• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.711-719
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 L-밴드 대역 레이더 후방 산란 측정용 도파관 직교 모드 변환기(orthomode transducer)의 소형화에 대한 설계 및 성능 분석 결과를 제시한다. 도파관 직교 모드 변환기는 테이퍼(taper) 구조를 기본으로 새롭게 설계된 접합 구조를 이용하여 별도의 테이퍼 구조 없이 표준 어댑터와 연결이 가능하도록 설계/제작되었다. 소형화된 L-밴드 직교 모드 변환기의 최대 길이는 약 1.2 ${\lambda}_o$(310 mm)이며, 이는 기존의 동급 직교 모드 변환기 크기의 약 60 % 수준이 된다. 또한, 직교 모드 변환기의 포트 정합 특성과 편파 격리도 특성을 높이기 위해서 두 개의 금속봉을 구조 내부에 삽입하여 운용 주파수 대역 내 420 MHz의 대역폭(반사 손실<-15 dB 이하)과 약 40 dB의 높은 편파 격리도 성능을 얻을 수 있었다. 제작된 직교 모드 변환기, 혼 안테나, 네트워크 분석기(Agilent사(社)8753E)로 구성된 L-밴드 scatterometer를 이용한 레이더 후방 산란 측정의 정확도 분석을 위해 STCT(Single Target Calibration Technique) 보정 기법과 2DTST(2D Target Scanning Technique) 자동 측정 기법을 이용하였다. 보정된 scatterometer를 이용하여 측정된 시험용 목표물(55 cm 삼각 수동 전파 반사기)의 RCS(Radar Cross Section)의 측정 오차는 수직/수평 편파 각각 -0.2 dB와 0.25 dB이며, 유효 편파 격리도는 대역 내 평균 약 35.8 dB이다. 이때, 성능 측정을 위해 직교 모드 변환기와 함께 사용된 혼 안테나는 길이 300 mm, 개구면 크기 $450{\times}450\;mm^2$이며, E-평면 $29.5^{\circ}$와 H-평면 $36.5^{\circ}$의 반전력 빔 폭(HPBW)을 갖는다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2020

철새는 다양한 번식지와 월동지를 이용하며, 특히 멸종위기 종의 번식지와 취식지의 정보를 파악하는 것은 종의 보전과 관리를 위해 매우 중요하다. 저어새는 동아시아 지역에 분포하는 국제적인 멸종위기 종으로 전 세계 번식 개체군의 대부분이 한반도 서해 무인도서에서 번식하며, 대만과 홍콩, 중국 남부 지역, 일본, 제주도 등에서 월동한다. 본 연구에서는 2015년도 인천 구지도에서 번식한 저어새 유조 3개체와 영광 칠산도에서 번식한 저어새 유조 3개체를 대상으로 야생동물위치추적장치를 이용하여 저어새 유조의 행동권을 분석, 비교하였다. 구지도 저어새 유조 3개체의 경우 북한 황해남도와 강령군 등의 해안지역에서 행동권을 보였으며, 행동권 크기는(Mean±SD) MCP 425.49±116.95 ㎢, KDE 95% 43.61±18.51 ㎢, KDE 50% 7.46±3.68 ㎢이었으며, 칠산도 저어새 유조 3개체의 경우 영광 백수 갯벌 및 부안 새만금 간척 지역에서 MCP 99.38±55.29 ㎢, KDE 95% 19.87±6.05 ㎢, KDE 50% 1.16±0.53 ㎢의 행동권을 보여 구지도 번식 개체가 칠산도 번식 개체에 비해 더 넓은 행동권을 보였다. 본 연구에서 번식지인 구지도, 칠산도에서 이소한 저어새의 행동권은 주로 갯벌 지역이었으며, 이 인근 일대를 보호하기 위해서는 도로, 건설, 인간의 출입 등 인간의 방해를 최소화하는 서식지 보호 노력이 필요하다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.353-359
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• 2004

