• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2019

The ultimate goal of the quality control program for special periodic health examination agencies is to diagnose the health condition of a worker correctly, based on accurate examination and analysis skills, leading to protect the worker's health. The quality control program on three areas, chemical analysis for biological monitoring since 1995, and pneumoconiosis, audiometric testing since 1996, has contributed to improve the reliability of occupational health screenings by improving the issues including standardization of testing methods, tools, diagnostic opinions, and reliability of analysis for biological monitoring. It has contributed to improving the reliability of occupational health monitoring by rectifying the following issues associated with previous monitoring: absence of standardized testing methods, testing tools that are not upgraded, mismatching diagnostic opinions, and unreliable results of biological specimen analysis. Nevertheless, there are issues in need of further improvement such as lack of expertise or the use of inappropriate method for health examination, and passive and unwilling participation in the quality control. We suggested solutions to these problems for each area of quality control program. Above all, it is essential to provide active support for health examiners to develop their expertise, while encouraging all the health screening agencies, employers, and workers to develop the desire to improve the system and to maintain the relevance.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.149-156
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• 1995

동맥전단부를 연구할수있는 새로운 실험방법과 기계역학적 분석방법을 제시하였다. 지금까지동맥역학적 연구는 대부분이 동맥의 길이방향과 원주방향에 대한것이 이였다. 두께방향의 변형은 포아손비라든지 비압축성가정으로 이론적으로 결정되었다. 또한 두께에 걸친 변형의 변화도 무시되었다. 그러나 병리학적인 의미에서 동맥의 두께에 걸친 변형도와 변형의 분포는 중요한 의미를 가진다. 그러므로 본연구에서 제안된 실험방법과 장치는 두께전반에 걸친 변형을 측정할수 있게 했다. 또한 전단부의 부위별 변형도의 관찰이 가능하고 병리적인 동맥경화증에 대한 현상과 역학적현상을 상관시킬 수 있음에 중요한 의미를 들 수 있다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.611-616
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• 1998

머리(뇌 포함) 부분에 대한 3차원 유한 요소 모델을 이용하여 진동 방향에 따른 응답특성을 해석하였다. 해석 결과 성인의 뇌는 9Hz, 14Hz에서 고유 진동수를 나타내었으며 유아의 뇌에서는 2Hz, 3Hz에서 고유 진동수가 계산되었다. 진동 방향에 관계없이 각 진동에 대해 계산된 가속도를 제외한 전단력, 압력, von-Mises 값의 최대, 최소값의 비는 성인에 비해 유아모델에서 더 크게 나타났다. 각 고유 진동수에서 성인모델은 14Hz에서 상지 중추보다 하지 중추를 관장하는 뇌의 영역에서 보다 큰 응력이 계산되어 상지에 의한 오동작 보다 하지에 의한 오동작을 일으킬 가능성이 더 큼을 유추할 수 있었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.122-131
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• 2008

For B-mode ultrasound images, we propose an image enhancement algorithm based on a multi-resolution approach, which consists of edge enhancing and noise reducing procedures. Edge enhancement processing is applied sequentially to coarse-to-fine resolution images obtained from wavelet-transformed data. In each resolution, the structural features of each pixel are examined through eigen analysis. Then, if a pixel belongs to an edge region, we perform two-step filtering: that is, directional smoothing is conducted along the tangential direction of the edge to improve continuity and directional sharpening is conducted along the normal direction to enhance the contrast. In addition, speckle noise is alleviated by proper attenuation of the wavelet coefficients of the homogeneous regions at each band. This region-based speckle-reduction scheme is differentiated from other methods that are based on the magnitude statistics of the wavelet coefficients. The proposed algorithm enhances edges regardless of changes in the resolution of an image, and the algorithm efficiently reduces speckle noise without affecting the sharpness of the edge. Hence, compared with existing algorithms, the proposed algorithm considerably improves the subjective image quality without providing any noticeable artifacts.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1990년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.43-46
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• 1990

Modern society is prevailed a lot of allergies. So, the allergy test is very important. There are many kinds of allergy test. A doctor usually uses skin allergy test among many allergy tests. However, little standadization and objectivity of grading-standard has been established in the skin allergy test. A measurement of the reaction area has been a major objective to perform skin allergy test. Recently, a doctor's method is to measure the reaction area after drawing a line that represents the reaction area on the skin. But this method differs slightly from the real reaction area and individual doctor's measurement is different, because the edge of the reaction area is obscure. In this paper, we propose a algorithm which is able to detect vague edges using the fuzzy set. The algorithm that detects the line and curve is proposed first. Here, the maximum value is calculated by comparing the membership function of the line and curve seperately. We also encode the direction of the line and curve by using 8-direction code. Then, we calculate the reaction area by measuring the pixels which are inside the reaction area. And finally the Allergy grade is decided by grading-standard, and we accomplish faster, the 80re accurate and objective allergy grade decision.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2009

