• 한국양식학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.475-485
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• 1998

동사리, Odontobutis platycephala 수컷의 명확한 생식주기를 밝히고자 1995년 12월부터 1997년 11월까지 생식소 중량지수(gonadosomatic index, GSI), 정소의 발달양상 및 혈중 성스테로이드 호르몬 변화양상을 조사하였다. 정소의 모양은 7월부터 10월까지는 콩깍지 모양이었는데, 11월부터는 후반부가 비대해져 올챙이와 유사한 형태였다. GSI는 7월부터 9월까지 0.14~0.18였으며, 10월에 $0.43{\pm}0.04$로 증가하여 2월까지 유의한 변화를 보이지 않았으나, 3월에는 $0.52{\pm}0.09$로 증가하였으며, 5월까지는 비슷한 수준에 머물렀다가, 6월에는 $0.28{\pm}0.05$로 낮아졌다. 생식주기에 따른 정소의 생식세포 발달은 전반부, 경계부, 후반부에서 다른 양상을 보였다. 7월의 대부분 개체의 정소는 세정관이 없었으며, 정자형성과정이 아직 시작되지 않은 상태로 정원세포들만을 볼 수 있었다. 전반부에서 정자형성단계의 세정관들은 8월에 출현하여 9월부터 12월까지는 80% 이상이었으며 1월부터 3월까지는 점차적으로, 4월에는 급격히 감소하여 6월에는 나타나지 않았다. 정자완성단계 세정관은 12월부터 출현하여 3월까지 점차적으로, 4월에 80%로 급격히 증가한 후 6월에 90%로 년 중 최고 수준에 이르렀다. 그러나 정자방출후 세정관은 나타나지 않았으며, 정원세포들은 7월에 100%, 8월에 65% 였으나 나머지 기간에는 20%이하로 년 중 존재하였다. 경계부에서도 8월부터 정자형성단계 세정관이 출현한 후 매월 증가하여 11월에 82%에 이르렀으며 12월부터 감소하여 3월부터는 나타나지 않았다. 정자완성단계 세정관은 11월에 출현하여 2월까지는 18% 이하였으나, 3월부터 6월까지 29%~57%의 수준을 보였다. 정자방출후 세정관은 3월부터 6월까지 12%~25%로 나타났다. 정원세포는 8월에 85%, 9월에 67%, 10월에 35%, 11월에 10%로 감소하였으며, 1월부터는 점차적으로 증가하여 4월에 50%를 보인후 6월까지 다시 점차적으로 감소하였다. 후반부에서는 일부의 개체에서 수개의 정원세포를 지닌 세정관이 7월부터 출현하였다. 정자형성단계에 세정관은 8월에 80%, 9월에 85%였으나 10월부터는 급격히 감소하여 11월에서 2월까지는 10%이하였으며, 3월부터는 나타나지 않았다. 정자완성단계 세정관은 8월에 출현하여 10월부터 급격히 증가해 11월에는 75%에 이르렀고 12월에는 15%로 급격히 감소하여 3월까지 유의한 변화를 보이지 않았으며 4월부터는 나타나지 않았다. 정자방출후 세정관은 11월에 출현하여 12월에 82%로 급격히 증가한 후 6월까지 85%~95%로 높은 수준을 유지하였다. 정원세포들은 8월에 15%로 감소하였으며 10월부터 3월까지는 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 4월부터 다시 출현하여 6월까지 10%이하에 머물렀다. 혈중 testosterone (T)의 농도는 8월부터 완만하게 증가하여 11월에 $0.61{\pm}0.09 ng/m\ell$ 였으며, 12월부터는 $3.99{\pm}1.22 ng/m\ell$로 급격히 상승하여 3월까지 높은 수준을 유지했다. 그러나 4월에 $0.52{\pm}0.14ng/m\ell$로 감소하기 시작하였으며, 5월에 $0.17{\pm}0.13 ng/m\ell$로 낮아진 후 7월까지 유의한 변화는 보이지 않았다(P<0.05). $17\alpha$,$20\beta$-dihyd-roxy-4-pregnen-3-one ($17\alpha$,$20\beta$-P)은 12월에 $0.19{\pm}0.01 ng/m\ell$로 약간 감소하였으며, 4월까지는 유의한 변화는 보이지 않고, 5월에 $0.38{\pm}0.03 ng/m\ell$로 급격히 증가하여 peak에 달하였다. 6월에는 $0.19{\pm}0.04 ng/m\ell$로 낮아졌으며, 11월까지 유의한 변화는 보이지 않았다(P<0.05). 이상의 결과를 종합하면 동사리는 정소의 부위에 따라 각각 다른 발달양상을 보였다. 즉 전반부에는 7월이 정원세포증식기, 8월~11월은 성숙초기, 12월~3월은 성숙중기, 4월~5월은 성숙후기, 6월은 기능적 성숙기로 구분되었다. 경계부에서는 7월이 정원세포 증식기, 8월~10월은 성숙초기, 11월~2월은 성숙중기였으며, 3월~6월은 성숙후기, 기능적 성숙기, 후번식기의 특징이 동시에 출현하였다. 후반부에서는 7월이 정원세포증식기, 8월~9월은 성숙중기, 10월은 성숙후기, 11월은 기능적 성숙기, 12월~6월은 후번식기로 구분되었다. 이러한 생식주기의 변화는 성스테로이드 호르몬의 변화양상과 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.862-870
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• 1995

