• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2009

Objective: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has emerged as an important optical imaging modality in non-invasive medical diagnostics. Hence, the aim of this study is to measure the similarity of the diagnosis by a traditional method using doctor's hand for feeling of pulse and by the non-contact/non-invasive pulse analyzing system using OCT on Chon(寸), Kwan(關), Chuk(尺). Method: Four korean medical doctors and the non-contact/non-invasive pulse analyzing system using OCT have measured the rapidity, the dimension, and the power of pulse waves of 25 volunteers. First, four korean medical doctors measured pulse waves of volunteers. During measuring, four doctors were separated from each other and so were volunteers. And then, the pulse waves of volunteers were measured by OCT. This was performed on the right Chon(寸), Kwan(關), Chuk(尺). Results: The study showed that the traditional method and the OCT based method had the 88% matches on the values of the slow and rapid pulse condition (遲數), 64% matches on the values of the small and big pulse condition(微細弱緩大[洪]), and 72% matches on the values of the weak and strong pulse condition(虛實). Conclusions: Based on the high similarities of the measurements of two approaches, we suggest that the OCT based pulse diagnosis method is useful for compensating the traditional method for the pulse diagnosis.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2007

This work reports the pulse diagnosis system using FBG sensors which can display pulse signals detected while oriental medical doctors are conducting pulse diagnoses and simultaneously pressing the sensors by three fingers. Each optical fiber has five FBG sensing units fabricated in 2 mm width and 2 mm inter-sensor spacing. Three optical fibers with the FBG units in the parallel line configuration are then placed on each finger-pressing region and thus overall 9 fibers are used for the pulse measurements on the so-called "chon", "gwan", and "ch대k". A fixture holding the optical fiber arrays is able to adjust the height of the FBG sensing units while placing the fibers on the wrist. The pulse signals detected by the FBG sensors from chon, kwan, and chuk have been analyzed using 4 channel spectrum analyzer connected to the optical fibers. The measured pulse signals exhibit variations due to the nonuniform pressure distributions applied. resulting in the differences in the detected pulse signals between fiber lines. However. this work is the first step towards objective and quantitative analyses of the pulse diagnosis in oriental medicine which has traditionally been performed on subjective basis. Future works will be devoted to improving sensor stability, developing the way applying pressure and algorithms reporting the objective classification of the pulse status from systemic measurements using the sensors instead of relying on the clinicians' diagnoses subjectively performed. A successful pulse diagnosis system emerging in the future is expected to contribute to education as well as promoting pulse diagnosis in oriental medicine to the scientific research area.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.4473-4482
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• 2010

한방의학에서 절진에 속하는 맥진은 28가지의 맥상 분석 방식을 기존의 아날로그 시스템에 적용하여 사용하였다. 그러나 아날로그 시스템은 ECG (Electrocardiogram)와 같은 특징점 추출방법을 이용해 맥파를 분석하는데 특징점 추출방법과 입력 신호의 과도한 증폭으로 맥파의 Clipping현상이 발생되어 맥파의 모양을 정확하게 분석할 수 없는 문제점들이 발생되었다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 아날로그 맥진기 시스템에 문제점을 보완하기 위한 방안의 하나로 전자 맥진기 시스템의 중요한 부분이라 할 수 있는 디지털 필터를 설계하기 위하여 신호의 특징점 추출을 위한 C-spline 보간법을 이용하고, signal modeling에 Prony's method로 디지털 필터를 설계하는 방법을 제안 하였다. 또한 기존의 아날로그 시스템에 맥파 분석 방법의 문제점을 보안하기 위한 전자 맥진기 시스템을 구성하여 새로운 맥파 분석 알고리즘과 아날로그 시스템에서 분석이 어려웠던 맥파의 모양 분석 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 증폭 단 이후 제안된 필터 설계방법을 이용하여 구성된 전자 맥진기 시스템의 출력 값이 아날로그 맥진기의 출력 파형과 아주 유사하면서 파형이 깨끗한 신호를 얻을 수 있어 설계방법의 적합성을 확인 하였고, 제안된 알고리즘에 의한 맥파 분석 결과가 아날로그 시스템의 맥파 분석 보다 정확한 맥파를 분석할 수 있었음을 확인할 수가 있었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1914-1915
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• 2007

