• 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.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.545-572
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• 2011

벼줄무늬잎마름바이러스(Rice stripe virus, RSV)에 대하여 유전자 진단기술인 RT-PCR과 VC/RT-PCR 기술을 개발하였다. ELISA 진단법은 유묘 검정법 보다 평균 40.5%, RT-PCR 진단법은 ELISA 진단법 보다 21%의 진단 효율이 높았다. 2009년 경기도 김포, 평택, 시흥 지역에서 채집한 애멸구의 보독충률을 VC/RT-PCR 진단법과 ELISA 진단법으로 검정한 결과 전체 평균 보독충률은 9.2%로 동일하였다. 벼줄무늬잎마름바이러스가 감염된 벼 포장에서 수집한 13개 분리주의 유전자 유연성은 RNA1과 RNA2는 중국+한국, 중국+한국+일본의 2개의 군으로 구분되었다. 또한 병원성 발현에 관여하는 RNA3는 중국, 중국+한국, 한국+일본의 3개 군으로, RNA4는 중국, 한국, 중국+한국+일본, 한국+일본의 4개의 군으로 구분되었다. 경기도 등 7개 도의 주요 28개의 재배지역에서 채집한 애멸구의 전국 평균 보독충률은 2008년 4.3%, 2009년 6.1%, 2010년 7.2%로 매년 상승하였다. 2008년에는 경기도가 11.3%로 가장 높았으며, 2009년에는 전라남도가 20.1%, 2010년에는 경기도 12.0%, 충청북도 14.2%로 가장 높았다. 보독충률이 가장 높았던 지역은 2008년에는 전북 부안 지역이 22.1%, 2009년에는 전남 완도와 진도가 36%, 2010년에는 충북 보은이 30.0%였다. 월동 애멸구의 전국 평균 밀도는 2008년 13.1 마리, 2009년 13.9 마리, 2010년 5.6 마리였으며, 월동 애멸구의 밀도는 전북 부안 지역이 2008년 39.1 마리, 2009년 60.4 마리로 가장 높았으며, 2010년에는 경기 평택 지역이 14.0 마리로 가장 높았다. 2008년 RSV 발생은 전남 진도, 해남 지역을 중심으로 869 ha가 발생하였으며, 2009년에는 전국적으로 21,541 ha가 발생하였으며, 특히 서해안 지역의 경우 경기도, 인천시, 충남, 전북, 전남의 19개 시군, 39개 읍면, 53개 리에서 3,025 포장을 조사한 결과 55.2%가 부분 고사 이상의 피해가 발생하였다. 2008년부터 3년간 전북 부안, 전남 진도 등에서 월동 애멸구의 시기별 발육을 조사한 결과 5월 20일에서 6월 10일 경에는 월동 후 1세대는 대부분 3령과 4령 이었으며 성충은 6월 하순경에 최성기였다. 2009년 5월 31에서 6월 1일에 태안, 서산, 부안, 신안, 진도 등에서 공중 포충망에 채집한 애멸구는 모두 성충이었으며 밀도는 태안 지역이 963 마리, 서천 919 마리, 신안 819 마리 등으로 매우 많이 포획되었으며, 공중 포충망에 채집된 애멸구는 국내에서 월동한 애멸구 집단이 아니고 중국에서 비래한 애멸구 집단으로 확인되었다. 2010년에는 5월 중순에서 6월 중순까지 공중 포충망에 애멸구 성충이 거의 채집되지 않았다. 2009년 충남 홍성, 전북 부안, 전남 영광 등 서해안 8개 지역의 공중 포충망에서 채집한 애멸구 성충의 RSV 보독충률은 2.1%에서 9.5%로 변이가 컸으며, 보령이 9.5%로 가장 높았으며, 다음으로 충남 홍성 7.9%, 전남 영광 6.5%, 충남 태안 6.4%였다. 애멸구 비래 후 약 10일 후에 공중 포충망 주변의 논에 심겨진벼에 대하여 RSV의 유전자 진단 결과 태안 84.6%, 부안 65.4%, 진도 92.9% 이었으며, 평균 감염률은 81% 이었다. 보리는 RSV의 주요 월동 기주식물로 알려져 있으나 RSV의 감염률은 경기 평택 등 전국에서 530점을 채집하여 유전자 진단 결과 감염률이 0.2%로 매우 낮았다. RSV의 새로운 자연 기주식물로 29종이 확인되었다. 하계 일년생 식물은 조개풀 등 13종, 동계 일년생은 들묵새 등 11종, 다년생으로는 우산잔디 등 5종 이었다. RSV 감염률은 동계 일년생인 들묵새 24.9%, 하계 일년생인 바랭이 44.9%, 물피 95.2%, 가을강아지풀 65.5%이었으며, 다년생인 물억새는 33.3%였다. RSV에 감수성인 동진1호 등 8개 품종과 저항성인 삼광벼 등 17개 품종에 대하여 2009년 부안, 익산, 김제 지역의 자연 포장에서 병징 발현 여부를 조사한 결과 감수성 8개 품종은 모두 감수성이었으며, 진성 저항성 품종 중 온누리 등 12개 품종은 감수성이었으며 삼광벼 등 5개 품종은 포장 저항성이었다. RSV에 저항성인 남평벼 등 4 품종과 감수성인 동진1호 등 3 품종을 대상으로 바이러스를 인공접종한 결과 RSV의 병징 발현률은 감수성 품종의 경우 평균 53.3%이었으며 저항성 품종의 경우 평균 34.0%로 19.3% 낮았다. 감수성인 흑남벼와 저항성인 남평벼를 이용하여 병징 발현률과 바이러스 감염률을 조사한 결과 병징 발현률은 흑남벼 28%, 남평벼 12%로 감수성 품종이 병징 발현률이 2배 이상 높았다. 그러나 체내 바이러스 감염률은 흑남벼 85%, 남평벼 97%로 오히려 저항성 품종에서 12%의 높은 감염률을 보였다. 