• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.280-301
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• 2021

첨차초각은 부재의 장식을 위한 그림에서부터 비롯된 것으로 여겨진다. 고구려 고분벽화에서 사용된 여러 가지 문양의 그림은 봉정사 극락전에서 보이는 덩굴문양 단청으로 이어진 것으로 보이며 봉정사 극락전의 첨차에서는 단청뿐만 아니라 하단에 연화두식을 새기면서 비로소 첨차초각이 시작되었다. 또한 봉정사 대웅전에서는 초기적인 덩굴초각을 가진 첨차가 만들어졌는데 이것은 부재 표면에 직접 초각을 새기는 것이었다. 이후 덩굴초각은 오랫동안 전통 목조건축에서 중요한 첨차의 장식 기법이 되었다. 정자각은 임란 이후부터 조선 말까지 지속해서 조영된 건축물로서 대부분 덩굴초각을 새긴 첨차를 사용하였기 때문에 여러 세대를 거치면서 변화된 모습을 볼 수 있다. 첨차초각은 처음에는 초각줄기가 주두를 기점으로 올라가는 모양(상향형)으로 시작되다가 종래에는 재주두를 기점으로 그 줄기가 아래로 내려가는 모양(하향형)으로 변하였다. 필자는 이러한 변화에 관심을 가지고 변화과정과 그 원인을 살펴보았는데, 상향형이 하향형으로 변화는 과정 중에는 방향성과 연관이 없는 새로운 초각의 연결 방식이 사용되었음을 알게 되었고 이 기간은 경종의릉과 인조장릉의 정자각이 지어지던 시기로 화반초각에서도 연꽃이 사라지기 직전의 과도기와 일치하는 것이었다. 또한 첨차초각의 방향성이 변한 원인으로는 이익공의 내부에 두 단에 걸쳐 새겨지는 덩굴초각이 주두를 기점으로 상하 양방향으로의 분리가 일어났는데 이는 초익공 내부에 하향형 초각을 새기는 계기가 되었고 변화된 초익공의 덩굴초각은 나아가 첨차초각의 방향에까지 영향을 주었을 것이라고 추론하게 되었다. 이 글은 2018년 투고한 「능원 정자각의 화반초각에 대하여」의 후속된 글로서 정자각에 있는 여러 부재 중 하나인 첨차라는 부재를 중심으로 한 것이기에 나머지 초각들을 완전히 이해하지 못하였다는 한계를 안고 있다는 점을 밝혀 두고자 한다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.196-209
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• 2022

본 연구는 공간구문론(Space syntax)을 이용하여 조선 후기에 제작된 <동궐도(東闕圖)>의 판장의 설치에 따른 주요 권역별 공간변화를 비교하여 판장의 공간분할 기능과 역할을 재해석하였다. 연구방법으로는 <동궐도>의 공간을 단위 공간으로 분해하기 위한 설정 기준을 마련하였고, 판장의 설치 전·후에 따라 2개의 볼록공간도를 작성해 공간구문변수인 연결도, 통제도, 통합도 값을 산출하여 비교분석하였다. 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, <동궐도> 내 가림시설은 전각공간에 대한 변수의 평균값을 비교하였을 때, 동궐의 전체적인 배치에서 통제와 연결은 영향이 크지 않았다. 다만 특정 권역 내 공간의 접근성 측면에서 영향을 주었다. 가림시설이 집중적으로 설치된 내전과 동궁 그리고 후원으로 이동할 수 있는 공간을 중심으로 이동과 접근에 제한을 주었다. 둘째, 판장은 내전과 동궁에 집중적으로 분포되어 공간의 활용방식에 적극적으로 이용된 시설로 판장의 설치에 따른 공간의 특성이 뚜렷하게 나타났으며 기능에서도 차이가 확인되었다. 내전의 수정전 권역과 희정당 권역 그리고 동궁의 성정각 권역에 판장을 설치함으로써 개방적이고 통제성이 높았던 공간이 통제성이 낮은 폐쇄적인 공간으로 변모하였고 사적인 공간이 조성되었다. 동궁의 완영당 권역은 판장을 여러 방향으로 설치함으로써 공간의 깊이를 증가시켰다. 이는 거쳐서 오는 공간의 수가 증가됨으로써 자유롭고 은신이 가능한 공간이 조성되었다. 셋째, 판장은 기존 선행연구에서 밝혔던 '시선차단·공간분리·동선조절'의 기능 이외에 '접근통제가 용이한 공간'을 조성하였다. 일정한 공간으로 유도함과 동시에 동선이 집중됨에 따라 접근 통제가 가능한 공간이 되었으며, 판장의 개수와 배치에 따라 집중형 통제공간과 분산형 통제공간을 조성하였다. 본 연구는 그 간 가림시설의 기능과 역할에 대한 연구 외에 판장에 대한 기능을 수학적 모델로 분석하여 특정 공간속에서 판장이 어떠한 양상으로 공간을 통제하였는지 수치적으로 확인하였고, 공간의 통제와 연결, 은신과 개방성 등의 해석으로 연구의 방법을 확장한 것에 의의가 있다. 또한 연구의 방법론이었던 공간구문론을 <동궐도>에 적용하기 위해 궁궐의 건축 및 조경요소의 단위공간 분할 및 연결 유형에 따른 기준을 마련함으로써 궁궐과 유사한 전통주거단지에서도 적용이 가능한 분석툴을 마련하였다는 점에서 가치가 있다. 그러나 공간구문론의 분석을 통해 결과적으로 제공되는 것은 공간조직이 가지는 구성적 특질을 표현하는 숫자들로 제한된 체계 내에서만 의미를 가진다는 한계가 있다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.221-241
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• 2018

