• Title/Summary/Keyword: Transmission Interval

검색결과 251건 처리시간 0.029초

유도파를 이용한 시간-주파수 영역 해석을 통한 록볼트 건전도 실험의 경암지반 현장 적용성 평가 (Rock Bolt Integrity Assessment in Time-Frequency Domain : In-situ Application at Hard Rock Site)

  • 이인모;한신인;민복기;이종섭
    • 한국지반공학회논문집
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    • 제25권12호
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    • pp.5-12
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    • 2009
  • 록볼트는 터널과 지하공간 구조물의 시공에 있어서 주요 지보재 중 하나이며, 이러한 록볼트의 건전도가 전체 구조물의 안정성에 큰 영향을 미치게 되었다. 본 연구의 목적은 실제 현장에서 투과법을 적용하여 록볼트를 따라 전파되는 유도파를 통해 록볼트의 건전도를 평가하는 것이다. 비파괴 실험의 각기 다른 결함비율을 가진 록볼트 시험체를 제작하여 콘크리트 블록 및 실제현장에 매설한 후, 피에조 디스크 엘리먼트로 유도파를 발생시키고 AE(acoustic emission) 센서를 이용하여 신호를 측정하였다. 수집된 신호는 가버 웨이브렛을 사용한 웨이브렛 변환을 이용하여 시간-주파수 영역에서 분석하였다. 시간-주파수 영역에서의 각 파군별 최대 에너지가 나타나는 지점의 시간차는 각 반사파군 간의 이동 시간차를 나타내며, 이를 통해 계산된 유도파의 에너지 속도는 록볼트의 결함비율이 증가함에 따라 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 실험에 적합한 양생기간을 제안하였으며 그에 따른 두 번의 현장 실험을 통해 록볼트 건전도 실험의 현장 적용성을 검토하였고, 제안된 실험방법이 록볼트의 건전도 평가에 있어서 유용한 평가방안임을 확인하였다.

농업기상재해 조기경보서비스의 전국 확대에 따른 경제적 타당성 분석 (Economic Feasibility Analysis of Nationwide Expansion of Agro-meteorological Early Warning Service for Weather Risk Management in Korea)

  • 서상택;정윤희;김수진;심교문
    • 한국농림기상학회지
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.236-244
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 조기경보서비스의 전국 확대에 따른 서비스 제공의 경제적 타당성을 검토하는데 목적이 있다. 분석방법으로는 비용편익분석법의 하나인 순현재가치법을 준용하였다. 순현재가치를 구성하는 편익항목으로 농작물재해보험 실적자료를 이용한 피해경감액과 농가의 조기경보서비스 이용에 따른 지불의사액을 이용하였으며, 비용항목은 시스템 구축 및 유지비용, 그리고 문자발송 비용 등을 포함하였다. 분석결과, 조기경보서비스의 전국 확대는 경제적 타당성이 있으며, 그 효과는 참여농가의 문자이용 수준(10%~40%까지, 10%p간격)에 따라 달라지는 것으로 분석되었다. 향후, 조기경보서비스 참여농가가 증가할 경우 조기경보서비스의 경제적 효과는 더욱 커질 것으로 예상된다. 효과적인 정보의 전달 및 활용을 위해 문자뿐만 아니라 앱이나 웹을 통한 정보전달 수단을 적극 활용함으로써 조기경보서비스의 경제적 효과를 더욱 증진시킬 필요가 있다.

