• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2006

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the kinematical characteristics of the pendular and the translational movements of each cervical vertebra at flexion and extension for understanding the mechanism of injury to the cervical spine. Methods: Twenty volunteers, young men (24~37 years), with clinically and radiographically normal cervical spines were studied. We induced two directional passive movements and then took X-ray pictures. The range of pendular movement could be measured by measuring the variation of the distance between the center point of two contiguous cervical vertebrae, and the range of translational movement could be measured by measuring the variation of the shortest distance between the center point of a vertebra and an imaginary line connecting the center points of two lower contiguous cervical vertebrae. The measurements were done by using a picture archiving and communicating system (PACS). Results: The total length of all cervical vertebrae in the neutral position was, on average, 133.66 mm, but in both flexion and extension, the lengths were widened to 134.83 mm and 134.79 mm, respectively. The directions of both the pendular and the translational movements changed at the $2^{nd}$ cervical vertebra, and the ranges of both movements were significantly larger from the $5^{th}$ cervical vertebra to the $7^{th}$ cervical vertebra for flexion and combined flexion and extension motion (p<0.05). Conclusion: The kinematical characteristics for flexion and extension motions were variable at each level of cervical vertebrae. The $1^{st}$ and the $2^{nd}$ cervical vertebrae and from the $5^{th}$ to the $7^{th}$ cervical vertebrae were the main areas of cervical spinal injury. This shows, according to "Hook's law," that the tissues supporting this area could be weak, and that this area is sensitive to injury.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2018

VR 카툰은 웹툰의 간명한 스토리와 칸을 이용한 그래픽 스토리텔링을 VR 콘텐츠 디자인의 한계를 극복하는 전략으로 활용한 VR 콘텐츠 포맷이다. VR 프로토타이핑을 통해 웹툰 콘텐츠를 VR로 전환하여 웹툰 상의 3차원 공간에 실제 존재하는 듯 한 체험을 가능하게 하였다. 기존 VR 콘텐츠에 비해 어지럽지 않게 관람 가능하고 몰입이 잘 된다는 평균적인 피드백을 받을 수 있었다. 우리는 영화 스크린을 통해 스토리를 이해하는 데 익숙한 거처럼 그 동안의 출판 만화와 웹툰들을 통해 만화의 스토리텔링에 익숙해져 있다. 즉, 칸이라는 평면적 공간을 바꿔 가며 연속된 시각 이미지들을 통해 스토리를 전달하는 것은 우리에게는 보편화 된 커뮤니케이션 방법이다. 시간과 공간을 분할하는 만화의 칸 사이에는 아무것도 보이지 않는 홈통만이 존재하지만 우리는 경험에 의한 완결성 연상을 하게 된다. 바로 이러한 만화의 문법이 VR 카툰에서 차용하게 된 가장 핵심적인 스토리텔링 기법이다. 본고에서는 웹툰의 스토리텔링이 어떤 형태로 VR 카툰의 스토리텔링으로 전환 되었는지를 살펴보고 VR 카툰의 요소들을 분석해 본다. 이 연구를 통해 무한한 가능성을 가진 '연속 예술', 만화를 비롯한 다양한 서사 매체들의 특성을 VR 콘텐츠 제작에 접목하는 시도의 기반 연구로서 역할을 할 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.44-58
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• 1994

