• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.325-338
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• 2003

가변의 자원제한(resource constraint) 및 사용자 선호(preference)를 만족하기 위한 비디오 적응(adaptation)은 다양한 사용자 단말과 이종망을 통한 범용적멀티미디어접근(Universal Multimedia Access: UMA)을 위한 주요 요소기술이다. 기존의 많은 비디오 적응 기법이 존재하지만 주어진 자원제한을 만족하는 최적의 적응을 제공하기 위한 체계적인 기법은 제시되지 못하였다. 본 논문에서는 체계적인 최적의 적응을 제공하기 위하여, 적응단위를 정의하는 비디오 엔티티(entity), 주어진 자원제한을 나타내는 리소스(resource), 적용 가능한 적응동작을 규정하는 적응(adaptation), 각 적응결과 비디오 품질(quality)을 나타내는 유틸리티(utility)의 관계를 모형화하는 개념적인 적응 프레임워크를 제시하고자 한다. 본 프레임워크는 다양한 형태의 적응의 문제를 제한된 자원에서 유틸리티를 최대화하는 문제(resource-constrained utility maximization)로 정형화(formulation)할 수 있도록 한다. 본 논문에서는 이 프레임워크를 프레임 제거(frame dropping)과 DCT 계수 제거(coefficient dropping)을 이용한 MPEG-4 압축 비디오의 비트율 적응의 실제적인 예에 적용한다. 또한 상호연동 가능한(interoperable) 형태로 터미널 및 네트워크 QoS(quality of Service)를 제공하기 위한 툴로 MPEG-21 Digital Item Adaptation(DIA)에 채택된 기술자(descriptor)를 제시한다. 이 기술자는 본 프레임워크의 적응-리소스-유틸리티의 관계를 유틸리티 함수(utility function)를 이용하여 기술(description)한다. 실험을 통하여 본 논문의 표준 기술자를 사용하는 적응 프레임워크의 타당성을 보인다.다. 특정시기 가곡향유의 실질은 곧 가곡의 곡 해석방식에 직결될 것이기 때문이다.를 선택하는가 하는 디자이너 측면의 요인이 감성 품질과 밀접함 관련이 있음을 알 수 있었다.멘트들의 재배열이 주된 역할을 하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 한편 고자장 영역에서는 correlation time 중 $\tau$가 주된 역할을 담당하는데는 $\tau$는 나노 입자의 크기와 연관되어 있으며 고자장에서 입자 크기에 따른 T1 이완율(R1)과 T2 이완율(R2)의 차이는 이러한 입자크기의 차이에 의해 발생하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 나노입자에 포함된 철 원자수를 변화시키는 경우 철 원자수가 증가 할 수록 R1과 R2가 증가하는 결과를 나타내었다. 한편 온도변화에 따른 T1, T2 자기이완시간의 변화는 정상체온 근처의 제한적인 온도범위내에서 저자장 영역에서의 아주 작은 변화를 제외하고는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나 T1에 비해 T2에서 이러한 변화가 상대적으로 더 작게 나타났다. 결론 : 임상적 다기능성을 나타낼 가능성이 많은 것으로 보고되고 있는 미세 초상자성 산화철 입자의 자기이완에 대한 이론적 모델을 초상자성 나노입자의 물리적 특성에 기초하여 제시하였고 이러한 이론적 모델에 근거한 미세 초상자성 산화철 입자의 자기장의 세기에 따른 자기 이완시간의 변화를 컴퓨터 모의 실험을 통해 조사하였다.다.있는 것으로 보여진다. 따라서 혈압 저하를 목적으로 하는 나트륨 제한식의 실시는 다양한 체내의 생화학적 변화를 고려해서 이루어져야 할 것이며, 앞으로 이에 대한 보다 다각적인 연구가 요구된다.CSU-23 배양배지에서 배양하는 것이 좋다는 결과를 얻었다. and those a having sufficient sleep were found to be subject to less stress. Those interested in their health were found

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.109-135
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• 2021

