• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.120-141
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• 2015

본 연구는 조선시대 성곽 축성의 기술적 변화 가운데 하나인 장대를 중심으로, 장대의 건축적 특성을 시론적으로 고찰한 연구이다. 장대는 장수의 지휘시설 및 장졸들의 훈련시설로 성내에 마련된 건물이다. 장대가 최초로 건립된 시기는 불분명하지만 18세기를 전후로 하여 그 수가 급격히 증가하였다. 이는 왜란과 호란을 거치며, 장대의 실효성에 대한 인식이 대대적인 축성사업에 적용되면서 나타난 결과이다. 장대는 조망의 기능이 최우선시 되었기 때문에 높은 지형에 개방적인 형태로 설치되었다. 또한 강변 경사지에 위치한 읍성 누각의 높고 개방적인 형태는 내부에서의 유관(遊觀)과 더불어 장대의 기능을 병행할 수 있었다. 또한 장대는 병사들의 교련과 사열이 이루어지는 장소였기 때문에 병사들을 소집하기 위한 넓은 대(臺)가 전면에 구성된다. 이러한 특징은 조선시대 장대의 공간구성에서 정형화된 형식으로 나타나며, 지형적인 제약으로 인해 넓은 공간이 확보될 수 없는 곳은 대의 형태만을 갖추었다. 한편, 장대에는 지휘관이 위치하는 장소로서의 위계성이 다양한 건축적 특성으로 나타난다. 높이차를 통해 지휘관의 공간에 위계성이 부여되고, 건물의 격을 높이고자 여러 장식적인 요소들이 가미되었다. 장대 건물의 평면은 크게 장방형과 정방형으로 구분되는데, 장방형 평면은 건물의 규모에 따라 $5{\times}4$칸과 $3{\times}2$칸이 일반적이다. 이 중 $5{\times}4$칸의 건물은 넓은 공간을 활용할 수 있는 평지성이나 읍성에서 나타나며, 비교적 소규모인 $3{\times}2$칸은 주로 산성에서 나타난다. 정방형 평면의 건물은 모두 $3{\times}3$칸의 형태를 가지며, 어칸 길이는 협칸의 약 두 배가 되어, 내부 중앙칸이 넓게 마련된다. 이는 내부 중앙칸이 상층의 바닥 면적이 되기 때문에 상층의 내부 공간을 확보하기 위한 의도로 파악된다. 장대의 일부는 내부에 층을 두어 상부공간을 구성한다. 하층이 개방되고 상하층에 처마를 달아낸 중층누각형식은 장대에서 나타나는 중요한 건축특징 중 하나이다. 이러한 건물들은 하층의 내진주가 그대로 연장되어 상층의 변주가 되는 온칸물림방식을 보여주며, 내진주에 멍에창방을 끼우고, 귀틀을 결구하여 상층마루를 구성하였다. 또한 읍성에 위치한 누각은 상부에만 지붕이 구성되어 중층이라고 할 수는 없지만, 높은 누하주를 세우고 상부에 청방을 결구하여 상층마루를 구성하였다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.86-111
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• 2011

