Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for detecting cargo in a container image using container wall background removal. The method of detecting cargo in a container image according to an aspect of the present invention includes: receiving a backscatter X-ray target container image captured on a target container; acquiring a backscatter X-ray empty target container wall image of an empty container that corresponds to the target container and a capturing condition of the backscatter X-ray target container image; generating a difference image in which a wall background of the target container is removed based on the backscatter X-ray target container image and the backscatter X-ray empty target container wall image; and detecting cargo included in the target container based on the difference image.

Abstract: Provided is a system for detecting an internal load by using an X-ray image of a container. The system includes an X-ray imaging unit and configured to image a target with X-rays, a database that stores an X-ray reference image obtained by imaging a target having an empty interior according to X-ray imaging information including an X-ray imaging condition, a condition detection unit that acquires X-ray imaging information when the target is imaged, a comparison image selection unit that selects an X-ray reference image from the database, a matching unit that matches a difference between the X-ray image of the target and the selected X-ray reference image, and an internal load detection unit that obtains a difference image from the X-ray image and the X-ray reference image, and detects an internal loading image having no background of the X-ray image of the target through the obtained difference image.

Abstract: The apparatus for an X-ray data generation according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a processor that receives 3D data to generate output data and a buffer, and the processor includes an extraction unit that extracts raw object data from the 3D data and projects the raw object data onto a 2D plane to generate first object data, an augmentation unit that performs data augmentation on the first object data to generate second object data, a composition unit that synthesizes the second object data and background data to generate composite data, and a post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the composite data to generate the output data, and the buffer stores a plurality of parameters related to generation of the first object data, the second object data, the composite data, and the output data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for generating X-ray data including a processor that receives first image data indicating that a hidden item is hidden in a non-hidden item, and second image data indicating the non-hidden item, and generates output data and a buffer. The processor includes an extraction unit that extracts first hidden data corresponding to the hidden item from the first image data, a shape change unit that generates second hidden data by performing a shape change on the first hidden data, an interpolation unit that generates third image data by performing interpolation based on the second image data and the second hidden data, and a projection unit that generates the output data by projecting the third image data onto a 2D plane. The buffer stores a plurality of parameters associated with generation of the first hidden data, the second hidden data, the third image data, and the output data.

Abstract: The apparatus for an X-ray data generation according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a processor that receives 3D data to generate output data and a buffer, and the processor includes an extraction unit that extracts raw object data from the 3D data and projects the raw object data onto a 2D plane to generate first object data, an augmentation unit that performs data augmentation on the first object data to generate second object data, a composition unit that synthesizes the second object data and background data to generate composite data, and a post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the composite data to generate the output data, and the buffer stores a plurality of parameters related to generation of the first object data, the second object data, the composite data, and the output data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operation-path recommendation method and apparatus. In the present disclosure, by an operation-path recommendation apparatus, a blood vessel graph model is generated based on patient's anatomical information, a plurality of candidate paths between defined start and destination points is extracted; node information on at least one node in each of the candidate paths is extracted; a cost function is applied to each candidate path, based on the extracted node information.

Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a medical imaging device. The method includes receiving a 3D medical image, generating a 2D medical image from the 3D medical image based in a plate interpolation, and displaying the 2D medical image by using plate interpolation based weight information and interest region information.

Abstract: A digital breast tomosynthesis system includes an object fixing unit including first and second fixing plates, a first vibration plate moved in linkage with the first fixing plate and a second vibration plate moved in linkage with the second fixing plate, and configured to fix the object between the first and second vibration plates, an X-ray generator configured to project X-ray toward the object; an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-ray, a vibration generating device configured to vibrate the first and second vibration plates at a set frequency, and a vibration control device configured to control the vibration generating device by generating a vibration signal corresponding to the set frequency, wherein the X-ray generator projects the X-ray at specific time intervals on the basis of the set frequency.

Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a medical imaging device. The method includes receiving a 3D medical image, generating a 2D medical image from the 3D medical image based in a plate interpolation, and displaying the 2D medical image by using plate interpolation based weight information and interest region information.

Abstract: Provided herein is an image interpretation auxiliary method for breast lesion diagnosis, the method including obtaining, by an image interpretation auxiliary apparatus, a plurality of 3D images photographed from a breast; determining, by the image interpretation auxiliary apparatus, a first image of among the plurality of 3D images as a basic image; and creating an image for interpretation, by the image interpretation auxiliary apparatus, by combining information related to a second image of among the plurality of 3D images with the first image.

