• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
• /
• 제40권1호
• /
• pp.23-28
• /
• 1993

연구배경 : 암화 과정상의 한 요소는 조절되지 않는 세포의 증식인바 그 증식성을 알아볼 수 있는 많은 방법들이 소개되었는데 그중 한 방법이 소위 증식표지인 PCNA를 검색해 보는 것이다. PCNA는 36KD의 핵단백질로서 세포의 증식과정에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있는데 암세포에선 그 발현성이 잘 조절되지 않으므로 이를 이용하여 암세포의 생물학적 성상을 보다 잘 이해하려는 연구들이 시도되었다. 지금까지 알려진 바로는 암세포에서의 PCNA 발현율은 암세포중 증식세포 비율뿐 아니라 암세포의 분화정도, DNA의 배수성, 항암제에 대한 감수성 등과 관련된다고 보고되었다. 또한 그 방법의 단순성 및 신속성과 아울러 통상적 조직 보관법인 파리핀 포매 절편을 이용하므로써 조직형태를 그대로 유지한다는 장점이 있다. 이에 저자들은 폐암조직에서 PCNA 발현양상을 조사 분석하여 그 병태 생물학적 의의를 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 연구 대상은 폐암으로 진단받고 폐절제술로 적출되어 파라핀에 포매된 43예의 폐암조직을 사용하여, 면역조직화학 염색법으로 PCNA 발현을 조사하여 암세포형, 병기, 병소 종류, 생존율 등과 어떤 관계가 있는지 분석하였다. 결과: 1) 세포형에 따른 구분 : 편평상피암은 89%, 선암은 54%의 양성율을 나타내어 세포형에 따른 차이를 보였고 대세포암은 1예인데 양성이었다. 2) 병기에 따른 구분 : 병기가 진행할수록 즉 1기에서 보다 2, 3기에서 양성율은 높은 경향을 보이나 통계적 의미는 없었다. 3) 병소에 따른 구분 : 원발암 부위와 전이 임파절 부위에서의 양성율은 각각 77%와 62%로서 큰 차이가 없었고, 전이 병소를 가진 13예에서 두 부위간의 양성율은 92%와 62%로서 원발부위에서 높으며, 전이 병소를 가진 원발 부위에서의 양성율이(92%) 전이 병소가 없는 원발 부위의 양성율보다(70%) 높았다. 4) 생존 기간에 따른 구분 : 12개월 생존율을 비교할 때 양성율에 따른 차이는 없었다. 결론 : 본 연구 결과 폐암조직에서의 PCNA의 발현은 편평상피암에서 보다 높으며, 전이병소를 가진 원발 부위에서 높게 나타났으나, 병기 및 생존율 등에서는 차이가 나지 않았으므로 향후 더많은 예수에 대한 검증, 여러 다른 치료를 받은 경우에서의 검증, 더 오랜 기간의 생존율 관찰 및 다른 생물학적 지표와의 비교 검토가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한교통학회지
• /
• 제20권5호
• /
• pp.113-130
• /
• 2002

본 연구에서는 Moving Cell theory에 기반한 DNL(Dynamic Network Loading) 모형을 개발하고 이를 이용해 혼잡이 존재하는 교통망에서 교통류가 갖는 동적 특성을 분석하였다. 제시된 모형에서는 동일 시간대에 링크에 진입하는 교통량을 하나의 Cell로 형성하고 Cell following rule에 따라 링크에서 진행시킨다. 기존의 DNL 모형들은 링크에서 발생하는 물리적인 패기행렬을 묘사하기 위해 연속성을 갖는 단일 링크를 주행구간과 대기행렬 구간으로 분리하여 링크에서 발생하는 동적 상태(state)를 주행과 대기로 간단히 묘사하는 방법을 사용하고 있다. 하지만, 이러한 기법은 교통류의 다양한 동적 특성을 묘사하는데 한계점을 가지고 있었다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해 본 연구에서는 오염물질 확산분석 등에 주로 이용되었던 Lagrangian method과 차량 추종모형을 결합한 Moving Cell theory를 개발하였다. Moving Cell theory하에서 차량군(platoon)은 Cell로 표현되며, 각 Cell들은 추종이론에 따라 진행하게 된다. 이러한 Moving Cell 기반의 시뮬레이선 모형은 이미 Cremer et al.(1999)에 의해 제시된 바 있으나 그 분석 대상이 고속도로 본선구간이었기 때문에 합류나 분류문제를 풀 수 있는 모형을 제시하지 못하였고, Cell이 포함 가능한 차량대수를 인위적으로 설정하는 등 기초적인 수준을 크게 벗어나지 못하였다. 본 연구에서는 위의 연구들이 갖는 한계점을 극복할 수 있는 새로운 형태의 Moving Cell theory를 개발함으로서, 교통류의 연속적인 동적 특성 변화를 Cell의 이동과 상태 변화를 통해 재현하였다. 개발된 모형은 합류와 분류가 존재하는 간단한 가상교통망에서 실행되었고, 기존 DNL 모형에 비해 향상된 동적 교통류 묘사능력을 얻을 수 있었다.on constraint)을 토대로 다음 통행배정 시간대의 실시간 수요로서 반영할 수 있는 방안을 제시한다.