• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.82-103
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• 2007

신자유주의는 국가 개입을 통해 작동하는 경로의존적, 혼종적, 모순적 프로젝트로 이해된다. 신자유주의 하에서 실제 국가의 개입은 그 힘이 약화되었다기보다는 전략이 변화했다고 할 수 있으며, 이는 특히 도시공간의 재구성을 위한 신자유주의적 정책들에서 잘 나타난다. 이러한 점에서 이 논문은 발전국가로 특징지워지는 한국에서 신자유주의의 도입과정과 이에 따른 도시정책의 특성 변화를 고찰하고자 한다. 이를 위해 이 논문은 우선 1960년대 이후 국가주도적, 수출지향적 경제개발을 주도한 발전국가 및 그 공간정책의 특성을 살펴보고, 1980년대 후반 이후 신자유주의의 전개과정을 두 단계, 즉 1980년대 후반에서 1997년 경제위기 이전(1단계)과 그 이후 현재까지(2단계)로 구분하여 고찰하고자 한다. 특히 이러한 신자유주의화 과정은 기존 발전주의와 상호 중첩적, 혼종적으로 결합되어 있으며, 이러한 성향은 공간정책의 변화과정에 반영되고 있다고 주장한다. 끝으로 국가와 시장 간 결합(즉 발전주의적 신자유주의)은 다양한 유형으로 전개될 수 있지만, 국가의 발전 전망과 공간정책은 산업(자본)중심이 아니라 복지(인간)중심이어야 한다는 점이 강조된다.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.215-230
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• 2014

본 논문은 지역의 역사적인 맥락을 중심으로 인지문화경제의 발전으로 이어지는 궤적을 살펴보고, 이에 따른 공간적 변화 및 문화 사회적 변동을 '글로컬라이제이션'이라는 주제로 관찰하고 함의점을 알아보고자 한다. 이때 특히 최근 창조경제에서 중요한 '문화콘텐츠'분야에 집중하고자 한다. 오늘날 대두되고 있는 '창조성'은 이미 오래전부터 공간 경제 사회문화적인 변화의 관련성과 깊은 연관을 맺어왔다고 할 수 있으며, 이것이 '인지문화경제'라고 하는 새로운 경제체제로 변화하기 시작했다고 할 수 있다. 이는 경제지리와 지역발전에 깊은 영향을 미치게 되며, 특히, 지역발전을 주도하게 된다. 이러한 맥락에 따른 문화변동의 특징은 재현과 이미지의 해석 등 추상적인 담론에서, 지역단위에서 실제적으로 일어나는 프로젝트로 등으로 대변하게 되며 보다 구체적인 특징을 지니게 된다. 더 나아가 글로컬라이제이션 시대의 지역발전의 가능성은 한류와 같은 문화콘텐츠를 통해 확인할 수 있다. SNS 등과 같은 현대 미디어의 환경은 서로 소통하는 공간의 기능뿐만 아니라 로컬 단위의 콘텐츠를 전 세계로 확대할 수 있는 역할을 담당하면서 공간을 확대시키고 있다. 향후 글로컬 콘텐츠의 보다 높은 가능성을 위해 공간과 지역의 연계 강조, 다양한 주체들의 유기적인 연계와 활성화, 로컬 단위의 발전성을 담보하기 위한 인프라 구축 등의 주기적인 노력이 수반되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제70권
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• pp.35-65
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• 2015

