• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제100권2호
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• pp.292-304
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• 2011

본 연구는 우리나라의 벌채제도와 외국의 벌채제도를 비교하여 입목벌채 허가제도 개선에 관한 시사점을 도출하는 한편, 벌채업무 담당 그룹(공무원)과 목재벌채 실행그룹(산림소유자, 벌채업자, 산림조합, 산림법인)을 대상으로 입목벌채 제도에 대한 인식 및 활성화 요인 등에 관한 설문조사를 실시하여 제도 개선에 필요한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 수행되었다. 독일과 일본의 벌채제도를 분석한 결과, 산림의 다양한 기능발휘를 저해 할 수 있는 개벌 면적은 축소하고 있는 추세이며, 벌채기준으로 획일적인 벌기령을 적용하지 않고 지역 산림여건을 감안하는 유연한 산림시업의 표준으로서 벌기령을 활용하는 한편, 벌채 후 갱신확보를 위해 지역에 맞는 적절한 갱신방법을 제시하는 벌채제도를 운용한다는 시사점을 도출하였다. 입목벌채 허가제도에 대한 인식 및 활성화 요인 등에 관해 벌채업무 담당 공무원 그룹과 목재벌채 실행그룹을 대상으로 한 설문조사 분석결과, 기준 벌기령은 벌채업무 담당그룹 만이 소나무(3.13)와 삼나무(3.05)의 벌기령이 적정하다는 인식을 보였고 기타 수종의 벌기령은 하향 조정해야 한다는 의견을 보였다. 개벌면적에 대해서는 1 벌구 5 ha 이내, 최대 합계면적 30 ha 한도 기준에 대해서는 벌채 업자와 산림법인 그룹만이 현행보다 확대가 필요하다는 인식을 나타냈다. 현행 벌채제도에 대한 활성화 요인으로는 벌채면적의 확대, 시설지원, 기술교육의 강화, 장비지원 확대, 행정 간소화, 다양한 혜택 부여 등이 제시되었는데, 기술교육 강화가 집단 간의 인식 차이에서 유의수준이 가장 낮게 나타났다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.365-373
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• 1998

목적: 일반 감마카메라는 그 크기(${\sim}500mm$ 폭)가 전신영상 획득에 적합하도록 설계되어있어 유방영상 획득에는 비 이상적이다. 이 연구의 목적은 물리적 영상 저하요인인 배후 방사능과 광자감쇠 효과를 최소화하여 높은 공간분해능과 시스템 민감도를 가지며 유방영상에 적합하도록 소형화된 저가-고성능유방암 진단전용 소형 감마카메라 개발이다. 대상 및 방법: 크기가 $60 mm{\times}60 mm{\times}6 mm$인 NaI(T1) 섬광결정을 위치민감형 광전자증배관에 접합시켜 감마선 측정신호인 $X^+,\;X^-,\;Y^+,\;Y^-$를 얻은 다음, 증폭기 등을 포함한 전자회로(nuclear instrument modules, NIM)를 통하여 검출기로부터 발생하는 위치신호와 트리거 신호를 처리하였다. 이 신호들을 아날로그-디지털 변환기와 앵거로직을 사용하여 분석한 후 감마카메라 영상을 구성하여 일반 개인용컴퓨터에 표현하는 시스템을 개발하였다. 개발된 감마카메라의 1차적인 성능을 평가하기 위해 Tc-99m 점선원을 이용하여 내인성 계수율과 플러드 영상을 획득하였다. 또한 일정간격의 구멍이 있는 구멍 마스크와 직경 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 mm 크기의 구모양에 방사능 용액을 채울 수 있는 유방모형을 제작하여 평행구멍형조준기를 장착하고 영상을 획득하였다. 결과: 개발된 감마카메라는 약 $8{\times}10^3 counts/sec/{\mu}Ci$의 계수율을 보였으며, 공간왜곡은 관찰되나 양질의 플러드 영상과 구멍 마스크 영상을 획득할 수 있었고, 유방모형에 위치한 방사능 분포를 정확하게 영상화할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 최소 2 mm의 방사능 위치를 판별할 수 있는 영상을 획득하였다. 결론: NaI(T1)-위치민감형 광전자증배관를 이용하여 유방영상에 적합한 소형감마카메라를 개발하였다. 추후 선형성, 장균일도 및 불응시간에 대한 보정 알고리즘을 완성하여 적용하고, 정상작동 여부를 검사하기 위한 정도관리 방법을 설정하면, 유방 신티그라피의 정확도를 높이는데 기여할 것이다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.33-56
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• 2017

위치기반서비스는 이동기기의 위치정보를 바탕으로 한 향상된 서비스로 최근 스마트폰을 활용한 모바일 응용프로그램에서 부각되고 있다. 하지만 이와 관련한 기술 및 서비스 개발에 비해 위치기반서비스의 사용의도에 관한 실증연구는 아직까지 부족하다. 또한 선행연구들은 어느 한 요인을 중심으로 단편적으로 수행되었으며 사용의도와의 직접적인 영향 관계에 대해 제시하지 못한 한계점을 가지고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 빠른 성장이 기대되는 위치기반서비스 시장에서 위치기반서비스 사용자의 위치기반서비스 수용의도 및 사용에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 관한 모델을 제시하였고 330명을 대상으로 하여 설문조사를 실시하여 이를 조사하였다. 자료를 분석한 결과 서비스 맞춤화, 서비스 품질과 개인적 혁신성은 위치기반서비스의 사용의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며 사용의도는 실제사용에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 위치기반서비스의 맥락 하에 서비스 맞춤화와 개인적 혁신성은 사생활보호염려에 영향을 미치지 않으며 사생활보호염려는 위치기반서비스 사용의도에도 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 실제로 위치기반서비스에서 사용자에게 요구되는 정보는 위치에 관한 정보로 금융거래에 관련한 정보에 비해 민감하지 않기 때문에 이러한 결과가 나왔다고 추측할 수 있으면 위치기반서비스 사용자들은 전자상거래와 같은 정보시스템 사용자들에 비해 사생활보호에 대해서 예민하게 받아들이기 보다는 위치기반서비스 사용의 이점을 더 중시한다고 이해할 수 있다. 위치기반서비스의 맞춤화가 사용자의 사용의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 실증적 결과는 인공지능 등의 기술을 활용하여 사용자의 위치기반 서비스 사용 패턴을 분석함으로써 사용자의 정보수요 특성을 효과적으로 충족시켜줄 수 있는 맞춤화된 서비스의 제공으로 사용자의 사용의도를 강화시킬 수 있음을 시사하고 있다. 본 연구는 모바일 위치기반서비스 사용자의 사용의도와 실제사용에 미치는 요인들을 새롭게 다면적인 측면에서 실증적으로 조사하여 위치기반서비스와 관련하여 새로운 쟁점을 제시했으며 위치기반서비스 사용자의 사용의도와 실제사용에 대한 이해의 폭을 넓혔다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 또한 본 연구의 결과는 위치기반서비스 시장의 성장과 사용자들에 대한 효과적 대응 전략을 수립하는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-40
