• 전기화학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2000

정상상태 회전원판전극(RDE)방법과 유체역학적 요동에 의한 전기화학적(EHD) 임피던스방법을 이용하여 금(Au)회전 원판전극(rotating disk electrode)표면에 형성된 PVC(polyvinyl chloride)피막내 산소확산계수의 온도의존성에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. PVC 피막내에서의 산소확산속도(산소확산계수와 피막두께의 비) $D_f/\delta_f$는 한계전류 대 전극회전각속도의 변화로부터 측정하였고, 확산시간상수(diffusion time constant) $\delta_f^2/D_f$측정된 임피던스 값을 $\ulcorner$비전도성, 다공성 피막을 통한 물질이동$\lrcorner$에 대한 확산방정식으로부터 계산된 값에 피팅(fitting)하여 얻었다. 이 측정된 확산속도와 확산시간상수로부터 상온에서 PVC피막의 두께 $\delta_f$와 피막내에서의 산소확산계수(diffusivity) $D_f$를 각각 결정하였다. 온도가 증가함에 따라 측정된 PVC내에서의 산소확산계수가 용액에서의 산소확산계수 $D_s$보다 더 빠르게 증가하였다. 이는 온도가 증가함에 따라 PVC피막내 공공이 성장하고, 이 공공들이 피막내에서 유효한 확산경로로 작용한다는 것을 의미한다. 본 정상상태 및 유체역학적 요동상태 실험방법을 이용하여 금속표면에 존재하는 비전도성 다공질피막의 두께와 피막내 산소확산계수를 동시에 측정할 수 있었으며, 피막의 다공도를 정량적으로 계산할 수 있었다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1141-1151
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• 2007

건설교통부는 2007. 1. 1 (2009.12. 신구좌표병행) 세계측지계 전면 시행 방침에 따라 철도측량의 내실화 그리고 기술력 제고를 위하여 호남고속철도건설 사업수행에 요구되는 수치지도를 항공측량을 통해 제작하였으며 이와 함께 철도기준점(GPS 정밀 3등기준점)측량을 실시하여 보다 정밀한 철도 중심선형 좌표값 과 수준값을 획득할 수 있었다. 국토지리정보원은 측지좌표계로의 변환을 위해 국가좌표변환계수 및 왜곡량 모델을 고시하였다. 이러한 좌표변환은 공통기준점(Common Point)의 성과 및 망구성의 강도(strength), 기준점밀도 등에 의해 결정된다. 호남고속철도의 경우 좌표변환을 위해 공통기준점을 새로히 설치하지 않고 중심측량 및 종횡단측량을 위해 이미 구축된 철도기준점을 공통기준점으로 가정하여 변환을 실시하고자 한다. 따라서 본 논문은 남북축으로 계획된 호남고속철도 사례를 통해 현재의 계획노선을 선형 중심축으로 가정하고 철도기준점을 이용한 좌표변환을 실시후 결과에 대한 분석을 통해 변환가능성 여부를 판단하고자 한다. 좌표변환 실시 후 분석결과 Y축 왜곡량 값이 최소 21cm에서 최대 40cm까지 완만한 직선축으로 감소함을 확인할 수 있었고, X축은 $14cm{\sim}29cm$ 의 왜곡량을 보였으며 이러한 왜곡량을 보정한 결과 좌표간 편차량이 $6mm{\sim}9mm$로 국토지리정보원의 세계측지계 변환지침에 에 따른 허용오차 및 지적경계측량 허용오차인 10cm를 만족시켰다. 따라서 철도기준점을 공통기준점(Common Point)으로 이용한 철도중심선형의 좌표변환이 가능함을 알 수 있었다.<0.05), 부착치은의 폭경에서는 유치 초기와 그 계승영구치 최종값사이에 통계적으로 유의성 있는 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 5. 점막치은 문제 발현 빈도는 남녀에 상관없이 유치열은 상하악 제 1유구치가, 영구치열은 상하악 모두 제 1소구치가 최고치를 나타냈으며 유치에서보다 그 대응 계승영구치에서 그 빈도가 더욱 높게 나타났다. 