• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.723-728
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• 2010

본 연구는 국내의 간호 인력 부족으로 인하여 발생되는 간호 업무 부하를 감소시키기 위해 PPG 신호를 이용한 휴대형 심박수 측정 장치의 설계 방법과 환자의 움직임인 동잡음에서도 신뢰성이 높은 심박수 측정 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안된 심박수 측정방법은 생체 신호의 하모닉 특성을 기반한 적응필터로 동잡음을 제거하고 심박수를 측정하는 방법이다. 제안된 기법으로 구현된 심박수 측정기의 성능을 평가하기 위해 손가락 떨림, 손목 움직임 등의 동잡음을 발생시켜 실험하고, 일반적인 방법인 이동평균 필터의 성능과 비교 평가 하였다. 이 실험 결과에서 제안된 기법의 성능이 이동평균 필터의 성능보다 우수한 성능을 보였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제안한 휴대형 심박수 측정기를 간호업무에 도입한다면, 간호 업무 개선과 보다 선뢰성이 높은 심박수 측정이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.691-697
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• 2013

최근 IT+BT 융합 기술로 건강관리 및 응급의료 등을 위하여 U-헬스케어 단말 장치가 개발되고 상품화가 되고 있다. 이 단말기에서 측정하는 생체 신호들은 심전도, 체온, 산소포화도, 심박수, 호흡 등이며, 특히 이들 신호 중에 광용적맥파(PPG) 신호는 산소포화도와 심박수, 말초혈관 탄성도 등을 측정함에 있어 매우 중요한 신호이다. 그러나 이 PPG 신호는 환자 또는 사용자의 움직임에 따라 발생하는 동잡음의 영향에 의해 그 정밀도가 저하된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 동잡음을 제거하기 위한 광변조 기법과 ICA 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법의 성능을 분석하기 위해 다양한 잡음을 인위적으로 가하여 실험하였으며, 실험 결과를 분석한 결과에서 제안된 기법이 기존의 적응 필터법 보다 우수한 성능을 보였다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 V
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• pp.2745-2748
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• 2003

In this paper, we implement the photoplethysmo-graphy system that have three channel pulse wave detects and one channel ECG amplifier. In order to detect the artery state, we measured the pulse waves at different positions, simultaneously. In general, arterial vascular system suffers the decrease of compliance, increase of resistance, and decrease of distensibility through aging. Therefore, we compared and analyzed variation of tile Pulse waves parameter both in time and frequency domains that is concerned with the changes of arterial characteries. And then evaluated the correlation coefficients between the parameters variation and the age group. As the result of experiment, we found that the Parameters have a significant correlation about aging.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.112-115
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• 2010

The heart rate is the most important vital sign in diagnosing heart status. The simple method to measure the heart rate in the mobile healthcare device is using the PPG signal. In developing the mobile healthcare device using the PPG signal, the most important issue is the inaccuracy of the measured heart rate because the PPG signal is distorted from the user's motions. To improve the problem, this study proposed the new method that is to estimate the heart rate without an additional sensor in real life. The proposed method in this study is using the histogram filter. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed method, the study compares its results with the moving average method in motion environment. According to the experimental results, the performance of the proposed method was more than 40% better than the performances of the MAF.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2013

Objectives : This study investigated the relationship between smoking and health factors including stress resistance, stress index, fatigue and vaso-aging degree. Methods : The subjects were 19,953 persons who had received health examination by Korean Medicine and submitted questionnaires about smoking history, for 8 months from March to November in 2011. The stress index and resistance, fatigue were measured by HRV(Heart Rate Variability). The vaso-aging degree were measured by APG(Accelerated Photoplethysmograph). Results : Regarding the relationship between smoking and stress index and resistance, fatigue and vaso-aging degree were significant differences(p<0.05). Conclusions : This study suggests that smoking affects health factors including stress, fatigue and avaso-aging degree.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.170-175
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• 2010