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• 1972

Much has teed changed in the field of hospital administration in the It wake of the rapid development of sciences, techniques ana systematic hospital management. However, we still have a long way to go in organization, in the quality of hospital employees and hospital equipment and facilities, and in financial support in order to achieve proper hospital management. The above factors greatly effect the ability of hospitals to fulfill their obligation in patient care and nursing services. The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal methods of standardization and quality nursing so as to improve present nursing services through investigations and analyses of various problems concerning nursing administration. This study has been undertaken during the six month period from October 1971 to March 1972. The 41 comprehensive hospitals have been selected iron amongst the 139 in the whole country. These have been categorized according-to the specific purposes of their establishment, such as 7 university hospitals, 18 national or public hospitals, 12 religious hospitals and 4 enterprise ones. The following conclusions have been acquired thus far from information obtained through interviews with nursing directors who are in charge of the nursing administration in each hospital, and further investigations concerning the purposes of establishment, the organization, personnel arrangements, working conditions, practices of service, and budgets of the nursing service department. 1. The nursing administration along with its activities in this country has been uncritical1y adopted from that of the developed countries. It is necessary for us to re-establish a new medical and nursing system which is adequate for our social environments through continuous study and research. 2. The survey shows that the 7 university hospitals were chiefly concerned with education, medical care and research; the 18 national or public hospitals with medical care, public health and charity work; the 2 religious hospitals with medical care, charity and missionary works; and the 4 enterprise hospitals with public health, medical care and charity works. In general, the main purposes of the hospitals were those of charity organizations in the pursuit of medical care, education and public benefits. 3. The survey shows that in general hospital facilities rate 64 per cent and medical care 60 per-cent against a 100 per cent optimum basis in accordance with the medical treatment law and approved criteria for training hospitals. In these respects, university hospitals have achieved the highest standards, followed by religious ones, enterprise ones, and national or public ones in that order. 4. The ages of nursing directors range from 30 to 50. The level of education achieved by most of the directors is that of graduation from a nursing technical high school and a three year nursing junior college; a very few have graduated from college or have taken graduate courses. 