The formants of the 9 Korean standard vowels(which used by the average people of Seoul, central-area of the Korean peninsula) were measured by analysis with the linear predictive coding(LPC) and fast Fourier transform(FFT). The author already had reported the constriction area for the Korean standard vowels, and with the existing data, the distance from glottis to the constriction area in the vocal tract of each vowel was newly measured with videovelopharyngograms and lateral Rontgenograms of the vocal tract. We correlated the formant frequencies with the distance from glottis to the constriction area of the vocal tract. Also we tried to correlate the formant frequencies with the position of tongue in the vocal tract which is divided into 2 categories : The position of tongue in oral cavity by the distance from imaginary palatal line to the highest point of tongue and the position in pharyngeal cavity by the distance from back of tongue to posterior pharyngeal wall. This study was performed with 10 adults(male : 5, female : 5) who spoke primary 9 Korean standard vowels. We had already reported that the Korean vowel [i], [e], $[{\varepsilon}]$ were articulated at hard palate level, [$\dot{+}$], [u] were at soft palate level, [$\wedge$] was at upper pharynx level and the [$\wedge$], [$\partial$], [a] in a previous article. Also we had noted that the significance of pharyngeal cavity in vowel articulation. From this study we have concluded that ; 1) The F$_1$ is related with the oral cavity articulated vowel [i, e, $\varepsilon$, $\dot{+}$, u]. 2) Within the oral cavity articulated vowel [i, e, $\varepsilon$, $\dot{+}$, u] and the upper pharynx articulated vowel [o], the F$_2$ is elevated when the diatance from glottis to the constriction area is longer. But within the lower pharynx articulated vowel [$\partial$, $\wedge$, a], the F$_2$ is elevated when the distance from glottis to the constriction area is shorter. 3) With the stronger tendency of back-vowel, the higher the elevation of the F$_1$ and F$_2$ frequencies. 4) The F$_3$ and F$_4$ showed no correaltion with the constriction area nor the position of tongue in the vocal tract 5) The parameter F$_2$- F$_1$, which is the difference between F$_2$ frequency and F$_1$ frequency showed an excellent indicator of differenciating the oral cavity articulated vowels from pharyngeal cavity articulated vowels. If the F$_2$-F$_1$ is less than about 600Hz which indicates the vowel is articulated in the pharyngeal cavity, and more than about 600Hz, which indicates that the vowel is articulated in the oral cavity.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.136-147
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 자기지전류 탐사법에 대한 3차원 이상체의 모형 반응 결과를 분석하였다. 분석에 이용된 3차원 모형은 비전도성 배경 매질 내에 전도성 고립이상체가 존재하는 모형과, 같은 모형에 전도성 표토층을 추가한 모형이다. 지하의 전도성 이상체에 의한 겉보기 전기비저항 이상에는 뚜렷한 주파수 의존성이 존재하며, 이는 이상체 주변에 발생되는 전류 집중 및 유도 전류 거동의 주파수 의존성 때문이다. 지표에서 tipper와 induction vector의 반응에도 뚜렷한 주파수 의존성이 존재하였으며, 그 외에도 tipper와 induction vector의 반응은 이상체의 위치와 직접적인 연관성이 존재하였다. 또한, 2차원 탐사를 가정하여 한 측선에서 겉보기 전기비저항과 위상, induction vector를 분석하면, 3차원 이상체의 존재 여부 및 위치 파악에 도움을 줄 것으로 판단되었다. 전도성 표토층을 추가한 모형의 반응은 대체적으로 고립이상체 모형의 반응과 비슷한 양상을 나타내었지만, 전도성 표토층의 영향으로 이상체에 의한 반응의 크기가 감소하였으며, 이상체의 영향이 나타나는 영역도 크게 감소하였다. 위와 같이 본 연구에서 논의된 3차원 모형 반응에 대한 분석 결과 및 그 방법은 지하 구조의 3차원 반응의 이해와 MT 탐사 자료의 해석에 효과적인 지침이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.183-189