연구배경: 산소기의 작용은 과거에는 세포독성이 주로 알려져 있었던 반면, 최근 들어 산소기의 세포내 신호전달체계에서의 역할에 많은 사람의 관심이 모이고 있다. 여러 cytokine의 전사인자(transcription factor)로 작용하는 $NF{\kappa}B$는 기저상태에서는 세포질에 존재하는데 $I{\kappa}B$와 결합되어 핵내로의 이동이 억제되고 있다. 여러 연구에 의해 $NF{\kappa}B$의 $I{\kappa}B$로부터의 분리는 외부자극에 의해 생성된 산소기에 의한 것으로 알려졌는데, 이렇게 하여 분리된 $NF{\kappa}B$가 핵내로 이동하면 핵내에서 전사인자로 작용하여 여러 유전자의 전사를 증가시키는 것이 보고되었다. IL-8 유전자는 5'flanking promotor region에 $NF{\kappa}B$-like motif가 있어 핵내 $NF{\kappa}B$ activity의 증가로 IL-8 유전자의 전사가 증가되는 것으로 알려졌고, 또한 내독소는 핵내의 $NF{\kappa}B$ activity의 증가와 함께 호중구에서의 산소기의 분비를 가져온다. 이러한 사실로부터 내독소에 의한 IL-8 유전자의 발현은 세포내에서 생성된 산소기에 의해 $NF{\kappa}B$가 $I{\kappa}B$로부터 분리되어 핵내로 이동하고 이로 인해 IL-8 유전자의 전사가 증가되는 가설을 생각할 수 있다. 저자들은 이러한 가설 검정의 첫번째 단계로써 체내 염증반응에서 중요한 역할을 하는 말초혈액 단핵구의 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ 유전자 발현에 세포내의 산소기가 관여하는지의 여부를 평가하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법: Ficoll-Hypaque density gradient 법과 plastic 부착법을 이용하여 말초혈액 단핵구를 분리하였다. 외부에서 투여한 산소기의 농도에 따른 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA 발현의 유무를 관찰하기 위하여 $H_2O_2$를 0, 10, 100, $300{\mu}M/L$, 1mM/L의 농도로 투여하고 6시간이 경과한후 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$에 대한 Northern blot analysis를 시행하였다. 시간에 따른 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA 변화를 관찰하고자 $H_2O_2$를 $100{\mu}M/L$의 농도로 투여하고 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 24시간이 경과한 후 Northern blot analysis를 시행하였다. 항산화제가 내독소에 의한 IL-8과 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA 발현에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 TMTU(10 mM/L) 1시간; PDTC($100{\mu}M/L$) 1시간, NAC(10 mM/L) 2.5시간, ME(10mM/(L) 2.5시간, Desferrioxamine(100mM/L) 15시간 동안 전처치 한 디음 내독소를 투여허여 4시간이 경과한 후 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA에 대한 Northern blot analysis를 시행하였다. 결과: $H_2O_2$농도 및 시간에 따른 말초혈액 단핵구에서의 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA의 발현에는 유의한 차이가 관찰되지 않았지만 항산화제로 전처치하였을 때 내독소에 의한 말초혈액 단핵구에서의 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA의 발현이 억제되었고 그 억제정도는 TMTU에서 가장 현저하였다. 결론: 이상의 결과에서 말초혈액 단핵구에서의 IL-8 및 IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA 발현에 $H_2O_2$가 아닌 다른 산소기가 일부 관여할 것으로 생각된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.279-292
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• 1991

마우스에의 돼지회충(Ascaris strum) 또는 선모충(Trichinella spiralis) 감염이 sRBC에 대한 면역능에 미치는 영향을 조사한 다음 전처치로서 선모충을 감염시키거나 또는 cyclophosphamide를 투여하고 나서 돼지회충란을 경구투여하여 그 감염상태와 소장점막내 비만세포와의 관련성 그 리고 비특이 세포성 및 체액성 면역능을 함께 관찰하였다. 마우스에 1,000개의 돼지회충란을 경구투여한 바 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능은 시일이 경과됨에 따라 점점 감소하기 시작하여 각각 5주, 6주에 최저치에 이른 다음 점점 상승하여 10주에 원상으로 복귀하였으며, 적현구 응집소가 및 용현소가는 점점 상승하여 3주에 최고치에 이른 다음 그 후 정상으로 복귀하였으며, 말초힐액내 호산구 및 소장접막내 비만세포 출현율은 각각 4주 및 2주에 최고치를 보였다. 한편, 유충은 1주후에 폐와 간으로부터 총 21.97%가 누수되었다. 마우스에 300마리의 선모충의 감염유충을 경구투여한 바 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능은 시일이 경과 됨에 따라 점점 낮아져 각각 30일 및 21일에 전저치에 이른 다음 그 후부터 다소 높아지다가 70일 및 80일에 다시 일시적으로 낮아졌다. 