• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.363-373
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• 2010

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to compare differences in thoracolumbar ranges of motions by comparing ratios among 4 type diagnosis for patient with chronic low back pain. Methods : The subjects were 58 chronic low back pain patients. A motion analysis program (Global Postural System) was used after photography for posture measurement. To analyze differences in mobility percentages and ratios of thoracolumbar ranges of motion, one-way ANOVA was used. Results : Regional difference spinal posture and movement were found to diagnosis patients with chronic low back pain. Comparison of thoracolumbar ranges of motion revealed significant differences in the thoracic region during forward-bending of the trunk (p<.05). In the upper thoracic region, the herniated intervertebral lumbar disc (HILD) group was significantly larger than the spinal stenosis/herniated intervertebral lumbar disc (SS/HILD) group (p<.05). In the lower thoracic region, chronic sprains (CS) were significantly greater than in the spinal stenosis (SS) group and in the (SS/HJLD) group (p<.05). Comparative analysis of thoracic/lumbar mobility ratio showed the CS group's ratio during forward bending was largest: 1.66, while the HILD group's ratio was smallest: 84 a significant difference between the two groups (p<.01). Diagnosis was not associated with difference in thoracolumbar backward-bending range of motion (p>.05). Conclusion : Theses results indicate the clinical efficacy of diagnosing for chronic low back pain by evaluating spinal mobility.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2005

본 논문은 자동차 차량의 컬러 영상 이미지에서 신속하고 효율적으로 번호판 영역을 찾는 방법에 대한 연구이다. 일반적으로 자동차 번호판 영역은 차량의 종류에 따라 일정한 색상을 가지고 있다. 이에 일정한 색상영역을 찾기 위해 HSI 컬러모델의 색상 성분 H와 YIQ 컬러 모델의 색상 성분 Q를 결합하는 방식을 사용한다. 그러나 이러한 방법을 사용하면 전체 연산시간이 많이 걸리게 되는 단점이 존재한다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 차량 번호판 영역을 추출하는 단계들 중에서 H와 Q 색상 성분을 추출하면서 후보영역 추출 연산을 병행 수행한다. 이 단계가 끝나면 H와 Q성분을 결합하는 단계에서 전체 이미지 픽셀 정보를 대상으로 비교연산을 수행하지 않고 각 단계에서 추출된 후보영역들만을 비교 연산함으로써 영역 추출을 빠르게 수행할 수 있다 이에 대한 각 단계별 시스템 처리 결과 화면을 보이고 이미지 해상도에 따른 추출 시간을 비교하였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 복잡한 배경의 영상에서 얼굴을 검출하는 효과적인 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 색상정보와 PCA-LDA(Principal Component Analysis - Linear Discriminant Analysis)에 의하여 구해진 고유얼굴 (eigenface)을 이용한다. 색상정보는 다른 어떤 방법보다 얼굴을 검출하는데 유용하게 사용된다. 고유얼굴은 전체학습 얼굴들의 평균정보를 포함하고 있기 때문에 얼굴 후보영역에 대하여 얼굴인지를 판별할 수 있는 기능을 갖는다. 전체적인 과정은 두 단계로 이루어진다. 첫 번째 단계는 영상내에서 색상정보를 이용하여 살색영역의 1차 얼굴 후보영역을 찾아 후보영역의 위치와 기를 결정한다. 두 번째 단계는 1차 얼굴 후보영역에 대하여 PCA-LDA에 의한 얼굴의 유사성을 측정하여 얼굴인지 아닌지를 판별한다. 제안한 검출 방법을 사용한 실험 결과, 색상정보를 사용하여 1차 얼굴 후보영역의 크기와 위치를 결정함으로써 검출속도의 향상을 가져올 수 있었다. 또한 PCA-LDA에 의한 고유얼굴과의 비교를 통해 복잡한 매경이 있는 영상에서도 97%의 검출률을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.100-113
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• 2021