The period and strength of the pulse on the radial artery are important physiological factors, and they have been used to diagnosis in both Western and Eastern countries for a long time and has been developed as a unique method of diagnosis at each countries. Recently, there are a lot of systems which can give diagnosis information by recording the pulse wave and analyzing the characteristics of the pulse shape. This study describes the Pulse-Wave Measurement System which is able to measure the pulse wave signal using piezoresistive sensor and the pulse wave signal measured by the developed system is transmitted to a computer on the basis of the USB Driver. It has finally shown the the pulse wave signal measured by the sender is appeared to the host PC in real time. The Pulse-Wave Measurement System used the piezoresistive sensor to measure the pulse wave signal and the differential amplifier(AD620) to amplify the pulse wave signal which is small signal. And it used the ADC to convert analog to digital for the measured analog signal and the interface with a computer. It transmitted the measured pulse signal through USB transmission module to the host computer and Labview tool shows it. This Pulse-Wave measurement system will afford comvenience of detecting pulse wave to user related to oriental medicine.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2001년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.367-370
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 누설전류 파고분석을 이용한 전력선비의 새로운 열화 진단법을 제안하였다. 현재까지 여러가지 열화 진단법이 제안되었으며, 평가요소로 누설전류의 크기만을 이용하는 것이 일반적이었다. 본 연구에서는 피뢰기, 케이블 등의 전력설비들이 열화가 진전됨에 따라 누설전류의 파고분포도 크게 달라짐을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 전력설비의 열화진단에 누설전류의 파고분포를 이용하면 기존의 누설전류의 크기만을 이용하는 방법보다 더 정확한 평가가 가능하다. 피뢰기, 케이블을 이용한 여러 가지 적용실험으로부터 제안한 열화 진단법은 충분한 성능이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1992년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.71-74
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• 1992

This paper describes research about the realization of computerized radial pulse diagnosis system in order to remove the subjectivity of a diagnostician, when diagnostician diagnoses a sickness using tactile percept ion in korean traditional medicine. Using radial pulse wave detection system, we effectively measured pressure radial pulse rave and after analyzing it, we detected the characteristic parameters and also quantified it and then we objectified more or less the judgement standard of radial pulse diagnosis by the aids of a clinical expert. on this base, we confirmed the possibility for realizing of automatic radial pulse diagnosis by radial pulse diagnosis system.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.241-246
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• 1996

This paper describes a new system that detects radial pulse wave and allows the diagnosis of malfunctions of cardiovascular system by analyzing the waveforms with the newly proposed algorithm. The system consists of a sensor part and a data processing part within which a new detection algorithm is incorporated In acquiring radial pulse signal noninvasively, the sensor used in this system is a new combinational fiber-optic sensor which has a detecting Part and a transmitting Part. Also, In order to analyze the characteristics of pulsation quantitatively, the algorithm proposed in this paper is a method that runs in parallel with both the data of ECG and differential pulse simultaneously. these concepts are based upon the idea that thfee Q points of ECG give obious discrimination of one entire period of pulse in any abnormal cases, and newly defined feature lines at the differential counterpart can be used to recogrlize sDme significant points in one period of pulses.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2012

심혈관계 질환의 발병 위험요인 분석이 가능한 맥진기는 한방 의료기기에서 대표적인 연구 분야 가운데 하나이다. 그러나 기존의 대부분의 센서 기반의 맥진기는 측정시의 맥박 박동처와 센서부의 접촉상태에 따른 편위, 검출된 파형의 부정확성 및 파형분석의 어려움 등에 있어서 문제점이 발생한다. 따라서 본 논문에는 특성 센서를 사용하지 않고 단지 맥동에 의해서 유발되는 모세관 시험액의 상태 변화를 촬영한 맥동영상을 분석하여 환자의 맥파의 측정이 가능한 맥진기를 제안한다. 제안한 방법에서는 맥동영상 분석을 위한 시약영역 추출, 이진화, 수정된 열림연산, 변위측정 등의 영상처리 방법들이 적용된다. 제안한 맥진기의 성능 평가를 위해서는 추출된 압맥파로부터 맥파분석에 필수적인 5가지 주요 특징점에 대한 추출률을 측정한 결과 성공적인 결과를 보였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.353-362
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• 1986

This paper shows that 6 pulse converter instead of 12 pulse converter can be used for the control of Superconducting Magnet Energy Storage(SMES) to improve the stability and to suppress the voltage fluctuation of power system. In order to prevent the commutation failure, when 6 pulse converter used for simultaneous control of real power and reactive power is asymmetrically controlled, stable control region has been presented by analyzing the commutation phenomena at critical points which distinguish the stable control region from the unstrol control region. Harmonic components of line current and output voltage have been calculated. Finally, computer simulation of power system stabilization has been presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. According to the computation results, SMES controlled by the 6 pulse converter is an effective measure in reducing the oscillation and the transient instability of the power system.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.456-463
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• 1984

The fast-rising high-voltage pulse generation circuit system of a theta pinch is both theoretically and experimentally investigated. The idealized model of this circuit system is a hybrid circuit system composed of three parts: a lumped circuit part being consisted of a capacitor bank and a spark switch connected in series, another lumped circuit part being consisted of the Blumlein transmission line, whose end load is the pinch coil. the voltage difference between two ends of the pinch coil is formulated by analyzing this hybrid circuit system by means of the law of the signal propagation in the transmission line and Kirchhoff's laws. The expedient numerical method for computer calculation is developed to generate the pulse profile of the voltage difference across the pinch coil. The period of the experimentally measured main pulse is a fourth of the theoretical one neglecting the resistance of the pinch coil. We attribute this discrepancy to the modelling in the theoretical calculation that hte resistance and inductance of the spark switch and capacitor bank are assumed to be constant through discharge. Therefore, we can see that the rise time of the imploding magnetic-field pulse is mainly dependent on the spark switch and capacitor bank.