그리고, 적현구 응집소가 및 용혈소가도 각각 21일 및 90일 에 다른 기보다 낮았으나, 말초혈액내 호산구 및 소장점막내 비만세포 출현율은 각각 40일째 및 14 일째에 다른 기보다 높았다. Cyclophosphamide를 400 mg/kg의 용량으로 마우스의 복륙 내에 투여한 바 체중이나 비장의 중량, 지연형 과민반응, 로제트 형성능, 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가, 백현구 총수, 소장점막내 비만세포 출현율은 투여 후 1일에 비하여 5일에 현저하게 저하되었다가 10일에 다 시 증가하여 1일과 거의 비슷한 수준으로 복귀하였다. 말포혈액내 호산구 출현율은 시일이 경과함 에 따라 점점 낮아지는 경향이었다. 한편, 마우스의 복강 내에 cyclophosphamide를 투여한 다음 1일, 5일, 10일에 각각 1,000개의 감염성 돼지회충란을 투여하고 난 후 7일의 유충각수률은 1일 7.07%, 5일 14.94%, 10일 10.1%이었으며 대조군은 8.02%이었다 유모충을 마우스에 감작감염시키고 나서 각각 30일 및 70일 간격을 두고 감염성 돼지회충란을 도전감염시킨 바 참작감염후 37일과 도전감염후 7일의 시점에 있어서 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능은 고도로 저하하였는데 반하여 소장점막내 비만세포 출현율은 고도로, 말초혈액내 호산구출현율, 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가는 상당히 증가하였다. 이 시점에 있어서의 유충은 대조가 22.18% 회수되었는데 비하여 9.3%밖에 회수되지 않았다. 한편, 감작감염후 77일과 도전감염후 7일의 시점에 있어서 sRBC에 대한 면역능에 미치는 영향은 전자의 양상과 비슷하였는데 대조에 비하여 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능이 현저하게 저하되었다. 이 시점에 있어서의 유충회수율은 대조가 10.5% 이었는데 비하여 8.3%이었다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2007

목적: 이 연구에서는 폐 전이 종양을 영상화하기 위하여 흑색종의 폐 전이 종양 마우스 모델을 제작하고 영상 획득 전처리 조건을 개선하여 폐 전이 종양의 $[^{18}F]FDG$ 소동물 PET 영상을 획득하고자 하였으며, 임상 CT를 이용하여 전이 종양의 해부학적 위치를 확인하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 정상 마우스의 $[^{18}F]$FDG 영상 획득 전 조건은 $16{\sim}22$시간 금식 하고 $30^{\circ}C$의 온도를 유지하며 $[^{18}F]FDG$ (7.4 MBq) 정맥 주사 후 서로 다른 마취제(Ketamine/Xylazine, Ke/Xy과 Isoflurane, Iso)로 $[^{18}F]FDG$ 섭취 60분 동안 유지한 후 20분간 $[^{18}F]FDG$ 소동물 PET 영상을 획득하였다. 혈중 포도당 농도를 보정한 포도당 표준 섭취 계수 영상을 이용하여 관심영역 대 배경비(lung to background ratio, L/B)를 구하여 평가하였다. C57BL/6 마우스에 B16-F10 세포를 정맥내 주사하여 제작한 폐전이 종양 마우스 모델은 정상 마우스의 영상 획득 조건과 동일한 조건에서 $[^{18}F]FDG$ 소동물 PET 영상을 획득하였으며, 임상 CT를 이용하여 획득된 해부학적 영상으로 폐 부위의 종양 위치를 확인하였다. 결과: 정상 마우스의 평균 혈중 포도당 농도는 Ke/Xy으로 마취한 군에서 $128.0{\pm}23.87\;mg/dL$이었으며 Iso으로 마취한 군에서는 $86.0{\pm}21.65\;mg/dL$로, Ke/Xy으로 마취한 군이 Iso로 마취한 군 보다 1.5 배 높은 혈중 포도당 농도를 나타내었다. 포도당 표준 섭취 계수 영상에서의 L/B는 Ke/Xy으로 마취한 군에서 $8.6{\pm}0.48$ 이었으며 Iso으로 마취한 군에서는 $12.1{\pm}0.63$로, Iso로 마취한 군이 Ke/Xy으로 마취한 군 보다 주변 정상조직과의 대조도가 높은 경향을 보였다. 폐 전이 종양 마우스에서는 Iso로 마취한 군이 Ke/Xy으로 마취한 군의 $[^{18}F]FDG$ 소동물 PET 영상보다 주변 조직의 $[^{18}F]FDG$ 섭취가 낮았다. 또한 해부학적 종양의 위치를 확인하기 위하여 임상 CT 영상과 융합한 결과 폐 전이 종양이 폐 부위에 위치함을 확인하였다. 결론: 마우스와 같은 소동물에서의 폐 부위 종양을 $[^{18}F]FDG$로 영상화하는데 있어서 금식, 온도유지, $[^{18}F]FDG$ 섭취 시간 동안의 마취제 조건 등을 고려하여야 하며, $[^{18}F]FDG$ 소동물 PET과 CT 영상의 융합은 폐 부위의 전이 종양을 확인하는데 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.376-381
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• 2003

