• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.131-157
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• 2012

현재 치열한 경쟁상황 속에서 기업들은 소비자들이 다른 대안으로 전환하는 것을 막기 위한 다양한 전략들을 실행하고 있으며, 이 중에서 전환장벽을 이용하는 전략은 고객유지와 관련해 매우 효과적인 것으로 알려져 있다. 하지만 전환 장벽으로 인해 새로운 대안으로 바꾸지 못하고 현재 서비스제공자와의 관계를 유지해야 하는 소비자 입장에서도 전환장벽이 긍정적일 것인가? 심리적 반작용이론에 의하면, 사람들은 어떤 자유가 위협받거나 제거될 때, 그 자유를 되찾는 방향으로 동기부여 되거나 어떤 부정적 반응을 보일 수 있다고 하였다. 전환장벽 역시 전환의 자유를 제약한다는 점에서 소비자의 부정적 반응을 유발할 수 있으므로, 본 연구는 전환장벽으로 인해 다른 대안을 단념해야 하는 상황에서 소비자가 경험할 수 있는 부정적 심리 반응과 그에 영향을 주는 변수들에 초점을 맞춘다. 연구가설에서, 부정적 심리반응에는 '이전선택에 대한 후회', '현재 제공자에 대한 원망', '좌절된 제공자에 대한 열망'을 포함하였으며, 전환좌절 상황의 특성-'좌절된 대안의 매력성', '전환 장벽의 심각성'-이 이러한 반응들에 영향을 줄 것으로 가정하였다. 그리고 이러한 전환 좌절상황의 특성이 주는 부정적 영향은 현재까지 해당 제공자로부터 받은 대우에 따라서 달라질 것으로 보고 지각된 공정성을 조절변수로 추가하였다. 연구 결과 전환좌절상황의 특성과 부정적 심리반응의 관계는 모두 지지된 반면, 지각된 공정성의 조절효과는 대부분의 관계를 상호작용 공정성이 조절하는 것으로 나타나 일부만이 지지 되었다. 이러한 결과는 전환 장벽의 긍정적 측면에만 영향을 밝혀온 기존 연구의 한계점보완하고 있으며 그에 따른 이론적 실무적 시사점을 제공해준다.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.721-741
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• 2007

조선시대 (1400년대부터${\sim}$1900년대)까지 고조리서와 고문헌 50권을 위주로 밥류를 분류하여 그 종류와, 사용된 식품재료, 조리방법을 분석 고찰한 결과 전체적인 내용의 요약은 다음과 같다. 1. 밥류의 종류 밥의 종류로는 쌀만으로 조리한 밥이 1종, 찹쌀로 조리한 제밥이 1종류, 잡곡류와 견과류 등을 섞어 조리한 목맥반(메밀밥), 소맥반(밀밥), 조밥, 기장밥, 율무밥, 현미밥, 보리밥, 잡곡밥, 팥물밥, 팥밥, 콩밥, 별밥, 밤밥 등이 13종류이었다. 야채류와 꽃, 과일류 등과 약초, 한약재료를 함께 섞어 조리한 밥은 청전반, 오반, 복숭아밥, 검은색밥, 황국감초밥, 연근밥, 옥정밥, 고구마밥, 두부밥, 삼씨밥, 도라지밥, 감자밥, 송이밥, 죽실밥 등 12종류 이었다. 조류, 육류, 어패류, 우유를 재료로 섞어 한그릇용으로 조리한 밥은 황탕, 개장국밥, 장국밥, 굴밥, 김치밥, 추사반, 비빔밥 등 7종류로 분석한 밥의 종류는 총 34종류이었다. 2) 조선시대 밥류의 취급율 변화추이 밥류 취급율은 1500년대 18.5%(17종)으로 가장 높았고, 1600년대 9.7%(11종), 1700년대 6.6%(4종)으로 급격히 감소하다가 1800년대 18.5%(17종), 1900년대 15.4%(16종)으로 다소 증가하였다. 2. 