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국한성 병기 소세포폐암의 방사선치료시 분할 조사방식에 따른 치료성적 (Once vs. Twice Daily Thoracic Irradiation in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer)

  • 김준상;김재성;김주옥;김선영;조문준
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.291-301
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    • 1998
  • 목적 : 국한성 병기 소세포폐암으로 복합 화학요법과 방사선치료를 받은 환자들에서 통상적 방사선치료와 다분할 방사선치료 간의 종양 관해율, 생존율, 재발율 및 부작용에 대해 비교분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1989년 11월부터 1996년 12월까지 충남대학교 병원 치료방사선과에서 국한성병기 소세포폐암으로 치료받았던 78명 환자 중 고식적 방사선치료 및 재발성 병변으로 치료받았던 10명을 제외한 68명을 대상으로 후향성 분석을 하였다. 대상환자 중 통상적 방사선치료군(A군)은 26명, 다분할 방사선치료군 (B군)은 42명 이었다. 전체 환자의 연령, 성별 및 ECOG 활동지수는 각각 32-75세 (중앙값 58세), 남자 58명 여자 10명, ECOG 0-1이 58명 2 이상이 10명 이었으며 두군 간에 유사한 분포를 보였다. 방사선치료로서 A군은 총 조사선량 5040-6940 cGy (중앙값 5040 cGy), 180 cGy/fx 로 치료하였고 B군은 총 조사선량 4320-5100 cGy (중앙값 4560 cGy)으로 29명 (69$\%$)은 120 cGy/fx 로, 13명 (31$\%$)은 150 cGy/fx 로 1일 2회 조사하였다. 화학요법은 전체 68명 중 65명에서 VPP (cisplatin 60 mg/$m^2$, etoposide 100 mg/$m^2$) 요법과 CAV (cytoxan 1000 mg/$m^2$, adriamycin 40 mg/$m^2$, vincristine 1 mg/$m^2$) 요법을 교대로 시행하였으며, 화학요법 횟수는 A군 3-10회 (중앙값 6회), B군은 1-11회 (중앙값 6회) 시행하였다. 화학요법 시기는 A군에서 23명이 연속 화학요법을, B군에서는 39명이 동시 화학요법을 시행하였다. 예방적 전뇌조사는 두군 모두에서 완전관해 후 시행하였는데 A군 8명, B군 16명에서 조사선량 2500 cGy/10fx 로 조사하였다. 추적기간은 2-99개월 (중앙값 14개월)였다. 결과 : 종양 관해는 완전관해율, 부분관해율이 각각 A군 35$\%$ (9/26), 54$\%$ (14/26), B군 43$\%$ (18/42), 55$\%$ (23/42)(p=0.119) 였다. 중앙생존기간 및 2년 생존율은 전체환자에서 15개월, 26.8$\%$였고, A군 17개월, 26.9$\%$, B군 15개월, 28$\%$ 0=0.51)였다. 전체환자 중 완전관해 및 부분관해 환자의 2년 생존율은 각각, 35$\%$ 와 24.2$\%$ (p=0.05)였다. 실패양상으로 두 군간에 국소재발 및 원격전이의 통계적인 차이는 없었다 (p=0.125, 0.335). 방사선치료중 발생한 급성합병증으로 RTOG criteria상 중등도 이상의 식도염 및 백혈구 감소가 B 군에서 더 높게 나타났다 (p=0.028, 0.003). 결론 : 국한성 병기 소세포폐암의 복합 화학요법과 방사선치료시 종양의 부분관해 이상의 반응율이 연속화학요법을 받은 통상적 방사선 치료군과 동시화학요법을 받은 다분할 방사선 치료군 모두에서 높게 나타났다. 그러나 두 군간의 생존율에는 통계적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 급성합병증으로서 식도염과 백혈구 감소가 동시화학요법을 받은 다분할 방사선치료군에서 더 높게났지만, 국한성 병기 소세포폐암에서 동시화학요법과 다분할 방사선치료가 적절한 치료의 한 방법이 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 그러나 국한성 병기 소세포폐암에서 다분할 방사선치료의 장점을 밝히기 위하여 좀더 많은 대상환자와 추적관찰이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

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PET-CT 검사에서 방사선 종사자 피폭선량 저감에 대한 방안 연구 (A Study of Decrease Exposure Dose for the Radiotechnologist in PET/CT)