목 적 : G-CSF와 GM-CSF는 과립구생성에 중요한 사이토카인으로서, 각각의 수용체(이하 G-CSFr과 GM-CSFr)에 결합하여 기능을 하게 되며, 이들 수용체들은 미성숙 골수 세포로부터 성숙된 말초 과립구까지 발현된다. 일반적으로 혈중 G-CSF와 GM-CSF의 농도 및 이들 수용체의 발현은 과립구가 증가하는 감염질환에서 변화한다고 알려져 있으나, 가와사키병에서 과립구 수 증가와 관련된 변화에 대해서는 아직 연구된 바가 없다. 본 연구에서는 가와사키병 환아와 정상아의 혈중 G-CSF와 GM-CSF의 농도를 측정하고 말초혈액의 과립구 표면에 존재하는 이들의 수용체를 정량분석 하였으며, 또한 수용체를 충분히 포화시킬 수 있는 과량의 CSF에 수용체를 노출시켰을 때 결합하지 않고 남은 수용체 발현양에는 어떤 변화가 있는 지를 분석하여 가와사키병 환자의 과립구 수 증가와 G-CSF와 GM-CSF 및 이들 수용체 변화의 관련성을 규명하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 정상 대조군으로서 비감염성질환으로 입원한 같은 연령대의 아동 중 말초혈액 백혈구 수 및 중성구 수가 정상인 아동 13명과 면역글로불린을 쓰기 전 급성기 초기의 가와사키병 환아 14명, 총 27명의 혈중 G-CSF와 GM-CSF의 농도를 측정하였고 세포표면 G-CSFr와 GM-CSFr의 발현양은 각각 항 G-CSF 수용체 단클론항체, 항 GM-CSF 수용체 단클론항체와 혼합 후 유세포 분석기를 이용하여 정량적으로 분석하였으며, 활동성 G-CSFr, GM-CSFr의 양적변화를 유세포 분석기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 결 과 : 가와사키병 환아의 총 백혈구 수는 정상대조군과 차이가 없었으나 중성구 수, 단핵구 수는 증가하였고 총 백혈구수는 중성구 수 증가에 따라 증가하였다. 혈중 G-CSF의 농도는 정상대조군과 유의한 차이가 없었으나 감소되어 있었고(P=0.133) 혈중 GM-CSF의 농도는 정상대조군에 비해 유의하게 감소되어 있었다(P=0.027). 가와사키병 환아의 중성구의 G-CSFr, GM-CSFr의 발현양은 정상대조군과 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(P=0.721, P=0.912). 수용체를 포화시키기에 충분한 과량의 CSF와 배양시킨 후 포화농도에도 결합하지 않은 수용체의 양을 측정하면 남은 수용체수는 감소하게 되는데, 가와사키병 환아에서 과량의 G-CSF에 배양한 후 감소된 중성구 G-CSFr의 발현양은 정상대조군과 유의한 차이는 없었고(P=0.554), 혈중 G-CSF 농도와는 무관하였으며(P>0.05) 혈중 GM-CSF 농도와 반비례하였다(정상아; r=-0.589, P=0.044, 가와사키병 환아; r=-0.946, P=0.004). 가와사키병 환아와 정상대조군에서 수용체를 포화시키기에 충분한 과량의 GM-CSF에 배양한 후 중성구의 GM-CSFr의 발현양을 분석한 결과는 발현이 증가된 소견을 보여(P=0.255) 항 GM-CSF항체가 항 G-CSF 항체와는 달리 GM-CSF와 그 수용체의 결합에 무관한 것으로 나타났다. 증가된 중성구의 GM-CSFr의 양은 정상아에서는 총 백혈구 수와 비례하였으나(r=0.788, P=0.035), 가와사키병 환아에서는 상관관계가 없었다(P=0.644). 결 론 : 가와사키병 환아의 백혈구 수 증가의 원인은 중성구 수의 증가로 보이고 G-CSF, GM-CSF의 농도는 감소되어 있었으며 G-CSFr, GM-CSFr 발현양 및 활동성 G-CSFr, GM-CSFr 발현양은 정상아와 유의한 차이가 없어서 이는 중성구 수 증가가 G-CSF, GM-CSF의 증가나 그 수용체 수 변동에 의한 것이 아닌 것으로 나타났고 GM-CSF 농도의 감소가 활동성이 있는 G-CSFr의 증가를 일으켜 가와사키병 급성기 총 백혈구 수 증가의 원인인 중성구 수 증가를 유도했을 가능성을 나타낸다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.596-602
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• 2002

목 적 : 체순환에서 중성구수의 감소는 과립구에 의해 발생하는 폐손상에서 공통적으로 발견되는 소견으로, 특히 말초 혈액에서 중성구 감소와 폐실질로의 중성구의 이동은 다양한 정도의 호흡 장애와 관련된 것으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 조산아에서 생후 2시간내에 시행한 말초 혈액 검사에서 중성구수의 감소와 호흡 부전증과의 연관성을 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 출생체중 500 gm에서 1,350 gm 사이의 조산아로 1993년 1월에서 1999년 12월까지 방지거병원에서 출생한 97례 중, 중성구수에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 경우를 제외한 44례를 대상으로 생후 2시간 이내 중성구수가 $1.0{\times}10^9/L$ 미만인 경우를 중성구 감소군 (17례), $1.0{\times}10^9/L$ 이상인 경우를 중성구 비감소군(27례)으로 나누고 후향적인 임상적 고찰을 통해 연구를 시행하였다. 재태연령, 출생체중, 분만방식, 1분 및 5분 Apgar점수를 조사하여 기록하였고, 환아의 입원기간, 기계적 환기요법 기간, 산소 보충요법 기간, 최고 흡기압력, 최고 인공환기 횟수, 최고 흡기농도 등의 호흡지표와 동맥관 개존증의 유무, 폐렴, 기흉, 신생아 호흡부전증, 기관지폐 이형성증, 뇌실내출혈, 미숙아 망막증의 유무를 연구하였다. 결 과 : 중성구 감소군의 출생체중은 $1,046.50{\pm}180.76gm$, 1분 Apgar점수는 $3.41{\pm}1.18$, 5분 Apgar 점수는 $5.41{\pm}0.87$이었고, 중성구 비감소군에서는 출생체중 $1,156.70{\pm}124.99g$, 1분 Apgar점수는 $4.30{\pm}1.46$, 5분 Apgar점수는 $6.15{\pm}0.95$로 출생체중(P=0.021)과 1분 및 5분 Apgar점수(P=0.049, P=0.024)에서 통계적 유의성을 나타냈다. 또한, 신생아 호흡부전증의 발생은 두 군간에 차이가 없었고, 기관지폐 이 형성증은 중성구 감소군에서 12례로 중성구 비감소군의 7례보다 유의하게 많이 발생하였다(P=0.0036). 