연령증가에 따라 점막치은 문제의 발현 빈도는 유치열, 영구치열에서 모두 감소하였으나, 하악 제1유구치, 하악 영구 견치, 제1, 제2소구치의 경우 연령의 증가와 상관없이 비슷하게 유지되거나 증가하는 경향을 보였다.합필름에서 PET/PVDC/Al-vac/PE필름은 장기저장시 사용이 좋을 것으로 사료된다. 2) 질소가스 및 탄산가스투과도 각각 $61.6{\mu}PVDC/PE/Al-vac/CPS\;12.5,\;59.8>96.9{\mu}PE/PVDC/PE\;7.1,\;42.0>79.3{\mu}ET/PVDC/L-LDPE\;6.4,\;34.2>72.2{\mu}PET/PVDC/PE/Al-vac/PE\;0.74,\;4.2cc/m^2.24hr{\cdot}atm$으로 가장 우수한 PET/PVDC/PE/Al-vac/PE 복합필름이 장기저장용으로 이용이 좋을 것으로 사료된다.태발생을 연구하는데 기초적인 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 조사한 결과 유의확률이 0.05 이하인 수치들은 Hb과 Albumin, K, Na간, Neutrophil과 Leukocyte간이었고 상관계 수치는 $0.370{\sim}0.442$ 사이로 나타났다. 유의확률 0.01이하로 조사된 수치는 Cholesterol과 ALT간, LD

• 농업과학연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.206-241
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• 1985

이 연구(硏究)는 목도열병(病)의 감염시기(感染時期)와 조직내(組織內) 감염속도(感染速度) 및 감염(感染)에 영향(影響)을 미치는 전염원(傳染源)의 소재(所在), 엽초내외의 제조건(諸條件) 등(等)을 구명(究明)하여 합리적(合理的)인 방제체계(防除體系)를 확립(確立)하는 자료(資料)를 얻고자 실시(實施)하였다. 1. 벼 이삭목도열병(病)의 감염(感染) 최성기(最盛期)는 수잉기(穗孕期)였으며 그 다음이 출수기(出穗期)로 이 시기(時期)에 대부분의 이삭목이 감염(感梁)되고 있었다. 그러나 통일계(統一系) 품종(品種)은 출수후(出穗後)에도 환경(環境)에 따라 높은 감염(感染) 가능성(可能性)을 갖고 있었다. 2. 벼 이 삭목도열병(病)의 잠복기간(潛伏期間)은 자연조건하(自然條件下)에서 10~22일(日)로 그 변동복(變動福)이 넓었다. 인공접종시(人工接種時) 이삭이 어릴수록 잠복기간(潛伏期間)은 짧았고 감염속도(感染速度)가 심(甚)했으나 지엽절(止葉節) 밖으로 추출(抽出)한 이삭목은 잠복기간(潛伏期間)도 길고 발병률(發病率)도 낮았으며 조직내(組織內) 감염속도(感染速度)가 늦었다. 3. 이삭목도열병(病)의 약제방제(藥劑防除) 적기(適期)는 도열병균(稻熱病菌)의 감염(感染) 최성기(最盛期)와 잠복기간(潛伏期間)을 고려(考慮)할 때 속효성(速效性) 약제(藥齊)는 출수(出穗)5~10일전(日前), 지효성(遲效性) 약제(藥齊)는 10~15일전(日前)으로 추정(推定)된다. 4. 도열병균(病菌) 포자(胞子)의 엽초내 침투(浸透)는 주(主)로 지엽(止葉)을 포함(包含)한 상위(上位) 3개엽(個葉)에서 이루어졌고 강우(降雨)나 이슬, 일액(溢液) 등(等)과 함께 엽초 봉합부(縫合部)에서 침윤현상(浸潤現象)에 의해 이루어졌으며 침투율(浸透量)은 수도(水稻)의 생육기간중(生育期間中) 수잉기(穗孕期)가 가장 많았다. 포자(胞子)의 엽초내 침투(浸透)는 엽설(葉舌)이 크게 저지(沮止)하고 있었다. 5. 엽초내에 침투(浸透)한 포자(胞子)의 이삭에의 부착량(附着量)은 형태적(形態的)으로 복잡(複雜)한 수수절(穗首節)과 수축절(穗軸節)이 가장 많았고 이에는 모용(毛茸)와 퇴화지경(退化枝梗)이 크게 영향(影響)을 미치고 있어 이들이 목도열병(病) 감염(感染)을 조장(助長)하고 있었다. 6. 벼 이삭목도열병(病) 감염(感染) 가능(可能) 포자농도(服子濃度)는 계통간(系統間) 차이(差異)가 있어 통일계(統一系) 품종(品種)은 일반계(一般系)보다 낮은 100개(個) 이하(以下)의 포자농도(胞子濃度)에서도 쉽게 감염(感染)이 되었으며 발병지수(發病指數)도 매우 높아 그 피해(被害)가 더욱 심(甚)했다. 7. 