• 토지주택연구
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.367-377
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• 2011

본 연구는 지난 2008년 리먼사태로 인한 글로벌 금융위기 이후 부동산가격의 결정요인이 어떻게 변화하는지를 VAR모형을 통해 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 2000년 1분기부터 2011년 2분기까지의 전국 토지, 주택매매, 주택전세 등 부동산가격에 대해 실질GDP, 국고채수익률, 소비자물가, KOSPI, 주택건설실적, 토지가격 등을 이용하여 VAR모형을 구축하고 충격반응 및 분산분해 분석을 실시하였다. 금융위기 이후의 변화행태를 분석하기 위해 글로벌 금융위기가 발생한 2008년 3분기를 기준으로 이전과 현재까지로 분석기간을 나누어 가격결정요인 변화를 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과, 토지가격은 금융위기 이전과 비교할 때 실질GDP와 금리의 영향력은 더 커진 것으로 나타났다. 이는 토지가격이 과거에 비해 거시경제여건에 더욱 민감하게 반응하게 되었다는 사실을 보여준다. 주택매매가격도 금리나 GDP와 같이 시장기본가치에 대해 거의 영향을 받지 않고, 주택가격 자체의 변화나 전세가격의 변화에 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 최근의 전세가격 급등세가 지속되고 있음을 감안할 때 매매가격도 조만간 상승할 가능성이 크다고 예상할 수 있는 부분이다. 주택전세가격은 금융위기 이전이나 이후 모두 거시경제지표의 영향력이 약화되고, 소비자물가나 전세가격 자체의 변화에 민감하게 반응하는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같이 부동산가격이 과거와 달리 금리, GDP 등 시장기본가치요인의 중요성이 약화된 것을 알 수 있는데, 이는 부동산시장이 금융위기 이후 인구 가구구조 변화나 가격상승 기대심리 약화, 월세전환 등 경제 외적 요인에 크게 영향을 받는 쪽으로 변화했음을 보여주는 것이라 할 수 있다. 따라서 정책당국이나 소비자, 건설업체 등 경제주체들은 경제 환경 뿐 아니라 수급상황 등 시장내부요인을 감안하여 보다 신중하게 시장에 접근할 필요가 있을 것이다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.265-271
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• 2021

수목의 내부 부후의 양상은 많은 원인에 의존한다. 이런 다양한 부후의 원인은 일반적인 방법으로는 탐지가 어렵기 때문에 장기간 부후 상태를 확인할 수 없다면 부후 부위의 확대로 인해 수목의 심각한 피해가 발생할 수 있다. 수목 단층 영상을 획득하는 방식은 센서를 고무망치로 두드려 수목을 통과하는 임펄스가 생성되어 이동하는 속도를 기록한다. 본 논문에서는 물리적 손상에 의한 균열, 공동, 부후를 측정할 수 있도록 Arbotom에서 획득한 수목 단면 영상을 이용하여 수목의 내부 상태를 알 수 있는 3D 뷰어를 개발하여 수목 내부의 부후가 진행된 정도를 파악하고 이를 바탕으로 수목의 외과적 수술이 필요한 경우 참고할 수 있는 데이터를 제시하고자 하였다. 수목의 단층 영상을 획득하기 위해 세 그루의 양버즘 나무와 단풍 나무에 6개의 센서를 부착하여 1m 길이의 나무를 Arbotom 프로그램을 이용하여 측정하였으며 MATLAB을 이용하여 제작한 3D Viewer를 통하여 3D 영상을 구현하였다. 단순히 영상의 획득 뿐만 아니라 수목의 단면 길이와 부피를 측정하였으며 실제로 제작한 3D Viewer에서 단풍 나무의 부후가 발생된 부분 길이는 33.12 cm, 양버즘 나무의 부후는 21.41 cm로 측정되었으며 단풍 나무의 부후의 부피는 78.832 ㎤로 측정되었다. Arbotom의 단면 영상과 3D 영상을 비교한 결과 수목의 실제 양상과 같은 결과를 획득하였기 때문에 제작된 소프트웨어 신뢰성 또한 확보된 것으로 판단할 수 있으며 제작된 Viewer를 통하여 외과적 수목 수술에 적용할 데이터를 제공해 수목의 피해를 최소화 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.525-540
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• 2016

