• 대중서사연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.221-254
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• 2020

본 논문은 영화 <극한직업>의 1,600만 흥행에 질문을 던지면서, 절묘한 개봉 시기, 코미디영화의 부활, 이병헌 감독 코미디의 매력만으로는 설명할 수 없는 사회적 맥락에서 그 해답을 찾고자 한다. <극한직업>의 놀라운 흥행은 해당 영화에 대한 텍스트 분석만으로는 도저히 설명 불가능하다. 본 논문은 공론장으로서의 코미디의 기능과 역할을 규명한 후 보수정권이 집권한 2008년 이후 코미디와 타 장르에 나타난 대중의 욕망과 염원을 진단한다. 2008년 이후 어두운 톤의 액션 스릴러·사회문제영화·재난영화 등이 부상했고 이들 장르는 치안의 부재, 민주주의의 위기, 지배층에 대한 비판을 담고 있었다. 그에 비해 같은 시기 흥행한 코미디영화는 대체로 신파, 노스탤지어, 판타지 경향으로서 현실도피적인 모습을 보여주었다. 본격 코미디는 아니지만 <베테랑>(2015)의 커다란 성공 이후 대중영화에서 '코믹 모드'는 서서히 부활했다. <도가니>(2011)가 파생시킨 진지한 사회문제영화 대신 장르 관습에 더 충실한 밝은 톤의 영화들이 사회의 개혁과 변화에 대한 대중의 열망을 담기 시작했다. <극한직업>은 이러한 분위기의 산물이다. 한편, '촛불혁명'은 위기에 처한 정치적 민주주의를 회복하는 계기가 되었지만, 경제적·일상적 삶에서 변화한 것은 거의 없었다. <극한직업>은 민주주의의 회복이라는 촛불혁명 이후 어떻게 버티고 살 것인가의 문제로 읽힐 수 있다. 형사들이 잠복근무를 위해 치킨집을 인수하면서 벌어지는 자영업자로서의 삶은 끝없는 경쟁 속에 생존해야 하는 서민들의 모습이다. 또한 맛집으로 유명해지는 '대박신화'의 꿈과 브랜드 네이밍, 프랜차이즈 확장이라는 자기경영의 면모도 담고 있다. 조폭이 치킨 프랜차이즈를 통해 암암리에 마약을 배송하는 것은 시장질서를 교란하는 거대 유통산업으로 독해 가능하다. 경찰이 자영업자의 정체성을 갖고 이들을 소탕하는 것에 보내는 박수는 나와 다르지 않은 평범한 이웃에 대한 응원이자 오늘날 점점 사사화(私事化)하는 시장에서 공권력의 공공성 회복을 열망하는 대중의 염원이다. 본 논문의 의의는 <극한직업>을 2008년 이후 영화장르의 지형도와 코믹 모드의 부활이라는 관점에서 거시적으로 규명하고, 미시적 수준에서는 이 영화를 '촛불혁명' 이후에도 해결되지 않은 경제적·일상적 삶의 문제로 읽어내는데 있다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2023

정보통신기술의 발전과 디지털 기기의 대중화로 인해, 온라인 시장의 규모가 커지고 있다. 그 결과 고객들은 상품을 선택하는데 많은 시간과 비용이 소요되는 정보 과부하(Information Overload) 문제에 직면하고 있다. 따라서 고객이 선호할만한 상품을 추천해 주는 추천 시스템은 필수적인 도구가 되었으며 협업 필터링(Collaborative Filtering) 기법은 가장 널리 쓰이는 추천 방법이다. 전통적인 추천 시스템은 평점과 같은 정량적인 데이터만을 사용하기 때문에 추천의 정확도는 높지 않다. 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위해 요즘에는 사용자 리뷰와 같은 정성적 데이터를 반영하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 협업 필터링의 일반적인 절차는 사용자-상품 행렬 생성, 이웃 집단 탐색, 추천 목록 생성 3단계로 구성되며 코사인 같은 사용자 유사도를 사용하여 목표 고객의 이웃을 탐색하며, 추천 상품 목록을 생성한다. 본 연구에서는 이웃 집단 탐색 및 추천 목록 생성 단계에서 사용하는 사용자 간의 유사도를 기존의 사용자 평점을 이용한 유사도에 고객의 리뷰 데이터를 사용하는 확장된 사용자 유사도를 제시한다. 리뷰를 정량화 하기 위해 본 연구에서는 텍스트 마이닝을 활용한다. 