완(?)은 밥이나 국 반찬 등을 담는 배식기로, 음식문화에 있어서 개인식기의 발달을 보여주는 대표적인 기종이다. 대개 $0.3{\sim}0.4{\ell}$가 다수를 이루며 연질(軟質)소성의 정선된 태토를 사용한 완의 제작은 크게 회전판 위에 원형의 점토판을 놓고 그 위로 점토띠를 쌓아올려 성형을 마무리하는 기본 방식(I)과 기본 성형은 동일하나 최후 단계에서 회전판에서 완을 떼어내어 도치시켜 저부를 정면하여 평저의 각을 없애는 새로운 방식(II) 두 가지가 확인된다. 전자는 동체-저부 경계면의 각이 살아있는 특징을 공유하면서도 다수의 점토띠로 제작해 심도가 깊게 제작한 경우(Ia)와 2조의 점토띠로 제작하고 구순이 뾰족하게 제작한 것(Ib)의 두 가지로 다시 나뉜다. 후자는 동체-저부경계면의 각을 없앤다는 공통점이 있지만 바닥에 점토를 덧대어 나선형으로 마무리하는 것(IIa)과 바닥에서 동체부까지 한 번에 깎기나, 물손질로 마감하는 것(IIb)의 두 가지로 나뉜다. Ib식과 II식은 중국자기 완(천발형)의 형태적 영향하에 제작된다. 연판문 청자완의 도입 이후에는 굽이 있거나 없더라도 내면이 둥글고 오목한 잔(盞)형태의 완이 새롭게 제작 사용되어진다. 이렇듯 백제완은 중국제 청자완의 모방형태가 다수 확인되고 있는데 백제인들의 중국제 물품에 대한 관심과 수요가 컸음을 보여준다. 중국 출토 기년명 자료와의 비교, 공반유물의 나열 등을 통해 볼 때 각 제작기법은 I식에서 II식으로 다시 연판문 청자완의 영향하에 오목한 잔(盞)형태로의 변천 양상이 확인되었다.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2011

본 연구는 창원시에 위치한 보호수를 체계적이고 합리적으로 관리하기 위한 기초자료 제공에 그 목적이 있다. 조사항목은 일반현황, 입지정보, 개체정보, 건강정보, 토양정보에 대해 조사하였다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 보호수 현황은 총 26개소에 위치하고 있으며, 수종은 느티나무, 팽나무, 푸조나무, 은행나무, 개서어나무, 반송, 굴참나무, 소나무, 왕버들 등 9종이다. 보호수 유형에서는 정자목이 가장 많았고, 대부분의 보호수가 수령 200년 이상이었다. 해발범위는 14~173m였고, 평탄지에 보호수가 많이 있었다. 입지유형의 경우 마을형, 산야형 순이었으며, 토지이용은 건물지가 가장 많았다. 수고범위는 8.0~30.0m, 지하고는 0.6~5.1m, 흉고직경은 240~700cm, 근원직경은 210~800cm이었다, 수관면적의 경우, 5번 느티나무가 가장 넓었다. 현황판은 23번과 26번을 제외하고 대부분 설치되어 있었다. 보호책이 설치된 지역은 9개소, 석축이 있는 지역은 14개소였다. 지지대가 설치된 지역은 5개소, 복토는 대부분 되어 있지 않았다. 바닥재질은 흙, 자갈과 식생의 순이었다. 고사지율 범위는 0~40%이며, 수피이탈율은 0~60%이었다. 공동이 있는 지역은 23개소였으며, 12번 푸조나무가 공동의 면적이 가장 넓었다. 답압 발생 지역은 7개소, 병충해 발생 지역은 2개소, 상처 발생 지역은 23개소, 뿌리 노출 지역은 13개소로 나타났다. 토양 분석 결과, 토양산도 pH 4.5~8.0, 유기물함량 3.5~69.8g/kg, 전기전도도 0.11~2.87dS/m, 유효인산 3.0~490.6mg/kg, 치환성 칼륨 0.10~1.05cmol+/kg, 치환성 칼슘 1.41~16.45cmol+/kg, 치환성 마그네슘 0.37~1.96cmol+/kg, 치환성 나트륨 0.25~2.41cmol+/kg, 양이온치환용량 8.35~26.55cmol+/kg으로 나타났다.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.74-80
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• 2022

