• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2003

Deep-sea bottom photographs acquired in the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone of the northeast equatorial Pacific were analyzed to reveal the controlling processes for the spatial variation of manganese nodule. The results show that regional-scale occurrence variations of manganese nodule are mainly controlled by primary productivity of surface water, sedimentation rate, and water depth (or carbonate compensation depth). As a result, the diagenetic accretion on nodules increases toward southwest while hydrogenetic accretion increases toward northeast. Considering the northwestward movement of Pacific Plate, this regional-scale variation of manganese nodule occurrence seems to be affected by oceanic environment during the active growth period (Oligocene-Miocene) of Pacific Plate.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.373-381
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• 2014

Korea contract Mn-nodule field in the NE equatorial Pacific is composed of seven sectors with average water depths of 4,513-5,025 m. Of the various factors controlling the properties of Mn-nodule, it seems that water depth is likely connected to the chemical composition and occurrence of nodules. To test whether such an assumption held in each sector, we reviewed previous research data accumulated since 1994 for one of the northern sectors (hereafter KR1) where there are stark contrasts in water depth. High-resolution seabed mapping clearly separates a northern part (KR1N) from a deeper southern part (KR1S), cutting across in the middle of the KR1. In addition, significant volcanic activities forming numerous seamounts are distinctive especially in KR1N. In terms of nodule occurrence, manganese nodules in KR1S are comparatively larger (2-4 cm) with a discoidal shape, while those in KR1N are generally small (<2 cm) with poly-lobate and irregular shapes. Nodules in KR1N also have lower Co, Cu, Mn and Ni, and higher Fe contents. The spatial separation in nodule characteristics might be caused by volcanic activities in KR1N rather than water depth contrast. During the formation of the seamounts in KR1N, rock fragments and volcanic ashes as new nuclei of the nodules would have been continuously generated. As a result, the nodules could not grow larger than 2 cm and display the shapes of a newbie (i.e., irregular and poly-lobate shapes). Moreover, significant Fe supply from volcanic activities probably decreases the Mn/Fe ratio, which may lead to the KR1 nodules being misinterpreted as a hydrogenic in origin compared to other sectors where a high Mn/Fe ratio is present.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.477-486
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• 2012

북동태평양 대한민국 망간단괴 광구중 하나인 KR1 지역에서 망간단괴의 분포특성을 파악하기 위하여 정밀수심 측량과 망간단괴의 특성(외형, 조직, 크기, 금속함량) 분석을 수행하였다. 작고(<2 cm), 매끄럽고(s-형), 불규칙하고(I-형), Fe의 함량이 높은 망간단괴가 KR1의 북동부(KR1-2) 지역에 우세하게 분포하는 것에 비하여, KR1의 남서부(KR1-1) 지역에서는 상대적으로 Mn, Cu, Ni의 함량이 높고, 크고(2~4 cm), 거칠고(t-형, d-형), 원반형(D-형)의 망간단괴가 우세하게 분포하는 것으로 나타났다. 정밀수심 자료에 의하면 상대적으로 KR1-1 지역은 수심이 깊고(3,838~4,799 m; 평균 4,599 m), KR1-2 지역은 3,940~4,664 m (평균: 4,451 m)의 수심을 보이며 소규모의 해저산이 발달해 있다. KR1 지역에서 나타나는 이러한 수심과 망간단괴에 포함된 Mn, Cu, Ni의 함량과의 상관성은 태평양 전역에 걸쳐 나타나는 일반적인 특성과도 일치한다. 또한 망간단괴의 크기와 형태와 관련하여, KR1-2 지역에 분포하고 있는 소규모 해저산에서부터 망간단괴의 핵으로 사용되는 암편의 공급이 원활하기 때문에 작고 매끄럽고 불규칙한 초기 형태의 망간단괴가 주로 분포하고 있는 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 연구결과는 망간단괴의 분포특성에 있어서, 수심과 더불어 해저지형의 특성이 중요한 변수로 작용할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.148-154
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• 1982