벼 이삭목도열병(病)과 상관(相關)이 높은 이삭목의 질소함량(窒素含量)과 규소함량(硅數含量)은 벼 생육기간(生育時期)에 따라 큰 차이(差異)가 있어 질소함량(窒素含量)은 수잉기(穗孕期)에서 출수기(出穗期)로 갈수록 증가(增加)를 보였고 그 후 다소(多少) 감소(減少)하고 있었다. 규소함량(硅數含量)은 수잉기(穗孕期)로부터 점차 증가(增加)하고 있어 이들 체내성분(體內成分)의 변화(變化)가 목도열병(病)의 발병(發病)을 조장(助長)하고 있었다. 8. 도열병균(稻熱病菌) 포자(胞子)의 비산(飛散)은 대다수 수직(垂直) 방향(方向)으로 상승(上昇)또는 하강(下降)하여 도체(稻體)에 부간(附看)하였으며 수평(水平)으로 이동(移動)하는 포자(胞子)는 극(極)히 적어 출수후(出穗後)의 이삭목에 부간(附看)하는 포자수(胞子數)가 적으므로 출수후(出穗後) 목도열병(病) 감염율(感染率)은 매우 낮을 것으로 추정(推定)되었다. 도체(稻體) 상하위간(上下位間)의 온도차(溫度差)에 의(依)한 공기(空氣)의 이동(移動)은 포자비산(胞子飛散)에 대(對)한 하나의 원인(原因)이었다. 9. 출온기(出穩期)를 전후(前後)한 포자비산(胞子飛散)이 가장 목도열병발병(病發病)과 상관(相關)이 높았으며 지엽(止葉)을 포함(包含)한 상위(上位) 3개엽(個葉)에 형성(形成)된 병반(病斑)이 출수(出穗)를 전후(前後)한 시기(時期)에 포자형성량(胞子形成量)이 많아 직접(直接) 목도열병(病) 전염원(傳染源)으로서 크게 작용(作用)하고 있었다. 10. 엽초내 환경조건(環境條件)은 목도열병(病) 감염(感染)에 극(極)히 호적(好適)하여 엽초내에서 도열병균(病菌)의 침해(侵害)를 받는 경우 품종(品種)의 내병성(耐病性), 시복수준(施服水準)의 차이(差異)에 관계(關係)없이 이삭목이나 지경(枝梗), 인, 마디, 마디사이 등(等) 도체(稻體)의 어느 부위(部位)라도 감염(感染)이 이루어졌다. 11. 엽초내에 침투(浸透)한 우고균(優古菌) 중에서 벼 갈색엽고병균(病菌)인 Gerlachia oryzae 만이 발병(發病)을 다소(多少) 조장(助長)할 뿐 기타(其他)의 균(菌)들은 영향(影響)이 적었으며 품종(品種)의 출수소요일수(出穗所要日數)의 장단(長短)이 목도열병(病) 감염(感染)과 관련(關連)이 있는 것으로 추정(推定)되었다.

• 공연문화연구
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• 제20호
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• pp.5-30
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• 2010

허규는 80~90년대 창극 연출을 담당하며 왕성한 활동을 전개한 바 있다. 그는 전승 5가 뿐만 아니라 실전 판소리를 창극화 하였으며, 창작 창극 작품도 다수 무대에 선보였다. 특히 '완판 창극'이라는 이름으로 1982년 <흥보전>을 무대에 올린 후 1985년 <적벽가>를 공연함으로써 전승 5가의 창극화 작업을 완결지은 것은 그가 남긴 큰 업적 가운데 하나이다. 허규는 주체적 민족문화의 정립과 한국 전통연희의 창조적 계승 문제에 많은 관심을 기울였던 실천적인 연극인이다. 그는 창극을 한국의 대표적인 공연예술로 정립하고자 노력했다. 창극 작품은 그 연원에 따라, (1)전승 5가의 창극화 (2)실전 7가의 창극화 (3)창작 창극으로 세분해 볼 수 있다. 허규가 연출한 작품에는 이 3가지 유형이 모두 포함되어 있다. 그 가운데 전승 5가를 창극화한 작품이 가장 큰 비중을 차지하고 있다. 허규가 시도한 '완판창극'은 한국의 전통유산 가운데 빼어난 예술적 성과를 거둔 요소들을 집대성하여 무대에 올림으로써, 창극을 한국의 대표적인 공연예술로 정립해 보고자한 것이다. '완판창극'에 나타난 특징은 다음 네 가지로 정리할 수 있다. (1) 전통을 중시하는 연출 태도, (2) 전통연희 요소의 적극적 수용, (3) 격조와 윤리의식의 중시, (4) 해학의 강조와 보조인물의 적극적 활용이 그것이다. 