• 대한중풍순환신경학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.25-40
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• 2023

Background: Although not clarified, the overall prevalence of visual field loss after stroke was estimated at 52% of stroke survivors and for visual acuity loss, at 70% of them. Among visual field loss patients after stroke, homonymous hemianopia is the most common symptom. Visual defect degrades the quality of life by disrupting independent life and affecting the survival of the patients, but highly-evidenced treatment has not been found until now. ■Case report A 51-year-old female with left-side homonymous hemianopia and central vision loss by a right occipital-temporal hemorrhage was treated with Hyeolbuchukeo-tang, Ikgibohyeol-tang, acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and moxibustion. We used a confrontation visual field exam, automated perimetry and visual analog scale, and visual acuity test to observe changes in the patient's symptoms and evaluate the efficacy of the treatment. After 61 days of such interventions, the patient's subjective discomfort lessened, followed by positive changes in the scales of tests mentioned above. ■Conclusion This case suggests that combined Korean medicine treatment might be an effective tool for treating post-stroke homonymous hemianopia and central vision loss. More studies should be conducted to support the effectiveness of the treatment.

• 수완나부미
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.63-91
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• 2018

One of the goals of this article is to continue the momentum begun by emerging scholarship on theory and practice of writing about visual culture of and in Southeast Asia. I hope to offer culturally sensitive and embodied ways of looking at images and objects as sites/sights of cultural knowledge as further theoretical intervention. The argument put forward in my essay is three-fold: first, I critique the prevailing logocentric approach in the field of Southeast Asian Studies and I argue that in a postcolonial, global, and transnational period, it is important to be inclusive of other objects as sites/sights of social, political and cultural analysis beyond written and oral texts. Second, I argue that although it has its own political and theoretical problems, the evolving field of Visual Studies as it is practiced in the United States is one of many ways to decolonize the prevailing logocentric approach to Southeast Asian Studies. Third, I argue that if one reads these Euro-American derived theories of vision and visuality through the lens of what Walter Mignolo calls "colonial difference(s)," then Visual Studies as an evolving field has the potential to offer more nuanced local ways of looking at and understanding objects, vision, and visuality. Last, I point out that unlike in the West where there is an understanding of pure, objective and empirical vision, local Southeast Asian perspectives on objects and visions are more embodied and multi-sensorial. I argue that if one is ethically mindful of the local cultural ways of seeing and knowing objects, then the evolving field of Visual Studies offers a much-needed intervention to the privileged, lingering logocentric approach to Southeast Asian Studies. Moreover, these alternative methods might help to decolonize method and theory in academic disciplines that were invented during the colonial period.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2015

Objective : The aims of this study were to investigate the quantitative relationship between pituitary macroadenoma size and degree of visual impairment, and assess visual improvement after surgical resection of the tumor. Methods : The medical records of patients with pituitary adenoma, who had undergone trans-sphenoidal adenectomy between January 2009 and January 2011, were reviewed. Patients underwent an ocular examination and brain MRI before and after surgery. The visual impairment score (VIS) was derived by combining the scores of best-corrected visual acuity and visual field. The relationship between VIS and tumor size/tumor type/position of the optic chiasm was assessed. Results : Seventy-eight patients were included (41 male, 37 female). Thirty-two (41%) patients experienced blurred vision or visual field defect as an initial symptom. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that tumors <2.2 cm tended to cause minimal or no visual impairment. Statistical analysis showed that 1) poor preoperative vision is related to tumor size, displacement of the optic chiasm in the sagittal view on MRI and optic atrophy, and 2) poorer visual prognosis is associated with greater preoperative VIS. In multivariate analysis the only factor significantly related to VIS improvement was increasing pituitary adenoma size, which predicted decreased improvement. Conclusion : Results from this study show that pituitary adenomas larger than 2 cm cause defects in vision while adenomas 2 cm or smaller do not cause significant visual impairment. Patients with a large macroadenoma or giant adenoma should undergo surgical resection as soon as possible to prevent permanent visual loss.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.4084-4104
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• 2021

Visual place recognition (VPR) is a fundamental yet challenging task of mobile robot navigation and localization. The existing VPR methods are usually based on some pairwise similarity of image descriptors, so they are sensitive to visual appearance change and also computationally expensive. This paper proposes a simple yet effective four-step method that achieves adaptive convolutional neural network (CNN) landmark matching for VPR. First, based on the features extracted from existing CNN models, the regions with higher significance scores are selected as landmarks. Then, according to the coordinate positions of potential landmarks, landmark matching is improved by removing mismatched landmark pairs. Finally, considering the significance scores obtained in the first step, robust image retrieval is performed based on adaptive landmark matching, and it gives more weight to the landmark matching pairs with higher significance scores. To verify the efficiency and robustness of the proposed method, evaluations are conducted on standard benchmark datasets. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method reduces the feature representation space of place images by more than 75% with negligible loss in recognition precision. Also, it achieves a fast matching speed in similarity calculation, satisfying the real-time requirement.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.152-165
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• 2017

