• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.76-83
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• 2019

Background: The hyoid bone is the only non-jointed structure among the skeletal tissues of the head and neck region, and its movement and posture depend on the attached muscle, ligament, and fascia. The location of the hyoid bone is important for airway maintenance, vocalization, chewing, swallowing, breathing, and head and scapular position. In general, the location of the hyoid bone is measured using radiographs and 3D computed tomography, and no studies have reported on clinical measurement methods. Objects: This study was performed to suggest clinical measurement methods for lateral deviation of the hyoid bone and to evaluate their reliability. Methods: In this study, 24 healthy volunteers (12 males, 12 females) in Cheongju-si participated. Two examiners performed the center point test and lateral motion test twice each to measure the lateral displacement of the hyoid bone. The reliability of the center point test was analyzed using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC), and the reliability of the lateral motion test was analyzed using Cohen's kappa coefficient. Results: The intra-rater reliability of the center point test was good, and the inter-rater reliability was moderate. The intra- and inter-rater reliability of the lateral motion test showed substantial reliability. Conclusion: Based on these results, the center point test and the lateral motion test can be used as an alternative methods of the measurement of lateral deviation of the hyoid bone for people who have musculoskeletal disorders of the head, neck, and scapula.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.3875-3891
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• 2021

In this study, a Velostat pressure sensor was manufactured to develop a plantar pressure measurement system and a C#-based application was developed to monitor and collect plantar pressure data in real time. In order to evaluate the characteristics of the proposed plantar pressure measurement system, the accuracy of plantar pressure index and personal classification was verified by comparing with MatScan, a commercial plantar pressure measurement system. As a result, the output characteristics according to the weight of the Velostat pressure sensor were evaluated and a trend line with the reliability of r² = 0.98 was detected. The Root Mean Square Error(RMSE) of the weighted area was 11.315 cm², the RMSE of the x coordinate of Center of Pressure(CoP_x) was 1.036 cm and the RMSE of the y coordinate of Center of Pressure(CoP_y) was 0.936 cm. Finally, inaccuracy of personal classification, the proposed system was 99.47% and MatScan was 96.86%. Based on the advantage of being simple to implement and capable of manufacturing at low cost, it is considered that it can be applied to various fields of measuring vital signs such as sitting posture and breathing in addition to the plantar pressure measurement system.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2016

Purpose: This study intended to classify voluntary respiratory exercise and exercise using breathing training equipment to suggest proper respiratory exercise to relieve symptoms of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods: Sixteen subjects were randomly selected for experimental group I, which performed feedback breathing exercise and 15 subjects were randomly selected for experimental group II, which performed a complex breathing exercise. The mediation program was performed 30 minutes a session, once a day, three times a week, for five weeks. This study analyzed before and after results within groups and between groups through measurement of respiratory muscle activity and health-related quality of life. Results: Activity of sternocleidomastoid muscle and scalene muscle increased meaningfully within experimental group I and activity of diaphragm increased significantly within experimental group II (p<0.05) and there was a meaningful difference in health-related quality of life within experimental group II (p<0.05). Significant differences in change of activity of respiratory muscle and health-related quality of life were observed between groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study showed conflicting results between activity of agonist and synergist in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to types of respiratory exercise and that complex respiratory exercise is more effective in health-related quality of life. Therefore, it found that the more severity increase, the more self-respiratory technique is an effective program. Diversified approach methods will be needed to improve respiratory function and quality of life for patients, and continuous clinical studies will be needed in the future.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1-4
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• 2008

Fuel cells have the potential of providing several times higher energy storage densities than those possible using current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries, but current energy density of fuel cell system is not better than that of lithium-ion batteries. To achieve the high energy density, volume and weight of fuel cell system need to be reduced by miniaturizing system components such as stack, fuel tank, and balance-of-plant. In this paper, the thin flexible PCB (Printed circuit board) is used as a current collector to reduce the stack volume. Two end plates are made from light weight aluminum alloy plate. The plate surface is wholly oxidized through the anodizing treatment for electrical insulation. The opening rate of cathode plate hole is optimized through unit cell performance measurement of various opening rates. The performances are measured at room temperature and ambient pressure condition without any repulsive air supply. The active area of MEA is 10.08 $cm^2$ and active area per a unit cell is 1.68 $cm^2$. The peak power density is about 210 mW/$cm^2$ and the air-breathing planar stack of 2 Wis achieved as a small volume of 18 cc.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5527-5545
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• 2019