Background: This study aims to figure out the gaps in health status by estimating amenable mortality rate by region, reflecting the characteristics of Korea, and estimating the years of life lost (YLL) per capita by disease. Methods: People who died from amenable diseases between 2008 and 2018 were extracted from the cause of death statistics provided by Statistics Korea. The age-standardized amenable mortality rates were estimated to compare the health status of 229 regions. YLL per capita was calculated to compute the burden of diseases caused by treatable deaths by region. The YLL per capita by region was calculated to identify the burden of disease caused by amenable deaths. Results: First, while the annual amenable mortality rate in Korea is on a steady decline, but there is still a considerable gap between urban and rural areas when comparing the mortality rates of 229 areas. Second, YLL per capita due to the amenable deaths is approximately 14 person-years during the analysis period (2008-2018). Conclusion: Although the health status of Koreans has continuously improved, there is still a gap in health status region by region in terms of amenable mortality rates. Amenable death accounts for a loss of life equivalent to 14 person-years per year. Since the amenable mortality rate is an indicator that can measure the performance of the health care system, efforts at each local area are required to lower it.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.203-214
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• 2022

A model is developed for estimating optimal cultivation areas for apples to maximize the total profit of apple farming by region, focusing on Gyeongsangbuk-do, Chungchungbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Jeonllabuk-do in Korea. Comparing the current cultivation areas to the optimal areas according to the model estimation during the period 1999 - 2019, the former has exceeded the latter since 2015 in all regions except for Jeonllabuk-do. This result stems from a lack of the regulation of production quantity among apple producers' regional organizations. Accordingly, the decreasing rate of the market price was greater than the increasing rate of the production quantity, and the total profit of apple farming has fallen in conjunction with increasing agricultural wage rates. Therefore, in order to reverse the current decreasing trend in the profits of apple farming, it is necessary to regulate nationwide apple cultivation areas through regional producers' associations. Ex-ante forecasting for 2019 posits the following regional optimal cultivation areas for maximizing the total income from apple farming. The Gyeongbuk apple producers' association needs to reduce its current cultivation area by 1,089 ha and to maintain 18,373 ha. In the Chungbuk region, current cultivated area should be reduced by 1,027 ha to maintain 2,722 ha, and in the Gyeongnam region, the current cultivated area should be reduced by 582 ha to maintain 2,730 ha. In contrast, the Jeonbuk region needs to increase its current cultivation area by 174 ha and to maintain at a level of 2,872 ha.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2023

Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the everyday use of face masks massively increased to prevent the spread of infection. Many people complain of ear pain and erosion when wearing a mask for extended periods of time. If prolonged mask usage is uncomfortable for ordinary people, a question arises-how much more inconvenient must mask wearing be for patients with a full-thickness skin graft (FTSG) donor site in the retroauricular region? Herein, we evaluated complications related to face mask use in 27 patients with a retroauricular FTSG donor site, with the goal of clarifying whether the retroauricular region is still an appropriate FTSG donor site in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Complications in 27 patients treated by FTSGs harvested from the retroauricular region from 2019 to 2021 were investigated. A questionnaire comparing the normal and the operated sides was administered. Pain, itching, soreness, deformity, and symmetry were further investigated. Results: Pain and itching were the only observed complications. The operated side was slightly more painful than the normal side in four patients (14.8%), and four patients (14.8%) reported itching on the operated side. However, all patients who experienced complications stated that the pain or itching did not interfere with mask wearing. Most symptomatic patients were older than 60 years of age (23.8%, p= 0.185) and wore masks for longer periods of time (28.5%, p= 0.326). Conclusion: Few retroauricular donor site-related complications occurred, and none of these complications caused inconvenience in daily life. Therefore, in the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of the retroauricular region as an FTSG donor site remains appropriate.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2013

In this study, the artery's compliance model and the pulsation waveform model was proposed to estimate blood pressure without applying HPF (High Pass Filter) on signal measured by the oscillometric method. The method proposed in the study considered two ways of estimating blood pressure. The first method of estimating blood pressure is by comparing and analyzing changes in pulsation waveform's dicrotic notch region during each cardiac period. The second method is by comparing and analyzing morphological changes in the pulsation waveform during each cardiac period, which occur in response to the change in pressure applied on the cuff. To implement these methods, we proposed the compliance model and the pulsation waveform model of the artery based on hemodynamic theory, and then conducted various simulations. The artery model presented in this study only took artery's compliance into account. Then, a pulsation waveform model was suggested, which uses characteristic changes in the pulsation waveform to estimate blood pressure. In addition, characteristic changes were observed in arterial volume by applying artery's pulsation waveform to the compliance model. The pulsation waveform model was suggested to estimate blood pressure using characteristic changes of the pulsation waveform in the arteries. This model was composed of the sum of sine waves and a Fourier's series in combination form up to 10th harmonics components of the sinusoidal waveform. Then characteristic of arterial volume change was observed by inputting pulsation waveform into the compliance model. The characteristic changes were also observed in the pulsation waveform by mapping the arterial volume change in accordance with applied cuff's pressure change to the pulsation waveform's change according to applied pressure changes by cuff. The systolic and diastolic blood pressures were estimated by applying positional change of pulsation waveform's dicrotic notch region.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.669-676
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• 2018