유적지의 식생은 일부 과거부터 잔존하는 식생형태이지만 근·현대 이르러 산업화에 따른 도시개발로 인해 식생과 지형이 변형되거나 훼손이 많아졌다. 이에 대한 해결방안으로 유적지 내 잔존하는 식생과 경관을 지표로 참고하여 복원 및 관리를 위한 계획을 수립하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구는 서울 백제역사유적지인 풍납토성과 몽촌토성을 대상으로 입지 특성, 현존식생, 과거 대상식생의 잔존식생을 비교·분석하여 서울 백제역사유적지 식생 및 경관 관리를 위한 기초자료로 제공하기 위해 수행되었다. 연구 결과 풍납토성과 몽촌토성의 입지 특성은 한강 본류 부근에 위치하며 풍납토성은 자연제방과 범람원으로 구성된 평지에, 몽촌토성은 구릉지에 입지하고 있다. 현존식생의 경우, 풍납토성은 조경수목식재지가 주로 나타나는 반면 몽촌토성은 마을과 구릉 저지대에 생육하는 과거의 잔존수종이 분포하는 것으로 확인되었다. 과거 풍납토성과 몽촌토성 주민들에 의해 관리된 대상식생은 입지 특성과 현존식생을 바탕으로 종합한 결과 구릉지에는 갈참나무, 신갈나무 등, 건조지에는 소나무, 하천 및 지류에는 버드나무, 가래나무, 오리나무, 산림 주연부에는 상수리나무, 마을 초입에는 신목으로 소나무, 버드나무, 느티나무 등이 분포하였을 것으로 추정된다. 1960년대 이후 풍납토성과 몽촌토성 내에 외래수종의 도입과 시가지 조성 등으로 과거의 대상식생은 모두 사라졌으며 경관 또한 훼손되었다. 다행히도 성벽을 따라 일부 분포하는 잔존수종과 기후, 입지 특성, 시대상을 고려하여 대상식생을 추정하였으나 본 연구는 문헌과 현존식생 조사를 중심으로 진행된 연구이므로 향후 식물 유체 분석 등 정량적인 실험을 통해 서울 백제역사유적지 내 과거의 대상식생을 보완하는 과정이 필요하다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.34.3-34.3
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• 2020

Faint z ~ 5 quasars with M1450 ~ -23 mag are known to be the potentially important contributors to the ultraviolet ionizing background in the post-reionization era. However, their number density has not been well determined, making it difficult to assess their role in the early ionization of the intergalactic medium (IGM). In this work, we present the updated results of our z ~ 5 quasar survey using the Infrared Medium-deep Survey (IMS), a near-infrared imaging survey covering an area of 85 square degrees. From our spectroscopic observations with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini-South 8 m Telescope, we discovered eight new quasars at z ~ 5 with -26.1 ≤ M1450 ≤ -23.3. Combining our IMS faint quasars with the brighter Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars, we derive, for the first time, the z ~ 5 quasar luminosity function (QLF) without any fixed parameters down to the magnitude limit of M1450 = -23 mag. We find that the faint-end slope of the QLF is very flat (-1.2) with a characteristic luminosity of -25.7 mag. The number density of z ~ 5 quasars from the QLF gives lower ionizing emissivity and ionizing photon density than those in previous works. These results imply that quasars are responsible for only 10-20% of the photons required to completely ionize the IGM at z ~ 5, disfavoring the idea that quasars alone could have ionized the IGM at z ~ 5.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.449-468
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• 2000

