• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.266-272
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• 2011

국내에서 유통되고 있는 오리의 도체중량 및 도체품질 현황을 조사하기 위해 총 419,164수의 오리 도체중량을 분석한 결과, 평균 2,164.4 g, 최빈값은 2,000 g, 중위수는 2,200 g 및 사분위 범위는 300 g이었다. 오리 생체중량 구간별 도체수율은 평균 70.1% 인 것으로 나타났다. 오리도체의 외모 불량률은 28.4%, 외관손상 발생률은 4.8%인 것으로 나타났다. 변색 발생률은 34.1% 인 것으로 나타났는데, 특히 다리살에서 유의적으로(p<0.05) 높게 나타났다. 오리 도체표면의 잔모제거 불량률은 평균 44% 수준으로 도체중량 2.15 kg 미만일 때 전체 불량률의 약 86%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 오리 생체중량으로 환산할 경우 약 3 kg 내외가 된다. 오리 도체의 탈골(골절) 발생률은 평균 9.91% 수준으로 대부분 날개 부위와 다리 부위에서 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 오리 가슴살의 지방함량은 도체중량 2.3 kg 구간에서 유의적으로(p<0.05) 높게 나타났다. 이는 오리 생체중량으로 환산할 경우 약 3.28 kg 내외가 된다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 오리의 출하체중은 최소 3 kg 이상은 되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 저 전류 및 고 효율로 동작하는 planar buried heterostructure(PBH) 구조로 sampled grating(SG) distributed bragg reflector(DBR) laser diode(LD)를 처음으로 설계하고 제작하였다. 특히 활성층과 도파로층의 높은 결합 효율을 얻기 위해 건식 식각과 습식 식각을 같이 사용하여 결함이 거의 없는 butt-coupling(BT) 계면을 형성하였다. 제작된 파장 가변레이저의 평균 발진 임계전류는 약 12 mA로 ridged waveguide(RWG)와 buried ridge stripe(BRS) 구조로 제작된 결과 보다 두 배 정도 낮게 나타났으며, 광 출력은 200 mA에서 약 20 mW 정도로 RWG 와 BRS 보다 각각 9 mW, 13 mW 더 우수하게 나타났다. 그리고 파장 가변 영역을 측정한 결과 44 nm로 설계결과와 일치하였으며, 최대 파장 가변 영역 안에서 출력 변화 폭이 5 dB 이내로서 RWG 구조의 9 dB보다 출력변화 폭이 4 dB 적게 나타났다. 전체 파장 가변 영역에서 SMSR이 35 dB 이상으로 나타났다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.796-805
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• 2002

