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기계학습을 이용한 광학 위성 영상 기반의 도시 내 수목 피복률 추정 (Estimation of Fractional Urban Tree Canopy Cover through Machine Learning Using Optical Satellite Images)

  • 배세정;손보경;성태준;이연수;임정호;강유진
    • 대한원격탐사학회지
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    • 제39권5_3호
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    • pp.1009-1029
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    • 2023
  • 도시 수목은 탄소를 저장하고 불투수면적을 감소시키는 도시 생태계의 중요 요소이며, 탄소 저장량 및 순환량 산정 시 주요 정보로 활용될 수 있다. 많은 선행 연구에서 항공 라이다 자료 및 인공지능 기법을 활용하여 고해상도 수목 정보를 산출하고 있으나, 항공 라이다 영상은 제공하는 플랫폼이 제한되어 있으며 비용적인 면에서도 한계가 다수 존재한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 수원시를 대상으로 자료 취득이 용이한 고해상도 위성 영상인 Sentinel-2를 활용하여 기계학습 기반의 도시 내 수목 피복률(fractional tree canopy cover, FTC)을 추정하고자 하였다. Sentinel-2 시계열 영상으로부터 중앙값 합성을 수행하여 수원시 전역에 대한 단일 영상을 제작하여 활용하였다. 도시 내 토지 피복의 이질성을 반영하기 위하여, 30 m 격자내 10 m 해상도의 광학 지수의 평균 및 표준편차 값과 환경부 세분류 토지 피복 지도 기반 항목별 피복률을 계산하여 기계학습 모델의 입력 변수로 활용하였다. 총 4가지의 입력 변수 조합을 설정하여, 입력 변수 구성에 따른 FTC 추정 정확도를 비교 및 평가하였다. 광학 영상의 평균 정보만을 활용(Scheme 1)했을 때 보다 도시 내 이질적인 특성을 반영할 수 있는 표준 편차 및 피복률 정보를 모두 함께 고려(Scheme 4, S4)했을 때 향상된 성능을 나타낼 수 있었다. 검증용 자료에 대해 S4의 Random Forest (RF) 모델이 0.8196의 R2, 0.0749의 mean absolute error (MAE), 및 0.1022의 root mean squared error (RMSE)로 전체 기계학습 모델 중에서 성능이 가장 높게 나타났다. 변수 기여도 분석 결과 광학 지수의 표준 편차 정보는 도시 내 복잡한 토지 피복 지역에 대해 높은 기여도를 나타내었다. 훈련된 S4 구성의 RF 모델을 수원시 전역에 대해 확장 적용하였을 때, 참조 FTC 자료에 대해 0.8702의 R2, 0.0873의 MAE, 및 0.1335의 RMSE의 우수한 성능을 나타냈다. 본 연구의 FTC 추정 기법은 향후 다른 지역에 대한 적용성이 우수할 것으로 판단되며, 도시 생태계 탄소순환 파악의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

대기온도와 CO2 농도 증가에 따른 우점잡초 깨풀의 제초제 약효 및 콩 약해 변화 (Effects of Increasing Air Temperatures and CO2 Concentrations on Herbicide Efficacy of Acalypha australis and Phytotoxicity of Soybean Crops)