여도 취소소송의 대상으로 삼도록 하는 보다 명확하고 일관성 있는 논의전개를 제안하였다.수 있었다.로 첨가하여 48시간 배양한 후 암항원 유전자 발현성을 측정한 결과 세포주에 따라 다소 차이는 있으나 대개 0.2 uM농도에서도 유전자 발현이 유도되었으며 1, 5 uM농도에서 매우 강하게 유도되었다. ADC 처리가 페암세포주의 MHC와 B7 발현을 증가시키는가를 알아보기 위해 1 uM 농도의 ADC를 72시간 처치한 후 FACS 분석을 실시한 결과 4개의 페암세포주에서 MHC 및 B7분자의 발현은 유도되지 않았다. 또 ADC농도가 세포성장에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 ADC를 0.2, 1, 5 uM농도로 96시간 처치 후 세포수를 측정하여 상대성장지수를 알아본 결과 ADC 처치 농도가 증가함에 따라 세포의 성장은 매우 감소하였다. 결론: 폐암세포주에서 ADC처치는 MAGE, GAGE 및 NY-ESO-1과 같은 세포독성 T 림프구 반응을 유도할 수 있는 암항원의 발현을 증가시킬 수 있으며, ADC의 세포독성과 항원 발현 유발시간을 분석할 때 1 uM 농도에서 48시간 처치한 후 ADC가 없는 배지에서 수일간 배양하는 것이 가장 효과적이라고 생각된다. 그러나, ADC를 처치하여도 MHC 및 B7의 발현의 변화는 없었으므로 ADC를 처치한 폐암세포를 암백신으로 사용하기 위해서는 MHC나 B7 및 cytokine의 발현을 증가시키는 추가적인 처치가 필요하다고 생각된다.ded.한 질소제거를 N-balance로부터 구해보면, R3 반응조의 경우가 가장 높은 제거율(40.9%)을 보였다. 이상의 결과들을 볼 때, Bncillus 균주는 호기적 탈질을 일으킬 수 있는 가능성이 있고, Bncillus 균주를 이용한 B3 공정은 탈질에 이용되는 탄소량이 거의 없고, 적은

• 대한간호학회지
• /
• 제30권3호
• /
• pp.776-790
• /
• 2000

Every year the number of the elderly increases in Korea thanks to the improvemen of social and economical levels and the development of medicine. However, many problems such as insufficent care and the isolation of the elderly have been commonplace. This trend exists not only because of increased lifespan but also the changing social structure of the nuclear family. Accordingly, inspite of the development of medicine, geriatric diseases including circulatory diseases are increasing in proportion of elderly population, as well as the severity. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that health care programs provide the best possible health care and functional capacities in terms of healthy elderly lifestyles. Especially, the phenomena of aging and geriatric diseases taking place with the elderly naturally are affected by lifestyle and the drastic changes in exercise patterns. This study aims to improve geriatric health by introducing a rhythmic movement program for the elderly to estabilish a health-promoting self-care system and by developing quality of life, perceived health status, their physical and physiological functions and emotional state. The theoretical framework used in this dissertation is derived from the Health-Promoting Self-Care System Model (Simmons, 1990), which integrates the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem, 1985), the interaction model of Client