• 설비공학논문집
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.380-394
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• 2015

This article reviews the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering during 2014. It is intended to understand the status of current research in the areas of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation, and indoor environments of buildings and plant facilities. Conclusions are as follows. (1) The research works on the thermal and fluid engineering have been reviewed as groups of heat and mass transfer, cooling and heating, and air-conditioning, the flow inside building rooms, and smoke control on fire. Research issues dealing with duct and pipe were reduced, but flows inside building rooms, and smoke controls were newly added in thermal and fluid engineering research area. (2) Research works on heat transfer area have been reviewed in the categories of heat transfer characteristics, pool boiling and condensing heat transfer and industrial heat exchangers. Researches on heat transfer characteristics included the results for thermal contact resistance measurement of metal interface, a fan coil with an oval-type heat exchanger, fouling characteristics of plate heat exchangers, effect of rib pitch in a two wall divergent channel, semi-empirical analysis in vertical mesoscale tubes, an integrated drying machine, microscale surface wrinkles, brazed plate heat exchangers, numerical analysis in printed circuit heat exchanger. In the area of pool boiling and condensing, non-uniform air flow, PCM applied thermal storage wall system, a new wavy cylindrical shape capsule, and HFC32/HFC152a mixtures on enhanced tubes, were actively studied. In the area of industrial heat exchangers, researches on solar water storage tank, effective design on the inserting part of refrigerator door gasket, impact of different boundary conditions in generating g-function, various construction of SCW type ground heat exchanger and a heat pump for closed cooling water heat recovery were performed. (3) In the field of refrigeration, various studies were carried out in the categories of refrigeration cycle, alternative refrigeration and modelling and controls including energy recoveries from industrial boilers and vehicles, improvement of dehumidification systems, novel defrost systems, fault diagnosis and optimum controls for heat pump systems. It is particularly notable that a substantial number of studies were dedicated for the development of air-conditioning and power recovery systems for electric vehicles in this year. (4) In building mechanical system research fields, seventeen studies were reported for achieving effective design of the mechanical systems, and also for maximizing the energy efficiency of buildings. The topics of the studies included energy performance, HVAC system, ventilation, and renewable energies, piping in the buildings. Proposed designs, performance performance tests using numerical methods and experiments provide useful information and key data which can improve the energy efficiency of the buildings. (5) The field of architectural environment was mostly focused on indoor environment and building energy. The main researches of indoor environment were related to the evaluation of work noise in tunnel construction and the simulation and development of a light-shelf system. The subjects of building energy were worked on the energy saving of office building applied with window blind and phase change material(PCM), a method of existing building energy simulation using energy audit data, the estimation of thermal consumption unit of apartment building and its case studies, dynamic window performance, a writing method of energy consumption report and energy estimation of apartment building using district heating system. The remained studies were related to the improvement of architectural engineering education system for plant engineering industry, estimating cooling and heating degree days for variable base temperature, a prediction method of underground temperature, the comfort control algorithm of car air conditioner, the smoke control performance evaluation of high-rise building, evaluation of thermal energy systems of bio safety laboratory and a development of measuring device of solar heat gain coefficient of fenestration system.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.135-145
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• 2020

해양에서의 파랑관측은 부이나 압력계 등을 이용하여 수면변위를 관측하는 직접관측방법과 Radar를 이용하여 관측하는 원격관측방법으로 구분된다. 직접관측방법은 정확도가 높지만, 악기상 시 파손 및 유실 위험이 크며 외해 설치 시 많은 유지 보수비용이 필요하다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 반면 Radar와 같은 원격관측방법은 장비를 육지에 계류하여 유지관리가 용이하지만 직접관측방법과 비교하면 정확도가 다소 낮은 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 원격파랑관측자료의 품질을 개선하기 위해 독도에 설치되어 운영 중인 MIROS Wave and Current Radar(MWR) 관측자료의 수집 및 분석을 하였으며, 이를 기상청에서 운영 중인 해양파고부이(CWB)의 관측자료와 비교하였다. 그리고 MWR 관측자료의 품질을 개선하기 위해 1) MIROS사에서 개발한 필터(Reduce Noise Frequency, Phillips Check, Energy Level Check)의 복합적인 사용(최적필터; Optimal Filter), 2) OOI(Ocean Observatories Initiative)에서 개발한 Spike Test 알고리즘(Spike Test) 그리고 3) 유의파고-주기 관계식을 이용한 새로운 필터(H-Ts QC)를 사용하여 신뢰도가 낮은 이상자료(Noise; 시계열 자료 중 급격하게 자료가 발산하여 정상자료가 아닌 것으로 판단되는 자료)의 제거 및 보정을 수행하였다. 결과적으로 3가지의 품질관리기법을 적용한 MWR의 파랑관측자료는 유의파고에 대해서는 일정 부분 신뢰도를 가지지만 유의파주기에서는 여전히 오차가 존재하며 이에 대한 개선이 요구된다. 또한, MWR의 파랑관측자료는 3 m 이상의 고파랑에서는 CWB와 다소 양상이 달라지는 한계가 발생하므로 이를 위한 장기간의 원격파랑관측 자료의 수집과 분석, 그리고 필터 개발 등에 관한 지속적인 연구가 필요하다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제35권6_2호
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• pp.1117-1132
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• 2019