본 연구 목적은 농아노인들이 생활하면서 어떤 경험을 하면서 살아가고 있는지를 드러내고자 한다. 그리고 이런 연구를 통하여 일반인(청인)들이 농아인의 삶의 고충과 문화를 이해하고 지역사회의 일원으로 더불어 살아가는데 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 연구방법은 현상학적 질적 연구로 하였으며, 연구 참여자는 농아노인 7명이다. 심층면접하고 분석한 결과 농아노인의 생활 경험은 '잊혀 지지 않은 상처', '지역사회에서 생활', '가족과의 생활', '농아노인의 결혼', '현실에 적응하고 살기'로 범주화할 수 있었다. '잊혀 지지 않은 상처'의 하위범주는 '열병을 치료받지 못함', '6.25전쟁 피해', '사람들의 차가운 시선'으로 나타났으며, 농아노인들은 이제까지 살아오면서 잊혀 지지 않은 마음의 상처로 고통스러워하면서 살아가고 있었다. '지역사회에서 생활'의 하위범주는 '생활의 불편', '생활의 불이익', '단절된 생활'로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 생활의 불편함과 불이익을 당할 뿐 아니라 지역사회와 단절된 생활로 외로움을 느끼면서 살아가고 있었다. '가족과의 생활'의 하위범주는 '자녀들과 소통이 안 됨', '다시 버림받음', '가족에게 이용당함', '가족이 있으나 외로움', '독립해 살고 싶음'으로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 가족으로부터 지지받고 살지 못하고 오히려 버림당하고 이용당하고 외롭게 살아가고 있었다. '농아노인의 결혼'의 하위범주는 '씨받이로 보내어짐', '빈번한 재혼과 이혼', '부부처럼 의지함'으로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 자신들만의 결혼 문화를 형성하면서 서로 의지하며 살아가고 있었다. '현실에 적응하며 살기'의 하위범주는 '이웃의 도움받기', '생활의 처신 잘하기', '한글 배우기','일하면서 살기', '자유롭게 살기', '그리워하며 살기', '죽고 싶은 충동 억제하기', '종교에 의지하기'로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 언어적 사회적 소수집단의 한계로 혜택 받지 못하는 가장 소외되고 취약한 계층에 있지만 현실에 맞게 스스로 적응하며 살아가기 위해 노력하고 있었다. 이런 결과에 의해 다음과 같이 제언하다. 첫째, 농아노인들이 마음속에 지워지지 않은 마음의 상처가 치유될 수 있는 개별 및 집단상담의 실천적 접근이 필요하다. 둘째, 농아노인들이 지역사회의 일원으로 살아가는데 불편이나 불이익이 없도록 공공서비스 기관에 수화도우미 배치 등 맞춤형 복지서비스가 필요하다. 셋째, 농아노인들이 가족으로부터 인정받고 지지받으며 정을 나누면서 살아 갈 수 있는 실천적 접근이 필요하다. 넷째, 청인들이 농아노인들의 문화를 이해하고 지역사회에서 더불어 살아갈 수 있도록 먼저 다가가 수화를 배우고 함께할 수 있는 장을 만들어가는 정책적 실천적 접근이 필요하다.

• 심성연구
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• 제27권1_2호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2012

