• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.425-431
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• 2015

응급상황에서 중환자에게 시행되는 인공호흡 과정 중 호흡기류를 측정할 수 있도록 개발된 센서의 계측 정확도를 평가하였다. 호흡기류 센서의 압력-기류 특성식을 산출하였으며, 인공호흡시에 인가되는 호흡기류신호와 유사한 6가지 파형을 표준기류생성시스템으로 생성하여 호흡기류 센서에 가하면서 기류신호를 측정하였다. 이 기류신호로부터 일회호흡용적과 최대기류값을 산출하였으며, 이를 표준기류생성시스템에 부착되어 있고 물리적으로 오차가 없는 선형변위센서로부터 측정한 용적신호에서 산출한 표준값과 비교하였다. 일회호흡용적의 상대오차는 3% 이내이었으며, 최대기류값은 약 5% 정도로서 충분히 정확한 기류 계측이 가능함을 확인하였다. 따라서 실제 응급상황에서 호흡기류 센서로 적용하여 응급 중환자의 호흡신호와 호흡주기별 진단변수들을 실시간으로 모니터링 할 수 있는 시스템에 활용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2015

A standard air flow generator system was developed to generate air flows of various levels simultaneously applied to two different air flow transducer modules. Axes of two identical standard syringes for spirometer calibration were connected with each other and driven by a servo-motor. Linear displacement transducer was also connected to the syringe axis to accurately acquire the volume change signal. The user can select either sinusoidal or square waveform of volume change and manually input any volume as well as maximal flow rate levels ranging 0~3 l and 0~15 l/s, respectively. Various volume and flow levels were input to operate the system, then the volume signal was acquired followed by numerical differentiation to obtain the air flow signal. The measured volumes and maximal air flow rates were compared with the user input data. The relative errors between the user-input and the measured stroke volumes were all within 0.5%, demonstrating very accurate driving of the system. In case of the maximal flow rate, relatively large error was observed when the syringe was driven very fast within a very short time duration. However, except for these few data, most measured flow rates revealed relative errors of approximately 2%. When the measure and user-input stroke volume and maximal flow rate data were analyzed by linear regression analysis, respectively, the correlation coefficients were satisfactorily higher than 0.99 (p < 0.0001). These results demonstrate that the servo-motor controls the syringes with enough accuracy to generate standard air flows. Therefore, the present system would be very much practical for calibration process as well as performance evaluation and comparison of two different air flow transducer modules.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권9호
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• pp.1350-1357
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• 2012

Medical system for personal health management recently changes its paradigm from hospital service to self home care based on ubiquitous technology for healthcare anywhere at any time. The present study developed a wireless bio-signal measurement system for patients to self manage pulmonary disease and benign prostate hyperplasia(BPH), both of which are chronic diseases with increasing frequency in modern society. Velocity-type respiratory air flow transducer adapted to develop respiratory module for pulmonary disease management was simplified in structure to measure uni-directional flow since most important diagnostic parameters are evaluated on the expiratory flow signal only. Standard weight measurement technique was introduced to obtain urinary flow signal for BPH management. Three load cell signals were acquired for averaging to minimize noise, followed by accuracy evaluation. Transmission and receiver modules were also developed with user program for wireless communication. Averaged relative errors were 2.05 and 1.02% for respiratory volume and maximal flow rate, respectively, and the relative error was 2.17% for urinary volume, demonstrating that both modules enabled very accurate measurements. Wireless communication distance was verified within 15m, long enough for home care application. The present system allows the user to select a necessary measurement module on a particular health demand and to immediately provide the self-test results, thus better quality health care would be possible.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.7-15
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• 1975

