• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.64-70
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• 1997

The goal of radiation treatment planning is to deliver the dose to the patient within $5\%$ of that prescribed. We have often encountered the situation that the area which have not only several irregular contours but also tissue heterogeneities should be treated. With conventional devices such as wedges, missing tissue compensator. there are some limitations to achieve the uniform dose distribution in treatment volume. The use of CT simulator, 3-D planning system, computer-controlled milling machine enables it to deliver the dose uniformally. This report includes the whole procedure which have patient data acquisition 3D planning, computer-controlled milling, performance verification of 3D compensator, and TLD evaluation. We applied it for the treatment of head and heck cancer only. In Spite of the irregular contour and different electron density of tessue, we have achieved the uniformity of the dose distribution within ${\pm}3\%$ relatively. Although there are some problems which are not only verification of performance but uncertainties of using the new treatment device, we believe that the improvement of dosimetry will eliminate the uncertainties of that application. so the other lesions besides head and neck can will be ale to use the 3D compensator to achieve the dose uniformity

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.399-409
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 초음파 연조직 팬텀에서 음향 복사력을 이용하여 횡탄성(shear modulus)을 측정하는 방법을 제안하였다. 이 방법은 집속 초음파 빔의 초점에서 음향 복사력에 의해 발생하는 변위의 상승시간에 기초하여 횡탄성을 정량적으로 산정한다. 제안한 방법의 타당성을 확인하기 위하여 횡파 전파법으로 측정한 횡파의 속도 및 횡탄성값 결과와 비교하였다. 횡파 전파법은 제한회절 송신음장에 의해 팬텀에서 발생하여 전파하는 횡파의 속도를 측정하여 횡탄성값을 계산하고, 이 값으로 교정된 데이터 획득 시스템에서 제안한 방법으로 측정한 횡탄성값을 횡파 전파법으로 측정한 값과 비교하여, 제안한 횡탄성 측정법의 유용성을 확인하였다. 두 방법 간의 상대오차는 횡파 속도는 4%로, 횡탄성값은 9% 이하로 계산되었다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of linear measurements of 3-dimensional (3D) images generated by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and facial scanning systems, and to assess the effect of scanning parameters, such as CBCT exposure settings, on image quality. Materials and Methods: CBCT and facial scanning images of an anthropomorphic phantom showing 13 soft-tissue anatomical landmarks were used in the study. The distances between the anatomical landmarks on the phantom were measured to obtain a reference for evaluating the accuracy of the 3D facial soft-tissue images. The distances between the 3D image landmarks were measured using a 3D distance measurement tool. The effect of scanning parameters on CBCT image quality was evaluated by visually comparing images acquired under different exposure conditions, but at a constant threshold. Results: Comparison of the repeated direct phantom and image-based measurements revealed good reproducibility. There were no significant differences between the direct phantom and image-based measurements of the CBCT surface volume-rendered images. Five of the 15 measurements of the 3D facial scans were found to be significantly different from their corresponding direct phantom measurements(P<.05). The quality of the CBCT surface volume-rendered images acquired at a constant threshold varied across different exposure conditions. Conclusion: These results proved that existing 3D imaging techniques were satisfactorily accurate for clinical applications, and that optimizing the variables that affected image quality, such as the exposure parameters, was critical for image acquisition.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2021

본 연구에서 진단, 과민반응 검사에 사용되며 의약품에 불순물로 포함되어 규제되는 histamine의 단독 및 병용 투여에서 조직/근육 선택적 장관 수축성 조절에 대한 실험을 하고자 하였다. Histamine은 muscarinic receptor 작용 외에 histamine H1 receptor에 대한 직접 작용으로 수축성을 증가시켰고 회장/결장 윤주근에서 수축성을 거의 증가시키지 않았다. 또한 M3 수용체에 선택적으로 작용하는 atropine의 병용 효과를 관찰하였는데 histamine과 병용된 atropine은 장관 중 회장의 종주근의 수축성을 거의 감소시키지 않았고 회장/결장의 윤주근의 수축성을 감소시키지 않았다. 따라서 적어도 회장의 종주근에서 histamine은 M3 수용체를 거의 경유하지 않고 작용하고 atropine은 항무스카린 효과 외에 histamine에 의한 조직 선택적 위장관 운동성을 거의 조절하지 않는 것으로 생각된다. 그리고 이러한 단순한 검색은 의약품 불순물 검사로 선호될 것으로 생각된다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2022

