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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Language Mapping in Brain Tumor Surgery: Validation With Direct Cortical Stimulation and Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potential

  • Koung Mi Kang;Kyung Min Kim;In Seong Kim;Joo Hyun Kim;Ho Kang;So Young Ji;Yun-Sik Dho;Hyongmin Oh;Hee-Pyoung Park;Han Gil Seo;Sung-Min Kim;Seung Hong Choi;Chul-Kee Park
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.553-563
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    • 2023
  • Objective: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging-derived tractography (DTI-t) contribute to the localization of language areas, but their accuracy remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance of preoperative fMRI and DTI-t obtained with a simultaneous multi-slice technique using intraoperative direct cortical stimulation (DCS) or corticocortical evoked potential (CCEP) as reference standards. Materials and Methods: This prospective study included 26 patients (23-74 years; male:female, 13:13) with tumors in the vicinity of Broca's area who underwent preoperative fMRI and DTI-t. A site-by-site comparison between preoperative (fMRI and DTI-t) and intraoperative language mapping (DCS or CCEP) was performed for 226 cortical sites to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of fMRI and DTI-t for mapping Broca's areas. For sites with positive signals on fMRI or DTI-t, the true-positive rate (TPR) was calculated based on the concordance and discordance between fMRI and DTI-t. Results: Among 226 cortical sites, DCS was performed in 100 sites and CCEP was performed in 166 sites. The specificities of fMRI and DTI-t ranged from 72.4% (63/87) to 96.8% (122/126), respectively. The sensitivities of fMRI (except for verb generation) and DTI-t were 69.2% (9/13) to 92.3% (12/13) with DCS as the reference standard, and 40.0% (16/40) or lower with CCEP as the reference standard. For sites with preoperative fMRI or DTI-t positivity (n = 82), the TPR was high when fMRI and DTI-t were concordant (81.2% and 100% using DCS and CCEP, respectively, as the reference standards) and low when fMRI and DTI-t were discordant (≤ 24.2%). Conclusion: fMRI and DTI-t are sensitive and specific for mapping Broca's area compared with DCS and specific but insensitive compared with CCEP. A site with a positive signal on both fMRI and DTI-t represents a high probability of being an essential language area.

Restoring Functional Word and Noun-Verb Syntactic Relations for Korean Compound Noun Analysis (단위 명사간 보-술 관계를 이용한 한국어 복합 명사의 문장 복원)

  • Yang, Seong-Il;Kim, Young-Kil;Seo, Young-Ae;Park, Eun-Jin;Ra, Dong-Yul
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.694-695
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    • 2007
  • 한국어 문장의 구성은 명사, 동사와 같은 내용어와 조사, 어미와 같은 기능어로 크게 나눌 수있다. 문장의 핵심적인 의미 전달은 내용어에 의해 이루어지며, 한국어 명사구의 경우 잦은 기능어의 생략으로 명사 나열에 의한 복합 명사가 발생된다. 이렇게 발생되는 복합 명사를 구성하는 단위 명사들은 일부 문장 성분을 생략시켜 발생된 것으로, 생략 성분의 복원에 의해 본래의 문장 형태를 추정할 수 있다. 한국어 복합 명사의 경우, 생략되는 문장 성분은 대부분 접사, 조사와 같은 기능어로 국한되며, 기능어의 복원은 단위 명사 간의 격 관계와 의미 관계를 분석하여 이루어질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 단위 명사간의 보-술 관계를 이용하여 복합 명사를 구성하는 단위 명사 간의 의존 관계를 추정하고, 추정된 의존 관계에 의해 생략된 격조사와 용언화 접사를 복원하는 방법을 제안한다. 구조 분석에서 사용되는 의미 격틀에 의해 결정되는 격 관계는 격조사와 용언화 접사의 복원을 결정하며, 올바른 본래의 문장 표현 복원을 위해 관형격 조사와 관형격 어미를 비롯한 특별한 형태의 복원은 통계 정보와 휴리스틱 규칙으로 결정한다.