산림생태계 내의 총일차생산량은 산림 자원 생산량과 직결되고, 산림생태계의 건강성, 산림식물계절 및 생태계 서비스의 중요한 지표가 된다. 이 연구에서는 인공위성 자료와 기계학습 알고리즘을 활용하여 우리 나라의 산림유역의 총일차생산량을 연구하였다. 에디공분산 타워가 있는 6개 지점에서의 MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) 산출물과 에디공분산타워의 총일차생산성으로 연구기간의 75%-80%에 해당하는 자료로 기계학습 알고리즘을 훈련하고 나머지 기간으로 구축된 모델의 총일차생산성 예측 결과를 검증하였다. 모델을 구축할 때 MODIS 지상 산출물과 대기 산출물을 조합하여 새로운 입력자료(e.g., 포화수증기압차)를 모델의 입력자료(Processed MODIS)로 사용하였을 때와 이러한 과정 없이 QC(Quality control)만 거친 MODIS 산출물을 그대로 입력자료(Unprocessed MODIS)로 사용하였을 때의 총일차생산량을 비교해 보고 그 활용 가능성에 대해 고찰하였다. 추가로 MODIS 총일차생산량 산출물(MYD17)과 에디공분산 총일차생산성 및 기계학습 알고리즘 기반의 총일차생산성과의 상관관계를 보고 그 적합성에 대해 논의하였다. 이 연구에서 사용된 기계학습 알고리즘은 Support Vector Machine (SVM)으로 산림생태계 연구에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 기계학습 알고리즘 중 하나이다. 기계학습 알고리즘 기반(SVM 모델)의 총일차생산량 예측 결과는 MODIS 총일차생산량 산출물(MYD17)보다 에디공분산 총일차생산량과 전반적으로 높은 상관관계를 보였고 특히 식생 성장을 시작하는 시점의 값을 좀더잘 예측하는 결과를 보였다. 단일 지역에서 Unprocessed MODIS 입력자료로 훈련된 SVM 모델 결과는 피어슨 상관계수 0.75 - 0.95 (p < 0.001), 6개의 연구 지점에서 훈련된 SVM 모델 결과는 피어슨 상관계수 0.77 - 0.94 (p < 0.001) 사이를 보였다. 이 결과는 훈련 자료에 다양한 이벤트들이 포함되면 모델의 예측력이 향상되는 가능성을 보여주었고 위성영상의 산출물을 재계산하여 새로운 산출물을 내는 과정을 거친 위성 자료가 아니어도 그 예측력에는 크게 문제가 없음을 보여주었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.251-262
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• 2010