허규가 시도한 '완판창극'은 창극이 성취할 수 있는 예술적 수준의 한 정점을 보여주는 것이다. 판소리 유산을 망라하고 나아가 전통연희를 적극적으로 수용하여, 창극을 한국의 대표적인 공연예술로 정립해 보고자 했던 것이다. 허규는 '완판창극'에서 판소리의 진정성을 그대로 살리려고 노력했으며, 처음부터 끝까지 한 대목도 빠뜨리지 않고 장면화 하려고 했다. '완판창극'의 공연 시간이 4~5시간이나 소요되었다는 것이 그 점을 잘 보여준다. 허규가 완판창극에서 거둔 성과는 이후 창극에 상당한 영향을 끼친 것으로 보인다. 1990년대에 시도된 '완판장막창극'도 그 모태는 허규의 '완판창극'에 두고 있다. 창본을 종합해 내고 판소리의 좋은 점을 모두 보여주고자 하는 의도가 일치한다는 점에서 특히 그러하다. 그렇지만 90년대 '완판장막창극'은 대형 무대화를 지향했으며 화려한 무대장치와 의상 그리고 버라이어티한 요소를 부각시켰다는 점에서 '완판창극'과 대비된다. 허규의 완판창극이 끼친 중요한 영향 가운데 하나는 판소리의 '열린 형식'을 창극의 공연 문법으로 적극 활용했다는 점이다. 허규는 극의 전개 과정에서 필요하다고 판단되면 전통연희의 요소를 적극적으로 수용하여, 극적 표현 영역을 확장하고 작품의 완성도를 높이고자 했다. 이러한 그의 시도는 창극 극작술의 한 방식으로 인식되어, 이후 창극연출에도 지속적으로 영향을 미치고 있다. 요즘 창극은 어떻게 하면 청중들의 호응을 얻을 수 있을까에 관심을 집중하기 때문에, '감동받는 창극' 보다는 '재미있는 창극'을 만드는 일이 중요하다고 생각하는 듯하다. 공연 시간도 최대 2시간을 넘지 않으려고 하며, 관현악 반주를 중시하는 경향을 보여준다. 이런 관점에서는 허규가 '완판창극'을 통해 구현하고자 했던 창극의 지향점은 극복의 대상으로 인식되고 있는 것으로 보인다.

• 의료법학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.29-74
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• 2022

2020년 예상하지 못한 형태의 COVID-19 감염병의 급속도로 전파·확산으로 국민의 "생명·신체·재산"에 피해를 줄 수 있는 재난관리법상 사회재난이 발생하면서, 감염병병원체의 검사 및 발생 사실에 대한 신고 및 보고(제11조), 실태조사(제17조), 역학조사(제18조), 예방접종을 위한 역학조사(제29조) 등을 통하여 수집된 정보는 발전된 데이터 인식 및 처리 기술, 인공지능을 통한 학습 기술 등과 결합하여 (1) 의료자원 배분을 위한 정책적 근거 마련(병상배정, 방역물품 공급), (2) 감염병 확산 방지를 위한 방역 정책적 근거 마련(집합금지·영업제한 등 정책 결정, 확진자 발생 현황 예측을 위한 연구 및 정책 결정), (3) 예방접종 촉진 및 피해 현황 파악 등 감염병 위기 상황에서 의사결정의 중요한 근거로 활용되어 왔다. 이러한 감염병 데이터를 활용한 의료정책의 결정은 방역정책 결정, 정보제공, 의약품 개발 및 연구 기술 발전에 기여하여 왔으며, 국제적으로 감염병 데이터의 활용 법제 마련에 관한 논의가 증가하면서 감염병 데이터 활용의 법적인정 범위와 한계에 대한 관심이 높아졌다. 감염병 데이터의 활용은 감염병 전파 및 확산 차단 목적, 감염병의 예방·관리·치료업무 목적, 감염병 연구 목적으로 분류할 수 있으며, 정보의 활용은 감염병 위기 상황을 전제로 논의된다. 먼저 민감정보인 "진료기록, 예방접종약, 예방접종, 기저질환 유무, 건강순위, 장기요양인정등급, 임신여부 등"에 관한 정보의 경우, 업무 목적으로 수집·제공·활용하는 경우 개인정보보호법상 활용이 인정되는 "타법에서 정하는 업무" 범위에 대한 해석이 요구된다. "감염병 전파 및 확산 차단, 감염병의 예방·관리·치료" 목적의 업무수행의 경우 입법적으로 명확하게 사전에 규율하기 쉽지 않다. 따라서 이를 인정하기 위한 전제로 먼저 대법원 및 헌법재판소에서 의료행위의 개념을 명확하게 정의하기 어렵다는 부분을 차용할 수 있다. 