이 논문의 목적은 한국 민담에서 대극의 합일(coniunctio oppositorum, Vereinigung der Gegensötze), 신성혼(hieros gamos, göttliche Hochzeit) 주제를 다루어보는 것이다. 한국 민담 <구렁덩덩 신 선비>는 동물형상의 배우자를 맞이하는 민담 중의 하나이다. 특히 여성주인공이 남성의 동물 배우자를 맞이하는 민담이다. 이 민담은 아플레이우스(Apuleius)가 소개한 그리스 민담 <아모르와 프쉬케>와 그림 형제 모음 민담 <노래하며 날아오르는 종달새>와 비교할 수 있다. 민담에 등장하는 동물들은 신성(神性)과 통한다. 동물들은 본능에 충실한 삶을 살기 때문에, 종(種)의 집단무의식의 법칙성을 고스란히 실현하고 있다. 1) 동물성은 자아중심적 태도가 배제되어 있어서 인간 이하의 본능적 측면뿐 아니라, 인간성을 초월한 신성도 함께 나타낸다. 민담에서 주인공이 동물이 되는 경우 개별적으로 지나치게 강조된 일방적 의식의 태도를 교정하고, 보편적 인간성을 획득할 기회가 된다. 동물이 되어 지내는 동안 주인공은 자연계의 다른 생명체의 의미와 가치를 알아차릴 수 있는 경험을 하기 때문에, 신이한 자연의 지혜를 획득하게 된다. 결국 동물 형상은 상징적으로 집단적, 보편적 삶의 가치를 실현하는 존재이므로, 자아의식에 치유적으로 작용하고, 전체성에 이르도록 기여한다. 민담의 동물 형상들은 모두 무의식의 보상적 내용을 반영하고 있다. 동물의 형상으로 등장하는 무의식의 내용들은 자아의식에 수용되기 어려운 본능적 충동으로 이해될 것이기 때문에 그 자체 의식에 대극적이다. 민담에서 다루는 대극의 합일은 자아의식에 의하여 어떻게 무의식적 정신이 수용되고 이해될 것인가를 보여주는 것으로 이루어진다. 그렇지만 주인공이 동물이 되는 것은 물론이고, 동물 배우자를 만나게 되는 것도 심한 의식 수준의 저하를 가져오는 심적 사건이다. 동물이었던 주인공이 인간성을 회복하는 것이나, 동물 배우자를 인간으로 변환하게 하는 일은 모두 의식 수준을 회복하는 작업에 해당한다. 동물에서 인간성의 회복이나 인간 수준으로 끌어올리게 될 때, 무의식의 보상적 내용이 의식의 삶에 반영될 수 있다. 민담 <구렁덩덩 신 선비>는 남성 배우자가 구렁이 형상을 하고 있다. 여성주인공이 구렁이를 신랑으로 맞이하여 혼인을 함으로써, 구렁이의 허물을 벗게 한다. 그리고 여러 시련을 겪어내고, 어려운 과제를 완수함으로써 진정한 남녀의 만남을 성공적으로 실현한다. 결과적으로 여성주인공이 신성을 획득하는 것이고, 동물 배우자와의 결합은 신성혼을 의미한다. 우리는 이 민담을 통하여 여성의 자아의식이 무의식과 관계하여 어떻게 대극의 합일 및 전(全)인격적 실현을 하는지를 살펴볼 수 있다.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 청소년 자살 문제를 조기 자살 예방 프로그램을 통해 초등학생에 적용하고 프로그램 전과 후의 효과를 비교 분석하여 학생들의 감정 상태와 자살에 대한 충동 등, 심리상태 변화를 확인하였고, 자살예방 프로그램으로서 활용 가능성을 제시하였다. 청소년기는 인지적으로 미성숙하며 정서적으로 충동적인 시기이므로 발달 과정상 매우 불안한 시기이다. 사소한 자극이나 갈등상황에 대해 자살이라는 극단적 현실 도피, 충동적 문제해결 등의 방법으로 자살을 선택할 만큼 정서적으로 불안정하고 예측하기 어려운 시기이다. 최근 핵가족화와 부모들의 자식에 대한 기대감과 교육문제, 사회 환경적요인, 개인 심리적 요인 등의 많은 스트레스는 학생들을 자살이라는 극단적 행동까지 이르게 하고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 자살예방 프로그램을 초등학생 때부터 경험하는 스트레스의 영역과 자살생각과 충동의 정도를 파악하고, 명상교육, 호흡법 등의 예방 프로그램을 통해 분노조절, 감정정화, 자기극복 체험을 통해 긍정적인 자아정체성 확립과 자기조절 능력, 자존감과 생명의 소중함을 깨닫게 함으로 자살예방에 미치는 영향과 효과를 분석하였다. 연구 대상자는 고양시 관내 초등학교 6학년 2개 반 51명을 한 달 동안 매일 아침 30분씩 뇌과학 교육의 원리와 방법을 체험 및 활동 중심으로 진행 하였고, 수업활동지 및 생활 실천교육으로 내면화하여 학습효과를 높이도록 하였다. 자료 수집은 4주간 20회 차 아침수업 실시 전과 후에 자살 가능성을 효과적으로 예측할 수 있도록 개발한 Suicide Probability Scale(이하 SPS-A), 자살위험성 예측척도를 활용하여, 긍정적 전망, 가족 내 친밀감, 충동성, 대인 적대감, 절망감 징후, 절망감 증후군, 자살사고 등 7가지 영역으로 조사 실시 하였다. 분석 방법 및 검증은 SPSS 프로그램을 이용한 Wilcoxon's signed rank test를 이용하였다. 짧은 기간 동안의 프로그램 진행이었지만 평균 비교 분석 시 7가지 영역에서 효과적이고 긍정적인 결과가 나왔다. 그러나 t-test 결과에서는 또 다른 결과가 나왔다. SPS-A 31개 문항 중 3개 문항(7번, 14번, 19번)에서만 변화가 있고, 나머지 문항에서는 변화가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 B반 학생들에 비해 A반 학생들이 변화가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 A반 학생들의 경우 7가지 영역 중 자살과 가장 밀접한 관계가 있는 절망감증후군과 자살사고 영역에서 프로그램 진행 후 심리적 변화가 있는 것으로 검증 됐다. 학생의 성향에 따라 또는, 프로그램을 진행하는 전문가(담임교사, 진행강사)에 따라 다른 결과가 도출된다는 것도 본 연구를 통해서 알 수 있었다. 본 논문에서 제시한 자살예방 프로그램은 지속적인 프로그램으로 제도화, 활성화 하여 정서적인 스트레스 해소 및 긍정적인 자아정체성 회복, 뇌파 안정을 통한 감정 및 충동 조절을 함으로 학습효과와 자살예방에 도움이 될 것이며, 짧은 시간의 교육 프로그램으로 사장되지 않고, 아동기 부터 청소년기까지 연계하여 정신적, 육체적으로 건강하게 성장할 수 있는 주변 환경을 조성함으로 사회적 문제인 자살 예방에 효과적인 프로그램이 될 것이라 판단된다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2004