즉, 리뷰 데이터에 TF-IDF, Word2Vec, 그리고 Doc2Vec 기법을 사용하여 두 사용자 간의 리뷰 유사도를 구한 후 사용자 평점을 사용한 유사도와 리뷰 유사도를 결합한 확장된 유사도를 생성하는 것이다. 이를 검증하기 위해 전자상거래 사이트인 Amazon의 'Health and Personal Care'의 사용자 평점과 리뷰 데이터를 사용하였다. 실험 결과, 사용자 간 유사도를 산출할 때 기존의 평점에 기반한 유사도만을 사용하는 것보다, 사용자 리뷰의 유사도를 추가로 반영한 확장된 유사도를 사용하면 추천의 정확도가 높아진다는 것을 확인했다. 또한, 여러 텍스트 마이닝 기법 중에서 TF-IDF 기법을 사용한 확장된 유사도를 이웃 집단 탐색 및 추천 목록 생성단계에서 사용할 때의 성능이 가장 좋게 나타났다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.12-27
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• 2023

본 연구는 강동구의 조성형공원 중 도시 녹지축에 입지한 환경생태적인 가치가 높은 공원을 대상으로 도시공원의 생태적 리뉴얼 조성방안을 마련하고 이를 적용한 설계를 제안하였다. 강동구의 개황과 도시공원 개황을 분석하고 강동구의 토지이용 및 녹지율, 공원녹지, 녹지축 현황을 분석하여 리뉴얼 대상지를 선정하였다. 강동구의 조성형 공원은 근린공원 2개소, 어린이공원 52개소로 총 54개소였으며 현황검토 1단계에서는 공원이 자연축, 녹지축상에 입지 및 인접 여부 등 입지적 가치 분석을 통해 17개소를 추출하였고, 2단계에서는 각 공원 서비스권역 내 녹지 및 오픈스페이스 비율을 바탕으로 1단계 추출 공원 중 8개소를 선정하였다. 3단계에서는 공원면적의 법적 기준 충족 여부를 통해 2단계 추출공원 중 2개소를 선정하였으며, 4단계에서는 공원의 노후화 조사를 통해 3단계 추출 공원 중 1개소를 선정하였다. 리뉴얼 대상지의 도시생태적 현황은 엔트로피 저감 측면의 토지이용현황, 물순환 측면의 토양피복현황, 생물다양성 측면의 식재구조현황을 조사하였다. 리뉴얼 대상지 3곳의 현황분석 결과는 녹지면적은 18.3-45.3%로 부족하였고 시설지 면적은 54.7%-81.7%로 높아 도시온도 저감효과가 낮은 것으로 판단되었으며, 불투수포장 면적이 공원 면적의 34.5%-48.9%로 시설면적의 대부분을 차지하여 물순환 기능이 부족한 것으로 판단되었다. 식재구조는 단층과 복층구조로 이루어져 있고 교목층은 양호하였으나 하부식생이 빈약하였고 식이식물이나 대경목 식재지는 없어 생물다양성이 낮은 상태였다. 본 연구에서 리뉴얼 대상지로 선정한 선린어린이공원, 당말어린이공원, 샘물어린이공원을 생태적으로 리뉴얼 설계한 후 공원별 생태면적률은 리뉴얼 전보다 1.4-3배 이상 증가하였다. 도시 녹지축에 입지한 도시공원을 도시생태계의 관점으로 바라보고 이를 생태적으로 리뉴얼하면 도시생태계 측면에서 엔트로피 저감, 물순환 건강성 향상, 생물다양성 기반조성에 기대효과가 높을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.110-123
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• 2022

남산공원은 1954년 대공원으로 지정되어 현재는 1개의 도시자연공원구역과 4개의 근린공원으로 운영되고 있는 넓은 면적의 오래된 도시공원이다. 공원으로서 역사·문화적 가치가 높음에도 불구하고 그동안 남산공원은 주로 '산' 이나 '도성'이라는 틀 속에서 논의되었다. 본 연구는 공원사(公園史) 관점에서 남산공원 연구를 심화하기 위해 서울기록원에서 소장하고 있는 서울시의 공공기록에 주목하여 살펴보았다. 연구는 서울기록원 소장 남산공원 관련 기록물을 모두 열람하여 공원 사료로 분석할 기록을 1,359건으로 정리하고, 기록별 주요 내용을 검토하였다. 보다 구체적인 연구 내용으로는 첫째, 기록 생산연대, 기록 유형, 공개 유형을 통해 기록물의 개괄적인 특성을 파악하였다. 둘째, 기록물에서 도출한 조직/단체, 인물, 공간/지역, 주제, 업무기능의 주요어를 분석하였다. 