• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 1986

This paper represent the design of a digital modem which transmits the ECG data from an ambulatory arrhythmia monitor over the telephone lines to a large hospital for the instantaneous interpretations. The digital modem provides on-line communications between the patient and the central computer located near cardiologists. For commercial telephone lines, the transmitting error rates of the digital modem were measured 200 times at a speed of 300 baud. In those measurements, the block errors-results, due to the misinterpretation of start and stop bits, did not occur, The data bit errors which were due to a single bit interpreted incorrectly were 0.78 (bits/10 ) . Since the acceptable data bit error limit is 10 per 106 bits transmitted, the digital modem designed in this paper can be used for the clinical applications without any difficulty.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2003

Purpose : Measurement of transmission dose is useful for in vivo dosimetry of QA purpose. The objective of this study is to develope an algorithm for estimation of tumor dose using measured transmission dose for open radiation field. Materials and Methods : Transmission dose was measured with various field size (FS), phantom thickness (Tp), and phantom chamber distance (PCD) with a acrylic phantom for 6 MV and 10 MV X-ray Source to chamber distance (SCD) was set to 150 cm. Measurement was conducted with a 0.6 cc Farmer type ion chamber. Using measured data and regression analysis, an algorithm was developed for estimation of expected reading of transmission dose. Accuracy of the algorithm was tested with flat solid phantom with various settings. Results : The algorithm consisted of quadratic function of log(A/P) (where A/P is area-perimeter ratio) and tertiary function of PCD. The algorithm could estimate dose with very high accuracy for open square field, with errors within ${\pm}0.5%$. For elongated radiation field, the errors were limited to ${\pm}1.0%$. Conclusion : The developed algorithm can accurately estimate the transmission dose in open radiation fields with various treatment settings.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.199-202
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• 1997

We are developing computer integrated polysomnography system. This system integrates conventional polysomnography with computer for data management, automatic analysis, scoring, and data transmission. In the first stage, we have developed the signal interface and user interface for the manual scoring and data management. For the automatic scoring of sleep stage, we have developed the protocol and have applied the analytic method in its primitive form. In the second stage we will develope a partially automatic scoring system, and finalize the fully automatic system in the final third stage.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.338-344
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• 2021

The recently continuous enhancement and development in the biomedical side for the betterment of human life. The Wireless Body Area Networks is a significant tool for the current researcher to design and transfer data with greater data rates among the sensors and sensor nodes for biomedical applications. The core area for research in WBANs is power efficiency, battery-driven devices for health and medical, the Charging limitation is a major and serious problem for the WBANs.this research work is proposed to find out the optimal solution for battery-friendly technology. In this research we have addressed the solution to increasing the battery lifetime with variable data transmission rates from medical equipment as Wireless Endoscopy Capsules, this device will analyze a patient's inner body gastrointestinal tract by capturing images and visualization at the workstation. The second major issue is that the Wireless Endoscopy Capsule based systems are currently not used for clinical applications due to their low data rate as well as low resolution and limited battery lifetime, in case of these devices are more enhanced in these cases it will be the best solution for the medical applications. The main objective of this research is to power optimization by reducing the power consumption of the battery in the Wireless Endoscopy Capsule to make it battery-friendly. To overcome the problem we have proposed the algorithm for "Battery Friendly Algorithm" and we have compared the different frame rates of buffer sizes for Transmissions. The proposed Battery Friendly Algorithm is to send the images on average frame rate instead of transmitting the images on maximum or minimum frame rates. The proposed algorithm extends the battery lifetime in comparison with the previous baseline proposed algorithm as well as increased the battery lifetime of the capsule.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 1993

Automatic transmission of data from the blood analyzer to the request site is one of the most important part in hospital computerization. We have developed a system that transmits data from the arterial blood gas analyzer to the request site automatically In this system HOST computer, FILE server,'LAN(Local Area Network) , 3270 Emulator and bfulti-port card are integrated with 3 blood gas analyzers(NOVA Inc., USA) which are connected to a single multi-port card in a personal computer. When specimen are collected from tramp)inly sites, they are transferee to the laboratory In the Yonsei Cardiovascular Center After analysis, the result is transmitted to the personal computer via serial commnunication between machine and multi-port card using interrupt method. Then, the patient's information (Name, Patient ID No., etc.) is obtained from the HOST computer througth the emulator. The combined data (patient information & lab data) is transmitted to each request site via LAN automatically These results are stored in the File Server for one year and they can be reviewed anytime. Also, it could be used for the various statistics and the flow chart for clinical research. Additionally, we found thal this system reduces the personal labor.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.399-408
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• 2022

Because arrhythmia occurs irregularly, it should be examined for at least 24 hours for accurate diagnosis. For this reason, this paper developed firmware software for arrhythmia detection and prevented consumption of temporal and human resources and enabled continuous management and early diagnosis. Prior to the experiment, the interval between the R peaks of the QRS Complex was calculated using the Pan-Tompkins algorithm. The developed firmware software designed and implemented an algorithm to detect arrhythmia such as tachycardia, bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia, persistent tachycardia, and non-persistent tachycardia, and a data transmission format to monitor the collected data based on BLE. As a result of the experiment, arrhythmia was found in real time according to the change in BPM as designed in this paper. And the data quality for BLE communication was verified by comparing the sensor's serial communication value with the Android application reception value. In the future, wearable devices for real-time arrhythmia detection will be lightweight and developed firmware software will be applied.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2020