  • 이효진;박현화;김예건;이도진;국용인
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제68권3호
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    • pp.121-133
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구의 목적은 기후변화에 따른 이산화탄소와 온도의 변화에 따른 콩밭 우점잡초 깨풀의 생장과 주요 4종의 경엽처리 제초제와 4종의 토양처리 제초제에 대한 약효와 콩의 약해를 평가하여 잡초 관리 방안을 마련하는 데 있다. 생장상과 온실상 조건하에서 온도가 증가할수록 깨풀의 초장 및 생체중은 증가하였다. 이산화탄소 농도에 따른 Fv/Fm, ETR, 초장, 엽면적 및 지상부 생체중은 400 ppm보다 800 ppm에서 더 높았다. 깨풀에 대한 경엽처리제 glufosinate 약효의 경우 생장상 조건의 20℃ 및 25℃보다 30℃에서 온실 상조건의 21℃ 및 25℃보다 29℃에서 감소하였다. 반대로 mecoprop의 경우 생장상 조건의 30℃에 비해 20℃에서 온실상 조건의 29℃에 비해 21℃에서 약효가 감소하였다. 경엽처리제 glyphosate의 경우 온실상 조건하에서는 25℃와 29℃에 비해 21℃에서 약효가 감소하였다. Bentazone을 생장상 조건하에서 1/2량 처리하였을 때 25℃와 30℃에 비해 20℃에서 약효가 감소하였다. 그러나 온실상 조건하에서는 21℃와 25℃에 비해 29℃에서 약효가 감소하였다. 깨풀에 대한 토양처리제 경우 생장상과 온실상 조건하에서 metolachlor와 ethalfluraline의 약효는 온도가 상대적으로 높은 조건하에서 약효가 높았다. 그러나 linuron의 경우는 생장상과 온실상의 온도에 상관없이 약효차이가 없었다. Alachlor의 경우 온실상 조건하에서 19℃와 23℃에 비해 27℃에서 약효가 감소하였다. 경엽처리 제초제 4종을 표준량으로 깨풀에 처리하였을 때 이산화탄소농도에 따른 차이는 없었다. 그러나 깨풀에 glyphosate 1/4량 처리하였을 때 이산화탄소 농도가 400 ppm보다 800 ppm일 때 약효는 감소하였다. 반대로 bentazone를 1/4량 처리하였을 때 이산화탄소 농도가 400 ppm보다 800 ppm일 때 약효는 증가하였다. Glufosinate은 처리약량에 상관없이 이산화탄소 농도에 따른 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 토양처리 제초제 ethalfluralin을 1/4량 처리하였을 때는 이산화탄소의 농도가 800 ppm일 때 약효가 더 높았다. 그 외의 제초제의 경우 이산화탄소 농도와 상관없이 깨풀의 약효에는 차이가 없었다. 콩에 토양처리 제초제를 표준량과 표준량의 2배량을 처리하였을 때 온도와 이산화탄소 농도에 따른 약해는 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 따라서 온도와 이산화탄소 농도 증가에 기인하여 일부 제초제에 대한 잡초 약효 차이가 있어 기후변화에 의한 새로운 잡초 관리 방법을 개발해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

물의 취득 및 정수와 관련된 적정기술 교육 프로그램 개발 및 적용 (Development and Application of an Appropriate Technology Educational Program Related to Water Acquisition and Purification)

  • 김형욱;정소진;정소리;문성윤
    • 과학교육연구지
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    • 제47권3호
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    • pp.238-250
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 물의 취득과 정수와 관련된 적정기술 프로그램이 초등학생의 과학적 태도와 창의적 문제 해결력에 미치는 영향을 탐색하고자 한 것이다. 이를 위해 총 8차시의 적정기술과 관련된 학습 프로그램을 개발하였다. 프로그램은 물의 취득과 관련된 과학적 원리 및 와카타워 적정기술에 대한 탐구를 수행하는 차시와 물의 정수와 관련된 라이프 스트로우 및 드링커블북 탐구 실험이 포함된 차시, 창의적인 아이디어와 설계를 통한 실천적 과제를 제시한 차시, 캠페인 활동을 수행하는 차시로 구성하였다. 연구 대상은 초등학교 6학년 2개 학급 학생 51명으로 하였으며, 환경과 상황에 맞도록 수정한 과학적 태도 검사지와 창의적 문제 해결력 검사지를 사전, 사후에 투입하여 대응표본 t-검정을 수행하였다. 또한 사후 검사지를 대상으로 과학적 태도와 창의적 문제 해결력 사이의 상관관계를 알아보면서 프로그램 적용 후 학생들이 견지하게 된 하위영역 간의 관계를 알아보았다. 연구결과 과학적 태도 중 호기심, 개방성, 협동성, 창의성은 사전 검사 전체 평균과 사후 검사 전체 평균을 비교하여 보았을 때, 평균값의 상승과 통계적으로 유의미한 결과를 나타내었다. 창의적 문제 해결력의 경우에는 특정영역 숙달 여부 영역 및 확산적 사고의 영역은 통계적으로 유의미한 결과를 나타내었다. 아울러 상관관계 분석 결과, 과학적 태도의 협동성은 창의적 문제 해결력 모든 영역과 유의미한 상관관계를 가지고 있었으며 비판적 논리적 사고 하위영역과 가장 높은 상관계수를 나타내었다. 창의적 문제 해결력의 4개 영역은 과학적 태도의 하위영역과 다수의 유의미한 상관관계를 가지고 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 앞으로 적정기술과 관련된 주제의 적용과 방향 그리고 학생들의 다양한 반응에 대하여 시사점을 얻을 수 있었다.