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SDL-OPNET Model Conversion Technique for the Development of Communication Protocols with an Integrated Model Design Approach (통합 모델 설계 방식 기반 통신 프로토콜 개발을 위한 SDL-OPNET 모델 변환 기법)

  • Kim, Jae-Woo;Kim, Tae-Hyong
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2010
  • Although both functional verification and performance evaluation are necessary for the development of effective and reliable communication systems, they have been often performed independently; by functional modeling with formal language tools and by performance modeling with professional network performance evaluation tools, respectively. Separate and repeated modeling of one system, however, would often result in cost increase and inconsistency between the models. This paper proposes an integrated model design approach in order to overcome this problem that evaluates the performance of a communication protocol designed in SDL with SDL-OPNET model conversion. The proposed technique generates OPNET skeleton code from Tau-generated C code of the SDL model by analyzing the relations between SDL and OPNET models. IEEE 802.2 LLC protocol was used as an example of model conversion to show the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed technique.

ATC: An Image-based Atmospheric Correction Software in MATLAB and SML

  • Choi, Jae-Won;Won, Joong-Sun;Lee, Sa-Ro
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.417-425
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    • 2008
  • An image-based atmospheric correction software ATC is implemented using MATLAB and SML (Spatial Modeler Language in ERDAS IMAGINE), and it was tested using Landsat TM/ETM+ data. This ATC has two main functional modules, which are composed of a semiautomatic type and an automatic type. The semi-automatic functional module includes the Julian day (JD), Earth-Sun distance (ESD), solar zenith angle (SZA) and path radiance (PR), which are programmed as individual small functions. For the automatic functional module, these parameters are computed by using the header file of Landsat TM/ETM+. Three atmospheric correction algorithms are included: The apparent reflectance model (AR), one-percent dark object subtraction technique (DOS), and cosine approximation model (COST). The ACT is efficient as well as easy to use in a system with MATLAB and SML.

A Basic Study on the Development of Functional Games for University Lectures - Focusing on clinical reasoning capabilities (대학 강의용 기능성게임 개발 기초연구 - 임상추론역량을 중심으로)

  • Seo, Hee-Kyung
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2019
  • This study presented specific alternatives for the use of digital storytelling elements as college education and provided basic data for future Serious games to be more popularized and used as reference materials in various academic circles by considering the criteria for the quality evaluation of game contents, which had been pointed out as limitations of functional games. In particular, the factors to be considered were mainly in developing functional games to learn the clinical reasoning process.

Design Evaluation of Portable Electronic Products Using AR-Based Interaction and Simulation (증강현실 기반 상호작용과 시뮬레이션을 이용한 휴대용 전자제품의 설계품평)

  • Park, Hyung-Jun;Moon, Hee-Cheol
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.209-216
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents a novel approach to design evaluation of portable consumer electronic (PCE) products using augmented reality (AR) based tangible interaction and functional behavior simulation. In the approach, the realistic visualization is acquired by overlaying the rendered image of a PCE product on the real world environment in real-time using computer vision based augmented reality. For tangible user interaction in an AR environment, the user creates input events by touching specified regions of the product-type tangible object with the pointer-type tangible object. For functional behavior simulation, we adopt state transition methodology to capture the functional behavior of the product into a markup language-based information model, and build a finite state machine (FSM) to controls the transition between states of the product based on the information model. The FSM is combined with AR-based tangible objects whose operation in the AR environment facilitates the realistic visualization and functional simulation of the product, and thus realizes faster product design and development. Based on the proposed approach, a product design evaluation system has been developed and applied for the design evaluation of various PCE products with highly encouraging feedbacks from users.