5. As for the career tenure of nurses in the hospitals: one-third of the nurses, or 38 per cent, have worked less than one year; those in the category of one year to two represent 24 pet cent. This means that a total of 62 per cent of the career nurses have been practicing their profession for less than two years. Career nurses with over 5 years experience number only 16 per cent: therefore the efficiency of nursing services has been rated very low. 6. As for the standard of education of the nurses: 62 per cent of them have taken a three year course of nursing in junior colleges, and 22 per cent in nursing technical high schools. College graduate nurses come up to only 15 per cent; and those with graduate course only 0.4 per cent. This indicates that most of the nurses are front nursing technical high schools and three year nursing junior colleges. Accordingly, it is advisable that nursing services be divided according to their functions, such as professional, technical nurses and nurse's aides. 7. The survey also shows that the purpose of nursing service administration in the hospitals has been regulated in writing in 74 per cent of the hospitals and not regulated in writing in 26 per cent of the hospitals. The general purposes of nursing are as follows: patient care, assistance in medical care and education. The main purpose of these nursing services is to establish proper operational and personnel management which focus on in-service education. 8. The nursing service departments belong to the medical departments in almost 60 per cent of the hospitals. Even though the nursing service department is formally separated, about 24 per cent of the hospitals regard it as a functional unit in the medical department. Only 5 per cent of the hospitals keep the department as a separate one. To the contrary, approximately 12 per cent of the hospitals have not established a nursing service department at all but surbodinate it to the other department. In this respect, it is required that a new hospital organization be made to acknowledge the independent function of the nursing department. In 76 per cent of the hospitals they have advisory committees under the nursing department, such as a dormitory self·regulating committee, an in-service education committee and a nursing procedure and policy committee. 9. Personnel arrangement and working conditions of nurses 1) The ratio of nurses to patients is as follows: In university hospitals, 1 to 2.9 for hospitalized patients and 1 to 4.0 for out-patients; in religious hospitals, 1 to 2.3 for hospitalized patients and 1 to 5.4 for out-patients. Grouped together this indicates that one nurse covers 2.2 hospitalized patients and 4.3 out-patients on a daily basis. The current medical treatment law stipulates that one nurse should care for 2.5 hospitalized patients or 30.0 out-patients. Therefore the statistics indicate that nursing services are being peformed with an insufficient number of nurses to cover out-patients. The current law concerns the minimum number of nurses and disregards the required number of nurses for operation rooms, recovery rooms, delivery rooms, new-born baby rooms, central supply rooms and emergency rooms. Accordingly, tile medical treatment law has been requested to be amended. 2) The ratio of doctors to nurses: In university hospitals, the ratio is 1 to 1.1; in national of public hospitals, 1 to 0.8; in religious hospitals 1 to 0.5; and in private hospitals 1 to 0.7. The average ratio is 1 to 0.8; generally the ideal ratio is 3 to 1. Since the number of doctors working in hospitals has been recently increasing, the nursing services have consequently teen overloaded, sacrificing the services to the patients. 