• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 1999년도 KOBA 방송기술 워크샵 KOBA Broadcasting Technology Workshop
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• pp.133-140
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• 1999

In this paper, we propose a method of image-based three-dimensional modeling for realistic facial expression. In the proposed method, real human facial images are used to deform a generic three-dimensional mesh model and the deformed model is animated to generate facial expression animation. First, we take several pictures of the same person from several view angles. Then we project a three-dimensional face model onto the plane of each facial image and match the projected model with each image. The results are combined to generate a deformed three-dimensional model. We use the feature-based image metamorphosis to match the projected models with images. We then create a synthetic image from the two-dimensional images of a specific person's face. This synthetic image is texture-mapped to the cylindrical projection of the three-dimensional model. We also propose a muscle-based animation technique to generate realistic facial expression animations. This method facilitates the control of the animation. lastly, we show the animation results of the six represenative facial expressions.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2005년도 창립60주년 기념 추계 학술대회
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• pp.126.1-126.1
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• 2005

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.443-444
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• 2006

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.355-361
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• 2017

본 연구는 대구 경북 25명의 농촌 고령자의 사과재배 농사자를 대상으로 사용자 욕구조사를 실시하여 사과 인공수분 복지로봇을 설계하는 것이다. 본 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 사과재배의 경우 대부분이 50대이상에서 70대인 농촌 고령자 부부 동반으로 사과재배를 전문으로 하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 농촌지역 고령자들에게 사과재배 시 다양한 작업으로 인해 근골계상해위험성이 예상된다. 둘째, 고령화 추세로 인해 농촌지역 고령자들에게 사과재배 시 재배면적에 따라 인공수분, 적과, 약제살포 등 필요한 작업을 하는데 있어 노동시간 및 외부 노동력 투입에 많은 애로점을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 특히, 인공수분작업을 효과적으로 해결 할 수 있는 사과 인공수분 복지로봇을 개발하였다. 셋째, 고령자의 욕구조사 결과는 사용자 입장에서 바라 본 개념설계로 활용된다. 향후 인공수분로봇의 상세설계 및 상품화 설계에 필요한 중요한 요인을 제공하게 된다.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.37-49
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• 1996

The joint diseases threaten modern people's healthy life. They bring about a long pain, an anasarca, loss of joint function or even deformation and rigidity of joint, limiting people's ordinary activities much. The chronic joint patients may be subject to some hypochondria caused by anxiety for their life, social isolation, financial problem and physical disability. Therefore, this population should continue to be duely taken care of by medical personnels. In particular, nurses should adequately help these people to recover and improve their health through suitable adaptations. With such basic conceptions in mind, this study was aimed at reviewing these patients' conditions in their ordinary life before and after a plastic operation for artificial joint replacement as well as their satisfaction with their life. For this purpose, those patients who underwent some plastic operations for artificial joint replacement at university hospitals in Seoul from January 2, 1993 to June 30, 1995 were selected as the population of this study. Among them, 87 people were randomly sampled to answer a questionnaire designed specially. For the surveying tools, Jette's (1980) scale was applied to address the sample people's inconveniences experienced and supports received in their ordinary life, while the scale of Wood, Wylie & Sheafer was used to measure their satisfaction with their life. The collected data were analyzed for percentiles, means, SD, t-test and Pearson's correlations. The results of survey can be summarized as follows ; As a result of t-test the frequencies of other people's support before and after the plastic operation, it was disclosed that those who underwent the operation were supported less frequently. In addition, as a result of t-testing their satisfaction with life before and after the operation, it was found that the operation increased their satisfaction with life significantly. Meanwhile, as a result of t-test inconveniences, frequencies of supports and life satisfaction before and after the plastic operation for artificial knee replacement, it was disclosed that only the inconveniences were significantly reduced after the operation. In contrast, the t-test the variables before and after the plastic operation for artificial hip replacement, it was found that only the frequencies of other people's supports were significant reduced after the operation. Furthermore, the differences 6 months, one year and two years after the plastic operation for artificial joint replacement were t-tested on the variables. As a result, it was disclosed that people's inconvenience, frequencies of supports and life satisfaction were not improved 6 months after the operation but their frequencies of supports decreased significantly one year after, while their inconveniences and life satisfaction were significantly improved two years after. As a result of analyzing the variables with Pearson's correlations, inconveniences and frequency of supports were negatively correlated significantly with the life satisfaction. In conclusion, the plastic operation for artificial joint replacement significantly improved people's living inconveniences, reduced their frequency of other people's support and enhanced their satisfaction with life. To break don the plastic operation for artificial knee replacement improved patients' inconveniences, while the plastic operation for artificial hip replacement not only improved patients' inconveniences but reduced the frequencies of other people's support also. Finally, the finding that the plastic operation for artificial joint replacement brought about the improvement two years after suggests that this period is needed for the patients to adapt themselves to the post-operation conditions.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.428-432
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• 1999