멀티 모달리티 데이터 활용을 통한 골다공증 단계 다중 분류 시스템 개발: 합성곱 신경망 기반의 딥러닝 적용 (Multi-classification of Osteoporosis Grading Stages Using Abdominal Computed Tomography with Clinical Variables : Application of Deep Learning with a Convolutional Neural Network)

  • 하태준;김희상;강성욱;이두희;김우진;문기원;최현수;김정현;김윤;박소현;박상원
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.187-201
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    • 2024
  • 골다공증은 전 세계적으로 주요한 건강 문제임에도 불구하고, 골절 발생 전까지 쉽게 발견되지 않는 단점을 가지고 있습니다. 본 연구에서는 골다공증 조기 발견 능력 향상을 위해, 복부 컴퓨터 단층 촬영(Computed Tomography, CT) 영상을 활용하여 정상-골감소증-골다공증으로 구분되는 골다공증 단계를 체계적으로 분류할 수 있는 딥러닝(Deep learning, DL) 시스템을 개발하였습니다. 총 3,012개의 조영제 향상 복부 CT 영상과 개별 환자의 이중 에너지 X선 흡수 계측법(Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, DXA)으로 얻은 T-점수를 활용하여 딥러닝 모델 개발을 수행하였습니다. 모든 딥러닝 모델은 비정형 이미지 데이터, 정형 인구 통계 정보 및 비정형 영상 데이터와 정형 데이터를 동시에 활용하는 다중 모달 방법에 각각 모델 구현을 실현하였으며, 모든 환자들은 T-점수를 통해 정상, 골감소증 및 골다공증 그룹으로 분류되었습니다. 가장 높은 정확도를 갖는 모델 우수성은 비정형-정형 결합 데이터 모델이 가장 우수하였으며, 수신자 조작 특성 곡선 아래 면적이 0.94와 정확도가 0.80를 제시하였습니다. 구현된 딥러닝 모델은 그라디언트 가중치 클래스 활성화 매핑(Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping, Grad-CAM)을 통해 해석되어 이미지 내에서 임상적으로 관련된 특징을 강조했고, 대퇴 경부가 골다공증을 통해 골절 발생이 높은 위험 부위임을 밝혔습니다. 이 연구는 DL이 임상 데이터에서 골다공증 단계를 정확하게 식별할 수 있음을 보여주며, 조기에 골다공증을 탐지하고 적절한 치료로 골절 위험을 줄일 수 있는 복부 컴퓨터 단층 촬영 영상의 잠재력을 제시할 수 있습니다.