이 논문은 한국 미디어 문화연구가 채 극복하지 못한 탈문맥화 한계를 도시 일상 위기 현실로의 산책을 통해 극복하자는 테제를 중심으로 구성되어 있다. 논문은 자본국가의 지배 통치하 위험에 처한 삶의 문제를 적극 사유하고 체험하기 위해 문화연구자들이 당장 산책에 나설 것을 제안한다. 일종의 전황 파악과 산개 기술로서의 산책이다. 논문은 오늘날 대중문화가 처한 위기 양상들이 일상적으로 표출되고 징후적으로 표현되는 도시로 걸음을 옮겨 참여 관찰하고, 이를 글쓰기로 옮기는 현실 개입주의를 문화연구 재맥락화의 정답으로 결론 맺는다. 이에 앞서 연구자는 능동적 수용자 이론가로 분류 정리된 존 피스크의 말기 비판적 공간 산책에 주목한다. 그가 산책 개념을 빌려온 드 세르토로부터 나아가 공간 전술을 실제로 실천한 마셜 버먼의 작업을 돌아본다. 텍스트와 수용자의 울타리를 초월해 도시 공간의 콘텍스트로 나아간 문화연구의 궤적을 그려 보는 것인 바, 이는 단순히 피스크가 남긴 대안적 흔적을 복구하는 차원을 넘어선다. 자본주의 현실과 비판적으로 관여하는 도시 공간 미디어 문화연구의 흐름을 재구성하기 위함이다. 피스크에게서 제대로 이어지지 않고 절단된 사유와 방법론의 공백을 채움으로써, 도시와 대중들의 위기 현실에 능동적으로 개입하는 문화연구 재문맥화의 전망을 찾아볼 것이다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.104-114
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• 2014

주풍에 따른 강수의 산성도, 전기전도도, 이온 성분의 변화를 알아보기 위하여 2009년 부산지역 강수를 분석하였다. 부산지역에서는 남서풍과 북동풍이 우세하게 나타났다. 주풍이 서풍인 경우, 강수의 산성도는 약 pH 7로 중성으로 나타났으나 전기전도도는 약 200 ${\mu}scm^{-1}$로 다른 풍향에 비해 월등히 높게 나타나 강수에 이온성분이 많이 함유된 것을 알 수 있었다. 양이온 $K^+$와 음이온 $Cl^-$가 다른 이온에 비해 높게 나타났으며, 북풍과 남서풍이 불 때 다른 풍향에 비해 전체적으로 높은 농도로 나타났다. 산성비의 주 원인물질인 $NO{_3}^-/SO{_4}^{2-}$의 구성비는 북풍에서 3 이상으로 월등히 높은 값이 나타났다. 다른 풍향에 비해 북동풍, 동풍, 남서풍, 서풍에서의 $K^+$의 중화기여도는 전체적으로 1 이상으로 높은 값을 나타내었는데, 이는 산성이온을 중화시키는데 있어서 알카리성 이온인 $K^+$의 중화기여도가 크게 작용하였음을 알 수 있다. 또한 해염입자는 북풍, 북동풍, 남서풍에서 800 ${\mu}sm^{-3}$ 이상으로 다른 풍향에 비해 상대적으로 많은 양을 나타내었다. 역궤적 분석 결과, 북풍, 서풍, 북서풍계열에서는 봄, 가을, 겨울철에 만주, 내몽골 고원, 중국, 러시아 지역으로부터 공기덩어리의 이동을 볼 수 있었다. 반면, 동풍, 북동풍, 남서풍계열에서는 여름철에 해양으로부터 공기덩어리의 이동을 볼 수 있었다. 따라서 부산지역의 강수중 산성도, 전기전도도, 이온 성분 농도는 내륙과 연안해역의 특성을 가진 주풍에 의한 변동 특성을 잘 나타내고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.693-710
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• 2013