그리고 재원기간에서 각각 $55{\pm}25$일, $29{\pm}15$일로 나타 났으며 기계적 환기요법기간에서는 각각 $41{\pm}20$일, $29{\pm}16$일, 그리고 산소 보충요법 기간에서는 각각 $35{\pm}18$일, $23{\pm}13$일로 유의한 차이를 보였다(P=0.014). 그리고 동맥관 개존증, 뇌실내 출혈, 미숙아 망막증, 폐렴, 기흉, 사망률은 두 군간 다소 차이는 있었으나 통계적 유의성은 발견할 수 없었다. 또한, 두 군간 주요 독립적인 변수은 출생체중(Odds ratio=5.457, 95% CI=1.551-27.525, P=0.0172), 초기 백혈구수(Odds ratio= 8.308, 95% CI=2.054-52.699, P=0.0087), 기관지폐 이형성증(Odds ratio=0.099, 95% CI=0.017-0.397, P=0.0034) 등으로 나타났다. 결 론 : 본 연구에서는 초기 2시간내에 시행한 혈액 검사상 중성구 감소증을 보이는 군에서 기관지폐 이 형성증의 발병이 증가하면서 폐손상이 심해진다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-28
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• 1974

The writers have conducted the investigation to assess the nutritional status of young rural Korean children aged from 0 to 4 years old in August 1971. The survey areas were Kaejong-myon. Daeya-myon, Okku-gun, Jeonra-bukdo, Korea. These survey areas were typical agricultural plain areas. The total numbers of children examined were 2,706 comprising 1,394 male and 1,312 female. The weight, height, and chest circumference of children were measured and means and standard deviations. were calculated for each measurement. In addition, the nutritional status of each child was classified by the four levels of malnutrition and the Gomez classification, The examination of red blood cell count, haematocrit value, and intestinal parasite infection were carried out at the same time. In general, recent work tend to suggest that environmental influences, especially nutrition, are of great importance than genetic background or other biological factors for physical growth and development. Certainly the physical dimensions of the body are much influenced by nutrition, particularly in the rapidly growing period of early childhood. Selected body measurements can therefore give valuable information concerning protein-calory malnutrition. Growth can also be affected by bacterial, viral, and parasitic infection. For the field workers in a developing country, therefore, nutritional anthropometry appears to be of greatest value in the assessment of growth failure and undernutrition, principally from lack of protein and calories. In order to compare and evaluate the data obtained, the optimal data of growth from the off-spring of the true well-fed, medically and socially protected are needed. So-called 'Standards' that have been compiled for preschool children in Korea, however, are based on measurement of children from middle or lower socio-economic groups, who are, in fact, usually undernourished from six months of age onwards and continuously exposed to a succession of infective and parasitic diseases. So that, the Harvard Standards which is one of the international reference standards was used as the reference standards in this study. Findings of the survey were as follows: A. Anthropometric