딥러닝 기반 윤곽정보 추출자를 활용한 RPC 보정 기술 적용성 분석 (Analysis of Applicability of RPC Correction Using Deep Learning-Based Edge Information Algorithm)

  • 허재원;이창희;서두천;오재홍;이창노;한유경
    • 대한원격탐사학회지
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    • 제40권4호
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    • pp.387-396
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    • 2024
  • 대부분의 고해상도 위성영상은 rational polynomial coefficients (RPC) 정보를 제공하여 지상좌표와 영상좌표 간 변환을 수행한다. 그러나 초기 RPC에는 기하학적 오차가 존재하여 ground control points (GCPs)와의 정합을 통해 보정을 수행하여야 한다. GCP chip은 항공정사영상에서 추출한 높이 정보가 포함된 작은 영상 패치(patch)이다. 많은 선행연구에서는 영역 기반 정합 기법을 사용하여 고해상도 위성영상과 GCP chip 간 정합을 수행하였다. 계절적 차이나 변화된 지역이 존재하는 영상에서는 화소값에 의존하는 정합이 어렵기 때문에 윤곽 정보를 추출하여 정합을 수행하기도 한다. 그러나 일반적으로 사용하는 canny 기법으로 정합에 용이한 윤곽을 추출하기 위해서는 위성영상의 분광 특성에 적절한 임계치를 설정해주어야 하는 문제가 존재한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 위성영상의 지역별 특성에 둔감한 윤곽 정보를 활용하여 RPC 보정을 위한 정합을 수행하고자 한다. 이를 위해 딥러닝 기반 윤곽 정보 추출 네트워크인 pixel difference network (PiDiNet)를 활용하여 위성영상과 GCP chip의 윤곽맵(edge map)을 각각 생성하였다. 그 후 생성된 윤곽맵을 normalized cross-correlation과 relative edge cross-correlation의 입력데이터로 대체하여 영역 기반의 정합을 수행하였다. 마지막으로 RPC 보정에 필요한 변환모델 계수를 도출하기 위하여 data snooping 기법을 반복적으로 적용하여 참정합쌍을 추출하였다. 오정합쌍을 제거한 참정합쌍에 대해 root mean square error (RMSE)를 도출하고 기존에 사용하던 상관관계 기법과 결과를 정성적으로 비교하였다. 실험 결과, PiDiNet은 약 0.3~0.9 화소의 RMSE 값 분포를 보였으나 canny 기법에 비해 두꺼운 윤곽을 나타내어 일부 영상에서 미세하게 정확도가 저하되는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나 위성영상 내 특징적인 윤곽을 일관적으로 나타냄으로써 정합이 어려운 지역에서도 정합이 잘 수행되는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 윤곽 기반 정합 기법의 강인성을 개선하여 다양한 지역에서의 정합을 수행할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

Sensory Information Processing

  • Yoshimoto, Chiyoshi
    • 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1985
  • The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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High Resolution HC$_3$N Observations toward the Central Region of Sagittarius B2

  • H.S-Ching;Oh, M.ishi;M.Morimoto
    • 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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    • 한국우주과학회 1993년도 한국우주과학회보 제2권2호
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    • pp.17-17
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    • 1993
  • The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70${\pm}$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32${\pm}$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500,550,570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500,550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100,300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3,000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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비닐하우스 농작업자의 피로도와 주관적 신체증상에 관한 연구 (A Cross-Sectional Study on Fatigue and Self-Reported Physical Symptoms of Vinylhouse Farmers)

