• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.243-251
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• 2004

This study was to quantitative analysis compare to dynamic characteristic change of the regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) after development of cerebral fat embolism in cats using perfusion MR Imaging. Forty-four adult rats were used. Triolein (n = 15), oleic acid (n = 9) and linoleic acid (n = 11) were injected into the internal carotid artery using microcatheter through the transfemoral approach. Polyvinyl alcohol (Ivalon) (n = 9) was injected as a control group. Perfusion MR images were obtained at 30 minutes and 2 hours after embolization, based on T2 and diffusion-weighted images. The data was time-to-signal intensity curve and ΔR$_2$＊ curve were obtained continuously with the aid of home-maid image proc in.leased significantly at 2 hours compared with those of 30 minutes (P＜0.005). In conclusion, cerebral blood flow decreased in cerebral fat embolism immediately after embolization and recovered remarkably in time course. It is thought that clinically informations to dynamic characteristic change of the cerebral hemodynamics to the early finding in cerebral infarction by DWI and PWI

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1989-1990
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• 2008

한의학에서 맥진은 한의사가 손가락으로 환자의 손목의 요골동맥을 짚어 맥박이 손가락에 닿는 느낌에 근거하여 병세를 감별하는 진찰방법으로 인체의 건강상태를 살피고, 정상인의 평맥(平脈)으로부터 환자의 병맥(病脈)을 분석하는 진단법이다. 손목에 있는 요골 경상돌기(styloid preocess) 부근의 볼록한 지점을 고골(高骨)이라하는데 이 돌기를 기준으로 맥이 느껴지는 위치를 검지, 중지, 약지를 이용해 진맥위치를 잡는다. 맥진 시 한의사는 맥진위치에 압력을 서서히 가하면서 손끝에 느껴지는 감각을 이용해 진단한다. 이 과정에서 맥진위치 요골동맥의 혈관이 서서히 occlusion 된다. 본 논문에서는 맥진과정 시 요골동맥의 혈류역학적인 변화를 초음파를 이용해 분석해보고자 한다. 건강한 남자 피험자(34세)를 대상으로 초음파 장비(Voluson 730Pro, GE Medical, U.S.)를 이용해 맥진 위치의 혈관특성을 관찰한다. 혈압계를 이용해 혈관에 압력을 0에서 130mmHg까지 10mmHg씩 단계별로 가압한 후 초음파를 측정한다. 그 결과, 요골동맥에 압력을 가할수록 혈류속도가 서서히 감소함을 알 수 있었으며, 회귀식을 분석할 수 있었다(y = -0.3509x +44.323, $R^2$ = 0.9547). 또한, 가압 단계를 0$\sim$10mmHg, 20$\sim$40mmHg, 50$\sim$70mmHg, 80$\sim$100mmHg 110$\sim$130mmHg으로 가압단계를 나누어 보면, 각 단계별로는 42.32cm/sec, 33.08cm/sec, 24.8cm/sec, 14.3cm/sec, 0cm/sec로 혈류속도가 변화를 보였다. 각 단계별로 혈류속도가 평균 10.58cm/sec의 차이를 보임을 알 수 있다. 본 연구를 통해 가압력에 대한 맥진위치의 혈류변화를 관찰하였다. 그러나 직접 맥진위치를 가압하면서 초음파를 통해 혈류속도를 측정할 수 있는 방법이 없어, 맥진 위치 바로 위쪽을 가압하고 초음파 측정을 하였다. 직접 혈관을 가압하고 그때의 혈류속도를 측정하면 보다 정확히 맥진시의 혈류역학적 특성을 분석할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 장비의 고안을 통해 다음 연구에서는 직접적인 가압 후 혈슈속도를 측정해 봄으로써 본 결과와 비교 분석해 보고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.187-193
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• 2015

In this study, regressive models were employed to predict the blood velocity by using independent variables which measured by 3 sensors, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), photo-plethysmogram (PPG), pulse diagnosis sensor, without ultrasound device at high cost. In experiment, the high predictable model was induced to estimate the blood velocity correctly by comparing correlation values and significance probabilities between independent variables and blood velocities. Results showed that the model induced by two or three independent variables had a higher predictability than those by a single independent variable.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.77-84
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• 1997

We measured the blood flow velocity of the anterior cerebral artery via anterior fontanelle approach of fifty five preterm neonates with duplex Doppler sonography and analyzed the waveform and calculated pulsatility index, resistive index. Intracranial velocities and pulsatility indexes were increased with increasing gestational age, birth weight, and age of the neonate, but resistive indices decreased. In sick babies, characteristic resistive index increment were seen in patients with intraventricular hemorrhage, but no statistical difference was seen in patients with respiratory distress syndrome. Our results suggest that duplex Doppler sonography is a useful noninvasive means of monitoring cerebrohemodynamics in normal preterm neonates and flow change of sick babies.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.50 no.8
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• pp.36-40
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• 2010

심장 내의 와동은 심장 내에서 일어나는 모든 혈류의 흐름에 중요한 역할을 하며, 조영심초음파를 이용하여 이를 정량적으로 측정할 수 있는 방법이 최근에 개발 되었다. 심혈관 질환에 있어서 와동의 측정 및 분석은 기존의 영상 기법으로 설명하기 힘든 환자의 증상이나 혈류역학적 상태를 잘 설명해 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대되고, 심장 질환의 조기 진단 및 치료에 큰 도움을 줄 것으로 생각된다. 심장 내 와동 혈류 측정은 새로운 심혈관계 영상기법으로, 조기에 심기능을 평가할 수 있는 도구로서 매우 유용할 것으로 기대하며 기술적인 문제 등이 보완된다면 임상적인 적용이 점차 확대 될 수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.229-234
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• 2003

