthognathic surgery from 2012 to 2014 were recruited for this study. CBCT scans were obtained at three points: preoperatively (T0), immediate postoperatively (T1), and after 6 months postoperatively (T2). The nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx were measured on the CBCT scan for each patient in a repeatable manner. With the midsagittal plane, linear measurements in the middle of each were obtained. For the CBCT, volumetric measurements of each and total airway were obtained. Results: A total of 22 consecutive patients (11 men and 11 women) were included in the present study. The total volume was significantly reduced (p < .001). However, the change of the diameter and volume of the nasopharynx was not statistically significant (p = .160, p = .137, respectively). In the oropharynx, the change of both the diameter and volume showed statistical significance between preoperatively and immediate postoperatively (p < .001, p = .001, respectively) and also preoperatively and after 6 months postoperatively (p = .001, p = .010, respectively). In the hypopharynx, the change of both the diameter and volume showed statistical significance between preoperatively and immediate postoperatively (p = .001, p < .001, respectively) and also preoperatively and after 6 months postoperatively (p = .001, p < .001, respectively). Conclusions: The bimaxillary surgery involving maxillary posterior impaction can reduce the volume of airway in the patients of mandibular prognathism. Although total airway volume was reduced significantly, the changes in the volume and diameter of the nasopharynx were not statistically significant. The maxillary posterior impaction affects on the nasopharyngeal airway minimally.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.27-32
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• 1999

Cochlear implant poses a contraindication to the magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) process, because MRI generates artifacts, inducing an electrical current and causing device magnetization. CT is relatively expensive and the metal electrodes scatter the image. Post-implantation radiological studies using anterior-posterior transorbital, submental-vertex and lateral views, the intracochlear electrodes are not well displayed. Therefore, the authors developed a special view, which we call the cochlear view. The patient is sitting in front of a vertical device. Then the midsagittal plane is adjusted to form an angle of $15^{\circ},\;30^{\circ}$, and $45^{\circ}$ with the film. The flexion of the neck is adjusted to make the infraorbitomeatal line(IOML) is parallel with the transverse axis of the film. The central ray is directed to exit from the skull at point which is 3.0 cm anterior and 2.0 cm superior to the EAM(external auditory meatus). Results have shown that single radiography of the cochlear view provides sufficient information to demonstrate the position of the electrodes array and the depth of insertion in cochlear. Radiography of the cochlear view in angle of $45^{\circ}$ is an excellent image. The cochlear view gives the greatest amount of medical information with the least radiation and lowest medical cost. It can be widely used in all cochlear implant clinics.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.256-267
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• 2017

Objective: To evaluate transverse skeletal and dental changes, including those in the buccolingual dental axis, between patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion and facial asymmetry after bilateral intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy with and without presurgical orthodontic treatment. Methods: This retrospective study included 29 patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion and facial asymmetry including menton deviation > 4 mm from the midsagittal plane. To evaluate changes in transverse skeletal and dental variables (i.e., buccolingual inclination of the upper and lower canines and first molars), the data for 16 patients who underwent conventional orthognathic surgery (CS) were compared with those for 13 patients who underwent preorthodontic orthognathic surgery (POGS), using three-dimensional computed tomography at initial examination, 1 month before surgery, and at 7 days and 1 year after surgery. Results: The 1-year postsurgical examination revealed no significant changes in the postoperative transverse dental axis in the CS group. In the POGS group, the upper first molar inclined lingually on both sides (deviated side, $-1.8^{\circ}{\pm}2.8^{\circ}$, p = 0.044; nondeviated side, $-3.7^{\circ}{\pm}3.3^{\circ}$, p = 0.001) and the lower canine inclined lingually on the nondeviated side ($4.0^{\circ}{\pm}5.4^{\circ}$, p = 0.022) during postsurgical orthodontic treatment. There were no significant differences in the skeletal and dental variables between the two groups at 1 year after surgery. Conclusions: POGS may be a clinically acceptable alternative to CS as a treatment to achieve stable transverse axes of the dentition in both arches in patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion and facial asymmetry.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2018

Objective: This retrospective study compared the three-dimensional (3D) structure of mandibular condyles between adults with and without facial asymmetry, and whether it influences menton deviation. Methods: Sixty adult patients were classified into symmetry and asymmetry groups based on the menton deviation on postero-anterior radiographs. The right/left differences of 3D measurements were compared between the two groups, and measurements were compared separately on the right and left sides. The correlations between menton deviation and the right/left differences were analyzed. Results: The mediolateral dimension, neck length, condylar angles to the anteroposterior reference (PO) and midsagittal reference planes, and neck and head volumes showed significantly larger right/left differences in the asymmetry group compared to the symmetry group. Separate comparisons of the right and left sides between the two groups showed that the neck was significantly shorter and neck and head volumes were significantly smaller on the left side, which was deviated side in the asymmetry group. Pearson's correlation analysis showed significant positive correlations of menton deviation with right/left differences in neck length, condylar angle to the PO plane, and neck and head volumes in the asymmetry group. Conclusions: In individuals with facial asymmetry, menton deviation is associated with the right/left differences caused by a smaller condyle on the deviated side, particularly in neck length and neck and head volumes.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.151-163
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• 2015