본 연구는 전통뉴스 보도에 나타난 인공지능(AI)스피커 뉴스 텍스트 분석을 통해 인공지능(AI) 스피커 발달과정을 분류하고 시기별 제품별 특성을 파악하였다. 또한 AI 스피커 사업자 제품별 뉴스 보도와 시기별 뉴스 보도간의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 분석에 사용된 이론적 배경은 뉴스의 프레임과 토픽프레임이다. 분석방법으로는 LDA 방식을 활용한 토픽모델링(Topic Modeling)과 의미연결망분석이 사용되었으며, 추가로 'UCINET'중 QAP분석을 적용하였다. 연구방법은 내용분석 방법으로 2014년부터 2019년까지 AI 스피커 관련 2,710건의 뉴스를 1차로 수집하였고, 2차적으로 Nodexl 알고리즘을 이용하여 토픽프레임을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, AI 스피커 사업자 유형별 토픽 프레임의 경향은 4개 사업자(통신사업자, 온라인 플랫폼, OS 사업자, IT디바이스 생산업자) 특성에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 구체적으로, 온라인 플랫폼 사업자(구글, 네이버, 아마존, 카카오)와 관련한 프레임은 AI 스피커를 '검색 또는 입력 디바이스'로 사용하는 프레임의 비중이 높았다. 반면 통신 사업자(SKT, KT)는 모회사의 주력 사업인 IPTV, 통신 사업의 '보조 디바이스' 관련한 프레임이 두드러지게 나타났다. 나아가 OS 사업자(MS, 애플)는 '제품의 의인화 및 음성 서비스' 프레임이 두드러지게 보였으며, IT 디바이스 생산업자(삼성)는 '사물인터넷(IoT) 종합지능시스템'과 관련한 프레임이 두드러지게 나타났다. 둘째, AI 스피커 시기별(연도별) 토픽 프레임의 경향은 1기(2014-2016년)에는 AI 기술 중심으로 발달하는 경향을 보였고, 2기(2017-2018년)에는 AI 기술과 이용자 간의 사회적 상호 작용과 관련되어 있었으며, 3기(2019년)에는 AI 기술 중심에서 이용자 중심으로 전환되는 경향을 나타냈다. QAP 분석 결과, AI 스피커 발달에서 사업자별과 시기별 뉴스 프레임이 미디어 담론의 결정요인에 의해 사회적으로 구성되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본연구의 함의는 AI 스피커 진화는 사업자별, 발달시기별로 모회사 기업의 특성과 이용자 간의 상호작용으로 인한 공진화 과정이 나타냄을 발견할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구는 AI 스피커의 향후 전망을 예측하고 그에 따른 방향성을 제시하는 데 중요한 시사점을 제공한다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2019

시대에 따라 변화하는 공원 이용자들의 다양한 활동을 반영하고, 공원의 특성에 따라 미래의 공원설계와 관리 방향성을 제시하기 위해 공원 만족도, 선호도, 이용 후 평가 등 다양한 연구가 수행되어 왔다. 이러한 선행 연구는 주로 설문 조사를 이용하였는데, 설문은 적절한 표본 설정을 통해서 이용자로부터 직접 의견을 청취할 수 있는 좋은 방법이지만, 비용과 시간이 많이 소요되는 단점이 있고, 나아가 빠르게 변화하는 공원의 이용 행태를 파악하기에는 부족하다. 본 연구는 다양한 분야에서 새롭게 활용되고 있는 제3세대 SNS 데이터를 활용하여 공원 유형별 이용 행태, 새로운 이용 행태, 만족도 등을 비교 분석하고 시사점을 논의하였다. 이를 위해서 제3세대 SNS로 대표되는 인스타그램과 구글 콘텐츠를 활용하였다. 인스타그램에서는 공원 이용자가 올린 키워드와 사진을 분류하여 정보를 추출하였으며, 구글에서는 이용 시간과 후기를 비교 분석하였다. 공원 간 비교 연구 결과, 주거지 인접형 공원은 가족과 나들이하거나 공원 내 시설에서 이루어지는 프로그램을 주로 활용하는 것으로 나타났다. 상업지 인접형 공원에서는 상업지역와 연계된 먹는 활동과 공원 내 오픈스페이스와 시설 내 프로그램이 적절하게 이용되는 현상을 확인하였다. 독립형 공원인 한강공원의 경우에는 다양한 운동, 풍경 감상 활동이 빈번히 이루어지고 있었다. 또한 각 공원의 유형별로 동반 유형이 다르게 나타났으며, 새로운 이용 행태가 나타나는 현상을 확인하였다. 이처럼 SNS 데이터는 공원의 이용 행태와 만족요인을 실시간으로 파악할 수 있는 근거를 마련해 주며, 새로운 기술과 정책 도입에 따른 공원의 이용 행태 변화를 파악하여 추후 공원설계와 공원관리의 방향성을 수립하는데 있어 중요한 정보를 제공하는 효과적인 방법으로 활용될 수 있다.

