• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2023

기계학습을 통해 학습된 모델은 업무 활용 시 그 성능을 실측하기 매우 어렵다. 때문에 운영 부서에서는 모델의 성능을 효과적으로 관리하지 못한다. 이로 인해 모델의 상태를 판단하기 위한 Concept drift 탐지 방법이 다양하게 연구되고 있다. 운영 부서에서는 운영 중인 모델의 성능을 정량적으로 관리하려고 한다. 그러나 Concept drift는 모델 상태를 데이터 관계적으로 판단 할 뿐, 모델의 정량적 성능 수치를 추정하지는 못한다. 본 연구에서는 Concept drift의 통계량을 통해 정량적으로 precision 값을 추정하는 성능 예측 모델(PPM, Performance prediction model)을 제안한다. 제안 모델의 Algorithm 1에서는, 학습데이터에서 복원 추출한 샘플링 데이터에 인위적인 drift를 유도하고 이때의 precision을 측정하여 drift와 precision의 데이터 셋을 만들어 학습한다. Algorithm 2에서는 테스트 데이터를 통해 실제 precision과 예측 precision의 차이를 측정하여 성능 예측 모델의 오차를 보정 한다. 현실 비즈니스에서 사용될 수 있는 대출 심사 모델과 신용카드 오사용 탐지 모델에 PPM을 적용하여 성능 예측의 유효성을 확인했다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2009

목 적: 수막구균(Neisseria meningitides)은 패혈증, 수막염 등 침습성 질환의 중요한 원인의 하나이다. 최근에는 수막구균 다당질-단백 결합 백신이 개발되어 영아의 정기 접종에 포함된 국가도 있다. 우리 나라에서는 건강한 성인의 보유율에 관한 보고는 있으나 소아에서는 수막구균 보균율에 대한 체계적인 보고가 아직 없었다. 본 연구에서는 건강한 유소아를 대상으로 수막구균의 구인두 집락율과 혈청군을 알아 보고자 하였다. 방 법: 2005년 1-2월과 5월에 서울, 경기지역의 13개 어린이집과 유아원에 다니는 소아 904명을 대상으로 하였다. Calcium alginated cotton으로 구인두 점막을 세게 문질러 구인두 도말 검체를 채취한 후 즉시 수막구균 선택배지(modified New York City medium)에 접종하고 $CO_2$ 보육기에서 48시간 배양하였다. 수막구균 동정은 Vitek NHI card를 이용하였으며 중합효소 연쇄 반응을 이용하여 crgA 유전자를 검출하여 확인하였다. 확인된 수막구균은 N. meningitides antisera를 이용한 agglutination test로써 혈청형 A, B, C, D, 29E, W135, X, Y, Z에 대한 검사를 하였으며, 중합효소 연쇄 반응을 이용하여 org2, siaD 유전자의 다양성에 따라 혈청형 A, B, C, W135, Y 여부를 다시 확인하였다. 결 과: 구인두 도말을 채취한 904명의 소아 중 남아는 468명(52%) 이었고 대상 유소아의 연령 분포는 2세 미만이 59명(6.5%), 2세에서 5세 미만은 486명(53.8%), 5-6세는 338명(37.4%)이었고 7세 이상은 21명(2.3%)이었다. 수막구균은 7명의 구인두 검체에서 검출되어 수막구균 보균율은 0.8%이었다. 남아 3명에서 검출되었고 연령별로는 3세 미만에서는 검출 되지 않았고 3세, 4세, 5세 소아에서 각각 1명씩, 그리고 6세 소아 4명에서 검출되었다. 혈청형은 Y군이 3균주, C군과 A군이 각각 2균주이었다. 2군데 유아원에서 각각 2명씩 분리되었고 3군데 유아원에서 1명씩 분리 되었다. 2명이 분리된 유아원 중 한군데는 모두 혈청형 Y가 분리 되었고 다른 유아원에서는 C군과 Y군이 각각 한 명씩 분리되었다. 결 론: 유아원에 다니는 건강한 소아의 구인강내 수막구균 보유율은 매우 낮았으며, 분리된 수막구균의 혈청군은 A, C, Y군이 고루 분포하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.124-130
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• 1998

독립적인 로보트나 자동차 제어 응용을 위하여 고속 3-D 비젼시스템들은 매우 중요하다. 이 논문은 다음과 같은 세가지 과정으로 구성되는 stereo vision process 개발에 대하여 논술한다 : 왼쪽과 오른쪽 이미지의 edges 추출, matching coresponding edges와 3-D map의 계산. 이 process는 VME 150/40 Imaging Technology vision system에서 이루어졌다. 이것은 display, acqusition, 4Mbytes image frame memory와 세 개의 연산 카드로 구성되는 modular system이다. 40 MHz로 작동하는 프로그래머불 연산 모듈은 $64{\times}32$ bit instruction cache와 두개의 $1024{\times}32$ bit RAM을 가진 TMS320C31 DSP에 기초를 두고 있다. 그것들은 각각 512 Kbyte static RAM, 4 Mbyte image memory, 1 Mbyte flash EEPROM과 하나의 직렬 포트로 구성되어있다. 모듈간의 데이터 전송과 교환은 8 bit globalvideo bus와 세 개의 local configurable pipeline 8 bit video bus에 의하여 이루어졌고, system management를 위하여 VME bus가 쓰였다. 두 개의 DSP는 왼쪽 및 오른쪽 이미지 edges 검출을 위하여 쓰였고 마지막 processor는 matching process와 3-D 연산에 사용되었다. $512{\times}512$픽셀 이미지에서 이 센서는 scene complexity에 따라 1Hz정도의 조밀한 3-D map을 생성했다. 특수목적의 multiprocessor card들을 사용하면 결과를 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.1273-1284
