• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.371-379
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• 1997

To investigate the movement of sperm head and the role of sperm neck in forward sperm motility in the Korean striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius coreae, the morphological characteristics of the cauda epididymal spermatozoa were examined by light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Spermatozoa of A. agrarius coreae were characterized by the conspicuous shape of the acrosome and the long tail compared with those of other rodents. Total length of the sperm was $133\mu{m}$. The sperm head had a curved falciform shape. The head was 8.0${\mu}$m in length, and about 4.0 ${\mu}$m in width. The shape of acrosome had an openerlike form. The sperm tail (125 ${\mu}$m) consisted of four major segments: neck (0.5 ${\mu}$m), middle piece (29.5 ${\mu}$m), and principal piece plus the end piece (95 ${\mu}$m). The outer dense fibers were arranged in a horseshoe fashion, and No. 1, 5, 6, and 9 of the outer dense fibers were larger than the others. The mitochondrial bundles of middle piece were composed of a pair of arms, which surrounded the axone of the middle piece by the 45 0 angled helical structure. The total number of mitochondrial gyres was 188. In particular, the microfilament structures existed in plasma membrane of the sperm, which was adjacent to the acrosomal region on the nuclear membrane. The segmented columns were surrounded by microfilament structures, and the microfilament bundles were adjacent to the outer membrane of the first mitochondria of middle piece. This study presents for the first time the existence of microfilament structures within the plasma membrane of sperm which is located from the adjacent acrosome region to the connecting piece in sperm neck of Korean striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius coreae. The present result suggests that the constriction and extension of microfilament in sperm neck as well as the wave-movement of sperm tail may play a role in the movement of sperm head.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2007

자연스러운 머리 움직임 하에서 응시점을 추정할 수 있는 시스템을 제안하였다. 이 시스템은 하나의 카메라와 2개의 거울로 구성되어 있으며, 이 거울은 안구에서 눈동자의 영상을 언제나 카메라로 획득할 수 있도록 유지시키는 기능을 한다. 그러나 영상의 획득 속도가 초당 30 프레임이므로 거울의 제어가 빠른 머리 움직임을 보상할 수 없다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하고자 현재 안구 이미지에서 다음 안구 이미지의 위치를 추정하기 위하여 Kalman filter를 적용하였다. 그 결과 수평방향으로 평균 55cm/s, 수직 방향으로 평균 45cm/s정도의 속도의 머리 움직임에 대한 보상이 가능하였다. 그리고, 머리 움직임의 공간도 수평 60cm, 수직 30cm의 넓은 범위까지 가능하였다. 공간 해상도는 수평과 수직 각각 $4.5^{\circ}$와 $5^{\circ}$ 였고, 자연스러운 머리 움직임 아래에서의 응시점의 정확도는 92% 였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.1421-1431
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• 2005

입체음향을 구현하는 방법은 두 가지가 있으며, 5.1 채널과 같은 서라운드 시스템(surround system)을 이용하는 방법과 2 채널의 바이노럴 시스템(binaural system)을 이용하는 방법이 있다. 바이노럴 시스템은 사람이 두 귀를 이용하여 음상을 정위하는 원리를 이용하는 방법이다. 일반적으로 라우더 스피커 시스템에서 각 채널사이에 발생하는 크로스토크(crosstalk)는 본래의 입체음향을 재생하기 위해서는 제거되어야만 한다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해서는 머리의 움직임을 추정할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 청취자의 머리 움직임을 제대로 추정하는 새로운 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 얼굴과 눈의 영역 검출을 기본으로 한다. 얼굴 검출은 이미지의 밝기 값을 이용하고 눈 검출은 수학적 형태학(mathematical morphology)을 이용한다. 청취자의 머리가 움직일 때 얼굴 영역과 눈 사이의 경계선의 길이가 변한다. 이 정보를 이용하여 머리 움직임을 추정한다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 알고리즘이 +10오차 범위 내에서 머리의 움직임을 효율적으로 추정하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.55-65
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• 1996

