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Recognition of Moving Objects by Image Processing and its Applications
Katsumi Moriwaki,Yuki Katayama,Katsuyuki Tanaka,Ruzo Hikami 제어로봇시스템학회 2009 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2009 No.8
We are developing a guide robot and an autonomous small vehicle to assist the visually impaired person and the aged. Various functions for support are installed in the guide robot, especially, obstacle avoidance functions necessary to ensure the safty of the user. When the guide robot is moving, the avoidance of not only the static objects but also moving objects is necessary. As the guide robot estimates the direction of the movement of approaching objects and emits a warning about its own movement, the user and the guide robot can safely pass by moving objects such as pedestrians and bicycles. In this research, we aim at the improvement of the safety of the guide robot and it proposes a method of recognizing moving objects by image processing.
Takahiro Machida,Takahiko Hirooka,Akihisa Watanabe,Hinako Katayama,Yuki Matsukubo 대한견주관절학회 2024 대한견주관절의학회지 Vol.27 No.1
Background: Rotator cuff tears are often associated with synovitis, but the ability of noninvasive ultrasonography to predict the severity of synovitis remains unclear. We investigated whether ultrasound parameters, namely peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery and Doppler activity in the glenohumeral joint and subacromial space, reflect synovitis severity. Methods: A total of 54 patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair were selected. Doppler ultrasound was used to measure peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery and Doppler activity in the glenohumeral joint and subacromial space, and these values were compared with the intraoperative synovitis score in univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: Univariate analyses revealed that tear size, peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery, and Doppler activity in the glenohumeral joint were associated with synovitis in the glenohumeral joint (P=0.02, P<0.001, P=0.02, respectively). In the subacromial space, tear size, peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery, and Doppler activity in the subacromial space were associated with synovitis severity (P=0.02, P<0.001, P=0.02, respectively). Multivariate analyses indicated that tear size and peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery were independently associated with synovitis scores in both the glenohumeral joint and the subacromial space (all P<0.05). Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that tear size and peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery, which can both be measured noninvasively, are useful indicators of synovitis severity. Level of evidence: IV.
Genomic Basis for Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Keiichi Hiramatsu,Teruyo Ito,Sae Tsubakishita,Takashi Sasaki,Fumihiko Takeuchi,Yuh Morimoto,Yuki Katayama,Miki Matsuo,Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai,Tomomi Hishinuma,Tadashi Baba 대한감염학회 2013 Infection and Chemotherapy Vol.45 No.2
Since the discovery of the first strain in 1961 in England, MRSA, the most notorious multidrug-resistant hospital pathogen, has spread all over the world. MRSA repeatedly turned down the challenges by number of chemotherapeutics, the fruits of modern organic chemistry. Now, we are in short of effective therapeutic agents against MRSA prevailing among immuno-compromised patients in the hospital. On top of this, we recently became aware of the rise of diverse clones of MRSA, some of which have increased pathogenic potential compared to the classical hospital-associated MRSA, and the others from veterinary sources. They increased rapidly in the community, and started menacing otherwise healthy individuals by causing unexpected acute infection. This review is intended to provide a whole picture of MRSA based on its genetic makeup as a versatile pathogen and our tenacious colonizer.
Sayed Samim Rahpaya,Shinobu Tsuchiaka,Mai Kishimoto,Mami Oba,Yukie Katayama,Yuka Nunomura,Saki Kokawa,Takashi Kimura,Atsushi Kobayashi,Yumi Kirino,Tamaki Okabayashi,Nariaki Nonaka,Hirohisa Mekata,Hiro 대한수의학회 2018 Journal of Veterinary Science Vol.19 No.3
Bovine abortion, diarrhea, and respiratory disease complexes, caused by infectious agents, result in high and significant economic losses for the cattle industry. These pathogens are likely transmitted by various vectors and reservoirs including insects, birds, and rodents. However, experimental data supporting this possibility are scarce. We collected 117 samples and screened them for 44 bovine abortive, diarrheal, and respiratory disease complex pathogens by using Dembo polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is based on TaqMan real-time PCR. Fifty-seven samples were positive for at least one pathogen, including bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine enterovirus, Salmonella enterica ser. Dublin, Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium, and Neospora caninum; some samples were positive for multiple pathogens. Bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine enterovirus were the most frequently detected pathogens, especially in flies, suggesting an important role of flies in the transmission of these viruses. Additionally, we detected the N. caninum genome from a cockroach sample for the first time. Our data suggest that insects (particularly flies), birds, and rodents are potential vectors and reservoirs of abortion, diarrhea, and respiratory infectious agents, and that they may transmit more than one pathogen at the same time.