연(鉛)필터의 투과선량을 이용한 15 MV X선의 에너지스펙트럼 결정과 조직선량 비교 (Compare the Clinical Tissue Dose Distributions to the Derived from the Energy Spectrum of 15 MV X Rays Linear Accelerator by Using the Transmitted Dose of Lead Filter)

  • 최태진;김진희;김옥배
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.80-88
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    • 2008
  • 최근의 방사선 치료선량 계획시스템은 대체로 커널빔을 컨볼루션하여 조직선량을 구하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 광자선 빔에 따른 심부선량과 임의의 깊이에서 프로파일 선량을 구하기 위하여 반복적 수치해석을 통해 투과 필터에 의한 감쇠선량으로부터 에너지 스펙트럼을 구성하였다. 실험은 15 MV X선(Oncor, Siemens사)과 이온선량계 0.125 cc (PTW T31010)을 이용하여 납필터를 투과한 선량을 측정하여 이루어졌다. 15 MV X선의 에너지스펙트럼은 0.25 MeV 간격으로 납필터 0.51 cm에서 8.04 cm의 감쇠선량으로 실측치와 비교하여 구하였다. 실험 연산에서 15 MV X선의 최대유량은 3.75 MeV에서 나타났으며, 평균에너지는 4.639 MeV를 보였으며, 투과선량은 평균 0.6%의 오차인 반면에 최대오차는 납두께 5 cm에서 2.5%를 보였다. 조직선량은 에너지에 크게 의존하므로, 평탄형 필터의 중심과 Tangent 0.075와 0.125인 가장자리의 에너지를 구하였으며, 각각 4.211 MeV와 3.906 MeV로 나타났다. 심부선량과 프로파일 선량은 상업화로 공급되고 있는 선량계획시스템에 중심 선속과 가장자리의 각 에너지스펙트럼을 적용하여 구하여 실측선량률과 비교하였다. 생성된 심부선량 곡선은 조사면 $6{\times}6cm^2$에서 $30{\times}30cm^2$까지 실측치와 비교한 결과 1% 이내의 거의 일치하는 값을 얻었으며, 프로파일 곡선은 $10{\times}10cm^2$에서 1% 이내의 오차를 보였으나, $30{\times}30cm^2$와 같이 큰 조사면의 얕은 깊이에서는 2%의 오차를 보였다. 따라서 투과선량을 연산으로 구한 에너지 스펙트럼이 조직선량을 평가하는 데 상당히 적은 오차범위 내에서 정량적이고 정성적으로 얻을 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

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두경부암 환자 방사선 치료 시 BinkieRTTM(구강용 고정장치)에 대한 유용성 평가 (Evaluating the usefulness of BinkieRTTM (oral positioning stent) for Head and Neck Radiotherapy)