셋째, 주요 공간에 대한 기록물을 분석하여 공공기록이 담고 있는 공원에 관한 내용과 특징을 자세히 고찰하였다. 연구 결과, 남산공원 공공기록을 통해 그동안 알려지지 않았던 공원 도면, 사진, 식물 현황과 목록, 운영관리상의 주요 논의 및 결정 사항 등과 같은 중요한 정보를 확인하였다. 이와 함께 공공기록이 공원의 역사 전체에 대한 기록을 담고 있지는 않지만, 공원의 역사적 변천 과정에서 중요한 시점의 기록을 담고 있기에 공원사 연구에 기여할 수 있는 부분이 크다고 판단하였다. 따라서 공원별로 기록을 해석하고 서술하는 연구가 지속하여야 할 것으로 보았다. 더 나아가 공원의 공공기록이 불완전성이란 한계가 있는 만큼, 이를 보완하기 위해 향후 다른 기록으로의 확장과 시민, 설계가, 연구자, 관련 기관 등과의 네트워크도 필요하다는 점을 제언하였다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2023

기후변화 대응, 탄소중립 전략, 도시열섬, 미세먼지, 생물다양성 증진 등 환경이슈에 대한 해결책으로 도시녹지와 수목의 가치가 중요해지고 있으며 다양한 연구들이 도시환경개선을 위한 수목의 효과를 다루고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 도시환경개선 측면에서 식재수종, 식재구조, 식재밀도, 식재기반의 선행연구를 종합적으로 고찰하여 도시공원 조성녹지의 식재 리뉴얼 방향성을 제안하고 이를 리뉴얼 계획에 적용해 조경수목을 통한 도시환경개선 효과를 제고하는 데 목적이 있다. 서울시 내 대규모 근린공원인 서울어린이대공원의 식재현황을 현장조사하고 조사자료를 근거로 식재기능평가를 했으며 식재기능개선 필요지역을 중첩 도출하였다. 식재기능평가는 공원기능 설정, 공간기능에 따른 식재개념, 식재현황 단계별로 수행하였고, 연구의 결과인 기능변화에 따른 식재 리뉴얼 방향은 식재기능평가 단계별로 도출하였다. 공원기능 설정은 녹지율을 높이는 것이 우선이나 이용자 편의도 고려해야 하며, 식재개념으로 시각적 경관식재는 교목층은 수형이 아름답고 탄소흡수와 미세먼지 저감효과가 높은 수종을 식재, 생태적 경관식재는 경사구배 위 다층구조 식재지 조성, 완충식재는 다층구조숲으로 조성하여 탄소흡수와 미세먼지 저감 효과 향상, 녹음식재는 활엽수 교목층과 초본층으로 구성하고 초본류의 자연형 식재를 지향해야 한다. 식재수종은 도시환경개선 효과가 높은 수종, 지역 자생종, 야생조류 선호 수종을 식재하고, 식재구조는 경관식재지와 녹음식재지는 교목층과 관목층, 교목층과 초본층으로 구성하고 생태성이 강조되거나 완충기능이 필요한 식재지는 다층구조로 조성한다. 식재밀도는 식재간격 기준으로 더 높은 기준을 적용하며, 식재기반은 빗물재활용과 토양객토 및 통기시설을 사용한다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 노후 도시공원의 식재리뉴얼 계획 시 식재기능평가를 수행하여 식재기능개선 필요지역을 도출하는 데 적용할 수 있으며, 조성녹지의 기능변화 패러다임을 다각도로 반영한 식재 리뉴얼 방향성을 제시했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.111-131
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 데이터마이닝 기법의 일종인 자기조직화지도(Self-Organizing Map, SOM)를 이용하여 비외감기업의 부실화 유형을 구분하고자 한다. 자기조직화지도는 인공 신경망을 기초로 자율학습을 통해 입력된 값을 유사한 군집끼리 묶어내는 방법으로, 기존의 통계적 군집 분류 방법보다 성능이 뛰어나고, 고차원의 입력데이터를 저차원으로 시각화할 수 있다는 장점 때문에 다양한 분야에서 각광받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존 연구의 주요 분석대상이었던 외감기업에 비해 부실화 빈도는 높지만 데이터 수집의 어려움으로 인해 분석대상에서 다소 제외되었던 비외감기업의 부실화 유형에 대해 알아보고, 유형별 구체적인 사례도 소개하고자 한다. 