밥류에 사용된 식품재료 밥류에 사용된 식품재료로 잡곡류는 23종류, 견과류는 5종류, 육류는 11종류가 사용되었고 생선류는 6종류, 채소류는 35종류이며 과일류는 2종류로 배와 복숭아를 사용하였다. 밥이기 때문인지 마늘은 사용되지 않았다. 3. 밥류의 조리방법 쌀밥은 물을 먼저 펄펄 끓인 후 쌀을 넣어 조리하였고, 잡곡류는 낱알이 큰 것을 부수거나 물에 침지하였으며, 견과류, 서류, 구근류, 과일 등도 잘게 썰어 사용하였다. 치료식으로 한약재료는 물에 우리거나 삶았고, 육류는 푹삶아 육수에 밥을 하였다. 비빔밥은 되게 밥을 조리하여 나물과 밥을 일부 비빈후에 웃기로 얹었다. (1) 쌀밥은 물을 먼저 끓이다 쌀을 넣고 펄펄 끓여 된밥으로 조리하였다. 육수에 쌀을 넣고 밥을 조리하기도 하였으며, 찰밥은 제사밥으로 시루에 조리하였다. (2) 잡곡밥은 메밀, 보리, 율무 등을 사용하여 물에 곡식알이 큰것(콩)부터 미리 담가 삶거나 잘게 부숴 조리하였다. 팥등은 미리 삶거나 두쪽으로 조개 솥밑바닥에 깔았으며 대추나 밤은 세쪽으로 자른 후 물을 많이 붓고 기타재료를 섞어 밥을 하였다. 3) 국밥등은 말린국화 황국을 우려내 쌀을 넣고 밥을 조리하였으며, 국밥은 고기류와 뼈등을 푹삶아 육수에 밥을 말아 고기와 나물로 웃기를 얹었다. 굴밥등은 밥이 반쯤 익으면 재료를 미리 볶거나 씻어 넣고 조리하였다. 4) 비빔밥은 먼저 쌀로 밥을 되직하게 조리한 후 나물을 미리 밥과 슬쩍 비비다가 밥위에 나물과 웃기, 고명을 얹고 고추가루를 뿌렸다. 5) 남촉잎 등은 삶아 냉각후 쌀로 밥을 조리하였으며, 남촉줄기와 잎은 찧어 즙내 쌀로 밥을 조리하였다. 복숭아 연근 고구마는 잘게 썰어 쌀이 반쯤 익으면 함께 넣고 도라지는 물에 우려 푹 삶았고, 감자, 송이 등은 잘게 썰어 쌀과 함께 밥을 조리하였다. 4. 약선 음식조리방법 약선음식의 재료는 평상시 식생활에 사용되고 있던 식품들의 기능성분과 약이성을 이용하여 만성적인 질병과 급성적인 복통 설사 등에 재료의 전처리를 통해 죽으로 많이 이용하였다. 특히 곡류 등은 갈아 수비하여 이용하였으며, 동물성식품재료를 이용 할 때에는 재료를 만화(중간불)로 오랫동안 끓여 된장이나 향신료 등을 함께 사용해 먹기에 수월하게 조리하였으며, 한약재료인 약초류 등을 이용하였는데 오랫동안 푹 삶아 그물에 곡류 등을 넣어 죽이나 밥으로 조리하였으며 면으로도 조리하였다. 이상과 같이 조선시대 주식류의 종류 및 조리방법에 대한 문헌적 고찰을 분석한 결과로 조선시대로부터 현재까지 주식류의 변천과정을 파악할 수 있었으며 새롭게 문헌으로라도 복원된 전통음식인 주식류의 음식을 국민들이 식생활에 응용하여 건강에 도움이 되길 바란다. 또한 후속연구로서 이러한 문헌의 고찰과 분석 결과를 토대로 하여 더 깊이 있는 연구로 학문 발전을 기대한다. 산업현장에서는 과학적인 실험과 표준화된 메뉴개발을 통하여 전통음식을 상품으로 개발하여 국민건강에 도움을 주며, 전통음식문화를 세계화하는데 자료로 활용되어 경제발전에 기여할 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.110-116
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 최근 개체수가 급격히 감소하고 있는 여름어리표범나비의 생태를 복원하기 위한 기초자료를 마련하고자 서식지에서의 생태를 확인하였으며, 인공사육을 통해 생태적 특성을 구명하고자 하였다. 여름어리표범나비의 서식지는 최근에 발견된 바 있는 강원도 인제와 전라남도 진도지역을 조사하였으며, 성충의 활동시기인 2012년 6 ~ 8월경 4회에 걸쳐 조사를 진행하였으며, 진도 지역에서 약 100마리 이상의 대형 군체가 확인되었다. 