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 기계 학습 분야의 특허를 수집하여 키워드 네트워크를 구축하고 클릭 분석을 실시하였다. 먼저 텍스트 마이닝 기법을 적용하여 핵심 키워드들을 선정한 다음, 이 키워드를 기반으로 키워드 네트워크를 구축하였다. 다음으로 네트워크 구조 분석, 중요 키워드 분석 및 클릭 분석을 시행하여 2005년도와 2015년도에 출원된 기계 학습 특허의 동향을 파악하였을 뿐만 아니라 양해년도의 분석 결과를 통해 특허 경향을 파악하였다. 분석 결과 기계 학습 특허의 키워드 네트워크는 밀도와 군집 계수가 낮은 것으로 드러났으며 기계 학습 기법 자체에 대한 특허보다는 다양한 응용 영역에서 기계학습을 적용한 특허들이 다수이기 때문으로 판단된다. 클릭 분석 결과 2005년도 클릭 분석에 의해 발견된 주제는 뉴스메이커 검증, 상품 소비 예측, 바이러스 공격 예방, 바이오마커, 그리고 워크플로우 관리였으며, 2015년도 기계 학습 특허 주제는 디지털 이미지 편집, 직불카드, 수신자 인라이닝 시스템, 유방 촬영 시스템, 재고 관리 시스템, 이미지 편집 시스템, 비행기 티켓 가격 예측, 그리고 문제 예측 시스템으로 나타났다. 2005년도에 비하여 2015년도의 근접 중앙성은 낮아지고 매개 중심성은 높아진 것으로 보아 최근의 특허 경향은 보다 다양한 분야에서 출원되고 있으며 이들 간의 연결이 활발해지고 있음을 알 수 있다. 클릭 분석은 클릭을 형성하는 키워드 집합을 해석하여 주제를 파악하는데 활용될 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 추출된 공유 멤버쉽 키워드 집합은 특허 검색 시스템과 같이 키워드 검색 기반의 시스템에서 검색 키워드로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.213-225
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 기업의 마케팅 프로모션에 따른 반응고객의 구매액 예측을 위한 방법을 제시하고 SVR의 효과적인 학습방법을 제시하였다. 프로모션에 의한 고객의 구매액을 기반으로 고객을 5등급으로 등급화하고 각 등급 내에서 SVR을 적용하여 고객의 구매액을 예측하였다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 예측된 고객의 등급 내에서 고객 구매액을 예측하는 분리데이터 학습법이 프로모션에 반응한 모든 고객을 대상으로 구매액을 예측하는 전체데이터 학습법보다 높은 예측성과를 보여주었다. 일반적으로 세분화된 고객집단을 하나의 집단으로 보고 동일한 마케팅 전략을 제시하나 본 연구를 통해 구매액에 따라 등급화 된 고객의 등급 내에서 다시 고객의 거래 구매액을 예측하여 동일한 집단 내에서도 차별화된 마케팅 전략을 제시할 수 있는 기반을 제시하였다. 즉 동일한 등급에서도 고객 구매액에 따라 고객의 우선순위를 정할 수 있으며, 이는 마케팅 담당자가 프로모션을 제시할 고객을 선정할 때 유용한 정보로 활용될 수 있다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.389-400
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• 2002

배 경 :결핵의 조기치료와 전염방지를 위해서 신속하고 간편한 결핵진단법의 개발이 요구되고 있는 실정에서 결핵균에 특이한 38-kDa단백을 포함하여 금 콘쥬게이트에 결합된 유전자재조합 항원을 혈청과 반응시켜 항결핵 항체를 발견하도록 고안된 카드형태의 혈청학적 진단기법인 Xeniss Rapid TB kit가 결핵의 진단에 유용하게 이용될 수 있는 지를 알아보고자 하였다.방 법 :188명의 결핵환자(폐결핵 177명, 폐외결핵 11명)와 82명의 접촉자, 그리고 57명의 건강한 성인을 대상으로 하였으며, 연구대상자의 혈청을 이용하여 Xeniss Rapid TB kit의 민감도, 특이도, 양성예측율, 그리고 음성예측율을 조사하였다. 결 과 : 전체적인 민감도는 73.9%, 특이도 81.3%, 양상예측율 84.2%, 그리고 음성예측율은 85.8%였다. 진단시점부터 검사시점간의 시간간격에 따라서는 1개월 이내에서 61.5%로 가장 낮고 점차 증가하여 4-6개월 시점에 94.4%로 가장 높았으며 이후 점차 감소하여 12개월 이상 경과한 시점에서는 67.4%의 양성반응율을 보였다. 페외결핵 환자(90.9%)에서는 폐결핵 환자(72.8%)보다 양성반응율이 높았다. 객담도말양성 (76.2 대 68.4%), 방사선 사진상 중증 (79.3 대 63.3%), 공동성 병소(75.7 대 70.0%), 과거 치료력 (76.3 대 73.3%)이 있는 환자군에서 상대적으로 높은 양성반응율을 보였으며, 당뇨병을 동반한 환자군(69.0 대 74.8%)과 노인환자군(68.l 대 100%)에서는 상대적으로 낮은 양성반응율을 보였다. 건강성인군 7.0%, 환자가족군 17.5%에 비해 병원직원군에서 57.9%의 양성반응율을 보여 활동성 결핵환자와 장기간 지속적으로 접촉한 군에서 높은 양성반응율을 보였다. 결 론 : Xeniss Rapid TB kit는 신속하고 간편하며, 민감도와 특이도가 비교적 높고 특히, 폐외결핵에서는 높은 양성반응율을 보여 폐결핵, 폐외결핵, 그리고 감염자의 진단에 보조적 검사법으로 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.513-518