GOCI(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager) 표준자료의 지속적인 품질관리를 위해서는 위성 운용기간 중 궤도상 복사보정, 대기보정 단계를 거쳐야 되며 해수환경 분석 알고리즘에 대한 검보정도 지속적으로 이루어져야 한다. GOCI의 복사, 대기, 해양환경 자료에 대한 검보정은 부이나 고정 플랫폼을 이용한 수온, 염분, 해수 광특성, 형광, 및 탁도 관측과, 주기적으로 해양환경 자료 수집을 통하여 실시한다. 이를 위하여 동중국해에 위치하고 있는 이어도 종합해양과학기지에 설치된 광학 관측 장비와 현장 관측의 복사자료를 상호 비교해 보았으며, GOCI 표준자료의 검정에 앞서 SeaWiFS 복사량과 비교하여 검정하였다. 해수출 광량은 현장관측에서 얻어진 광과 광량과는 약간의 차이를 보였지만, 흡광영역이 매우 잘 일치하고 있으며 스펙트럴 이동은 없는 것으로 판단된다. 이어도 종합해양과학기지의 분광측정기와 SeaWiFS의 전 밴드에서 얻어진 해수출 광량을 비교한 결과 평균 25% 정도의 에러가 발생했지만, 대기보정 밴드를 제외하면 절대오차가 11% 정도로 상당히 낮아진다. 이것은 SeaWiFS 표준 대기보정 방법의 문제점으로 GOCI 검보정 연구에서 고려되어 보완 되어야 할 것으로 판단된다. 이와 더불어 독도 지역의 표준 관측치(Reference Target Site) 구축을 통한 검보정 연구를 위하여, 독도 주변 해수의 광 특성과 해양환경 자료는 2009년 8월과 2009년 10월 2차례에 걸쳐서 현장관측을 실시하였다. 독도 주변 해역의 해양 광 특성은 원격반사도의 스펙트럼형태를 기준으로 Case-1 Water 성향이 강한 해수에서 나타나는 특성과 매우 유사하였다. 식물플랑크톤, 부유물질, 용존유기물의 흡광계수 스펙트럼의 형태들은 대체적으로 각 성분별 흡광 스펙트럼 특성을 잘 보여주었다. 또한 MODIS Aqua로부터 산출된 엽록소 농도와 현장관측을 통한 검증에서 위성자료 값들은 잘 일치한다. 위와 같이 현재 진행되고 있는 GOCI 검보정 연구를 통해서 복사, 대기, 해양환경 알고리즘에 대한 문제점이 도출되었고, 차후 검보정 계획에 반영하여 이 부분들에 대한 개선 및 보완이 이루어질 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.321-335
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• 2021

미세먼지 (PM10) 및 초미세먼지 (PM2.5)는 인체에 흡수 가능하여 호흡기 질환 및 심장 질환과 같이 인체건강에 악영향을 미치며, 심각할 경우 조기 사망에 영향을 줄 수 있다. 전 세계적으로 현장관측기반의 모니터링을 수행하고 있지만 미 관측지역에 대한 대기질 분포의 공간적인 한계점이 존재하여 보다 광범위한 지역에 대한 지속적이고 정확한 모니터링이 필요한 상황이다. 위성기반 에어로졸 정보를 사용함으로써 이러한 현장 관측자료의 한계점을 극복할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다양한 위성 및 모델자료를 활용하여 2019년도에 대해 한 시간 단위의 지상 PM10 및 PM2.5 농도를 추정하였다. GOCI 위성의 관측영역을 포함하는 동아시아 지역에 대해 트리 기반 앙상블 방법을 사용하는 Boosting 기법인 GBRTs (Gradient Boosted Regression Trees)와 LightGBM (Light Gradient Boosting Machine)을 활용하여 모델을 구축하였다. 또한, 기상변수 및 토지피복변수의 사용유무에 따른 모델의 성능을 비교하기 위해 두 가지 festure set으로 나누어 테스트하였다. 두 기법 모두 주요 변수인 AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth), SSA (Single Scattering Albedo), DEM (Digital Eelevation Model), DOY (Day of Year), HOD (Hour of Day)와 기상변수 및 토지피복변수를 함께 사용한 Feature set 1을 사용하였을 때 높은 정확도를 보였다. Feature set 1에 대해 GBRT 모델이 LightGBM에 비해서약 10%의 정확도 향상을 보였다. 가장 정확도가 높았던 기상 및 지표면 변수를 포함한 Feature set1을 사용한 GBRT기반 모델을 최종모델로 선정하였으며 (PM10: R2 = 0.82 nRMSE = 34.9%, PM2.5: R2 = 0.75 nRMSE = 35.6%), 계절별 및 연평균 PM10 및 PM2.5 농도에 대한 공간적인 분포를 확인해본 결과, 현장관측자료와 비슷한 공간 분포를 보였으며, 국가별 농도 분포와 계절에 따른 시계열 농도 패턴을 잘 모의하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권6_1호
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• pp.1285-1300
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• 2022

