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Chalcogenide 광섬유를 이용한 호흡측정 센서 개발을 위한 기초 연구 (Feasibility study on the development of respiration sensor using a chalcogenide optical fiber)

  • 유욱재;조동현;장경원;오정은;이봉수;탁계래
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제16권5호
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    • pp.331-336
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we have fabricated an infrared optical fiber based sensor which can monitor the respiration of a patient. The design of a chalcogenide optical fiber based sensor is suitable for insertion into a high electro-magnetic field environment because the sensor consists of low cost and compact mid-infrared components such as an infrared light source, a chalcogenide optical fiber and a thermopile sensor. A fiber-optic respiration sensor is capable of detecting carbon dioxide ($CO_{2}$) in exhalation of a patient using the infrared absorption characteristics of carbon gases. The modulated infrared radiation due to the presence of carbon dioxide is guided to the thermopile sensor via a chalcogenide receiving fiber. It is expected that a mid-infrared fiber-optic respiration sensor which can be developed based on the results of this study would be highly suitable for respiration measurements of a patient during the procedure of an MRI.

열변성 물질을 이용한 지하수 온도 측정용 광섬유 온도센서의 특성분석 (Characteristic analysis of a thermochromic material based fiber-optic temperature sensor for measuring temperature of subsurface water)

  • 서정기;유욱재;조동현;장경원;허지연;이봉수;고용권
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제18권6호
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    • pp.467-474
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    • 2009
  • In this study, we describe the feasibility of developing a fiber-optic temperature sensor using a thermochromic material such as 2,4,5-triphenylimidazole or also called Lophine. A sensor-tip is fabricated by mixing of a Lophine powder, which has a non-toxic and hydrophobic characteristics, and an epoxy resin. The temperature change in the sensor-tip gives rise to a change in the optical absorbance of the Lophine, and the transmittance of a light through the Lophine is also changed. We have measured the intensities of modulated lights due to the change of optical absorbance of the Lophine by using of a photo-multiplier tube(PMT). The relationships between the temperatures and the output voltages of PMT are determined to measure the temperature of water. The measurable temperature range of the fiber-optic sensor is from 5 to $30^{\circ}C$.

Effects of Secondary Tasks on Vehicle Speed and Distance during Driving and Brake Response Time during Unexpected Situation

  • Lee, Su-Jeong;Yang, Jae-Woong;Kim, Ji-Hye;Choi, Mi-Hyun;Kim, Han-Soo;Choi, Jin-Seung;Min, Byung-Chan;Tack, Gye-Rae;Chung, Soon-Cheol
    • 대한인간공학회지
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.403-408
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the secondary tasks such as sending text message(STM) and searching navigation(SN) on vehicle speed and distance during driving and brake response time during unexpected situation using a driving simulator. The participants included 19 college students; 9 males aged $25.2{\pm}1.0$ with $2.4{\pm}2.0years$ of driving experiences and 10 females aged $21.4{\pm}0.5$ with $1.3{\pm}0.5years$ of driving experiences. All subjects were instructed to keep a certain distance(30m) from the car ahead and a constant speed(100km/h). Average speed and average following distance were measured during 10 seconds before unexpected situation. Also, brake response time after unexpected situation was measured. Average speed was more decreased and average following distance was more increased during the driving with secondary tasks than driving only. Male maintained the assigned speed and distance better than female. The brake response time was faster during driving only than the driving with secondary tasks. And the brake response time of male was shorter than that of female.

광섬유 방사선량계를 이용한 Co-60 방사선원으로부터 조사되는 상대선량측정 (Measurement of relative dose irradiated from a Co-60 source using a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter)

  • 장경원;조동현;유욱재;서정기;허지연;이봉수;신상훈;박병기;김신
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.52-57
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    • 2010
  • In this study, we have fabricated a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter for a radiotherapy dosimetry. And ${\gamma}$-rays generated by a Co-60 are measured using a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter and percent depth dose curves are obtained according to the different depths of solid water phantoms. Also, Cerenkov radiations generated by primary or secondary electrons are measured at different depths of water phantom using a background optical fiber.

New Challenge of the CPU for a Moving-Actuator type Total Artificial Heart

  • Yi, S.W.;Ahn, J.M.;Park, S.K.;Om, K.S.;Jo, Y.H.;Choi, J.S.;Lee, J.H.;Choi, J.H.;Kim, W.E.;Choi, S.W.;Kim, H.C.;Min, B.G.
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.118-120
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    • 1997
  • Intel's 80C196KD has been applied at the moving-actuator type total artificial heart ( MA-TAH ) from about early 1990th at our laboratory and it fulfilled its role successively. But the increased need of higher performance brought the other-type of the CPU, and the new challenge of ASIC to the application to the MA-TAH accelerated its need. So the new concept of the utilization of the DSP based CPU to the motor control was surveyed and analyzed deeply or about ew months and the results were introduced and summarized in this paper.

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보행속도변화에 따른 인지 과제 수행이 보행수 변동성에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Cognitive Task on Stride Rate Variability by Walking Speeds)

  • 최진승;유지혜;김형식;정순철;이정한;이봉수;탁계래
    • 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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    • 제27권6호
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    • pp.323-331
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of performing a cognitive task during treadmill walking on the stride rate variability. Ten university students(age $24.0{\pm}0.25$, height $172{\pm}3.1cm$, weight $66{\pm}5.3kg$) were participated in dual task experiments which consist of both walking alone and walking with a cognitive task. Two-back task was selected for the cognitive task since it did not have learning effect during the experimental procedure.3D motion analysis system was used to measure subject's position data by changing walking speed with 4.8, 5.6, 6.4, 6.8, and 7.2 km/hr. Stride rate was calculated by the time between heel contact and heel contact. Accuracy rate of a cognitive task during walking, coefficient of variance, allometric scaling methods and Fano factor were used to estimated the stride rate variability. As the walking speed increased, accuracy rate decreased and the logarithmic value of Fano factor increased which showed the statistical difference. Thus it can be concluded that the gait control mechanism is distracted by the secondary attention focus which is the cognitive task ie. two-back task. Further study is needed to clarify this by increasing the number of subject and experiment time.