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the optimal insertion angle between the skin and the needle in ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein (IJV) catheterization with trauma patients. Methods: From March 2012 to December 2012, consecutive trauma patients who were planned to receive IJV catheterization were prospectively enrolled. We measured the distances from the skin to IJV's anterior-posterior (AP) vessel wall on the longitudinal scan's midline in supine-positioned patients. We calculated the AP diameter of IJV and the angle between skin and the imaginary line from the puncture site to the IJV's internal center on screen's midline (defined as optimal angle which is considered as the safest approach) on the longitudinal scan. We divided the patients into 3 groups based on the CVP (low CVP <5 $cmH_2O$, $5{\leq}$ middle CVP ${\leq}10\;cmH_2O$, and high CVP>10 $cmH_2O$) and compared their mean anterior posterior (AP) diameters and optimal angles. Results: A total of 56 patients were enrolled. Of these 21 were women(35.4%). The mean AP diameter of low CVP group was significantly lower than middle and high CVP groups($0.68{\pm}0.30$, $1.06{\pm}0.31$, and $1.23{\pm}0.49$ cm respectively, p=0.003 vs. 0.002). There was no significant difference among 3 groups' mean optimal angles ($28.1{\pm}6.1$, $30.1{\pm}4.5$, and $28.0{\pm}5.0$ degree respectively). Conclusion: The optimal angle between the skin and the needle in ultrasound-guided IJV catheterization with trauma patients is not changed as about 30 degrees regardless of CVP even though IJV's diameter is altered in proportion to the CVP.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.529-537
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• 1994

Sector scanner which has a conical end is used to image through the intercostal space because heart is protected by the ribs. Cardiac data published all around the world were also obtained by sector scanner. Although scanners being used in every small animal practice and animal hospital at college in Korea include convex ape and linear type, linear type is not appropriate f3r cardiac scan because of a wide contact surface. The purpose of this study is to establish ultrasonographic images of normal cardiac structures by measuring shape, size of reflectable cardiac structure according to restraint position in scanning normal heart of the puppies with 6.5 MHz convex scanner(SonoAce 4500, Medison, Korea) used in our veterinary teaching hospital, Seoul