탁도는 부유물질에 의한 빛의 산란 또는 흡수로 인한 수체의 흐림을 나타내는 수치로 수질 관리 분야에서 중요 지표로 활용되고 있다. 탁도는 소규모의 하천에서 변동성이 심할 수 있으며, 이는 국가하천의 수질에 직접적으로 영향을 준다. 따라서 고해상도의 탁도 공간정보 산출은 매우 중요하다. 이 연구에서는 Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-3 및 -3A (KOMPSAT-3/3A) 영상으로부터 한강 수계 하천의 고해상도 탁도 매핑을 위한 eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) 알고리즘 기반의 탁도 산출 모델을 개발하였다. 이를 위해 총 24장의 KOMPSAT-3/3A 영상과 150장의 Landsat-8 영상으로부터 계산된 대기 상단(Top Of Atmosphere, TOA) 반사율을 활용하였으며, Landsat-8 TOA 반사율은 KOMPSAT-3/3A의 관측 파장 대역에 적합하도록 교차검보정을 수행하였다. 국가수질자동관측망에서 측정된 탁도를 탁도 산출 모델의 참조자료로 사용하였고, 입력 변수로는 탁도가 실측된 위치에서의 TOA 분광반사율과 탁도 분석에 널리 이용되어 온 분광지수인 정규식생지수, 정규수분지수, 정규탁도지수, 그리고 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)의 대기 산출물(에어로졸 광학 두께, 수증기량, 오존)을 사용하였다. 또한 고탁도와 저탁도에 대한 KOMPSAT-3/3A TOA 분광반사율을 분석하여 탁도를 설명할 수 있는 새로운 정규탁도지수(new normalized difference turbidity index, nNDTI)를 제안하였고, 이를 탁도 산출 모델에 입력 변수로 추가하였다. XGBoost 기반 탁도 산출 모델은 현장관측 탁도와 비교하여 2.70 NTU의 평균 제곱근 오차(root mean square error, RMSE) 및 14.70%의 정규화된 RMSE(normalized RMSE)를 가지는 탁도를 예측하여 우수한 성능을 보였으며, 이 연구에서 새롭게 제안한 nNDTI가 탁도 산출에 있어 가장 중요한 변수로 사용되었다. 개발된 탁도 산출 모델을 KOMPSAT-3/3A 영상에 적용하여 하천 탁도를 고해상도로 매핑하였으며, 탁도의 시공간적 변동에 대한 분석이 가능하였다. 이 연구를 통하여 고해상도의 정확한 탁도 공간정보 산출에 KOMPSAT-3/3A 영상이 매우 유용함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.658-672
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• 2022

초등학교 과학에서 속력 관련 단원의 독특한 교수·학습 곤란은 주로 학생의 수학적 사고력 및 속력의 측정과 관련된 절차적 지식의 부족에 기인한 것으로, 교육과정 및 교과서는 이점을 고려하여 구성할 필요가 있다. 속력 단원의 교육과정 및 교과서 내용 구성과 관련된 시사점을 얻기 위하여 2007 개정 교육과정부터 2015 개정 교육과정까지 3개 교육과정 및 이에 따른 교과서의 속력 관련 단원의 구성 체계와 내용을 살펴보고, 선행 연구에 비추어 적절성을 분석하였다. 분석 결과를 통해 현재의 내용 구성은 이동 거리와 시간 및 속력 사이의 입체적인 관계를 파악하기 보다는 암기에 의한 기계적 알고리즘을 통해 물체의 속력만을 계산할 위험이 있어 이중 수직선과 같은 시각화 모형 및 간단한 수를 활용하여 속력의 의미를 단계적으로 학습할 수 있도록 재구성할 필요가 있다는 점을 밝혔다. 또한 조사를 통해 얻은 자료를 이용하여 물체의 운동을 해석하는 활동보다는 실제 운동하는 물체의 이동 거리와 걸린 시간을 직접 측정하여 그래프로 나타내고 분석하도록 함으로써 과정 기능 등 탐구 수행 능력을 향상시키는 것의 필요성에 대해 논의하였다. 마지막으로 적용 차시에서 현재의 교육과정과 교과서에서는 일상생활과의 연계를 강조하고 있지만 단원의 주된 학습 내용인 운동학과는 다소 다르게 동역학과 관련된 내용을 다루고 있어 학습한 내용을 익히고 활용할 수 있도록 속력과 관련된 사례를 중심으로 내용을 새롭게 구성할 필요가 있다는 점을 밝혔다. 새 교육과정 및 교과서에서는 학습하기 어렵고 지도하기 까다로운 내용을 제외하기 보다는 과학의 가치를 깨닫고 과학 학습을 향유할 수 있도록 핵심 주제를 체계적으로 깊이 학습할 기회를 제공할 것을 제안한다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권6_2호
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• pp.1605-1613
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• 2023

