• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.144-148
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• 2002

The present study was done to determine the efficacy and safety of varicose vein removal using a minimally invasive, powered vein-extracting device with cutaneous transillumination and tumescent anesthesia techniques and then compared this to a retrospective group of conventional phlebectomy operations. There were 133 limbs in 104 patients(72 women, 32 men) treated with the use of the vein extractor aided by transcutaneous illumination. The hydrodissection was performed with Trivex™ Irrigated illuminator(Smith & Nephe $w^{ R}$) system using normal saline after the 2~3mm sized skin incision. Varicose clusters were extracted by the use of TriveTM esector(Smith & Nephe $w^{ R}$) system under transillumination. After the varisoce vein extraction, the operation area was compressed with surgical pad for bleeding control. The complication rate was 3.84% The mean number of incisions was 3.24 and mean operative time per limb was 65.9 minutes. The mean hospitalization was 1.86 days. The varicose vein extraction using transilluminated powered phlebectomy(TIPP) is a safe, efficacious and cosmetically satisfactory method. The procedure decreases the operating time and the number of incisions required to remove varicose clusters. Further evaluation and long term follow up will be necessary to determine the recurrence rate and long termcomplications.to determine the recurrence rate and long termcomplications.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.29-34
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• 2002

Our previous studies investigated that narrow field of view (FOV : 50˚) and slow navigation speed decreased the frequency of occurrence and severity of cybersickness during immersion in the virtual reality (VR). It would cause a significant reduction of cybersickness if it were provided cybersickness alleviating virtual environment (CAVE) using biofeedback method whenever subject underwent physiological agitation. For verifying the hypothesis, we constructed a real-time cybersickness detection and feedback system with artificial neural network whose inputs are electrophysiological parameters of blood pulse volume, skin conductance, eye blink, skin temperature, heart period, and EEG. The system temporary provided narrow FOV and decreased speed of navigation as feedback outputs whenever physiological measures signal the occurrence of cybersickness. We examined the frequency and severity of cybersickness from simulator sickness questionnaires and self-report in 36 subjects. All subjects experienced VR two times in CAVE and non-CAVE condition at one-month intervals. The frequency and severity of cybersickness were significantly reduced in CAVE than non-CAVE condition. Virtual environment of narrow FOV and slow navigation provided by electrophysiological features based artificial neural network caused a significant reduction of cybersickness symptoms. These results showed that efficiency of a cybersickness detection system we developed was relatively high and subjects expressed more comfortable in the virtual navigation environment.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.59-66
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• 2001

Objectives: This study examined the effect of mood and personality characteristics on psychophysiological responses measured by a biofeedback system in a normal population. Methods: Fifty healthy volunteers without any history of medical or psychiatric illnesses participated in this study. We measured the Spielberger trait anxiety inventory, Beck depression inventory, and Eysenck personality questionnaires in these subjects. Using the J & J biofeedback system, we also measured skin temperature, electrodermal response, forearm and frontal electromyography (EMG)s in 3 experimental conditions of baseline, stress, and recovery phases. Results: Trait anxiety did not show any significant correlation with psychophysiological responses except stress response in forearm EMG levels(r=0.282, p<0.05). Depressed mood was negatively correlated with forearm EMG levels in baseline (r=-0.299, p<0.05) and recovery phases(r=-0.314, p<0.05). Subjects with relatively high levels of depressed mood showed different stress and recovery responses in frontal EMG levels compared with those with relatively low levels of depressed mood (F=4.26, p<0.05). Extroverted subjects showed higher levels of forearm EMG than introverted ones in stress phase. Conclusion: Mood and personality characteristics in healthy subjects are closely related with psychophysiological responses measured by a biofeedback system. We suggest that mood and personality characteristics should be considered as important variables in analyzing abnormal psychophysiological responses in some psychiatric patients.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose an auto-detection algorithm of basal cell carcinoma(BCC) from the protophorphyrin IX(PpIX) fluorescence image induced by appling the methyl 5-aminolaevulinate(MAL) ointment-induced protophorphyrin IX(PpIX) to the skin tumour area and then shining the wood lamp on the area. The proposed algorithm first generates 3 mask areas-tumor area, suspected tumor area and tumor free area and then applies local watershed algorithm to the turner and the suspected tumor areas to make small watershed regions that include similar luminance value pixels. Next, small watershed regions are merged by hierarchical queue based fast region merging that uses the difference between the average luminance values of adjacent watershed regions as a region merging criterion and finally BCC regions are detected. 50 tissue samples are acquired from the tumour regions of 10 patients with BCC that are extracted by using the proposed algorithm and are performed pathological examination by expert dermatologist. Experiment result shows the rate of tumor detection from BCC lesion using presurgical in vivo of MAL-indeuced PpIX fluorescence has high sensitivity 94.1% and relatively high specificity 82.6%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.289-289
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• 2010