The present study analyzed the association between postural control and electrical stimulation by measuring body sway when use the electrical stimulations were applied to different stimulation zones in lower limbs. The subjects were 14 young adults and were, tested for two different visual condition: eyes open and eyes closed. The experiments were also performed in two different stance case: one legged stance and two legged stance while electrical stimulations were applied concurrently or individually to tibialis anterior and triceps surae. Postural responses were assessed by analyzing COP sway path, sum of COP sway measured by a forceplate. The results showed that the direction of the COP shift changed in accordance with the direction of stimulation and showed sensory adaptation as the experiment progressed for two legged stance case. For one legged stance case, concurrent electrical stimulation both sides of muscles was found to be effective for enhancement of postural balance control.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2015

Psychiatry has progressed with neurobiological basis, providing individually tailored treatment, preventing mental illness, and managing public mental health. Foundational knowledge that may contribute to the development of psychiatry and neuroscience has been attained through continual national and international investment in research. However, this knowledge obtained from neurobiological research is not being applied to clinical practice proactively. This may be due to a lack of support for translational research connecting neuroscience with clinical practice, and a lack of development and availability of educational programs for clinical psychiatrists. To solve these problems, it is essential to support translational research conducted by clinicians and to establish an appropriate reward system. Considering the direction of progress in psychiatry and the demand from clinicians, appropriate investment in research and education programs that provide neurobiological knowledge applicable to clinical practice is required. Researchers and educators must also communicate and collaborate to deliver neurobiological findings effectively.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2003

휴대폰 안테나로부터의 전자파 인체영향을 저감시키기 위해, 접지면으로 작용하는 휴대폰 본체표면에 부분적으로 페라이트 재질을 부가하여 인체두부 방향으로의 복사 전기장세기를 저감시켰다. 페라이트의 재질특성(유전율, 투자율, 도전율)이 주어졌을 때, 구조(두께, 부가부위)의 변화에 따른 영향을 모노폴안테나 모형에 적용함으로써 1.7 GHz 대역 PCS 휴대폰 설계시 인체영향을 최소화할 수 있는 방향을 제시할 수 있었다. 해석방법으로는 물질의 유전을 및 도전율, 투자율 특성을 고려한 FDTD 수치해석 방법을 사용하였다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.356-358
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• 2002

MRI, particularly diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), plays vital roles in detection of the acute brain infarction$\^$1-4/ and others metabolic changes of biological tissues. In general, every molecule in biological tissues may diffuse and move randomly in three-dimensional space. However, in clinical diagnosis, only 2D-DWI is used. The authors have developed a new method for rapid three-dimensional DWI (3D-DWI). In this method, by refocusing of the magnetized spin with the applied gradient field, direction of which is opposite to phase encoding field. Magnetized spin of $^1$H is kept under the SSFP (steady state free precession)$\^$5-6/. Under SSFP, in addition of FID, spin echo and stimulated echo are also generated, so the acquired signal is increased. The signal intensity is increased depending on flip angle (FA) of magnetized spin. This phenomenon is confirmed by human brain and phantom studies. The performance of this method is quantitatively analyzed by using both of conventional spin echo DWI and 3D-DWI. From experimental results, three dimensional diffusion weighted images are obtained correctly for liquid phantoms (water, acetone and oil), diffusion coefficient is enhanced in each image. Therefore, this method will provide useful information for clinical diagnosis.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2012

Patent analysis is the extracting knowledge which is needed for the company's research and development strategy through accumulated worldwide patent database. In order to set the future direction corresponding technology which is scheduled to be developed, the technology trends and deployment processes are identified by analyzing results of present patent applications. The patent analysis provides the required results for analyzing present patent applications. In this paper, technology classification for related patent analysis methods and system, and patent analysis for desalination technology using solar energy development was carried out as well. The patents in Korea, USA, Japan, China, and Europe were searched. The technology trend desalination technology using solar energy was analyzed based on patent application year, countries, main applications, and each technologies. The application status of desalination patents showed a tendency to increase slightly. It was found that the number of patent for applied desalination was USA patent 21.0%, Japan patent 27.0%, China 24.8%, EU 2.7% and Korea patent 24.5%, respectively.