data: 1) Comparing the mean values for body weight obtained with the Korean standard weight of the same age, the rural Korean children were slightly haevier than the Korean standard values in both sexes. Comparing with the Japanese children values, the rural Korean children were slightly haevier in male and in the infant period of female but lighter in female of the period of 1 to 4 years old than Japanese children. 2) Comparing the mean values for height obtained with the Korean standard height of the same age, the rural Korean children were taller than the Korean standard values except the second half of infatn period in both sexes. Comparing with the Japanese children, the rural Korean children were slightly smaller than Japanese children except the first half of infant peroid in both sexes. 3) Mear values of chest circumference of rural Korean children obtained were less than the Korean standard values of the same ages in both sexes. B. Prevalence of Protein-Calory Malnutrition: Children examined were devided into two groups, i. e., infant(up to the first birthday) and toddler (1 to 4 fears old). 1) Percentages of four levels of malnutrition: a) When the nutrtional status of each child was classified (1) by body weight value, the percentages for male and female of children attained standard growth were 52.8%(infant 83.3%, toddler 44.4%) and 39.7% (infant 74.5%. toddler 30.5%), the first level of malnutrition were 31.9%(infant 13.7%, toddler 36.9%) and 31.7%(infant 15.3%, toddler 36,0%), the second level of malnutrition were 12.3%(infant 1.7%, toddler 15.3%) and 23.3% (infant 7.7%, fodder 27.5%), the third level of malnutrition were 2.7%(infant 0.7%, toddler 3.2%) and 4.6%(infant 1.8%, toddler 5.3%) the fourth level of malnutrition were 0.3% (infant 0.7%, toddler 0.2%) and 0.7% (0.7% for infant and toddler) respectively. (2) by height value, the percentages for male and female of children attained standard growth were 80.3% (infant 97.3%, toddler 75.6%) and 75.1% (infant 96.4%, toddler 69.5), the first level of malnutrition were 17.9% (infant 2.0%, toddler 22.3%) and 23.6% (infants 3.6%, toddler 28.8%), the second level of malnutrition were 1.2% (infant 0.3%, toddler 1.5%) and 1.1% (infant 0%, toddler 1.4%), the third level of malnutrition were 0.4%(infant 0.3%, toddler 0.5%) and 0.2%(infant 0%, toddler 0.3%), the fourth level of malnutrition were 0.1%(infant 0%, toddler 0.1%) and 0% respectively. (3) by body weight in relation to height, the percentages for male and female of children attained standard growth were 87.9% (infant 77.6%, toddler 87.9%) and 78.2% (infant 77.4%, toddler 78.2%), the first level of malnutrition were 12.2% (infant 18.4%, toddler 10.6%) and 18.2% (infant 17.9%, toddler 18.3%), the second level of malnutrition were 1.9%(infant 3.3%, toddler 