Abstract: A digital breast tomosynthesis system includes an object fixing unit including first and second fixing plates, a first vibration plate moved in linkage with the first fixing plate and a second vibration plate moved in linkage with the second fixing plate, and configured to fix the object between the first and second vibration plates, an X-ray generator configured to project X-ray toward the object; an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-ray, a vibration generating device configured to vibrate the first and second vibration plates at a set frequency, and a vibration control device configured to control the vibration generating device by generating a vibration signal corresponding to the set frequency, wherein the X-ray generator projects the X-ray at specific time intervals on the basis of the set frequency.

Abstract: An ultrasound scanning assistance apparatus for diagnosis of a breast cancer is provided. The ultrasound scanning assistance apparatus includes a fixing container including a scan surface to scan an ultrasound transducer adapted to diagnose a breast cancer and a soft membrane to contact a surface of a human body; and a buffer fluid controller to control a hydraulic pressure of a buffer fluid filling the fixing container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing anatomical information, including: loading, by an apparatus for providing anatomical information, image information about a patient; obtaining, by the apparatus for providing anatomical information, information about a blood vessel or an organ related to a specific surgery from the image information about the patient; generating, by the apparatus for providing anatomical information, a three-dimensional (3D) model by using the information about the blood vessel or the organ; and generating, by the apparatus for providing anatomical information, a two-dimensional (2D) model in a form of a diagram from the 3D model.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operation-path recommendation method and apparatus. In the present disclosure, by an operation-path recommendation apparatus, a blood vessel graph model is generated based on patient's anatomical information, a plurality of candidate paths between defined start and destination points is extracted; node information on at least one node in each of the candidate paths is extracted; a cost function is applied to each candidate path, based on the extracted node information.

Abstract: Provided herein is an image interpretation auxiliary method for breast lesion diagnosis, the method including obtaining, by an image interpretation auxiliary apparatus, a plurality of 3D images photographed from a breast; determining, by the image interpretation auxiliary apparatus, a first image of among the plurality of 3D images as a basic image; and creating an image for interpretation, by the image interpretation auxiliary apparatus, by combining information related to a second image of among the plurality of 3D images with the first image.

Abstract: An ultrasound scanning assistance apparatus for diagnosis of a breast cancer is provided. The ultrasound scanning assistance apparatus includes a fixing container including a scan surface to scan an ultrasound transducer adapted to diagnose a breast cancer and a soft membrane to contact a surface of a human body; and a buffer fluid controller to control a hydraulic pressure of a buffer fluid filling the fixing container.

Abstract: There is provided a movement input apparatus applied to a steering apparatus and a mobile control system using the same. In detail, the steering apparatus performing steering or adjusting functions includes: a movement input apparatus including a signal detector that is attached or embedded in a surface of a steering apparatus and uses a resistive conductive yarn to detect finger contact signals; an estimator that receives the finger contact signals detected in the signal detector to estimate a status of an operator; and a display unit that converts and displays the estimated movement of the operator into signals of a type able to be sensed by a user; an extractor that analyzes the status information transmitted from the transmitter to extract the operational signals of the user; a controller that generates and transmits control signals for external devices according to the extracted operational signals of the user.

Abstract: A seating sensing device embedded in a seat includes: a variable resistance unit generating resistance values corresponding to the circumference of the seat through a plurality of conductive threads installed in the seat; and a signal analysis unit analyzing variable quantities of the resistance values to acquire activity information on one or more of whether a user is seated or not, a seating posture, and a seating posture change.

Abstract: There is provided a method for detecting Ground Glass Opacity (GGO) using chest computed tomography. The method includes detecting a candidate cell having a brightness value within a detection range by sequentially scanning a three-dimensional image of a pulmonary region, and designating the candidate cell as a seed cell when surrounding cells of the candidate cell have brightness values within the detection range; when a plurality of seed cells are obtained by the designating of the candidate cell as a seed cell, grouping adjacent seed cells to obtain one or more candidate zones; and detecting one or more zones, which have a greater size than a GGO detection size and including therein more than the detection reference number of seed cells, out of the one or more candidate zones, and setting the detected one or more zones as one or more GGO candidates.