Purpose: Since the prognosis of measles encephalitis is poor, early diagnosis and proper management are very important to improve clinical outcomes. We compared Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT (SPECT) with MR imaging (MRI) for the detection of acute measles encephalitis. Materials and Methods: Eleven patients(M : F=4 : 7, age range 18 months-14 yrs) with acute measles encephalitis were enrolled in this studies. All of them underwent both MRI and SPECT. The results of SPECT were scored from 0 (normal) to 3 (most severe defect) according to perfusion state. We compared two image modalities for the detection of brain abnormality in acute measles encephalitis. Results: Seven of 11 patients (63.6%) revealed high signal intensity in the white matter on T2WI of MRI, on the other hand all patients (100%) showed hypoperfusion on SPECT. Severe perfusion deficits above score 2 were located with decreasing frequencies in the frontal lobe (81.8%), temporal lobe (72.7%), occipital lobe (27.3%), basal ganglia (27.3%), and parietal lobe (9.1%). Conclusion: We conclude that SPECT is more useful than MRI for the detection of brain involvement in patients with acute measles encephalitis.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.370-374
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• 2018

Subclavian steal syndrome is a type of obstructive artery disease caused by severe stenosis and occlusion of a left proximal subclavian artery or brachiocephalic trunk. The resulting vertebro-basilar insufficiency symptoms are due to retrograde blood flow from the contralateral vertebral and basilar arteries into the low-pressure ipsilateral upper extremity vessels. For that reason, patients usually experience dizziness or arm ischemic symptoms. Neurointervention is an effective treatment for ischemic stroke, including the subclavian artery stenosis. This paper reports a patient with subclavian steal syndrome who had a vertebral artery Doppler waveform change in duplex sonography and a 12 mmHg difference in interarm systolic blood pressure. A stenotic lesion of the subclavian artery was treated effectively by inserting a precise stent. The follow up examination showed that the vertebral artery Doppler waveform change disappeared and recovered and that the 12 mmHg difference in interarm systolic blood pressure decreased to 5 mmHg after treatment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.516-519
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• 2001

To diagnose a patient's blood vessel disease, apoplexy, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, the blood velocity is very important. Determining the blood velocity methods using ultrasound are Continuous Doppler System and Pulse Doppler System. In using the Pulse Doppler System, we can obtain the position of blood velocity. But it is more complex hardware than Continuous Doppler System and it has low SNR(signal-noise ratio). So in this study, to obtain a believable information we use the Continuous Pulse Doppler System. Thus system have analog part and digital part. In analog part is composed of ultrasound generating part, the amplifying part to amplify the received signal from ultrasound sensor, the demodulation part to detect blood velocity and the filtering part to remove the noise. In digital part is composed of the A/D conversion part, digital signal processing part, and the communication part to communicate the PC. In this study to implement efficient ultrasound blood velocity measurement system, we can get the patient's blood velocity information in realtime. Thus, It is a useful in the accurate diagnosis with C.T(computered tomography), M.R.I(magnetic resonance imaging).

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.11
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• pp.1411-1416
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose a method of extraction analysis of blood flow area on color doppler ultrasonography by using 4-directional contour tracking and K-Means algorithm. In the proposed method, ROI is extracted and a binarization method with maximum contrast as a threshold is applied to the extracted ROI. 4-directional contour algorithm is applied to extract the trapezoid shaped region which has blood flow area of brachial artery from the binarized ROI. K-Means based quantization is then applied to accurately extract the blood flow area of brachial artery from the trapezoid shaped region. In experiment, the proposed method successfully extracts the target area in 28 out of 30 cases (93.3%) with field expert's verification. And comparison analysis of proposed K-Means based blood flow area extraction on 30 color doppler ultrasonography and brachial artery blood flow ultrasonography provided by a specialist yielded a result of 94.27% accuracy on average.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.38 no.2 s.247
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• pp.101-109
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• 2005

Background: In sudden cardiac arrest, the effective maintenance of coronary artery blood flow is of paramount importance for myocardial preservation as well as cardiac recovery and patient survival. The purpose of this study was to directly compare the effects of pulsatile and non-pulsatile circulation to coronary artery flow and myocardial preservation in cardiac arrest condition. Material and Method: A cardiopulmonary bypass circuit was constructed in a ventricular fibrillation model using fourteen Yorkshire swine weighing $25\~35$ kg each. The animals were randomly assigned to group I (n=7, non-pulsatile centrifugal pump) or group II (n=7, pulsatile T-PLS pump). Extra-corporeal circulation was maintained for two hours at a pump flow of 2 L/min. The left anterior descending coronary artery flow was measured with an ultrasonic coronary artery flow measurement system at baseline (before bypass) and at every 20 minutes after bypass. Serologic parameters were collected simultaneously at baseline, 1 hour, and 2 hours after bypass in the coronary sinus venous blood. The Mann-Whitney U test of STATISTICA 6.0 was used to determine intergroup significances using a p value of < 0.05. Result: The resistance index of the coronary artery was lower in group II and the difference was significant at 40 min, 80 min, 100 min and 120 min (p < 0.05). The mean velocity of the coronary artery was higher in group II throughout the study, and the difference was significant from 20 min after starting the pump (p < 0.05). The coronary artery blood flow was higher in group II throughout the study, and the difference was significant from 40 min to 120 min (p < 0.05) except at 80 min. Serologic parameters showed no differences between the groups at 1 hour and 2 hours after bypass in the coronary sinus blood. Conclusion: In cardiac arrest condition, pulsatile extracorporeal circulation provides more blood flow, higher flow velocity and less resistance to coronary artery than non-pulsatile circulation.