해양 내의 다양한 물리적 변화는 수온과 염분의 지속적인 변동에 의해 결정된다. 수온과 더불어 넓은 영역의 염분 변화를 파악하기 위해서는 인공위성 자료에 의존할 수밖에 없다. 그럼에도 불구하고 염분을 관측하는 위성인 Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)는 낮은 시·공간 해상도로 인해 연안 근처에서 빠르게 변화하는 해양환경을 관측하기에는 어렵다는 한계가 존재한다. 이러한 한계를 극복하기 위해 본 연구에서는 천리안 해양 관측 위성의 정지궤도 해색 센서인 Geostationary Ocean Color Imager-II (GOCI-II) 원격반사도 자료를 입력자료로 하여 고해상도 표층 염분을 산출하는 Multi-layer Perceptron Neural Network (MPNN) 기반의 알고리즘을 개발하였다. SMAP과 비교한 결과 coefficient of determination (R²)는 0.94, root mean square error (RMSE)는 0.58 psu 그리고 relative root mean square error (RRMSE)는 1.87%였으며, 공간적인 분포 또한 매우 유사한 결과를 나타냈다. R²의 공간 분포는 0.8 이상을 보여주었으며 RMSE는 전반적으로 1 psu 이하의 낮은 값을 보여주었다. 이어도 과학기지에서의 실측 염분값과도 비교하였지만 상대적으로 조금 낮은 결과를 보여주었다. 이에 대한 원인을 분석하였으며, 산출된 GOCI-II 기반 고해상도 염분 자료를 활용하여 2022년 11호 태풍 힌남노에 의한 하루 동안의 동중국해 표층 염분 변화를 표준편차로 계산하였다. 그 결과 SMAP에서 관측할 수 없는 시공간의 염분 변화를 고해상도의 GOCI-II 기반 염분 산출물을 통해 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 시간 단위로 변화하는 해양환경 모니터링에 큰 기여를 할 것으로 기대된다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2024

전기자동차와 신재생에너지에 관한 관심이 높아지면서 건설장비 산업분야에서도 리튬이온 배터리를 접목하려는 요구가 높아지고 있다. 건설중장비는 건설 현장의 다양한 작업으로 인해 전류 용량의 감소가 급속히 진행되기 때문에 SOC(State of Charge) 및 SOH(State of Health) 같은 배터리의 상태를 더욱 정확하게 추정할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 SOC와 SOH를 동시에 추정이 가능한 적응제어 기법 기반 이중확장칼만필터(Dual Extended Kalman Filter, DEKF) 알고리즘을 이용하여 실제 측정데이터와의 오차를 비교하였다. 배터리 충전 상태 예측을 위해 배터리 셀을 완전 충전 후 0.2C-rate조건에서 SOC 5% 간격으로 OCV를 측정하였고, 배터리의 열화를 판단할 수 있는 건전성 지표 확보를 위해 다양한 C-rate(0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5C rate) 조건에서 50 Cycle 동안 노화 실험을 수행하였다. DEKF를 이용한 SOC 및 SOH 추정 오차는 C-rate이 커질수록 커지는 경향을 보였으며 특히 SOC 추정결과, 0.2, 0.5 및 1C-rate에서 6%이하로 나타남을 확인하였다. 또한 SOH 추정 결과는 0.2 와 0.3C-rate에서 각각 최대오차 1.0% 및 1.3% 이내로 좋은 성능을 보이는 것으로 확인하였다. 다만, C-rate가 0.5C-rate에서 1.5C-rate으로 증가함에 따라 추정오차도 1.5%에서 2%로 다소 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으나, 모든 C-rate 조건에서 DEKF를 사용한 SOH의 추정 성능은 약 2% 이내인 것으로 나타났다.

• 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.