• 센서학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.162-171
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• 2020

The incidences of cardiovascular diseases are rapidly increasing worldwide. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test to detect and monitor heart issues via electric signals in the heart. Presently, detecting heart disease in real time is not only possible but also easy using the myDAQ data acquisition device and LabVIEW. Hence, this paper proposes a system that can acquire ECG signals in real time, as well as detect heart abnormalities, and through light-emitting diodes (LEDs) it can simultaneously reveal whether a particular waveform is in range or otherwise. The main hardware components used in the system are the myDAQ device, Vernier adapter, and ECG sensor, which are connected to ECG monitoring electrodes for data acquisition from the human body, while further processing is accomplished using the LabVIEW software. In the Results section, the proposed system is compared with some other studies based on the features detected. This system is tested on 10 randomly selected people, and the results are presented in the Simulation Results section.

• 센서학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2022

Cardiac disease is the most common cause of death worldwide. Therefore, detection and classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are crucial to extend life expectancy. In this study, we aimed to implement an artificial intelligence signal recognition system in field programmable gate array (FPGA), which can recognize patterns of bio-signals such as ECG in edge devices that require batteries. Despite the increment in classification accuracy, deep learning models require exorbitant computational resources and power, which makes the mapping of deep neural networks slow and implementation on wearable devices challenging. To overcome these limitations, spiking neural networks (SNNs) have been applied. SNNs are biologically inspired, event-driven neural networks that compute and transfer information using discrete spikes, which require fewer operations and less complex hardware resources. Thus, they are more energy-efficient compared to other artificial neural networks algorithms.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.14-25
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• 2001

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.80-84
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• 2023

Electrodes are one of the types of biosensors capable of measuring bio signals, such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and electromyogram (EMG) signals. These electrodes are used in various fields and offer the advantage of being able to measure ECG signals without the need for skin attachment, compared to Ag/AgCl electrodes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of conductive textile electrodes in collecting ECG signals in a bed-like environment. Three adult participants were involved, and a total of 30 minutes of ECG signals were collected for each participant. The collected ECG signals were analyzed to determine the heart rate, normLF and a comparison was made between the conductive textile electrodes and Ag/AgCl electrodes. As a result, the change in heart rate and normLF could be observed, and in particular, the difference between the two electrodes decreased. This study confirmed that conductive textile electrodes can effectively collect ECG signals in a bed-like environment. It is hoped that this research will lead to the development of a system that can detect various sleep-related diseases through the use of these electrodes.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2022

심전도(electrocardiogram)는 심장의 주기적인 활동을 전기적인 신호로 기록한 것으로 심근의 리듬을 측정하고 판단하여 개인건강을 진단할 수 있는 중요한 신체정보이다. 특성상 대용량의 정보를 발생하는데 특정 질병의 진단을 목표로 하는 경우 상당한 기간의 누적 신호를 필요로 한다. 따라서 의학적인 손실 없이 정보용량을 대폭 줄이기 위한 압축 및 저장 처리에 관한 연구가 활발하게 진행되어 왔다. 최근 일상생활에서 착용할 수 있고 신호를 실시간 전송할 수 있는 스마트한 측정기기의 개발로 심전도는 그 활용도가 더욱 높아지고 있다. 측정기기는 일반적으로 사용자의 편리성을 위해 성능과 전력소모가 제한적인데, 이런 환경에서 대용량의 신호를 수 초안에 처리하고 전송할 수 있는 기법의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 심전도의 단위 파형의 누적 평균(template)을 활용하여 효율적으로 신호를 압축 전송하는 기법을 제안한다. 압축은 템플릿 매칭을 활용하며 무손실(lossless)이 가능하다. 제안하는 기법은 기존의 대표적인 압축방식과 비교해서 고압축 환경에서 우수한 성능을 보여주며, 복잡도는 상대적으로 높지 않은 것으로 분석된다. 그리고 template 매칭 차이 값에 대한 기존의 압축 기술의 적용도 가능하다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1370-1378
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• 2018

There is a problem to measure neutral bio-signals during sleep because of inconvenience of attaching lots of sensors. In this study, we measured single electrocardiogram(ECG) signal and analyzed the correlation with sleep. After R-peak detection from ECG signal, we extracted 9 features from time and frequency domain of heart rate variability(HRV). Mean of HRV, RR intervals differing more than 50ms(NN50), and divided by the total number of all RR intervals(pNN50) have significant differences in each sleep stage. Specially, the mean HRV has an average of 87.8% accuracy in classifying sleep and awake status. In the future, the measurement ECG signal minimizes inconvenience of attaching sensors during sleep. Also, it can be substituted for the standard sleep measurement method.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2012

As electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are generally sampled with a frequency of over 200 Hz, a method to compress diagnostic information without losing data is required to store and transmit them efficiently on a wireless personal area network (WPAN). In this paper, an ECG signal compression method for communications onWPAN, which uses feature points based on curvature, is proposed. The feature points of P, Q, R, S, and T waves, which are critical components of the ECG signal, have large curvature values compared to other vertexes. Thus, these vertexes were extracted with the proposed method, which uses local extrema of curvatures. Furthermore, in order to minimize reconstruction errors of the ECG signal, extra vertexes were added according to the iterative vertex selectionmethod. Through the experimental results on the ECG signals from Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Beth Israel hospital arrhythmia database, it was concluded that the vertexes selected by the proposed method preserved all feature points of the ECG signals. In addition, it was more efficient than the amplitude zone time epoch coding method.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.305-316
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• 2021

In this study, the effect of wearing functional compression pants is verified using a lower-limb wearable robot through a bio-signal analysis and subjective fit evaluation. First, the compression area to be applied to the functional compression pants is derived using the quad method for nine men in their 20s. Subsequently, functional compression pants are prepared, and changes in Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals when wearing the functional compression and normal regular pants inside a wearable robot are measured. The EEG and ECG signals are measured with eyes closed and open. Results indicate that the Relative alpha (RA) and Relative gamma wave (RG) of the EEG signal differ significantly, resulting in increased stability and reduced anxiety and stress when wearing the functional compression pants. Furthermore, the ECG analysis results indicate statistically significant differences in the Low frequency (LF)/High frequency (HF) index, which reflect the overall balance of the autonomic nervous system and can be interpreted as feeling comfortable and balanced when wearing the functional compression pants. Moreover, subjective sense is discovered to be effective in assessing wear fit, ease of movement, skin friction, and wear comfort when wearing the functional compression pants.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.105-118
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• 2023

We tested the feasibility of automated discrimination of patients with panic disorder (PD) from healthy controls (HCs) based on multimodal physiological responses using machine learning. Electrocardiogram (ECG), electrodermal activity (EDA), respiration (RESP), and peripheral temperature (PT) of the participants were measured during three experimental phases: rest, stress, and recovery. Eleven physiological features were extracted from each phase and used as input data. Logistic regression (LoR), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and multilayer perceptron (MLP) algorithms were implemented with nested cross-validation. Linear regression analysis showed that ECG and PT features obtained in the stress and recovery phases were significant predictors of PD. We achieved the highest accuracy (75.61%) with MLP using all 33 features. With the exception of MLP, applying the significant predictors led to a higher accuracy than using 24 ECG features. These results suggest that combining multimodal physiological signals measured during various states of autonomic arousal has the potential to differentiate patients with PD from HCs.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.335-347
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• 2013

다양한 분야에서 시그널(signal) 형태로 자료들이 표현된다. 예를 들면 심전도(electrocardiogram)는 심근에서 발생하는 활동 전류를 나타내는데, 심장의 박동에 따라 수축과 이완을 반복하는 과정을 시간에 따른 활동 전류량의 변동으로 나타낸다. 현실세계에서 측정하거나 관찰되는 시그널에는 다양한 형태의 시그널들이 혼합되어 있는 경우가 흔하다. 예를 들어 오케스트라 연주의 아름다운 선율은 고유한 주파수(frequency)를 지닌 악기들의 다양한 소리로 구성되어 있으며, 각기 다른 음조(note)가 하나로 모여 완벽한 하모니를 형성하게 된다. 시그널이 정상인(stationary) 경우에 혼합된 시그널들을 분해하여 분석하는 방법에 대해 현재까지 다양하게 연구되어 왔다. 자료가 비정상(non-stationary)일 경우에는 기존의 방법론들을 적용시키기에는 한계가 있다. 비정상성 자료를 다루기 위해 Huang 등 (1998)은 경험적 모드분해법(empirical mode decomposition)이라는 방법을 제안하였다. 자료에 내포되어 있는 국소적인 파동(oscillation)을 국소 극값들(local extrema)을 식별하여 자료 적응적으로 추출한다. 경험적 모드분해법은 잡음(error)에 의해 자료가 오염되어 있는 경우에는 국소 극값들을 통하여 국소적인 파동을 추정하기 어려우며, 자료의 크기가 커짐에 따라 계산량도 크게 늘어나는 단점 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 이차 미분을 이용하여 국소적인 파동을 식별하고 추정하는 새로운 방법론을 제시하고자 한다.