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Hyoun-Joong Kong

Seoul National University · Medicine

About the Lab

Professor Hyoun-Joong Kong's research lab specializes in the intersection of biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, and digital health, focusing on developing advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques for medical image analysis and surgical skill assessment. The lab explores federated learning to address medical data privacy while enhancing diagnostic accuracy in conditions such as thyroid nodules, and investigates smart health technologies—particularly IoT and AI-driven interventions—for improving metabolic health outcomes in aging and obese populations. A key focus is on creating personalized, data-driven healthcare solutions through innovative applications of generative models and motion analysis.

federated learningsurgical skill assessmentmedical image analysissmart healthdata augmentation

Research Overview

Papers
155
Total Citations
2,171
Papers (5y)
67
Primary Field
Medicine

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
67total
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Citations per year (5y)
459total
20222023202420252026

Selected Papers

15
1
editorial|189 citations·2019
Managing Unstructured Big Data in Healthcare System
Hyoun‐Joong Kong
SJR Q2Healthcare Informatics ResearchOA
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine
2
Article|144 citations·2016
Effects of home-based tele-exercise on sarcopenia among community-dwelling elderly adults: Body composition and functional fitness
Jee-Young Hong, Jeongeun Kim, Sukwha Kim, Hyoun‐Joong Kong
SJR Q1Experimental Gerontology
PhysiologyMedicine
3
Article|103 citations·2020
Evaluation of Surgical Skills during Robotic Surgery by Deep Learning-Based Multiple Surgical Instrument Tracking in Training and Actual Operations
Dongheon Lee, Hyeong Won Yu, Hyungju Kwon, Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Kyu Eun Lee, Hee Chan Kim
SJR Q1Journal of Clinical MedicineOA

As the number of robotic surgery procedures has increased, so has the importance of evaluating surgical skills in these techniques. It is difficult, however, to automatically and quantitatively evaluate surgical skills during robotic surgery, as these skills are primarily associated with the movement of surgical instruments. This study proposes a deep learning-based surgical instrument tracking algorithm to evaluate surgeons’ skills in performing procedures by robotic surgery. This method overca

SurgeryMedicine
4
Article|73 citations·2021
Federated Learning for Thyroid Ultrasound Image Analysis to Protect Personal Information: Validation Study in a Real Health Care Environment
Haeyun Lee, Young Jun Chai, Hyunjin Joo, Kyungsu Lee, Jae Youn Hwang, Seok‐Mo Kim, Kwangsoon Kim, Inn‐Chul Nam, June Young Choi, Hyeong Won Yu, Myung‐Chul Lee, Hiroo Masuoka
SJR Q1JMIR Medical InformaticsOA

BACKGROUND: Federated learning is a decentralized approach to machine learning; it is a training strategy that overcomes medical data privacy regulations and generalizes deep learning algorithms. Federated learning mitigates many systemic privacy risks by sharing only the model and parameters for training, without the need to export existing medical data sets. In this study, we performed ultrasound image analysis using federated learning to predict whether thyroid nodules were benign or malignan

Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science
5
Article|23 citations·2017
Effects of prolonged exercise versus multiple short exercise sessions on risk for metabolic syndrome and the atherogenic index in middle-aged obese women: a randomised controlled trial
Jinwook Chung, Kwangjun Kim, Jee-Young Hong, Hyoun‐Joong Kong
SJR Q1BMC Women s HealthOA

The findings indicate that prolonged exercise is superior to multiple short sessions for improving the risk of metabolic syndrome and the atherogenic index in middle-aged obese women. However, multiple short sessions can be recommended as an alternative to prolonged exercise when the goal is to decrease blood glucose or waist circumference.

PhysiologyMedicine
6
Article|21 citations·2022
Usage of the Internet of Things in Medical Institutions and its Implications
Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Sunhee An, Sohye Lee, Sujin Cho, Jee-Young Hong, Sungwan Kim, Saram Lee
SJR Q2Healthcare Informatics ResearchOA

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore new ways of creating value in the medical field and to derive recommendations for the role of medical institutions and the government. METHODS: In this paper, based on expert discussion, we classified Internet of Things (IoT) technologies into four categories according to the type of information they collect (location, environmental parameters, energy consumption, and biometrics), and investigated examples of application. RESULTS: Biometric Io

Computer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science
7
Article|19 citations·2014
헬스케어 스마트홈 운동프로그램이 비만 여성 노인의 대사증후군 위험요인에 미치는 효과
공현중, 김정은, 황은진, 홍지영, 김석화
한국노년학

본 연구는 유헬스 기반의 스마트홈 기술에 운동서비스의 개념을 더한 헬스케어 스마트홈 운동프로그램이 비만 여성 노인의 대사증후군 위험요인에 미치는 효과를 알아보는 데 목적이 있다. 연구대상자는 서울시 K구의 영구임대주택단지에 거주하는 체지방률 30%이상의 비만 여성 노인 중 헬스케어 스마트홈 서비스에 참여를 희망하는 자로 운동군 21명(77.19±6.94세), 통제군 13명(74.08±6.73세)으로 분류하였다. 헬스케어 스마트홈 운동프로그램은 유산소운동과 저항운동의 복합운동 형태로 12주 동안 하루 30~50분, 주당 3회로 실시하였고, 운동전후 대사증후군 위험요인을 측정하였다. 검사결과에 대한 운동효과 분석을 위해 각 변인별로 이원 반복측정 분산분석(repeated measures two-way ANOVA)을 실시하였으며 통계학적 유의수준은 α=.05로 하였다. 12주간의 헬스케어 스마트홈 운동프로그램 실시 후, 대사증후군 위험요인 중 허리둘레(p=.034)에서 사전사후 시기 및