실리카 입자의 표면이 실란올(silanol, SiOH)그룹과 트리메틸실록실$(trimethylsiloxyl,{\;}-OSi(CH_3)_3)$그룹으로 이루어진 양친 매성 고체입자를 이용하여 유중수형(water-in-oil, W/O)의 에멀젼을 제조하는데 있어서, 안정한 에멀젼을 제조하기 위해서 수상에서의 pH, 전해질 화합물, 고분자의 영향을 연구하였다. 에멀젼의 안정성은 실리카의 응집(flocculation) 정도를 조절함으로써 향상시킬 수 있었으며 수상의 pH 조절 및 전해질 화합물 첨가를 통해 에멀젼의 안정성을 증진시킬 수 있었다. $70\%$의 내상을 가지는 W/O 에멀젼을 제조하였을 때, 실리카 입자의 함량이 $1\%$까지 증가함에 따라 에멀젼 입자의 크기는 감소하였으나, 너무 높은 농도의 실리카는 오히려 유상의 점도를 상승시켜 작은 유화입자의 형성을 방해하였다. 제조된 에멀젼의 입자 크기를 이용하여 이론적으로 계산해 볼 때, 많은 양의 실리카 입자가 외상인 유상에 존재함을 알 수 있으며, 에멀젼의 안정성을 증진시키기 위해서는 실리카 입자를 계면에 위치하도록 하는 것이 보다 중요함을 알 수 있다. 내상인 수상부에 전해질 화합물을 첨가하지 않은 상태에서 내상의 pH가 증가할수록 실리카 입자의 (-)전하가 증가하여 입자간 응집 촉진에 의해 에멀젼의 안정성이 증가하였다. 산성 및 중성 pH에서 전해질 $화합물(0.083\;mol\;dm^{-3}\;MgSO_4)$의 첨가는 에멀전의 안정성을 증가시킨 반면, 알칼리성 pH에서 전해질 화합물의 첨가는 에멀젼의 안정성을 저하시켰다. 레오미터를 이용하여 에멀젼의 물성 변화를 관찰한 결과, 전해질 화합물 첨가시 내상인 수상의 pH에 관계없이 산성 및 알칼리성에서 모두 에멀젼의 탄성이 급격히 증가하였다. 이는 수상의 pH가 알칼리성인 경우 더욱 현저하였음을 볼 때, 알칼리에 의해 더욱 음전하를 띄게 된 실리카 입자와 전해질 화합물의 양이온간의 전기적 결합에 의한 것으로 사료된다. 수용성 고분자인 잔탄검의 첨가에 의해 에멀젼 입자의 평균 입자 크기가 약 2.8 um인 안정한 에멀전을 제조할 수 있었다. 이상의 연구를 통하여 계면활성제를 함유하지 않는 고내상의 안정한 W/O 에멀젼을 제조하여 보다 피부에 안전한 유화물의 제조가 가능하였다.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.163-186
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• 2018

이 연구는 북한경제체제전환을 위한 제도적 조건과 문제점을 분석하기 위한 데 목적이 있다. 연구방법으로는 먼저 주요 경제체제전환국들의 4대 시장개혁정책(자유화, 사유화, 민영화, 주식회사화)의 법제화과정들을 시기별로 비교분석하고 북한과의 차이점을 도출하였다. 이를 바탕으로 북한의 4단계 경제개혁정책(7.1조치, 종합시장정책, 화폐개혁, 6.28방침)의 제도화 과정들을 분석하고 경제체제전환국 사례의 북한 적용가능성에 대한 문제점, 그리고 전망을 모색하였다. 연구결과, 현재 북한 시장경제의 변화를 경제체제전환국들과 동일선상에서 비교할 수 없는 중요한 조건 세 가지가 있다. 첫째, 경제체제전환을 위한 대내외적인 조건과 환경, 그리고 국가와 시민사회의 역할이 다르다. 둘째, 정책결정과정과 집행과정의 수단과 목적도 다르다. 셋째, 국가의 정치경제정책의 속성과 실효성측면에서도 다르다. 넷째, 경제개혁을 위한 경제정책의 우선순위와 내용, 법제화과정들이 서로 다르다. 특히'중국식 모델'로의 이행가능성에 대해 논의할 때, 그것도 상당한 위험성을 내포한다. 그것은 북한에서 통제 권력의 시장투입 목적과 그들 생존 네트워크는 상당히 독보적이기 때문이다. 또한 중국과 북한의 내수시장 규모, 인구규모, 통제유형도 상당히 다르다. 북한 경제체제전환을 위한 필요충분조건은 시장 영역에서 물리적 통제기구와 제도의 완화이다. 다음으로 현재 불법 소유화 시장에 대한 전수조사와 함께 합법적 제도화가 시급히 이루어져야 한다. 이를 바탕으로 내수 시장의 중국 의존성을 점차 한국으로 전환할 필요가 있다. 즉 선 통제 권력 배제, 후 자율화 및 내수시장의 패러다임 전환이다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.159-172
