• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2001

Purpose : This study was performed to compare the diagnostic ability of conventional intraoral radiographs with that of digital subtraction image and to assess the quantifying ability of digital subtraction image for simulated apical root resorption Materials and Methods : Conventional intraoral radiographs and digital images of ten sound maxillary central incisors and those with simulated apical root resorption were taken with varying horizontal and vertical angulations of the x-ray beam. The diagnostic accuracy to detect the lesion was evaluated on conventional intraoral radiographs and digital subtraction images by ROC analysis. The amount of simulated apical root resorption was also estimated on the reconstruction images by Emago/sup (R)/ and compared with actual amount of tooth loss using paired t-test. Results: The diagnostic accuracy of conventional intraoral radiographs to detect the apical root resorption was low (ROC area = 0.6446), and the sensitivity and the specificity of digital subtraction images were 100%, respectively. The calculated amounts of apical root resorption showed no statistically significant difference with the actual amounts of the lesion (p>0.05). Conclusion: Digital subtraction radiography is powerful tool to detect the small apical root resorption, and quantitative analysis of small amounts of the lesion can be evaluated by digital subtraction radiography.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.443-451
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• 2017

유방촬영술은 유방암의 조기검진을 위해 시행되는 대표적인 검사이다. 하지만 유방 구성물질의 물리적 특성에 의존하는 유방촬영상은 병변의 악성 또는 양성 여부에 대한 정보 제공이 불가능하다. 이중에너지 영상 감산법을 시행하는 경우 유방촬영상에서 특정 물질에 대한 정보를 추출할 수 있지만 피폭선량을 증가시킬 뿐만 아니라 물질분리의 정확도를 감소시키는 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 물질의 선감약계수를 적용한 유방팬텀을 모사하여 광자계수검출기 기반 이중에너지 유방촬영에서 특정 물질에 대한 가중함수를 적용하여 분리의 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있는 기술을 제안하였다. 그리고 유방팬텀영상으로부터 물질분리의 정확도를 평가하기 위해 대조도 및 잡음 특성을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 이중에너지 가중 영상 감산법의 악성종양에 대한 대조도는 일반적인 유방촬영과 이중에너지 영상 감산법에 비해 각각 0.98, 1.06배로 큰 차이가 없다. 그렇지만 이중에너지 가중 영상 감산법 적용 시 양성종양에 대한 대조도가 0에 근사하기 때문에 양성종양에 대한 악성종양의 상대적인 대조도가 13.54배로 크게 향상된 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제안하는 이중에너지 가중 영상 감산법은 유방촬영 진단의 정확도 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2010

Background: Complications following lumbar transforaminal epidural injection are frequently related to inadvertent vascular injection of corticosteroids. Several methods have been proposed to reduce the risk of vascular injection. The generally accepted technique during epidural steroid injection is intermittent fluoroscopy. In fact, this technique may miss vascular uptake due to rapid washout. Because of the fleeting appearance of vascular contrast patterns, live fluoroscopy is recommended during contrast injection. However, when vascular contrast patterns are overlapped by expected epidural patterns, it is hard to distinguish them even on live fluoroscopy. Methods: During 87 lumbar transforaminal epidural injections, dynamic contrast flows were observed under live fluoroscopy with using digital subtraction enhancement. Two dynamic fluoroscopy fluoroscopic images were saved from each injection. These injections were performed by five physicians with experience independently. Accuracy of live fluoroscopy was determined by comparing the interpretation of the digital subtraction fluoroscopic images. Results: Using digital subtraction guidance with contrast confirmation, the twenty cases of intravascular injection were found (the rate of incidence was 23%). There was no significant difference in incidence of intravascular injections based either on gender or diagnosis. Only five cases of intravascular injections were predicted with either flash or aspiration of blood (sensitivity = 25%). Under live fluoroscopic guidance with contrast confirmation to predict intravascular injection, twelve cases were predicted (sensitivity = 60%). Conclusions: This finding demonstrate that digital subtraction fluoroscopic imaging is superior to blood aspiration or live fluoroscopy in detecting intravascular injections with lumbar transforaminal epidural injection.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2002