나노섬유는 지름이 수십에서 수백 나노미터(1나노미터=10억분의1m)에 불과한 초극세 물질로 비표면적이 매우 크고[1], 제작이 간편하여, 사용되어지는 고분자의 종류에 따라 에너지 환경 의료 관련 분야에서 전극소재 필터재 피복재 인공 피부등 다양한 분야에서의 활용이 가능하여 전 세계적으로 연구개발이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 그 자체만으로 응용하기에는 그 기계적 전기적 특성의 한계 때문에 응용의 다양성에 제약을 받고 있다. 그러나 그 자체만으로 응용하기에는 그 기계적 열적 전기적 특성을 가진 탄소나노튜브를 첨가한 복합나노섬유에 의해 그 응용영역의 한계를 넓혀가고 있다.[2] 본 연구에서는 전도성 고분자인 polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)에 multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)를 첨가한 복합나노섬유를 전기방사법(electrospinning method)을 통해서 제조하였다. [2~3] CNTs 첨가농도에 따른 제조된 복합나노섬유의 형상변화와 섬유내의 CNTs 배열상태를 각각 주사전자 현미경(scanning electron microscope: SEM)과 투과전자현미경(transmission electron microscope: TEM)을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 또한, 복합나노섬유의 광학 특성 변화를 CNTs 첨가농도에 따라서 FT-IR과 Raman spectroscopy등을 이용하여 조사하였으며, 나노섬유의 tensile strength의 측정을 통해 CNTs 함량에 따른 기계적 특성 변화를 분석하였다.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.135-143
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• 1998

이 연구에서는 국제 사진 정서체계(International Affective Picture System: IAPS)중에서 가장 강한 부적 정서를 유발하는 6장의 슬라이드를 1분 동안 연속적으로 보여주어 스트레스 상태를 야기한 뒤 1분동안 정서를 유발하는 청각자극인 1/f음악이나 which noise를 들려주거나 또는 아무소리도 들려주지 않는 각 조건에서 뇌파의 상대적 출현량(reltive power)및 호흡률, 심박률, 피부전도수준 등의 자율신경계 반응의 변화를 분석하였다. 스트레스 정서 상태에서 이완상태로의 회복을 촉진시켜줌을 시사한다. 한편, 스트레스정서유발 상태에서 1/f 음악과 white noise이 제시되었을 때의 자율신경계 반응은 현저한 대비를 보여주었다. 그러나 스트레스 정서유발 이전의 기저선 수준과 비교할 때 1/f 음악에 의한 반응수준이 white noise 에 의한 반응수준 보다 기서선 수준에서 훨씬 더 벗어나 있었다. 따라서 이 결과는 부적정서상태에 부가된 정적 유발이 활성화된 자율신경계 반응의 안정상태로의 회복을 촉진한다는 가설을 지지하거나 부정하기에는 불충분하다. 이 연구에서 정서자극 제시 후의 회복단계에서 뇌파 반응과 자율신경계 반응의 시간경과에 따른 변화가 일치하지 않는 이유는 이들 생리신호의 반응속도가 다르기 때문일 수 있다. 이 실험은 시각과 청각의 복합 감각체계를 사용하여, 스트레스 정서상태에 정적정서유발자극이 부가되었을 때 스트레스 뇌파반응에서 이완된 뇌파반응으로의 회복이 촉진됨을 보여준 최초의 연구이다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.29-38
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• 2017