In this study, we aim to describe kinematic characteristics of Korean /l/-flapping in two speech rates (fast vs. comfortable). Production data was collected from seven native speakers of Seoul Korean (four females and three males) using electromagnetic midsagittal articulometry (EMMA), which provided two dimensional data on the x-y plane. We examined kinematic properties of the vertical/horizontal tongue tip gesture, the vertical/horizontal (rear) tongue body gesture, and the jaw gesture in an /i/-/i/ context. Gestural landmarks of the vertical tongue tip gesture are directly measured. This serves as the actual anchoring time points to which relevant measures of other trajectories referred. The study focuses on velocity profiles, closing/opening spatiotemporal properties, constriction duration, and constriction minima were analyzed. The results are summarized as follows. First, gradiently distributed spatiotemporal values of the vertical tongue tip gesture were on a continuum. This shows more of a reduction in fast speech rate, but no single instance of categorical reduction (deletion). Second, Korean /l/-flapping predominantly exhibited a backward sliding tongue tip movement, in 83% of production, which is apparently distinguished from forward sliding movement in English. Lastly, there was an indication of vocalic reduction in fast rate, truncating spatial displacement of the jaw and the tongue body, although we did not observe positional variations with speech rate. The present study shows that Korean /l/-flapping is characterized by mixed articulatory properties with respect to flapping sounds of other languages such as English and Xiangxiang Chinese. Korean /l/ flapping demonstrates a language-universal property, such as the gradient nature of its flapping sounds that is compatible with other languages. On the other hand, Korean /l/-flapping also shows a language-particular property, particularly distinguished from English, in that a backward gliding movement occurs during the tongue tip closing movement. Although, there was no vocalic reduction in V2 observed in terms of jaw and tongue body height, spatial displacement of these articulators still suggests truncation in fast speech rate.

• Journal of Korean Dental Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.66-79
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• 2014

Purpose: To analyze the amount and pattern of tooth movement and the changes in arch dimension of mandibular dentition after orthodontic treatment using a new three-dimensional (3D)-indirect superimposition method. Materials and Methods: The samples consisted of fifteen adult patients with class I bialveolar protrusion and minimal anterior crowding, treated by extraction of four first premolars with conventional sliding mechanics. After superimposition of 3D-virtual maxillary models before and after treatment using best-fit method, 3D-virtual mandibular model at each stage was placed into a common coordinate of superimposition using 3D-bite information, which resulted in 3D-indirect superimposition for mandibular dentition. The changes in mandibular dental and arch dimensional variables were measured with Rapidform 2006 (INUS Technology). Paired t-test was used for statistical analysis. Result: The anterior teeth moved backward, displaced laterally, and inclined lingually. The posterior teeth showed statistically significant contraction toward midsagittal plane. The amounts of backward movement of anterior teeth and forward movement of posterior teeth showed a ratio of 6 : 1. Although the inter-canine width increased slightly (0.8 mm, P<0.05), the inter-second premolar, inter-first molar, and inter-second molar widths decreased significantly with similar amounts (2.2 mm, P<0.05; 2.3 mm, P<0.01; 2.3 mm, P<0.001). The molar depth decreased (6.7 mm, P<0.001) but canine depth did not change. Conclusion: A new 3D-indirect superimposition of the mandibular dentitions using best-fit method and 3D-bite information can present a guideline for virtual treatment planning in terms of tooth position and arch dimension.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.23-37
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• 1991

The understanding the natureof occlusal tooth contacts of natural dentition is important for correct diagnosis and treatment of diseases developed in stomatognatic system. Several investigator have studied the distribution of tooth contacts in maximum intercuspation and have reported contact locations with respect to the tooth position. Many methods have been clinically applied for the occlusal analysis in the intercuspal position. However, there are few quantative methods. This study analyzed the new software version of the T-Scan system to record and analyze occlusal contact balance in the anterior-posterior and right-left directions. Six time moment statistics and five moment statistics were calculated in the midsagittal and the incisal axes of the occlusal plane. In the present study, informed consent was obtained from 100 subjects with natural dentitions. The results were as follows ; 1. The mean of the dental arch length & width were 48.78, 65.32mm in whole population, 49.09mm, 65.50mm in males, 48.78mm, 64.63mm in females, respectively. 2. The mean of TLR & PLR were 0.193mm(left), 0.311mm(left), respectively. Therefore, the distribution of tooth contacts was bilaterally symmetric. 3. The mean of TFB & PFB were 29.168mm, 29.055mm, and that of LFB & RFB were 29.627mm, 29.587mm, respectively, and the qualitative center of occlusal contacts was the firtst molar. 4. The mean of LL & RL were 31.666mm, 31.377mm, respectively, and the quantitative center of occlusal force was the first molar. 5. The mean of LF & RF were 60.237N, 59.276N, respectively and Left-right moment was 72.491Nmm. Therfore, the distribution of occlusal force was bilaterally balanced.