  • 임경순;김정남
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.15-29
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    • 2003
  • 본 연구는 비닐하우스 농작업자의 만성적인 피로도와 주관적 신체증상의 정도를 파악하여 비닐하우스 농작업자들이 건강을 예방하고 증진시킬 수 있는 필요한 중재방안의 개발에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 시도되었다. 자료수집기간은 2003년 5월 25일부터 2003년 6월 25일까지로, 1개 보건진료소가 관할하고 있는 지역의 비닐하우스 농작업자 166명을 대상으로 질문지를 사용하여 자료를 수집하였으며, 연구도구는 일본산업위생협회 산업피로연구회[13]가 개발한 30개 항목의 피로자각증상과 Lee 등[7]이 사용한 주관적 신체증상 도구를 기초로 선행연구의 고찰 및 전문가의 자문을 통해 수정 보완하여 사용하였으며, 건강행위 요인, 농작업 특성, 농약살포 행위는 관련 문헌고찰을 통해 연구자가 개발하여 사용하였다. 연구 결과의 요약은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 연구대상자의 일반적 특성은 남자 48.8%, 여자 51.2%로 50-59세가 36.7%로 가장 많았으며, 초졸이하가 50.0%, 자신의 건강에 대한 인지상태는 주위사람과 비슷하거나 나쁘다고 인지하는 정도가 79.5%였다. 둘째, 건강행위 요인으로는 운동을 하지 않는 대상자가 88.6%, 세끼 식사는61.5%가 규칙적으로, 수면시간은 8시간 이상 충분한 수면을 취하는 경우가 28.9%, 5시간 이하 24.1%이었으며, 흡연자 27.1%, 음주자 30.7%, 1년 이내 건강검진율38.6%로 나타났다. 셋째, 농약살포 행위로는 년간 농약살포 횟수가 18회 이상 44.6%로 매우 높았다. 농약살포 후 목욕을 하는 경우가 73.5%, 농약살포시 보호장비 미착용자가 45.2%, 농약살포시 직접살포 51.2%, 농약살포 후 하우스내 재입실 시간은 65.1%가 4시간이 경과한 후 이었으며, 살포 후 즉시 들어가는 경우도 17.5%로 나타났다. 92.2%가 농약살포 후 환기를 하였으며, 대부분 오후 4시 이후에 농약살포를 하는 것으로 나타났다(72.9%). 농약중독 경험은 77.1%가 없다고 하였다. 넷째, 농작업 특성으로는 총농사기간 40년이상이 28.9%, 20년 이하 20.4%, 비닐하우스 작업기간은 16년 이상이 55.4%, 일일노동시간은 10시간 이상이 67.4%, 일일 하우스내 작업시간은 10시간 이상이 29.5%로 가장 높았으며, 년간 재배기간은 9개월 이상 38.0%, 경작면적은 61.5%가 2,000평 미만이었다. 주로 쪼그리고 앉아서 작업하였으며(56.6%), 농작업 동반가족은 부부가 하는 경우가 72.3%로 나타났다. 다섯째, 피로도는 연령별로는 70세 이상에서 23.90점으로 가장 높았으며, 다음으로 50대가 20.89점으로 높았다. 성별로 여자의 피로도(21.64점)가 남자(17.35점)보다 높았으며 통계적으로 유의하였다(t=-2.212, p<0.05). 교육정도에 따른 피로도는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 인지한 건강상태가 나쁠수록 피로도가 높았으며 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(F=20.610, p<0.001). 운동회수에 따른 피로도는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 식사습관이 불규칙할수록(t=-3.883, p<0.001), 수면시간이 짧을수록(F=3.937, p<0.05) 피로도가 높았다. 