Health Behavior (Cox, 1982) and the Health Promotion Model (Pender, 1987). As a quasi-experimental design, the nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design is utilized for this study. The subjects of this study consist of 64 people, over 65 years old who live in 2 nursing homes for the aged located in S city , Kyong-gi province and volunteered for this study from July, 12, 1999 to September, 17, 1999. They are divided into two groups：33 in the experimental group and 31 in the control group. The experimental group particpated in the Rhythmic Movement Program at the nursing home, which was comprised of 45 minutes a session, 5 sessions a week during 9 weeks. In order to measure the results of the Rhythmic Movement Program, aspects of perceived health status, balance, flexibility, grip strength, leg strength, heart rate, blood pressure, depression, anxiety and the quality of life were measured before and after participating in the Rhythimic Movement Program for the experimental group after 9 weeks, as well as the control group. The collected data were processed by SPSS PC+ and analyzed by the X2 test, t-test, ANCOVA and the Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The results of this study are as follows: 1. The perceived health status conditions in the experimental group show statistically significant improvement when compared to the control group (F=17.51, p=.000). 2. The physical and physiological functions, that is, balance (F=17.51, p=.000), flexibility (F=8.01, p=.006), grip strength (F=3.21, p=.018) and leg strength (F=25.78, p=.000) in the experimental group are higher than the control group. The vital signs, that is, the number of heart rate (F=.022, p=.884), systolic pressure (F=1.73 p=.193), and diastolic pressure (F=2.74, p=.103) in the experimental group compared to the control group decreased, but doesn't show statistically significant differences. Immune responses (F=5.13, p=.003) showed statistically significant increases in the experimental group when compared to the control group. 3. The emotional state are improved, that is, degree of depression (F=11.56, p=.001) and degree of anxiety (F=9.14, p=.004) in the experimental group showed statistically significant decreases. 4. The quality of life in the experimental group (F=3.03, p=.037) showed statistically significant differences compared to the control group. 