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• 2009

목적: 관상동맥질환은 치료법이 개발되어 있는 매우 치명적인 질환이므로 빠른 진단과 치료방법의 결정 및 재발이나 앞으로의 위험성에 대한 평가가 중요하다. 최근에는 병태생리를 반영하는 심근관류 SPECT와 해부학적 영상인 CT의 퓨전 영상에 대한 기대가 증가되고 있다. 저자들은 심근관류 SPECT에서 가역적인 관류 변화가 있었던 환자에서 퓨전영상의 유용성에 대하여 후향적 분석을 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 다기관 공동 연구로 전국 5개 대학 병원에서 48명의 환자(남:녀=26:22, 나이: $63.3{\pm}10.4$ 세)를 대상으로 하였다. 환자들은 아데노신 약물부하로 Tc-99m 세스타미비 혹은 테트로포스민을 이용하여 휴식기 및 부하기 심근관류 SPECT와 64채널 다중검출 CT를 이용하여 CTA를 시행하였으며, 소프트웨어(CardIQ, GE healthcare)로 두 영상을 퓨전하여 두 검사의 진단 정확도를 비교하였다. 결과: 48명의 환자를 대상으로 144개의 관상동맥에 대하여 분석하였다. 이들 중에서 단일 혈관 질환 환자가 17명, 두혈관 질환 환자가 15명, 세혈관 질환 환자가 11명, 유의한 협착이 없는 환자가 3명이었고, 2명의 환자에서 좌측 주관상동맥의 협착이 발견되었다. 좌측 주관상동맥에 협착이 있었던 2명을 제외하고, 관상동맥의 협착을 진단하는데에 있어 심근관류 SPECT는 민감도 68.8%, 특이도 70.7%이었으며, 퓨전영상은 각각 82.5%, 79.3%, 이었고, 두 검사의 진단 정확도에는 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 퓨전영상에서는 좌측 주관상동맥의 협착을 포함하여 전체 82개의 협착 혈관 중 68개의 협착을 진단하였고, 심근관류 SPECT만으로 분석할 때보다 11개의 협착 병변을 추가로 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 애매한 관류저하를 보였던 3개의 관류저하 부위를 허혈 병변에서 제외할 수 있었으며, 4개의 병변은 관류저하를 유발하는 관상동맥을 수정하였다. 3개의 허혈 병변에 대하여서는 허혈 관련 병변 분절을 정확하게 국소화할 수 있었다. 결론: 심근 관류 SPECT와 CTA의 3차원 퓨전 영상은 관상동맥 질환의 병태생리를 포괄적으로 이해할 수 있도록 도움을 주고, 진단의 정확도를 높일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.459-467
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• 2009

목적: ML-EM (The maximum likelihood-expectation maximization) 기법은 방출과 검출 과정에 대한 통계학적 모델에 기반한 재구성 알고리즘이다. ML-EM은 결과 영상의 정확성과 유용성에 있어 많은 이점이 있는 반면 반복적인 계산과 방대한 작업량 때문에 CPU(central processing unit)로 처리할 때 상당한 연산시간이 소요되었다. 본 연구에서는 GPU(graphic processing unit)의 병렬 처리 기술을 ML-EM 알고리즘에 적용하여 영상을 재구성하였다. 대상 및 방법: 엔비디아사(社)의 CUDA 기술을 이용하여 ML-EM 알고리즘의 투사 및 역투사 과정을 병렬화 전략을 구상하였으며 Geforce 9800 GTX+ 그래픽 카드를 이용하여 병렬화 연산을 수행하여 기존의 단일 CPU기반 연산법과 비교하였다. 각 반복횟수마다 투사 및 역투사 과정에 걸리는 총 지연 시간과 퍼센트 오차(percent error)를 측정하였다. 총 지연 시간에는 RAM과 GPU 메모리 간의 데이터 전송 지연 시간도 포함하였다. 결과: 모든 반복횟수에 대해 CPU 기반 ML-EM 알고리즘보다 GPU 기반 알고리즘이 더 빠른 성능을 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 단일 CPU 및 GPU 기반 ML-EM의 32번 반복연산에 있어 각각 3.83초와 0.26초가 걸렸으며 GPU의 병렬연산의 경우 15배 정도의 개선된 성능을 보였다. 반복횟수가 1024까지 증가하였을 경우, CPU와 GPU 기반 알고리즘은 각각 18분과 8초의 연산시간이 걸렸다. GPU 기반 알고리즘이 약 135배 빠른 처리속도를 보였는데 이는 단일 CPU 계산이 특정 반복횟수 이후 나타나는 시간 지연에 따른 것이다. 결과적으로, GPU 기반 계산이 더 작은 편차와 빠른 속도를 보였다. 결론: ML-EM 알고리즘에 기초한 GPU기반 병렬 계산이 처리 속도와 안정성을 더 증진시킴을 확인하였으며 이를 활용해 다른 영상 재구성 알고리즘에도 적용시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 섬유기술과 산업
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.490-508
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• 1998