The experience with operative treatment for peripheral situated solitary circumscribed lesions of the lung at the Department of Thorac. & Cardiovasc. Surg., Korea University Hospital during 8 years from March 1974, through April, 1982 was reviewed. Our criteria for Solitary pulmonary nodule were 1. Round or Ovoid shape 2. Surrounded by normal lung Parenchyme 3. Well circumscribed peripheral location 4. No other visible pulmonary diseases on chest X-ray except minimal atelectasis or pneumonitis 5. Largest diameter less than 8 cm Of the 55 patients reviewed, there were 69% of malignancy and 31% of benign pulmonary diseases. In malignancy 38 patients, there were 18 patients with squamous cell carcinoma, 8 patients with undifferentiated large cell carcinoma, 2 patients with undifferentiated small cell carcinoma, 10 patients with adenocarcinoma and patient with metastatic carcinoma. In benign pulmonary nodule 17 patients, here were 5 patients with tuberculoma, 5 patients with aspergilloma, 2 patients with A-V fistula, 1 patient with pulmonary blastoma, 1 patient with paragonimiasis, and 1 patient with lung abscess. Overall male to female occurrence ratio was 39:16, and most prevalent age incidence was 7th decades. Most frequent size distribution was 4-6 cm in diameter. All of benign diseases were cured by resection and 66% of malignancy performed operation and has 75% resectability.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2009

An FMEA for the waterjet-lifter of a DSNM is performed to prevent the occurrence of device failure. A waterjet-lifter raises and transports manganese nodules from the deep-sea floor up to a somewhat elevated place, from which a pin-scraper transports the lifted nodules to the inner space of the DSNM. A concept design for a device using the axiomatic design methodology is shown as the mapping between the functional domain and physical domain. The FMEA for a DSNM is introduced briefly and the rating criteria of severity, occurrence, and detection for the DSNM are defined. The FMEA of the functional requirements of a DSNM device is accomplished. Three kinds of failure modes, as well as their effects and causes, are predicted. Current design control methods for detecting potential failures, such as physical or computational experiments, design confirmation, and mathematical calculation, are described and the recommended actions for several significant causes are suggested.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.335-346
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• 1991

It is observed that calcareous nodules of the Hwajeol Formation are locally skarnized in the Sangdong district, in which the skarn mineralization extends 5 Km westward from the Sangdong mine area to the Hwajeolchi area. After a hidden granite beneath the Sangdong mine was discovered by exploration drillings, the exploration teams of the Sangdong mine and the Korean Mining Promotion Corporation have assumed that the skarn nodule of the Hwajeol Formation was derived from emplacement of a granite in deep place and the occurrence of hidden ore bodies below the skarn, and they have discovered high grades of tungsten orebody in the same horizon of the Sangdong ore body. Mutual genetic relatioships between epidote and garnet may be explained by following chemical reactions $Ca_2FeA_{12}$ $Si_3O_{12}(OH)+CaCO_3=Ca_3(Fe,\;Al)_2$ $SiO_{12}+1/2CO_2+1/2H^+Ca_3FeSi_3O_{12}+SiO_2+CO_2=2CaFeSi_{12}O_6+CaCO_3+1/2O_3$. It is concluded that epidote and garnet are useful as target minerals indicating a potential occurrence of deep seated hidden ore body. Since the epidote may inform the emplacement of the granite, while the garnet in the skarn nodule of the Hwajeol Formation may reflect a strong hydrothermal mineralization taking place from the depth.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.323-337
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• 1999