  • 이경진;손상준;임경달;김찬용;이제희
    • 대한방사선치료학회지
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    • 제34권
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2022
  • 목 적: 본원에서 방사선치료를 받는 두경부암 환자들에게 적용하기 위하여 도입한 구강용 고정장치 BinkieRTTM의 구강 내 재현성을 평가하고 기존 고정장치와의 재질과 선량 비교를 통해 그 유용성을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: BinkieRTTM를 사용하여 치료한 두경부암 환자 24명을 대상으로 혀 재현성 평가를 위해 치료계획용 CT와 치료 중 3일 간격으로 촬영된 CBCT영상에 혀를 그린 후 DSC와 중심축 이동값을 분석하였다. 또한 BinkieRTTM를 사용하는 경우와 다른 종류의 구강 고정장치(mouth piece, paraffin wax)를 사용했을 때 선량 분포측면에서 혀에 조사되는 선량을 비교하였다. 이를 위해 상악에 위치한 종양 치료를 받는 환자들과 편측 두 경부암 환자들을 각 10명씩 선정하고 전산화 치료 계획 시 혀에 조사되는 선량을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 재질 평가 측면에서는 임상에서 혀를 치료부위 반대 방향으로 보내 고정하는 목적으로 많이 사용하는 Paraffin Wax나 Putty와의 비교를 통하여 BinkieRTTM의 단순 물질 특성을 알아보기 위해 전산화 치료 장비로 Mass density 및 상대전자밀도 등을 확인하고, 팬텀과 이온챔버를 이용하여 Transmission Factor를 측정하였다. 결 과: BinkieRTTM를 사용 시 DCS (n=144) 의 평균은 0.8 ± 0.07, 95% 신뢰구간은 0.79~0.82 로 나타났고, 빈도분포 분석 결과는 왜도 -0.8, 첨도 0.61 로 나타났다. 치료 기간 중 혀 중심축 이동에 대한 편차를 분석하기 위해 LR, SI, AP 방향 이동에 대한 95% 신뢰구간과 편차의 이상값인 0에 대한 일표본 t검정을 실시하였다.(n=144) t검정 결과 LR, SI 방향의 평균은 각각 0.01 ± 0.14 cm(p>.05), 0.03 ± 0.25 cm(p>.05), AP 방향은 -0.08 ± 0.25 cm(p<.05) 로 나타났다. 혀를 치료부위의 반대 방향으로 고정한 경우인 편측 귀밑샘 종양 환자들의 경우 BinkieRTTM를 사용한 환자들의 혀 평균선량은 처방선량 대비 평균 16.92% ± 3.58%, Paraffin Wax 환자 23.99% ± 10.86% 로 BinkieRTTM 사용 시 혀 선량이 비교적 더 낮은 것으로 나타났다(p<.05). 반면, 혀를 아래로 누르는 목적으로 BinkieRTTM를 사용한 환자들 중 비강암 환자의 혀 평균선량은 평균 4.4% ± 5.6%, mouth piece를 사용한 환자들은 5.9% ± 6.8% 로 나타났으나, 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다(p>.05). Paraffin Wax와 BinkieRTTM, Putty의 상대전자밀도 측정 결과 각각 0.94, 0.99, 1.26, Transmission Factor는 각각 0.99, 0.98, 0.96로 나타났다. 결 론: BinkieRTTM의 치료기간에 걸쳐 나타난 혀 DSC분석 결과는 약 0.8, 고정력은 LR, SI 방향으로의 편차가 0에 가까울 정도로 매우 우수하였으며, AP방향의 고정력 또한 평균 0.08 cm 로 우수한 편이었다. 또한 혀를 옆으로 밀어 치료부위 반대 방향으로 고정하는 편측 두경부암 환자의 경우 Paraffin wax나 Putty를 사용하는 것보다 BinkieRTTM를 사용하는 것이 혀에 조사되는 불필요한 선량을 줄일 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 본 실험 결과와 BinkieRTTM의 특성을 적절히 고려하여 두경부암 치료에 적용한다면 혀의 재현성 유지 및 선량 감소에 도움이 되리라 사료된다.

쯔쯔가무시증 환자군과 대조군의 인지도와 지식 비교 (Comparison of the Awareness and Knowledge of Scrub Typhus between Case and Control Groups)