재무자료수집이 가능한 100개의 비외감 부실기업에 대해 분석한 결과, 비외감기업의 부실화 유형은 다섯 가지로 구분되었다. 유형 1은 전체 집단의 약 12%를 차지하며, 수익성, 성장성 등 재무지표가 다른 유형에 비해 열등하였다. 유형 2는 전체 집단의 약 14%로, 유형 1보다는 덜 심각하지만 재무지표가 대체로 열등하였다. 유형 3은 성장성 지표가 열등한 그룹으로 기업간 경쟁이 극심한 가운데 지속적으로 성장하지 못하고 부실화된 경우로 약 30%의 기업이 포함되었다. 유형 4는 성장성은 탁월하나 부채경영 등 과감한 경영으로 인해 유동성 부족이나 현금부족 등의 이유로 부실화된 그룹으로 약 25%의 기업이 포함되었다. 유형 5는 거의 모든 재무지표가 우수한 건전기업으로, 단기적인 경영전략의 실수 또는 중소기업의 특성상 경영자의 개인적 사정으로 부실화 되었을 가능성이 큰 그룹으로 약 18%의 기업이 포함되었다. 본 연구 결과는 부실화 유형을 구분하는데 기존의 통계적 방법이 아닌 자기조직화지도를 이용하였다는 점에서 학문적 의의가 있고, 비외감기업의 재무지표만으로도 1차적인 부실화 징후를 발견할 수 있다는 점에서 실무적 의의가 있다고 할 수 있다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 1993

1989년 5월부터 1990년 4월까지 경주군 보건소 결핵실에 신규등록한 초치료 결핵환자 195명과, 경주군 의료보험조합에 가입하여 1988년 1월부터 1989년 11월 까지 병 의원에서 치료 중인 결핵환자 381명중 조사가 가능했던 176명을 대상으로 결핵에 관한 관리양상을 조사하였다. 보건소 등록자가 병 의원 등록자보다 사회경재적 수준이 대체적으로 낮았으며, 가족 중 환자의 비율이 보건소 등록자가 병 의원 치료자보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 폐결핵에 대한 인식이 과거보다 개선되어 결핵이 '전염병'이라고 정확하게 알고 있는 사람은 보건소 등록자와 병 의원 치료자가 각각 59.5%와 51.7%로 나타났으며 이는 유의한 차이를 보였고(p<0.05), '유전병'이라고 알고 있는 자도 두군에서 각각 9.2%와 11.4%로 나타났다. 폐결핵 치료에 대한 인식에서도 '잘 치료하면 환치가 가능하다'라고 대답한 사람이 보건소 등록자가 3%로 병 의원 치료자의 77.8%보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 폐결핵 치료를 위해서 '규칙적으로 약을 복용해야 한다'고 답한 자가 보건소 등록자가 98.0%로써 병 의원 치료자의 89.8%보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). '규칙적으로 약을 복용해야 한다'고 답한 사람들 중에서 기타 질병에 도움을 줄 수 있는 항목에 대한 보건소 등록자가 병 의원 치료자보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 현재의 치료기관과 최초의 진단기관 및 치료받고자 원하는 기관의 일치도에 있어서는 병의원 치료자가 72.2%로 보건소 등록자의 34.9%보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 또 보건소 등록자가 보건소에서 최초의 진단을 받은 경우가 40.5%로써 병 의원 치료자가 병 의원에서 최초의 진단을 받은 89.2%보다 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.05). 현재의 치료기관과 최초의 진단 기관 및 객담 검사를 받은 기관의 일치도에 있어서도 보건소 등록자가 40.0%, 병 의원 치료자가 66.5%로써 유의한 차이을 보였다(p<0.05). 보건소에서 폐결핵을 치료하는 줄 아는지 여부를 물은 결과 보건소 등록자는 81.5%, 병 의원 치료자는 73.3%가 알고 있었다고 답했으나 유의한 차이는 없었다. 병 의원 치료자들이 보건소에서 폐결핵을 치료하는 줄 알면서도 이용하지 않은 이유 중 481.%가 보건소에 대한 신뢰도에 문제가 있기 때문인 것으로 나타났다. 