Assessing the Functional Status of Acute Stroke Patients using ICF Core Set-short Form (단축형 ICF 핵심지표로 측정한 뇌졸중 환자의 기능상태)

  • Kang, Jiyeon;Gong, Ju;Park, Mi-Jin;Lee, Yeo-Won;Kim, Yuri
    • Journal of muscle and joint health
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.22-30
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model was proposed by the World Health Organization for enhancing interdisciplinary communication. The purpose of this study was to examine the functional status of acute stroke patients using ICF core sets-short form. Methods: A set of 15 ICF items on functional status was used by nurses for their daily nursing assessment on functional status in 44 acute stroke patients in a university hospital. Results: The highest level of function was "consciousness", while the lowest was "defecation". Compared with functional status on the first day, consciousness, ingestion, language (mental), and defecation functions were significantly improved on the 14th day. However, there was no significant changes in items on activity and participation or environmental functions. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the function-specific nursing interventions for acute stroke patients need to be developed. Future research needs to test the usefulness of ICF items as an measurement tool.

Effects of oral-motor function on PCC and intelligibility in children with Down's syndrome and typically developing children (다운증후군아동과 일반아동의 구강운동기능이 자음정확도 및 말명료도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Eunhye;Sim, Hyunsub
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.125-135
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    • 2017
  • The current study examines PCC (percentage of correct consonant), speech intelligibility, and oral motor function between the group of typically developing children and the group of children with Down's syndrome. To 15 children with Down's syndrome (mean CA: 9;7) and 15 typically developing children on receptive language age, the following tests were administered: K-WPPSI (2001), Picture Vocabulary Test (Kim et al., 1995), Oral and Speech Motor Control Protocol for total oral functional score (Robbins et al., 1987), DDK and Assessment of Phonology and Articulation for Children (APAC, Kim et al., 2007) for PCC and speech intelligibility. Pearson correlation coefficients were computed for the total oral functional score, PCC and DDK of each group. The statistical analysis showed that there is no significant difference in total functional score and DDK when IQ was controlled. There was a significant correlation between total oral functional score and PCC in the Down's syndrome group and a significant correlation between total oral functional score and intelligibility in the Down's syndrome group whether IQ was controlled or not. The findings suggest that both cognitive ability and overall oral motor function need to be considered for the intervention to enhance PCC or speech intelligibility of children with Down's syndrome.

Parallelization of a Purely Functional Bisimulation Algorithm

  • Ahn, Ki Yung
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we demonstrate a performance boost by parallelizing a purely functional bisimulation algorithm on a multicore processor machine. The key idea of this parallelization is exploiting the referential transparency of purely functional programs to minimize refactoring of the original implementation without any parallel constructs. Both original and parallel implementations are written in Haskell, a purely functional programming language. The change from the original program to the parallel program is minuscule, maintaining almost original structure of the program. Through benchmark, we show that the proposed parallelization doubles the performance of the bisimulation test compared to the original non-parallel implementation. We also shaw that similar performance boost is also possible for a memoized version of the bisimulation implementation.

Logic as grammar: Wittgenstein’s view of logic (문법으로서의 논리 ― 비트겐슈타인의 논리관 ―)

  • Lee, Young-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Logic
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.57-91
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    • 2008
  • In accordance with his belief that philosophical problems arise from misunderstandings of the logic of our language, Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations were always focused on the problems of logic of language. Indeed, it can be said that his investigations were logical investigations. But what was the logic as conceived by him? He regarded logic as grammar from the beginning, but between his two different philosophical periods, there were important changes in his conceptions of grammar. In his earlier period, he understood the logic of language as the truth-functional syntax realizable in an ideal notation, while in his later period he regarded logic as the rules of language-use in various language games. It was a change from viewing logic as an ideally strict and universal system in which every logical possibilities are determined to viewing logic as an open system of non-strict grammatical rules specific to each language game. This paper deals with the gists of his earlier and later views on logic and the reasons for the change of his views, including specifically the reasons for the change of his views concerning the autonomy and necessity of logic as grammar.

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