진도 지역의 서식지에서는 기주식물인 수염며느리밥풀(Melampyrum roseum var. japonicum)이 대규모로 자생하고 있는 것을 확인하였으며, 인제 지역에서는 국내에 기주식물로 알려진 냉초(Veronicastrum sibiricum)를 확인할 수 있었다. 기주식물에서 알이나 애벌레, 번데기를 확인하지는 못하였다. 여름어리표범나비의 생육특성을 조사하기 위하여 중부지방의 서식지에서 자생하는 냉초(Veronicastrum sibiricum)를 기주식물로 이용하였으며, 진도의 서식지에서 인공사육 실험을 위한 모충으로 암컷 3마리를 채집하여 사육실험을 진행하였다. 기주식물 화분에 망을 씌우고 암컷 개체 1마리씩을 넣어 채란을 받았다. 총 산란량은 465개였으며, 암컷 한 마리당 산란량은 120 ~ 186개로 나타났다. 알은 한 곳에 무더기로 낳아 난괴를 형성하는 특징이 있으며, 알의 크기는 직경 0.6 mm, 높이 0.7 mm로 구형에 가깝다. 120개의 알이 산란된 난괴를 대상으로 생육특성을 조사한 결과 산란된 알은 $9.96{\pm}0.4$일이 경과한 후 부화하였으며, 부화율은 95.0%였다. 부화한 애벌레는 1령 기간이 $4.1{\pm}0.6$일, 2령 $12.1{\pm}1.0$일, 3령 $8.1{\pm}0.7$일로 나타났다. 4령 애벌레는 활동이 둔해지면서 스스로 실을 내어 기주식물 잎을 둥글게 말은 후 그 속에서 집단으로 모여 있다가, 그 상태로 겨울을 나는 것으로 나타났다. 이른 봄(3월 초)에 깨어난 애벌레는 주변을 배회하다 먹이식물의 새싹이 나오면 먹이식물로 이동하여 먹이식물을 섭식한다. 큰개불알풀이나 질경이에 대한 먹이식물 이용 가능성을 조사한 결과 월동이후의 4령 애벌레부터는 정상적으로 섭식하고 자라는 것을 확인하였으며, 2차년도에 질경이를 이용한 사육시에는 산란은 하였으나 부화한 1령 애벌레가 모두 폐사하여 추가 실험이 불가능하였다. 큰개불알풀에서는 산란여부를 확인하지 못하였으며, 1령 애벌레를 이동시켜 사육실험을 진행하였으나 1령 애벌레시기에 모두 폐사하였다. 여름어리표범나비는 6회의 탈피를 통해 총 7령까지 성장하고, 4령 애벌레는 월동기간을 포함하여 $239.2{\pm}10.9$일, 5령 기간은 $12.3{\pm}1.3$일, 6령 기간은 $17.1{\pm}1.1$일, 7령 기간은 $10.5{\pm}1.0$일로 나타났으며, 총 애벌레 기간이 무려 $303.4{\pm}14.0$일에 이른다. 탈피각을 통해 애벌레의 두폭을 확인한 결과 1령이$0.28{\pm}0.02mm$, 2령 $0.45{\pm}0.02mm$, 3령이 $0.58{\pm}0.02mm$, 4령이 $0.75{\pm}0.03mm$, 5령이 $0.89{\pm}0.05mm$, 6령이 $1.23{\pm}0.06mm$, 7령이 $2.13{\pm}0.11mm$로 나타났다. 7령 말기의 애벌레는 약 2일간의 전용기간을 거친 후 먹이식물의 줄기나 주변의 식물에서 번데기가 된다. 번데기의 크기는 약 13 mm였으며 용화율은 약 92.0%로 나타났다. $9.1{\pm}1.6$일간의 번데기 기간을 거친 후 성충으로 우화하였으며, 우화율은 88.6%였다. 본 실험 결과 여름어리표범나비의 인공사육이 가능한 것으로 나타났으나, 애벌레 기간이 길고 1세대가 1년에 걸쳐 이루어지는 등의 단점으로 인해 대량사육에는 어려움이 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 여름어리표범나비의 멸종을 막기 위해서는 향후 지속적인 증식과 서식지 복원 및 보존을 위한 노력이 따라야 할 것으로 보인다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-23