비음주자(19.92점)가 음주자(18.69점)보다 피로도가 높았으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 흡연자(20.40점)자 비흡연자(19.22점)보다 피로도가 높게 나타났으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 건강검진을 안받은 사람의 피로도는 21.76점, 1년전에 받은 경우 18.05점으로 최근에 검진을 받을수록 피로도가 낮았으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 농약살포 후 목욕을 하지 않을 때 피로도가 높았다(t=-2.950, p<0.01). 농약중독 경험이 있을 때 높게 나타났으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 농작업의 특성에 따른 피로도는 일일 노동시간이 길수록(F=5.633, p<0.01), 일일 하우스 내 작업시간이 길수록 (F=5.247, p<0.01) 피로도가 높게 나타났다. 여섯째, 주관적 신체증상은 30대가 7.00점, 70세 10.90점이나 통계적 유의성은 없으며, 성별에 따라 남자보다 여자가 신체증상 점수가 높았다(t=-3.176, p<0.01). 교육을 받지 않은 경우가 신체증상점수가 높았으며(F=3.467, p<0.05), 인지한 건강상태가 나쁠수록 주관적 신체증상 점수도 높았다(F=35.335, p<0.001). 불규칙적인 식사습관인 경우 주관적 신체증상 점수가 높았다(t=-3.384, p<0.01). 수면시간이 짧을수록 신체증상 점수가 높았으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 농약살포 후 목욕을 하지 않은 경우(t=-3.188, p<0.01)와 농약의 간접살포(t=-2.312, p<0.05)시 주관적 신체증상 점수가 높았으며, 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 농약살포 후 환기를 안 한 경우와 중독경험이 있는 경우 주관적 신체증상점수가 높았으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 농약살포 후 즉시 비닐하우스에 재입실한 경우 주관적 신체증상 점수가 가장 높았으며 재입실시간에 따른 주관적 신체증상은 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 총농사기간이 길수록 주관적 신체증상 점수가 높았으나(p<0.05), F검증 사후분석에서 기간에 따른 유의한 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 비닐하우스 작업기간이 길수록 주관적 신체증상 점수가 높았으나 (p<0.05), F검증 사후분석 결과 기간에 따른 신체증상 점수는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 일일 노동시간이 길수록(F=3.215, p<0.05), 일일 하우스내 작업시간이 길수록(F=4.730, p<0.01) 주관적 신체증상 점수가 높게 나타났다. 년간 재배기간, 경작면적, 작업자세와 농작업 동반가족수에 따른 주관적 신체증상은 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 본 연구는 달성군의 1개 보건진료소 지역에 국한하여 조사되었으므로 다른 지역의 비닐하우스 농작업자를 대상으로 한 반복적 연구가 필요하며, 주로 신체적인 증상에 대한 조사로 다른 연구에서 농작업자들의 정서적, 심리적인 문제를 포함한 연구가 요구된다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 비닐하우스 농작업자를 위한 건강증진 프로그램이 개발되어야 하며, 비닐하우스 농작업자를 위한 지도지침을 구체적으로 마련하고, 운동을 포함한 올바른 생활양식의 지속적인 실천 및 관리를 할 수 있는 전략과 농촌의 사회 문화적인 환경을 고려한 포괄적인 건강증진 프로그램의 개발이 요구된다.