  • 김빛나;조석원;이주영;유광열;박훈희
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제38권1호
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2015
  • 양전자 방출핵종은 511 keV의 감마선을 방출하기 때문에 기존 140 keV의 99mTc에 비해 종사자의 방사선 피폭의 증가로 피폭선량 저감을 위한 노력이 요구된다. 본 연구는 환자에게로부터 일정거리에 따른 선량률 변화를 확인하고 차폐를 이용하여 외부선량률의 변화를 알아보았으며 환자 주변의 외부선량 분포에 대한 영 향을 분석하여 방사선 종사자의 피폭 관리에 도움이 되고자 하였다. 10 명의 환자를 대상으로 하였으며 평균연령은 $47.7{\pm}6.6$ 세였다. 환자의 키는 평균 $165.5{\pm}3.8cm$, 몸 무게 평균은 $65.9{\pm}1.4kg$으로 비슷한 몸무게의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 머리, 가슴, 복부, 무릎, 발끝 쪽의 위치에서 10 cm, 50 cm, 100 cm, 150 cm, 200 cm 위치에서 측정하였고 측정 후에 즉시 이동형 방사선 차폐체을 설치한 후 머리와 가슴, 복부 부분에서 100 cm, 150 cm, 200 cm 거리에서 선량률을 측정하였다. 거리에 따른 선량률 변화와 차폐 전, 후의 투과율을 구하였다. 평균 10 cm 거리에서는 머리 부분이 $105.40{\mu}Sv/h$로 가장 높게 나타났으며 발 부분에서 $15.85{\mu}Sv/h$로 가장 낮게 나타났다. 200 cm 거리에서는 머리, 가슴, 복부 부분에서 비슷한 선량률이 나타났다. 머리 부분에 서 차폐 전 100 cm에서 $9.56{\mu}Sv/h$, 150 cm에서 $5.23{\mu}Sv/h$, 200 cm에서 $3.40{\mu}Sv/h$로 나타났으며 차폐 후에는 100 cm, 150 cm, 200 cm 에서 각각 $2.24{\mu}Sv/h$, $1.67{\mu}Sv/h$, $1.27{\mu}Sv/h$로 측정되었다. 가슴 부분에 서 차폐 전 100 cm에서 $8.54{\mu}Sv/h$, 150 cm에서 $4.90{\mu}Sv/h$, 200 cm에서 $3.44{\mu}Sv/h$로 나타났으며 차폐 후에는 100 cm, 150 cm, 200 cm 에서 각각 $2.27{\mu}Sv/h$, $1.34{\mu}Sv/h$, $1.13{\mu}Sv/h$로 측정되었다. 복부 부분에 서 차폐 전 100 cm에서 $9.83{\mu}Sv/h$, 150 cm에서 $5.15{\mu}Sv/h$, 200 cm에서 $3.18{\mu}Sv/h$로 나타났으며 차폐 후에는 100 cm, 150 cm, 200 cm 에서 각각 $2.60{\mu}Sv/h$, $1.75{\mu}Sv/h$, $1.23{\mu}Sv/h$로 측정되었다. 투과율은 거리에 따라 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 거리가 멀어질수록 선량율이 낮아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며 차폐를 하였을 경우 차폐를 하지 않았을 때보다 1 / 4 정도 더 낮아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 검사를 진행하는 근무자는 환자와의 거리를 멀리 할 수 없기 때문에 방사선 피폭이 증가할 수밖에 없다. 따라서 적절한 차폐를 한다면 방사선 종사자의 방사선 피폭을 줄 일 수 있을 것이다.

한국(韓國)의 의료기사(醫療技士) 교육제도(敎育制度)에 관(關)한 조사(調査) 연구(硏究) (A Study of Educational System for Medical Technologists in Korea)