저항성 품종에서의 저항성 기작은 병징 발현에 대한 저항성이며 바이러스 증식에서는 저항성이 아니었다. RSV에 저항성 품종인 남평벼, 온누리와 감수성 품종인 동진1호, 운광벼를 이용하여 생육시기별로 인공접종하여 수량 감소를 2008년부터 3년간 조사한 결과 감수성 품종에서는 주당 수량을 보면 유묘기 감염시 7.8 g, 분얼기 감염시 8.5 g, 최고 분얼기 감염시 13.8 g으로 무처리에 비하면 수량 감소율이 유묘기 51%, 분얼기 46%, 최고 분얼기 13%로 일찍 감염될수록 수량 감소 영향이 컷다. 저항성 품종에서는 시기별 감염과 수량 감소가 통계적으로 상관이 없었다. 자연 발병된 농가 포장에서 운광 품종을 대상으로 태안과 진도지역에서 조사한 결과 발병경률 23.4% 이상이면 발병경률의 증가에 따라서 상관계수 0.94로 수량 감소율도 동일하게 증가하였다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.316-325
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• 2001

비료의 효율적 이용 및 과다 시비에 따른 환경오염을 경감하고자 토양 및 식물체 중 질산이온 분석을 통한 간이진단기술을 검토하였다. 농가현장에서 토양중 질산이온을 추출하기 위한 간이검정방법으로서 porous cup을 이용한 토양용액채취법과 생토용적추출법은 실험실 분석법인 2M KCl 침출법과 비교하였고, 질산이온 간이측정기구인 compact ion meter, nitrate ion meter, test strip-소형 reflectometer법 등에 의한 질산이온 측정값은 실험실 정밀 측정장비인 IC 측정값과 비교하였다. 토양내 질소수준이 다른 하우스환경 하에서 오이의 재배기간동안 토양용액채취법과 생토용적침출법에 의한 토양중 질산이온농도는 주기적으로 monitoring 하였고, 엽병중 질산이온농도는 엽병 위치별로 분석하였으며, 토양과 식물체중 질산이온 농도들은 오이의 최종 수량과 관련하여 2차 회귀식으로 plotting 하였다. 질산이온 간이측정장비로서는 test strip을 이용한 소형 reflectometer법이 실험실 정밀 분석법인 IC에 의한 측정값과 가장 밀접한 상관성을 보였다. Porous cup을 이용한 토양용액채취법은 관수후 경과시간, 토양깊이, 점적호스로부터의 거리 등에 따라 토양용액중 질산이온 농도의 공간적 변이가 컸으나, 생토용적침출법과 2M KCl 침출법간 질산함량은 높은 상관성이 인정되었다. 엽병즙액중 질산농도의 엽의 위치에 따라 질산농도의 변화가 심하였고, 토양내 질소 수준에 따라 상위엽과 하위엽간 질소 농도의 분포 또한 상이하였다. 토양 및 식물체 엽병중 질산함량과 오이수량간 2차 회귀식으로부터 최고수량과 일치하는 각각의 질산 함량 수준을 검토한 결과, 토양용액채취법은 $400mg\;l^{-1}$ 수준, 생토용적 침출법은 $300mg\;l^{-1}$ 수준, 엽병즙액의 경우는 $1400mg\;l^{-1}$ 수준이었다. 여기서 엽병즙액과 오이수량간 상관성은 pot 시험을 통해 비교하였고, pot 실험결과 $1500mg\;l^{-1}$ 수준의 엽병내 질산농도 수준에서 최고 수량을 보여 하우스 실험결과와 유사하였다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.154-162
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• 2011

목 적: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)에 의한 급성 하기도 감염은 소아기에 입원을 요하는 중요한 질환이다. 우리나라에서는 현재 미숙아와 후기미숙아의 출생률과 생존률이 증가하고 있으며, palivizumab ($Synagis^{(R)}$) 예방요법을 시행하고 있으나 아직 경제효과에 대한 연구가 없는 실정이다. 이에 저자들은 RSV로 인한 하기도 감염으로 입원한 미숙아들의 인구학적, 임상적 특성을 알아보고 우리나라에 적절한 예방요법 대상을 정하는데 도움이 되는 정보를 제공하고자 하였다. 방 법: 2007년 1월부터 2011년 2월까지 동국대학교 일산병원에 입원한 3세 미만의 급성 하기도 감염 환자중 multiplex RT-PCR을 통해 원인 바이러스를 밝힌 167명의 의무기록을 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결 과: 167명 중 RSV 감염으로 밝혀진 환자는 총 113명이었으며, 만삭아가 90명, 미숙아가 23명이었다. 이들의 평균 입원기간은 만삭아군이 9.0일, 미숙아군이 12.6일로 통계학적인 차이를 보였으며 이외 입원당시 나이, 발열 및 호흡기 증상, 혈액소견등은 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. RSV 감염으로 입원한 미숙아 22명을 조사하였을때(다른 질병과의 동반감염이 있었던 한 명 제외), 28주 미만이 4명, 28주 이상 32주 미만이 2명, 32주 이상이 16명(72.7%)으로 대부분이 palivizumab 예방요법의 대상이 아닌 미숙아들이었다. 