따라서 현실적으로 구체적인 업무수행의 행위 유형은 후행적으로 "입법목적, 학문적 원리, 전문성, 사회통념"을 기준으로 판단하여 재량권의 일탈 또는 남용의 논리로 해석하게 된다. 목적 달성에 필요한 정보수집 대상의 확정, 수집 정보의 활용방안의 한계 설정을 위하여 감염병으로 인한 공중보건 위기 상황에서 데이터 활용의 공익적 필요성이 있는지를 우선 판단하되 해당 정보의 활용이 정보주체나 제3자의 이익을 부당하게 침해하지 않았는지를 기준으로 판단한다. 이익형량의 세부 기준으로 위기 상황에서 감염병의 전파속도와 정도, 해당 민감정보의 처리 없이 목적달성을 할 수 있었는지, 민감정보의 처리를 통한 방역정책 도입의 효과성 등을 기준으로 판단하게 된다. 한편, 연구목적 감염병데이터의 수집·제공·활용은 원칙적으로 개인정보보호법상 가명처리, 생명윤리법상 동의와 기관생명윤리위원회의 심의, 국민건강보험공단 자료 활용 시 자료제공 심의위원회 절차를 거쳐 활용되게 된다. 따라서 가명처리 및 데이터심의위원회의 심의 또는 정보주체의 동의 및 기관생명윤리심의위원회의 심의를 거치므로 원칙적으로 절차적 타당성을 확보하는 한 연구목적 활용은 인정된다. 다만, 가명화 또는 익명화 절차를 명확히하여 연구책임자의 부담을 줄여야 하며, 포괄적 동의제도와 옵트아웃 제도의 도입 또는 동의 절차가 명확히 마련되어야 하며, 기술발전으로 나타날 수 있는 재식별 가능성 또는 보안성 확보 절차를 명확히 규정할 필요가 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.535-563
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• 1993

치주질환 진행의 최종적인 결과는 하반 지지조직의 소실로 치아상실을 초래하는 것이다. 이러한 치주질환의 이상적인 치유형태는 부착상실 예방을 비롯 상실된 조직의 재상 즉 신생 치조골과 백악질이 형성되고 두 조직사이에 치주인대가 재형성되는 것이다. 최근까지의 치주조직재생을 위한 처치법으로 이환된 병소부의 단순제거, 치관변위판막술, 약제의 치근면처리법, 조직유도재생술, 골전도물질 삽입, 골유도 혹 골형성물질 사용등 다양한 방법이 제시되었으나 아직 이상적인 치료법은 밝혀지지 않고 있다. 치아지지의 가장 중요한 역할을 하는 치조골의 재생에 대해 많은 연구들과 아울러 조직화학적 연구에서 Polypeptide Growth Factor(PGF) 가 다양한 종류의 세포증식과 이주 및 기질합성에 촉진효과가 있다고 하여 조직재생에 사용 가능성이 보고된 바 있었다. 이 PGF중 혈소판유래성장인자가 섬유아세포와 골아세포의 유사분열 및 단백질합성에 촉진작용이 있으며 조직재생에 영향을 미친다는 보고도 있었다. 본 연구의 목적은 총 8 마리의 실험동물을 이용하여 치근이개부병변을 형성한 후 혈소판유래성장인자를 처리하고 기존 조직결손부에 사용하였던 Tricalcium Phosphate(TCP) 와 콜라젠을 성장인자 함유매개체로 하여 이개부병변에 병용삽입한 경우 치유과정에 미치는 효과를 규명하여 임상적용의 가능성을 규명하고 실제 임상적용방법을 개발할 목적으로 실시하였다. 실험동물 Pentobarbital Sodium으로 전신마취를 시킨후, 초음파치석제거기등을 이용하여 구강위생을 청결하게 한 다음, 치은열구절개를 이용하여 전층판막을 형성하였다. 피질골과 치조골을 삭제하고 형성된 이개부 결손부에 치근면활택술을 시행하였으며, 구연산으로 치면처리 후, 계획된 재료를 삽입하고, 치관변위판막술과 유사한 형태의 봉합을 시행하였다. 실험동물을 2, 4, 8, 12 주에 관류고정과 아울러 회생시켜 악골을 채취하고 통법에 의해 후고정, 탈회, 탈수과정을 거쳐 파라핀으로 포매한 후 $7{\mu}m$두께로 절편하고 H & E 염색후 광학현미경으로 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. PDGF-BB 만 처리한 군에서는 2주 소견에서부터 결손부 전체에 걸쳐 활성도가 높은 조골세포들이 균일하게 분포하면서 이들로부터 생성된 골양조직이 기초적인 골소주의 형태를 이루고 있음이 관찰되었으며 그후 매우 빠른 골형성이 계속되어 8주 소견에서는 결손부 정상에 이르기까지 성숙된 치밀골이 채워져 있었다. 