• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2019

Background: Shoulder function is achieved by the coordinated movements of the scapula, humerus, and thoracic spine, and shoulder disorders can be associated with altered scapular kinematics. The trunk plays an important role as the kinematic chain during arm elevation. Objects: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of thoracic hyperkyphosis on scapular orientation and trunk motion. Methods: Thirty-one subjects (15 in the ideal thorax group and 16 in the thoracic hyperkyphosis group) performed right-arm abduction and adduction movements in an unconstrained plane. The scapular orientation and trunk motion were recorded using a motion analysis system. Results: Those subjects with thoracic hyperkyphosis displayed greater scapular posterior tilting at a $120^{\circ}$ shoulder elevation, greater scapular internal rotation throughout the arm raising phase, and greater trunk axial rotation at the upper ranges of the shoulder elevation, compared to those subjects with an ideal thorax (p<.05). Conclusion: Thoracic hyperkyphosis can cause scapular instability, greater trunk rotation and greater scapular posterior tilting, and may contribute to preventing the achievement of a full range of humeral abductions in an unconstrained plane.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2013

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of closed chain breathing exercise on thorax circumference increase and ROM of shoulder rotation for cervical vertebral cord injury patient's. Methods : 12 cervical vertebral cord injury patients volunteer to participate in this study. closed chain breathing exercise group of 4 subjects performed exercise three time a week. The deep breathing exercise group and general exercise group of 4 subjects performed exercise three time a week. We analyaed the descriptive statistics and $3{\times}2$ repeated measures ANOVA by SPSS 12.0 for window. Results : In comparison of rotation of shoulder ROM between pre and post value, the increase of rotation ROM of shoulder was significant in the closed chain breathing exercise group(p<.05). Conclusion : The closed chain breathing exercise helped to increased rotation ROM of shoulder.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.174-178
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• 2021

A nine-year-old neutered male cat was presented with chronic cough and vomiting. Thoracic radiography showed regions of fatty opacity in the right caudoventral region. On positive contrast celiography, contrast agent did not move into thoracic cavity. Computed tomography revealed 7-mm diameter of defect at the right diaphragmatic crus and a 2-mm diameter defect at the left ventral diaphragmatic crus. Through the right diaphragmatic defect omental herniation was confirmed by the presence of contrast enhanced omental vessel running across the diaphragm. On exploratory thoracotomy, the omentum protruded into the thorax through the right diaphragmatic defect, and it contained a yellowish lipomatous mass. The protruded omentum containing a mass in the thorax was removed, and the right diaphragmatic defect was closed. Histopathologic examination revealed that the protruded omentum showed normal omental structure and the adipose mass showed lipoma surrounded by fibrous tissue. In conclusion, a thorough examination is necessary to confirm the origin of the mass located near the diaphragm.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2021년도 제64차 하계학술대회논문집 29권2호
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• pp.313-315
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• 2021

Timely and accurate diagnosis of lung diseases using Chest X-ray images has been gained much attention from the computer vision and medical imaging communities. Although previous studies have presented the capability of deep convolutional neural networks by achieving competitive binary classification results, their models were seemingly unreliable to effectively distinguish multiple disease groups using a large number of x-ray images. In this paper, we aim to build an advanced approach, so-called Ensemble Knowledge Distillation (EKD), to significantly boost the classification accuracies, compared to traditional KD methods by distilling knowledge from a cumbersome teacher model into an ensemble of lightweight student models with parallel branches trained with ground truth labels. Therefore, learning features at different branches of the student models could enable the network to learn diverse patterns and improve the qualify of final predictions through an ensemble learning solution. Although we observed that experiments on the well-established ChestX-ray14 dataset showed the classification improvements of traditional KD compared to the base transfer learning approach, the EKD performance would be expected to potentially enhance classification accuracy and model generalization, especially in situations of the imbalanced dataset and the interdependency of 14 weakly annotated thorax diseases.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2009

Purpose : To evaluate the treatment outcome for patients with locally advanced, unresectable esophageal cancer treated with relatively high dose radiation therapy(RT). Materials and Methods : From January 2000 to December 2008, 32 patients with locally advanced unresectable or medically inoperable esophageal cancer were treated with radiation therapy(RT) with or without concurrent chemotherapy. Ten patients were excluded from analysis because of distant metastasis and drop off. Patient distributions according to AJCC stages II, III IVa were 7(31.8%), 12(54.6%), 3(13.6%) respectively. The locations of tumor were cervical/upper thorax 3 (13.6%), mid thorax 13(59.1%), and lower thorax/abdominal 6(27.3%), respectively. Eleven patients received RT only, and 11 patients received cisplatin based concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT). Median radiation dose was 65 Gy(range 57.6~72 Gy). Results : The median follow-up was 9.1 months(range 1.9~43.8 months). The response rates for complete response, Partial response, stable disease and Persistent disease were 6(27.3%), 11(50.0%), 4(18.2%) and 1(4.5%), respectively. Two patients(9.1%) suffered from esophageal stenosis and stents were inserted. Two patients(9.1%) had Grade 3 radiation pneumonitis and one of them expired due to acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) at 36 days after completion of radiation therapy. The recurrence rate was 11(50.0%). The patterns of recurrence were persistent disease and local progression in 5(22.7%), local recurrence 3(13.7%) and concomitant local and distant recurrence in 3(13.7%). The overall survival(OS) rate was 32.1% at 2 years and 21.4% at 3 years(median 12.0 months). Disease free survival(DFS) rate was 17.3% at 2 and 3 years. All patients who had no dysphagia at diagnosis showed complete response after treatment and 100% OS at 3 years(p=0.0041). The OS for above 64.8 Gy group and 64.8 Gy or below group at 3 years were 60.6% and 9.1%(p=0.1341). The response to treatment was the only significant factor affecting OS(p=0.004). Conclusion : Relatively high dose radiation therapy in unresectable esophageal cancer tended to have a better outcome without increased complication rate. Further study with more patients is warranted to justify improved result.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.266-272
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• 2011

