• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2018

용접예열은 본 용접 전에 금속이 융착되는 모재면을 일정한 온도로 가열하는 것을 의미한다. 냉각속도 조절에 따른 재료 경화 정도 감소, 불순물 편석억제, 열적 변형방지, 그리고 수분제거 등 인접 영향부의 균열을 방지할 수 있다. 이러한 이유에서 고품질의 용접을 위하여 반드시 필요한 작업이다. 유도가열은 전자기유도 현상을 응용하여 전기에너지를 열에너지로 변환시키는 효율적인 가열방식이다. 기체 및 액체를 이용한 연소발열과 비교하여 신속한 가열뿐만 아니라 청결하고, 안정적이며, 경제적이다. 단순한 구조로 주파수와 코일의 형태를 변형하여 가열체의 형상, 깊이, 재질에 관계없이 가열할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 유도가열 기법을 이용하여 저주파 용접예열 시스템을 구현하였으며, 3종의 자동차 변속기 부품을 대상으로 권선코일 내에서 각 변속기 높이에 따라 권선코일 저항, 인덕턴스 및 자동차 변속기 부품의 온도변화를 관찰한 결과 전류의 변화는 저주파 가열에 있어 매우 중요한 요인으로 작용함을 확인하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 SOFC 금속연결재로서 Crofer22APU를 적용하고자 표면에 전도성 산화막($La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}CoO_3$)을 습식코팅 후, SOFC 작동환경에서 산화거동, 전기적 특성변화 및 미세구조 변화를 관찰하였다. 코팅 전 샌드블러스트 장치를 이용한 Crofer22APU 표면처리를 통하여 코팅막/금속의 접합특성을 개선시킬 수 있었으며, 320 mesh의 입자크기를 갖는 알루미나 분말을 이용하여 표면처리한 경우 접착특성이 극대화되었다.$La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}CoO_3$ 코팅된 시편의 전기적 특성 평가는 4-wire 법을 이용하여 SOFC 작동환경에서 약 4,000 시간 장기성능 평가하였으며 $12mW{\cdot}cm^2$의 낮은 면저항값을 얻을 수 있었다. 실험종료 후 미세구조 분석결과에서도 전도성 산화막($La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}CoO_3$) 코팅이 금속의 부식으로 인한 산화층의 생성속도를 늦추고 이로 인한 금속의 전기적 특성이 감소하는 것을 방지하는데 유효함을 확인하였다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2006

본 연구는 새로이 개발된 근관세정제 (MTAD)가 근관 충전이 이루어지고 난 치근단 누출에 미치는 영향을 평가해 보고자 하였다. 일반적인 방법의 근관 성형과 세정 그리고 충전을 시행하는데 있어 실험군 들에서는 NaOCl만, NaOCl과 EDTA, NaOCl과 MTAD를 사용하였고 10일 동안 표준전극과 시편 근관 내에 위치시킨 실험전극 사이의 전기저항을 측정하여 시간에 따른 치근단 누출의 변화를 비교 평가하였다. 실험결과 측정 시간 30분에서 7일 사이에서 smear layer 제거한 군들 (Group 4와 5)에서 제거하지 않은 군(Group 3)에서 보다 적은 치근단 누출을 보였지만 통계학적인 유의성있는 차이를 나타내지는 않았다 실험군들 사이에서 모든 시간 대에 걸쳐 치근단 누출의 유의성 있는 차이를 관찰할 수 없었다.

• 전기의세계
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• 제2권
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• pp.6-14
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• 1949

Telemetering may be described as the art of metering at a considerable distance those quantities which are ordinarily encountered in industry, and in the generation of electric power. It is in the production of electric power that telemetering is particularly important, for it permits the system operator, or load dispatcher, to have before him at all times a continuous graphic record of the power output of each individual generating station together with an automatically made continuous graphic record of the total system output. There desired individual graphic records may be obtained showing power flow in or out, on important tie lines, etc. Such arrangements have the very great advantage that loads may be assigned to each generating station so that the best over-all system economy may be obtained and the system operator at all times may see with his own eyes that loads scheduled are actually held at the various stations. Moreover, with such equipment, in the event of system or station trouble the load dispatcher can see exactly what station, or stations, are affected and to what extent, without having to get in touch with anyone by telephone. Decisions can, therefore, be quickly reached for rescheduling the load. One of the most accurate and reliable telemetering systems is based on the use of potentiometric circuits, the fundamentals of which are discussed below. A member of such telemetering systems have been installed for the Boston Edicon Co., Boston, Massachusetts, the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York City. The Public Service Gas & Electric Co. of Newark, new Jersey. The Philadelphia Electric Co. for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for their electrified zone between New York and Washington a distance of over 200 miles. The scale of the totalizing recorder for the New York area is 3,000,00 KW. That of the totalizing recorder for the Philadelphia area is 2,000,000 KW. The initial installation using this type of equipment described was placed in service for the Philadelphia Electric Co. in 1923. All of the original recording instruments are still in service, later instruments have been added to take care of additions to the power system and naturally these later recorders have incorporated in those refinements in design made since the earlier ones were manufactured. Many other installations of similar equipment have been made in the United States in various locations such as at St. Louis, on the West Coast, at Baltimore and in Washington, D.C. While the use of these basic potentiometric circuits involves the use of continuous metallic circuits of good insulation resistance and free of grounds, nevertheless, intermediate transmission links, involving and impulse method suitable for use on telephone Morse carrier channels is available. This same method may be employed on power line carrier systems and is also suitable for use on beam type microwave transmission. Many impulse type units are also used as a link in these potantiometric methods. For the sake of brevity a description is given only of these basic potentiometric circuits. If there is sufficient interest in Korea, a further paper can be given covering those impulse circuits also.

