• The Journal of the Korean life insurance medical association
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.233-244
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• 1986

We'd experienced a case of primary hepatoma at medical department, Dae han Kyoyuk Ins. Company January 1985. As it was found very early stage, we made out the case long term-survival possibility unexpectedly. The conclusions we gained, making comparative-analysis of ultrasonic view and operation's view are as follows; 1. By ultrasonography, echogenicity of tumor was increased type as compared with liver parenchyme. 2. The margin of the primary hepatoma by ultrasonography encapsulated well and the extraction after operation was same. 3. The boundary of tumor was clear. 4. The space-occupying lesion in liver was solitary. 5. The affected site was left lobe of the liver. 6. We couldn't discover a little fluid echo in upper abdomen on the ultrasonography, but could see in the cul-de-sac area and it accorded with the gross finding during laparotomy. 7. The case was cholangiocarcinoma in view of pathologic histology. 8. After the operation of lobectomy. the prognosis which was passed a months was very satisfactory and she exists until present.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.477-479
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 초음파 영상에서 어깨 부위를 분석하여 어깨 힘줄(Tendon) 영역에서 인대 손상영역을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 초음파 영상에서 ROI(Region of Interest)을 추출하고 샤프닝 기법을 적용하여 ROI 영역을 뚜렷한 후에 퍼지 스트레칭 기법을 적용하여 명암 대비를 높인 후, 평균 이진화 기법을 적용하여 ROI 영역을 이진화 한다. 이진화된 ROI 영역에 침식, 팽창기법과 라벨링 기법을 적용하여 전체 ROI의 면적 영역에서 0.4%이하인 객체 영역들을 잡음으로 간주하여 제거한 후, ROI 영역에서 수평 너비가 가장 큰 영역의 상단 경계에 스플라인 곡선을 적용한다. 스플라인 곡선이 적용된 영역에서 곡선이 가장 높은 지점을 구한 후, 구한 지점으로부터 ROI 영역의 세로 길이의 1/5를 갖는 상단부분을 제거한 후에 양자화할 영역을 추출하고 FCM을 적용하여 양자화를 한다. 양자화된 영역에서 어깨 힘줄 영역 안에 있는 인대 손상의 후보 영역을 추출하고 면적의 크기가 0.14%이상이거나 3%이하인 영역을 어깨 힘줄의 인대 손상 영역으로 추출한다. 제안된 방법을 어깨 힘줄이 있는 초음파 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 제안된 방법이 어깨 힘줄의 인대 손상 영역이 비교적 정확히 추출되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.478-481
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 기존의 삼각형 타입의 퍼지 스트레칭을 개선한 사다리꼴 형태의 퍼지 스트레칭 기법과 FCM 기반 양자화 기법을 적용하여 결절종을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 결절종 추출방법은 결절종 영역과 그 외의 영역 간의 명암 대비를 강조하기 위해 사다리꼴 형태의 퍼지 스트레칭 기법을 적용한 후에 Monotone Cubic Spline 기법을 적용하여 ROI 영역을 추출한다. 추출된 ROI 영역에 대해 FCM 기반 양자화 기법을 적용하고 양자화된 결과를 이용하여 ROI 영역을 이진화한다. 결절종이 타원 형태와 명암도가 낮은 값을 가진다는 형태학적 특징을 이용하기 위해서 이진화 ROI 영역에 팽창 기법을 적용하여 결절종의 후보 영역을 추출하고 8방향 윤곽선 추적 알고리즘을 적용하여 잡음 영역이 제거한다. 잡음이 제거된 결절종 후보 영역에서 최종 결절종 영역을 추출하기 위해 라벨링 기법을 적용한다. 제안된 결절종 추출 방법의 성능을 분석하기 위해서 20명의 환자를 대상으로 20장을 실험한 결과, 기존의 방법보다 TPR(Ture Positive Rate)이 높게 나타나는 것을 확인하였다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.89-105
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• 2016

The post - fire investigation is conducted on a fire-affected reinforced concrete shear wall building to ascertain the level of its strength degradation due to the fire incident. Fire incident took place in a three-storey building made of reinforced concrete shear wall and roof with operating floors made of steel beams and chequered plates. The usage of the building is to handle explosives. Elevated temperature during the fire is estimated to be $350^{\circ}C$ based on visual inspection. Destructive (core extraction) and non-destructive (rebound hammer and ultrasonic pulse velocity) tests are conducted to evaluate the concrete strength. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) are used for analyzing micro structural changes of the concrete due to fire. Tests are conducted for concrete walls and roof slab on both burnt and unburnt locations. The analysis of test results reveals no significant degradation of the building after the fire which signifies that the structure can be used with full expectancy of performance for the remaining service life. This document can be used as a reference for future forensic investigations of similar fire affected concrete structures.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.2017-2022
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• 2004