  • 송재관;이건섭;김병락;김정락;조준석;허준;이준일
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.131-181
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    • 1983
  • After the investigation on, and the analysis of, the educational system for medical technicians and the present educational situation for medical technologies in this country, the following conclusions were drawn. 1. As of March 1983 the current academic system for education in medical technologies included the regular 4-year college courses and those of the 2-year professional junior college courses. But except in the cases on clinical pathology and physical therapy, there were no college-level departments. Particularly, no educational institutions, at whatever level, had a department for working therapies. 2. The total number of credits needed for graduation from a department of medical technologies was 150 points at a regular 4-year college and 85 to 96 points at a 2-year professional college. The obligatory minimum number of credits for a student at a professional college was set at 80 points and above. 3. As for the number of the educational institutions for medical technologies in this country, there were one regular college and 14 professional colleges, a total of 15 institutions. As many as 14 colleges had departments of clinical pathology, 12 had departments of Radiotechnology, 11 had departments of physical therapy, 12 had departments of dental technology, and eight had departments of dental hygiene. 4. The total capacity of the professional colleges in admitting new enrollment each year were 1,920 for clinical pathology, 1,552 for radiology, 1,012 for physical therapy, 1,334 for dental technologies, 828 for dental hygiene, an aggregate of 6,646 for all of the professional college departments. 5. The total number of graduates from the 12 professional colleges by department during the period of 1965-83 were 7,595 for clindical pathology, 4,768 for radiology, 2,821 for physical therapy, 3,000 for dental technologies, and 1,787 for dental hygiene, totalling 19,971 for all departments in the professional colleges. 6. In the state examination for licensed medical technicians, 12,446 have passed from among the total of 26,609 participants, representing a 45% passing ratio. By departments the ratios showed 44% for clinical pathology, 39.7% for radiology, 51.2% for physical therapy, 42.5% for dental technology, 72.5% for dental hygiene and 73.1% for working therapy. 7. As for the degree of satisfaction shown by the people in this field, 52.2 percent of the teaching staffs who responed to the questionaires said they were satisfied with their present profession, while the great majority of medical technicians(66%) replied that they were indifferent to the problem. 8. The degree of satisfaction shown by the students on their enrollment in this particular academic field was generally in the framework of indifference(43.7%), but mere students(36.5%) were satisfied with their choice than those were not satisfied(14.4%) 9. As for the student's opinions on the lectures and practicing hours, a good many students replied that, among such courses as general science and humanities courses the basic medical course, the major course and practicing hours, the hours provided for the general courses(47.1%) and practicing(47.6%) were insufficient. 10. When asked about the contents of their major courses, comparatively few students (23.6%) replied that the courses were too difficult, while a convincing majority(58.5%) said they were neither difficult nor easy. As for the appropriateness of the number of the present teaching staffs, a great majority(71.0%) of the students replied that the level of the teaching personnel in each particular field was insufficient. 11. Among the students who responded to the poll, good part of them(49.5%) wanted mandatory clinical practicing hours, and the the majority of them(64.6%) held the view that the experimental and practicing facilities of their schools were insufficient. 12. On the necessity of the attached hospitals, 71.1% of the teaching staffs and 58.0% of the medical technicians had the opinion that this kind of facility was indispensable. 13. As for the qualifications for applicants to the state examination in the licensing system for medical technicians, 52.2% of the teacher's and 36% of the medical technicians replied that the present system granting the qualifications according to the apprenticeship period should be abolished. 14. On the necessity of improving the present system for education in medical technologies, an overwhelming majority(94.4% of the :caching staffs, 92.0% of the medical technicians and 91.9% of students) of these polled replied that the present system should be changed for the better. 15. On the method of changes for the present educational system, a great majority(89.4% of the teaching staffs, 80.4% of the medical technicians and 90.1% of the students) said that the system must be changed so that it fits into the reality of the present day. 16. As for the present 2-year program for the professional colleges, 61.6% of the teachers, 72.0% of the medical technicians and 38.8% of the students expressed the hope that the academic period would be extended to four regular years, hemming a full-fledged collegelevels program. 17. On the life-long eductional system for medical technicians, there was a considerable number of people who expressed the hope that an open university system(38.9% of the teaching staffs, 36.0% of the medical technicians) and a graduate school system would be set up. 18. As for the future prospects for medical technicians as professionals, the optimists ana pessimists were almost equally divided, and 41.1% of the teaching staffs 36.0% of. the technicians and 50.5% of the students expressed an intermediate position on this issue.

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자궁경부암의 방사선치료 성적 (Results of Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix)