3) The ratio of nurses to clerical staff is 1 to 0.4. However, the ideal ratio is 5 to 1, that is, 1 to 0.2. This means that clerical personnel far outnumber the nursing staff. 4) The ratio of nurses to nurse's-aides; The average 2.5 to 1 indicates that most of the nursing service are delegated to nurse's-aides owing to the shortage of registered nurses. This is the main cause of the deterioration in the quality of nursing services. It is a real problem in the guest for better nursing services that certain hospitals employ a disproportionate number of nurse's-aides in order to meet financial requirements. 5) As for the working conditions, most of hospitals employ a three-shift day with 8 hours of duty each. However, certain hospitals still use two shifts a day. 6) As for the working environment, most of the hospitals lack welfare and hygienic facilities. 7) The salary basis is the highest in the private university hospitals, with enterprise hospitals next and religious hospitals and national or public ones lowest. 8) Method of employment is made through paper screening, and further that the appointment of nurses is conditional upon the favorable opinion of the nursing directors. 9) The unemployment ratio for one year in 1971 averaged 29 per cent. The reasons for unemployment indicate that the highest is because of marriage up to 40 per cent, and next is because of overseas employment. This high unemployment ratio further causes the deterioration of efficiency in nursing services and supplementary activities. The hospital authorities concerned should take this matter into a jeep consideration in order to reduce unemployment. 10) The importance of in-service education is well recognized and established. 1% has been noted that on the-job nurses. training has been most active, with nursing directors taking charge of the orientation programs of newly employed nurses. However, it is most necessary that a comprehensive study be made of instructors, contents and methods of education with a separate section for in-service education. 10. Nursing services'activities 1) Division of services and job descriptions are urgently required. 81 per rent of the hospitals keep written regulations of services in accordance with nursing service manuals. 19 per cent of the hospitals do not keep written regulations. Most of hospitals delegate to the nursing directors or certain supervisors the power of stipulating service regulations. In 21 per cent of the total hospitals they have policy committees, standardization committees and advisory committees to proceed with the stipulation of regulations. 2) Approximately 81 per cent of the hospitals have service channels in which directors, supervisors, head nurses and staff nurses perform their appropriate services according to the service plans and make up the service reports. In approximately 19 per cent of the hospitals the staff perform their nursing services without utilizing the above channels. 3) In the performance of nursing services, a ward manual is considered the most important one to be utilized in about 32 percent of hospitals. 25 per cent of hospitals indicate they use a kardex; 17 per cent use ward-rounding, and others take advantage of work sheets or coordination with other departments through conferences. 4) In about 78 per cent of hospitals they have records which indicate the status of personnel, and in 22 per cent they have not. 5) It has been advised that morale among nurses may be increased, ensuring more efficient services, by their being able to exchange opinions and views with each other. 