5. The observations of the relationships among the perceived health status, emotional state , the quality of life, the relationships between the perceived health status, the degree of depression (r=-.653, p=.000) and the degree of anxiety (r=-.786, p=.000) were in contrary propotions, while the relationships between the perceived health status and the quality of life (r=.234, p=.008) were in direct propotion. In conclusion, the Rhythmic Movement Program used in this study for geriatric nursing care is simple and safe for application to the elderly and shows significant effects by implementing 5 sessions a week for 9 weeks. The Rhythmic Movement Program improves the quality of life, maintains as well as improves the physical and physiological fuctions and emotional state, therefore this program is strongly recommended for positive applications for independant geriatric nursing health care.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
• /
• 제19B권2호
• /
• pp.123-126
• /
• 2012

본 논문은 생체간이식 전에 복부 MDCT(Multi-Detector Computed Tomography) 영상에서 간 이식편의 체적을 간단하고 정확하게 계산하기 위하여 좌간과 우간을 나누는 방법을 제안하였다. 본 알고리즘은 기증자와 수혜자의 안전을 보장하기 위하여 시스템과 의료진의 상호작업을 최소화 하여 의료진이 수술 전 이식편의 판단을 정확하게 처리할 수 있도록 하였다. 간이 추출된 영상에 좌간과 우간을 나눌 수 있는 2점(중간 정맥(MHV: Middle Hepatic Vein) 내부의 한 점과 좌우문맥(PV: Portal Vein) 분지부에서 한 점)을 선택한다. 선택된 중간정맥 내부의 점을 이용하여 중간정맥을 자동 인식한 후 중간정맥을 기준으로 절개선을 결정하여 문맥 분지부의 한 점을 연결하는 절개면을 형성한다. 좌간과 우간의 체적과 간 전체에 대한 좌우간의 비율을 계산한다. 계산된 체적의 정확성을 입증하기 위해 진단 방사선과 의사가 수동으로 처리하여 계산한 체적과 함께 수술 중 획득한 실측무게와 비교하였다. 실측무게와 수동으로 예측된 체적 사이의 오차에 대한 평균${\pm}$표준편차는 $162.38cm^3{\pm}124.39$이고, 실측무게와 2점을 이용하여 예측된 체적과의 오차에 대한 평균${\pm}$표준편차는 $107.69cm^3{\pm}97.24$이다. 실측무게와 수동으로 예측된 체적의 상관관계는 0.79이고, 실측무게와 2점을 이용하여 예측된 체적의 상관관계는 0.87이다. 그리고 2점을 선택한 후 좌우간을 분할하여 체적을 계산하는 시간을 측정하여 수술실에서 실시간으로 처리 가능한지의 여부를 확인하였다. 한 데이터세트($149.17pages{\pm}55.92$) 당 처리 시간의 평균${\pm}$표준편차는 $57.28sec{\pm}32.81$이다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
• /
• 제31권1호
• /
• pp.28-35
• /
• 2016

본 연구에서는 국내 대표 식육인 소, 돼지, 닭, 오리의 4종 식육과 염소, 양, 말, 칠면조의 4종 식육을 동시에 신속하게 감별할 수 있는 2 set의 multiplex PCR법을 개발하고자 미토콘드리아 16S RNA에서 종 특이부위를 선발하고 각 종에 대한 특이도를 높이기 위하여 인위적인 미스매치를 주어 프라이머를 제작한 후 8종 식육의 274개 시료를 대상으로 특이도와 민감도를 조사하였다. 