• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.503-510
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• 2001

In this paper. we describe a 32-channel bioimpedance measurement system It consists of 32 independent constant current sources of 50 kHz sinusoid. The amplitude of each current source can be adjusted using a 12-bit MDAC. After we applied a pattern of injection currents through 32 current injection electrodes. we measured induced boundary voltages using a variable-gain narrow-band instrumentation amplifier. a Phase-sensitive demodulator. and a 12-bit ADC. The system is interfaced to a PC for the control and data acquisition. We used the system to detect anomalies with different resistivity values in a saline Phantom with 290mm diameter The accuracy of the developed system was estimated as 2.42% and we found that anomalies larger than 8mm in diameter can be detected. We Plan to improve the accuracy by using a digital oscillator improved current sources by feedback control, Phase-sensitive A/D conversion. etc. to detect anomalies smaller than 1mm in diameter.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06e
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• pp.13-16
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 인간의 생체 임피던스를 이용하여 인간의 팔 운동을 추정하고자 한다. 생체 신호를 이용하여 인간의 운동을 추정하기 위해서는 먼저 생체 신호와 인간의 운동 사이의 정량적인 관계를 구해야 하며 특히, 다자유도 운동의 추정에는 생체 신호간의 간섭등을 고려하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 먼저 일자유도 운동실험을 통해 생체 임피던스와 인간 팔 관절의 회전각 사이의 선형성을 고찰한다. 그리고, 다자유도 측정시에 발생하는 근육간의 결합성과 방향성의 문제에 대해 주파수 분할 측정법을 도입하여 팔의 다자유도 운동을 추정하였다. 마지막으로, 실제의 로봇을 제어하는데 응용하였다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.9-16
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• 2013

Bio-impedance measurement system(BMS) is non-invasive and easy to implement a measurement method that allows determining the water content of a patient. The measurement conditions, the hardware specifications and the configurations of BMS devices must be well chosen in order to get correct and reproducible results. BMS was then conducted for the limbs and the thoracic using a lock-in amplifier and LabView control system with a frequency range of 1kHz-100kHz. From both the measurement data and the simulation results, we verified that the parameters in the proposed equivalent model and the trend of impedance variation according to the multi-frequency of applied current source are similar to those of human body. We believe that the real-time BMS developed in this study is highly reliable and applicable to the research on the clinical characteristics of the human being's impedance.

• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.114-114
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• 2001

목적： 열적인 방법으로 시술을 할 때 발생한 생체 조직의 온도 변화는 생체조직의 전기임피던스 변화를 야기하는데 이 전기임피던스 변화가 자기공명영상의 위상에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법： 생체조직의 전기임피던스는 조직부위에 따라 다르나 온도계수가 평균적으로 -2%/$^{\circ}C$에 이를 만큼 온도에 민감한 특성을 가지고 있다. 이러한 특성을 감안하여 유한요소법을 이용하여 자기공명영상의 위상을 계산하여 보았다. 그 결과를 토대로 0.3Tesla 자기공명영상시스템으로 팬텀을 촬영하여 자기공명영상의 위상을 구하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.121-126
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• 2017

In this study, we measured the bioelectrical impedance of whole body in various frequency bands by non-invasive method by four electrode method using a portable small impedance measurement system developed to understand the bioimpedance characteristics of intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid components through a skin equivalent model. The measurements were performed on 10 male subjects (mean age $24{\pm}3.0$, body mass index(BMI) $20.3kg/m^2$) for four weeks and the bioimpedances were measured at multi-frequencies (1 kHz, 5 kHz, 50 kHz, 70 kHz, 100 kHz and 500 kHz). Experimental results show that the impedance is the highest in the low frequency range of 1 kHz and the lowest in the high frequency range of 500 MHz. Especially, it was confirmed through experiments that the impedance is rapidly lowered above 50 kHz band. In addition, it was confirmed that similar characteristics to the measured values of the bioimpedance measuring system were obtained in the simulations for understanding the impedance characteristics of the intracellular fluid and the extracellular fluid through the skin equivalent circuit model.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.38-45
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• 2021

