• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2021

일반적으로 큐브위성용 전개형 태양전지판을 수납 및 전개시키기 위해 사용되는 구속분리장치는 비폭발식 나일론선 절단방식이 적용된다. 그러나 상기 방식은 태양전지판 수납 상태에서 큐브위성의 배터리 충전, PCB 및 탑재체의 전기적 점검 및 시험 등을 위한 접근 포트 연결 시 분리장치의 구속해제 및 재채결 작업이 반복적으로 요구된다. 따라서, 기존의 구속분리장치는 위성체 내부 접근을 위해서는 작업자의 번거로움 및 일관된 나일론선 체결작업 공정 유지의 어려움이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 나일론 선 절단 없이 구속 핀 분리만으로 자유롭게 태양전지판 전개 및 수납이 가능한 Pin-puller형 태양전지판 구속분리장치를 제안하였으며, 기능 및 성능검증을 위한 분리장치의 전개시험 및 최대 분리하중 측정 시험을 통해 분리장치 설계의 유효성을 입증하였다.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.343-348
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 자율주행자동차를 지원하기 위한 전방향성 특성의 이중대역 안테나를 제안한다. 제안된 안테나는 4G/LTE 대역 (1,710~2,170MHz)과 5G/NR 대역 (3,400~3,700MHz)을 동시에 지원하기 위한 50Ω의 단일급전이 이용된 새로운 구조의 이중대역 평판 모노폴(Dual-band Planar Monopole) 안테나의 특징을 가진다. 이중대역 특성을 위해 평판 모노폴 안테나에 측면 방사체를 추가 한 후 슬릿을 통하여 목표 성능에 최적화 되었다. 평판 모노폴 구조는 LTE 대역에서 동작하며, 동일 급전을 사용하는 모노폴 구조에 추가된 측면 방사체와 함께 5G NR 대역에서 동작을 한다. 제안된 안테나는 96.0mm의 지름을 갖는 접지면 위에 $38.5{\times}36.0{\times}1.0[mm^3]$의 크기로 설계되었다. 제작과 측정결과로부터 LTE 대역의 1,710~2,170MHz와 5G NR 대역의 3,400~3,700MHz에 대하여 VSWR 2:1 이하를 만족하였으며, 해당 주파수 대역에서 각각 1,480~2,260MHz와 3,310~3,930MHz의 넓은 임피던스 대역폭을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 무반사 챔버의 측정결과로부터 제안된 평판 모노폴 안테나의 이득과 전방향성 방사패턴(Omni-directional Radiation Pattern)을 확인하였다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.931-941
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• 2020

해양데이터를 수집하기 위해 필요한 엔지니어, 연구원 및 과학자를 대신할 수 있는 해양 모니터링 장치인 자율주행보트의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 이 논문은 자율주행보트의 세일을 개발하기 위한 연구로 곡선형 트윈 세일의 공기역학적인 특성을 수치해석적으로 분석하고 이를 날개 형태의 세일과 성능비교를 통해 곡선형 트윈 세일의 공기 역학적인 성능을 확인하였고, 세일의 간격과 형상에 따른 성능을 비교하였다. 유체 해석을 위한 지배방정식은 Navier - Stokes를 사용하였다. 성능비교 결과 곡선 형 트윈 세일은 날개 형태의 세일과 비교하여 양력, 항력 및 추력 계수가 향상됨을 알 수 있다. 또한, 트윈 세일의 양 날개의 간격은 중요한 변수임을 확인 하였다. 0.035 L, 0.07 L, 0.14 L에서는 스톨로 인해 양력 계수의 감소로 나타났고 0.21 L, 0.28 L, 0.35 L에서는 개선되어 0.28 L에서 최대 양력을 보여준다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2022

부선을 예인하는 예인선은 90.5 %가 총톤수 200톤 미만으로 대부분 선장 혼자 승무하고, 선원법상 근로시간 및 승무정원에 관한 규정을 적용받지 않는다. 따라서 부선을 예인하는 예인선의 선장은 항해당직 중 적절한 휴식을 취하지 못해 피로하게 되고, 부선을 예인하는 예인선은 불가피하게 무자격자인 갑판장과 교대로 항해당직을 수행하며 인적 감항능력을 충족하지 못한다. 또한 예인선의 선장 또는 소유자는 예인선이 부선을 예인할 때 선박직원법상 추가적으로 요구되는 최저승무기준을 준수하지 못하는 사례가 자주 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 먼저 다음 사항에 대해 살펴보았다. (1) 선원법상 근로시간 및 승무정원에 관한 규정, (2) 선박직원법상 예인선의 갑판부 선박직원의 최저승무기준에 관한 규정, (3) 부선을 예인하는 예인선의 해양사고 사례. 그리고 예인선의 실효적인 해양사고 예방을 위해 예인선이 부선을 예인하는 경우에는 항해사 1명이 추가적으로 승무하도록 갑판부 선박직원의 최저승무기준을 개정할 것을 제안하였다. 특히 중대재해 처벌 등에 관한 법률은 2022. 1. 27. 시행되었다. 해양에서 인명사고가 동일한 원인으로 계속 발생하고, 그 원인이 제도적 미비로 인한 항해사의 피로라고 판단된다면 해양항만관청은 처벌을 받게 될 수 있으므로 이에 대해 대비할 필요가 있다고 본다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.33-45