6) The satisfactory performance of nursing services rely on the following factors to the degree indicated: approximately 32 per cent to the systematic nursing activities and services; 27 per cent to the head nurses ability for nursing diagnosis; 22 per cent to an effective supervisory system; 16 per cent to the hospital facilities and proper supply, and 3 per cent to effective in·service education. This means that nurses, supervisors, head nurses and directors play the most important roles in the performance of nursing services. 11. About 87 per cent of the hospitals do not have separate budgets for their nursing departments, and only 13 per cent of the hospitals have separate budgets. It is recommended that the planning and execution of the nursing administration be delegated to the pertinent administrators in order to bring about improved proved performances and activities in nursing services.

• 대기
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.275-295
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• 2023

한국기상학회는 1963년 12월 19일 국립중앙관상대, 기상학계 인사 60여명이 모여 창립 총회를 개최하였으며 초대 회장에 국채표 국립중앙관상대장을 선출하였다. 한국기상학회 창립 당시 핵심 멤버들은 대부분이 기상학계와 국립중앙관상대에 종사하는 기상인들이 중심이 되었다(KMS, 2015). 우리나라에서 기상학 강의가 1917년 연희전문대학 농학과에서 처음 시작되었으며, 1950년 연희대학교 물리기상학과가 신설되면서 기상학 강의가 다시 시작되어 100여년의 역사를 가지고 있다. 1958년 서울대학교에서 천문기상학과가 신설되고, 1968년 연세대학교 천문기상학과가 신설되면서 본격적으로 기상 인재를 육성하게 되었다. 1980년대 후반부터는 사회경제가 발전되고 국민들의 의식수준이 향상되어 기상정보의 중요성이 부각되면서 1988년에 강릉원주대학교와 경북대학교에 각각 대기과학과와 천문기상학과가 설립되었고, 1989년에는 부경대학교와 부산대학교에, 그리고 1994년에는 공주대학교에 대기과학과가 신설되어 현재는 총 7개 대학에서 대기과학 관련 인재를 양성하고 있다. 우리나라에서 기상서비스 업무를 총괄하는 기상청은 1466년(세조 12년) 경국대전의 법적기반을 가진 관상감이 설립되면서 시작되었으므로 556년의 긴 역사를 가졌다고 볼 수가 있다. 한편, 1904년부터 부산, 목포, 인천, 용암포, 원산 등 5개소에 기상 관측소를 설치하여 본격적인 근대기상업무가 시작되었다(KMA, 2004). 1948년 대한민국 정부 수립 이후 국립중앙관상대가 설치되어 체계적인 기상업무가 시작되고, 1960년대 직제와 법령이 정비되고 기상 통신망을 개선 및 해외 기상 협력의 기틀을 마련하게 되었다. 1970년대 기상 업무의 전산화, 위성·레이더 관련 관측 등 현대적 기상 행정 및 기술 체계가 구축되었으며, 기상연구 업무를 총괄하는 국립기상연구소가 설치되었다. 1990년 중앙기상대는 기상청으로 승격되었으며, 이후 수치예보 기술개발을 시작하였으며, 슈퍼컴퓨터 도입, 기상레이더 관측망 구축, 독자 정지기상위성 발사 등으로 기상예보업무의 획기적인 발전을 이룩하였다. 한국기상학회와 기상청은 기술개발과 개발된 기술의 수요기관이라는 기존 협력관계를 넘어서 기상정책과 기상업무의 미래발전을 위해 같이 고민하고 협력하는 관계로 발전하고 있다. 기상청에서는 R&D를 통한 기술개발뿐만 아니라 연구용역을 통해 개발된 기술의 현업화, 정책기획연구 등을 학회와 같이 진행하고 있다. 한국기상학회는 기상청의 중요 정책방향인 기상예보, 기후시나리오, 장마, 폭염, 가뭄, 후속 기상위성연구 등을 지원하고 있으며, 인공지능, 저고도 항공기상, 인공강우 등 새로운 기술을 함께 개발하고 있다. 공군기상단은 1950년 7월 27일 6·25전쟁 중 공군본부 산하 기상대로 창립되었으며, 1951년 11월에 제50기상전대로 승격되었다. 1961년 9월 30일부터 제73기상전대로 명칭이 변경되고, 이후 2012년 1월 2일부로 기상전문 부대로서의 역할과 책임, 대외기관과의 업무협력 증대를 위하여 기상단으로 승격되었다. 공군기상단은 전군의 작전운영 및 부대관리에 필요한 기상정보 지원에 만전을 기해왔으며, 4차 산업혁명 관련 및 군 독자적 우주기상 지원체계를 구축해 나가고 있다. 또한, 인공지능·빅데이터·네트워크를 활용하는 미래 전장에서도 지상에서 우주까지 군 작전이 수행되는 전 영역에서 발생하는 기상현상을 관측·분석·예측·지원함으로써 전군 유일의 정예 국방기상전문부대로서 그 역할을 자리매김할 것이다. 아울러 국가 기상분야 발전을 위해 국방분야 동반자로서 한국기상학회 및 기상청과 파트너십을 통해 군의 균형 발전에 기여할 것이다. 우리나라의 기상산업은 1997년 민간기상사업자 제도가 시작되어 기상청 주도로 이루어졌던 기상산업이 민간기업도 참여하게 되었다. 그 후 2005년 한국기상산업기술원이 설립되고 2009년 기상산업진흥법이 제정되면서 큰 발전이 이루었으며, 2015년 기상산업에 대한 정보 제공, 기상기술지원 및 육성, 경영컨설팅, 해외시장개척 등을 목적으로 기상산업협회가 출범하였다. 국내 기상산업 시장의 매출액은 꾸준히 증가하는 성장세를 보이고 있으며, 본 산업 분야에 종사하는 근로자의 수 또한 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 그러나 기상서비스 분야 시장의 형성과 성장을 위해서는 그 기반이 안정적으로 조성될 수 있도록 한국기상학회와 정부의 적극적인 지원과 육성이 필요하다. 국가기상업무의 중추적 역할을 담당하고 있는 기상청, 공군기상단이 현재와 같이 선진화된 것은 사단법인 한국기상학회와의 학술교류의 체제하에서 대학과 기상산업협회와의 긴밀한 협력을 통해서 이룬 성과로 판단된다.

• 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.