• 청정기술
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.308-315
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• 2016

수명특성이 우수한 실리콘 음극재를 제조하기 위해 졸겔법을 통해 $SiO_x/ZnO$ 복합체를 제조하였고, 제조된 복합체는 PVC를 탄소 전구체로 하여 탄소를 피복하였다. 복합체에 포함된 ZnO를 HCl로 제거하여 내부에 빈 공간을 만들어 충 방전에 따른 실리콘의 부피변화를 완화할 수 있게 하였다. 합성된 복합체의 결정구조와 형상을 파악하기 위해 XRD, SEM, TEM 분석을 실시하였다. 탄소 피복된 복합체에 포함된 탄소함량을 TGA를 통해 알아보았으며, 복합체의 기공구조를 확인하기 위해 BET 비표면적 분석과 BJH 기공분포를 확인하였다. 탄소의 추가로 향상된 전기전도성을 측정하였으며, 전기화학적 특성은 AC 임피던스 측정과 충 방전 및 수명특성을 확인하였다. $SiO_x/ZnO$시료에 탄소를 피복할 경우에 전기전도도가 증가하였으며, 방전용량도 증가하였다. 염산으로 ZnO를 제거한 시료의 경우에 표면적은 증가하였으나, 전지의 방전용량은 오히려 감소하였다. 탄소를 피복하지 않은 $SiO_x/ZnO$ 시료의 경우에 방전용량이 매우 낮았으며, 탄소를 피복한 후의 시료는 높은 충방전용량을 나타내었다. 수명특성의 경우, $C-SiO_x/ZnO$ 복합체(Zn : Si : C = 1 : 1 : 8)가 0.2 C의 전류량에서 50 사이클에서 $815mAh\;g^{-1}$의 용량으로 기존 흑연계 음극재보다 높은 용량을 나타내었다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.457-478
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• 1992

Electrical resistance strain gauges, brittle-coatings, Moir'e fringe analysis, photoelasticity methods, etc, have been employed in the study of stress analysis and three-dimensional photoelasticity method used in this experiment. The author fabricated a total of 24 samples of maxillary and mandibular edentulous ridges with normal and sharp shapes using epoxy resin, one of the photoelastic materials. In addition, complete denture made from artificial resin teeth in other twoo sizes, large and medium size, were affixed to the specimens and attached to an articulator. The following results were attained by cutting 9 slice specimens into 6mm thick portions, in accordance with the three dimensional photoelastic stress freezing method, to analyze stress distribution status under specific static loading in the central, lateral and protrusive occlusions of the shape of edentulous ridge. 1. In the case of central occlusion, when complete resin artificial teeth in large and medium sizes were used on normal and sharp alveolar ridges, high stress distribution was broadly shown in the labio-buccal sides, and low and concentrated in the lingual sides, in all cases. Generally, the highest stresses were shown at the top of the alveolus, or at 2mm below the top of the alveolus, particularly in the specimen 2, 3, and stresses were more or less the same in the symmetrical right and left sides. 2. In the case of lateral occlusion, when the same load was applied, high stresses were shown broadly at the working sides in both the labio-buccal and lingual sides, and low and concentrated at the balanced sides. The highest stresses were shown in the top of the alveolus on the working sides in specimen 2 portion, and the lowest stresses at the balanced sides in specimen 6, slightly higher stresses were shown at retromolar parts in the balanced sides. 3. In the case of protrusive occlusion, high stresses were broadly shown at the labio-buccal sides, and slightly higher stresses at the top 2, 4, and 6mm parts of the alveolus with concentration. The highest stresses were shown in specimen No. 5 and the lowes stresses in specimen 1, 9 and stresses were more of less the same at the symmetrical right and left sides.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1999