national university. Seventeen male and female puppies considered having healthy hear by X-ray and clinical examination are used feom April to July 1994. Scanning point selection of probe head and the distinction of imaged cardiac structures were accomplished by necropsy and cardiac scanning performed through thoracotomy under general anesthesia. At 10 o'clock position of transducer(at an angle of 30$^{\circ}$ between imaginary line from elbow joint to 3rd sternum and probe head, 60$^{\circ}$ from body surface, 4th intercostal space of right thorax) with the marker of scanner toward the head of dogs right atrium, left atrium and left ventricle were observed in 2, 3, 4, 5 intercostal space(2cm from the sternum) of experimental dog positioned ventrodorsally under general anesthesia. Under these conditions, the numerical values of imaged diastolic hear are as follows : the distance from skin to apex(mean$\pm$S.D) 47.53$\pm$6.94mm, thickness of left ventricular wall 6.00$\pm$1.60mm, length of left ventricle 16.27$\pm$5.31mm, width of left ventricle 15,33$\pm$4.25mm, length of left atrium 12.33$\pm$3.82mm, width of left atrium 11. 33$\pm$3.94mm, length of right atrium 1.00$\pm$2.41mm, width of right atrium 11.21$\pm$2.76mm and the area of left ventricle 270.92$\pm$109.81mm$^2$, area of left atrium 98.00$\pm$41.08mm$^2$, area of right atrium 62.75$\pm$21.04mm$^2$.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2003

본 연구는 3차원의 실제 도로형상을 고려하여 일관성을 평가하는 방법으로 가속도 개념을 사용하였다. 차량의 운행과 운전자가 받는 느낌을 근거로 가속도는 안전에 커다란 영향을 미친다. 특히. 운전자를 중심으로 가속도의 크기는 상당한 영향 요소로서 작용되어진다. 이를 근거로 3차원 도로상에서의 각 지점의 가속도를 계산하고 일관성 평가 방법을 제시하였다. 가속도의 계산은 3차원의 변위를 각각 계산하여 변위에 대한 벡터의 합으로 정의하였고 곡선부 내에 속도 예측모형(정준화, 2001)을 사용하여 속도 프로파일을 작성하고 이 프로파일을 근거로 각 지점의 속도를 정하여 가속도를 구하였다. 일관성 평가는 기존의 연구에서 3차원 가속도의 범위를 정하고 g-g-g diagram을 작성하여 해당 범위에 벗어나는 것을 일관성에 어긋나는 것으로 간주하고 평가의 방법을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서는 최소 설계 기준을 바탕으로 가상의 도로를 예시로 들어 가속도의 변화를 계산함으로서 일관성 평가 방법을 적용하였으나 해당 방법이 한계가 드러나 있는 기존의 속도 예측모형을 사용하고 있어 기타의 차량 상태(서스펜션, 타이어, 차종 등)를 고려하지 못하기에 정확한 가속도의 값을 제시하지는 못한 실정이다. 그러나 속도 프로파일만 정의되어지면 복합곡선, 완화곡선 등의 모든 도로형상에 대하여 가속도를 계산함으로서 이를 도로의 일관성 평가에 사용이 가능할 것이나 현재는 3차원 형상이 고려된 속도예측모형과 복합선형 등이 고려된 속도예측모형을 제시할 수 있을 것이다. 향후에는 이러한 속도예측모형이나 속도프로파일모형에 관한 연구가 계속 이루어져야 하고 실험차량을 통한 일관성 평가의 정확한 기준의 개발과 검증이 요구된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.240-247
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• 2001

연구배경 : 결핵성 흉막염의 치료 목적은 발열, 흉통, 기침 등의 증상을 완화하고, 활동성 폐결핵으로의 진행을 막고, 흉막비후를 막고자 하는 것이며, 흉막비후의 결과로 횡격막이나 늑골 운동의 장애가 발생할 수도 있다. 저자들은 흉막비후가 폐기능에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 가를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 결핵성 흉막염으로 진단 후 항결핵제 투여를 성공적으로 마친 57명의 환자를 대상으로 하여 흉부 X-선과 폐기능검사를 시행하였다. 흉막비후의 정도는 흉부 X-선상 심횡격막각(cardiophrenic angle)에서 횡격막의 가장 높은 부위를 지나 흉곽과 만나는 측면 점과 늑골횡격막각(costophrenic angle)의 가장 낮은 점과 그 중간 부위에서 측정한 흉막비후의 세 부위의 평균값으로 하였고, 폐기능검사로 FVC, FIVC, TLC를 측정하여 예상 정상치에 대한 비율(% predicted value)로 표시하였다. 