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북서태평양에 서식하는 살오징어(Todarodes pacificus) 계군 분석에 대한 고찰 (Stock Identification of Todarodes pacificus in Northwest Pacific)

  • 김정연;문창호;윤문근;강창근;김경렬;나태희;최은정;이충일
    • 한국해양학회지:바다
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.292-302
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    • 2012
  • 본 종설논문은 살오징어의 기존 및 최근에 새롭게 적용되고 있는 계군 분석방법들을 비교 분석하여 각 분석방법의 장단점과 분석방법간의 상호보완에 대하여 고찰하였다. 살오징어는 북서태평양의 넓은 지역을 회유하는 어종으로 생태계 및 상업적으로 중요한 자원이다. 살오징어는 해양환경변화의 생물학적 지표로서의 가능성을 평가 받고 있으며, 장단기적인 어획량 및 분포역의 변화가 환경 변화와 함께 나타난다. 예를 들어, 1987/1988 무렵에 발생한 기후체제전환 이후 한류성 어종으로 분류되는 명태의 어획량은 급감하여 현재까지 그 영향이 지속되고 있는 반면, 살 오징어 어획량은 크게 증가하였다. 현재까지 명태 어획량의 감소에 대하여 남획과 기후변화에 초점이 맞추어진 해석이 있으나, 뚜렷한 원인 분석은 이루어지지 않고 있다. 그 이유 중 한 가지는 계군 분석에 근거한 생태, 환경적 측면에 대한 정확한 원인 분석이 이루어지지 않고 있는 것과 관련이 된다. 계군은 유사한 생물학적 특징을 가진 개체들이 제한된 영역 내에서 유성생식과정을 통하여 동일한 유전자 풀(gene pool)을 공유하는 집단으로, 동일 계군을 형성하는 개체들은 산란에서 자원으로 가입 후 다시 재생산 과정에 이르기까지 시간 및 공간적으로 각기 다른 환경의 영향을 받을 수 있다. 따라서, 종에 대한 정확한 계군 분석은 자원의 효과적인 관리 및 급격한 변화에 대한 중요한 대응 방안의 역할을 할 수 있다. 살오징어 계군 분석에 적용된 주요 방법은 크게 4가지로 형태학적 방법, 생태학적 방법, 표지방류법, 유전학적 방법이 있다. 형태학적인 방법은 분석방법이 가장 간단하고 다수의 개체를 비교적 쉽게 분석할 수 있지만 각 형질들은 성장기간 동안 환경에 의해 영향을 많이 받게 되어 개체간의 차이가 생긴다. 생태학적 방법은 주로 개체의 생리적인 변화와 분포 및 회유상태, 기생충의 기생상태나 종류 및 기생률 등을 분석, 산란장의 차이를 알아보는 연구이며, 현재 활발히 연구되고 있는 방법으로 유사한 환경에서 생활하는 집단을 알 수 있지만 유전적으로 같은 집단인지는 알기 어렵다. 표지방류법은 직접적인 방법으로 계군의 회유 및 분포, 산란장의 위치를 파악할 수 있지만 수거가 어렵고 초기 단계에는 표식을 하기 어렵다. 수산생물의 계군 분석을 위한 유전학적 방법은 자원관리학적 연구에 관한 기본적 정보를 제공해 왔다. 계군 분석을 위한 유전학적 방법은 이에 사용하는 유전자 마커(marker)의 감도에 따라 결정되며, 유전자 마커의 다형성이 높은 것을 선택해야 한다. 계군 분석을 위한 유전자 마커로는 오랜 기간 동안 동위효소 다형이 사용되어졌으며, 최근에는 mitochondria, microsatellite와 같이 DNA 염기배열 중에서도 변이성이 높은 영역을 선택하여 마커로 이용한 연구가 증가되고 있다. 기존의 형태학적 방법, 표지방류법, 생태학적인 방법들은 살오징어의 생활사, 회유경로, 산란장의 변화 등을 밝혀내어 계군을 파악하는데 많은 기여를 하였지만 여전히 각 해역에 분포하는 살오징어의 계군을 파악하기에는 어려움이 있다. 최근에는 기존의 계군 분석이 지닌 장단점을 비교 분석하여 복합적인 방법의 계군 분석이 이루어지며, 이러한 정보들을 바탕으로 유전학적 방법을 보완한다면 살오징어 자원의 변동에 대한 관리 방안을 마련하는데 도움을 줄 것이다.

한국 성인의 아침식사 에너지 수준에 따른 대사적 위험과 영양상태: 2007~2009년 국민건강영양조사 자료 이용 (Metabolic risk and nutritional state according to breakfast energy level of Korean adults: Using the 2007~2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)