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 연약지반개량을 위해 활용되고 있는 다짐말뚝공법 시공 시 발생하는 공극 막힘을 규명하고자 일련의 축소모형실험을 수행하였다. 다짐말뚝 타설 시 Air-jet에 의한 골재 압출 공정 과정에서 점토-골재 복합지반 사이에 상당한 압력이 재하 되어 소산되는 과정에서 공극 막힘이 심화되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서, 다짐말뚝이 시공된 연약지반을 1차원 점토-골재 복합지반으로 모사하고 양단경계에 시공 시 발생하는 압력 차이를 재하하는 실험시스템을 개발하였다. 개발된 실험시스템을 이용하여 다짐말뚝 시공 조건에서 발생하는 공극 막힘의 메커니즘을 규명하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 쇄석과 공극 막힘 현상을 개선하기 위해 제안된 입도조정골재에 대하여 압력재하실험을 수행하여 재료에 따른 공극 막힘을 비교하였다. 실험 결과, 압력 조건에 따른 쇄석과 입도조정골재의 점토 혼입 메커니즘을 관찰하고, 점토-골재 복합지반으로의 유입과 유출 유량의 측정을 통하여 통수능을 비교·분석하였다. 다짐말뚝의 시공 조건에서는 일반적인 공극 막힘 형태인 Blinding과 Blocking현상이 관측되었고, 이에 더하여 Infiltrating현상이 새롭게 발견되었다. 또한, 쇄석은 Blinding, Blocking과 Infiltrating 현상이 모두 관찰되었으나, 입도조정골재는 Blinding현상만이 관측되어, 공극 막힘이 거의 발생하지 않아, 쇄석에 비하여 배수성능이 우수하게 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 연약지반개량을 위해 활용되고 있는 모래다짐말뚝 공법의 개선을 위해 개발된 입도조정골재 다짐말뚝의 구근 형성 및 품질을 평가하고자 다짐말뚝 시공을 모사하는 축소모형실험 시스템을 개발하고 일련의 실험을 수행하였다. 현재 모래다짐말뚝 공법의 경우 모래의 공급 부족으로 인해 경제성이 하락하였고, 쇄석다짐말뚝 공법은 해상 초연약점토지반에 시공 시 구근의 팽창 파괴로 인한 불균일한 구근과 퍼짐 현상 발생으로 해상 연약지반 적용에 한계가 있어왔다. 구근의 균일한 형성은 다짐말뚝의 지지력에 큰 영향을 미치나, 현재까지 구근 형성에 대한 연구사례는 전무하다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 다짐말뚝 구근이 시공되는 절차를 모사하여 구근 형성 메커니즘을 규명하고, 기존 다짐말뚝 공법을 개선하는 입도조정골재의 품질 평가를 목표로 하였다. 본 연구에서는 다짐말뚝 재료와 지반 강도를 매개변수로 하여 4차례 실험을 수행하였다. 다짐말뚝 재료는 입도조정골재와 모래를 비교·분석하였다. 실험결과, 입도조정골재 다짐말뚝의 구근은 모래다짐말뚝과 유사한 품질로 나타났으며, 입도조정골재 다짐말뚝의 지지력이 모래다짐말뚝 보다 향상되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2023

설계 단계에서의 침하 예측은 주로 이론적 침하 예측 방법에 의해 수행되지만, 정확도의 문제로 인해 시공 단계에서는 주로 시간에 따른 침하량 계측 결과를 토대로 장래 침하량을 예측하는 계측 기반 침하 예측 방법을 적용하고 있다. 계측 기반 침하 예측 방법 중에서도 쌍곡선법이 주로 쓰이고 있으나 기존의 쌍곡선법은 정확도가 떨어지며 통계적 측면에서 한계점이 명확하기 때문에, 가중 비선형 회귀 분석 기반의 쌍곡선법이 제안된 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 가중 비선형 회귀 쌍곡선법에 두 가지 가중치 부여 방식을 적용하여 침하 예측 정확도를 비교 분석하였다. 부산 신항에 위치한 두 현장에서 측정한 지표침하판 데이터를 활용했으며, 회귀분석 구간을 전체 데이터에 30, 50, 70%로 설정해 나머지 구간의 침하를 예측했다. 그 결과, 가중치 부여 방식과 무관하게 쌍곡선법 기반의 침하 예측 방법은 모두 회귀 분석 구간이 증가할수록 정확도가 높게 나타났으며, 가중 비선형 회귀 쌍곡선법을 통해 기존 선형 회귀 쌍곡선법 보다 정확하게 침하를 예측할 수 있었다. 특히 더 작은 회귀분석 구간이 적용되었음에도 가중 비선형 회귀 쌍곡선법이 기존 선형 회귀 쌍곡선법에 비해 높은 침하 예측 성능을 보여, 가중 비선형 회귀 쌍곡선법을 통해 훨씬 빠르고 정확하게 침하량을 예측할 수 있음을 확인했다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.103-122
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• 2011

Recently, numerous documents have been made available electronically. Internet search engines and digital libraries commonly return query results containing hundreds or even thousands of documents. In this situation, it is virtually impossible for users to examine complete documents to determine whether they might be useful for them. For this reason, some on-line documents are accompanied by a list of keywords specified by the authors in an effort to guide the users by facilitating the filtering process. In this way, a set of keywords is often considered a condensed version of the whole document and therefore plays an important role for document retrieval, Web page retrieval, document clustering, summarization, text mining, and so on. Since many academic journals ask