신생골형성의 전반적 형태는 치근면의 외형에 따라 치근이개부상단부로 형성되는 양상이었다. PDGF-BB 군에서 신생백악질의 형성은 2주소견 에서는 미약하였으나 4주이후 치근면에 수직으로 배열된 교원섬유들과 함께 균일한 두께로 형성되기 시작하여, 8주에 이르러서는 비 손상부위에서보다 더욱 두터운 신생백악질이 형성되었고 전형적인 샤피스씨 섬유가 완성되어 있음이 관찰되었다. PDGF-BB와 TCP를 병용한 경우 및 PDGF-BB와 콜라젠을 병용한 경우에서는 PDGF-BB군에 비해 신생골 및 신생백악질의 형성, 치주인대강의 발달이 상대적으로 미약하였으며 이러한 현상은 수술후 초기단계에서 더욱 두드러져 함유매개체로서의 기능을 기대하였던 이들 이식재들이 도리어 급속하게 분화 증식되는 세포들의 이동에 장애물로서 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 PDGF-BB의 치근면 처리가 치근이 개부병변 치료에 있어 전반적으로 조직재생의 속도가 빠르고 그 치유양상도 시간경과에 따라 치주조직 고유형태로 진행됨이 관찰되어 동일 병소치료에 응용가능성을 확인하였다. 또한 차후 결손부에 주입방법과 성장인자의 관리법 및 적용량 그리고 적응중의 규명을 위해 연이은 연구가 있어야 할것으로 사료된다.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.225-285
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• 2017

무인항공기 규제 법률은 ICAO의 경우 1944년 '시카고협약'을 기준으로 'RPAS manual(2015)'에 상세하게 규정하고 있으며, 미국의 경우 '연방항공규칙 (14CFR), Public Law (112-95)', 독일의 경우 EASA의 Regulation (EC) No.216/2008을 기본으로 150kg 미만의 무인항공기의 경우 항공운송법, 항공운송명령, 항공운송허가명령 (무인항공기 운영규칙에 관한 법률에 의한 개정), 호주의 경우 '민간항공법 (CAA 1998), 민간항공규칙 101장 (CASR Part 101)'로 정하고 있다. 공통적으로 이러한 법률들이 규제하는 대상에 여가선용 목적의 모형항공기는 제외하고 있으며, 반드시 무인항공기를 통제할 수 있는 조종자를 두어야 하는데, 이때 조종자란 항공 기내가 아닌 지상에서의 조종과 통제를 하는 사람을 의미한다. 또한 무인항공시스템이라는 구조 하에서 조종자는 물론이고 무인항공기를 운용에 필요한 모든 관리 즉, 법률의 규정이 정하는 범위 안에서 안전하고 효율적으로 시스템을 운용하기 위한 모든 관리를 포함하는 것을 의미한다. 구체적 운용방식에 관하여는 각 나라는 25kg 이하의 항공기로 분류하여 규정하고, 호주와 독일은 그 이하의 중량에서 다시 세분화하여 규정하고 있다. ICAO는 시카고협약 제6부속서에 따라 상업적운용을 포함하여 일체의 일반항공 운용을 규정하고 있으며 RPAS 운용의 경우에도 적용된다. 다만, RPA를 이용한 여객운송은 제외하고 있다. RPA의 운용범위가 타국의 영공을 포함하는 경우 비행일 7일 이전에 해당 국가의 특별허가를 요건으로 하며, 이때 비행계획서를 함께 제출하여야 한다. 미국은 연방항공규칙 107장에 따라, 비레저용 소형무인기는 책임조종자 또는 관찰자의 시야 범위 내에서 (주간에만) 지표 또는 수면으로부터 122m(400피트)까지, 시속 161km (87노트) 이내로 운용 가능하다. 소형무인기는 다른 항공기에 경로를 양보해야 하고, 위험물질을 수송하거나 1인이 동시에 2대 이상의 무인기를 운용하는 것은 금지된다. 독일의 경우 무인항공기 운영규칙에 관한 법률에 따라 무인항공시스템과 무인모형항공기에 관한 규정(여가선용 용도 제외)은 공중충돌 방지의무와 더불어 지상의 안전 및 개인의 사생활 보호도 함께 고려되어 2017년 3월 제정되었다. 