광주 전남지역 전문대학 경호학과 학생 120명을 대상으로 Skill Reporter Mannequin을 이용한 심폐소생술 교육전과 교육후의 심폐소생술 술기 정확도 평가를 실시하였으며 심폐소생술 교육의 만족도를 측정하였다. 조사대상자의 일반적인 특성은 남학생과 여학생이 각각 94명(78.3%)과 26명(21.7%)이었고 학년별로는 1학년 66명(55.0%), 2학년이 54명(45.0%)이었다. 심폐소생술 교육전 인공호흡의 술기는 $26.04{\pm}9.26$에서 교육후 $91.25{\pm}6.68$로 높아져 많은 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났으며(p<0.01) 기본 심폐소생술 교육전 흉부압박의 술기는 $24.33{\pm}8.55$이었으나 교육후 $91.50{\pm}5.25$로 높아져(p<0.01) 심폐소생술 교육은 전문대학 경호학과 학생들의 심폐소생술 술기에 많은 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 남학생의 심폐소생술 교육 만족도는 $4.33{\pm}0.59$, 여학생은 $3.73{\pm}0.67$의 수치를 보여 남학생이 통계적 유의수준 하에서 심폐소생술 교육 만족도가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.01). 심폐소생술 교육의 효과를 극대화할 수 있도록 심폐소생술 교육 프로그램 개발과 대학 경호학과의 교육과정에 심폐소생술 내용을 추가하여 교육이 이루어질 수 있도록 하여야 하며, 이에 따르는 교육 공간 및 실습기자재의 확보 등 다양한 정책이 수립되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.403-409
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• 2000

본 연구는 3차원 유한요소 몸통 모델을 이용한 제세동 시뮬레이션 연구로서, 제세동 자극인가시 임상에서 사용되는 세가지 전극의 위치와 크기가 심장에서의 전류밀도 분포특성에서 미치는 영향과 시뮬레이션에 사용되는 조직의 비저항 값이 시뮬레이션 결과에 미치는 영향에 대하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 몸통 모델은 타원형 실린더를 사용하여 흉곽을 모델링하였고, 나머지 부분은 Visible Human의 2차원 영상들을 통하여 3차원 모델링을 하였다. 그리고, ANSYS 5.4를 통하여 유한요소의 전류밀도 해를 구하였다. AP(anterior-posterior) 전극 위치의 경우, 몸통 표면에서 인가한 전류가 가장 효과적으로 심장으로 흘러들어 갔으며, LL(Lateral-lateral) 전극 AP(anterior-posterior) 전극 위치의 경우, 몸통 표면에서 인가한 전류가 가장 효과적으로 심장으로 흘러들어갔으며, LL(lateral-lateral) 전극위치는 가장 균일한 전류밀도 분포특성을 나타내었다. 그러나, 전극의 크기변화는 전류밀도 분포특성에 거의 영향을 주지 않았다. 조직의 비저항 값의 변화에 대한 전류밀도 분포 실험결과는 심근의 비저항 값의 변화가 최소·평균·최대 전류밀도 해에 가장 큰 영향을 주었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.953-956
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• 1994

This is a case report of superior vena cava syndrome due to thyroglossal duct cyst, which was surgically treated. The patient was 61 year old male who progressively complained exertional dyspnea for about 5 months and right ptosis, facial flushing, and nasal stuffiness for about 1 month before admission. The CT scan of the thorax revealed the right paratracheal cystic mass that compressed and displaced the trachea to leftward and SVC to rightward. The resection of the cystic mass was performed through the right posterolateral thoracotomy. The pathologic result was compatible with thyroglossal duct cyst. The postoperative status of the patient was uneventful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.868-873
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• 1994

We experienced a very rare case of pulmonary blastoma in a 29 year old female. She complained of left chest pain and dyspnea for 1 month. The characteristic feature of this tumor is it`s biphasic pattern consisting of a spindle cell stroma containing glandular structures. A serial check of simple chest X-ray and computed tomography revealed a growing huge lung mass occupying whole left thorax. We successfully removed the upper lobe of left lung with a huge tumor mass. Pathologic study revealed this tumor as pulmonary blastoma. We report a case with review of literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.97-100
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• 1979

Primary intrathoracic neoplasms occur frequently, and the most frequent intrathoracic tumors are of pulmonary or bronchogenic origin. Second in frequency are mediastinal tumors, and least frequency or comparatively rare are the neoplasms arising from the wall of the thorax and extending into the thoracic cavity. Of all intrathoracic tumors, fibroma is extremely rare. Recently, we have experienced a huge rapid growing intrathoracic fibroma originating from thoracic wall, which is removed successfully and confirmed histopathologically. Authors present one case of fibroma and discussion with a brief review of the relevant literatures.