There are multistage preheaters in the power generation plan to improve the thermal efficiency of the plant and to prevent the components from the thermal shock. The energy source of these heaters comes from the extracted two phase fluid of working system. These two-phase fluid can cause the so-called Flow Accelerated Corrosion(FAC) in the extracting piping and the bubble plate of the heater for example, in case of point Beach Nuclear Power Plant and in the Wolsung Nuclear Power Plant. The FAC is due to the mass transport of the thin oxide layer by the convection. FAC is dependent on many parameters such as the operation temperature, void fraction, the fluid velocity and pH of fluid and so on. Therefore, in this paper velocity was calculated by FLUENT code in order to find out the root cause of the wall thinning of the feedwater heaters. It also includeed in the fluid mixing analysis model are around the number 5A feedwater heater shell including the extraction pipeline. To identify the relation between the local velocities and wall thinning, the local velocities according to the analysis results were compared with distribution of the shell wall thicknes by ultrasonic test.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.68-70
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 결절종을 추출하는 과정에서 비선형 퍼지 스트레칭 기법과 FCM 기반 양자화 기법을 적용하여 결절종을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 결절종 추출 방법은 비선형 형태의 퍼지 스트레칭 기법을 적용하여 명암 대비를 강조한 ROI 영역에 Monotone Cubic Spline기법과 FCM 기반 양자화 기법을 적용하여 Monotone Cubic Spline기법이 적용된 상단 부분을 분리한다. 분리된 상단 영역들에서 결절종이 명암도가 낮고 타원 형태를 가진다는 형태학적 특징을 이용하기 위해서 침식 기법을 적용하여 결절종의 후보 영역을 추출하고 8 방향 윤곽선 추적 알고리즘을 적용하여 잡음 영역을 제거한다. 잡음이 제거된 결절종 후보 영역에서 최종 결절종 영역을 추출하기 위해 라벨링 기법을 적용한다. 제안된 결절종 추출 방법의 성능을 분석하기 위해서 필립스 초음파 장비를 이용하여 20명 환자에서 획득한 20장의 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과 기존의 방법보다 TPR(Ture Positive Rate)이 높게 나타나는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.39-45
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• 2013

Many researchers have studied the effectiveness of ultrasound in chemical and environmental engineering fields including material synthesis, pollutant removal, cleaning, extraction, and disinfection. Acoustic cavitation induced by ultrasound irradiation in aqueous phase can cause various sonophysical and sonochemical reactions without any chemicals. However most of the previous studies focused only on the relationships between ultrasonic conditions and the results of sonochemical reactions in lab-scale sonoreactors. As a results of this, only a few studies have been devoted to design and optimization of industrial scale sonoreactors. In this study, the effect of the distance between two opposite transducer modules on sonochemical reactions was investigated in single and dual irradiation systems (334 kHz) for four distances including 50, 100, 150, and 200 mm using KI dosimetry. It was found that the dual irradiation systems provided higher performance in terms of the zeroth reaction coefficient and the cavitation yield compared to the single irradiation systems. The sonochemiluminescence (SCL) images for the visualization of the cavitation field showed that cavitation active zone was larger and sonochemical reaction intensity was much higher in the dual irradiation system than in the single irradiation system.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.513-518
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• 2008

This paper described the extraction/purification of $\beta$-carotene from recombinant E.coli and evaluation of anti-wrinkle activity of purified $\beta$-carotene. No significant differences in extraction yields were observed when hexane or isobutyl acetate was used. However, extraction from wet-cell cake resulted in 2-fold higher amount of $\beta$-carotene than that from dry cells. Disruption of 5 g-wet cells by ultrasonic homogenizer, acetone dehydration, extraction with isobutyl acetate resulted in 36 mg of $\beta$-carotene corresponding to 61.2% of recovery. The formation and separation of $\beta$-carotene crystal improved the purity. 633 mg of $\beta$-carotene crystal with 93% purity was obtained from 223 g/L of wet-cell cake harvested from 2.5-L fed-batch culture broth. The cultures of normal human primary fibroblast were performed to investigate the effect of $\beta$-carotene on cytotoxicity as MTT assay and anti-wrinkle activity as collagen synthesis assays. $1.7{\mu}M$ of $\beta$-carotene was found to be optimal concentration at which 1.4-fold higher amount of collagen was synthesized than that in absence of $\beta$-carotene. This indicates that highly purified $\beta$-carotene can be obtained from recombinant E.coli by applying simple method with less toxic solvent and can be used in functional cosmetics as anti-wrinkle agent.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.48-54
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• 2011