본 연구는 '식물의 구조와 기능' 단원의 학습 전 아동의 지식구조와 학습과정 및 학습 종료 7개월 후까지의 지식구조의 변화를 아동의 학습성향(유의미학습과 암기학습)과 관련지워 조사한 것이다. 연구단원과 관련된 기존의 지식구조를 알아보기 위하여 5학년 아동들에게 1차 개념도를 그리게 하고, 매 4차시 수업후 각각의 개념도를 그리게 했다. 그리고 지식구조의 지속효과를 알아보기 위하여 단원 학습이 종료된 직후와 3개월, 7개월 후에도 각각의 개념도를 그리게 했다. 학습과정 동안에는 기존의 개념도를 근거로 하여 개념도를 그리게 하였으며, 단원 학습 종료 후에는 기존의 개념도가 제시되지 않은 상태에서 개념도를 그리게 하였다. 아동들이 그린 각각의 개념도는 그 당시의 식물의 구조와 기능에 대한 이해 정도를 나타내었다. 초등학교 5학년 아동들은 '식물의 구조와 기능' 단원의 학습에 들어가기 전에 이와 관련된 여러 가지 개념들로 이루어진 사전 지식구조를 가지고 있으나 그 중 과학적으로 타당한 것은 개념도 상에서 2단계의 위계와 5개의 관계에 불과하였다. 한 단원의 학습이 진행되어감에 따라 아동들의 지식구조는 꾸준히 그리고 점진적으로 증가였다. 그러나 이러한 증가는 학습성향에 따라 차이를 보이며, 유의미 학습자가 암기 학습자보다 더 많이 증가하였다(관계, 연관, 예: p < .01, 위계: p < .05). 지식구조의 변화에 있어서 학습성향간에 다소 차이가 있으나 재구조화는 단원 학습의 초기에 높은 빈도로 일어났으며, 말기에는 전혀 일어나지 않았다. 조정은 유의미 학습자보다 암기 학습자에서 더 많이 일어나고 확장은 이와 반대로 유의미 학습자에서 더 많이 일어났다. 암기 학습자의 개념도 점수는 단원 학습을 마친 후 시간이 경과함에 따라 모든 범주에서 차츰 감소하였다. 그러나 유의미 학습자의 경우 단원 학습 후 3개월보다 7개월에서 오히려 소폭 증가했다. 그러므로 대체로 암기 학습자가 학습과정에서 새로이 구축하고자 하는 더 분화되고 정교한 지식구조가 유의미 학습자보다 불안정한 상태에 있으며, 지식구조의 분화 정도도 유의미 학습자에 비해 낮다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.1-15
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 대형구조물에서 구조물의 안전성 평가와 관련하여 구조물이 국부손상도를 추정하기 위한 효율적인 부분구조추정(Substructural Identification) 기법에 대하여 연구하였다. 먼저, 부분구조 추정법을 위한 모형식을 설정하기 위하여 운동방정식으로부터 부분구조에 대한 계측오차를 처리하기 위한 모형을 포함한 추계론적 자동회귀-이동평균(ARAMX) 모형식을 유도하였다. 추정된 모형식의 계수는 유도된 관계식을 이용하면, 구조손상 평가에 이용될 수 있는 강성행렬로 환산될 수 있다. 본 논문에서 유도된 부분구조 추정법의 가장 큰 장점은 매우 안정되고 정확도가 우수한 구조추정법인 ARMAX 모형식에 기반한 순차적 예측오차 방법을 사용함으로써 다른 방법에 비해 추정의 안정성 및 정확도가 뛰어나다는 것이다. 다음으로는 개발된 부분구조 추정법을 이용하여 구조 손상도 추정이 수행되었다. 손상도 추정을 위하여 앞서 순차적 예측오차 방법을 이용하여 추정된 구조계 현상태의 강성행렬을 바탕으로, 최소지승법을 이용하여 구하는 간접법이 제시되었다. 제시된 방법들의 검증을 위하여 예제해석이 수행되었다. 트러스 및 연속교 모형 그리고 실험적 예제에 적용하여 구조의 강성행렬 및 감쇠행렬을 추정하였다. 이를 바탕으로 손상도 추정방법이 검증되었다. 해석결과로부터, 개발된 방법이 효율적이고 정확도 및 안정성의 측면에서 우수한 성질이 있음을 확인할 수 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권8A호
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• pp.820-829
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• 2006

SoC 설계는 복잡도 증가 및 빠른 time-to-market에 만족하기 위해 IP에 기반한 설계방식을 채택하고 있다. Mobile 기기의 고성능에 대한 시장의 요구로 인해 embedded용 SoC는 멀티미디어, DMB 및 이미지처리 등 복잡도와 데이터 처리량이 높은 프로그램을 실시간으로 동작시키기 위해 다중 프로세서를 사용한 설계가 요구된다. 시스템 버스와 프로토콜이 상이한 프로세서를 단일 SoC내에서 사용하기 위해선 프로세서 프로토콜을 시스템 버스 프로토콜에 맞도록 변화하여 주는 인터페이스 회로의 설계가 요구된다. 고속으로 동작하는 프로세서의 인터페이스 회로는 데이터 쓰기와 읽기 시의 전송 지연을 최소화하여 시스템 전체의 성능을 향상시켜야 한다. 버퍼를 사용한 인터페이스 회로의 구조는 버퍼에 데이터를 일시 저장하는 동작으로 인하여 데이터 전송 latency가 증가하게 되므로 본 논문에서는 버퍼를 사용하지 않고 버스와 마스터 모듈 프로토콜이 가진 공통된 동작 시퀀스를 이용하여 단일 FSM 구조를 가진 인터페이스 회로를 자동생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법으로 자동생성된 인터페이스 회로는 버퍼를 사용한 인터페이스 회로에 비해 면적은 평균 48.5%의 감소를 보였으며, 데이터 전송 latency는 단일 데이터 전송 시 평균 59.1%의 감소를 보였고 버스트 모드 데이터 전송 시 13.3%의 감소를 보였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 시스템을 사용하여 데이터 전송 latency를 최소화하는 고성능의 인터페이스 회로를 자동으로 생성할 수 있다.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.731-746
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• 2011