배경: 전기적인 자극에 의하여 골격근의 피로현상이 극복됨으로써 골격근을 심장보조장치에 이용할 수 있게 되었다. 인공심장이나 심실보조기구는 에너지원의 전원장치가 크고 거추장스러운 단점이 있어 아직 해결해야될 문제이다. 반면 골격근을 이용한 심실보조장치는 에너지원으로 환자 자신의 골격근 수축력을 이용할 수 있는 장점이 있어 이의 임상응용 가능성을 제시하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 8예의 광배근을 이용하여 골격근 심실의 모형을 만들었다. 물이 담긴 라텍스 주머니를 골격근이 한바퀴 반 감싸도록 고안하였고 골격근의 수축압력은 연결된 관을 통하여 변환기에 기록되도록 하였다. 전극은 흉배신경 주위에 설치한 후 Itrel 7420 박동기에 연결하였다. 프로그래머로 박동기를 조절하였으며 3.0Volt, cyclic burst, 0.31초 on time, 6.0초 off time의 자극을 주었다. 라텍스 주머니 내에 액체의 양을 25cc 씩 증가시키면서 전부하의 변화에 따른 골격근 심실의 박출량과 압력 및 수축력을 측정하였다. 결과: 골격근 심실의 전부하가 0인 경우 일회박출량은 76.3ml 이고, 전부하가 점차 증가함에 따라 일회박출량이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 전부하가 75cc 이상이 되면 일회박출량은 70ml 이하로 감소하는 양상을 볼 수 있었다. 압력을 측정한 결과도 전부하가 75cc 이하인 경우 정상의 혈압과 비슷한 107mmHg 이상의 혈압을 보이고 있으나 전부하가 100cc 이상 증가하는 경우 혈압이 100mmHg 이하로 감소하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 또한 최대의 골격근 수축력은 50cc의 전부하에서 16.6 W/kg의 힘을 분출하였다. 결론: 골격근 심실은 전부하의 변화에 따라 정상 심장보다도 강한 박출량과 압력의 변화를 관찰할 수 있었으며 임상 응용의 가능성을 볼 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2004

How to improve the cell culture method on scaffolds is important in the tissue engineering fileld. In this study, we optimized seeding and culture methods to vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) on biodegradable polymer scaffold. The primary culture of VSMCs obtained from canine external jugular vein was accomplished by applying the explant-derived method. The primary cultured VSMCs were seeded into scaffolds and then cultured by using various different methods; static or dynamic seeding, static or dynamic culture. The difference in proliferative response of VSMCs was analyzed with an alamar blue assay. Cell-polymer construct was examined by histochemical method and scanning electron microscopy. Mesh type scaffold ($10 \times 10 \times0.4 mm$) was made of polyglycolic acid (PGA) suture thread. The PGA mesh type scaffold was 45% in porosity, and 0.03 g in weight. The primary cultured VSMCs were confirmed with immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal anti-$\alpha$-smooth muscle actin. The density and distribution of proliferated VSMCs within the scaffold and cellular adherence on the surface of the scaffold showed better results in the static seeding condition than in the dynamic condition. Under the same condition of seeding method as the static condition, the dynamic culture condition showed enhanced proliferation rates of the VSMCs when compared to the static culture condition. In conclusion, to improve the VSMCs proliferation in vitro, static seeding is better than the dynamic condition. In the culture condition, however, culture under the dynamic status is better than the static condition. This was a pilot study to manufacture artificial vascular vessel by tissue engineering.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2023