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Article|16 citations·2022
Automation of generative adversarial network-based synthetic data-augmentation for maximizing the diagnostic performance with paranasal imaging
Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Jin Youp Kim, Hye-Min Moon, Hae Chan Park, Jeong‐Whun Kim, Ruth Lim, Jonghye Woo, Georges El Fakhri, Dae Woo Kim, Sungwan Kim
SJR Q1Scientific ReportsOA

Thus far, there have been no reported specific rules for systematically determining the appropriate augmented sample size to optimize model performance when conducting data augmentation. In this paper, we report on the feasibility of synthetic data augmentation using generative adversarial networks (GAN) by proposing an automation pipeline to find the optimal multiple of data augmentation to achieve the best deep learning-based diagnostic performance in a limited dataset. We used Waters' view ra

Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science
9
Article|15 citations·2023
Deep Learning of Speech Data for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease in the Elderly
Kichan Ahn, Minwoo Cho, Sukwha Kim, Kyu Eun Lee, Yoojin Song, Seok Yoo, So Yeon Jeon, Jeong Lan Kim, Dae Hyun Yoon, Hyoun‐Joong Kong
SJR Q2BioengineeringOA

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, which makes the lives of patients and their families difficult for various reasons. Therefore, early detection of AD is crucial to alleviating the symptoms through medication and treatment. OBJECTIVE: Given that AD strongly induces language disorders, this study aims to detect AD rapidly by analyzing the language characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The mini-mental state examination for dementia screening (MMSE-DS), whi

Psychiatry and Mental healthMedicine
10
Article|12 citations·2024
Density clustering-based automatic anatomical section recognition in colonoscopy video using deep learning
Byeong Soo Kim, Minwoo Cho, Goh Eun Chung, Jooyoung Lee, Hae Yeon Kang, Dan Yoon, Woo Sang Cho, Jung Chan Lee, Jung Ho Bae, Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Sungwan Kim
SJR Q1Scientific ReportsOA

Recognizing anatomical sections during colonoscopy is crucial for diagnosing colonic diseases and generating accurate reports. While recent studies have endeavored to identify anatomical regions of the colon using deep learning, the deformable anatomical characteristics of the colon pose challenges for establishing a reliable localization system. This study presents a system utilizing 100 colonoscopy videos, combining density clustering and deep learning. Cascaded CNN models are employed to esti

OncologyMedicine
11
Article|8 citations·2005
Three dimensional reconstruction of conventional stereo optic disc image
Hyoun‐Joong Kong, S.K. Kim, Jinwook Seo, K.H. Park, H. Chung, K.S. Park, H.C. Kim

Stereo disc photograph was analyzed and reconstructed as 3 dimensional contour image to evaluate the status of the optic nerve head for the early detection of glaucoma and the evaluation of the efficacy of treatment. Stepwise preprocessing was introduced to detect the edge of the optic nerve head and retinal vessels and reduce noises. Paired images were registered by power cepstrum method and zero-mean normalized cross-correlation. After Gaussian blurring, median filter application and disparity

OphthalmologyMedicine
12
Article|8 citations·2016
Oxygen saturation and perfusion index from pulse oximetry in adult volunteers with viable incisors
Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Teo Jeon Shin, Hong‐Keun Hyun, Young‐Jae Kim, Jung‐Wook Kim, Won‐Jun Shon
SJR Q2Acta Odontologica ScandinavicaOA

Although there are some limitations to our study, these results may prove useful for detecting teeth with impaired vitality and non-invasively differentiating between necrotic and vital pulp.

Biomedical EngineeringEngineering
13
Article|7 citations·2022
Tele-consent using mixed reality glasses (NREAL) in pediatric inguinal herniorrhaphy: a preliminary study
Won‐Gun Yun, Joong Kee Youn, Dayoung Ko, Inhwa Yeom, Hyunjin Joo, Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Hyun‐Young Kim
SJR Q1Scientific ReportsOA

There is an increasing demand and need for patients and caregivers to actively participate in the treatment process. However, when there are unexpected findings during pediatrics surgery, access restrictions in the operating room may lead to a lack of understanding of the medical condition, as the caregivers are forced to indirectly hear about it. To overcome this, we designed a tele-consent system that operates through a specially constructed mixed reality (MR) environment during surgery. We en

SurgeryMedicine
14
Article|6 citations·2022
Augmented Reality‐Based Visual Cue for Guiding Central Catheter Insertion in Pediatric Oncologic Patients
Joong Kee Youn, Dongheon Lee, Dayoung Ko, Inhwa Yeom, Hyunjin Joo, Hee Chan Kim, Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Hyun‐Young Kim, Hyun‐Young Kim, Hyun‐Young Kim
SJR Q1World Journal of Surgery

BACKGROUND: Pediatric hemato-oncologic patients require central catheters for chemotherapy, and the junction of the superior vena cava and right atrium is considered the ideal location for catheter tips. Skin landmarks or fluoroscopic supports have been applied to identify the cavoatrial junction; however, none has been recognized as the gold standard. Therefore, we aim to develop a safe and accurate technique using augmented reality technology for the location of the cavoatrial junction in pedi

Emergency Medical ServicesHealth Professions
15
Article|5 citations·2014
Effects of Healthcare Smart Home Exercise Program on the Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors of Obese Elderly Women
Hyoun‐Joong Kong, Jeongeun Kim, Eunjin Hwang, Jee-Young Hong, Sukwha Kim
Journal of the Korea Gerontological Society
Information SystemsComputer Science

Research Areas

PhysiologySurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBiomedical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionOncology

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