the authors to provide a list of five or six keywords on the first page of an article, keywords are most familiar in the context of journal articles. However, many other types of documents could not benefit from the use of keywords, including Web pages, email messages, news reports, magazine articles, and business papers. Although the potential benefit is large, the implementation itself is the obstacle; manually assigning keywords to all documents is a daunting task, or even impractical in that it is extremely tedious and time-consuming requiring a certain level of domain knowledge. Therefore, it is highly desirable to automate the keyword generation process. There are mainly two approaches to achieving this aim: keyword assignment approach and keyword extraction approach. Both approaches use machine learning methods and require, for training purposes, a set of documents with keywords already attached. In the former approach, there is a given set of vocabulary, and the aim is to match them to the texts. In other words, the keywords assignment approach seeks to select the words from a controlled vocabulary that best describes a document. Although this approach is domain dependent and is not easy to transfer and expand, it can generate implicit keywords that do not appear in a document. On the other hand, in the latter approach, the aim is to extract keywords with respect to their relevance in the text without prior vocabulary. In this approach, automatic keyword generation is treated as a classification task, and keywords are commonly extracted based on supervised learning techniques. Thus, keyword extraction algorithms classify candidate keywords in a document into positive or negative examples. Several systems such as Extractor and Kea were developed using keyword extraction approach. Most indicative words in a document are selected as keywords for that document and as a result, keywords extraction is limited to terms that appear in the document. Therefore, keywords extraction cannot generate implicit keywords that are not included in a document. According to the experiment results of Turney, about 64% to 90% of keywords assigned by the authors can be found in the full text of an article. Inversely, it also means that 10% to 36% of the keywords assigned by the authors do not appear in the article, which cannot be generated through keyword extraction algorithms. Our preliminary experiment result also shows that 37% of keywords assigned by the authors are not included in the full text. This is the reason why we have decided to adopt the keyword assignment approach. In this paper, we propose a new approach for automatic keyword assignment namely IVSM(Inverse Vector Space Model). The model is based on a vector space model. which is a conventional information retrieval model that represents documents and queries by vectors in a multidimensional space. IVSM generates an appropriate keyword set for a specific