보건소에서 거의 무료로 폐결핵을 치료한다는 것을 알게된 동기가 보건소 등록자와 병 의원 치료자 중 인간경로를 통한 경우가 각각 84.9%, 69.0%인데 비해 매스미디어를 통한 경우는 8.2%, 14.7%였고, 학교교육을 통한 경우는 2.5%, 6.2% 등으로 나타났다. 보건소 등록자들이 보건소에서 치료받은 이유는 63.0%가 '믿을 수 있기 때문'이라고 했지만 50.3%는 '비용이 적게 들기 때문'이라고 했으며, '믿을 수 있는 것은 아니지만 비용이 적게 들기 때문'이라고 한 경우가 9.3% 였고, 27.7%는 특별한 이유없이 보건소에서 치료받는 자들 이었다. 결론적으로, 보건소 등록자가 사회경제적 수준이 낮음에도 불구하고 질병에 대한 인식이 높은 것은 가족 중 결핵환자가 많은 것과 보건소가 결핵 관리를 더욱 철저히 하는 영향 때문인 것으로 여겨진다. 그러나 최초 진단 기관과 치료받은 기관의 일치도의 차이와 보건소 등록 환자의 63.0%만이 보건소를 신뢰하기 때문에 치료받는다고 한 점, 그리고 병 의원 치료자의 48.1%가 보건소에서 결핵을 거의 무료로 치료 받는다는 것을 알고 있음에도 불구하고 불신감 때문에 보건소에 오진 않는 것으로 나타나는 점 등을 고려해 볼 때 보건소 이용에 관한 홍보와 결핵에 대한 보건교육이 더욱 강화되어야 한다고 생각된다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.23-46
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• 2021

개인화 추천에서 많이 사용되는 협업 필터링은 고객들의 구매이력을 기반으로 유사고객을 찾아 상품을 추천할 수 있는 매우 유용한 기법으로 인식되고 있다. 그러나, 전통적인 협업 필터링 기법은 사용자 간에 직접적인 연결과 공통적인 특징을 기반으로 유사도를 계산하는 방식으로 인해 신규 고객 혹은 상품에 대해 유사도를 계산하기 힘들다는 문제가 제기되어 왔다. 이를 극복하기 위하여, 다른 기법을 함께 사용하는 하이브리드 기법이 고안되기도 하였다. 이런 노력의 하나로서, 사회연결망의 구조적 특성을 적용하여 이런 문제를 해결하려는 시도가 있었다. 이는, 직접적으로 유사성을 찾기 힘든 사용자 간에도 둘 사이에 놓인 유사한 사용자 또는 사용자들을 통해 유추해내는 방식으로 상호 간의 유사성을 계산하는 방식을 적용한 것이다. 즉, 구매 데이터를 기반으로 사용자의 네트워크를 생성하고 이 네트워크 내에서 두 사용자를 간접적으로 이어주는 네트워크의 특성을 기반으로 둘 사이의 유사도를 계산하는 것이다. 이렇게 얻은 유사도는 추천대상 고객이 상품의 추천에 대한 수락여부를 결정하는 척도로 활용될 수 있다. 서로 다른 중심성 척도는 추천성과에 미치는 영향이 서로 다를 수 있다는 점에서 중요한 의미를 갖는다 할 수 있다. 이런 유사도의 계산을 위해서 네트워크의 중심성을 활용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 여기서 더 나아가 이런 중심성이 추천성과에 미치는 영향이 추천 알고리즘에 따라서도 다를 수 있다는 데에서 주목하여 수행되었다. 또한, 이런 네트워크 분석을 활용한 추천기법은 신규 고객 혹은 상품뿐만 아니라 전체 고객 혹은 상품으로 그 대상을 넓히더라도 추천 성능을 높이는 데 기여할 것을 기대할 수 있을 것이다. 이런 관점에서 본 연구는 네트워크 모형에서 연결선이 생성되는 것을 이진 분류의 문제로 보고, 추천 모형에 적용할 분류 기법으로 의사결정나무, K-최근접이웃법, 로지스틱 회귀분석, 인공신경망, 서포트 벡터 머신을 선택하고, 온라인 쇼핑몰에서 4년2개월간 수집된 구매 데이터로 실험을 진행하였다. 사회연결망에서 측정된 중심성 척도를 각 분류 기법에 적용하여 생성한 모형을 비교 실험한 결과, 각 모형 별로 중심성 척도의 추천성공률이 서로 다르게 나타남을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 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.

• 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.