Through-wall ultra-wide band (UWB) radar has been considered as one of the preferred and non-contact technologies for the targets detection owing to the better time resolution and stronger penetration. The high time resolution is a result of a larger of bandwidth of the employed UWB pulses from the radar system, which is a useful tool to separate multiple targets in complex environment. The article emphasised on human subject localization and detection. Human subject usually can be detected via extracting the weak respiratory signals of human subjects remotely. Meanwhile, the range between the detection object and radar is also acquired from the 2D range-frequency matrix. However, it is a challenging task to extract human respiratory signals owing to the low signal to clutter ratio. To improve the feasibility of human respiratory signals detection, a new method is developed via analysing the standard deviation based kurtosis of the collected pulses, which are modulated by human respiratory movements in slow time. The range between radar and the detection target is estimated using joint time-frequency analysis (JTFA) of the analysed characteristics, which provides a novel preliminary signature for life detection. The breathing rates are obtained using the proposed accumulation method in time and frequency domain, respectively. The proposed method is validated and proved numerically and experimentally.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2018

The measurement of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) using electrocardiogram (ECG) signals has been used to predict fatigue and stress levels in a clinical environment, yet, owing to the complexity of such ECG systems, a domestic, nonclinical monitoring of HRV has not been a practical possibility. Recently though, Pulse Rate Variability (PRV) has been studied as an alternative to HRV. In this study, we investigated the reliability of measuring PRV by means of a smartwatch. The PRV results were compared to HRV results in similar test conditions, i.e. those obtained under rapid and deep-breathing scenarios. From the results obtained, it transpires that the Bland-Altman ratio and cross-correlation coefficients between several PRV and HRV parameters were highly correlated, thus suggesting that the results of measuring PRV using a smartwatch can be used to predict HRV in nonclinical environments.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1051-1056
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• 2006

The mean and RMS velocity field of the respiratory gas flow in the human airway was studied experimentally by particle image velocimetry (PIV). Some researchers investigated the airflow for the mouth breathing case both experimentally and numerically. But it is very rare to investigate the airflow of nose breathing in a whole airway due to its geometric complexity. We established the procedure to create a transparent rectangular box containing a model of the human airway for PIV measurement by combination of the RP and the curing of clear silicone. We extend this to make a whole airway including nasal cavities, larynx, trachea, and 2 generations of bronchi. The CBC algorithm with window offset (64 $\times$ 64 to 32 $\times$ 32) is used for vector searching in PIV analysis. The phase averaged mean and RMS velocity distributions in Sagittal and coronal planes are obtained for 7 phases in a respiratory period. Some physiologic conjectures are obtained. The main stream went through the backside of larynx and trachea in inspiration and the frontal side in expiration. There exist vortical motions in inspiration, but no prominent one in expiration.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.63-66
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• 2011

It has been controversial whether upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is a distinct syndrome or not since it was reported in 1993. The International Classification of Sleep Disorders classified UARS under obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in 2005. UARS can be diagnosed when the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is fewer than 5 events per hour, the simultaneously calculated respiratory disturbance index (RDI) is more than 5 events per hour due to abnormal non-apneic non-hypopneic respiratory events accompanying respiratory effort related arousals (RERAs), and oxygen saturation is greater than 92% at termination of an abnormal breathing event. Although esophageal pressure measurement remains the gold standard for detecting subtle breathing abnormality other than hypopnea and apnea, nasal pressure transducer has been most commonly used. RERAs include phase A2 of cyclical alternating patterns (CAPs) associated with EEG changes. Symptoms of OSAS can overlap with UARS, but chronic insomnia tends to be more common in UARS than in OSAS and clinical symptoms similar with functional somatic syndrome are also more common in UARS. In this journal, diagnostic and clinical differences between UARS and OSAS are reviewed.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2021년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.425-427
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• 2021