The successful and sustainable growth of SMEs depends on their ability of strengthen their competitiveness in quality and cost and service more than anything else as a fundamental of operation. Among these key competitive factors of SMEs, quality is the most critical factor in manufacturing business fields. Because quality strongly influence cost and service performance on this manufacturing business field. There are many different ways to improve the quality performance but it needs proper management decision to choose the best way what can maximize outputs with minimum inputs. And it needs effective measurement methods and some indicators to analysis the quality performance properly. The quality cost is one of the simplest key indicators to measure the quality performance and the effectiveness of quality related management decisions. The major purpose of this study is to diagnose the categorized current level of actual quality cost of local SMEs to maximize their quality management effectiveness through comparing their level with others what's expressed in early studies. In this study, through survey on local SMEs, we found that their average annual quality cost ratio versus turnover - Total amount of annual quality cost divided by annual turnover - is around 3.69% excluded some SME's performances what have different quality control measures with others. And we found some results what corresponded with the early studies on the correlations between those categorized quality costs factors and some discrepancies between some of the literature model and the early case study results as follows. There were negative correlations between the Prevention costs and the External failure costs, and the Appraisal costs and the External failure costs, and there was positive correlation between the Appraisal costs and Internal failure costs same as early studies. But, we couldn't found any strong negative correlations between the Cost of control - Preventive costs & Appraisal costs - and the Cost of Failure of control - Internal & External failure costs -. It reveals not only the lack of effectiveness on their preventive or appraisal activities but also it can reveal there were so many effective ways to prevent the failure costs properly such as some innovative investment on Factory automation includes Error Proofing and more preventive actions to improve the effectiveness of the typical management methods likes CE (Concurrent Engineering), APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), FMEA (Failure Mode & Effect Analysis) etc.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2005

2004년 4월에 개통한 고속철도는 철도수송시장 뿐만 아니라 지역간 교통수단의 변화 등 국가 전체적으로 적지않은 변화를 나타내고 있다. 본 연구에서는 예측수요와 실제치간의 차이를 파악하고, 실제 이용치에 대한 경부축 중심의 지역간 교통수단분담률과, 경부축 주요 구간(경부축 주요 4개 구간 대상: 서울권~천안권, 대전권, 대구권, 부산권)의 철도역간 수송수요를 중심으로 하여 지역간 교통수단 및 철도차종별 수용의 변화를 살펴보고자 한다. 경부축의 지역간 교통수단의 분담률 변화는 고속철도 개통전과 개통후의 지역간 이용수요를 분석하여 비교하고, 다음으로 KTX 개통 이후 철도시장내에서의 열차 차종별 분담률을 비교함으로써 차종별 열차 선호도와 이용수용의 분담률을 분석하고자 한다. 결과적으로 지역간 여객수송에서 철도의 역할이 크게 증대되었으며, 향후에도 지속적으로 그 영향력은 커질 것으로 전망된다. 또한 지역간 여객수송에서 항공이 독점하고 있던 장거리 고급수단으로서의 이미지가 철도로 확대되고, 도로부분은 지역간 단거리 여객수송 시장에서 입지가 좁아지고 있다는 사실이다. 수송효율적인 철도수소의 증대는 전체 교통시장의 관점에서도 바람직한 현상이며, 점진적으로 고급수단인 KTX와 새마을호 및 무궁화호를 통합한 일반철도 이원화체계가 운영자 입장이나 이용자 입장에서 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.572-580
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• 2019

최근 지구 환경문제에 대한 논의가 활발해지면서 국제 운송의 큰 부분을 차지하고 있는 해상운송에서도 배출물질 규제를 위한 정책이 시행되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 선속 제한에 의한 배출량의 감축 효과를 검토하기 위하여 기관 부하율을 적용하여 선박의 배출물질을 수치계산하였다. 2017년 1월 1일부터 12월 31일까지 부산 북항의 입출항 선박을 대상으로 선속제한구역 20마일권역을 설정하고 해당 구간에서의 선종별, 선속별로 배출량을 계산하고 분석하였다. 항행, 접 이안, 정박 중일 때를 모두 포함하여 가장 많은 배출물질을 발생시키는 선박은 컨테이너선 76.1 %, 일반화물선 7.2 %, 여객선 6.8 %의 순으로 계산되었다. 항행 및 접 이안 모드일 때는 일반화물선이 여객선보다 배출물질이 적었지만 정박 모드일 때는 여객선보다 많았다. 총 배출물질은 질소산화물, 황산화물, 입자상물질, 휘발성유기화합물의 순으로 각각 49.4 %, 45 %, 4 % 1.6 %로 구성되었다. 선속 제한이 없는 경우와 선박 속도를 12노트, 10노트, 8노트로 제한시킬 때 배출물질을 비교하면 속도 12노트 제한의 경우 질소산화물 39 %, 휘발성유기화합물 40 %, 입자상물질 42 %, 황산화물 38 %의 감소효과가 있고, 10노트 제한일 때 질소산화물 52 %, 휘발성유기화합물 54 %, 황산화물 56 %, SOx 50 %의 감소효과가 있으며, 8노트 제한일 때 질소산화물 62 %, 휘발성유기화합물 64 %, 입자상물질 67%, 황산화물 59 %의 감소효과가 있었다. 이처럼 선박의 속도 감소에 따라 배출물질 역시 크게 감소되는 연구결과를 확인할 수 있었으며, 향후 항만 배출물질 감소를 위해 선박의 속도를 제한하는 방안을 적극적으로 고려할 필요가 있다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.624-632
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• 2000