탄산염 완사면과 테두리진 탄산염 대륙붕에서 퇴적된 오르도비스기 정선석회암은 다양한 속성양상을 보인다. 어란석 입자나 펠로이드 주위에 분포하는 등후의 침상의 교결물로 나타나는 해수속성작용은 최초의 속성작용이었으며 재결정화된 마이크로스파 내지 스파 방해석, 방해석으로 채워진 증발암 캐스트 그리고 어란석 입자 주위에 분포하는 등후의 스파 방해석으로 나타나는 담수속성작용으로 이어졌다. 얕은 매몰 속성 작용의 양상은 마이크로스타일로라이트와 용해 씸을 포함하며, 깊은 매몰 속성작용의 양상은 스타일로라이트, 매몰 교결물, 거정질 방해석 그리고 포이킬로토픽 방해석을 포함한다. 매몰교결작용은 압력용해양상과 쌍정 엽리를 갖는 거정질 방해석 또는 포이킬로토픽 조직을 갖는 방해석에 의해 특징지어진다. 돌로마이트는 조간대 기원의 극세립 및 세립질 모자이크 돌로마이트, 다양한 기원의 산재된 돌로마이트, 생물 교란 반점이 돌로마이트화 된 패치돌로마이트, 깊은 매몰 기원의 안장형 돌로마이트가 있다. 규화작용은 방해석을 치환한 석영과 열극에 침전된 석영이 있다. 포이킬로토픽 조직을 보이는 극조립질의 매몰교결물은 -10.4%$_o$ PDB의 ${\delta}^{18}$O 값과 -1.0 %$_o$ PDB의 ${\delta}^{13}$C 값, 504ppm Sr, 3643ppm Fe 그리고 152ppm Mn 값을 보인다. 세립 및 조립질 방해석으로 구성된 석회암은 매몰교결물과 비슷한 ${\delta}^{18}$O 값과${\delta}^{13}$C값을 보이나, 매몰교결물에 비해 Sr 함량은 낮고, Fe 및 Mn 함량은 높다 이런 지화학적 경향은 세립 및 조립질 방해석의 재결정화 작용이 담수 환경에서 일어난 후 매몰환경에서 다시 재결정되어 나타난 것으로 해석되며, 매몰교결물은 비교적 높은 온도와 낮은 물/암석 비를 갖는 환경에서 형성된 것으로 해석된다. ${\delta}^{18}$O 값이 -8.2%$_o$ PDB, ${\delta}^{13}$C 값이 -1.9%$_o$ PDB, 213ppm Sr, 3654ppm Fe, and 114ppm Mn을 보이는 극세립 및 세립의 돌로마이트는 조상대 환경에서 퇴적물과 동시기적으로 형성된 후 비교적 낮은 암석/물의 비율을 갖는 매몰 환경에서 재결정 된 것으로 해석된다. 지화학적 자료는 정선석회암의 속성환경은 물/암석의 비가 낮은 매몰환경이 주된 속성환경이었음을 시사한다. 정선석회암은 퇴적될 당시 해수 속성 작용과 담수 속성 작용을 받았다. 행매층과 회동리층의 퇴적으로 정선석회암의 일부는 얕은 매몰 환경 하에 놓이게 되었고, 데본기의 지구조적 변형기에 대기하에 노출되었을 것으로 해석된다. 석탄기와 페름기의 평안계 지층이 약 3km의 두께로 퇴적되어 정선석회암은 이시기에 깊은 매몰환경에 놓이게 된 것으로 해석되며 스타일로라이트, 매몰 교결물, 거정질 방해석 그리고 안장형 돌로마이트가 형성된 것으로 해석된다. 정선석회암은 중생대와 신생대에 있었던 송림, 대보, 불국사 변동으로 대기에 노출된 것으로 보이며 담수 속성환경에 다시 놓이게 된 것으로 해석된다. 백악기와 제3기의 불국사 변동 후 정선 석회암은 대기 하에 노출되어 담수 속성작용을 받은 것으로 보인다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.43-59
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• 2008