• 기록학연구
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• 제1호
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• pp.23-76
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• 2000

In this paper, I examined what have been researched and determined about preservation strategy and selection of preservation media in the western archival community. Archivists have primarily been concerned with 'preservation' and 'use' of archival materials worth of being preserved permanently. In the new information era, preservation and use of archival materials were faced with new challenge. Life expectancy of paper records was shortened due to acidification and brittleness of the modem papers. Also emergence of information technology affects the traditional way of preservation and use of archival materials. User expectations are becoming so high technology-oriented and so complicated as to make archivists act like information managers using computer technology rather than traditional archival handicraft. Preservation strategy plays an important role in archival management as well as information management. For a cost-effective management of archives and archival institutions, preservation strategy is a must. The preservation strategy encompasses all aspects of archival preservation process and practices, from selection of archives, appraisal, inventorying, arrangement, description, conservation, microfilming or digitization, archival buildings, and access service. Those archival functions should be considered in their relations to each other to ensure proper preservation of archival materials. In the integrated preservation strategy, 'preservation' and 'use' should be combined and fulfilled without sacrificing the other. Preservation strategy planning is essential to determine the policies of archives to preserve their holdings safe and provide people with a maximum access in most effective ways. Preservation microfilming is to ensure permanent preservation of information held in important archival materials. To do this, a detailed standardization has been developed to guarantee the permanence of microfilm as well as its product quality. Silver gelatin film can last up to 500 years in the optimum storage environment and the most viable option for permanent preservation media. ISO and ANIS developed such standards for the quality of microfilms and microfilming technology. Preservation microfilming guidelines was also developed to ensure effective archival management and picture quality of microfilms. It is essential to assess the need of preservation microfilming. Limit in resources always put a restraint on preservation management. Appraisal (and selection) of what to be preserved was the most important part of preservation microfilming. In addition, microfilms with standard quality can be scanned to produce quality digital images for instant use through internet. As information technology develops, archivists began to utilize information technology to make preservation easier and more economical, and to promote use of archival materials through computer communication network. Digitization was introduced to provide easy and universal access to unique archives, and its large capacity of preserving archival data seems very promising. However, digitization, i.e., transferring images of records to electronic codes, still, needs to be standardized. Digitized data are electronic records, and st present electronic records are very unstable and not to be preserved permanently. Digital media including optical disks materials have not been proved as reliable media for permanent preservation. Due to their chemical coating and physical character using light, they are not stable and can be preserved at best 100 years in the optimum storage environment. Most CD-R can last only 20 years. Furthermore, obsolescence of hardware and software makes hard to reproduce digital images made from earlier versions. Even if when reformatting is possible, the cost of refreshing or upgrading of digital images is very expensive and the very process has to be done at least every five to ten years. No standard for this obsolescence of hardware and software has come into being yet. In short, digital permanence is not a fact, but remains to be uncertain possibility. Archivists must consider in their preservation planning both risk of introducing new technology and promising possibility of new technology at the same time. In planning digitization of historical materials, archivists should incorporate planning for maintaining digitized images and reformatting them in the coming generations of new applications. Without the comprehensive planning, future use of the expensive digital images will become unavailable. And that is a loss of information, and a final failure of both 'preservation' and 'use' of archival materials. As peter Adelstein said, it is wise to be conservative when considerations of conservations are involved.

• 기록학연구
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• 제39호
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• pp.193-228
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• 2014