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• 2023

본 연구는 대학-지역 연계 창업공간 구성에 대한 요구분석을 통해 대학-지역 연계 차원의 협업적 창업공간(Co-Space) 구성방안을 탐색하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 수집된 자료를 t검정(독립표본, 대응표본), The Locus for Focus 모델을 통해 분석하였다. 또한 창업가 대상 FGI를 실시하여 다각도에서 대학-지역 연계 창업공간 구성의 방향성을 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대학-지역 연계 협업적 창업공간의 필요성 분석결과, 지역주민이 인식하는 창업공간 개방의 필요성과 지역 내 창업공간 구축 필요성은 높게 나타났다. 또한, 남성이 여성보다 지역 내 창업공간 개방 필요성을 높게 인식했다. 둘째, 대학-지역 연계 협업적 창업공간에 대한 요구도 분석결과, 대학-지역 연계 창업공간 구성에 대한 현재 중요도와 미래 필요도 차이는 통계적으로 유의미하게 나타났으며, 첨단공간에 대한 요구가 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 대학-지역 연계 협업적 창업공간 구성방안 분석결과, 개방성과 폐쇄성을 고려한 창업공간 구성, 창업단계 및 분야를 고려한 창업공간 구성, 창업공간 규모에 따른 상이한 공간구성 요구가 나타났다. 이상의 연구결과를 종합한 결과, 대학-지역 연계 차원의 협업적 창업공간 구성을 위한 시사점은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 협업적 창업공간은 대학과 연계하여 지역 내 창업기업의 발전단계 별 요구에 따른 공간구성이 필요하다. 둘째, 창업공간 규모와 운영방식을 고려한 맞춤형 협업적 창업공간 구성이 필요하다. 셋째, 대학의 유휴공간에 체험 기반 지역주민 개방 공간을 구축해야 한다. 넷째, 지역사회, 창업투자사, 창업지원기관, 창업기업 간 유기적인 네트워크가 가능한 협업적 창업공간 구성이 필요하다. 본 연구는 대학과 지역의 연계를 통해서 지역 창업생태계 구성과 창업지속성 강화를 위한 협업적 창업공간 구성의 시사점을 제안한 점에서 그 의의가 있다. 본 연구의 결과는 창업기업에게 영향을 미치는 주요요소인 창업공간의 중요성이 강조되고 있는 흐름 속에서 지역 창업 생태계 구축을 위한 협업적 창업공간 구성의 유용한 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.71-88
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• 2017

언어모델은 순차적으로 입력된 자료를 바탕으로 다음에 나올 단어나 문자를 예측하는 모델로 언어처리나 음성인식 분야에 활용된다. 최근 딥러닝 알고리즘이 발전되면서 입력 개체 간의 의존성을 효과적으로 반영할 수 있는 순환신경망 모델과 이를 발전시킨 Long short-term memory(LSTM) 모델이 언어모델에 사용되고 있다. 이러한 모형에 자료를 입력하기 위해서는 문장을 단어 혹은 형태소로 분해하는 과정을 거친 후 단어 레벨 혹은 형태소 레벨의 모형을 사용하는 것이 일반적이다. 하지만 이러한 모형은 텍스트가 포함하는 단어나 형태소의 수가 일반적으로 매우 많기 때문에 사전 크기가 커지게 되고 이에 따라 모형의 복잡도가 증가하는 문제가 있고 사전에 포함된 어휘 외에는 생성이 불가능하다는 등의 단점이 있다. 