각 흉막비후의 정도에 따른 폐기능검사 수치를 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 흉막비후의 정도가 심할수록 FVC, FIVC, TLC의 감소를 보였다. FVC는 grade III($69.14{\pm}18.99%$)와 grade I($95.30{\pm}14.39%$), grade II($89.37{\pm}12.07%$) 사이에는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였고(p<0.05), FIVC는 grade III($64.29{\pm}16.92%$)와 grade I($84.15{\pm}13.24%$), grade II($86.37{\pm}13.39%$) 사이에는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 흉막비후의 정도를 2mm 기준으로 하였을 때부터 FVC, FIVC의 통계적인 차이를 보였고, 제한성 폐장애 기준인 FVC가 80% 이하인 경우는 흉막비후 정도가 3mm 일 때로서 3mm 이하인 경우($94.25{\pm}13.44%$)일 때가 3mm 이상인 경우($79.30{\pm}19.52%$)에 비해서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 결 론 : 흉막유착의 정도가 심할수록 FVC, FIVC, TLC 등의 폐기능 감소가 심하며, 흉막유착과 관련된 연구에서 제한성 폐장애와 관련 있는 흉막유착의 정도는 3mm를 기준으로 하는 것이 적당할 것으로 판단된다.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권11호
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• pp.140-149
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• 1996

흘림체 필기 문자는 문자의 가능한 한도 펜의 움직임을 줄이려는 경제성의 원칙에서 비롯된다. 즉, 다음 획을 쓰기 위해 이동할 때 펜을 들지 않거나, 아예 이동을 생략하거나, 또는 연결된 두 획이 서로 닮아가면서 필기하기 쉬운 단순간 형태로 변화한다. 이러한 변화로 인해, 획이나 자소의 형태가 달라질 뿐만 아니라, 획간이나 자소간의 구분이 매우 어려워진다. 따라서 흘림체의 효과적인 인식을 위해서는 획이나 자소의 정확한 분할에 의존하지 않으면서, 일정한 단위로 분할하여 매칭할 수 있는 방법이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 구조적인 형태의 단위로 분할하고 매칭하는 '곡률획 모델링 방법(curvature stroke modeling method)'을 제안한다. 곡률획(curvature stroke)은 필기의 회전 방향이 바뀌지 않는 부분획으로 정의되며, 곡률에 따라 선분, 호, 원 등의 형태를 갖는다. 흘려 써진 입력 획들을 곡률획의 나열로 변환하기 위해서는, 필기의 회전을 변화시키는 곳, 급격한 방향 변화를 일으키는 곳, 그리고 지나친 회전을 일으키는 곳 등을 분할한다. 각 참조 자소는 정자체로 입력하여 분할 과정에 의해 생성된 곡률획의 나열로 저장되어 있으며, 인식중에 융합과정을 수행함으로써 매칭을 위한 다양한 곡률획의 나열을 만들어낸다. 이때, 가상 획이 필기되거나 생략될 가능성도 고려한다. 인식의 기본 단위로 곡률획을 사용함으로써, 입력 문자의 불필요한 분할점들을 효과적으로 줄일 수 있고, 또한 자소간의 연결점을 찾기 어려운 경우에도 인접한 두 자소에 걸치는 참조 곡률획을 생성해내기 때문에 정확한 매칭이 가능해진다. 실험 결과, 83.60%의 제 1후보 인식률과 0.99초/자(CPU 클럭: 66MHz)의 처리 시간을 보였다./atom으로 추출되었다. 한편 별도의 추가적인 공정없이 일반적인 에피 성장법을 사용하여 고농도로 붕소가 도핑된 실리콘층 위에 부정합 전위가 없는 에피 실리콘을 성장시켰으며, 이 에피 실리콘의 결정성은 매우 양호한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또 부정합 전위가 없는 에피 실리콘에 n+/p 게이트 다이오드를 제작하고 그 전압-전류 특성을 측정한 결과 5V의 역 바이어스에서 0.6nA/$cm^{2}$의 작은 누설 전류값을 나타내었다.이었다 5. 쌀의 알칼리 붕괴도는 밀양 맥후작산미가 가장 높았고 호남평야지산미가 가장 낮았는데 비해 아밀로그래프의 호화개시온도는 수원과 이리산미가 가장 낮았던 반면 밀양산미가 가장 높았다. 강하점도는 밀양산미가 가장 낮았고 다음이 이천산미가 낮았던데 비해 계화 및 이리산미가 가장 높았으며 치반점도는 이와 정반대의 경향을 나타내었다. 밥의 점성 /경도비율은 지역간 차이가 유의하지는 않았으나 남부평야산미가 중부평야산미에 비해 다소 떨어지는 경향이었다. 6. 식미와 관련이 있는 쌀 외관품질 및 이화학적 특성을 이용한 주성분 분석에서 전정보의 약 59% 설명이 가능한 제 1 및 제 2 주성분치상의 7개 품종별 6개 산지미의 분포로 보아 품종에 따라서 산지 반응이 달랐는데 대체로 자포니카와 통일형 품종군간 구분과 밀양, 중부평야 및 호남평야의 세 산지간 구분이 가능하였다. 산지내 품종간 미질변이는 남양간척지와 이리산미가 비교적 작았는데 수원산미는 이천과 남양산미의 미질변이를, 계화산미는 이리산미의 미질변이를 거의 포괄하였다.는 산불위험지역의 격자점(15km)내에 최소한 1대의 AWS 설치방안을 제시하였지만, 금후에는 15km내에서도 능선, 계곡 등 구체적인 위치확정을 위한 선행연구가 실시되어야할

• 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.