• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.683-687
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• 2013

Evacuation disorder(ED) is frequently observed in the elderly people. In this study, we investigated the tongue color properties in the elderly. 327 subjects were participated in this study and classified into normal group (n=95) and ED group (n=23) by two Korean Oriental Medicine doctors. The tongue images were acquired by using computerized tongue diagnosis system, and its color were linearly corrected base on CIE $L^*a^*b^*$ values of 12 color samples. The tongue region was segmented from acquired image and divided into two regions along the vertical direction. In order to estimate color properties of the tongue, a color histogram was calculated for the root region based on the CIE $L^*$ and $a^*$ values, and differences of color histogram values between normal and ED groups were computed based on the Mann-Whitney U test. As results, pixels corresponding to typical colors of the pale tongue and thin tongue coating were significantly more distributed in ED than those in normal group(p<0.05). The tongue color of the root region in ED was revealed to be different from those in healthy subjects.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.401-406
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• 2008

낙상이 탈골, 골절, 치명적인 머리 부상이나 심지어 죽음과 같은 심각한 결과를 초래하기 때문에 낙상 사건 검출은 특히 혼자 사는 노인들에 대해 가장 일반적인 문제들 중의 하나이다. 낙상이나 낙상과 관련된 부상들을 방지하기 위해서 최근 몇몇 기존 비디오 센서 기반의 방법들은 낮은 낙상 검출율을 보여주고 있다. 낮은 검출율 문제를 개선하고 시스템 성능을 높이기 위해, 본 논문은 실시간 환경에서 연속하는 차영상 간의 차와 시간적 템플릿(temporal templates)을 이용한 노인들에 대한 새로운 낙상 사건 검출 방법을 제시하였다. 제안된 알고리즘은 비록 한 대의 USB PC 카메라에 의해 획득된 낮은 질의 비디오 시퀀스임에도 불구하고 96.43%의 성공적인 검출율과 3.125%의 낮은 false positive rate를 얻었다. 실험 결과는 높은 검출율과 낮은 false positive rate에 관한 매우 기대되는 성능을 보여주고 있다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.720-729
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• 2012

This study investigates trends and design characteristics of recent eco fashion designs on websites. For such purposes, 1185 pictures were collected from the websites of 12 eco fashion brands from 2006 to 2010 to analyze current status and design characteristics. Content analysis and statistical analysis using SPSS will be conducted for data analysis. The results of the research are as follows. First, the change difference according to the year of the eco fashion design. The focus was on, the natural image (from 2006 to 2008), the romantic image (from 2008 to 2009), and vintage, multi, and modern (from 2010). It was noticeable that the forms, colors, and materials changed simultaneously with the various images. The changing progress of eco fashion design was on the design changes according to fashion image changes. Second, after an examination of the characteristic difference of eco fashion designs according to seasons, the difference was shown as a natural and romantic image in the S/S season as well the vintage and classical image focused on the F/W season. It is figurative that S/S season shows a romantic image as well as magnifies a sportive image that is natural and active. Multi, natural and vintage images mostly appeared for the F/W season. In conclusion, eco fashion design is influenced by fashion trends, yearly changes, and seasons.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.555-563
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• 2010

This research has attempted for a categorization by contemplating on concepts and characteristics of eco fashion design through analysis of precedent studies and to study the design characteristics, images, and internal values through keyword and design codes which appeared in the precedent studies. The subject of analysis was mostly focused on the theses published in international and domestic academic journals from 1990s to September 2009. The design characteristics of each eco fashion design were analyzed by classifying by form, detail, color, fabric and pattern. Method of analysis did content analysis. The results of the research can be summarized as follows. First of all, types of eco fashion design were human-ecology design, natural-ecology design, and social-ecology design. Secondly, the human-ecology design was presented a natural and comfortable form, color of the nature, and functional and new materials. The natural-ecology design was presented a natural silhouette, natural colors, and natural fiber. The social-ecology design were used a loose silhouette and over-size forms, natural colors, and recycled materials and bio fabric. Thirdly, the images per type of eco fashion design were Zen, sportive, natural, and modern image. And the internal values were presented efficiency, health-orientation, naturalness, and continuity.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2020