북동 태평양 한국심해환경연구(Korea Deep-sea Environmental Study, KODES) 지역에서 해저지형과 망간단괴 분포 특성간 관계를 파악하기 위해 예인식 심해저카메라(Deep-Sea Camera)와 광역수심탐사기(multi-beam side scan sonar, SeaBeam2000) 등을 이용해 정밀 지형 및 망간단괴 부존 특성을 연구하였다. 심해 평원으로 알려진 KODES지역 해저면은 북북서-남남동 방향으로 연장된 3개의 능선 및 계곡으로 구성되고, 전반적으로 편평하지만 국부적으로(특히 능선지역에서) 매우 심한 지형변화를 나타낸다. 이러한 지형변화는 100미터에 이르는 절벽, 수(십)미터 깊이의 함몰지 등으로 나타나며, 태평양 지판의 지구조 운동에 따른 능선의 형성, 저충해류에 의한 능선 규질 퇴적물의 침식, 그리고 이에 따른 탄산염 퇴적물의 노출과 용해에 따른 결과로 판단된다. 이러한 지형 변화는 망간단괴 분포 특성에도 영향을 미쳐 연구지역 망간단괴 분포가 해저 지형과 밀접한 관계를 지닌다. 즉, 편평한 계곡지역에는 균일한 망간단괴가 밀집 분포하는 반면 지형 변화가 심한 구릉지대에는 대형 망간단괴(또는 망간각)가 나타나는 등 분포 특성이 복잡하다. 이러한 결과는 망간단괴의 분포가 수심, 표층 퇴적물의 퇴적상, 퇴적층후 또는 음파 투명층의 두께 등 다양한 요인에 따라 달라진다는 기존 보고를 뒷받침하며, 이러한 다양한 요인이 상호 연관되어 망간단괴 형성에 작용하고, 궁극적으로는 태평양 지판의 지구조적 운동이 망간단괴의 분포 특성에 영향을 미칠것으로 생각된다. 한편, 연구지역 중 채광에 유리한 지역은 약 3~4 km 폭을 가지는 편평한 계곡이고, 이러한 적정 채광지역은 북북서-남남동 방향으로 연장된 해저 계곡과 일치할 것으로 예측된다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1104-1120
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• 2020

The chest X-rays are a common way to diagnose lung cancer or pneumonia. In particular, the finding of a lung nodule is the most important problem in the early detection of lung cancer. Recently, a lot of automatic diagnosis algorithms have been studied to find the lung nodules missed by doctors. The algorithms are typically based on segmentation network like U-Net. However, the occurrence of false positives that similar to lung nodules present outside the lungs can severely degrade performance. In this study, we propose a multi-task learning method that simultaneously learns the lung region and nodule-labeled data based on the prior knowledge that lung nodules exist only in the lung. The proposed method significantly reduces false positives outside the lung and improves the recognition rate of lung nodules to 83.8 F1 score compared to 66.6 F1 score of single task learning with U-net model. The experimental results on the JSRT public dataset demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method compared with other baseline methods.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.761-764
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• 1999

사구종양은 작은 동통성 결절로 나타나는 독특한 양성종양으로, 사지에서 가장 흔하게 발생하지만 신체의 어느부위에서도 발견될 수 있다. 기관 또는 폐실질에서의 발생은 지극히 드물게 보고되어져 있지만, 주기관 지의 사구종양은 본 연구에 의하면 세계적으로 보고된 바가 없었다. 저자들은 혈담과 호흡곤란을 주소로 내 원한 67세 남자환자에게서 발생한 좌측 주기관지의 사구종양을 절제수술 후 병리조직학적으로 확진하였기 에 보고하는 바이다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2017

According to living environment, the number of deaths due to thyroid diseases increased. In this paper, we proposed an algorithm for recognizing a thyroid detection using texture analysis based on shape, gray level co-occurrence matrix and gray level run length matrix. First of all, we segmented the region of interest (ROI) using active contour model algorithm. Then, we applied a total of 18 features (5 first order descriptors, 10 Gray level co-occurrence matrix features(GLCM), 2 Gray level run length matrix features and shape feature) to each thyroid region of interest. The extracted features are used as statistical analysis. Our results show that first order statistics (Skewness, Entropy, Energy, Smoothness), GLCM (Correlation, Contrast, Energy, Entropy, Difference variance, Difference Entropy, Homogeneity, Maximum Probability, Sum average, Sum entropy), GLRLM features and shape feature helped to distinguish thyroid benign and malignant. This algorithm will be helpful to diagnose of thyroid nodule on ultrasound images.