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and related factors of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal adult women in South Korea. Methods: Data of 678 postmenopausal adult women aged 19 to 64 were collected from the Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2021 and analyzed by a complex sampling design using SPSS 20.1. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal adult women was 25.8%. The prevalence was 1.93 times (confidence interval [CI]=1.15~3.25, p=.014) higher for high school graduates, 2.55 times (CI=1.33~4.91, p=.005) higher for middle school graduates, and 2.90 times (CI=1.36~6.15, p=.006) higher for elementary school graduates, compared to college graduates. It was found that artificial menopausal women had 2.74 times (CI=1.18~6.38, p=.020) higher prevalence than natural menopausal women. In addition, women who perceived their health as bad were 1.90 times (CI=1.14~3.16, p=.014) higher than women who perceived their health as good, and women who did not muscle exercise more than twice a week had 1.87 times (CI=1.05~3.34, p=.034) higher prevalence than women who did muscle exercise. Conclusion: Therefore, in order to effectively prevent and manage metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal adult women, a focus must be placed on vulnerable groups to manage these factors.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.748-755
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• 2006

In this paper, a trade-off design and fabrication of IPMC(Ionic Polymer Metal Composites) as an actuator for a flapping device have been described. Experiments for the internal solvent loss of IPMCs have been conducted for various combinations of cation and solvent in order to find out the best combination of cation and solvent for minimal solvent loss and higher actuation force. From the experiments, it was found that IPMCs with heavy water as their solvent could operate longer. Relations between length/thickness and tip force of IPMCs were also quantitatively identified for the actuator design from the tip force measurement of 200, 400, 640, and $800{\mu}m$ thick IPMCs. All IPMCs thicker than $200{\mu}m$ were processed by casting $Nafion^{TM}$ solution. The shorter and thicker IPMCs tended to generate higher actuation force but lower actuation displacement. To improve surface conductivity and to minimize solvent evaporation due to electrically heated electrodes, gold was sputtered on both surfaces of the cast IPMCs by the Physical Vapor Deposition(PVD) process. For amplification of a short IPMC's small actuation displacement to a large flapping motion, a rack-and-pinion type hinge was used in the flapping device. An insect wing was attached to the IPMC flapping mechanism for its flapping test. In this test, the wing flapping device using the $800{\mu}m$ thick IPMC. could create around $10^{\circ}{\sim}85^{\circ}$ flapping angles and $0.5{\sim}15Hz$ flapping frequencies by applying $3{\sim|}4V$.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 하지마비 장애인의 족하수 방지를 위하여 족배굴곡 보조를 위한 외골격 보조기를 개발하였다. 본 보조기는 인공 근육형 공압 액추에이터를 이용한 동력 전달부, 동력부의 고정을 위한 무릎 관절 착용부 및 보행 신호 검출을 위한 발목 관절 착용부로 구성되었다. 보조기는 무릎 관절 착용부와 발목 관절 착용부에 고정되어 족배굴곡 토크를 발생시켰으며, 발바닥 압력센서를 통해 사용자의 보행 단계를 검출하고, 족배굴곡 보조 타이밍을 감지하도록 하였다. 보행에 이상이 없는 건강한 65세 이상 고령자 7명과 20대 성인 10명을 대상으로 외골격 보조기의 족배굴곡 보조에 대한 성능을 확인한 결과, 인공 근육형 공압 액추에이터의 보조 시 전경골근의 근활성이 감소하는 결과가 나타났다. 향후 연구에서는 하지마비 환자를 대상으로 외골격 보조기의 효과를 검증할 것이다.