document by measuring the distance between the document and the keyword sets. The keyword assignment process of IVSM is as follows: (1) calculating the vector length of each keyword set based on each keyword weight; (2) preprocessing and parsing a target document that does not have keywords; (3) calculating the vector length of the target document based on the term frequency; (4) measuring the cosine similarity between each keyword set and the target document; and (5) generating keywords that have high similarity scores. Two keyword generation systems were implemented applying IVSM: IVSM system for Web-based community service and stand-alone IVSM system. Firstly, the IVSM system is implemented in a community service for sharing knowledge and opinions on current trends such as fashion, movies, social problems, and health information. The stand-alone IVSM system is dedicated to generating keywords for academic papers, and, indeed, it has been tested through a number of academic papers including those published by the Korean Association of Shipping and Logistics, the Korea Research Academy of Distribution Information, the Korea Logistics Society, the Korea Logistics Research Association, and the Korea Port Economic Association. We measured the performance of IVSM by the number of matches between the IVSM-generated keywords and the author-assigned keywords. According to our experiment, the precisions of IVSM applied to Web-based community service and academic journals were 0.75 and 0.71, respectively. The performance of both systems is much better than that of baseline systems that generate keywords based on simple probability. Also, IVSM shows comparable performance to Extractor that is a representative system of keyword extraction approach developed by Turney. As electronic documents increase, we expect that IVSM proposed in this paper can be applied to many electronic documents in Web-based community and digital library.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 INMARSAT-B형 송신기에 사용되는 L-BAND(1626.5-1646.5 MHz)용 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기를 연구 개발하였다. 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기는 구동증폭단과 전력증폭단에 의해 고출력 모드일 때 +42 dBm, 중간출력 모드일 때는 +38 dBm, 저출력 모드일 때는 +34 dBm의 전력으로 증폭되며, 각각에 대해 상한 +1 dBm과 하한 2 dBm의 오차를 허용한다. 제작의 간편성 때문에 전체 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기를 크게 구동증폭단과 전력증폭단 두 부분으로 나누어 구현하였으며, 전력증폭부를 구동하기 위한 구동단은 HP사의 MGA-64135와 Motorola사의 MRF-6401을 사용하였으며, 전력증폭단은 ERICSSON사의 PTE-10114와 PTF-10021을 사용하여 RP부, 온도보상회로, 출력 조절회로 및 출력 검출회로를 함께 집적화 하였다. 이득조절은 디지털 감쇠기를 사용하였으며, 출력신호의 세기를 검출하기 위하여 20 dB 방향성 결합기를 이용하였다. 제작된 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기는 20 MHz대역폭 내에서 소신호 이득이 41.6 dB, 37.6 dB, 33.2 dB 를 얻었으며, 입출력 정재파비는 1.3:1 이하, 12 dBm의 PldB, PldB 출력레벨에서 3 dB Back off 시켰을 때 36.5 dBc의 IM3를 얻었다. 1636.5 MHz 주파수에 대해 출력전력은 43 dBm으로서 설계시 목표로 했던 최대 출력전력 20 Watt를 얻었다.

• 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.