임상에서 사용하는 진단 검사 장치인 전산화 단층촬영기와 자동화된 설계 소프트웨어(MediACE 3D Prog ram), 3D 프린터로 손목 보조기를 제작하고자 하였다. 전산화단층촬영기로 상지의 Dicom 파일을 획득한 후 MediACE 3D Program을 통해 손목 보조기를 디자인하여 "STL(stereolithography)"파일을 만들었고, 디자인된 손목 보조기는 3D 프린터를 이용하여 인쇄하였다. 3D 프린팅 기술로 제작된 손목보조기의 효용성 검증을 위해 뼈와 피부에 가해지는 압력 및 보조기의 스트레스 분포를 유한요소해석으로 나타내었다. 손목 보조기를 제작할 때 유한요소해석의 결과를 가지고 뼈와 피부가 압력에 의한 손상과 보조기의 파손이 자주 일어나는 부위를 보강하여 손목 보조기를 제작할 수 있을 것이라고 기대된다.

임상에서 사용하는 진단 검사 장치인 전산화 단층촬영기(CT)를 이용하여 Dicom 파일을 획득하였습니다. Dicom 파일과 3D 프로그램, 3D 프린터로 손가락 보조기(Finger brace)를 제작하였습니다. 손가락 보조기(Fin ger brace)는 인체를 대상으로 하기 때문에 형태의 정밀도가 매우 중요합니다. 3D Print는 정밀도가 우수하 고, 재료가 다양하고, 출력 시간이 짧은 이점이 있습니다. 임상에서는 알루미늄 보호대나 의료기 업체의 손 가락 보호대가 한정적입니다. 3D 프린터로 손가락 보조기(Finger brace)를 제작하면, 환자의 손가락 외상, 질병, 변형의 치료에 이용할 수 있는 정밀한 형태의 맞춤형 손가락 보조기(Finger brace)를 환자에게 적용할 수 있을 것이라고 기대합니다.

이 연구의 목적은 3D 프린팅 기술로 만든 맞춤형 소지, 본인의 실제 소지 및 보조기 업체 석고 양성 소 지를 이용하여 세 종류의 소지의 형상 차이를 CT와 3D 스캐너로 횡단면 넓이와 부피를 분산 분석하였다. PASC Progrm으로 실제 거리를 측정하는 (Caliper Toll) 기능을 이용하여 15.69 mm지점(Distal Interphalangel Joints(DIP))의 넓이를 각각 30회씩 측정하였고, 부피(Volume)에서 Meshmixer Program의 Configure Units을 이용하였다. 세 종류의 소지 횡단면 넓이에서는 유의한 차이를 볼 수가 없었고, 부피(Volume)에서 0.2 mm의 차이가 있었지만, 유의 수준보다 크게 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과는 의료분야에서 3D 프린팅 기술을 활용한 맞춤형 보조기 제작에 활성화될 것으로 보여준다.

Being a staple food for more than half of the population of the world and South Korea, rice is an important crop. For the past 20 years, global paddy rice cultivation area and production have shown an annual growth of 0.46% and 1.61%, respectively. Global rice consumption for food and processing has increased by 1.37% and 3.68%, respectively. Due to the main reason for such increasing human population, it is expected that from 439 million tons in 2010, additional 116 million tons will be needed in 2035. Global rice imports and exports have doubled in the last 20 years. However, in spite of such increment, global rice exports in 2013 were 8.4% of the total production. It is thought that rice protection policies in the producing countries are the main reason for such small scale of rice trading. In the past 5 years, India recorded the largest growth rate in rice exports (51.4%), whereas China showed the largest growth rate in imports (61.0%). For global utilization of milled rice during the same period, approximately 79.4% was used as food, 7.2% as animal feeds, and 1.4% for processing. Regionally, Asia has shown a similar pattern to the global rice usage, whereas utilization for processing in America, for food in Africa, and for animal feed in Europe was relatively higher than the global rice usage. Korea’s cultivation area and production since the last 5 years, are 0.5% and 0.8% of those of the world, respectively. Its annual rice export is approximately 3,000 tons, which is 0.01% of the global rice export. Korea’s rice utilization is high for food and low for feed and for processing relative to global rice utilization. Therefore, a review must be conducted to increase Korea’s utilization of rice for processing and for feed production.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of 128 MDCT (multi-detector computed tomography) for reducing the CareDose 4D dose and comparing the image quality with the fixed tube current technique. For this purpose, we conducted the phantom and clinical studies to evaluate the exposure dose and image of the subject before and after applying the CareDose 4D system in abdominal examination using 128 MDCT. In the phantom study, ROI (Region of interest) was located at the center, 3, 6, 9, 12 o'clock, into two groups: group A without CareDose 4D and Group B applied were measured. In the clinical study, ROI was located at the liver 8 segments, divided into two groups too. The measured items were CT number, noise, and dose length product (DLP) dose. The result of CTDIvol (CT Dose Index volume) measurements in phantom and clinical studies were lower than those before CareDose 4D application, and dose and effective dose were also measured lower (p<.05). There was no difference in CT number before and after application (p>.05). In conclusion, using CareDose 4D, we can obtain optimal image information without deteriorating image quality while reducing patient dose.

Recently, the RNA/DNA-binding protein FUS, Fused in sarcoma, was shown to play a role in growth, differentiation, and morphogenesis in vertebrates. Because little is known about Fus, we investigated its expression pattern in murine tooth development. In situ hybridization of mouse mandibles at specific developmental stages was performed with a DIG-labeled RNA probe. During early tooth development, Fus was detected in the dental epithelium and dental mesenchyme at 11 days postcoitum (dpc) and 12 dpc. From 14 dpc, Fus was strongly expressed in the dental papilla and the cervical loop of the dental epithelium. At postnatal day 4 (PN4), Fus expression was observed in the odontoblasts, ameloblasts, the proliferation zone of the pulp, and the cervical loop. At PN14, the expression pattern of Fus was found to be maintained in the odontoblasts and the proliferation zone of the pulp. Furthermore, Fus expression was especially strong in the Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath (HERS). Therefore, this study suggests that Fus may play a role in the HERS during root development.