One of the latest fields of research in the area of output devices is tactual display devices [13,31]. These tactual or haptic devices allow the user to receive haptic feedback output from a variety of sources. This allows the user to actually feel virtual objects and manipulate them by touch. This is an emerging technology and will be instrumental in enhancing the realism of wearable augmented environments for certain applications. Tactual displays have previously been used for scientific visualization in virtual environments by chemists and engineers to improve perception and understanding of force fields and of world models populated with the impenetrable. In addition to tactual displays, the use of wearable audio displays that allow sound to be spatialized are being developed. With wearable computers, designers will soon be able to pair spatialized sound to virtual representations of objects when appropriate to make the wearable computer experience even more realistic to the user. Furthermore, as the number and complexity of wearable computing applications continues to grow, there will be increasing needs for systems that are faster, lighter, and have higher resolution displays. Better networking technology will also need to be developed to allow all users of wearable computers to have high bandwidth connections for real time information gathering and collaboration. In addition to the technology advances that make users need to wear computers in everyday life, there is also the desire to have users want to wear their computers. In order to do this, wearable computing needs to be unobtrusive and socially acceptable. By making wearables smaller and lighter, or actually embedding them in clothing, users can conceal them easily and wear them comfortably. The military is currently working on the development of the Personal Information Carrier (PIC) or digital dog tag. The PIC is a small electronic storage device containing medical information about the wearer. While old military dog tags contained only 5 lines of information, the digital tags may contain volumes of multi-media information including medical history, X-rays, and cardiograms. Using hand held devices in the field, medics would be able to call this information up in real time for better treatment. A fully functional transmittable device is still years off, but this technology once developed in the military, could be adapted tp civilian users and provide ant information, medical or otherwise, in a portable, not obstructive, and fashionable way. Another future device that could increase safety and well being of its users is the nose on-a-chip developed by the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee. This tiny digital silicon chip about the size of a dime, is capable of 'smelling' natural gas leaks in stoves, heaters, and other appliances. It can also detect dangerous levels of carbon monoxide. This device can also