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SEGMENTATION AND EXTRACTION OF TEETH FROM 3D CT IMAGES

  • Aizawa, Mitsuhiro;Sasaki, Keita;Kobayashi, Norio;Yama, Mitsuru;Kakizawa, Takashi;Nishikawa, Keiichi;Sano, Tsukasa;Murakami, Shinichi
    • 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방송공학회 2009년도 IWAIT
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    • pp.562-565
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes an automatic 3-dimensional (3D) segmentation method for 3D CT (Computed Tomography) images using region growing (RG) and edge detection techniques. Specifically, an augmented RG method in which the contours of regions are extracted by a 3D digital edge detection filter is presented. The feature of this method is the capability of preventing the leakage of regions which is a defect of conventional RG method. Experimental results applied to the extraction of teeth from 3D CT data of jaw bones show that teeth are correctly extracted by the proposed method.

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Clip ligation for treatment of patent ductus arteriosus occlusion in three cats

  • Ozai, Yusuke;Uemura, Akiko;Tanaka, Ryou;Takeuchi, Aki;Hamabe, Lina;Shimada, Kazumi;Yokoi, Aimi;Hirose, Miki;Watanabe, Momoko;Uehara, Katsumi
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.39.1-39.5
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    • 2022
  • Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly in cats. Due to their small body, intercostal thoracotomy is the most common option to close the PDA. However, few reports detail the surgical technique for ligating PDA in kittens. In this case report, three cats weighing 1.4 kg, 1.2 kg, and 2.9 kg were diagnosed PDA. Clip ligation via left fourth intercostal thoracotomy was performed and the cats were successfully treated. Postoperative echocardiography showed no residual flow in any of the cases. This case report highlights clip occlusion for small cats with PDA could be safe and effective.

AKARI AND SPINNING DUST: INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF ANOMALOUS MICROWAVE EMISSION VIA INFRARED SURVEYS

  • Bell, Aaron C.;Onaka, Takashi;Doi, Yasuo;Sakon, Itsuki;Usui, Fumihiko;Sakon, Itsuki;Ishihara, Daisuke;Kaneda, Hidehiro;Giard, Martin;Wu, Ronin;Ohsawa, Ryou;Mori-Ito, Tamami;Hammonds, Mark;Lee, Ho-Gyu
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.97-99
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    • 2017
  • Our understanding of dust emission, interaction, and evolution, is evolving. In recent years, electric dipole emission by spinning dust has been suggested to explain the anomalous microwave excess (AME), appearing between 10 and 90 Ghz. The observed frequencies suggest that spinning grains should be on the order of 10nm in size, hinting at polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules (PAHs). We present data from the AKARI/Infrared Camera (IRC) due to its high sensitivity to the PAH bands. By inspecting the IRC data for a few AME regions, we find a preliminary indication that regions well-fitted by a spinning-dust model have a higher $9{\mu}m$ than $18{\mu}m$ intensity vs. non-spinning-dust regions. Ongoing efforts to improve the analysis by using DustEM and including data from the AKARI Far Infrared Surveyor (FIS), IRAS, and Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) are described.

Emission of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds from Trees along Streets and in Urban Parks in Tokyo, Japan

  • Matsunaga, Sou N.;Shimada, Kojiro;Masuda, Tatsuhiko;Hoshi, Junya;Sato, Sumito;Nagashima, Hiroki;Ueno, Hiroyuki
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2017
  • Ozone concentration in Tokyo Metropolitan area is one of the most serious issues of the local air quality. Tropospheric ozone is formed by radical reaction including volatile organic compound (VOC) and nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$). Reduction of the emission of reactive VOC is a key to reducing ozone concentrations. VOC is emitted from anthropogenic sources and also from vegetation (biogenic VOC or BVOC). BVOC also forms ozone through $NO_x$ and radical reactions. Especially, in urban area, the BVOC is emitted into the atmosphere with high $NO_x$ concentration. Therefore, trees bordering streets and green spaces in urban area may contribute to tropospheric ozone. On the other hand, not all trees emit BVOC which will produce ozone locally. In this study, BVOC emissions have been investigated (terpenoids: isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes) for 29 tree species. Eleven in the 29 species were tree species that did not emit BVOCs. Three in 12 cultivars for future planting (25 %) were found to emit no terpenoid BVOCs. Eight in 17 commonly planted trees (47%) were found to emit no terpenoid BVOC. Lower-emitting species have many advantages for urban planting. Therefore, further investigation is required to find the species which do not emit terpenoid BVOC. Emission of reactive BVOC should be added into guideline for the urban planting to prevent the creation of sources of ozone. It is desirable that species with no reactive BVOC emission are planted along urban streets and green areas in urban areas, such as Tokyo.

Nucleation of CVD Diamond on Various Substrate Materials

  • Fukunaga, O.;Qiao, Xin;Ma, Yuefei;Shinoda, N.;Yui, K.;Hirai, H.;Tsurumi, T.;Ohashi, N.
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • 제2권4호
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    • pp.184-187
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    • 1996
  • Diamod nucleation by mw assisted CVD was examined various conditions namely, (1) diamond nucleation on variour substrate materials, such as Si, cubic BN, pyrolytic BN and AIN, (2) AST(Activated species transport) method which promote nucleation of diamond on single crystal and polycrystalline alumina substrate was developed. (3) Effect of bias enhancement of nucleation on single crystalline Si was examined, and finally (4) DST (Double step treatment) method was developed to enhance diamond nucleation on Ni. In this method, we separated carbon diffusing process into Ni, carbon precipitating process from the inside of Ni and diamond precipitation process.

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Study of aerosol-cloud interaction phenomena from satellite remote sensing and climate modeling

  • Nakajima, Teruyuki;Higurashi, Akiko;Kawamoto, Kazuaki;Okamoto, Hajime;Takemura, Toshihiko;Kuroda, Shunsuke
    • 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한원격탐사학회 1999년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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    • pp.100-102
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    • 1999
  • We have analyzed AVHRR global data set for obtaining aerosol and cloud microphysical parameters, i. e., optical thickness and size index of particle polydispersions. From the results, it is found that the cloud optical thickness increases with increasing aerosol column number, which seems to be caused mainly by decreasing cloud particle radius, The cloud liquid water path was observed to be relatively constant without a significant dependence on the aerosol number. Further comparison of the satellite results with a general circulation model simulation.

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