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    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.359-368
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    • 1995
  • 목적 : 자궁경부암환자에서 근치적 목적으로 방사선치료를 외부조사와 강내조사를 시행한 환자의 실패양상과 생존율을 관찰하고 예후인자를 분석하기 위하여 본 연구를 시도하였다. 방법 : 1982년 3월 부터 1990년 5월 까지 8년간 자궁경부암으로 진단받고 이대부속병원 치료방사선과에서 방사선치료를 시행한 환자 280예 중 근치목적의 방사선치료로서 외부조사와 강내조사를 완료한 환자 114예를 대상으로 후향적 분석을 하였다. 연령분포는 30세에서 77세 까지로 중앙값은 53세이었다. FIGO에 의한 병기분포는 IB 19예($16.7{\%}$), IIA 23예($20.2{\%}$), IIB 42예($36.8{\%}$), IIIA 12예($10.5{\%}$), IIIB 18예($15.8{\%}$)이었다. 병리조직학적소견은 112예가 편평상피암이었고 2예는 선암이었다. 방사선치료방법으로 외부조사는 6MV 선형가속기(6MV,NEC 1000X)를 사용하여 전 골반강에 40-54 Gy를 조사하였으며, 강내조사는 Cs-137 밀봉선원으로 Fletcher-Suit applicator를 사용하여 1회 내지 2회 시행하여 point A에 40-42 Gy를 조사하여 point A의 총 방사선 선량은 병기 IB-IIA는 80-90 Gy(중앙값: 8580 cGy)로, IIB이상은 85-100 Gy(중앙값: 8850 cGy)로 하였다. 추적기간은 1개월에서 85개월로서 중앙값은 30개월이었다. 결과 : 국소실패만 보인 경우는 20예로 전체환자의 $17.5{\%}$이었으며 원격전이와 동반한 국소실패를 보인 경우는 7예($6.1{\%}$)로 전체 국소실패율은 $23.7{\%}$(27/114)이었다. 병기에 따른 국소실패율은 IB에서 $10.5{\%}$, IIA에서 $8.7{\%}$, IIB에서 $23.8{\%}$, IIIA에서 $50.5{\%}$, IIIB에서 $38.9{\%}$이었다. 국소실패부위는 자궁경부가 가장 많아서 전체 국소실패의 $37.5{\%}$(12/32)를 차지하였으며 다음은 자궁막조직으로 $34.3{\%}$(11/32)이었다. 원격전이만 있는 보인 경우는 6예로 전체환자의 $5.3{\%}$를 차지하였다. 원격전이된 부위는 골에 가장 많았으며(4/14), 다음으로 쇄골상관절종(3/14), 간(2/14)의 순으로 나타났다. 재발시기는 치료완료후 3개월에서 50개월이며 중앙값은 15개월이었다. 합병증으로 직장손상이 5예, 방광손상이 9예로서 총 14예($12.3{\%}$)이었다. 전체환자의 5년 생존율은 $70.5{\%}$이었고 병기 IB는 $100{\%}$, IIA는 $76.9{\%}$, IIB는 $77.6{\%}$, IIIA는 $87.5{\%}$, IIIB는 $69.1{\%}$이었다. 5년 무병생존율은 전체환자에서 $53.6{\%}$이었으며, 병기 IB는 $81.3{\%}$, IIA는 $67.9{\%}$, IIB는 $46.8{\%}$, IIIA는 $45.4{\%}$, IIIB는 $34.4{\%}$를 보였다. 무병생존율에 관계되는 예후인자는 다변수 분석에 의하면 performance status(P=0.0063)와 치료반응율(P=0.0026)은 유의성이 있었으나 병기,나이 및 point A의 방사선 선량은 유의성이 없었다. 결론: 자궁경부암환자에서 방사선치료 단독요법에 의한 치료성적은 병기 IB와 IIA는 양호하였으나 IIB이상에서 Point A의 방사선 선량을 90 Gy이상 증가시켜도 국소실패율이 높고 생존율의 향상을 얻을 수 없기 때문에 항암제 혹은 방사선감작제와 병용함으로써 국소제어율을 높이고 원격전이를 감소시키는 방법이 앞으로 연구되어져야 할 과제라고 생각된다.

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국소 진행된 직장암에서 수술 후 화학방사선요법 (Postoperstive Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer)