동아시아 지역 봄철에 주로 발생하는 황사의 물리적 특성을 알아보기 위하여 부산지역에서 발생한 2009년 황사 기간의 종관 일기도와 자동기상관측장비(AWS)를 이용한 기상해석, $PM_{10}$ 샘플러와 레이저입자계수기(LPC)를 이용한 대기입자상 물질농도 분석, 위성영상과 역궤적분석 모델을 이용한 발생원을 조사하였다. 2009년 2월 20일의 경우 (사례 1), $PM_{10}$ 농도가 급격히 증가할 때 $0.3-1.0{\mu}m$의 작은 입자의 에어로솔 체적 농도 분포가 감소한 반면 $1.0-10.0{\mu}m$의 큰 입자의 농도는 증가하였다. 그 후 $PM_{10}$ 농도가 감소할 때 지상의 풍향은 북풍에서 남서풍으로 변하였으며, 전체 에어로솔 농도는 감소하였다. $PM_{10}$과 $1.0-10.0{\mu}m$의 큰 입자 농도의 상관계수는 0.9 이상으로 높은 양의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 이는 내몽골 지역에서 발달된 황사가 중국 고비 사막을 통과하여 한반도로 유입된 것으로 추측할 수 있었다. 2009년 4월 25일의 경우 (사례 2), $PM_{10}$ 농도가 급격히 증가할 때 $0.3-0.5{\mu}m$의 작은 입자의 에어로솔 체적 농도 분포가 감소한 반면 $0.5-10.0{\mu}m$의 큰 입자의 농도는 증가하였다. 그 후 $PM_{10}$ 농도가 감소할 때 $0.3-0.5{\mu}m$의 작은 입자의 농도는 증가한 반면 $0.5-10.0{\mu}m$의 큰 입자의 농도는 감소하였다. 이 때 지상의 풍향은 북동풍에서 남서풍으로 변한 후 다시 북동풍으로 변하였다. $PM_{10}$과 $1.0-10.0{\mu}m$의 큰 입자의 농도의 상관계수는 약 0.9에 가까운 높은 양의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 입자의 역궤적 수송 모델 분석 결과, 만주지역과 중국 동쪽 해안으로부터 한반도로 유입된 것으로 추측할 수 있었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2006

Tropospheric aerosols are highly variant in time and space due to non-uniform source distribution and strong influence of meteorological conditions. Backscatter lidar measurement is useful to understand vertical distribution of aerosol. However, the backscatter lidar equation is undetermined due to its dependence on the two unknowns, extinction and backscattering coefficient. This dependence necessitates the exact value of the ratio between two parameters, that is, the lidar ratio. Also, Iidar ratio itself is useful optical parameter to understand properties of aerosols. Tropospheric aerosols were observed to understand variance of lidar ratio at Anmyeon island ($36.32^{/circ}N$, $126.19^{/circ}E$), Korea using a multi-wavelength raman lidar system developed by the Advanced Environmental Monitoring Research Center (ADEMRC), Gwangju Institute Science and Technology (GIST), Korea during measurement periods; March 15$\sim$April $16^{th}$, 2004 and May 24$\sim$ $8^{th}$ 2005. Extinction coefficient, backscattering coefficient, and lidar ratio were measured at 355 and 532 nm by the Raman method. Different types of aerosol layers were distinguished by the differences in the optical properties such as Angstrom exponent, and lidar ratio. The average value of lidar ratio during two observation periods was found to be $50.85\pm4.88$ sr at 355 nm and $52.43\pm15.15$ sr at 532 nm at 2004 and $57.94\pm10.29$ sr at 355 nm and $82.24\pm15.90$ sr at 532 nm at 2005. We conduct hysplit back-trajectory to know the pathway of airmass during the observation periods. We also calculate lidar ratio of different type of aerosol, urban, maritime, dust, continental aerosols using OPAC (Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds), Remote sensing of atmospheric aerosol using a multi-wavelengh lidar system with Raman channels is quite and powerful tool to characterize the optical propertises of troposheric aerosols.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.326-339
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• 1995