The maximum breathing capacity (MBC) and the maximum mid-expiratory flow rate (MMF) are widely used in evaluation of the ventilatory function, among various parameters of pulmonary function. The MBC volume is the amount of gas which can be exchanged per unit time during maximal voluntary hyperventilation. Performance of this test, unlike that of single breath maneuvers, is affected by the integrity of the respiratory bellows as a whole including such factors are respiratory muscle blood supply, fatigue, and progressive trapping of air. Because of this, the MBC and its relation to ventilatory requirement correlates more closely with subjective dyspnea than does any other test. The MMF is the average flow rate during expiration of the middle 50% of the vital capacity. The MMF is a measurement of a fast vital capacity related to the time required for the maneuver and the MMF relates much better to other dynamic tests of ventilatory function and to dyspnea than total vital capacity, because the MMF reflects the effective volume, or gas per unit of time. Therefore, it is important to have a prediction formula with one can compute the normal value for the subject and the compare with the measured value. However, the formulas for prediction of both MBC and MMF of the Korean children and adolescents are not yet available in the present. Hence, present investigation was attempt to derive the formulas for prediction of both MBC and MMF of the Korean children and adolescents. MBC and MMF were measured in 1,037 healthy Korean children and adolescents (1,035 male and 1,002 female) whose ages ranged from 8 to 18 years. A spirometer (9L, Collins) was used for the measurement of MBC and MMF. Both MBC and MMF were measured 3times in a standing position and the highest values were used. For measurement, the $CO_2$ absorber and sadd valve were removed from the spirometer in order to reduce the resistance in the breathing circuit and the subject was asked to breathe as fast and deeply as possible for 12 seconds in MBC and to exhale completely as fast as possible after maximum inspiration for MMF. During the measurement, investigator stood by the subject to give a constant encouragement. All the measured values were subsequently converted to values at BTPS. The formulas for MBC and MMF were derived by a manner similar to those for Baldwin et al (1949) and Im (1965) as function of age and BSA or age and height. The prediction formulas for MBC (L/min, BTPS) and MMF (L/min, BTPS) of the Korean children and adolescents as derived in this investigation are as follows: For male, MBC=[41.70+{$2.69{\times}Age(years)$}]${\times}BSA$ $(m^{2})$ MBC=[0.083+{$0.045{\times}Age(years)$}]${\times}Ht$ (cm) For female, MBC=[45.53+{$1.55{\times}Age(years)$}]${\times}BSA$ $(m^2)$ MBC=[0.189+{$0.029{\times}Age(years)$}]${\times}Ht$ (cm) For male, MMF= [0.544+{$0.066{\times}Age(years)$}]${\times}Ht$ (cm) For female, MMF=[0.416+{$0.064{\times}Age(years)$}]${\times}Ht$ (cm)

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1982년도 제16차 학술대회연제순서 및 초록
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• pp.11.2-12
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• 1982

최근 우리나라에 있어서도 후두미세수술의 발달로 음성외과 분야에 대한 관심이 높아졌으며 음성장애 환자의 진단 및 치료면에서도 괄목할 만한 발전을 가져왔다. 우리는 작금의 음성외래에서 진단되는 음성장애 환자중에서 특히 성대의 유리연(遊離緣)을 따라서 평행하는 선상(線狀)의 성대구 (聲帶溝)를 보게되는데 이와같이 성문의 폐쇄부전을 동반하는 성대구증 (Sulcus Vocalis)은 1901 년 Salvi에 의해서 처음으로 명명보고된 이래로 유럽과 일본등에서 다수 보고된 바있으나. 우리나라에서는 비교적 관심이 적었던 질환으로 그 뚜렷한 원인과 치료에 대해서는 아직도 정설이 없는 상태이다. 이에 본 교실에서는 1981년 5월부터 1982년 3월까지 본원 음성언어연구실로 내원한 성대구증환자 35예에 대하여 일련의 음성검사를 시행하여 약간의 치험을 고찰한 바 있기에 그 결과를 보고하는 바이다. 1 ) 발생 빈도는 음성 장애를 주소로 내원한 290 예의 환자 중 35예로써 약 12 %였다. 2) 발병연령은 10세 이하에서 19예 (54%)로 가장 많았으며 다음은 10대, 20대의 순이였다. 3 ) 발병연령은 대부분의 예에서 불명이었으나 4예에서는 홍역 후에, 3예에서는 심한 감기 후에 병발했으며, 2 예는 선천적인 것으로 사려되었다. 4) 예중 25예 (71 %)에서 양측성이었고, 좌,우 편측성인 경우가 각각 8예 (23 %), 및 2예 (6 %)였다. 5 ) 임상증상은 거의가 애성을 주소로 하고 있었으며 7 예에서는 만성후두염을 동반하고 있었다. 6 ) 공기역학적검사에서는 20 예(57 %)에 서 최대발성지속시간 (Maximal Phonation time)이 감소되어 있었고, 발성율(發聲率, Phonation Quotient)은 22예(63 %)에서 증가되었으며, 발성시평균호기유율(Mean Air Flow Rate)은 23예 (66 %)에서 증가되었다. 7 ) 스트로보스코피(Stroboscopy) 를 시행할 수 있었던 33예 중 31예 (93%)에서 성문폐쇄부전 (glottic chink)이 있었으며 양측성대의 진동성은 거의 전례에서 규칙적 (regular)이었고, 4예(12 %)에서 비대칭(asymmetric)이었으며, 진폭 (amplitude) 은 5 예 (21 %)에서 감소되었으며, 점막파동(mucosal wave) 은 24 예 (73 %)에서 감소되었다. 8) 치료로서 상기 환자중 5예에서 성대내 테프론(Teflon) 주입을 실시하였고 1예에서 성대구절제술(Sulcusectomy)를 실시하였는데 테프론을 주입한 1예에서 증상의 호전이 있었을 뿐 다른 예에서는 효과가 뚜렷치 않아서 앞으로의 원격성적이 요망되었다.