• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.34S no.3
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• pp.55-62
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• 1997

For the effective removal of artifacts and the extraction of an improved evoked potential response, we propose the averaging method usin gthe shrinkag eof wavelet coefficients. The wavelet analysis decomposes the measured evoked potentials into scale coefficients with low frequency components and wavelet coefficients with high ones as a resolution level, respectively. and in the course of synthesis evoked potentials, the presented method shrinks the wavelet coefficients, and then reproduces the evoked potentials, and lastly averages it. We measured visual evoked potentials to simulate the averaging method using the shrinkage of wavelet coefficients, and compared it with aveaged signal. As a result of simulations, the proposed method gets improved VEP about 0.2-1.6dB in comparison with the averaging method with daubechies wavelet in the resolution level four.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.164-168
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• 1999

온실은 동절기 난방을 주목적으로 설비되어 년중 작물재배 시는 하절기 온실내부 온도가 필요이상으로 상승하여 실내온도가 35-4$0^{\circ}C$ 정도로 올라가는데 이러한 상태에서의 온도는 많은 작물의 생육적온을 벗어난 온도로서 고온장해를 나타낸다. 이 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위해 몇 가지 냉방방법이 알려져 있는데 에어컨 등과 같은 냉방장치를 이용한 기계적 냉각방식과 수분증발을 통한 증발식 냉각방식으로 대별되며 이중 기계적인 냉방방식은 설비나 유지관리 면에서 비용이 많이 들어 비경제적이고, 증발냉각 방식중에서도 Fan and Pad 법이 가장 효과가 좋은 것으로 알려져 있으나 이역시 설치 및 유지비가 많이 들고, vep의 탈부착이 어려워 고정시켜놓을 경우 동계 광투과에 방해가 되는 등의 문제가 많다. (중략)

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.421-424
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• 2007

Two patients, one with glioblastoma multiforme [GM] in the right thalamus and the other with meningioma at the right frontal convexity, had suffered bilateral cortical blindness after transtentorial herniation. On one of those patients, bilateral cortical blindness had occurred due to acute obstructive hydrocephalus caused by GM and on the other patient, cortical blindness had developed after acute hemorrhage from meningioma. Bilateral occipital lobes of those patients showed signal change on the brain magnetic resonance image [MRI]. There were no ophthalmologic abnormalities on fundoscopy and ophthalmologic examination. After recovery of consciousness, cortical blindness was detected in both patients, and during gradual recovery period, visual function was slowly recovered. The pattern of visual evoked potential [VEP] at 7 weeks and 12 weeks after herniation was normalized gradually. Cortical blindness due to herniation was reversible, even though the high signals of bilateral visual cortex still existed on MRI 16 month later in case 2.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.55-58
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• 1993

In order to determine the cobalt substituting site in $AlPO_4-5$ framework, ASED-MO theory has been used. The substitution of cobalt for aluminum is energetically more favorable than that for phasphorous. The stabilized energy of the former is 51 eV lower than that of the latter. The calculated net charge was +1.27 for Al, +0.85 for P, and +1.56 for Co, respectively. The valence electron population (VEP), reduced overlap population (ROP) and net charge for the charged cluster models were compared for $AlPO_4-5$ and $CoAlPO_4-5$ systems. Then, twe find that the covalency of P-O bond was greater than that of Al-O bond.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.76-86
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• 1994

Objectives: This research was performed in order to observe the neuropsychological implication and functional anatomical source of event related potentials(ERP) by studying of correlations between event related potentials and neuropsychological tests. Methods: The latency and voltage of P100 of visual evoked potential (VEP), and N120 and P300 of event related potentials were studied in 56 patients and their correlations with neuropsychological tests were computed. Results: The tests showing significant correlation with latency P100 were visual continous performance test(VCPT) and contingent continous performance test(CCPT) without any significant correlation with voltage of P100. In latency of N120 category test and verbal IQ of KWIS showed significant correlation, and in voltage of N120, finger tapping test, VCPT, CCPT and digit symbol test displayed significant correlations. The latency of P300 had significant correlation with trail making A test and Stroop test. In the voltage of P300 significant correlations were shown with trail making B test, digit symbol test and Wechsler memory scale, finger tapping test, stroop test, VCPT and CCPT. Conclusion : N120 may be considered to reflect the function of medial frontal lobe and P300 may be considered to be developed from the subcortical connection of medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, thalamus, basal ganglia and medial frontal lobe.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.477-484
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• 1992