  • 채규영;강기문;최상경
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.221-227
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    • 2002
  • 목적 : 후향적 분석을 통해 직장암에서 수술 후 화학방사선요법의 치료실패 양상 및 생존율을 확인하고, 그 결과를 다른 연구들과 비교 분석하여 직장암에서의 수술 후 화학방사선요법의 역할을 규명하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1989년 3월부터 1998년 12월까지 경상대학교병원 치료방사선과에서 직장암으로 수술 후 화학방사선 요법을 받은 119명을 대상으로 후향적 분석을 시행하였다. 모든 환자는 AJCC의 TNM 병기로 분류하여 분석하였다. 연구 대상의 연령 분포는 32세에서 73세까지였으며 중앙값은 56세였다. 수술은 전복부 절제술을 시행받은 경우가 59명, 복부회음 절제술을 시행받은 경우가 60명이었다. T2 12명, T3 96명, 74 11명이었고, N0 43명, N1 53명, N2 23 명이었다. 방사선치료는 6 MV 선형가속기를 이용하여 하루 1.8 Gy씩 주당 9 Gy를 조사하였다. 전 골반 조사량은 $40\~50\;Gy$였으며, 필요에 따라 $5\~6\;Gy$를 소조사야로 추가 조사하였다. 5-FU는 주사로 투여된 경우가 73명, 경구로 투여된 경우가 46명이었다. 추적기간의 기준일은 수술을 시행한 날로 하여 생존자의 경우 최소 추적기간을 3년으로 하였다. 생존율 분석은 Kaplan-Meier 법을 사용하였고 단변량 분석은 log rank test를, 다변량 분석은 Cox regression hazard model을 사용하였다. 결과 : 전체 대상 중 40명이 치료에 실패하여 치료 실패율은 $33.7\%$였다. 국소 단독 실패가 9명$(7.6\%)$, 원격 단독 실패가 24명$(20.2\%)$, 국소 및 원격 실패가 7명$(5.9\%)$으로서, 국소 실패율은 $13.5\%$, 원격 실패율은 $26.1\%$였다. 국소 실패 부위는 골반내 장기가 가장 많았고, 연결부위, 골반 림프절 순이었다. 회음부에서 실패된 경우는 없었다. 원격전이 부위는 간과 폐가 가장 많았다. 전체 5년 생존율 및 무병생존율은 각각 $56.2\%,\;53.3\%$였고, 생존기간의 평균값은 64.8개월, 중앙값은 74개월이었다. T3, T4에서 5년 생존율은 $59.9\%,\;16.8\%$ (p=0.002), 무병 생존율은 $57.2\%,\;25.6\%$였다. N0, N1, N2에서 5년 생존율은 $71.1\%,\;56.7\%,\;31.9\%$, (u=0.0008), 무병생존율은 $68.2\%,\;52.6\%,\;30.1\%$ (p=0.0006)였다. 병기 II, III에서의 5년 생존율은 $71.1\%,\;49.1\%$ (p=0.02), 무병 생존율은 $68.1\%,\;45.8\%$ (p=0.01)였다. 다변량 분석에서 5년 생존율에 영향을 미치는 유의한 인자는 T, N 병기였고, 5년 무병생존율에 영향을 미치는 유의한 인자는 T, N 병기 및 수술 전 CEA 값이었다. 15명$(12.6\%)$에서 수술이 요구되는 장합병증이 발생하였다. 결론 : 수술 후 화학방사선요법은 국소 진행된 직장암에서 국소제어를 위한 효과적인 방법임이 확인되었으나 원격 실패에 대한 효과는 미약하였다. 향후 국소 진행된 직장암의 생존율을 향상시키기 위해서는 원격실패를 낮추고 림프절 전이가 있는 직장암의 국소제어율을 높일 수 있는 치료방법이 개발되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

High Resolution HC$_3$N Observations toward the Central Region of Sagittarius B2

  • H.S-Ching;Oh, M.ishi;M.Morimoto
    • 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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    • 한국우주과학회 1993년도 한국우주과학회보 제2권2호
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    • pp.17-17
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    • 1993
  • 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.

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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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구약성서 '스가랴'서의 환상에 대한 분석심리학적 연구 (A Study on the Visions of Zechariah in the Old Testament from a Perspective of Analytical Psychology)