Predicting the user's reaction to the game at the stage of developing the game is important because it is related to the popularity of the game. In this paper, we propose a system that can collect and analyze game user's biometric information in a non-invasive way. To this end, we developed a mouse with skin conductance, pressure, gyroscope, and accelerometer sensor using Arduino. In order to verify the usefulness of this system, the subject was experimented with playing the first person shooter game with this mouse. We analyzed the gameplay videos recorded during Blizzard's 'OverWatch' and the bio-information collected from various sensors in the mouse.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.539-546
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• 1998

The purpose of this study is to estimate human emotion quantitatively under colors and music stimuli and to examine the for correlation between color and music sensibility. Physiological signals(electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram, Galvanic skin conductivity and respiration rate) were measured to compare color with music sensibilities. The personality of the subject were investigated using factor analysis and semantic differential method of 20 items(7 interval scaled). The results showed that red, yellow and violets color provoked active and exciting senses mainly as dance, rock and blues music. While blue, cyan and pink colors ware involved in tranquil and resting emotions deeply as classic and ballade music.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.46-46
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• 2010

최근 상압 저온 플라즈마에서 발생되는 UV와 화학적 활성종들을 이용한 체내 조직 분해 처리, 피부 및 혈관 표면 처리, 대기 및 액체 정화 처리 등의 생체 의료적 응용이 활발하게 연구되고 있다. 이러한 플라즈마에서는 처리 대상 외의 생체 조직의 손상을 최소화 할 수 있는 기술이 필요하며, 이 조건이 확보된 상태에서 처리 목표 대상에 따른 플라즈마 특성, 즉 선택적 생성종 제어와 플라즈마 온도를 안정적으로 관리할 수 있어야 한다. 인체 내부 조직에 대하여 유효 활성종 등의 직접적인 작용이 필요할 경우 밀리미터 크기 이하의 미세침습성 플라즈마를 활용하게 된다. 이 경우 방전 특성을 간접적으로만 관측 가능하여 주변 조직과 플라즈마 간의 상호 영향 등이 고려되어야 하므로 직접적인 관측이 가능한 인체 외부에서 발생된 플라즈마에 비해서 더욱 정교한 제어가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 미세 침습성 플라즈마의 발생 메커니즘 및 특성 분석을 수행하여 척추 디스크 탈출 치료 시술에 활용하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 처리 대상 조직으로의 접근 시 주변 조직의 손상을 막기 위하여 수 밀리미터 이하의 미세한 전극을 이용하였으며 전기 전도성을 띄는 인체 내부에서 절연공간의 확보를 위해 전극 표면에서 기포를 발생시켜 플라즈마 방전이 가능한 조건을 확보하였다. 또한 플라즈마 방전이 중단되거나 혹은 갑작스런 열 플라즈마로의 천이로 인해 생체에 심각한 열 손상을 초래하는 현상을 방지하기 위하여 발생 플라즈마와 주변 디스크간의 상호 영향을 통한 플라즈마의 동적인 특성 변화 및 안정적인 플라즈마 발생을 위한 조건을 도출하였다. 이를 실제 임상 실험에 활용한 결과를 소개하고 아울러 차세대 의료용 플라즈마 발생 장치 개발을 위한 플라즈마 학계의 관심을 이끌어 보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.55-61
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• 2015

Stretchable electrode materials are focused to apply to flexible device such as e-skin and wearable computer. Used as a flexible electrode, increase in electrical resistance should be minimalized under physical strain as bend, stretch and twist. Carbon black is one of candidates, for it has many advantages of low cost, simple processing, and especially reduction in resistivity with stretching. However electrical conductivity of carbon black is relatively low to be used for electrodes. Instead graphene is one of the promising electronic materials which have great electrical conductivity and flexibility. So it is expected that graphene added carbon black may be proper to be used for stretchable electrode. In this study, under stretching electrical property of graphene added carbon black composite electrode was investigated. Mechanical stretching induced cracks in electrode which means breakage of conductive path. However stretching induced aligned graphene enhanced connectivity of carbon fillers and maintained conductive network. Above all, electronic structure of carbon electrode was changed to conduct electrons effectively under stretching by adding graphene. In conclusion, an addition of graphene gives potential of carbon black composite as a stretchable electrode.