To develop cardiovascular simulator capable of implementing pulse waves similar to the human body, accurate information about reflection wave is required. However, the conclusion is still not clear and various discussions are underway. In this study, the pulse wave velocity of the tube used in the experiment was first determined by measuring the pressure waves at two points in a single tube system with the experimental device to implement the pulse wave transmission of blood vessels, and the superposition time and characteristics of the reflection wave were confirmed. After that, an air chamber was set at the reflection site, and the effect of the change of air volume on the reflection wave was investigated. Finally, the effect of the number of branches connected to a single tube on the reflection wave was investigated. The superposition time of the reflection wave can be controlled by the air volume of the air chamber, and the magnitude of the reflection wave is influenced by the number of reflection sites that generate the reflection wave. The results of this study may be of practical assistance to simulator researchers who want to implement pulse wave similar to clinical data. It is expected that the more results similar to clinical are provided, the greater the scope of the simulator's contribution to clinical cardiovascular research.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.209-214
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• 1991

Digital fetal monitoring system based on the personal computer combined with the digital signal processing (DSP) board was implemented. The DSP board acquires and digitally processes ultra- sound fetal Doppler signal for digital signal conditioning, rectification, low -pass filtering, autocorrealtion function calculation and its peak detection. The personal computer interfaced with the DSP board is in charge of graphic display, hardcopy, data transmission and on -line analysis of fetal heart rate change including on - line warning system, base -line estmation, acceleration, deceleration and variability. It is one of the most suitable situation to apply the DSP chip for siganl conditioning, digital filtering of ultrasound fetal Dopier signal and fetal heart rate estimation using autocorrelation technique .

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.274-282
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• 2002

목적 : 방사선치료시 환자에 조사되는 방사선량을 매 치료시마다 간편하게 확인하기 위한 생체내(in vivo) 선량측정의 한 방법으로 투과선량을 이용하는 새로운 시스템에 필요한 알고리즘을 이미 개발한 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 조사면 일부가 차폐된 부정형 조사면에서 적용하기 위한 보정 알고리즘을 개발하고자 하였다. 재료 및 방법 : 알고리즘을 개발하기 위한 기본 자료를 마련하기 위하여 투과선량 측정을 시행하였다. 측정에는 선형가속기의 6 MV 및 10 MV의 X선을 이용하였고, 이온함형 측정기 및 전위계를 사용하였다. 측정조건으로는 조사면의 크기(collimator opening)는 $2\times2\;cm^2$에서 $32\times32\;cm^2$까지 한 변을 2 cm씩 증가시켜 16단계로 하였고, 팬톰 두께(phantom thickness; Tp)는 0, 10, 20 및 30 cm, 팬톰과 측정기간의 거리(phantom chamber distance; PCD)는 10, 30 및 50 cm으로 하였다. 이 때 조사면의 일부를 차폐하였으며 차폐되지 않은 유효조사면(effective field size)의 크기를 $5\times5,\;10\times10,\;15\times15$ 및 $20\times20\;cm^2$으로 하였다. 결과 : 조사면의 일부가 차폐체에 의하여 차폐된 경우 종양선량이 감소되며 동시에 투과선량도 감소된다는 물리학적인 추론을 이용하여 방사선조사면 일부 차폐가 투과선량에 미치는 영향을 보정하기 위한 알고리즘을 개발하였으며 조사면 일부가 차폐된 여러 측정 조건에서 알고리즘을 이용한 계산치와 실제측정치 간의 오차는 ${\pm}1.0\%$ 이내이었다. 결론 : 투과선량 계산 알고리즘은 조사면 일부가 차폐된 불규칙 조사면의 경우 ${\pm}1.0\%$ 이하의 오차 범위로 정확히 투과선량을 계산할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.652-662
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• 2015

It is necessary to develop small, implantable bio-telemetry systems which can measure and transmit patients' bio-signals from internal body to external receiver. When measuring bio-signals, like electrical bio-signals, acoustic bio-signal measurement has also a big clinical usefulness. But, sound signal has larger frequency bandwidth than any other bio-signals. When considering these issues, a wireless telemetry system which has rapid data transmission rate proportional to wide frequency bandwidth is necessary to be developed. The bluetooth module is used to overcome the data rate limitation caused by the large frequency bandwidth. In this paper, a novel multimedia bluetooth biotelemetry system was developed which consists of transmitter module located in the body and receiver device located outside of the body. The transmitter consists of microphone, bluetooth, and wireless charging device. And the receiver consists of bluetooth and codec system. The sound inside the skin is captured by microphone and sent to receiver by bluetooth while charging. The wireless charging system constantly supplies the electric power to the system. To verify the performance of the developed system, an in vitro experiment has been performed. The results show that the proposed biotelemetry system has ability to acquire the sound signals under the skin.