이들 중 3명은 중환자실에서의 치료를 받았고 한 명만 28주미만의 환아로 palivizumab 투여를 받았으며 나머지 두 명은 32주 이상의 환아들로 기관지폐이형성 등 다른 위험요소가 없어 palivizumab을 투여 받지 않았다. 중환자실에서 치료받은 미숙아군과 만삭아군에서도 임상양상과 혈액학적 소견은 모두 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결 론: RSV에 의한 급성 하기도 감염으로 입원하는 환자들은 대부분 만삭아이거나 기관지폐이형성증과 같은 위험요인이 없는, palivizumab 투여 대상이 아닌 미숙아들이었다. 따라서 우리나라에서도 기관지폐이형성증 이외의 위험요인을 평가하고 더욱 최적의 시기에 pali-vizumab을 투여 하는 우리나라만의 예방요법지침이 하루속히 필요하다고 생각된다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.80-105
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• 2019

재난 유형의 복합화 및 불규칙성이 날로 늘고 있는 가운데 다양한 자연적 인문적 요인에 의하여 문화재가 파괴되고 손상되는 사례가 빈번해짐에 따라 보다 적극적인 사전 예방적 차원에서의 문화재 보존 관리 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 이에 문화재청은 문화재의 체계적인 보존 관리를 위해 2005년 12월 정기조사를 법제화하였고, 최근에는 법령을 개정하여 조사 주기를 5년에서 3년으로 단축하는 한편, 정기조사 대상을 등록문화재까지 확대하는 등 제도적으로 문화재 보존 관리 역량을 강화하고자 노력하고 있다. 한편 시 도지정문화재의 정기조사는 조례에 따라 광역자치단체 중심으로 시행하도록 되어 있는데, 서울특별시의 경우 도심에 위치한 문화재가 많고 탐방 수요가 높아 상대적으로 예방적 차원의 관리가 더욱 중요함에 따라 2008년 조례를 개정해 정기조사의 법적 근거를 마련하고, 2016년에서 2018년까지 시지정문화재 전체를 대상으로 정기조사를 실시하였다. 이에 개별 문화재를 중심으로 진행된 조사의 결과를 취합하고 종합적인 관리 현황을 진단함으로써 보다 효과적인 관리방안을 마련하기 위한 검토가 필요한 시점이다. 따라서 본 연구는 서울특별시 지정문화재에 대하여 3개년(2016~2018) 동안 추진된 정기조사 결과를 중심으로 종합적인 관리 실태를 점검함으로써 성과 및 한계를 진단하고 개선방안을 모색하는 한편, 서울특별시가 추진 중인 통합 관리 시스템에 기초 DB 탑재를 위한 방안을 제언하였다. 구체적으로 정기조사 운영 지침상의 조사 서식을 준용하되 시지정문화재의 특성을 고려하여 조사 서식의 유형을 재분류하고 세분화하였다. 또한 조사 범위 및 방식에 있어 일관성 있고 구체적인 정보 기술을 위한 매뉴얼을 개발하였다. 이를 토대로 정기조사 결과를 분석한 바 조사 대상 문화재 총 521건 가운데 401건(77.0%)은 전반적으로 보존 관리 상태가 양호하였고, 102건(19.6%)은 주의관찰, 정밀진단, 수리 등 별도의 조치가 필요한 것으로 확인되었다. 이에 대한 조치로 관리 상태 및 시급성에 따라 중점 관리 대상을 선정하여 우선적으로 관리하는 방안을 제안하였다. 향후 본 연구를 기초로 보다 합리적이고 체계적인 문화재 보존 관리 계획의 수립 및 추진을 도모하는 한편, 중장기적으로 서울특별시가 추진하고 있는 통합 관리 시스템에 기초 DB를 효과적으로 제공함으로써 사전 예방적이고 효율적인 문화재 관리 체계의 구축을 통한 안전하고 지속가능한 문화재 보호의 토대가 마련될 수 있기를 기대한다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2012

목적 : 뇌에 분포하는 동맥혈관을 관찰할 때 흔히 자기공명 뇌혈관 데이터(Magnetic Resonance Angiography, MRA)를 이용한다. 하지만 뇌혈관 데이터의 경우 관찰하고자 하는 부위의 혈관을 직접적으로 관찰하기 어렵다. 이러한 3차원 데이터를 2차원 디스플레이 장치에 나타내기 위해 최대강도투사(Maximum Intensity Projection, MIP) 영상이 흔히 이용된다. 데이터의 투사방향에 위치한 복셀들 중 최대값을 가지는 복셀을 투사하여 최대강도투사 영상을 얻게 된다. 혈관의 경우 큰 복셀값을 가지기 때문에 영상에서 밝게 나타난다. 하지만 투사방향에 중첩되어 있는 일부 혈관들이 투사하는 과정에서 최대값을 가지는 혈관들에 가려져 나타나지 않게 되기 때문에 깊이 정보를 잃게 된다. 또한 정해진 위치에서의 투사영상 밖에 얻을 수 없다는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 최대강도투사 영상이 가지는 이러한 단점들을 개선하여 뇌혈관의 분포를 3차원 공간상에서 최적화 된 입체영상으로 보는 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 우리는 4개의 채널 코일과 3.0T 자기공명영상장치 (Siemens Tim Trio MRI scanner)를 이용하여 피험자의 머리를 고정시키고 3차원 위상대조 (Phase-Contrast, PC) 시퀀스를 적용하여 3차원 뇌혈관 데이터를 얻었다. 