최근 우리나라는 공공의 기록관리 뿐만 아니라 크고 작은 민간 아카이브에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이러한 흐름에 따라 설립된 민간 아카이브는 설립 및 관리 주체가 상이할 뿐만 아니라 목적, 형태, 기록의 유형 등이 다양하고, 예산과 인력의 부족, 전문적인 기록관리 담당자가 부재하기 때문에 체계적으로 기록을 관리하기는 쉽지 않다. 시스템에 대한 요구는 계속해서 증대되고 있으나, 이를 해결할 수 있는 전문인력과 예산의 부족으로 난항을 겪고 있다. 이에 민간 아카이브의 시스템에 대한 부담감의 돌파구로서 공개 소프트웨어 기록시스템이 가지는 의미와 동향을 소개하고, AtoM 기능을 상세하게 살펴보았다. 공개 소프트웨어인 AtoM은, 웹 기반의 시스템으로서 웹 브라우저를 통해 접속하여 사용하기 때문에 비교적 사용법이 간편하고 웹 서비스 또한 데이터베이스 서버에 요청하는 방식을 통해 가능하다. 무료로 이용가능하다는 장점을 비롯하여 특정 운영체제나 애플리케이션에 의해 제약을 받지 않고 설치와 운영이 편리하며 호환성, 확장가능성 등이 높아 예산과 인력의 부족을 겪고 있는 민간 아카이브에서 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것이다. 데이터 관리의 측면에서도 공유와 검색, 활용 등에 대한 상호운용성이 뛰어나기 때문에 향후 민간 아카이브 및 기관 간의 네트워크를 통한 기록물 활용에도 유리하게 작용할 수 있을 것으로 보인다. 추가로, Omeka와의 연계를 통한 전시서비스 기능 확장, Archivematica를 통한 장기보존 등 많은 논의가 필요하다. 그간 공공중심으로 이루어지던 기록관리가 민간으로 그 저변이 확대되어 균형을 이루게 될 수 있는 초석으로 공개 소프트웨어로서의 기록시스템이 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.603-611
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• 2020

본 연구는 울산광역시의 시내버스 운영현황을 파악하기 위해 기존의 조사방법과 달리 교통카드 자료를 활용하는 방법을 이용하며, 시내버스의 지표는 자료의 성격별 특성에 따라 정량지표와 정성지표로 분류되고, 내용별 분류는 일반현황, 운영현황, 만족도 등으로 분류되었다. 기존의 시내버스의 조사방법은 조사 규모상의 한계점을 가지고 있었으며, 조사과정에서도 다양한 형태의 오류 발생은 물론, 큰 비용과 시간을 요구하는 단점을 가지고 있었다. 특히 현장조사에 전적으로 의존하는 기존의 운영현황 조사방법의 단점을 보완하기 위해 교통카드 자료를 활용하여 산출된 시내버스의 지표를 분석하였다. 이렇게 교통카드 자료를 활용하여 산출된 시내버스 지표는 이용자에 관련된 정량적 운영현황 자료로서, 전수조사가 가능하고 자료수집 과정에서 자료 손실이 전혀 없는 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 2019년 4월 3일(수) 1일간의 울산광역시 전역에서 사용된 교통카드 자료를 활용하여 울산광역시의 시내버스 현황을 분석하였다. 분석 내용은 이용객 수, 버스 종류별, 정류장별, 지점별, 시간대별, 버스 운영업체별, 노선별 이용객 수, 환승 관련 정보 등의 자료들이며, 기존의 조사방법을 대체할 수 있는 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 현황 분석 결과, 울산광역시에서는 2019년 4월 3일(수) 1일 동안 총 234,477명이 시내버스를 이용하며, 이용 승객 중 88.6 %는 성인이었으며, 11.4 %는 학생인 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 승객이 가장 많이 승하차한 정류소는 공업탑으로 10,861명이었으며, 첨두시간대인 17~19시에 20,909명이 승하차하였고, 노선은 401번으로 13,903명이 승하차한 것으로 나타났습니다. 그리고 수송객 순위 상위 26개 노선이 전체 이용객의 50 %를 점유하였고, 상위 5개사가 70 % 이상의 승객을 수송하는 것으로 나타났으며, 전체 노선의 62.46 %가 1일 500명 미만의 승객을 수송하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 결론적으로, 본 연구는 울산광역시를 대상으로 교통카드 자료를 활용하여 시내버스 운영현황을 분석함으로써 기존의 조사방법을 대체할 가능성을 확인하였다는데 큰 의의가 있다고 할 수 있다. 다만 입수 가능한 자료수집의 한계로 인해 1일 치 자료에 대해서만 분석을 하였으며, 시계열 형태의 자료 분석을 시도하지 못하였고, 대량의 실시간 자료를 효율적으로 분석할 수 있는 방법론을 고려하지 않아 분석범위가 한정되었다는 점은 본 연구의 한계점이라고 할 수 있다.