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• 1975

자연계의 유화광물(硫化鑛物) 산출상태(産出狀態)를 보면 Stannite는 Chalcopyrite나 Sphalerite등의 유화광물(硫化鑛物)과 수반(隨伴)이 잘 되며 Kesterite와는 넓은범위에걸친 고용체(固溶體)를 형성한다. 따라서 이러한 수반현상(隨伴現象)에 따르는 지질학적(地質學的) 관계가 광상생성조건(鑛床生成條件), 특(特)히 그 온도(溫度)에 대한 지시물(指示物)로서 활용가능성이 인정되고 있다. 그러나 자연계의 광물수반(鑛物隨伴) 및 공생관계(共生關係)의 연구자료는 극히 제한되어있으므로 광물생성(鑛物生成)에 대한 물리화학적물(物理化學的) 조건(條件)의 구명(究明)은 현대식 장비로 조직적인 실험을 통해서만 가능하다. 본연구에서는 광상생성(鑛床生成)의 온도를 변수로 택하고 순수한 Stannite-Sphalerite계(系)에 대한 상평충관계(相平衝關係)를 구명하고 이계(系)에 미치는 불순물(不純物)(자연계에서 가장 흔히 은반(隱伴)되는 FeS)과 압력(壓力)(5kb)의 영향에 대한 실험을 실시하였다. 먼저 두 시작물질(始作物質)(Stannite와 Sphaleite) 을 합성(合成)하고 이들의 일정(一定)한 동량비(童量比)의 혼합을 석영관(石英管)속에 넣어 진공밀폐하고 이것을 실험시료(實驗試料)로서 $400^{\circ}C$에서부터 용융온도까지 일정온도로 유지시킨 Horirgontal Furnace에서 가숙반응(加熟反應)시켰다. 대부분의 가험시료(家驗試料)는 가숙반응(加熟反應)을 촉진시키기위하여 재혼합(再混合)하였다. 평충(平衝)에 도달된 실험시료(實驗試料)는 급냉(急冷)하여 ore-microscope, X-ray diffractometer 및 DTA로 상평충관계(相平衝關係)를 검토하였다. 1. 순수한 Stannite-Sphalerite계(系); Stannite의 결정(結晶) 온도가 상승하면 $706{\pm}5^{\circ}C$에서 정방형(正方型)(${\beta}-stannite$)에서 제보형(第輔型)(${\alpha}-stannite$)으로 변이(變移)하고 $867{\pm}5^{\circ}C$에서 용융한다. Sphalerite는 온도가 상승하면 등축형(等軸型)(${\beta}-ZnS$) 에서 육방형(六方型)(${\alpha}-ZnS$)인 wurtzite로 변이(變移)한다. 상기(上記) 양변이(兩變移)는 호변(互變)(enantiotropy) 이다. 본계는 양광물(兩鑛物)의 공존구역(共存區域)의임계온도인 약 $870{\pm}5^{\circ}C$에서 solidus temperature까지 완전고용체(完全固溶體)를 형성하며 온도가 더욱 상승하면 고용체(固溶體)는 용융하기 시작한다. ${\alpha}-stannite$는 sphalerite의 함량이 증가할수록 용융온도가 상승하여 stannite 9wt.% sphalerite 91wt%에서 최고, $1074{\pm}3^{\circ}C$ (peritectic)에 도달한다. 이 온도에서 wurtzite는 ${\alpha}-stannite$들 5%만 함유하고 그 함량이 감소되면 용융온도는 상승한다. stannite의 변이온도(變移溫度)는 용융온도와는 반대로 sphalerite의 함랑이 고용체(固溶體)중에서 증가할수록 하강하여 ${\alpha}-stannite$ 87wt.%, sphalerite 13wt.%에서 $614{\pm}5^{\circ}C$ (eutectoid)로 하강한다. 