최근 딥러닝 기술이 주목을 받고 있다. 대중들의 관심을 받았던 국제 이미지 인식 기술 대회(ILSVR)와 알파고(AlphaGo)에서 사용된 딥러닝 기술이 바로 합성곱 신경망(CNN; Convolution Neural Network)이다. 합성곱 신경망은 입력 이미지를 작은 구역으로 나누어 부분적인 특징을 인식하고 이것을 결합하여 전체를 인식하는 특징을 가진다. 이러한 딥러닝 기술이 우리의 생활에 있어 많은 변화를 야기할 것이라는 기대를 주고 있지만 현재까지는 이미지 인식과 자연어 처리 등에 그 성과가 국한되어 있다. 비즈니스 문제에 대한 딥러닝 활용은 아직까지 초기 연구 단계로 향후 마케팅 응답 예측이나 허위 거래 식별, 부도 예측과 같은 전통적 비즈니스 문제들에 대해 보다 깊게 활용되고 그 성능이 입증된다면 딥러닝 기술의 활용 가치가 보다 더 주목받게 될 것으로 기대된다. 이러한 때 비교적 고객 식별이 용이하고 활용 가치가 높은 빅데이터를 보유하고 있는 전자상거래 기업의 사례를 바탕으로 하여 딥러닝 기술의 비즈니스 문제 해결 가능성을 진단해보는 것은 학술적으로 매우 의미 있는 시도라 할 수 있겠다. 이에 본 연구에서는 전자상거래 기업의 고객 행태 예측력을 높이기 위한 방안으로 합성곱 신경망을 활용한 '이종 정보 결합(Heterogeneous Information Integration)의 CNN 모델'을 제시한다. 이는 정형과 비정형 정보를 결합하여 다층 퍼셉트론 구조의 합성곱 신경망에서 학습시키는 모델로서 최적의 성능을 발휘하도록 '이종 정보 결합'과 '비정형 정보의 벡터 전환', 그리고 '다층 퍼셉트론 설계'로 하는 3개의 내부 아키텍처를 정의하고 각 아키텍처 단위로 구성되는 방식에 따른 성능을 평가하여 그 결과를 바탕으로 제안 모델을 확정하고 그 성능을 평가해보고자 한다. 고객 행태 예측을 위한 목표 변수는 전자상거래 기업에서 중요하게 관리하고 있는 재구매 고객, 이탈 고객, 고빈도 구매 고객, 고빈도 반품 고객, 고단가 구매 고객, 고할인 구매 고객 등 모두 6개의 이진 분류 문제로 정의한다. 제안한 모델의 유용성을 검증하기 위해서 국내 특정 전자상거래 기업의 실제 데이터를 활용하여 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과 정형과 비정형 정보를 결합하여 CNN을 활용한 제안 모델이 NBC(Naïve Bayes classification)과 SVM(Support vector machine), 그리고 ANN(Artificial neural network)에 비해서 예측 정확도와 F1 Measure가 높게 평가되었다. 또 NBC, SVM, ANN에서 정형 정보만을 사용할 때 보다 정형과 비정형 정보를 결합하여 입력 변수로 함께 활용한 경우에 예측 정확도가 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 실험 결과로부터 비정형 정보의 활용이 고객 행태 예측의 정확도 향상에 기여한다는 점과 CNN 기법의 특징 추출 알고리즘이 VOC에 사용된 단어들의 분포와 위치 정보를 해석하여 문장의 의미를 파악하는데 효과적이라는 점을 실증적으로 확인하였다는데 그 의미가 있다고 할 수 있겠다. 이를 통해서 CNN 기법이 지금까지 소개된 이미지 인식이나 자연어 처리 분야 외에 비즈니스 문제 해결에도 활용 가치가 높다는 점을 확인하였다는데 이 연구의 의의가 있다 하겠다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.196-221
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• 2011