얻어진뇌혈관 데이터의 중심점을 기준으로 3차원 공간 회전 알고리즘을 적용하여 회전된 새로운 데이터를 얻은 다음 이 데이터를 기준 수평면상에 투사하여 뇌혈관에 대한 2차원 최대강도투사 영상을 구한다. 이 때 입체영상 구현을 위해 두 눈과 데이터의 중심이 이루는 수렴각에 맞게 뇌혈관 데이터를 각각 공간 회전시킨 후 투사하여 각각의 눈에 적합한 영상들을 구하고 이를 적청안경방식 (anaglyph)을 이용하여 관찰함으로써 최적의 입체감을 가지는 최대강도투사 영상을 얻는다. 결과 : 결과 영상을 살펴보면 우선 기존의 방법들에서는 불가능했던 뇌혈관 데이터의 다양한 위치에서의 최대강도투사 영상이 가능해졌다는 것을 알 수 있다. 또한 관찰자와 데이터 사이의 거리와 두 눈 사이의 거리를 고려하여 보다 사실적인 입체감을 가지는 입체 최대강도투사 영상을 얻었다. 결론적으로 관찰자가 바라보는 방향과 관찰자와 데이터 사이의 거리에 따른 최적의 입체영상을 얻을 수 있었다. 결론 : 제안하는 방법은 단일 최대강도투사 영상을 관찰자의 위치를 고려하여 입체영상으로 변환시킴으로써 최적의 입체감을 가지는 입체 투사 영상을 구하였다. 그리고 구면좌표계 상에서 뇌혈관 데이터의 다양한 투사방향에서의 최대강도투사 영상을 나타낼 수 있었다. 추후 알고리즘 최적화와 병렬연산 프로세스가 적용된다면 진단과 수술 계획에 필요한 뇌혈관의 입체 정보들을 실시간으로 제공해 줄 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1992년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.27-47
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• 1992

Engineers have developed new instruments that aid in diagnosis and therapy Ultrasonic imaging has provided a nondamaging method of imaging internal organs. A complex transducer emits ultrasonic waves at many angles and reconstructs a map of internal anatomy and also velocities of blood in vessels. Fast computed tomography permits reconstruction of the 3-dimensional anatomy and perfusion of the heart at 20-Hz rates. Positron emission tomography uses certain isotopes that produce positrons that react with electrons to simultaneously emit two gamma rays in opposite directions. It locates the region of origin by using a ring of discrete scintillation detectors, each in electronic coincidence with an opposing detector. In magnetic resonance imaging, the patient is placed in a very strong magnetic field. The precessing of the hydrogen atoms is perturbed by an interrogating field to yield two-dimensional images of soft tissue having exceptional clarity. As an alternative to radiology image processing, film archiving, and retrieval, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) are being implemented. Images from computed radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasound are digitized, transmitted, and stored in computers for retrieval at distributed work stations. In electrical impedance tomography, electrodes are placed around the thorax. 