그 결과 소, 돼지, 닭, 오리 모든 시료에서 각각 279, 94, 192, 477 bp의 증폭산물이, 말, 양, 염소, 칠면조의 모든 시료에서 각각 152 bp, 271 bp, 670 bp, 469 bp에서 뚜렷한 PCR 유전자 산물이 확인되어 모든 축종에서 100%의 특이도를 나타내어 축종별 감별력이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 8종의 축종별로 DNA를 $10ng/{\mu}l$으로 정량한 후 혼합물을 10배씩 단계 희석하여 반응여부를 조사한 결과, 소, 돼지, 오리에서는 100 fg까지, 닭에서는 1 pg까지 검출됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 소, 돼지, 닭, 오리고기를 99.9%, 99%, 90%, 70%, 50%, 30%, 10%, 1%, 0.1%의 비율로 혼합한 식육과 $83^{\circ}C$ 20분, $100^{\circ}C$ 30분, $121^{\circ}C$ 10분에서 각각 열처리한 가열 혼합육에 대하여 검출한계를 조사한 결과 마지막 단계의 희석 비율인 모든 혼합육의 0.1%에서 검출이 가능하였으며, 열처리 혼합육에서는 닭에서는 1% 농도에서 소와 돼지의 혼합육에서 0.1% 농도에서 검출되어 민감도가 높음을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 개발된 multiplex PCR법은 특이도 및 민감도에 있어서 국내 대표 식육을 감별하는데 있어서 유용한 것으로 평가된다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
• /
• 제26권6호
• /
• pp.556-562
• /
• 2009

피부와 유선 종양은 개에서 매우 빈번히 발생하는 종양으로, 종양 발생의 위험은 나이가 증가함에 따라 종양의 발생률은 증가하며, 발병률과 발병부위의 분포는 종양의 종류마다 다르다. 피부와 유선종양의 발생은 공기오염, 식생활 등 환경의 변화와도 관련이 있어 이들 종양들의 발생양상은 그 사회의 환경을 반영할 수 있어 시대와 지역에 따라 다양하게 다르게 나타날 수 있다. 따라서, 그 동안의 많은 보고들에도 불구하고, 피부와 유선종양발생에 대한 자료들은 종양에 대한 수의임상학적 진단과 치료를 위한 중요한 정보를 제공한다. 본 연구에서는 2005년 1월 1일부터 2006년 12월 31일까지 수의과학검역원과 강원대학교에 의뢰된 128증례의 개 피부종양과 240증례의 개 유선종양을 Goldschmidt와 Misdorp의 형태학적 기준에 의해 조직병리학적으로 진단하여, 종별, 성별 및 부위별로 각각 분류하여 국내에서 이들 종양의 발생양상을 체계적으로 분석하였다. 피부종양에서는 피부상피세포종양, 샘종양 및 간질종양이 각각 14.1%, 41.4%와 44.5%였다. Cutaneous histiocytoma가 피부종양에서 가장 빈번하게 관찰되어 전체 피부종양의 25.0%를 차지하였으며, 기름샘종 (sebaceous gland adenoma; 15.6%), 기저세포종(basal cell tumor; 8.6%), 항문둘레샘종 (perianal gland adenoma; 6.3%)와 지방종 (lipoma; 6.3%)순으로 높았다. 그 외에 비만세포종, 모낭세포종과 중층편평상피암 등이 관찰되었다. 이러한 피부종양들은 품종, 성과 나이 또는 부위에 따라 유사하거나 다른 양상을 나타내었다. 유선종양의 경우 양성과 악성이 201/240, 39/240으로 양성발생률이 현저히 높았으며, 양성혼합종 (benign mixed tumor)이 검사한 품종 모두에서 가장 높은 발생률 (35.0%)을 나타내었다. Complex adenoma는 Maltese와 Poodle에서 특히 높았으며, 악성종양에서는 simple carcinoma와 complex carcinoma가 각각 6.7%로, 악성 중 41.0%를 차지하여 가장 높은 발생률을 나타내었다. 본 연구결과는 최근 우리나라에서 여러 품종의 반려견에서 발생한 피부와 유선종양의 발생양상을 조직병리학적으로 진단 분석한 것으로, 임상수의사들이 지속적으로 증가추세에 있는 개의 피부와 유선종양을 진단하고 치료하는데 유용하게 활용될 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 한국산림과학회지
• /
• 제102권1호
• /
• pp.90-96
• /
• 2013

이 연구는 '콘크리트 테스트 해머'를 이용하여 1990년대에 경기도와 강원도에서 시공된 사방댐 중 사방협회 에서 육안 점검한 사방댐 10기(양호 6기, 불량 4기)의 대수면, 방수로 및 반수면의 반발경도 측정을 통해 사방댐의 안정성을 파악하여 사방댐의 비파괴검사에 적합한 압축강도 추정식과 적정 판정범위를 정하는 것을 목적으로 진행하였다. 특히, 콘크리트 사방댐 본체의 안정성을 사전에 파악하게 되면 사방댐을 적시에 보수, 관리할 수 있고, 사방댐 본연의 기능인 토사유출방지기능을 최대화할 수 있다. 콘크리트 사방댐의 압축강도 조사한 결과, 현재 사방협회에서 진행 중인 안정점검 육안 점검 결과와 대부분 일치하였다. 또한, 안정점검시 압축강도는 일본건축학회에서 제시한 추정식을 적용하는 것이 적합할 것으로 판단되었으며, 판정 기준은 300 $kgf/cm^2$ 이상일 경우에는 '안정', 250~300 $kgf/cm^2$이 범위일 경우에는 '정밀검사 필요', $kgf/cm^2$ 미만일 경우에는 '불량' 판정을 내리는 것이 적합하다고 사료된다. 그리고 사방댐의 연대별 압축강도에 대한 자료를 충분히 축적하고, 이를 토대로 우리나라 사방댐에 적합한 안정기준과 압축강도 추정식이 필요하다고 사료된다. 앞으로는 육안 점검과 간이 안정성 검사를 통해 사방 구조물에 이상이 발견될 경우 정밀진단 검사를 실시하여 안정도를 파악하는 체계가 구축되어야 할 것이다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