  • 이관;박병찬;임현술;권순석;최진수;김장락;김건엽;류소연
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제37권1호
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2012
  • 이 연구는 지역사회 주민 중 쯔쯔가무시증 환자군과 대조군에 대하여 쯔쯔가무시증 인지도 및 지식 정도를 파악하고, 쯔쯔가무시증 발생과 인지도의 관련성 및 인지도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악함으로서 향후 쯔쯔가무시증 방역사업에 활용할 수 있도록 하기위해 수행하였다. 2006년 10월부터 12월까지, 시 도 단위로 다섯 지역을 선정후 각 지역별로 2곳 이상의 시 군을 지정하였다. 환자군은 지난 2주간 동안 확진된 환자 299명으로 하였고, 대조군은 환자가 실제 거주지 이웃 주민 중 최근 2년 동안 쯔쯔가무시증의 감염 병력이 없고, 성별, 연령(${\pm}5$세)이 일치하며 환자의 집에서 가까운 순으로 2명을 선정하여 598명이었다. 저자들이 전문가의 자문을 통하여 직접 개발한 설문지를 통하여 쯔쯔가무시증에 대한 인지도 및 지식정도를 조사하였다. 쯔쯔가무시증에 대한 인지도는 대조군 79.4%, 환자군 66.6%로 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.01). 환자군과 대조군에서 유의한 차이가 있었던 변수, 즉 인지도와 과거 감염력을 이용한 다변량 분석에서 쯔쯔가무시증은 인지도가 없을 경우 그렇지 않은 경우에 비해 1.95배 더 발생하였다. 쯔쯔가무시증에 대한 인지도가 있는 대상자 중 쯔쯔가무시증 인지 경로별 분포는 전체적으로 가족 또는 이웃이 쯔쯔가무시증을 앓은 경우가 54.9%로 가장 많았고, 텔레비전 28.3%, 과거 쯔쯔가무시증을 앓은 경우 5.5% 등의 순이었다. 쯔쯔가무시증에 관한 지식 정도는 전반적으로 대부분의 항목에서 정답률이 70% 미만이었으며, 모든 항목에서 환자군이 대조군보다 유의하게 정답률이 높았다(p<0.01). 다변량 분석 결과 쯔쯔가무시증 인지도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 환자군에서 연령(OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.94-0.98)이었고, 대조군에서는 여자(OR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.03-2.36), 연령(OR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.96-0.99), 가족력이 있는 경우(OR, 10.18; 95% CI, 1.37-75.99), 교육을 받은 경험이 있는 경우(OR, 8.47; 95% CI, 1.14-63.00) 등이었다. 쯔쯔가무시증 예방 또는 감소를 위해서는 예방교육을 통해 주민의 인지도를 향상시키고, 이를 통해 예방활동을 수행할 수 있도록 하는 것이 최선의 방법일 것이다. 낮은 인지도 향상과 쯔쯔가무시증 예방을 위해 효과적인 작업 지침 및 교육 프로그램이 개발되어야 하며, 예방에 관련된 홍보를 강화하여야 할 것이다.

도로상 VMS 표출방식별 운전자 유의성 검증에 관한 연구 (A Study on Significance Testing of Driver's Visual Behavior due to the VMS Message Display Forms on the Road)

  • 금기정;손영태;배덕모;손승녀
    • 한국도로학회논문집
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    • 제7권4호
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    • pp.151-162
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    • 2005
  • 도로전광표지(VMS, Variable Message Sign)는 $\lceil$도로의 구조 시설에 관한 규칙$\rfloor$제 38조에 의하여 설치하는 교통관리 시설로서 도로교통의 원활한 소통과 안전을 도모하고 교통사고를 방지하기 위한 사전정보 제공을 위한 부속시설이다. 현재 ITS 산업이 활성화 되여 VMS의 기술적 요소가 발달을 거듭하면서, 보다 질적인 정보제공을 위하여 표출방식을 달리 하여 제공하고자 하는 노력이 여기저기서 시도되고는 있다. 그러나 표출방식별 효과에 대한 검증없이 사용되고 있거나 아직까지는 고정식(Stationary)위주의 표출방식만이 제한적으로 사용되고 있어 그 효과를 백분 활용하지 못하고 있는 것이 사실이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 정보를 인지하고 판단하는 운전자 관점에서 보다 실용적이고 효과적인 정보 전달을 위한 방안의 기초연구로서 인지반응 특성요소를 효과척도로 활용하여 표출방식간 유의성 검증을 실시하였다. 이를 위하여 3D-시뮬레이션을 개발하여 보다 객관적인 비교실험을 수행하였다. 표출방식 간 비교변수로는 VMS의 요구조건이자 운전자 인지특성을 대변할 수 있는 현저성, 판독성, 이해성으로 선정하여, 한 표출방식에 대한 각각에 특성실험을 동시에 수행하였다. 뿐만 아니라 기존의 인지 특성변수로 채택된 판독시간의 실험에 대한 피실험자의 측정오차를 줄이기 위하여 초점기록계(Eye Marker Recorder)를 이용하여 실험함으로서 보다 정량적이면서도 객관적인 판독시간을 측정할 수 있었다. 각각의 측정 변수들에 대한 표출방식간 유의성을 검증하기 위하여 각 변수의 데이터 범주에 맞도록 현저성은 교차분석으로, 판독성과 이해성은 분산분석으로 검토하였다. 그 결과 현저성은 플래쉬>고정식${\neq}>$스크롤 방식 순으로 유의미한 차이를 나타냈으며, 판독성은 고정식과 플래쉬 방식의 차이는 없었고 스크롤 방식의 경우만이 유의미한 차이로 판독시간이 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 또 이해성에 있어서 플래쉬>고정식>스크롤 방식 순으로 나타나 전체의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 플래쉬 방식의 성능이 우수함을 알 수 있었다.