현대 사회에 들어서면서 사회생활과 더불어 일상생활의 변화로 인해 현대인들이 가지는 수면 부족과 불만족스러운 수면 환경으로 전 세계에서 수면 부족국가 최하위, 수면 부족이라고 생각되는 국가 최하위를 기록하고 있다. 수면 부족을 이끄는 원인 중 2위를 차지하는 '수면 환경'을 개선할 수 있는 '아두이노를 활용한 수면 베개'에 대한 내용이다. 수면에 들기 전 몇 분 그 잠시의 시간이 수면의 질을 좌우할 수 있으며, 수면의 질은 하루 생활의 만족감을 결정한다. 아두이노를 활용하여 다양한 기능을 통해 수면의 질을 높일 수 있다. 아두이노를 통해 수면자의 호흡 측정, 조명, 블루투스 스피커를 조절하여 수면자의 수면 환경을 조성하고 자신에게 맞는 환경을 직접 만들 수 있다. 이를 통해 현대인의 수면 부족을 개선하고 더 윤택한 삶을 가질 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2015

목 적 : 외부표지자 호흡움직임 측정 장치(RPM; Real-time Position Management, Varian Medical System, USA)를 이용한 간암 호흡동조 방사선치료 시 호흡신호와 방사선 조사 시간 및 실제 조사된 호흡위상을 분석하여 호흡움직임 측정 장치를 이용한 호흡동조 방사선 치료의 정확도를 평가하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 2014년 5월부터 9월까지 Novalis Tx.(Varian Medical System, USA)와 RPM을 이용하여 간암 호흡동조 방사선치료(Duty Cycle 20%, Gating window 40% ~ 60%)를 시행한 환자 총 16명의 치료 시 기록된 호흡움직임을 분석하였다. RPM에 기록된 외부표지자의 호흡움직임을 후행적 분석을 통해 호흡위상으로 재구성하였으며, 재구성된 호흡위상을 이용하여 기록된 Beam-on Time과 Duty Cycle에 대해 RPM을 사용한 호흡동조 방사선치료의 예측 정확도를 분석하고, 호흡움직임의 재현성에 따른 Duty Cycle과 예측 정확도의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 결 과 : 대상 환자 16명의 치료계획 시와 실제 치료 시 호흡주기 차이는 평균 -0.03초(범위 -0.50초 ~ 0.09초)로 분석되었으며 두 호흡간의 통계적 차이는 확인할 수 없었다(p=0.472). 치료 시 평균 호흡주기는 4.02 sec (${\pm}0.71sec$), 치료 중 호흡주기 표준편차의 평균값은 7.43%(범위 2.57% ~ 19.20%)로 분석되었다. 실제 Duty Cycle은 평균 16.05%(범위 13.78% ~ 17.41%)로 나타났고 이 중 후행적 분석을 통해 평균 56.05%(범위 39.23% ~ 75.10%)가 계획된 호흡위상(40% ~ 60%)에서 조사되었음을 확인하였다. 호흡주기의 표준편차와 Duty Cycle과 계획된 호흡위상에서 조사된 비율의 상관관계는 각각 -0.156 (p=0.282)와 -0.385 (p=0.070)으로 분석되었다. 결 론 : 본 연구는 실제 치료 중 기록된 외부표지자의 호흡움직임을 후행적으로 분석하여 치료 중 호흡움직임의 재현성 및 Duty Cycle, 계획된 호흡동조창에서의 실제 치료 비율 등을 확인하였다. 4DCT를 이용한 치료계획과의 오차를 최소화하고 효율적인 치료를 위해 호흡훈련 및 호흡신호 모니터링의 강화가 필요 할 것으로 판단된다.