MCM-D 기판에 수동소자를 내장시키는 공정을 개발하였다. MCM-D 기판은 Cu/감광성 BCB를 각각 금속배선 및 절연막 재료로 사용하였고, 금속배선은 Ti/cu를 각각 1000$\AA$/3000$\AA$으로 스퍼터한 후 fountain 방식으로 전기 도금하여 3 um Cu를 형성하였으며, BCB 층에 신뢰성있는 비아형성을 위하여 BCB의 공정특성과 $C_2F_6$를 사용한 플라즈마 cleaning영향을 AES로 분석하였다. 이 실험에서 제작한 MCM-D 기판은 절연막과 금속배선 층이 각각 5개, 4개 층으로 구성되는데 저항은 2번째 절연막 위에 thermal evaporator 방식으로 NiCr을 600$\AA$증착하여 시트저항이 21 $\Omega$/sq가 되게 형성하였고. 인덕터는 coplanar 구조로 3, 4번째 금속배선층에 형성하였으며, 커패시터는 절연막으로 PECVD $Si_3N_4$를 900$\AA$증착한 후 1, 2번째 금속배선층에 형성하여 88nF/$\textrm {cm}^2$의 커패시턴스를 얻었다. 이 공정은 PECVD $Si_3N_4$와 thermal evaporation NiCr 공정을 이용함으로써 기존의 반도체 공정을 이용하여 MCM-D 기판에 수동소자를 안정적으로 내장시킬 수 있었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2018

리튬이온전지의 음극활물질로 사용되는 $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$를 건식 볼밀법으로 합성하였고, $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$의 전기화학적 특성을 향상시키기 위하여 탄소소재인 polyvinyl chloride (PVC)를 첨가하였다. PVC는 $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$를 합성하고 난 후에 첨가하였을 때 스피넬 구조를 갖는 물질이 잘 합성되었음을 X-ray diffraction (XRD) 실험으로 확인하였다. 합성하기 전에 탄소재를 첨가하여 열처리를 한 경우에는 탄소재가 미량 첨가되더라도 다른 결정구조의 물질이 합성되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 탄소재를 첨가하지 않은 $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$의 경우 전기전도도 값이 약 $10{\mu}S\;m^{-1}$으로 부도체에 가까운 매우 작은 값을 보였다. 탄소를 첨가함에 따라서 전기전도도가 크게 향상되었으며, 압력을 증가시킬 경우에 최대 10,000배 이상 증가되었다. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) 분석결과 탄소를 첨가할 경우 저항에 해당하는 반원의 크기가 감소하였으며, 이는 전극내의 저항이 감소하였음을 보여준다. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) 분석에 의하면 탄소를 첨가할 경우에 산화피크와 환원피크의 전위차가 줄어 들었으며, 이는 리튬이온의 삽입과 탈리의 속도가 증가하였음을 의미한다. PVC를 9.5 wt% 첨가한 물질의 경우, 0.2 C-rate에서 $180mA\;h\;g^{-1}$, 0.5 C-rate에서 $165mA\;h\;g^{-1}$, 5C-rate에서 $95.8mA\;h\;g^{-1}$의 용량을 나타냄으로써 우수한 출력 특성을 보여주었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2021

최근 무선통신 기기가 보편화됨에 따라 이로부터 발생하는 전자기파를 제어할 수 있는 방법에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 전자기파 제어 물질로 가장 흔히 사용되는 것은 자성 물질이지만 제품에 적용 시 제품이 무겁고 두꺼워지는 특징 때문에 일반 전자기기에 사용하기에는 문제가 있어 이를 해결하기 위해 가볍고 두께가 얇은 고분자 유연메타 전자소자가 제시되었다. 또한 고분자 유연메타 전자소자는 단일 제품을 다양한 곡률에 적용할 수 있어 곡면 형상이 많은 전자기기에 사용하기에도 적합하다. 그러나 이러한 고분자 유연메타 전자소자를 곡면에 적용하기 위해서는 곡률변화에 따른 전자기파 제어 특성의 안정성 평가가 필수적으로 요구된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 도선 면적이 일정할 때 도선 길이에 따른 저항 변화율이 전자기파 제어 특성과 역의 관계라는 점을 활용하여 고분자 유연메타 전자소자의 전기적 특성 변화를 통해 전자기파 제어 특성을 예측할 수 있는 방법을 개발하였고, 이를 이용하여 고분자 유연메타 전자소자의 곡률 안정성 평가를 수행하였다. 그 결과 곡률 반경이 감소할수록 도선 길이에 따른 저항 변화율이 증가하였고, 곡률 유지 시간에 의한 변화는 없었다. 또한 곡면 적용 시 도선에 영구적인 변화와 곡면 제거 시 회복 가능한 변화가 복합적으로 발생하였고, 이러한 변화의 원인이 곡면 적용 시 가해진 인장응력에 의해 생성된 도선 내 수직방향 크랙이라는 사실도 밝혀냈다.

• 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.