직선 도선 주위에 자기장이 생기는 현상은 중등 교육과정에서 다루는 전자기학의 핵심 개념 중 하나이다. 아울러 비가시적인 전류와 자기장의 관계를 설명하는 과정에서 시각적 표상이 사용되는 대표적 사례이다. 이 연구에서는 중학교 3학년 남녀 112명을 대상으로 전류가 흐르는 직선 도선 주위의 자기장에 관한 문제 상황을 제시하고, 시각적 표상에 관련하여 표상 해석, 구성, 적용 능력을 조사하였다. 분석 결과에 따르면 75% 이상의 응답자가 전류와 자기장을 뜻하는 화살표의 의미를 타당하게 해석하였다. 그러나 50% 남짓은 전하가 자기장을 따라 운동하는 것으로 혼동하였고 주어진 시각적 표상을 전체적으로 올바르게 해석한 학생은 3분의 1미만이었다. 또 전체 응답자의 60 % 이상이 직선 도선의 자기장을 원형 폐곡선 모양으로 표현했지만 자기력선의 조밀함을 올바르게 나타낸 경우는 6.3 %에 불과했다. 또 나침반의 방향으로 상황을 바꾸어 표상 적용 능력을 조사한 결과, 과학적 표현에 해당하는 응답자의 비율이 상당히 줄어들었다. 학생들의 표상 능력을 점수화 한 결과 시각적 표상의 해석, 구성, 적용 능력의 순으로 점수가 나타났고 이들 사이에는 유의미한 상관관계(0.3~0.5)가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 세 가지 표상 능력 요소가 서로 연관이 있으면서도 독립적임을 시사한다. 이러한 연구 결과들은 과학 학습 과정에서 시각적 표상을 효과적으로 활용하고 학생들의 표상 능력을 높일 수 있는 방안에 대한 연구가 필요함을 시사한다.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2012

양안식 입체 영상 미디어의 제작 워크플로우 개선을 위해, 본 논문에서는, 제작 및 후-제작 단계에서 발생할 수 있는 다양한 제작 왜곡들이 시청 피로도에 미치는 영향을 주관적 시청 실험을 통해 분석하였다. 주관적 시청 실험의 객관적 지표 생성을 위해 제작 왜곡의 요인들을 분류하여 7가지의 대표적 시청 피로도 유발 요인을 선정하고, 선정된 각 요인 별 시청 실험을 위해 카메라와 피사체의 움직임 정도를 조합하여 4가지 실험 동영상을 제작하였다. 제작된 실험 영상들은 각기 7단계의 제작 왜곡을 부가하여 5초 단위의 시청 실험 콘텐츠 196개를 생성하였으며, 생성된 콘텐츠와 ITU-R BT.1438 권고에 따라 총 101명의 실험 참가자를 모집하여 주관적 시청 실험을 실시하였다. 실시된 시청 실험의 분석 결과는 제작 현장에서 발생할 수 있는 다양한 왜곡에 대한 상대적인 중요도 및 각 오차에 대한 허용 한계 범위 등에 대한 기본 정보를 제공한다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.156-167
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• 2009

이 연구에서는 다중표상을 활용한 화학 개념 학습에서 학생들의 장독립성 장의존성에 따른 동화상의 효과를 연계 오류와 개념 이해 측면에서 조사했다. 남녀공학 중학교 1학년 학생 123명을 글과 정화상을 통해 학습하는 정화상 집단과 글과 동화상을 통해 학습하는 동화상 집단으로 배치한 후, '보일의 법칙'과'샤를의 법칙'에 대해 2차시 동안 수업을 진행했다. 연구 결과, 정화상 집단보다 동화상 집단의 연계 오류 비율이 낮았으나, 장독립성 장의존성에 관계없이 학생들의 연계 오류의 발생 비율은 여전히 높았다. 또한, 학생들의 장독립성 장의존성에 따른 두 집단의 연계 오류 발생 비율의 차이는 연계 오류 유형에 따라 다소 다른 경향이 있었다. 개념 이해도 검사에서는 정화상 집단보다 동화상 집단의 점수가 높았으며, 그 차이가 통계적으로 유의미했다. 그러나 수업 처치와 학생들의 장독립성 장의존성 사이의 상호작용 효과는 없었다. 이에 대한 교육적 함의를 논의했다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2011