특히 한국어와 같이 형태소 활용이 다양한 언어의 경우 형태소 분석기를 통한 분해과정에서 오류가 더해질 수 있다. 이를 보완하기 위해 본 논문에서는 문장을 자음과 모음으로 이루어진 음소 단위로 분해한 뒤 입력 데이터로 사용하는 음소 레벨의 LSTM 언어모델을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 LSTM layer를 3개 또는 4개 포함하는 모형을 사용한다. 모형의 최적화를 위해 Stochastic Gradient 알고리즘과 이를 개선시킨 다양한 알고리즘을 사용하고 그 성능을 비교한다. 구약성경 텍스트를 사용하여 실험을 진행하였고 모든 실험은 Theano를 기반으로 하는 Keras 패키지를 사용하여 수행되었다. 모형의 정량적 비교를 위해 validation loss와 test set에 대한 perplexity를 계산하였다. 그 결과 Stochastic Gradient 알고리즘이 상대적으로 큰 validation loss와 perplexity를 나타냈고 나머지 최적화 알고리즘들은 유사한 값들을 보이며 비슷한 수준의 모형 복잡도를 나타냈다. Layer 4개인 모형이 3개인 모형에 비해 학습시간이 평균적으로 69% 정도 길게 소요되었으나 정량지표는 크게 개선되지 않거나 특정 조건에서는 오히려 악화되는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 layer 4개를 사용한 모형이 3개를 사용한 모형에 비해 완성도가 높은 문장을 생성했다. 본 논문에서 고려한 어떤 시뮬레이션 조건에서도 한글에서 사용되지 않는 문자조합이 생성되지 않았고 명사와 조사의 조합이나 동사의 활용, 주어 동사의 결합 면에서 상당히 완성도 높은 문장이 발생되었다. 본 연구결과는 현재 대두되고 있는 인공지능 시스템의 기초가 되는 언어처리나 음성인식 분야에서 한국어 처리를 위해 다양하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2021

텍스트를 바탕으로 한 차원 기반 감성 분석(Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis)은 다양한 산업에서 유용성을 주목을 받고 있다. 기존의 차원 기반 감성 분석에서는 타깃(Target) 혹은 차원(Aspect)만을 고려하여 감성을 분석하는 연구가 대다수였다. 그러나 동일한 타깃 혹은 차원이더라도 감성이 나뉘는 경우, 또는 타깃이 없지만 감성은 존재하는 경우 분석 결과가 정확하지 않다는 한계가 존재한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 방법으로 차원과 타깃을 모두 고려한 감성 분석(Target-Aspect-Sentiment Detection, 이하 TASD) 모델이 제안되었다. 그럼에도 불구하고, TASD 기존 모델의 경우 구(Phrase) 간의 관계인 지역적인 문맥을 잘 포착하지 못하고 초기 학습 속도가 느리다는 문제가 있었다. 본 연구는 TASD 분야 내 기존 모델의 한계를 보완하여 분석 성능을 높이고자 하였다. 이러한 연구 목적을 달성하기 위해 기존 모델에 합성곱(Convolution Neural Network) 계층을 더하여 차원-감성 분류 시 보조 손실(Auxiliary loss)을 추가로 사용하였다. 즉, 학습 시에는 합성곱 계층을 통해 지역적인 문맥을 좀 더 잘 포착하도록 하였으며, 학습 후에는 기존 방식대로 차원-감성 분석을 하도록 모델을 설계하였다. 본 모델의 성능을 평가하기 위해 공개 데이터 집합인 SemEval-2015, SemEval-2016을 사용하였으며, 기존 모델 대비 F1 점수가 최대 55% 증가했다. 특히 기존 모델보다 배치(Batch), 에폭(Epoch)이 적을 때 효과적으로 학습한다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 제시된 모델로 더욱 더 세밀한 차원 기반 감성 분석이 가능하다는 점에서, 기업에서 상품 개발 및 마케팅 전략 수립 등에 다양하게 활용할 수 있으며 소비자의 효율적인 구매 의사결정을 도와줄 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.469-497