  • 장소현;서윤석;정영진
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제48권1호
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    • pp.46-57
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    • 2015
  • 우리나라 성인에서 아침결식이 증가하고 있으며, 아침결식은 대사적 위험을 증가시킨다고 한다. 본 연구는 한국성인을 위한 대사적 위험성이 낮은 아침식사 에너지 수준을 제시하고자 제4기 (2007~2009) 국민건강영양조사 자료를 이용하여 19~64세 성인 12,238명을 대상으로 1일 에너지섭취량이 500~5,000 kcal에 속하며, 임신 또는 수유중인 자, 대사 이상 질환이나 암으로 치료받는 자를 제외한 7,769명 (남자 38.4%, 여자 61.6%)의 자료를 분석하였다. 아침식사 에너지비율은 개인별 아침식사의 에너지섭취량이 에너지 필요추정량의 10% 미만 (극저에너지군), 10~20% 미만 (저에너지군), 20~30% 미만 (중간에너지군), 30% 이상 (충분에너지군)인 네 군으로 분류하여 대사질환의 위험요인별 교차비와 영양상태를 비교하였다. 모든 자료는 해당 년도의 가중치를 적용한 후 일반선형모델을 사용하여 성, 연령, 거주지역, 소득수준, 교육수준, 직업 유무 또는 에너지 섭취량을 추가 보정하여 분석하였다. 유의성은 ${\alpha}=0.05$ 수준에서 검토하였다. 1) 전체 대상자 중 아침식사 에너지가 1일 에너지필요추정량의 30% 이상에 속하는 대상자는 16.9%, 20~30% 미만군에 39.2%, 10~20% 미만군에 37.6%, 10% 미만군에 6.3% 순으로 나타났다. 극저에너지군과 저에너지군에는 여자보다 남자, 19~39세의 젊은 성인, 도시 거주자가 많았고 소득수준은 중상이상, 교육수준은 고졸이상이 많았고 직업을 가진 사람, 가족과 아침식사를 하지 않는 사람이 많았으나 중간에너지군과 충분에너지군에는 그와 대조적으로 여자, 40세 이상 성인, 읍면거주자, 소득과 교육수준이 낮고, 무직, 가족과 식사하는 사람이 많았다. 2) 충분에너지군에서 곡류 (주식류, 스낵류), 당류와 함께 감자류, 두류, 육류 및 난류, 어패류, 채소류, 과일류, 유지류, 조미료류의 섭취량이 네 군보다 높았다. 극저에너지군은 채소류의 섭취량이 네 군 중 가장 낮았고, 스낵류, 당류와 함께 육류 및 난류, 유지류, 조미료류의 섭취량이 저에너지 군과 중간에너지군보다 높았다. 3) 아침식사 에너지가 낮은 군일수록 지방에너지비와 단백질에너지비는 높고 탄수화물에너지비는 낮았으며, 에너지와 모든 영양소 섭취량 및 영양소적정섭취비 (NAR, MAR)가 낮아 영양소별 평균필요량 (EAR)에 미달되게 섭취한 대상자의 비율이 높았다. 충분에너지군은 에너지와 모든 영양소의 섭취실태가 가장 양호하였다. 4) 체중, 신장, 체질량지수와 허리둘레가 극저에너지군에서는 높은 반면, 충분에너지군에서는 낮아서 복부 비만위험은 충분에너지군을 기준으로 아침에너지섭취가 낮을수록 증가하여 극저에너지군에서 1.9배로, 저에너지군 1.44배, 중간에너지군 1.32배에 비해 높았으며, 체질량지수에 의한 비만 위험도 유사한 결과를 보였다. 또한 충분에너지군에서 혈청총콜레스테롤이 가장 낮아서 이상지질혈증 발생 위험은 충분에너지군에 비해 극저에너지군에서 1.84배 높았고 공복혈당에 의한 당뇨 발생 위험도 극저에너지군에서 1.57배 높았다. 이상의 연구결과에서 19~64세 성인에서 아침식사 에너지가 개인별 에너지 필요추정량의 10% 미만인 군은 비만, 이상지질혈증, 당뇨의 위험과 동시에 영양부족의 우려가 있는 반면에, 에너지 필요추정량의 30% 이상군은 대사위험성이 가장 낮고 영양상태가 가장 양호하였기 때문에 우리나라 19~65세 미만 성인을 위한 아침식사의 에너지 가이드라인으로 에너지 필요추정량의 30% 이상을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.