This study was performed to investigate the effects of head posture and occlusal splint on the vertical dimension in mandibular rest position and swallowing. Thirty health dental students ware selected lot this study and BioEGNⓡ(Bioresearch Inc., USA) was used for measuring interocclusal distance during rest - swallowing - rest - tapping movement. This swallowing movements were observed in both normal head posture(NHP) and forward head posture (FHP). Thickness of occlusal splint was about 2mm at posterior molar area and even tooth contact were achieved on light biting. The four mandibular positions at which interocclusal distance measured were swallowing position, after swallowing position in which interocclusal distance was maximum, rest position follows swallowing, and tapping position after rest. Changes of distance in each position were measured for three mandibular planes, that is, sagittal, frontal, and horizontal plane, respectively. The results obtained were as follows : 1. In normal head posture, the mandible was raised 1.03mm without splint, and 0.77mm with splint on swallowing, and there was no significant difference between the two. In horizontal plane, however, mandible was displaced more anteriorly in both swallowing position and tapping position with splint. 2. In forward head posture, the mandible was less raised with splint on swallowing, but features in horizontal plane were almost same as those in normal head posture. 3. In natural dentition, significant difference between NHP and FHP were observed in horizontal plane trajectory for swallowing and tapping position. But the difference for same positions were observed in frontal trajectory with splint. 4. Total amount of mandibular movement of two groups classified with sagittal interocclusal distance of swallowing position generally showed significant difference between the higher and the lower height group in head posture without splint. 5. Correlationship among total amount of mandibular movement for three mandibular planes were observed between sagittal plane and horizontal plane, and between sagittal plane and frontal plane in head posture without splint.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.33-35
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• 2005

We propose an eye gaze tracking system under natural head movements. The system consists of one CCD camera and two front-surface mirrors. The mirrors rotate to follow head movements in order to keep the eye within the view of the camera. However, the mirror controller cannot guarantee the fast head movements, because the frame rate is generally 30Hz. To overcome this problem, we applied Kalman predictor to estimate next eye position from the current eye image. In the results, our system allows the subjects head to move 50cm horizontally and 40cm vertically, with the speed about 10cm/sec and 6cm/sec, respectively. And spatial gaze resolutions are about 4.5 degree and 4.5 degree, respectively, and the gaze estimation accuracy is 92% under natural head movements.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2000

This study was performed to investigate the effects of repetitive mandibular opening movement and change of head posture on the vibration of temporomandibular(TM) joint. For this study, 23 patients with internal derangement of TM joint were selected. All they had clinically noticeable TM joint sound. Observation of the joint vibration were performed in four head postures, namely, natural head posture (NHP), forward head posture(FHP), upward head posture(UHP), and downward head posture(DHP). For recording of joint sound vibration, Sonopak of Biopak system(Bioresearch Inc., Milwaukee, USA) was used, The author could take results related to integral higher than 300Hz, integral lower than 300Hz, ratio of integral higher than 300Hz to integral lower than 300Hz, total integral which was sum of higher and lower integral, peak amplitude, and peak frequency in each opening movement, which was carried out three times in each head posture. Integral means amount of vibration. The data obtained were analysed by SPSS windows program and the results of this study were as follows : 1. In NHP, total integral in right TM joint was 5O.3Hz in the first opening, 67.9Hz in the second opening, and 74.0Hz in the third opening movement, bur there was no significant increase of total integral with repetitive opening movement. This finding was similar in left TM joint. Integral lower than 300Hz were higher than integral higher than 300Hz in almost every opening movement. 2. There was no significant difference of total integral between right and left side of TM joint, but there was a tendency of higher total integral in right TM joint than that in left TM joint except for results in DHP. 3. Peak amplitude in NHP ranged from 2.0 to 4.7, and peak frequency in NHP were 101.4-170.0Hz. And there was no consistent findings related to increase or decrease of these value according to repetitive opening in each head posture. 4. Change of head posture did not result any difference in integral, peak amplitude, and peak frequency. In conclusion, change of head posture and repetitive mandibular opening movement did not make any significant effect on the vibration of temporo-mandibular joint, especially, on total integral, peak amplitude, and peak frequency.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to analyze the principal causes of vibration problem and find out the method of vibration reduction in a chip-mount system. The principal causes are investigated through measurements of vibration spectrum and model parameters. Modal parameters are obtained by using an experimental model test. Based on the model parameters from experiments. a model of finite element method is formulated. The model presents effective redesign of increasing the natural frequencies in order to reduce the vibration of a chip-mount system. Further, through computer simulation for the behavior of head to be main vibration source, the best acceleration pattern of head movement can be verified to achieve effective head-positioning and reduce the vibration due to head movement.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2004