A frequently used bioimpedance analytical method in Korea is the segmental multi-frequency BIA (SMF-BIA) method, but it is not directly determined at a segmented impedance. This study was to compare SMF-BIA determinations with direct segmented determinations for accuracy and appropriateness of segment parameters. This study is to compare the segment parameters, accuracy and appropriateness of the multi-frequency segmental bioimpedance analysis. To this end, 108 elderly individuals were measured. Segmented bioelectrical measurements obtained from a SMF-BIA (Inbody S10) at 50 kHz and measured with a phase sensitive single frequency device (SF-BIA, bia-101, RJL / akern systems) were compared. The significant difference (%) was demonstrated between single - and multiple frequency determinations of the right upper limb (R = 35.5 ± 6.2%, P < 0.001; Xc = 2.7 ± 7.6%, P < 0.01), left upper limb difference (R= 33. 9 ± 6.0%, P < 0.001; Xc = 2.8 ± 8.3%, P < 0.01), right lower limb difference (R = 18.6 ± 4.3%, P < 0.001; Xc = 25.8 ± 10.0%, P < 0.001), left lower limb difference (R = 18.0 ± 4.7%, P < 0.001; Xc = 31.8%). Of the results determined with the two BIA methods, the impedance measurements of the limbs and whole body showed a high correlation (RA: R = 0. 950, LA: R = 0. 949, RL: R = 0.899, LL: R = 0.88), and in the agreement test, the impedance values of the upper limbs and whole body also showed strong agreement (ICC > 0.9), but in the Xc, the correlation was weak. In conclusion, it was found that although bioimpedance devices had significantly different characteristics and inconsistent cross sectionally, there was a high population level agreement in the upper and lower extremities in determining segmental resistance value changes. But a large error was found on the trunk. Further studies were needed for reducing the error.

• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.100-100
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• 2002

목적： 인체에 전류를 주입하면 체내 생체조직의 임피던스 분포에 따라서 전류밀도 분포가 결정된다. 이러한 전류밀도 분포를 MRI를 이용하여 고해상도로 얻어내면 인체 내부의 임피던스 영상을 구성할 수 있다. 이는 기존의 전기 임피던스 단층 촬영법이 갖는 여러 한계를 극복할 수 있으며 이로부터 생체의 기능에 대한 다양한 정보를 추출할 수 있게 된다. 본 논문은 3차원 팬텀 내부의 전류밀도 분포를 영상화하고 이것으로부터 인체내부의 임피던스 영상을 얻어내는 실험 결과를 기술한다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.25-31
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• 2014

Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis(BIA) is a widely used method for estimating body composition changes which is a non-invasive, inexpensive, safety and reproductive method. We studied the bioimpedance change and the distinction of blood pressure according to body posture and conducted three kinds of experiments: the real-time bioimpedance measurement, the simulation using equivalent circuit model and the blood pressure measurement. Bioimpedance is measured during 4 minutes at the multi-frequency(1 kHz, 10 kHz, 20 kHz, 50 kHz, 70 kHz, 100 kHz). From the experiment results, the changes in body postures result in changes of resistance and reactance, with an average rapid increase of body impedance when going from standing, sitting to supine. Specially, the laying resistance on average was 16.49% higher than supine resistance at 50 kHz and the laying reactance measurement was also 26.05% higher than sitting reactance at 1 kHz. Blood pressure in standing posture was higher than those in other postures both in maximum($125.14{\pm}12.30$) and in minimum($75.57{\pm}10.31$). The results of BIA and blood pressure in this study will be contributed to the research on acute illness, extreme fat, and body shape abnormalities.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.58-61
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• 2009

최근 직물전극을 의복에 적용하여 의복을 착용한 상태에서 심전도, 심박과 같은 생체신호를 측정하는 방법이 다양하게 연구되고 있다. 그러나 대부분 직물전극의 경우, 높은 임피던스와 피부-전극 간의 불안정한 접촉으로 인해 생체신호를 측정하는 것은 매우어렵다는 문제점들이 지적되어 왔다. 이 논문에서는 피부-전극 간의 접촉을 향상시키기 위한 전극의 구조를 고안하여 의복에 적용함으로써, 착용자의 피부와 직물전극간의 접촉을 안정화 시킨 후, ECG(Electrocardiogram)를 측정하였다. 본 연구의 실험에 사용한 전극의 특성 분석 방법으로는 전극의 임피던스와 그에 따른 ECG 를 측정하여 SNR 분석을 실시하였다. 직물전극의 두 가지 구조와 직물전극과 트랜스미터 연결 스냅간 접촉 방식에 따른 ECG 측정을 비교한 결과, 전극 구조와 전도성 paste 사용 여부는 모두 ECG 측정에 영향을 미쳤다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.445-450
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• 2021

Bio-impedance measurement is a measurement device that can be used to obtain biometric information and diagnose skin diseases using convenience, low cost, and low cost devices. In this study, the bio-impedance was measured using a direct dry gold electrode and a simulation study through animal bio modeling to obtain biometric information in a biometric form. Impedance was measured by inserting electrodes into subcutaneous areas of animal tissue and applying frequencies of 100 uA, 1-100 kHz using a two-electrode method. As a result of the measurement, the resistance of the electrodes is measured high at 5 mm electrodes compared to 7.5 mm and 10 mm electrodes based on 5 mm electrodes. Based on the 5 mm electrode, an average difference of 1.49% was found for the 7.5 mm electrode in the total frequency range, and the impedance difference was confirmed to be 2.624% for the 10 mm electrode. In the future, the research results are expected to be valuable in designing and manufacturing electrodes for bio-inserted electrocardiogram sensors.