현대사회에서는 생활환경의 변화와 교통사고의 증가에 의해 해마다 소아의 외상의 증가하고 있는데 구강조직에 대한 외상성 손상을 완전히 치단하는 데에는 한계가 있어 외상성 치아손상에 관한 실태를 조사 분석함으로써 외상처치와 예방에 필요한 기초자료를 제시하고자 강릉대학교 치과병원 소아치과에 2000년 10월 4일부터 2004년 2월 27일까지 외상을 주소로 내원한 113명의 환자를 대상으로 조사 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 연구대상자의 성별에서는 2.05:1의 비율로 남자의 경우가 외상빈도가 더 높게 나타났다. 평균 연령은 남자 5.27세, 여자 5.27세로 차이가 없었고, 전체 연령중 2세에서 외상환자가 제일 많았다(21.2%) 2. 외상부위별 내원기간을 조사한 결과 유치는 당일(34.4%)에 내원한 경우가 가장 많았고, 영구치는 1일 후(38.8%)에 내원한 경우가 가장 많았다. 3. 외상부위별 치아손상의 원인을 분석한 결과 넘어진 경우가 유치 59.4%, 영구치 55.1%, 물체에 부딪친 경우 유치 26.6%, 영구치 26.5%로 나타나 대부분 넘어지거나 부딪쳐서 외상이 발생한 것으로 나타났다. 4. 성별에 따른 치아손상이 발생한 장소는 가정인 경우가 남자 42.1%, 여자 35.1%로 남녀모두 가정에서 외상이 가장 많이 발생하였다. 외상부위에 따른 치아손상 발생한 장소로는 유치는 가정(59.4%)에서 가장 많이 발생하였고, 영구치는 유치원 및 학교(28.6%)에서 가장 많이 발생하였다. 5. 외상부위에 따라 치아손상을 받은 치아의 수를 분석한 결과 유치는 2개(56.3%), 1개(31.3%), 3개와 4개 이상 각각(6.3%), 순으로 나타났으며, 영구치는 2개(46.9%), 1개(28.6%) 4개 이상(16.3%), 3개(8.2%) 순으로 영구치인 경우 4개 이상인 경우도 비교적 높게 나타났다. 6. 성별에 따른 치아손상이 발생한 부위로는 남자 유치 56.6%, 영구치 43.4%, 여자 유치 56.8%, 영구치 43.2%로 남녀 모두 유치에서 외상이 가장 많이 발생하였다. 7. 유치와 영구치의 치아손상부위는 상악 전치부가 거의 대부분을 차지하고, 유치(75%)와 영구치(63.8%) 모두 상악 중절치에서 외상율이 높게 나타났다. 8. 전체적인 외상성 치아손상에 따른 외상종류의 조사결과는 동요 30.2%, 치관파절 28.0%, 함입 14.7%, 진탕 8.9%, 완전 탈구 7.1%, 정출 2.2%, 변위 1.8% 순으로 나타났다. 유치와 영구치별로 외상성 치아손상의 종류를 분류하였을 때 유치는 동요(35.8%)가 가장 많이 나타났고, 파절에서 치관파절은 영구치(44.8%)에서 많이 발생하였다. 9. 외상부위에 따른 외상성 치아손상처치는 처치없이 경과관찰을 한 경우가 유치는 43.2%, 영구치 38.9%로 나타났으며, 치료한 경우 유치는 치수절제술(22.0%), 영구치는 임시적산부식레진수복(19.5%)을 가장 많이 사용하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1985

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70${\pm}$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32${\pm}$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500,550,570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500,550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100,300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3,000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.