As we become an aging society, the number of elderly patients continues to increase. Pressure sores that can easily occur in patients with trauma cause serious socio-economic problems. In general, prevention of bedsores through predicting the patient's posture is being developed. Developed method usually use artificial intelligence techniques to estimate the patient's posture by measured pressure images in the mattress. In this method, it has a problem the reduction of estimation accuracy when posture of patient is changed. Therefore, it is necessary to use the filter of pressure images in the position transition of patient. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to predict the patient's posture, and an algorithm to reduce the ambiguity that can occur in the patient's posture transition section. By obtaining stable data through this algorithm, learning/prediction stability of the neural network can be expected, and prediction performance is improved accordingly. Through experiments, the effectiveness of the algorithm was verified.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2023

Perceived age is defined as age estimated based on physical appearance. Perceived age is an important indicator of the overall health status of the elderly. This is because people who appear older tend to have higher rates of morbidity and mortality than people of the same chronological age. Although perceived age is an important indicator, there is a lack of objective methods to quantify perceived age. In this paper, we construct a quantified perceived age model from face images using a convolutional neural network. The face images are enlarged to super-resolution and the skin, an important feature in perceived age, is made clear. Moreover, through Tanh-polar transformation, the central area of the face occupies a relatively larger area than the boundary area, helping the neural network better recognize facial skin features. The experimental results show mean absolute error (MAE) of 6.59, showing that the proposed model is superior to existing method.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2009년도 IWAIT
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• pp.808-811
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• 2009

Robovie-R2 [1], developed by ATR, is a 110cm high, 60kg weight, two wheel drive, human like robot. It has two arms with dynamic fingers. It also has a position sensitive detector sensor and two cameras as eyes on his head for recognizing his surrounding environment. Recent years, we have carried out a project to integrate new functions into Robovie-R2 so as to make it possible to be used in a dining room in healthcare center for helping serving meal for elderly. As a new function, we have developed software system for adaptive movement control of Robovie-R2 that is primary important since a robot that cannot autonomously control its movement would be a dangerous object to the people in dining room. We used the cameras on Robovie-R2's head to catch environment images, applied our original algorithm for recognizing obstacles such as furniture or people, so as to control Roboie-R2's movement. In this paper, we will focus our algorithm and its results.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2013

이 연구의 목적은 영상의 화소 간 분석(voxel-based analysis)을 이용하여 자화율 가중 영상(SWI)에 나타난 위상 마스킹의 효과를 알아보는 것이었다. 20명의 정상 노인에서 SWI 영상의 정보를 획득하기 위하여 3차원 경사자장 에코 시퀀스를 이용하여 영상을 얻었다. SWI 영상에서의 위상 마스킹의 효과를 관찰하기 위해 원래의 경사자장 크기(magnitude) 영상에 위상 영상을 2번 곱한 SWI2 영상, 4번 곱한 SWI4 영상, 영상 내 정맥 혈관을 강조한 양의 위상 마스크 SWI 영상 (PSWI), 그리고 조직 부분을 강조한 음의 위상 마스크 SWI 영상(NSWI)을 만들었다. paired t-test를 이용한 PSWI와 NSWI간 신호강도의 차이, SWI2와 SWI4간의 신호강도의 차이, 그리고 경사자장 크기영상 영상과 위상 마스킹에서 얻은 SWI 영상의 신호강도의 차이를 voxel-based 분석으로 수행하였다. 신호 강도 차이는 magnitude과 SWI4 영상 간의 차이가 magnitude과 SWI2 영상 간의 차이보다 더 크게 나왔다. 또한, 신호강도 차이는 magnitude과 PSWI 영상 간의 차이가 magnitude과 NSWI보다 더 많았다. 그리고 NSWI2와 NSWI4간의 신호강도 차이가 PSWI2와 PSWI4간의 신호강도 차이 보다 더 크게 나타났으며, 그리고 NSWI4와 PSWI4간의 신호강도 차이가 NSWI2와 PSWI2간의 신호강도 차이보다 더 크게 나타났다. 위 실험은 화소 간 분석을 통한 SWI 영상 연구가 뇌 전체의 자화율 효과를 볼 때 매우 유용할 것이라는 사실뿐만 아니라, 각기 다른 위상 마스킹 방법을 응용함으로써 선택적으로 정맥 혈관 대비, 혹은 뇌 조직 대비를 강조할 수 있다는 사실을 입증하였다. 그러므로, 자화율 가중 영상의 화소 간 분석은 많은 임상 예에 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2022