이 온도에서 ${\beta}-stannite$는 sphalerite를 10% 함유한다. 온도가 계속 하강하면 ${\beta}-stannite$와 sphalerite의 상호(고용량(固溶量))은 각각 감소하기 시작한다. 2. 불순물 (FeS)의 영향 ; 순수한 계(系)의 eutectoid temperature는 FeS가 5%, 10%로 증가함에따라 $614{\pm}7^{\circ}C$에서 $695{\pm}5^{\circ}C$, $700{\pm}5^{\circ}C$로 상승하고 peritectic temperature는 $1074{\pm}3^{\circ}C$에서 $1036{\pm}3^{\circ}C$, $987{\pm}3^{\circ}C$로 하강한다. 그리고 순수한 계(系)의 upper binary region(${\alpha}-stannite+sphalerite$)이 non-binary region으로 점차로 변화한다. 3. 순수한 계(系)에대한 경력(慶力) (5kb)의 영향. stannite는 condensed system에서 sphalerite의 함량증가로인하여 변이온도(變移溫度)가 $614{\pm}5^{\circ}C$까지 하강하나 onfining presstle (Ekb)하(下)에서는 이보다 약 $600^{\circ}C$ 더 높은 $675{\pm}10^{\circ}C$까지 밖에 하강하지 않는다. 그리고 ${\beta}-stannite$의 sphalerite 고용량(固溶量)도 eutectoid temperature에서는 condensed system의 경우와 비슷하나 온도가 하강하면 현저한 감소를 보이고 sphalerite에서의 stannite의 고용량(固溶量)의 극히 적다. 완전고용체(完全固溶體)가 stannite와 sphalerte사이에 존재하는 반면 upper binary region의 온도범위가 좁아진다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-25
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• 1982

우리나라 남서부에 위치한 대표적 인공호인 옥정호에서 1980년 5월부터 1981년 8월까지 16개월 동안 매월 호소의 이화학적 요인들과 동식물 Plankton의 계절적 변동과 수직적 변동, 그리고 어류상 등을 조사하여 종합적인 육수생물학식 연구를 시행하였다. 표층수의 수온은 8월에 최고 $28.2^{\circ}C$, 1월과 2월에 최저 $3.5^{\circ}C$였다. 저층인 수신 40m 깊이의 수온은 9월이 최고 $8.5^{\circ}C$, 2월에 최저 $3.5^{\circ}C$로서 그 차이는 $5^{\circ}C$였다. 수온 만화에 따른 수온 탁층의 분포 및 수직 안정도를 보면 11월부터 3월까지 저수온기에는 완전 수직혼합이 일어나며 2월에는 표층에서 저층까지 모두 $3.5^{\circ}C$였다. 4월부터 6월까지 표층수 수온의 상승으로 인하여 표층부터 l0m 수신의 층까지에 걸쳐 양층이 형성되며, l0m 이하의 저층수는 $5.6\sim7.1^{\circ}C$의 범위로 성층이 생겼다. 고수온의 표층은 점점 깊어져 $7\sim10$월에는 $15\sim25m$ 수신에 수온탁층이 형성되어 수직 혼합이 일어나는 표층과 안정된 저층으로 구분되었다. 