• /
• 제46권3호
• /
• pp.134-149
• /
• 2013

금산 수당리유적은 5세기 백제세력이 금산 진안을 통해 가야로 연결되는 내륙교통로를 장악하여 가야 세력과 교류를 하였던 것으로 추정되는 유적이다. 출토된 철제대도와 철부, 철겸 등에 대한 금속학적 미세조직 분석을 실시하여 수당리유적에 대한 철기 제작기술을 확인하였으며 비슷한 시기 제작된 철제유물과 비교하여 5세기 전 후의 백제시대 철기 제작기술에 대한 특징과 기술체계를 파악하고자 하였다. 금산 수당리유적에서 출토된 철제유물은 다양한 제작방법이 적용된 것으로 파악되며 제작방법은 단순히 성형만 이루어진 것과 성형 후 제강공정이 이루어진 것, 성형 후 제강공정과 열처리가 함께 이루어진 것으로 크게 세 가지 방법으로 나누어진다. 성형만 실시한 1호 석실분 철겸의 경우 인부와 배부 모두 연한 페라이트 조직이 주를 이루고 있어 무기로서 가지는 실용적 기능이 떨어져 피장자의 부장 의장용으로 제작되었을 것으로 추정된다. 성형을 실시하고 침탄과 같은 제강공정을 실시한 1호 석곽묘의 철부, 12호 석곽묘의 철겸은 담금질과 같은 열처리는 생략하였지만 부위에 따른 제작 공정의 변화를 주게 되어 단순히 부장 의장용이 아닌 농경과 같이 실생활에서 사용할 목적을 가지고 제작된 것으로 판단된다. 성형을 실시하고 침탄, 열처리로 이어지는 제작방법은 5호, 12호 석곽묘 철제대도에서 확인할 수 있다. 열처리로 인하여 강해진 인부조직과 강하면서도 부러지지 않는 배부의 조직은 제작 과정에서부터 무기가 가지는 목적에 맞게 제작되어 피장자가 직접 사용하였던 것으로 추정된다. 금산 수당리 출토 철제유물의 분석결과를 토대로 비슷한 시기 백제권역에 조성된 고분군들 가운데 철제유물의 금속학적 미세조직 연구가 이루어진 천안 용원리유적, 서천 봉선리유적, 서산 부장리유적과 비교하여 철기 제작기술의 특징을 살펴보았다. 분석을 실시한 철제유물의 수가 많지 않아 공통적으로 출토된 철제대도(목병대도)를 통하여 기술변화과정을 살펴본 결과 철제대도(목병대도)는 4세기 이후 담금질이라는 열처리기술이 적용됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
• /
• 제40권2호
• /
• pp.229-241
• /
• 2024

클라우드 플랫폼을 이용한 빅데이터 처리기술의 발달로 위성영상과 같이 용량이 큰 자료에 대한 접근 및 처리와 분석이 최근 획기적으로 개선되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 그 플랫폼 중 하나인 Google Earth Engine (GEE) 기반의 전처리 완료된 Sentinel-1 합성개구레이더(synthetic aperture radar, SAR) 위성영상 자료의 후방산란계수 값에 비교적 간단한 토양수분량 추출 방법인 Change Detection Method를 적용하여, 2015~2023년의 국내 용담댐 유역 내 6개 관측소 지점 및 유역 평균에 대한 지표 토양수분량을 산정 후 실측과의 상관성 분석 및 GEE의 활용성을 검토하였다. 그 결과 SAR 위성영상 자체의 지표 측정 정확도와 자료간 특성 변동 등으로 인해 유역 내 관측소별 일부구역에 대해 산정한 지점 지표 토양수분량은 VH와 VV 편파에서 모두 0.1~0.3 수준의 낮은 상관성이 확인된 반면, 유역 전체 면적에 대한 평균 SAR 후방산란계수 값 추출 및 이동평균으로 자료의 불확실성 및 변동성을 완화시킨 유역 평균 지표 토양수분량은 0.5 수준의 향상된 결과를 보였다. 이렇게 GEE를 활용하여 산정된 토양수분량의 결과는 SAR 자료의 전처리에 있어 직접적으로 원하는 분석을 수행하지 못하는 제한점은 있지만, 방대한 위성영상 자료를 효율적으로 처리하여 장기간의 유역 평균과 같은 넓은 범위의 토양수분량을 산정, 평가해 볼 수 있다는 점에서 그 활용성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이를 바탕으로 향후 국내 여러 지점의 지표 토양수분량 관측자료와 연계해 주요 댐 유역의 평균지표 토양수분량 장기 변화 파악 등에 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
• /
• 제6권2호
• /
• pp.1-8
• /
• 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.