Purpose: To compare the standard deviation of gray levels on digital subtracted images obtained by different dental subtraction programs. Materials and Methods: Paired periapical films were taken at the lower premolar and molar areas of the phantoms involving human mandible. The bite registration group used Rinn XCP equipment and bite registration material, based on polyvinyl siloxane, for standardization. The no bite registration group used only Rinn XCP equipment. The periapical film images were digitized at 1200 dpi resolution and 256 gray levels by a flat bed scanner with transparency unit. Dental digital subtraction programs used for this study were Subtractor (Biomedisys Co., Korea) and Emago (Oral Diagnostic Systems, The Netherlands). To measure the similarities between the subtracted images, the standard deviations of the gray levels were obtained using a histogram of subtracted images, which were then analyzed statistically. Results: Subtracted images obtained by using the Emago program without manual selection of corresponding points showed the lowest standard deviation of gray levels (p<0.01). And the standard deviation of gray levels was lower in subtracted images in the group of a bite registration than in the group of no use of bite registration (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Digital radiographic subtraction without manual selection of reference points was found to be a convenient and superior method.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 조영 영상을 받아들여 관상동맥을 효과적으로 추출하는 방법을 소개한다. 혈관 추출에 일반적으로 사용되는 디지털 혈관조영술(DSA : Digital Subtraction Angiography)은 조영제 투입 전에 촬영된 마스크 영상과 조영제 투입 후의 혈관 대비가 나타나는 라이브 영상과의 차이를 이용하여 빠르게 혈관 영역만을 검출하는 방법이다. 그러나 이 방법은 배경의 움직임에 민감하고 두 영상간의 지역적인 배경 명암 분포의 변화에 따라 오 검출이 발생할 수 있다는 단점을 가진다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 배경 텍스쳐의 유사도를 분석하여 움직임의 차이가 가장 작은 영상을 선택함으로써 배경의 움직임에 기인하는 구조적인 문제를 해결하고, 선택된 영상의 지역적 명암 보정을 통해 혈관 영역만을 효과적으로 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 실험 결과는 제안된 방법이 기존의 방법보다 오 인식률은 감소하고 정확도는 증가함을 보여준다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2011년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.415-416
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• 2011

This paper describes about a technique of generating music from the natural motion of fish which are detected via the running averaging background subtraction method. The motion of the fish will create musical notes on a background frame which will be analyzed and played by a music playing module that is proposed in this paper called "PhysicX". This module is also capable of interacting with the fishes. in the tank.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.68-75
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• 1997

스펙트럼 차감법은 잡음이 더해진 환경에서의 음성인시기에 널리 사용되는 전처리 방법이지만, 이를 위해서는 잡음의 스펙트럼을 잘 추정할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 잡음 스펙트럼의 추정방법으로 히스토그램 처리방법을 사용한다. 이 방법은 음성/비음성 구간의 구분을 할 필요가 없으며 서서히 변화하는 잡음의 스펙트럼도 추정할 수 있다는 점에서 여타의 잡음 추정방법에 비해 장점을 지닌다. 다양한 SNR 조건하에서 유색 가우시안 잡음 및 실제 자동차 소음을 부가시킨 음성에 대해 화자독립 고립단어 인식 실험을 수행한 결과, 히스토그램 처리방법에 기반을 둔 스펙트럼 차감법의 인식성능이 초기 비음성구간의 스펙트럼 평균을 이용한 기존의 잡음 스펙트럼 추정방법에 비해 우수한 성능을 나타내었다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.665-671
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• 1999

The aim of this study was to establish selective hepatic artery catheterization technique through percutaneous femoral artery puncture and to offer digital subtraction angiography (DSA) of hepatic artery in beagle dogs. Percutaneous femoral artery puncture was performed with Sheldinger's method. Microferret$^{TM}$-18 Infusion catheter(William, Cook, Europe) was introduced into abdominal aorta. Then, under fluoroscopy, iopamidol 370(Bracco, Italy) was injected to identify celiac artery and 'J' shaped guide wire was introduced into celiac artery. Catheter could be introduced into celiac artery through guide wire. In this manner, catheter was located at the insertion of hepatic artery and DSA was performed. In DSA of beagle dogs, hepatic artery which was divided into lateral branch, right-medial branch, right-lateral branch of hepatic artery, cystic artery and gastroduodenal artery was opacified without superimposition of any other body structure and so was the parenchyme of liver afterward. In autopsy angiographic finding of resected liver, cystic artery, caudate branch, lateral branch, right-medial branch, right-lateral branch and quadrate branch of hepatic artery were identified. It was concluded that selective hepatic artery catheterization technique was a minimally invasive method that facillitated the approach of hepatic artery and DSA was an excellent tool to visualize the vessle of liver in dogs.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2020

Most of the background subtraction algorithms show good performance in static scenes. In the case of dynamic scenes, they frequently cause false alarm to "temporal clutter", a repetitive motion within a certain area. In this paper, we propose a robust technique for the multiple interval pixel sampling (MIS) algorithm to handle highly dynamic scenes. An adaptive threshold scheme is used to suppress false alarms in low-confidence regions. We also utilize multiple background models in the foreground segmentation process to handle repetitive background movements. Experimental results revealed that our approach works well in handling various temporal clutters.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2017

Moving object segmentation from a nonstationary camera is a difficult problem due to the motion of both camera and the object. In this paper, we propose a new confidence-based background subtraction technique from moving camera. The method is based on clustering of motion vectors and generating adaptive multi-homography from a pair of adjacent video frames. The main innovation concerns the use of confidence images for each foreground and background motion groups. Experimental results revealed that our confidence-based approach robustly detect moving targets in sequences taken by a freely moving camera.