이 연구에서는 전보에서 어군의 유영공간을 3차원으로 고려하여 제안한 어군행동을 나타내는 수치 모델의 타당성을 검토하기 위하여 수치 모델의 잔차에 대한 백색성검정 및 실험과 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과를 비교하는 두 가지 방법을 사용하였다. 모형 그물이 없는 경우와 모형 그물이 있는 경우 모두 잔치의 평균이 0에 가까우며, 그 표준편차는 대체로 $\pm$7 이내로서 잔차의 거동이 안정된 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 개체수가 5마리 이상이고 유속이 20cm/sec 이하인 경우에는 수치 모델에 의한 잔차의 자기상관함수가 95%의 유음수준에서 유음한 것으로 나타났으므로, 잔차는 백색잡음의 양상으로 나타나는 것으로 볼 수 있으며, 이 수치 모델은 대체로 타당한 것으로 간주할 수 있다. 실험과 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과에 대하여 어군의 유영특성을 나타내는 지표로서 유영궤적, 수조벽과 개체 사이의 거리, 유영속도, 유영 깊이, 개체상호간의 최근접거리 등을 비교하면, 실험과 시뮬레이션에 의한 결과가 완전히 일치하지는 않으나 대체로 그 경향이 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 어군의 유영공간을 3차원으로 고려하여 유속의 변화에 따른 어군행동의 추정이 어느 정도 가능해짐으로서, 앞으로 보다 발전된 모델링 기법을 도입하면 현장에서의 적용가능성이 있을 것으로 생각된다. 그러나, 이러한 일련의 연구에서는 실험의 편의를 위하여 시간의 변화에 따른 유향과 유속의 변화를 고려하지 않고 일정 방향의 일정 유속만을 고려하였기 때문에, 현장에서의 적용을 위해서는 환경요인, 공간상의 환경조건 및 어군의 규모에 의한 차이 등 해결해야 할 문제점이 많이 남아 있다. 현단계에서의 과제는 축양장과 같은 제한된 공간에서의 어군행동의 예측, 제어등이 가능하도록 모델링에 관한 연구가 계속되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.3-12
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• 2006

최근 게임 시장에서 한층 강화된 몰입감을 부여하는 증강현실 기술 기반의 3D 게임들이 등장하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 사용자의 손동작을 인식하여 게임 응용프로그램과 상호작용하는 증강현실 게임의 구현 기법을 제시한다. 웹캠을 통해 입력되는 영상 프레임에서 특징점들을 추출한다. 추출된 특징점들의 움직임을 통해 추적 대상의 움직임을 분석하여 사용자의 의도된 행위를 인식한다. 손동작 추적으로부터의 움직임의 궤적의 형태와 메뉴나 가상객체 위치 관계로부터 사용자의 의도된 움직임을 신뢰성있게 판단하는 기법을 제시한다. 제시한 방법의 우수성 입증을 위해 두 개의 증강현실 응용 시스템을 구현하고 인식의 정확도를 실험하였다. 응용으로 사람의 움직임을 감지해 동작하는 뮤직플레이어와 사용자가 위치한 현실공간에 대응되는 가상공간 내에서 가상농구게임을 개발하였다. 뮤직플레이어에서는 사용자가 손동작으로 다양한 메뉴를 선택할 수 있다. 가상농구게임에서는 가상의 공이 가상공간에 추가되고 이를 사용자가 물리공갈에서 직접 손을 움직여서 가상의 공과 상호작용한다. 사용자의 움직임 인식에 대하여 정상적인 움직임의 사용자에 대해서 평균 94%의 정확도를 보였으며 급격한 움직임의 사용자에 대해서는 약 84%의 정확도를 보였다.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.567-584
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 클러스터 적응주기모델을 토대로 미국 수도권지역에 위치한 페어팩스 카운티 IT서비스산업의 진화경로를 탐색하는 것이다. 1970년대부터 현재까지 지역 IT서비스산업에 대한 문헌, 업체 및 고용수, 인터뷰자료를 이용하여 시기별 특성을 분석하였고, 1990~2011년 기간 동안 지역산업의 성장요인을 알기 위해 변이할당분석을 시행하였다. 적응주기모델에 따르면 페어팩스 카운티의 IT서비스산업은 클러스터 변화지속형 궤적을 보이고 있음을 알 수 있다. 지역산업은 국방성과의 지리적 근접성, 수도권이라는 지역적 특수성으로 인해 정부정책의 영향을 많이 받아왔다. 2000년대 후반 경기침체에도 불구하고, 지역 회복력이 높아 끊임없이 변모하는 클러스터 유형을 보이는 데에는 정부의 안정적인 수요와 기업의 역량강화, 지원부문과 기업 등 행위주체의 긴밀한 연계로 인해 충격으로부터 회복력이 높았다는 점과 지식기반서비스업이 정책변화나 경제, 산업기술적환경의 변화에 보다 유연적으로 적응하였기 때문이라고 판단된다.

• 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.