Purpose: This study evaluated the associations of the dental arch form, age-sex groups, and sagittal root position (SRP) with alveolar bone thickness of the maxillary central incisors using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. Materials and Methods: CBCT images of 280 patients were categorized based on the dental arch form and age-sex groups. From these patients, 560 sagittal CBCT images of the maxillary central incisors were examined to measure the labial and palatal bone thickness at the apex level and the palatal bone at the mid-root level, according to the SRP classification. The chi-square test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and multiple linear regression were used for statistical analyses. Results: Significant differences were found in alveolar bone thickness depending on the arch form and SRP at the apex level. The square dental arch form and class I SRP showed the highest bone thickness at both levels of the palatal aspect. The taper dental arch form and class II SRP presented the highest bone thickness at the apex level of the labial aspect. No association was found between the dental arch form and SRP. Elderly women showed a significant association with thinner alveolar bone. Age-sex group, the dental arch form, and SRP had significant associations with alveolar bone thickness at the apex level. Conclusion: The patient's age-sex group, dental arch form, and SRP were associated with alveolar bone thickness around the maxillary central incisors with varying magnitudes. Therefore, clinicians should take these factors into account when planning immediate implant placement.

• 인지과학
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.79-107
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• 2009

공간, 시간적 환경정보를 함께 저장하는 일화기억(episodic memory)은 알츠하이머병에 의해 손상될 뿐만 아니라 일반 노화과정에서도 손상될 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 인지기능인 일화기억을 내적회상 기법을 사용하여 평가함으로써 초기 알츠하이머성 치매 환자의 일화기억을 분석하고 평가하는 것이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 사진이나 동영상처럼 뇌에 투사되는 피시험자 자신의 과거를 직접 회상한 이미지(the mental image)를 분석하는 새로운 방법을 사용하였다. 초기 알츠하이머성 치매환자3명, 경도 우울증 환자 1명, 대조를 위한 건강한 노인 2명에게 검사 당일로부터 하루, 일주일, 한달 전 그리고 원과거(remote)에 있었던 일을 회상하게 하였다. 회상된 이미지 안에서의 감정상태, 이미지의 색, 사건 발생 순서 등의 중점을 두고 피시험자의 응답을 분석하였다. 순행성기억(anterograde memory) 손상을 관찰하고자 피시험자에 그들이 검사 당시 재현한 모든 이미지를 검사 다음날 다시 상기하도록 요구하였다. 3명의 환자군 모두 회상한 이미지들 사건 발생순서에 맞게 정리하는데 실패하였다. 이들은 대조군과 같은 수의 이미지를 회상해 내었지만, 색이 선명하지 않고 사진과 같은 정적인 이미지를 회상하였다. 이러한 결과는 초기 치매환자가 최근기억(recent memory)을 화상 하는데 일차적으로 손상이 있을 시사하며, 또한 의미기억의 양적인 손상보다 질적 손상이 먼저 발생함을 보여주었다.