• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2011

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate and review the previous researches about objective measuring fatigue caused by visual stimuli. Also, we analyze possibility of alternative visual fatigue measurement methods using facial expression recognition and gesture recognition. Background: In most previous researches, visual fatigue is commonly measured by survey or interview based subjective method. However, the subjective evaluation methods can be affected by individual feeling's variation or other kinds of stimuli. To solve these problems, signal and image processing based visual fatigue measurement methods have been widely researched. Method: To analyze the signal and image processing based methods, we categorized previous works into three groups such as bio-signal, brainwave, and eye image based methods. Also, the possibility of adopting facial expression or gesture recognition to measure visual fatigue is analyzed. Results: Bio-signal and brainwave based methods have problems because they can be degraded by not only visual stimuli but also the other kinds of external stimuli caused by other sense organs. In eye image based methods, using only single feature such as blink frequency or pupil size also has problem because the single feature can be easily degraded by other kinds of emotions. Conclusion: Multi-modal measurement method is required by fusing several features which are extracted from the bio-signal and image. Also, alternative method using facial expression or gesture recognition can be considered. Application: The objective visual fatigue measurement method can be applied into the fields of quantitative and comparative measurement of visual fatigue of next generation display devices in terms of human factor.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2015

도시이미지 형성 및 지역 경제 활성화를 위해 국가 및 지자체별 야간경관계획 사업이 활발하게 추진되는 추세이지만, 현재까지 야간경관 관련 연구 부족 및 객관적인 평가 방법의 부재로 체계적인 야간경관계획이 이루어지지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 피조사자들의 눈의 움직임 평가 및 설문조사를 통해 야간경관 특성을 분석하여, 향후 바람직한 야간경관계획에 시사점을 제공하고자 한다. 나아가 아이트래킹 기법(Eye-tracking method)이 경관 평가에 있어 객관적인 평가 방법이 될 수 있는지 검증하고자 하였다. 연구 대상지는 미국 버지니아 공과주립대 캠퍼스이며, 다양한 야간경관 이미지 중 전문가 평가를 통해 대표 야간경관을 선정하였다. 선정된 야간경관 이미지의 특성을 분석하기 위하여 사용된 변수는 선호도, 안전함(두려움), 선명도이며, 눈의 움직임 분석을 위한 변수는 고정 지속시간(fixation duration), 순간적 움직임 지속시간(saccade duration), 주사경로 길이(scan path length), 동공 크기(pupil size)이다. 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 다변량 분산분석(MANOVA)을 통하여 야간경관의 유형에 따라 선호도, 선명도, 안전함(두려움)의 차이가 통계적으로 유의하였으며, 상관관계 분석을 통해 선호도, 안전함, 선명도 사이에 정적인 영향관계가 있음을 도출하였다. 둘째, 야간경관의 유형에 따라 눈의 움직임 변수들(고정 지속시간, 지속시간, 주사경로 길이) 차이가 유의함을 파악하였으며, 상대적으로 오픈된 경관이 폐쇄된 경관보다 눈의 움직임 변수 수치가 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 셋째, 눈 움직임 강도 지도(Heat map) 비교 분석에서는 피조사자들이 무의식적으로 응시한 강도 지도 결과와 선호되는 구역 및 선명하게 보이는 구역 응시를 지시했던 강도 지도 결과가 유사하게 나타나는 결과를 확인하였다. 이는 사람들이 무의식적으로 야간경관을 응시할 때, 다른 구역에 비하여 주로 선호하고, 선명하게 보이는 구역을 강하게 응시한다는 것을 의미한다. 종합해볼 때, 본 연구에서는 야간경관의 유형에 따라 전체적인 선호도, 선명도, 안전함(두려움) 등의 지각하는 특성 및 눈의 움직임 차이를 검증할 수 있었으며, 나아가 야간경관 구역별 강하게 응시하는 구역과 해당 구역이 의미하는 특성을 파악할 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과는 경관 평가에 있어 아이트래킹 기법 적용하여 환경별 유의미한 차이를 입증했다는 데에 의미하는 바가 크며, 향후 경관 평가에 시사점 제시 및 야간경관의 이용 만족도 향상을 위한 야간경관계획 시 전략적으로 참고할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.215-218
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• 2012