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장티브스에 관한 임상적 관찰 (Clinical review of Typhoid Fever Patients)

  • 최정신
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.60-71
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    • 1976
  • The author reviewed the medical records of 96 typhoid fever patients who were diagnosed, admitted, and treated at Sea grave Memorial Hospital from January 1 , 1973 through August 31, 1975. Diagnosis was determined by clinical observation, aerology and bacteriology, eighty patients were treated medically, the remaining 16 patients required surgical intervention. The following results were obtained: 1) The age distribution of the patients revealed that 33.3% wert between 10 and 19 years old 21.9% were between 20 and 29, and 19.8% were between 30 and 39. The majority of patients were from these more active age groups. Male to female sex ratio was 1.3 : 1 2) Seasonal distribution was observed. Most illness occurred in the summer and autumn month 5. 3) 84. 3%of the patients came from farm families. 4) Duration between onset and admission averaged 16.0 days. The group without compilations was admitted after an average of 15. 1 days; The group with complications was ad-matted after an average of 19.4 days. 5) Methods of treatment before admission were as follows: 10.4% at medical clinics, 61, 5% at pharmacies (antibiotics 47.9%, other. drugs 13.5%), 7.3% by herb medications, 20.8% had no treatment. 6) Main clinical symptoms were as follows: fever 93.8%, headache 47.9%, abdominal pain 47.9%, chills 38.5%, cough 36.5%, general weakness 26.0%, nausea e vomiting 24.0% and generalized pain 21.9%. 7) Temperature of patients on admission: 22.9% were 39f or more, 67.6% were between 37℃ and 38℃, and 9.4% were 37℃ or less. 8) Occurrence of intensional bleeding after onset of disease averaged 9.3 days; perforation occurred at an average of 19. 1 days. 9) Interval between onset of major complication and surgical intervention averaged 2.8 days. 10) Among the 68 patients who underwent the bacteriological test the positive rate was 44.1% (30). The positive ,ales to, each separate culture method were as follows: 20.4% in the blood culture, 40.4% in the stool culture and 6.7% in the urine culture. Among these bacteriological positive patients 15 patients had a negative results or less than 160 titer of vidal reaction. 11) The initial vidal test of the total group showed a counts of 160 titer or more in 60.4% and less than 160 titer in 39.6%, 12) W. B. C. Counts in the uncomplicated group indicated that 32.5% were 6,000/㎣ or less, 47.5% were between 6,000 and 10,000, arid 20.0% were 10,000/㎣ or more. In the complicated group, 37.6% were 6,000/㎣ or less, 25,0% were 6,000-10,000/㎣ and 37.6% were 10,000/㎣ or more. 13) Duration of hospital stay of the patients averaged 6.4 days in the uncomplicated group and 12.7 days in the complicated group. 14) Subdiaphragmatic free air simple X-ray was found in 91.7% of the perforated cases. 15) Duration of antibiotic therapy until an febrile state was attained averaged 4.8 days in the uncomplicated group and 6.5 days in the complicated group. 16) Operative procedures were as follows: one layer simple closure of their perforation with or without debasement in 56.3%, drainage only in 6.3%, small bowel resection with primary anastomosis in 18.8% , externalization in 6.3%, cholecystectomy in 6.3%, The clinical findings of this study suggest the following recommendations. According to Top's report; 1% of typhoid fever patients treated with chlorarnphenicol and 2% of patients treated with other drugs become chronic carriers. Therefore, importance should be given to the strict control of these carriers. Immunization, improvement of sanitation and living standards are all needed for the prevention and treatment of disease, but a more serious problem is a lack of knowledge on the part of patients and their families. Thus it is most urgent to enlighten the citizens about the transmission and hygiene related to contagious disease. Legal restriction of sale of antibiotics at drug stores without a physician's prescription is an urgent matter for public health administrators. An even more important nursing responsibility is the reemphasis on health education both in the clinical setting and in the home.