8월의 표층수는 $28.2^{\circ}C$, 저층수온도 상당히 상승되어 9월에는 $8.5^{\circ}C$까지 상승하여 호수의 혼합이 의외로 큰 것을 알 수 있었다. pH의 년중변화는 표층에서 6.8(1월)$\sim$9.0(8월)의 범위이며, 중층에서는 $6.5\sim7.0$, 저층에서는 $6.0\sim7.5$ 였다. DO는 년중 보화상태였고, 저수온기인 겨울철에는 약간 과보화 상태였으며, 년중 각 DO의 약층은 나타나지 않아, 저층까지 DO양은 비교적 높았다. 투명도는 최고가 2월에 4.6m 였고, 최저가 8월에 1.7m 였으며 1980년 8월의 예비조사시에도 8월에 0.9m로 조사기간중 최하였다. 이렇게 낮은 투명도는 이 때 최대로 번모한 Anabaena spiroides, Melosira granulata 등 때문인 것으로 생각된다. 염소양, 지산태 지소, COD, 인산염의 분석결과는 1980년의 값에 비하여 1931년의 값이 다소 증가된 경향을 보인다. 또 칼슘, Mg, Fe와 같은 무기물질들의 분석결과로 보아 옥정호의 수질은 연수로 평가되었고 크룸이나 수은과 같은 중금속물질들도 극히 미양 검출되었다. 조사기관신 본 호에서 채집된 Plankton의 출현종은 모두 7과 72속 107종이었다. 그 중 Phytoplankton은 Cyanophyta가 12종, Bacillariophyta 19종, Chlorophyta 23종이었고, Zooplankton은 Protozoa14종, Rotifera 29종, Cladocera 4종, Copepoda 6종이었다. Phytoplankton의 생산은 $7\sim10$월의 대번식(Peak는 10월 $1,504\times10^3\;cells/l$)과 $1\sim4$월의 소번식(Peak2월 $236\times10^3\;cells/l$)의 2회의 Peak를 나타냈다. Phytoplankton의 종 조성 만화의 양상을 보면 Melosira granulata, Anabaena spiroides와 같이 고수온기인 $7\sim10$월에 번무하는 무리, Asterionella gracillima, Synedra acus, S. ulna와 같이 저수온기에 다양 출현하여 겨울철에 번무하는 무리, 그리고 Microcystis aeruginosa, Ankistrodesmus falcatus와 같이 소양씩 주년 출현하는 세 무리로 대별할 수 있다. Zooplankton의 종 조성 및 출현 양상을 보면 주요 종들은 Thermocyclops taihokuensis, Difflugia corona, Bosmina longirostris, Bosminopsis deitersi, Keratella quadrata, Asplanchna priodonta, A. herricki 등이며, 이들은 $10\sim11$월부터 익년 2월 혹은 4월까지의 저수온기에 출현이 없거나 있어도 매우 적었다. 수직 일견변동은 주로 Microcystis aeruginosa, M. incerta, Anabaena spiroides, Melosira granulata, Bosmina longirstris에 의하여 나타났다. 특히 M. granulata는 일몰과 더불어 저층으로 밀집하는 이동을 했으며 B. longirostris는 일몰과 더불어 표층으로 부상하고 일출과 더불어 전 수층에 확산되는 양상을 보였다. 본 호에서 채집된 어류는 10과 31속 41종이었다. 그 중 Pseudoperilampus uyekii와 Coreoleuciscus splendidus를 포함한 13종의 어류는 한국 특산종으로 우리나라의 다른 호소들에 비하여 어류상이 다양하였다.

• 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.

• 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.