5kg 이하의 상업용 무인항공기는 종전의 규제규정을 완화하여 더 이상 허가를 요건으로 하지 않지만, 중량에 상관없이 모든 무인항공기는 지속적인 감시자와 조종자의 통제 범위 내에서 100m이하의 높이에서만 자유롭게 운용되어질 수 있다. 호주는 2001년 무인항공기를 규제한 첫 국가로 ICAO 및 FAA, EASA 등의 무인항공기 관련법제에 영향을 주었다. 2016년 개정을 통하여 저위험도로 고려되는 무인항공기의 운용에 대하여 활용성을 증대시키고자 '배제 무인항공기'라는 항목을 추가하여 규제조건을 완화시켰으며, 이에 해당하는 경우 상업적 목적이라 할지라도 특별한 허가 없이 운용할 수 있도록 하였다. 나아가 현재 규제의 유연성을 위하여 새로운 표준 매뉴얼에 대하여 논의 중이다.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제4권
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• pp.141-153
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• 1986

본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 한국의 마늘(건(乾), 1접)과 양파(중품, 3.75kg) 가격(價格)에 관해 순환변동치(循環變動値)를 도출하여 순환주기, 방향(方向), 진폭(振幅) 및 요인(要因) 그리고 계절변동 패턴을 비교 분석(分析)하고 이들 작용(作目)의 가격동향(價格動向)을 순환국면별로 비교분석하여 가격안정화 대책을 제시하는데 목적(目的)을 두었다. 그 결과(結果) 다음과 같은 주목(注目)할 사실이 유의적(有意的)으로 밝혀졌다. 1) 마늘가격의 순환변동은 1967년 이후 1986년까지 최저 28개월에서 최고 53개월을 1주기로 6차례 있었다. 상승국면은 평균 20개월간으로 평균주기는 38개월을 보이고 있다. 양파의 순환주기는 최저 21개월에서 최고 47개월간으로 평균 35개월을 1주기로 하고 있어 마늘에서 보다는 약간 짧게 나타나고 있으며 상승국면과 하강국면의 기간은 각각 17.5개월과 16.7개월을 보여 마늘의 경우 하강국면이 상승국면보다 3개월 긴데 비해 양파는 오히려 하강국면이 상승국면보다 1개월 짧게 나타나고 있다. 그러나 이러한 주기현상은 어디까지나 평균개념에서 본 개월수이며 매 주기마다 면밀히 검토하면 각 주기의 기간은 상당한 차이를 보이고 있다. 2) 제1순환에서 제5순환까지의 국면별 공통된 특징은 순환변동치(循環變動値)의 정점(頂點)이 낮으면 하강국면이 상대적으로 짧고 순환변동치의 정점이 높으면 반면에 하강국면(下降局面)이 길고 또한 저점(底點)의 계곡이 깊게 나타나고 있다는 점이다. 이러한 순환변동치의 동향을 마늘재배농가는 깊이 인식하여 차년도(次年度)의 마늘재배에 신중을 기하여 경제적손실(經濟的損失)을 미연에 방지해야 할 것이다. 3) 마늘과 양파의 순환변동기(循環變動期)에서 주목할 것은 1966년 이후 1973년까지는 마늘과 양파의 순환변동치가 서로 반대방향으로 움직이고 있었으나 1975년부터 1985년까지는 약간의 시차(時差)를 두고 같은 방향으로 변동하고 있다는 점이다. 4) 시간적(時間的)으로 순환(循環)이 진행(進行)됨에 따라 진폭(振幅)의 크기가 점점 커지는 발산진동형(發散振動型)으로 가고 생산품(生産品)을 판매하는 유통단계(流通段階)에서 상대적으로 수익상 위험률이 높다. 5) 마늘가격의 계절지수(季節指數) 패턴을 월별(月別)로 보면 6월부터 10월까지 지수값이 100이하를 보여 연평균(年平均)수준을 밑돌고 있고 11월부터 이듬해 5월까지는 평균수준을 넘고 있다. 특히 수확초기인 6월(月)~7월(月) 사이에 가장 낮고 동절기(冬節期)에는 높게 나타나고 있다. 양파의 경우는 5월부터 11월까지 연평균수준을 밑돌고 있고 12월부터 이듬해 4월까지는 높게 나타나고 있다. 