1.5%) and 3.0%(infant 3.3%, toddler 2.9%), the third level of malnutrition were 0.1%(infant 0%. toddler 0.1%) and 0.5% (infant 0%, toddler 0.6%), the fourth level of malnutrition were 0.1%(infant 0.7%, toddler 0%) and 0.3% (infant 1.5%, toddler 0%) respectively. b) When the nutritional status of each child according to the mother's age at perturition, i. e., young aged mother (up to 30 years old), middle aged mother (31 to 40 years old) and old aged mother (41 years or above) was classified (1) by body weight, among infants and toddlers, at each year of age, with increasing the mother's age, there was an increase in percentage of subjects underweight. This tendency of increasing percentage of underweight was more significant in the infant period than the toddler period. (2) by height value, no significant differences between each mother's age group were found. c) When the nutritional status of each child according to the birth rank, i. e., lower birth rank (first to third) and higher birth rank (fourth or above) was classified (1) by weight value, children of higher birth rank were slightly more often underweight than those of lower birth rank, but not significant. (2) by height value, no differences were found between children of lower and higher birth rank. 2) Gomez Classification: When the nutritional status of each child was classified a) by body weight value, the percentages for male and female of children. attained standard growth were 53.1% (infant 82.6%, toddler 44.9%) and 39.2% (infant 73.4%, toddler 30.1%), the first degree of malnutrition were 39.4% (infant 14.7%, toddler 46.2%) and 47.1% (infant 21.9%, toddler 53.8%), the second degree of malnutrition were 7.3%(infant 2.3%, toddler 8.6%) and 12.9% (infant 4.0%, toddler 15.2%). and the third degree of malnutrition were 0.2%. (infant 0.3%, toddler 0.2%) and 0.8% (infant 0.7%, toddler 0.9%) respectively. b) by height value, the percentages for male and female of children attained standard growth were 80.8% (infant 97.0%, toddler 76.3%) and 73.8%(infant 95.6%, toddler 68.0%), the first degree of malnutrition were 18.5% (infant 2.7%, toddler 22.9%) and 24.6% (infant 4.4%, toddler 30.0%), the second degree of malnutrition were 0.6%(infant 0.3%, toddler 0.7%) and 0.5% (infant 0.1%, toddler 0.7%), and the third degree of malnutrition were 0.1%(infant 0%, toddler 0.1%) and 1.1% (infant 0%, toddler 1.3%) respectively. C. Results of clinical laboratory examination: 1) Red blood cells: The ranges of mean red blood cell counts for male and female were $3,538,000/mm^3\;to\;4,403,000/mm^3\;and\;3,576,000/mm^3\;to\;4,483,000/mm^3$ respectively. The lowest red cell counts were seen at the age of 0-3 months for male and 1-2 months for female. 