Objective : Pituitary apoplexy is one of the most serious life-threatening complications of pituitary adenoma. The purpose of this study is to investigate the visual outcome after early transsphenoidal surgery for the patients with pituitary apoplexy. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the 31 patients with pituitary apoplexy who were admitted due to acute visual acuity or field impairment and treated by transsphenoidal surgery. Five patients were excluded because of the decreased conscious level. The visual acuity of each individual eye was evaluated by Snellen's chart Visual fields were also checked using automated perimetry. To compare the visual outcome according to the surgical timing, we divided the patients into 2 groups. The first group, 21 of the patients have been undertaken transsphenoidal approach (TSA) within at least 48 hours after admission. The second group included 8 patients who have been undertaken TSA beyond 48 hours. All patients were monitored at least 12 months after surgery. Results : Patients were 21 males and 8 females (M : F=2.6 : 1) with the mean age of 42.4 years. Among the enrolled 29 patients, 26 patients presented with decreased visual acuity and 23 patients revealed the defective visual field respectively. Postoperatively, improvement in the visual acuity was seen in 15 patients (83.3%) who underwent surgery within the first 48 hours of presentation, as compared to those in whom surgery was delayed beyond 48 hours (n=5; 62.5%) (p=0.014). Improvement in the visual field deficits was observed in 15 (88.2%) of patients who had been operated on within the first 48 hours of presentation, as compared to those in whom surgery was delayed beyond 48 hours (n=3; 50.0%) (p=0.037). Conclusion : This study suggests that rapid transsphenoidal surgery is effective to recover the visual impairment in patients with pituitary apoplexy. If there are associated abnormalities of visual acuity or visual fields in patients with hemorrhagic pituitary apoplexy, early neurosurgical intervention within 48 hours should be also required to recover visual impairment.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2008년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.208-212
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• 2008

매개(mediacy)는 인류 문명의 발전과 함께 진화 하고 있다. 진화 속에서 매개는 비매개(immediacy)와 하이퍼매개(hypermediacy)라는 상반된 매개의 특성이 진동이라는 재매개(remediacy)의 이중 논리를 보여준다. 재매개의 이중 논리란 하이퍼매개의 결과물들이 비매개의 투명성과 몰입을 뚜렷하게 요구하게 되는 것을 말한다. 디지털 합성이 점차 보편화되어 가고 있고, 배우조차도 시각효과(Visual Effects)으로 대체하려 한다는 점에서 비매개의 욕망은 뚜렷해지고 있다. 아날로그에서 디지털로 시대가 보편화되고 영상 기술이 발전하면서 이제는 잘 짜여진 각본과 연출에 의해서만이 아닌 화려하고 스펙터클한 영상이 스크린을 대변하는 시대가 왔다. 이러한 변화 속에서 시각효과(Visual Effects)에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 시각효과(Visual Effects) 분야가 하이퍼매개(hypermediacy)의 특성을 갖고 있는 학문이지만 동시에 콘텐츠를 제작하는 감독들의 염원인 스크린 앞에서의 비매개(immediacy)를 위한 연구 분야로 활용되고 있다. 본 연구는 영화 반지의 제왕(The Load of The Ring)의 시각효과(Visual Effects) 적용사례를 분석함으로써 시각효과(Visual Effects) 분야가 하이퍼 매개 결과물 속에서 비매개의 투명성과 몰입성을 확보할 수 있는 가치 있는 새로운 학문 분야임을 증명하고자 한다. 그리고 이 연구를 통해서 새로운 학문분야인 시각효과(Visual Effects) 분야의 체계화에 기여하고자 한다.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2000

Background and Objective : Visual evoked potentials(VEPs) is considered to be a reliable diagnostic procedure for examining patients with anterior visual pathways. Some abnormalities in the recordings on monocular stimulation have been said to indicate retrochiasmal lesion, but less consistent results have been reported. This study is to evaluate the positive predictability of VEP for the detection of retrochiasmal lesion. Methods : We reviewed VEPs that could be interpreted as indicative of a retrochiasmal lesions, based on amplitude or latency asymmetry recorded on the left(O1) and right(O2) occipital regions. Bilateral absent VEPs on both recording(O1 and O2) without evidence of prechiasmal lesion were included. During 5 years, we identified 31 patients who met the above criteria and who had undergone magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) of brain(one patient underwent computerized tomography). Twenty three patients underwent pattern reversal VEPs and others underwent flash goggle VEPs. Results : Brain imagings were abnormal in 29 and were normal in 2. Of the 29 abnormal scans, lesions in posterior visual pathway were detected in 21 scans(predictive value=68%). The predictive value was not significantly different between flash goggle VEP(75%) and pattern reversal VEP(68%). The predictive value was higher in patient with visual field defect(100%) than those without visual field defect(25%). The pathologic nature of lesion also showed close relations to the predictive value. VEPs is usually paradoxically lateralized(78%), but not in all patients. Conclusion : VEPs abnormalities suggesting retrochiasmal lesion were usually corresponded with brain MRI findings. Diagnostic reliability could be increased when considering the visual field defect and nature of lesion. Therefore, the authors suggest that VEPs studies could be useful in evaluating the patients with the retrochismal lesion.