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9-hydroxypheophorbide-a와 660 nm 다이오드 레이저를 이용한 광역학치료의 항암효과와 치료기전에 대한 연구 (The Anticancer Effect and Mechanism of Photodynamic Therapy Using 9-Hydroxypheophorbide-a and 660 nm Diode Laser on Human Squamous Carcinoma Cell Line.)

  • 안진철
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제19권6호
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    • pp.770-780
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    • 2009
  • 녹조류인 Spirulina platensis에서 추출하여 만든 새로운 광감작제와 660 nm의 다이오드 레이저를 이용한 광역학치료의 항암효과와 치료기전을 알아보았다. 세포 독성능은 MTT assay를 이용하였고, 세포사멸기전은 propidium iodide과 Hoechst 33342 염색법과 투과전자현미경으로 확인하였다. 또한 암세포가 이종 이식된 누드마우스 모델에서 광역학치료를 시행하여 항암효과를 확인하였다. 3종류의 클로로필 유도체 중 9-hydroxypheophorbide-a (9-HpbD-a)의 세포 독성능이 가장 우수하였고, 9-HpbD-a의 적정 레이저조사 시간은 30분 (3.2 J/$cm^{2}$), 광감작제를 투여하고 레이저조사시간까지의 배양시간은 최소 6시간 이상임을 확인하였다. 광역학치료의 세포사멸기전은 낮은 9-HpbD-a 농도에서 세포고사가 주된 세포사멸기전이었고, 높은 농도의 9-HpbD-a에서는 세포괴사에 의한 세포사멸이 주된 기전임을 확인하였다. 투과전자현미경 하에서도 같은 양상을 관찰하였다. 그리고 암세포가 이종 이식된 누드마우스 모델에서의 광역학치료는 제1군 정상대조군과 제2군 9-HpbD-a만을 투여한 종양조직모두 지속적인 종양의 성장(100% )을 보였고, 제3군인 레이저만을 종양조직에 조사한 실험군에서는 3 마리는 치료가 되지 않았고(75.0%), 1 마리는 재발(25.0%) 하였다. 제4군 광역학치료군에서 총16 마리의 종양에서 10 마리는 완치(62.5%), 4 마리는 재발(25.0%), 2 마리는 치유되지 않았음(12.5% )을 확인하였다. 9-HpbD-a와 660 nm 다이오드 레이저를 이용한 광역학치료는 유의한 항암효과를 나타내었고 9-HpbD-a를 이용한 광역학치료는 새로운 치료방법으로서 향후 암치료의 유용한 치료방법으로 기대된다.

유방암 환자에서 골전이에 대한 핵의학적 평가 (Assessment of Bone Metastasis using Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Breast Cancer : Comparison between PET/CT and Bone Scan)