GOCI(: Geostationary Ocean Color Imager)는 8개 밴드의 레일리 보정 반사도를 이용하여 수평 $500m{\times}500m$의 높은 공간 해상도로 해무를 탐지한다. 가시광선과 근적외선은 지표면의 특성을 강하게 반영하여 구름과 안개 판별에 오차를 유발한다. Band7 반사도의 임계값을 설정하여 육지로 유입되는 해무를 탐지할 수 있었다. Band4 반사도가 Band8보다 크게 나타나는 영역이 구름으로 판별되는 경우는 주변 영역과 평균 반사도의 비교를 통해 해무로 탐지되는 오류를 보정하였다. 개선된 알고리즘은 천리안위성(COMS: Communication, Ocean, Meteorological Satellite)의 안개 영상 및 기상청 시정계 자료와 비교하여 검증되었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.493-507
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• 2018

Due to high spatio-temporal variability of amount and optical/microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols, satellite-based observations have been demanded for spatiotemporal monitoring the major aerosols. Observations of the heavy aerosol episodes and determination on the dominant aerosol types from a geostationary satellite can provide a chance to prepare in advance for harmful aerosol episodes as it can repeatedly monitor the temporal evolution. A new geostationary observation sensor, namely the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI), onboard the Himawari-8 platform, has been observing high spatial and temporal images at sixteen wavelengths from 2016. Using observed spectral visible reflectance and infrared brightness temperature (BT), the algorithm to find major aerosol type such as volcanic ash (VA), desert dust (DD), polluted aerosol (PA), and clean aerosol (CA), was developed. RGB color composite image shows dusty, hazy, and cloudy area then it can be applied for comparing aerosol detection product (ADP). The CALIPSO level 2 vertical feature mask (VFM) data and MODIS level 2 aerosol product are used to be compared with the Himawari-8/AHI ADP. The VFM products can deliver nearly coincident dataset, but not many match-ups can be returned due to presence of clouds and very narrow swath. From the case study, the percent correct (PC) values acquired from this comparisons are 0.76 for DD, 0.99 for PA, 0.87 for CA, respectively. The MODIS L2 Aerosol products can deliver nearly coincident dataset with many collocated locations over ocean and land. Increased accuracy values were acquired in Asian region as POD=0.96 over land and 0.69 over ocean, which were comparable to full disc region as POD=0.93 over land and 0.48 over ocean. The Himawari-8/AHI ADP algorithm is going to be improved continuously as well as the validation efforts will be processed by comparing the larger number of collocation data with another satellite or ground based observation data.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2020

기존 정렬 격자의 많은 제약 조건들을 완화할 수 있는 patched-grid 알고리즘을 이용하여 효율적으로 정렬 격자계를 구성하였다. EFD-CFD 워크숍의 case 4: 삼각 날개-원통형 동체 형상에 크게 3가지의 접근 방식을 적용하여 기존의 격자 생성 문제점들을 해결하였고, 실험값과 비교하여 검증하였다. 고 받음각 영역에서 표면 압력 분포가 실험값과 다소 차이를 보였다. 마하수의 증가에 따른 피칭 모멘트의 기울기 변화를 분석하였고 이는 tuck under 현상으로 설명할 수 있었다. 초음속 영역에서는 형상 앞에 궁형 충격파가 발생함으로써 삼각익 뒷전까지 양력을 발생시키는 영역이 확장되었다. 또한, 마하수와 받음각에 따라 압력 중심과 무게 중심의 위치를 비교하여 피칭 모멘트의 경향성을 분석하였다.