A method of measuring heart rate using photoplethysmograph(PPG) signal during exercise is proposed. PPG's are composed of strong base tones and their harmonics, and the strong base tones are trackable by the adaptive notch filter (ANF) which adjusts its coefficients to minimize the output power. The proposed heart rate measurement algorithm continuously notches the frequency component with the maximum power in the measured PPG, so that the fundamental frequency corresponding to heart rate is traced. We also presents methods of detecting degeneration and impulsive noise blocks to minimize the coefficient fluctuation. Experiments were conducted using real PPG signals captured during exercise. Results showed that the proposed algorithm is capable of consistently tracking the heart rate embedded in the noisy PPG's.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.327-333
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• 2009

This paper describe the riding robot system named by "RideBot" which is a riding robot like as a horse. In order to simulate the riding motions, we develope the saddle mechanism which can generate 3 DOF motions including pitch, roll, and bounce movement, and also we controlled the riding motions and the intention of horseman. To generate the riding motions with the bodily sensation, we developed Novel Washout Filter and the algorithms for motion control. And also, we developed some health care service for the health care of horseman. A body state index was proposed that evaluates the personal health state from both the measured physiological variables and the surveyed questions. The physiological variables such as weight, blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV), accelerated state photoplethysmograph(APG), body fat, and happiness index were measured by the specially designed bio-handle system and survey questions. The efficiency of the proposed ride robot is evaluated in the experiments.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2012

The photoplethysmography (PPG) signal measured from a mobile healthcare device contains various motion artifacts occurring from a patient’s movements. Recently, to reject the motion artifacts, the method of using an acceleration sensor was suggested, but such sensors are very expensive. Therefore, this study deals with a novel sensor device to replace the acceleration sensor, and evaluated the performance of the proposed sensor experimentally. In the results of the experiments, it is shown that the proposed sensor device can reconstruct the PPG signal despite the occurrence of motion artifacts, and also that the variation rate in heart rate analysis was 1.22%. According to the experimental results, the proposed method can be applied to design a low-cost device.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.77-79
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to suggest a new detection method for early diagnosing diabetic neuropathic foot by obtaining a ratio of toe to figer blood flow using photoplethysmography(PPG). Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) has been routinely used for diagnosing neuropathic foot, but it applies strong electric stimulus to peripheries resulting in stress and pain. The blood flow ratio of diabetic neuropathy(0.96${\pm}$0.20) was significantly higher in comoarison to normal control group(0.46${\pm}$0.15, left : p<0.05, right : p<0.05) and non-neuropathy diabetic group(0.49${\pm}$0.21, left: p<0.05. right: p<0.05).

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2011년도 제44차 하계학술발표논문집 19권2호
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• pp.273-276
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• 2011

우리는 감성 공학에 기반하여 일상 생활 속에서 비침습적이면서 사용하기 간편한 광전용적맥파신호를 계측하고 분석하는 이어폰형 생체 신호 측정 시스템에 관하여 연구하였다. 생체 신호 측정 시스템에서는 광전용적맥파(photoplethysmograph, PPG)와 3축 가속도로 생체 신호와 운동 신호를 활용하였다. 수신된 생체 신호인 광전용적맥파 신호는 Peak 검출 및 전처리 알고리즘을 통하여 심박동변동성(heart rate Variablity,HRV)에 대한 시계열 정보로 변환하고 고속 퓨리에 변환(Fast Fourier Transfirm, FFT)과 전력 스펙트럼 밀도 분석(Power Spectrum Density, PSD)방법으로 교감과 부교감 신경 활성도 변화를 관측하였고, 운동 센서로 움직임을 관측하였다. 수신부 시스템은 안드로이드 기반의 자바 어플리케이션으로 스마트 폰에서 구현하였고, 송신부인 이어폰 생체정보 측정모듈로 맥파를 측정하여 상황에 따라 변화하는 자율 신경계의 활성도비율을 확인하였다.