Using semiempirical molecular orbital method, ASED-MO of extended Huckel Theory, we were investigated chemical bonds and electronic properties of Cu atom in a chain and a layer for Y123 and Y124 superconductors from VEP (valence electron population), DOS (density of state), and COOP (crystal orbital overlap population). In order to investigate environmental effects of Cu atom for Y123 and Y124 superconductors, we introduced charged cluster models with point charge and without point charge into our calculations. As a result of ASED-MO calculations, the Cu atom in the layer acts as electron acceptor and the Cu atom in the chain acts as electron donor for Y123 and Y124 superconductors. The oxidation state of Cu atom for Y123 and Y124 superconductors without point charge is higher in the chain than in the layer. The oxidation state of Cu atom in the layer for Y123 superconductor is higher than that in the layer for Y124 superconductor. The Cu atom in the layer and the chain for Y123 superconductor does not largely affect on the environmental effect. However, the Cu atom in the layer and the chain for Y124 superconductor does largely affect on it. Also, electron population and chemical bonding of Cu1-O4, Cu2-O4, and Cu1-Cu2 for Y123 superconductor are far different from Y124 superconductor.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1994 no.12
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• pp.113-116
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• 1994

Estimation of the evoked potential using the iterated bispectrum and cross-correlation (IBC) has been tried for both simulation and real clinical data. Conventional time average (TA) method suffers from synchronization error when the latency time of the evoked potential is random, which results in poor SNR distortion in the estimation of EP waveform. Instead of EP signal average in time domain, bispectrum is used which is insensitive to time delay. The EP signal is recovered by the inverse transform of the Fourier amplitude and phase obtained from the bispectrum. The distribution of the latency time is calculated using cross-correlation between EP signal estimated by the bispectrum and the acquired signal. For the simulation. EEG noise was added to the known EP signal and the EP signal was estimated by both the conventional technique and bispectrum technique. The proposed bispectrum technique estimates EP signal more accurately than the conventional technique with respect to the maximum amplitude of a signal, full width at half maximum(FWHM). signal-to-noise-ratio, and the position of maximum peak. When applied to the real visual evoked potential(VEP) signal. bispectrum technique was able to estimate EP signal more distinctively. The distribution of the latency time may play an important role in medical diagonosis.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.384-391
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• 2006

Variation of brain dynamics under Zen meditation has been one of our major research interests for years. One issue encountered is the inaccessibility to the actual meditation level or stage as a reference. In this paper, we propose an alternative strategy for investigating the human brain in response to external flash stimuli during Zen meditation course. To secure a consistent condition of the brain dynamics when applying stimulation, we designed a recording of flash visual evoked potentials (F-VEPs) based on a constant background EEG (electroencephalograph) frontal $\alpha-rhythm$ dominating activities that increase significantly during Zen meditation. Thus the flash-light stimulus was to be applied upon emergence of the frontal $\alpha-rhythm$. The alpha-dependent F-VEPs were then employed to inspect the effect of Zen meditation on brain dynamics. Based on the experimental protocol proposed, considerable differences between experimental and control groups were obtained. Our results showed that amplitudes of P1-N2 and N2-P2 on Cz and Fz increased significantly during meditation, contrary to the F-VEPs of control group at rest. We thus suggest that Zen meditation results in acute response on primary visual cortex and the associated parts.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.29-35
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• 1990

To investigate and analyze of the human brain-wave changes during 3-dimenslonal image load were expected to take not only an important basic information of 3-dimensional TV usage but also 3-dimensional image design. In this experiment, to analyze the difference of visual analyze handing system for which we present the 2- dimensional image having no parallex and 3-dimensional image by visual evoked potentials(VEP). 2-dimensional image and 3-dimensional image displayed on the screen through video. In the test, the time interval was one sec for presentation of stimulus considering united time of visual information of right eye and left eye during watching the 3-dimensional image also display time interval was 200 mesc for each stimulus image. Results are as follow, (1) N190 appears faster 16msec-20msec in the point of Fz, Cz, Pz, Oz when loaded 3D4 angle than 2D3 angle. (2) About of the P300, 3D4 angle(Otherwise, Oz point was reverse) and in the case of no equipment of liquid crystal shutter, there appeared PEAK near the P250. (3) There were 5% significant difference when the liquid crystal shutter was equiped and didn't, Therefore, this phenomenon show the possibility that Liquid crystal shutter influences on Visual Evoked Potentials.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1996 no.05
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• pp.14-17
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• 1996

Evoked Potentials signals occur as a result of neuroelectric responses of the brain to sensory stimulation. In this paper, to analysis such signals we utilize a time-frequency analysis technique called wavelet transform. The wavelet analysis is performed based on a single prototype function,which can be thought of as a bandpass filter. Because the wavelet transform in a fine temporal analysis decomposes time-varying signals in EP into a dilated lowpass and a contracted highpass components, EP signal fetures can be obtained and analysed quantitatively at the levels of resolution. In the results, we analyze the VEP signal with the wavelet transform.