50-kHz current is injected between two electrodes and voltages are measured on all other electrodes. A computer processes the data to yield an image of the resistivity of a 2-dimensional slice of the thorax. During fetal monitoring, a corkscrew electrode is screwed into the fetal scalp to measure the fetal electrocardiogram. Correlations with uterine contractions yield information on the status of the fetus during delivery To measure cardiac output by thermodilution, cold saline is injected into the right atrium. A thermistor in the right pulmonary artery yields temperature measurements, from which we can calculate cardiac output. In impedance cardiography, we measure the changes in electrical impedance as the heart ejects blood into the arteries. Motion artifacts are large, so signal averaging is useful during monitoring. An intraarterial blood gas monitoring system permits monitoring in real time. Light is sent down optical fibers inserted into the radial artery, where it is absorbed by dyes, which reemit the light at a different wavelength. The emitted light travels up optical fibers where an external instrument determines O2, CO2, and pH. Therapeutic devices include the electrosurgical unit. A high-frequency electric arc is drawn between the knife and the tissue. The arc cuts and the heat coagulates, thus preventing blood loss. Hyperthermia has demonstrated antitumor effects in patients in whom all conventional modes of therapy have failed. Methods of raising tumor temperature include focused ultrasound, radio-frequency power through needles, or microwaves. When the heart stops pumping, we use the defibrillator to restore normal pumping. A brief, high-current pulse through the heart synchronizes all cardiac fibers to restore normal rhythm. When the cardiac rhythm is too slow, we implant the cardiac pacemaker. An electrode within the heart stimulates the cardiac muscle to contract at the normal rate. When the cardiac valves are narrowed or leak, we implant an artificial valve. Silicone rubber and Teflon are used for biocompatibility. Artificial hearts powered by pneumatic hoses have been implanted in humans. However, the quality of life gradually degrades, and death ensues. When kidney stones develop, lithotripsy is used. A spark creates a pressure wave, which is focused on the stone and fragments it. The pieces pass out normally. When kidneys fail, the blood is cleansed during hemodialysis. Urea passes through a porous membrane to a dialysate bath to lower its concentration in the blood. The blind are able to read by scanning the Optacon with their fingertips. A camera scans letters and converts them to an array of vibrating pins. The deaf are able to hear using a cochlear implant. A microphone detects sound and divides it into frequency bands. 