심혈관계 활성이 예측되는 phenylephrine, isoprenaline, prazosin의 단독 및 병용 투여에서 혈관수축 억제능을 관찰하였고 아직 보고가 빈약한 수축성 조절 기전에 대해 조직 선택적 조절 가설을 세워서 조사하였다. 내피가 손상된 혈관을 수조내에 현수시켰고 혈관에 의한 기계적 신호가 등장력 변환기에서 전기적 신호로 변환되어 생리측정기에 표시되었다. 내피가 손상된 혈관에서 phenylephrine은 조직에 비선택적으로 지속적인 수축을 유지하였고 phenylephrine과 병용된 isoprenaline은 등척성 수축 실험에서 흉부, 복부 대동맥 등 조직에 비선택적으로 평활근에 대한 직접 작용으로 수축성을 일시적으로 감소시켰고 phenylephrine과 병용된 prazosin은 조직에 비선택적으로 평활근에 대한 직접 작용으로 수축성을 지속적으로 감소시켰다. 따라서 일부 조직에서 adrenergic beta receptor 밀도가 감소되거나 수용체 결합력이 감소되거나 수용체 결합 후 신호전달이 감소되거나 약물의 분포가 감소되어 isoprenaline이 phenylephrine의 지속적 작용에 대해 일시적으로 억제하고 prazosin이 지속적으로 억제하는 것으로 생각된다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the Vectra M3 (3D Imaging System; Canfield Scientific, Parsippany, NJ, USA) in detecting chin asymmetry, and to assess whether the automatic markerless tracking function is reliable compared to manually plotting landmarks. Materials and Methods: Twenty subjects (18 females and 2 males) with a mean age of 42.5±10.5 years were included. Three-dimensional image acquisition was carried out on all subjects with simulated chin deviation in 4 stages (1-4 mm). The images were analyzed by 2 independent observers through manually plotting landmarks and by Vectra software auto-tracking mode. Repeated-measures analysis of variance and the Tukey post-hoc test were performed to evaluate the differences in mean measurements between the 2 operators and the software for measuring chin deviation in 4 stages. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to estimate the intra- and inter-examiner reliability. Results: No significant difference was found between the accuracy of manually plotting landmarks between observers 1 and 2 and the auto-tracking mode (P=0.783 and P=0.999, respectively). The mean difference in detecting the degree of deviation according to the stage was <0.5 mm for all landmarks. Conclusion: The auto-tracking mode could be considered as reliable as manually plotted landmarks in detecting small chin deviations with the Vectra^® M3. The effect on the soft tissue when constructing a known dental movement yielded a small overestimation of the soft tissue movement compared to the dental movement (mean value<0.5 mm), which can be considered clinically non-significant.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2012

Recently, several ultrasound imaging techniques for tissue characterization have been developed. Among them, ultrasound elastography is regarded as the most promising modality and has been rapidly developed. One of ultrasound elastography techniques is shear modulus imaging. Normal and cancerous tissues show big difference of shear moduli and they have good image contrast. However shear wave elastography requires more complicated hardware and more computations for image reconstruction algorithm. Therefore new efficient techniques are being developed. In this paper, we have developed a very flexible ultrasound system for elastography experiments. The developed system has capabilities to acquire ultrasound RF data of all channels and generate arbitrary ultrasound pulse sequences. It has a huge amount of memories for RF data acquisition and a simple and flexible pulse generator. We have verified the performance of the system showing conventional B-mode images and preliminary results of elastography. The developed system will be used to verify our own reconstruction algorithm and to develop more efficient elastography techniques.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2013