• 한국과학예술포럼
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• 제34권
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• pp.327-337
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• 2018

최근 우리나라는 OECD 국가중 1위를 차지할 만큼 고령화사회로 고속화되고 있으며, 한국의 기대수명이 점차적으로 늘어감에 따라 사회에서 노인의 비중은 커져간다. 따라서 주요 노인계층의 행복감은 사회 전체적 분위기 및 행복감에 기여되는 부분이나 신체적, 심리적, 사회적 변화로 인한 노인의 삶의 질적 저하는 우울증, 자살률 증가 등의 사회적 문제로 발전될 수 있다. 이처럼 노인의 삶의 질과 만족도 향상에 대한 사회적 관심이 주어지면서, 경로당은 재가노인 사회활동의 중추적 역할을 담당할 수 있는 복지시설 형태로서 새롭게 주목받고 있다. 그러나 최근 경로당의 역할 부담의 증가로 인하여 노후된 환경개선에 노력을 기울이고 있으나, 물적 인적 자원의 한계로 인하여 정작 사용자를 배려한 실내환경의 질적 논란이 일고 있다. 색채환경은 사용자의 심리적, 정신적 영향이 높은 실내 환경인자일 뿐 아니라, 가장 저비용으로 환경만족도를 높일 수 있는 방안이라는 점에서 경로당 색채환경의 질 향상이 필요하다고 판단된다. 그러나 지금까지의 노인시설지침 중 색채환경에 대한 내용은 미비한 실정이며, 노인관련 시설에 대한 선행연구는 활발히 이루어져 왔으나, 산발적이므로 경로당 색채환경의 현주소 파악과 향후 개선방향의 도출을 위하여 관련 연구를 종합하여 체크리스트를 개발할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 산재되어 있는 경로당 관련 법규 및 가이드라인과 경로당의 주 사용자인 노인의 특성(신체적, 심리적, 선호적) 관련 연구를 종합하여 체크리스트를 도출하며, 이는 경로당 색채환경의 평가도구로 사용될 수 있음을 기대한다. 경로당이 현재 전국적 네트워크를 가지는 주거영역에 기능하는 중요 노인여가시설이라는 점을 감안할 때, 본 연구의 결과는 향후 활성화될 기존의 경로당 환경개선을 보다 사용자인 노인의 심리적, 정신적 만족도 향상을 가능하게 하여 사회적으로 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

• 트랜스-
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• 제16권
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• pp.1-31
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• 2024

디지털 매체의 발전은 청소년들이 마약류 구매 환경에 쉽게 접근하며 소셜 네트워크 서비스(SNS)와 메신저 서비스를 통한 마약류 구매 및 복용 사례가 증가하고 있다. 이러한 환경에 노출된 청소년들은 마약류 중독으로 인한 신경학적 및 정신 건강 문제를 겪을 위험이 있으며, 이는 범죄에 노출될 위험을 증가시킨다. 따라서, 국가 차원에서의 관리와 지원이 절실히 필요하다. 마약에 노출된 청소년들을 위한 지속 가능한 치료 방안을 모색하는 것은 중대한 과제로 부상하고 있다. 재발 위험이 높은 마약류 중독 치료를 위해선 비용이 효율적이며 사용자 친화적인 치료 프로그램이 필요하다. 본 연구는 디지털 플랫폼을 활용하여 청소년들이 자발적으로 참여할 수 있는 치료 환경을 조성하고, 예술을 활용한 치료적 콘텐츠 개발을 목표로 하는 문헌 연구를 수행한다. 청소년 약물 중독에 대한 사회적 인식과 치료 현황을 검토하고, 마약류 중독이 청소년의 뇌 활동 및 인지 기능 저하에 미치는 영향을 분석하여, 중독된 뇌 기능의 재활을 촉진할 수 있는 디지털 치료제 개발에 관한 방안을 선행 연구 사례 분석을 통해 모색한다. 또한, 디지털 치료적 접근법과 예술치료의 통합이 치료 과정에 어떠한 이점을 제공할 수 있는지를 탐구하며, 연극 치료, 음악 치료, 미술치료 등 다양한 치료 프로그램이 청소년에게 미치는 치료적 효과의 증대 가능성을 제안한다. 예술 치료 요법의 적용은 도구의 확장, 표현의 다양화, 데이터의 확보, 동기 부여 측면에서 긍정적 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 이러한 접근을 통해 청소년 마약류 중독 치료의 효과성이 증대될 것으로 예상된다. 종합적으로 볼 때, 본 연구는 청소년 마약류 중독에 대한 사회적 상황을 고려한 경제적이며 지속 가능한 치료 방안을 제공하는 디지털 치료제 및 관련 애플리케이션 개발을 위한 기초 연구를 수행하고자 한다.

• 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.