22 electrodes within the cochlea stimulate the acoustic the acoustic nerve to provide sound patterns. For those who have lost muscle function in the limbs, researchers are implanting electrodes to stimulate the muscle. Sensors in the legs and arms feed back signals to a computer that coordinates the stimulators to provide limb motion. For those with high spinal cord injury, a puff and sip switch can control a computer and permit the disabled person operate the computer and communicate with the outside world.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2017

PET/CT 검사 시 호흡으로 인한 내부장기의 움직임은 여러 호흡주기 동안 영상화되어 종양크기는 실제보다 증가하고 SUV에도 영향을 미치게 된다. 호흡 동조 시스템들을 이용하여 종양크기와 SUV 변화 유무를 평가해보고자 한다. 장비는 Biograph mCT 64를 사용하였고 호흡 동조 시스템은 RPM과 Anzai 시스템을 사용하였다. 실험을 위해 Point source와 Micro-phantom을 환자는 2016년 8월에서 9월까지 폐 기저부 또는 간 상부에 고형종양이 확인된 환자 12명을 대상으로 호기-호흡상태에서의 PET영상과 호기 후 멈춤 상태의 CT영상을 얻어 기존 Static, RPM, Anzai방식에서의 방사능 농도(kBq/mL), SUVmax, Cylinder diameter(mm), Tumor diameter (mm) 변화 유무를 평가하였다. Point source 방사능 농도 측정 결과 Static 대비 RPM 94%, Anzai 91% 상승하였고 Micro-phantom에서 방사능량을 달리한 2개의 Cylinder에서 SUVmax값은 Static 대비 RPM 61%, 78%, Anzai 58%, 77%로 각각 상승하였고 Cylinder diameter는 RPM -26%, -28%, Anzai -28%, -26% 감소하였다. 환자의 경우 SUVmax값은 Static 대비 RPM은 최소 8.2%에서 최대 94.4%, Anzai는 최소7.6%에서 최대 68.3% 상승하였고 Tumor diameter는 RPM은 최소 -7.6%에서 최대 -28.9%, Anzai는 최소 -9.6%에서 최대 -27.7% 감소하였다. 호흡 동조 시스템 RPM과 Anzai에서 phantom study는 별 차이가 없었지만 환자의 종양에서는 유의미한 차이가 있었다(P<0.05). 호흡 동조 시스템 RPM과 Anzai는 호흡이 일정한 주기로 이루어지는 phantom study에서 별 차이가 없었지만 환자의 경우 일정하지 않은 호흡주기와 시스템간 차이 때문에 유의미한 차이가 발생함을 알 수 있었다. 하지만 호흡 동조 시스템은 기존 Static 대비 종양의 크기는 감소하고 SUV는 증가하여 정확한 진단과 SUV측정에 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한안과학회지
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• 제59권11호
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• pp.1001-1008
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• 2018

목적: 눈물길미세내시경을 이용한 실리콘관삽입술과 기존의 코내시경만으로 시행한 방법 간의 성공률을 비교하고자 하였다. 대상과 방법: 2014년 1월부터 2017년 6월까지 본원에서 실리콘관삽입술을 시행한 환자들을 대상으로 하였다. 술 전 눈물소관 관류검사와 눈물주머니조영술로 진단하였다. 술 후 3개월 때 실리콘관을 제거하였고 4, 12개월 때 성공률을 내시경 사용에 따라 두 군으로 나눠 분석하였다. 결과: 총 55명, 80안으로 술 전 진단에서 사용군은 부분폐쇄 26안, 완전폐쇄 14안, 미사용군은 부분폐쇄 35안, 완전폐쇄 5안이었다(p=0.018). 술 후 4, 12개월 때 성공률은 사용군에서는 87.5%, 80.0%, 미사용군에서는 72.0%, 62.1%였다(p=0.546, p=0.565). 부분폐쇄에서 사용군과 미사용군의 성공률은 4개월 때 92.3%, 82.9%, 12개월 때 71.4%, 62.9% (p=0.448, p=1.000), 완전폐쇄에서 성공률은 4개월 때 78.6%, 60.0%, 12개월 때 72.7%, 33.3%였다(p=0.570, p=0.505). 눈물길미세내시경의 사용과 폐쇄의 위치 및 정도의 차이가 술 후 4, 12개월 때 성공률에 유의한 영향을 미침을 확인하였다(p=0.001, p=0.022). 결론: 눈물길미세내시경을 이용한 실리콘관삽입술은 기존의 것에 비하여 성공률이 유의하게 높지는 않았으나, 코눈물길의 구조를 실시간으로 확인하여 적절한 진단 및 치료가 동시에 가능하다. 완전폐쇄로 진단되었던 환자들에게도 좋은 성공률을 보여 그 적용 범위를 확대시켜 비침습적인 치료를 시행할 수 있을 것이다.