한 대의 카메라와 반사각의 조절이 가능한 2개의 거울, 그리고 별도의 적외선 광원을 이용하여 자유로운 머리 움직임이 가능한 안구 응시점 추정 시스템을 제안하였다. 거울의 회전 각도는 카메라의 광축(opticai axis) 상에 안구가 올 수 있도록 공간 좌표계와 선형 방정식을 이용하여 계산하였다 제안한 시스템은 수평 방향으로 90cm 수직 방향으로 60cm 범위 내에서의 머리 움직임이 가능하였고, 응시점의 공간 해상도 각각 6°, 7°이며, 시간 해상도는 10～15 frames/sec이었다. Generalized regression neural networks(GRNN)을 기반으로 하여 2단계의 GRNN을 거치는 소위 hierarchical generalized regression neural networks(H-GRNN)을 이용하여 얻어진 인자를 모니터 좌표로 변환하였다. GRNN을 한번 사용하였을 경우 정확도가 85%이었으나 H-GRNN을 이용할 경우 약 9% 높은 94%의 정확도를 얻을 수 있었다. 그리고 입력 파라미터의 정규화를 통하여 재보정의 불편함을 제거했을 뿐만 아니라 약간의 얼굴 회전이 발생하였을 경우에도 동일한 성능을 보였다. 본 시스템은 공간 해상도는 크게 높지 않으나 자유로운 머리 움직임을 허용되므로 안정성과 피검자의 활동에 제약을 줄였다는 점에서 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.401-407
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• 2018

PURPOSE. When performing an occlusal procedure, it is recommended that the patient should be sitting straight with the head in a natural position. An inappropriate mandibular position caused by an incorrect occlusal record registration or occlusal adjustment can result in damaged teeth and cause functional disorders in muscles and temporomandibular joints. The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of horizontal cephalic rotation on mandibular position by investigating the three-dimensional positions of condylar and incisal points. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A three-dimensional jaw movement measurement device with six degrees of freedom (the WinJaw System) was used to measure condylar and incisal points. The subjects were asked to sit straight with the head in a natural position. The subjects were then instructed to rotate their head horizontally $0^{\circ}$, $10^{\circ}$, $20^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$, $40^{\circ}$, $50^{\circ}$and $60^{\circ}$ in the right or left direction. RESULTS. The results indicated that horizontal cephalic rotation made the condyle on the rotating side shift forward, downward, and toward the inside, and the condyle on the counter rotating side shift backward, upward, and toward the outside. Significant differences in deviations were found for angles of rotation higher than $20^{\circ}$. The incisal point shifted in the forward and counterrotating directions, and significant differences were found for angles of rotation higher than $20^{\circ}$. CONCLUSION. The mandibular position was altered by horizontal cephalic rotations of more than $20^{\circ}$. It is essential to consider the possibility of deviation of the mandibular position during occlusal procedures.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.180-185
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• 2012

Purpose: An accurate preoperative analysis of the patient is essential in orthognathic surgery in order to acquire superior results. In profile, the location of the chin's position may change according to the neck's inclination. This may ultimately affect the amount of surgical movement. During acquisition of cephalometric radiographs, or in supine position, there is a discrepancy in the neck's inclination. This means that there are also various discrepancies between the actual profile and the various preoperative profile images. In the clinical situation, the decision in performing genioplasty usually lies in the analysis of the patient's profile on the operating table at the final stages of orthognathic surgery. This study aims to analyze the different preoperative profile images and to compare their discrepancies. Methods: Fifty eight patients undergoing orthognathic surgery were chosen. These patients were divided into three groups according to angle's classification of malocclusion, as class I, II or III. The right profile of these patients in centric occlusion was taken in natural head position (NHP). This was set as the 'actual profile image.' Another right profile image was taken on the operating table after insertion of the nasotracheal intubation and with muscle relaxants in effect. This was also taken in centric occlusion. The angle (denoted 'A') between the soft tissue glabella-pognion and the true vertical plane was found in the above-mentioned profile images and in the cephalometric radiographs. The differences of these values were analyzed. Results: There were differences in Angle 'A' in all of the preoperative images. These values were however, not statistically significant. Conclusion: In order to gain an esthetic profile during orthognathic surgery, the NHP is shown to be the most reliable position. Images reproducing such head positions should be used in the treatment planning process.