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dandelion (Teraxacum platycarpum) extracts obtained by only water and with ultrasonification on antioxidative system and lipid metabolism in high cholesterol-fed rats. Five groups of rats were given high cholesterol diets for 8 weeks. The control group received without dandelion extracts and the other four groups received with one of dandelion extracts for 4 weeks respectively ; TP-N-1(100 mg/kg/day of Teraxacum platycarpum water extract), TP-N-2(200 mg/kg/day of Teraxacum platycarpum water extract), TP-S-1(100 mg/kg/day of Teraxacum platycarpum water-ultrasonification extract), TP-S-2(200 mg/kg/day of Teraxacum platycarpum water-ultrasonification extract). The results are summarized as follows; The hepatic and plasma TBARS levels significantly decreased in the dandelion extracts groups compared to those of no treatment group. Especially the group TP-N-2 was comparatively best among those. TP-N-2 groups had significantly higher levels of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and catalase activities. There was no significant difference between dandelion extracts groups and no treatment group in SOD levels. In plasma triglyceride level, plasma FFA level, TP-S-2 group had significantly lower levels than that of the other groups. In plasma glucose levels, dandelion extracts group were similar to those of normal rats. Plasma total cholesterol levels significantly decreased in the TP-S-2 group compared to those of the other groups. HDL levels were also significantly higher than those of the other groups. Compared with those of no treatment group, dandelion extract groups had significantly higher levels of LDL. In liver total cholesterol level, TP-S-2 groups had significantly lower levels than that of the other groups. Compared with those of no treatment group, dandelion extracts groups had significantly lower levels of liver triglyceride, but especially the TP-S-2 group showed comparatively the best significant effect among those. TBARS, triglyceride, LDL, FFA levels significantly decreased in TP-S-2 groups compared to the other four groups. HDL levels was also significantly higher than the other four groups. According to the above result, it could be suggested that ultrasonic extraction have the upper hand in lipid metabolism and water extraction have the advantage of antioxidative system.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.5 no.3_4
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• pp.19-28
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• 1990

Nitroarenes are ubiquitous environmental pollutants displaying potent mutagenicity in bacteria and carcinogenicity in mammal. In this study, the concentration of nitroarenes in coarse and fine particles and mutagenicity of POC$\_$N/ fraction was investigated in suspended particulates at the Shinchon and Bulkwang area of Seoul. The suspended particulates were collected bimonthly by a high volume cascade impactor air sampler from July 1987 to May 1988. Extractable organic matter was obtained by ultrasonic extraction on diethly ether/cyclohexane (8/2, v/v). Neutral fraction was obtained by liquid-liquid extraction. Polar neutral organic compounds (POC$\_$N/) was fractionated by thin-layer chromatography. Finally, the concentrations of nitroarenes in POC$\_$N/ fraction were measured and determined by capillary gas chromatography. Direct and indirect mutagenicity of POC$\_$N/ fraction were measured using Salmonella typhimurium TA 98. The result were as follows: 1) Major nitroarenes at the Shinchon area was 1-nitropyrene and at the Bulkwang area it was 2,7-dinitro-9-fluorenone during the year. 2) Average concentration of total nitroarenes measured was 67.26 ng/m$^3$in fine particles which was 1,3 folds higher that in coarse particle (52.30 ng/m$^3$). 3) Annual pattern of nitroarenes concentrations revealed that concentration during heating season (Feb., Jan., Mar.) was 2.2 folds higher than that in non heating season (May, Jul., Sep.). Concentration of each season has 157.68 ng/m$^3$and 80.39 ng/m$^3$. 4) The mutagenic activity of POC$\_$N/ fraction from fine particles was higher compared to that of coarse particles and was increased when metabolically activated, with 59 mixture. Mutagenicities, Metabolically activated, were significantly different between Shinchon and Bulkwang area, 322.8 rev/250 $\mu\textrm{g}$/plate and 286.8 rev/250 $\mu\textrm{g}$/plate, respectively. 5) Annual pattern of mutagenicity of POC$\_$N/ fraction revealed that mutagenicity during the heating season was 1.7 folds higher at Shinchon area and 1.2 folds higher at Bulkwang than during the non heating season. The variable contents and levels of nitroarenes in suspended particulates may affect human health significantly. Further studies such as risk assessment should be conducted on the basis of these kind of studies.