서론 : 최근 발달된 기술로 작고 기능이 뛰어난 가정용 인공호흡기가 개발되어 구미에서는 장기간 기계환기가 필요한 만성호흡부전 환자를 대상으로 그 사용아 점차 보편화 되어 가고 있다. 우리나라에서도 가정에서 기계환기치료의 적용이 최근 확산되고 있으나 이 치료법에 대한 임상 경험 보고나 그 실태 조사 자료가 거의 없어 이에 대한 기초 자료의 조사가 필요한 상태이다. 본 연구는 장기간 기계환기 보조가 필요하여 가정용 인공호흡기를 사용하는 환자에서 간호 관리의 문제점과 가정용 인공호흡기 사용 실태를 조사하기 위하여 연구를 시행하였다. 연구대상 및 방법 : 서울 및 경기 지역에서 가정용 인공호흡기를 사용하고 있는 환자 92명의 명단을 인공호흡기를 공급 관리하는 업체에서 제공 받아 전화 통화를 시도하여 방문에 동의하는 29명을 대상으로 하였다. 대상 환자의 집을 방문하여 병력 청취와 신체 검사를 시행하였고, 환자 간호 관리에 대한 설문을 실시하였다. 설문의 내용에는 간호 관리에 대한 사전 교육 여부, 의료인의 가정 방문 여부, 인공호흡기 이상의 경험 여부, 인공호흡기 및 부가 장비의 구입 경비, 환자 간호와 연관된 문제점 및 개선을 위한 제안 등이 포함되어 있었다. 가정용 인공호흡기의 설정 요소들을 확인하고, 측정되는 일회호흡용적(tidal volume), 최대 기도압, 산소포화도 등을 기록하였다. 연구결과 : 1) 방문을 마친 환자 29명중 남자는 26명(90%)이었고, 나이는 48.0(${\pm}$20.1)세였다. 환자들의 기저 질환은 신경근 질환 21명(72.4%), 척수 손상 2명(6.9%), 만성 폐질환 6명(20.7%)이었다. 2) 간호 관리자는 배우자가 14명(48.3%)으로 가장 많았으며, 가정 간호 관리를 위한 사전 교육은 주로 입원 중 간호사로부터 배우고 있었다. 3) 인공호흡기를 구입하여 사용하는 경우는 23명으로 압력달성양식(pressure targeted type)은 745(${\pm}$329)만원, 용적달성양식(volume targeted type)은 1,428(${\pm}$313)만원이 각각 소요되었다. 장비 구입에 소요되는 총 비용은 1,13l(${\pm}$653)만원이었다. 환자를 간호 관리하는데 1개월간 소요되는 평균 비용은 112(${\pm}$136)만원이었다. 4) 29명의 환자 중 25명 (86%)은 기관절개술을 시행한 상태로 기계환기를 시행하고 있었다. 인공호흡기는 용적달성양식이 20명(69%)으로 압력달성양식(9명, 31%)보다 더 많았다. 결론 : 우리나라에서 가정용 인공호흡기를 사용하는 환자는 신경근 질환 환자가 가장 많았고, 대부분 기관절개술을 시행한 상태로 경보 기능을 가진 용적달성양식을 많이 사용하고 있었다. 환자와 가족들은 장비 구입 및 유지와 연관된 경제적인 어려움을 당연한 문제로 제시 하였으며 환자들 중 일부는 가정간호사들의 도움을 받고 있었으나 의사들의 지속적인 감시를 받지 못한 채 방치되어 있었다.

• 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.