삽(?)은 유교 예법에 따른 상장례(喪葬禮) 도구로 나무로 틀을 만들고 그 위에 백포(白布)나 두꺼운 종이를 붙여 그림을 그린 후, 자루를 달아 들 수 있도록 한 것이다. "례기(禮記)"에 따르면 삽은 주대(周代)부터 사용되었던 것으로 기록되어 있는데, 우리나라의 "조선왕조실록(朝鮮王朝實錄)"이나 "국조오례의(國朝五禮儀)", "사례편람(四禮便覽)"에 나타난 삽의 용례와 크게 차이가 나지 않는다. 본고에서는 현존하는 조선시대 사대부가의 회격 회곽묘에서 발견되는 삽의 발굴 사례 및 문헌 기록을 통해 그 용례와 제작방식, 시기에 따른 유물의 특징에 대해 고찰하고자 한다. 삽은 신분에 따라 사용하는 개수와 그리는 문양이 다른데, 사대부가에서는 주로 '아(亞)'형의 불삽 1쌍과 구름 문양을 그린 화삽 1쌍을 사용하였다. 삽의 크기는 너비가 2자[척(尺)], 높이 2자[척(尺] 4치[촌(寸)]로 만들었는데 초주지나, 저주지로 두 번 싸고, 세 번째는 연창지로 쌌다. 그리고 나서 백저포, 마포, 무명, 공단 등으로 덮었다. 그 양면에 보불을 그리고 구름 변아(邊兒)에 운기를 그리는데 대개 주사 또는 진사를 사용하였다. 사대부가 회격 회곽묘에서 출토되는 삽은 광중에 부장된 것으로, 삽자루와 분리된 형태이다. 즉, 출토되는 삽은 발인행렬시 삽을 매달았던 5자 길이의 삽자루는 태워 없애고, 관의 좌우에 세워 넣은 것이다. 출토 유물의 검토를 통해서도 제작과정을 유추할 수 있다. 출토된 유물은 각(角)의 개수에 따라 각이 3개 달린 것과 2개 달린 것으로 대별된다. 먼저 각이 3개 달린 것(유형 I) 중에는 나무 통판을 사용하거나 대나무를 납작하게 갈라, 바구니처럼 엮은 것도 있다. 각이 3개인 삽은 비교적 조선 전기에 집중되어 있으며, 전체적인 형태에 비해 그 제작방식이 다양한 편으로 생각된다. 반면 각이 2개 달린 삽의 경우에는 비교적 정형화된 제작방식이 보인다. 직사각형이나 역사다리꼴로 몸통부분을 만든 후, 2개의 각이 달린 삽의 윗부분을 연결한 형태이다. 다만 상단면을 곡선(유형 II) 또는 직선(유형 III)으로 처리하는 것이 다르다. 이러한 제작방식은 각이 3개 달린 것에 비해 간단하며, 제작기법 상의 차이는 크지 않다. 특히 상단면을 직선으로 처리하는 방식은 오늘날까지도 사용되고 있다. 분석에 사용된 30건 중 묘주의 몰년, 즉 삽의 제작 연대가 명확한 것만 선택하여 분석한 결과, 유형 I은 16세기 전반에 집중되어 있음을 알 수 있다. 이어 유형 II는 16세기 후반부터 17세기 후반, 유형 III은 17세기 전반부터 18세기 전반까지 고르게 분포하고 있다. 요컨대 삽의 형태는 유형 I에서 유형 II로, 다시 유형 II에서 유형 III으로 변화하고 있는 것으로 생각된다. 17세기는 변화의 시기로 유형 II III이 혼재되어 있다. 유형을 크게 3가지로 구분하였으나 유형 II III은 각이 2개인 측면에서 그 형태가 유사하다고 볼 때 주목할 만한 전환기는 16세기 중반이라고 볼 수 있다. 아마도 유형 I은 유형 II III에 비해 제작 과정상 공이 더 많이 들어갈 것으로 생각되며, 후대로 내려올수록 경제성의 원리에 따라 삽의 형태 및 제작방법도 간소해진 것으로 보인다. 상장례의 간소화 경향은 "선조실록(宣祖實錄)"에 예장(禮葬)이 몇 차례 중지되는 사건들을 통해 임진왜란 이후에 가속화된 변화로 볼 수 있다. 삽의 경우 이미 16세기 후반부터 간소화되고 있었으며, 심지어 18세기에는 삽을 따로 제작하지 않고 구의(柩衣) 및 관(棺)에 직접 그리는 현상까지 초래하였다. 그러나 형태적으로 단순화 되는 과정에도 "례기(禮記)"의 삽 사용 규정은 지켜지고 있어, 그 의례의 형식은 합리적으로 간소화되었음을 알 수 있다.

• 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.

• 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.