  • 한상익
    • 심성연구
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    • 제29권1호
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    • pp.1-45
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    • 2014
  • 환상을 보는 것과 같은 종교적 신비체험은 종교에 있어서는 근원적 신비인 신과의 만남을 통해서 불가사의하고 포착하기 어려운 비범한 현존을 경험할 수 있게 되고, 분석심리학과 같은 무의식을 바탕으로 하는 심층심리학의 경우 건강의 발견과 회복을 통해 삶의 의미와 목적을 주는 그 무엇이 될 수 있다. 심층심리학과 기독교에서 환상에 대한 접근방식은 다르나 이 둘 모두 우리가 원초적 경험이라고 가장 적절하게 말할 수 있는 특별한 종류의 경험에 대해 공동의 관심을 가지고 있는 것이다. 성서에는 환상들이 여러 곳에 매우 풍부하게 등장한다. 많은 환상 중에 구약성경의 12 소 예언서의 하나인 스가랴서(Zechariah, Zachariah)에는 그 내용 중 1장에서 8장에 걸쳐 모두 여덟 개의 매우 풍부하고 다양한 환상들이 등장하나 구체적인 역사성이 결여되어 있고 묵시라는 장르로 인하여 모호성과 상징성이 주류를 이루다 그 해석이 몹시 난해하여 의미 파악 자체도 쉽지 않다. 이에 저자는 성서 안에 있지만 이제까지 기독교 신자들에게나 일반에게 큰 주목을 받지 못한 구약의 작은 예언서 스가랴서에 지금까지 숨겨져 온 듯 잘 알려지지 않은 신비한 환상들 여덟 가지 중에서 그 배열에 있어서 앞뒤가 서로 교차대구적 구조로 특별한 배치를 갖추고 전개되고 있는 것 등에 주목하여 첫 째와 둘째, 그리고 일곱째와 여덟 째 환상에 대한 분석심리학적인 해석을 시도를 하고자 한다. 첫 번째 환상에서는 천사들이 말에 직접타고 온 땅을 두루 다니면서 땅을 살펴보고 돌아와 온 땅이 조용하고 평안하다고 보고한다. 저녁이 시작 될 무렵 처음에 순찰을 나간 말들이 상황을 파악한 후 온 세상이 평안하다고 한 것은 당시의 정치적 상태에 비추어 해석할 때 아직 새로운 세계로 변화하려는 준비가 안된, 절망과 체념의 상태를 의미하는 것으로 심리학적으로는 변화를 향한 역동성이 없는 준비가 되지 않은 상태를 말하는 것으로 이제 그런 상태를 벗어나야 한다는 메시지를 주고 있고, 미르투스 나무가 있는 골짜기에 붉은 말, 밤색 말, 흰 말을 타고 나타난 네 천사들은 이제 야훼 신, 즉 자기가 개입하여 개성화가 시작될 시간이 되었고 또한 잘 이루어 질수 있는 충분한 상태가 되었음을 알려 주고 있다. 두 번째 환상에서 출현하는 네 뿔과 네 대장장이는 그동안 이스라엘 민족이 이방나라, 즉 그림자에 사로잡힌 긴 세월이 있었고, 특히 네 뿔의 힘에 눌려 지낸 세월, 즉 부성에 압도당해 왔던 상태에서, 야훼 신, 즉 자기가 개입하여 자아가 다시 힘을 회복하고 자기와 합일이 되는 과정을 보여 주는 것을 볼 수 있을 것이다. 일곱 번째 환상에서 뒤주에 갇힌 하늘여신을 두 여인이 원래 있던 바빌론의 성전에 갖다 놓는 것은, 모성에 과도하게 붙잡혀 있는 자아를 분리하고 원래의 자리에 놓아두어 자기실현의 길로 이끌어 가는 자기의 개입을 볼 수 있는 내용으로 생각할 수 있을 것이다. 여덟 번째 환상에서는 말들이 끄는 병거들이 사방에 흩어져 땅을 두루 돌아 다니고 나서 특히 북쪽 땅으로 나간 말들이 북쪽 땅에서 마음을 시원하게(쉬게) 하였다고 한다. 이후 두 놋쇠 산 사이에서 나온 말과 병거는 개성화 과정에 등장하였던 야훼 신, 즉 자기와 심혼의 다양하고 중첩되어 있는 모습을 한 장면으로 보여주면서 그 동안 진행되어 온 변환의 과정이 다 마무리되고 신과 인간, 자기와 자아가 합일이 되어 시원하게 쉴 수 있게 된 상태가 되었음을 전달하고 선포하는 의미로 볼 수 있을 것이다. 환상을 보고 그 뜻을 알아가는 스가랴의 여덟 가지 환상 이야기 구조 모두 스가랴와 신의 사자인 천사와의 대화로 이루어진다. 스가랴는 이스라엘 민족이 포로에서 귀환하여 나라를 다시 세우고 성전을 재건해야하는 역사적 상황에서 그것을 하루 빨리 이루고자 하는 염원 속에서 환상에 나타난 천사에게 적극적으로 환상의 의미를 묻고 있다. 의문이 있는 것에 대하여 남김없이 끝까지 묻고 대답을 구하는 스가랴와 묻는 대로 답하여 주는 천사, 그리고 주님과의 대화는 의식의 자아와 무의식의 집단적 원형인 심혼과의 대화이고 결국 무의식의 핵심, 자기실현을 이루고자 하는 자기 원형과의 대화라고 볼 수 있다.