조선시대 종묘(宗廟)에 모실 수 없는 왕의 사친, 등극하지 못한 세자와 같은 왕족의 신위를 모신 공간, 사묘(私廟)는 왕명에 의해 건립되고 관리되었다. 또한 사묘의 영건은 각 의궤(儀軌)에 담겼고 이와 함께 왕실사묘의 평면배치도 등이 남겨졌다. 정조의 후궁으로 순조(純祖)를 생산한 수빈박씨(綬嬪朴氏)의 신위를 모신 경우궁의 영건기록인 1824년 "현사궁별묘영건도감의궤(顯思宮別廟營建都監儀軌)"가 현존하기에 그간 소개된 바도 없고 연대조차도 알 수 없었던 <경우궁도(景祐宮圖)>의 제작 연대, 사용재료 및 장황(粧潢) 등을 살펴볼 수 있다. 즉 <경우궁도>는 1822년에 타계한 수빈박씨의 신위를 모시기 위해 궁내에 설치했던 혼전(魂殿)을 폐하고 궁밖에 별도로 마련한 터에 왕명에 의해 1824년 현사궁별묘를 영건하면서 영건도감(營建都監)에서 제작한 <현사궁별묘전도>인 것으로 확인된다. 영건도감에서 <경우궁도>의 제작이 이루어졌을 것이기에 의궤에 제시된 화원(畵員)들이 주목되지만 이들의 현존작이 없어 화풍을 비교할 수 없음은 아쉬움으로 남는다. 하지만 <경우궁도>는 <동궐도(東闕圖)>에서 볼 수 있는 완벽한 평행사선구도로 일목요연하게 많은 전각 등을 묘사하고 있는 점이 가장 큰 양식적 특징으로 지적할 수 있다. 주지하듯 건축물을 다룬 그림들은 해당 건축그림 제작 의도에 맞게 시점을 택해 그리거나 아니면 다시점을 이용해 그리게 된다. 우리 회화에서 건축물을 다룬 그림은 일찍부터 평행사선구도, 정면부감시 또는 다시점 등을 적절히 활용하여 제작되었다. 18세기에 이르면 평행사선구도로 정확하게 그리면서도 회화성도 높은 작품들이 등장하기 시작하는데 19세기 전반기에 이와 같은 현상이 최고로 발전한 듯 <동궐도>가 등장한다. <경우궁도> 또한 완성된 평행사선구도로 200칸 가까운 많은 전각들을 한눈에 알아볼 수 있도록 치밀하게 표현하고 있어 <동궐도>와 같은 계열에 속하는 건축그림으로 볼 수 있다. 이는 또한 수지법, 옥우법, 지면의 표면질감 표현 등 구체적 화법의 비교를 통해 알 수 있다. 다만 사당공간 중 가장 중요한 정당권역만은 의궤도설 '정당이하제처(正堂以下諸處)'라는 평면배치도와 그대로 일치하여 평행사선구도를 버리고 정면부감시 및 사방전도식묘법으로 표현된 점은 <경우궁도>만이 갖는 특징으로 지적될 수 있다. 동시대 영건과 관계된 그림은 아닌 개인의 거주지를 표현한 그림에 이와 같이 시점을 각각 달리하여 표현한 예가 있기도 하여 사당공간을 그린 그림만이 가지는 특성인지는 아직 정확히 알 수 없다. 한편 왼편 하단으로 향하는 평행사선구도를 택해 그릴 경우 화면 왼편 상단과 오른편 하단은 비게 된다. 경우궁도가 이에 부합되는 화면을 보여주는데 반해 동궐도는 다양한 나무 등을 채워 빈 여백 없는 완벽한 화면 구성을 보여준다. 이와 같은 현상은 두 작품의 장황의 현황과도 일치하는데 지본 낱장으로 완성된 경우궁도는 화첩으로 표제까지 달아 완성된 동궐도와는 완성도의 면에서 차이가 있다고 판단된다. 이는 마치 동궐도가 그 묘사의 사실성, 기록성을 넘어 감상의 목적까지도 고려하여 작품제작 및 장황까지 마친 것이었다면 경우궁도는 영건의 상황을 있는 그대로 화면에 옮겨 그리는 기록이 가장 중요한 목적으로 제작되었음을 알게 해주는 것이다.

• 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.