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• 2015

이 논문은 국제법상 우주폐기물감축 연성법(soft law)의 역할에 관한 것으로 경성법(hard law)인 우주관련조약들인 1967년 우주조약, 1968년 구조협정, 1972년 책임협약, 1975년 등록협약, 1979년 달조약 등 5개 조약은 우주폐기물을 직접적으로 다루는 조약이 아니기 때문에 제외하였다. 특히 1967년 우주조약은 제 9조에서 '유해한 오염'이나 '유해한 방해', '환경의 불리한 변화'라는 용어만 사용할 뿐 이것들에 대한 정의가 없으며, 1979년 달조약 역시 우주조약과 마찬가지로 제7조에 '유해한 오염', '불리한 변화', '환경의 방해', '유해한 영향' 등과 같은 중요한 개념에 대한 정의를 내리지 못하고 있다. 실제로 1978년 "Cosmos 954 사건"에서 가해국인 소련과 피해국이 캐나다가 1967년 우주조약과 1972년 책임협약의 당사국임에도 불구하고 우주관련조약을 원용하지 않고 의정서를 체결하여 해결한 점이 조약의 존재에 대한 의구심을 갖게 하였다. 국가들이 국제환경법이나 국제경제법 분야에서 조약체결이나 보충의정서 체결이 힘든 경우 연성법을 채택하여 문제를 해결하던 방식이 이제는 우주법에도 적용되고 있다. 우주폐기물감축에 관한 연성법으로는 'IADC의 가이드라인', '우주폐기물감축 가이드라인', 우주활동국제행동규범, '우주활동의 장기지속가능성을 위한 가이드라인' 등을 들 수 있다. 많은 학자들이 이러한 결의 속에 나타난 몇 개의 원칙들은 국제관습법을 표명하고 있다고 주장한다. 예를 들어 "우주에서의 핵원료사용에 관한 원칙(NPS원칙)"에서 우주에서의 NPS의 통지나 사용, 책임에 관한 규칙들은 법의 일반적 성격에 대한 기초를 형성하는 것으로 간주되는 '근본적으로 규범창설적 성격'(a fundamentally norm-creating character)을 지닌 것으로 볼 수 있는데, 국가관행이 이를 더욱 증명해주고 있다. 또한 이러한 연성법은 기존의 국제관습법이 성문화되는 과정에서 정확성을 제공하여 도움을 주거나 새로운 국제관습법보다 선행하여 이들이 형성되는데 도움을 주기도 한다. 1974년 11월 12일 UN총회가 총회의 '선언'(declaration)과 '결의'(resolution)는 국제법의 발전에 반영될 수 있는 한 방법으로서 국제사법재판소(ICJ)에 의해서 고려되어야 한다고 한 권고는 그런 의미에서 매우 중요하다. 그러나 E. R. C, van Bogaert도 지적한 바와 같이 이러한 결의나 권고, 가이드라인 등 연성법에 관한 법적가치는 과장되어서는 안 되고, 총회는 권고를 표결할 권한을 갖고 있지만 강제적인 법적규칙을 부과하는 것은 불가능하다. 이러한 권고는 컨센서스(consensus)의 표명으로 보는 것이 가능 하지만 아직 불완전한 법이라는 것이다. 법적 견지로 본다면 연성법은 실제 조약과 동일시하는 것은 불가능하다. 따라서 우주폐기물 감축에 관한 연성법은 엄밀하게 말해서 법적 구속력은 없다. 다시 말해서 이것들은 국가들을 구속하는 법문서는 아니며, 현존하는 우주법에 관한 조약들의 관점에서 볼 때는 일종의 권고의 형태로써 우주관련조약들의 보충적 역할을 할 수 있을 뿐이라는 것이다. 그러므로 연성법의 한계를 넘어서기 위해서는 앞으로 우주폐기물감축 연성법을 바탕으로 우주법의 산실인 UN COPOUS가 법적 구속력 있는 조치를 마련할 것으로 기대해 본다.

• 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.