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KMID : 0363620140350030070
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2014 Volume.35 No. 3 p.70 ~ p.92
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Using Ultrasonography in Korean Medicine to Observe Organs and Diseases, and Evidence of its Use
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Baek Tae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Objectives: Due to advance of science and IT technology, high tech imaging equipment like ultrasonography, CT, MRI and PET scan is constantly being developed and progressed; use of these techniques is needed for Korean medicine.
Methods: Historical study was undertaken on the evidence of using ultrasonography. Normal organs and various sorts of diseases were also observed by ultrasonography.
Results: Korean medicine judges disease of internal organs and condition of health by symptoms of functional disease and organic disease based on anatomical theory. Ultrasonography based on anatomical theory is non-invasive and free from radiation exposure and can be performed directly from clinical practice in real-time. Ultrasonography can be a big help for securing the stability of the internal organs in inserting needles in the thorax and abdomen as well as diagnosing functional and organic diseases based on anatomical theory.
Conclusion: We look forward to a great development of scientification and objectification of Korean medicine by using and researching imaging equipment based on anatomical theory as well as ultrasonography.
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KEYWORD
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ultrasonography, anatomy, five viscera and six entrails, echo, average depth of needle insertion
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