  • 조대현;안병철;강성민;서지형;배진호;이상우;정진향;유정수;박호용;이재태
    • Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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    • 제41권1호
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    • pp.30-41
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    • 2007
  • 목적 : 유방암 환자에서 골전이는 Tc-99m MDP를 이용한 전신 골스캔이 주로 이용되며, 이 검사 기법은 높은 예민도를 나타내나 특이도가 낮다는 단점을 가진다. F-18 FDG를 이용한 PET 검사는 높은 해상도를 가지며 골스캔이 비하여 높은 분해능을 가지며 골전이 진단성능이 높다. PET에 CT 영상 기법이 도입된 F-18 FDG PET/CT는 PET 검사와 동시에 CT 영상정보를 제공함으로써, 유방암환자의 골전이 평가에 PET 보다 더 높은 검사의 정확도를 나타낼 수 있다. 본 연구는 유방암 환자에서 골 전이여부를 평가하는데, F-18 FDG PET/CT와 골스캔의 진단성능과 유용성을 비교해 보았다. 대상 및 방법 : 유방암으로 진단받은 후 병기 판정위하여 혹은 유방암 수술후 재발 평가를 위하여, Tc-99m MDP 골스캔과 F-18 FDG PET/CT를 1주일 간격이내에 시행한 여성환자 157명 ($28{\sim}78$세, 평균연령=$49.5{\pm}8.5$세)을 대상으로 하였다. 골전이 병소의 최종진단은 조직학적검사, 방사선상학적 검사, 임상적 추적관찰을 이용하였다. 골스캔은 Tc-99m MDP를 740 MBq을 투여한 4시간 후에 평면감마카메라 영상을 얻었다. 골스캔 소견은 정상소견, 저확률, 중간확률, 고확률로 구분하였다. PET/CT 검사는 6시간 이상 금식 이후에 시행하였으며, F-18 FDG 370 MBq을 정맥주사를 시행한 후 1시간동안 안정을 취한 후 3D 방식으로 영상을 획득하였다. CT 촬영은 조용한 호흡 중에 시행되었고 감쇠보정에 이용하였다. 생리적인 섭취증가를 제외하고, 주위 골의 섭취에 비해 높은 섭취를 보이는 경우 이상섭취로 판단하였다. FDG 섭취정도의 정량화는 SUVmax와 SUVrel를 이용하였다. 결과: 대상환자 가운데 6명이(4.4%) 골전이 소견을 나타내었으며, 골스캔은 4명(66.6%)의 환자에서만 진단할 수 있었고, PET/CT는 6명 (100%) 모두를 진단할 수 있었다. 골스캔과 PET/CT에서 발견된 골병소의 수 135개이었으며, 양성병소가 27개, 전이병소가 108개였다. 골전이 병소는 양성 골병소에 비하여 높은 SUVmax 및 SUVrel을 나타내었다($4.79{\pm}3.32$ vs $1.45{\pm}0.44$, p=0.000, $3.08{\pm}2.85$ vs $0.30{\pm}0.43$, p=0.000). 108개의 골전이 병소 가운데 76개(70.4%)의 병소가 골스캔 상 이상섭취 소견을 나타내었으며, 동일한 76개(70.4%)의 병소가 FDG 섭취증가 소견을 나타내었다. 골병소부위의 골스캔상 이상섭취 유무와 PET상 섭취증가 유무는 유의한 일치도를 나타내었다(Kendall tau-b : 0.689, p=0.000). 골전이 병소 가운데 골스캔상 양성소견을 보인 병소는 그렇지 않은 병소에 비하여 높은 SUVmax 와 SUVrel을 나타내었다($6.03{\pm}3.12$ vs $1.09{\pm}1.49$, p=0.000, $4.76{\pm}3.31$ vs $1.29{\pm}0.92$, p=0.000). 골전이 병소의 발생부위는 척추골이 가장 많았으며, 골반골, 늑골, 두개골, 흉골, 견갑골, 대퇴골, 쇄골, 상완골 순서였다. 두개골 전이병소에 SUVmax가 가장 높은 값을 나타내었으며, 늑골의 SUVrel가 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다. 경화성 골전이 병소가 다른 형태의 골전이 병소에 비하여 낮은 SUVmax와 SUVrel 값을 나타내었다. 결론: 유방암 환자의 골전이 평가시 골스캔에 비하여 F-18 FDG PET/CT의 진단적 예민도가 더 높게 나타났다. 경화성 골전이 병소는 FDG 이상섭취가 없는 경우가 많아 CT 소견의 면밀한 검토가 필요하다고 생각된다.

Sensory Information Processing

  • Yoshimoto, Chiyoshi
    • 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.

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