2) Haematocrit value : The ranges of haematocrit value of male and female were 35.1% to 38.8% and 34.7% to 38.8% respectively. The lowest haematocrit values were seen at the age of 2-3 months for male and 1-2, months for female. 3) The prevalence rates of intestinal parasites for male and female children with Ascaris lumbricoides were 34.1% (infant 18.8%, toddler 38.1%) and 36.0%(infant 18.4%, toddler 40.7%), with Trichocephalus trichiuris were 6.8% (infant 2.9%, toddler 7.9%) and 9.0% (infant 3.0%, toddler 10.6%), with Hookworm were 0.3% (infant 0.5%, toddler 0.2%) and 0.3% (infant 0.5%, toddler 0.3%), with Clonorchis sinensis were 0.4%(infant 0%, toddler 0.5%) and 0.1%(infant 0%, toddler 0.1%) respectively.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.213-222
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• 1993

연구배경 : 기관지천식은 일종의 염증성 질환으로서 다형핵구가 병태생리에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히 다형핵구로부터 생성되는 독성산화물들은 기도 및 폐조직 손상을 야기시켜 기관지 천식의 병인에 기여하는 것으로 알려져 있으나, 이에 대한 실질적인 증거가 아직 부족할 뿐아니라 이들이 폐조직손상을 일으키는 기전 또한 불분명하다. 이에 저자들은 기관지천식환자들의 다형핵구로부터 생성되는 과산화 음이온이 실제로 폐포세포손상에 중요한 역할을 하는지 여부와 과산화 음이온이 폐포세포 손상을 일으키는 기전을 보다 명확히 하고자 본 연구를 시작하였다. 방법 : 임상적으로 안정된 12명의 기관지천식환자와 5명의 정상인들을 대상으로 하였으며, 말초혈액 다형핵구는 말초혈액으로부터 dextran 침강법 및 Ficoll-Hypaque 밀도차 분리법을 이용하여 분리하였다. 다형핵구의 과산화 음이온 생성능 및 혈장 SOD 활성도는, 과산화 음이온이 cytochrome c를 환원시켜 나타나는 발색반응을 이용하여 분광측정법으로 측정하였으며, 다형핵구의 A549 폐포세포에 대한 세포독성작용은 $^{51}Cr$ release assay로 측정하였으며, A549 lysis 및 A549 detachment 두가지 측면에서 관찰하였다. 결과 1) 다형핵구의 과산화 음이온 생성능은 천식환자군이 정상군에 비해 현저히 높았으며 ($2.81{\pm}0.95$대 $6.65{\pm}0.58\;mmol/1{\times}10^6$ cells, p<0.05), 각 환자의 $FEV_1$과는 역상관관계를 보였으나 (R=-0.63, p<0.05), $PC_{20}$ histamine과는 상관관계가 없었다. 2) 혈장 SOD 활성도는 천식환자군이 정상군에 비해 다소 감소되어 있는 경향을 보였으나 통계학적 의미는 없었으며, 각 환자의 $FEV_1$과는 상관관계를 보였으나(R=0.63, p<0.05) $PC_{20}$ histamine과는 상관관계가 없었다. 3) 정상군에서는 혈장 SOD 활성도와 다형핵구의 과산화음이온 생성능간에 의미있는 상관관계를 보였으나(R=0.88, p<0.05), 천식환자군에서는 상관관계가 없었다. 4) 두군 모두에서 다형핵구에 의한 A549 폐포세포의 손상형태가 lysis 보다는 detachment가 더욱 현저한 경향을 보였으며, 두가지 모두 천식 환자군에서 다소 높은 경향을 보였다. 또한 두군 모두에서 SOD 전처치에 의해 A549 detachment는 현저하게 억제되었으나 A549 lysis는 억제되지 않았으며, 두가지 모두가 혈창 전처치에 의해서는 억제되지 않았다. 5) 두군 모두에서 다형핵구의 과산화 음이온 생성능과 A549 detachement와는 유의한 상관관계가 있었으나(정상군 : R=0.90, 환자군 : R=0.82), A549 lysis와는 별로 상관관계가 없었으며, 혈장 SOD 활성도는 상관관계를 보이지 않았다. 또한 천식환자군에서 A549 lysis나 A549 detachment는 환자의 $FEV_1$ 도는 $PC_{20}$ histamine과는 의미있는 상관관계를 보이지 않았다.6) 다형핵구에 의한 폐포세포손상의 양상에 있어서 알레르기성 천식환자와 비알레르기성 천식환자 사이에는 의미있는 차이가 없었다. 결론 : 이상의 연구결과 다형핵구로부터 생성되는 과산화 음이온에 의한 기도 및 폐조직 손상이 기관지천식의 병인에 부분적으로 영향을 미칠 것으로 생각되며, 과산화 음이온은 주로 폐포세포의 탈락을 야기시킴으로써 폐포세포 손상을 일으키는 것으로 추측된다.

• 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.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 1993년도 한국우주과학회보 제2권2호
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• pp.17-17
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• 1993

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.