The two major problems related to the blood flow in replaced prosthetic heart valve are thrombus formation and hemolysis. Reliability of prosthetic valve is very important because its failure means the death of patient. There are many factors affecting the valvular failures and their representatives are mechanical failure and thrombosis, so early noninvasive detection is essentially required. The purpose of this study is to detect the various thromboses formation by using acoustic signal acquisition and its spectral analysis on the frequency domain. We made the thrombosis models using Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and they are thrombosis model on the disc, around the sewing ring and fibrous tissue growth across the orifice of valve. Using microphone and amplifier, we measured the acoustic signal from the prosthetic valve, which is attached to the pulsatile mock circulation system. A/D converter sampled the acoustic signal and the spectral analysis is the main algorithm for obtaining spectrum. Then the spectrum of normal and 5 different kinds of abnormal valve were obtained. Each spectrum waveform shows a primary and secondary peak. The secondary peak changes according to the thrombus model. To quantitatively distinguish the frequency peak of the normal valve from that of the thrombosed valves, analysis using a neural network was employed. Acoustic measurement has been used as a noninvasive diagnostic tool and is thought to be a good method for detecting possible mechanical failure or thrombus.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.521-530
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• 2013

Direct cell-cell communication via the transfer of small molecules between neighboring cells in tissue is accomplished by gap junctions composed of various connexins (Cxs). Proper postnatal development of the epididymis is important for acquisition of male reproduction. The epididymal epithelium is composed of several cell types, and some of these cells are connected by gap junctions. The present study was conducted to determine the presence of Cx transcripts in the corpus and cauda epididymis. In addition, transcriptional changes of Cxs expressed during different postnatal stages were examined by real-time PCR analysis. In both epididymal regions, the same nine Cx transcripts of thirteen Cxs tested were detected. In the corpus epididymis, the highest levels of Cxs31.1 and 37 transcripts were observed at 45 days of age, and amounts of Cxs26, 30.3, and 32 transcripts increased with age and subsequently decreased in the elderly. Expression of Cx31 was greatly increased in the adult and elder stages, while Cxs40, 43, and 45 were abundant in the early postnatal stages. In the cauda epididymis, expression of Cxs26, 30.3, 31.1, 37, and 40 reached the highest levels at 5 months of age. The levels of Cxs31 and 32 mRNAs fluctuated throughout the postnatal period. The amounts of Cxs43 and 45 transcripts were more abundant during the late neonatal and prepubertal ages than later ages. These findings suggest that regional specification of the epididymis is partly regulated by differential expression of Cx genes during the postnatal developmental period.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.840-846
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• 2007

Human prostate-specific antigen(PSA), a 33 kDa serine protease with comprehensive homology to glandular kallikrein, is secreted from prostatic tissue into the seminal fluid and enters into the circulation. The level of PSA increases in the serum of patients with prostatic cancer and hence is widely employed as a marker of the disease status. In particular, an enzymatically active PSA that is a form cleaved at the N-terminal seven-amino-acids prosequence, APLILSR, of proPSA may play an important roll in the progression of prostate cancer. Thus, the presence of the active form would selectively discriminate the cancer from benign prostatic hyperplasia. In this study, we developed a convenient purification method for the acquisition of active PSA and proPSA. Recombinant proPSA and active PSA were expressed directly in Escherichia coli, easily and efficiently isolated from inclusion bodies, refolded, and purified. Moreover, the enzymatic activity of the recombinant active PSA was confirmed as serine protease using chromogenic chymotrypsin substrate. This purified active PSA could be further applied to scrutinize the biological or conformational characteristics of the protein and to develop specific diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents against prostate cancer.