Objective: Traumatic epidural hematomas (EDHs) in children are a relatively unusual occurrence. The cause and outcome vary depending on period and reg ion of study. The aims of this analysis were to review the cause and outcome of pediatric EDHs nowadays and to discuss outcome-related variables in a large consecutive series of surgically treated EDH in children. Methods: This is a retrospective review of 29 patients with surgically treated EDHs between Jan 2000 and February 2010. Patients' medical records, computed tomographic (Cl) scans, and, if performed, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were reviewed to define variables associated with outcome. Variables included in the analysis were age, associated severe intracranial injury, abnormal pupillary response, hematoma thickness, severity of head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score), parenchymal brain injury, and diffuse axonal injury. Results: The mean (SO) age of the patients was 109 months (0-185 months). Most of the injuries with EDHs occurred in traffic accident (14 cases, 48.2%) and followed by slip down in 6 cases and falls in 6 cases. There were one birth injury and one unknown cause. EDHs in traffic accidents occurred in pedestrians hit by a motor vehicle, 9 cases; motorbike and car accidents, 5 cases and bicycle accidents, 1 case. The locations of hematoma were almost same in both sides (left side in 15 cases). Temporal lobe is the most common site of hematomas (13 cases, 44%). The mean size of the EDHs was 18 mm (range, 5-40 mm). Heterogeneous hematomas in CT scans were 20 cases (67%). Two patients were referred with unilateral or bilateral dilated pupil(s). There was enlargement of EDH in 5 patients (17%). All of them were heterogeneous hematomas in CT scans. Except for 4 patients, all EDHs were associated with skull fracture(s) (87%). There was no case of patient with major organ injury. CT or MRI revealed brain contusion in 5 patients, and diffuse axonal injury in one patient The mortality was zero, and the outcomes were excellent in 26 and good in 2 patients. None of the tested variables were found to have a prognostic relevance. Conclusion: Regardless of the EDH size, the clinical status of the patients, the abnormal pupillary findings, or the cause of injury, the outcome and prognosis of the patients with EDH were excellent.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2011

Purpose: This study investigated the effect on survival rate for organophosphate intoxication patients who received trachostomy. This research was conducted to help identify appropriate treatment of patients who received a trachostomy. Methods: This research was retrospectively conducted using the medical records of 141 patients who arrived at the Chosun University Hospital emergency medical center between Jan 2007 and Dec 2010, suffering from organophosphate intoxication. They were placed in two groups including one which received trachostomy as part of their treatment and one that did not. The effect of each variable on mortality was evaluated by regressionanalysis. Results: Of 141 patients with organophosphate intoxication, 105 of them did not tracheostomy and 16 were dead cohorts (15.2%). Their size of pupil was 1mm. Factors such as amount of organophosphate ingested, PAM time after ingestion, average body temperature, arrival time, atropinization time after ingestion, AST/ALT, Bun/Cr all appeared to be significant factors in death cohorts (P<0.05). 36 patients among the total had tracheostomy and 11 ones of them were in dead cohort (30.6%) and their average age was 58 years. The facts affect the state of patients in dead cohort include the amount of intoxication which between $327.27{\pm}194.1ml$, performing intubation 686 mins after intubation, reaching to the hospital after 580mins, injecting PAM 744 mins after intoxication, injecting atropine 627 mins after intoxication. The largest cases of patient's state was found to be stupor with 14 patients (38.9%) the level of Cholinesterase in blood appeared to be significant in dead cohort as $391.00{\pm}353.9IU/L$ (P<0.05). Conclusion: Further planned studies are necessary on the use of tracheostomy for treatment of poisoning victims, especially those intoxicated by organophosphorus insecticides.