be configured to notify the fire department when a leak is detected. This nose chip should be commercially available within 2 years, and is inexpensive, requires low power, and is very sensitive. Along with gas detection capabilities, this device may someday also be configured to detect smoke and other harmful gases. By embedding this chip into workers uniforms, name tags, etc., this could be a lifesaving computational accessory. In addition to the future safety technology soon to be available as accessories are devices that are for entertainment and security. The LCI computer group is developing a Smartpen, that electronically verifies a user's signature. With the increase in credit card use and the rise in forgeries, is the need for commercial industries to constantly verify signatures. This Smartpen writes like a normal pen but uses sensors to detect the motion of the pen as the user signs their name to authenticate the signature. This computational accessory should be available in 1999, and would bring increased peace of mind to consumers and vendors alike. In the entertainment domain, Panasonic is creating the first portable hand-held DVD player. This device weight less than 3 pounds and has a screen about 6' across. The color LCD has the same 16:9 aspect ratio of a cinema screen and supports a high resolution of 280,000 pixels and stereo sound. The player can play standard DVD movies and has a hour battery life for mobile use. To summarize, in this paper we presented concepts related to the design and use of wearable computers with extensions to smart spaces. For some time, researchers in telerobotics have used computer graphics to enhance remote scenes. Recent advances in augmented reality displays make it possible to enhance the user's local environment with 'information'. As shown in this paper, there are many application areas for this technology such as medicine, manufacturing, training, and recreation. Wearable computers allow a much closer association of information with the user. By embedding sensors in the wearable to allow it to see what the user sees, hear what the user hears, sense the user's physical state, and analyze what the user is typing, an intelligent agent may be able to analyze what the user is doing and try to predict the resources he will need next or in the near future. Using this information, the agent may download files, reserve communications bandwidth, post reminders, or automatically send updates to colleagues to help facilitate the user's daily interactions. This intelligent wearable computer would be able to act as a personal assistant, who is always around, knows the user's personal preferences and tastes, and tries to streamline interactions with the rest of the world.

• 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.