한편 계절변동의 등락격차를 20년간 월별 자료에서 구한 표준편차(標準偏差)로 보면 계절적 요인에 의한 가격변동폭은 마늘에서 보다는 양파가 크다. 6) 순환성(循環性)은 공급(供給)측면에서 볼때, 마늘과 양파의 경우, 첫째, 파종된 마늘의 성장조건(成長條件)이 순환성(循環性)을 가지고 변화하여 공급(供給)에 영향을 주고 있다. 즉 8월 하순~9월에 파종하여 5월~6월 상순에 수확하는 난지계(暖地系)마늘과 9월 하순~10월에 파종하여 6月 중순에 수확하는 한지계(寒地系)마늘은 생유기(生有期)인 봄철의 기후(氣候)조건에 따라 단보당(段步當) 수확량이 크게 변화하여 수급(需給)조절이 어려워 가격의 순환성(循環性)이 나타난다고 할 수 있다. 양파의 경우도 9월 하순~10월 하순이 파종기인데 역시 생유기(生有期)인 봄철의 기후조건이 순환성을 띄고 있기 때문이다. 둘째로, 순환성(循環性)을 야기시키는 요인(要因)은 농민(農民)의 경작여부(공급(供給)여부)에 관한 의사결정(意思決定) 과정에서 초과공급(超過供給) 또는 공급부족(供給不足)현상이 나타나기 때문이다. 셋째로, 순환변동(循環變動)의 진폭을 크게 해주는 요인으로 볼 수 있는 것은 마늘의 경우 마늘 생산량에 대한 종자소요량(種子所要量)이 크다는 점이다. 7) 순환국면별(循環局面別)로 마늘가격의 동향을 일반 농산물가격과 일반 소비자물가지수와 비교해 볼때, 주목되는 현상은 첫째, 마늘과 양파의 가격신축성(價格伸縮性)이 일반농산물(一般農産物)의 그것보다 4~5배나 되고 있으며, 둘째, 일반소비자물가지수나 농가판매 가격지수는 시계열적(時系列的)으로 상승폭에는 기복이 다소 있지만 계속증가추세를 보이는데 반해 마늘과 양파가격은 하강국면에 경상가격마저 하락하고 있어 재배농가의 수익성(收益性)이 보장되지 못하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 셋째, 이와 같이 마늘과 양파는 가격등락이 심하기 때문에 유통단계(流通段階)에서의 마진률이 대단히 크며 또한 투기(投機)의 대상(對象)이 될 수 있어 생산자(生産者)와 소비자(消費者)는 시장(市場)에서 불리한 입장에 있다고 하겠다. 8) 1986년산(年産)의 마늘예상적정재배면적(豫想適正栽培面積)은 40천(千)ha인데 실체 재배면적은 44.2천(千)ha에 이르고 있어 10.5% 많은 것으로 기상이 좋을 경우 크게 과잉생산(過剩生産)될 것으로 예상된다. 양파의 경우는 예상적정재배면적이 10.7천(千)ha인데 실제 재배면적은 8.7천(千)ha로 무려 18.7% 적기 때문에 양파값이 높을 것으로 예상된다. 단기대책(短期對策)으로는 마늘의 경우 (1) 공급과잉(供給過剩)으로 소비수요(消費需要)를 늘리는 대책(對策)이 강구되어져야 하며 (2) 성출하기(盛出荷期) 홍수출하에 의한 가격하락방지를 위하여 농안기금(農安基金)을 이용해 출하선도금지원계획(出荷先渡金支援計劃)을 확대실시하고 지원단가도 작년수준보다 높게 정한다. (3) 수출지원제를 모색하여 해외수요를 늘인다. 양파의 경우 (1) 입도선매에 의한 매점을 강력히 규제하여 농민의 피해를 줄인다. (2) 출하조절지원사업을 내실있게 운영하여 초기출하에 따른 농민의 피해를 줄인다. (3) 차기(次期)의 가격 안정을 위해 양파수입을 금지한다. 장기대책(長期對策)으로는 (마늘, 양파) (1) 산업용신수요(産業用新需要)를 포함한 수요예측(需要豫測)에 정도(精度)를 높인다. (2) 가격예시제(價格豫示制)를 실시하여 정부수매를 점진적으로 증대한다. (3) 유통(流通)의 근대화(近代化)를 통해 중간마진폭을 줄인다. (4) 희망재배면적을 사전에 조사하여 적정재배면적으로 유도한다. (5) 농민의 의사결정에 필요한 경영지도를 강화한다. (6) 이원적(二元的)인 재배면적 조사로 정확성을 높이도록 통계제도를 개선한다. (7) 관수시설(灌水施設)을 지원(支援)하고 종자보급 및 재배기술을 강화한다. (8) 수입억제로 농정에 대한 신뢰성을 높인다.

• 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.

• 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.