• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.239-240
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• 2012

With advancements in semiconductor device technologies, manufacturing processes are getting more complex and it became more difficult to maintain tighter process control. As the number of processing step increased for fabricating complex chip structure, potential fault inducing factors are prevail and their allowable margins are continuously reduced. Therefore, one of the key to success in semiconductor manufacturing is highly accurate and fast fault detection and classification at each stage to reduce any undesired variation and identify the cause of the fault. Sensors in the equipment are used to monitor the state of the process. The idea is that whenever there is a fault in the process, it appears as some variation in the output from any of the sensors monitoring the process. These sensors may refer to information about pressure, RF power or gas flow and etc. in the equipment. By relating the data from these sensors to the process condition, any abnormality in the process can be identified, but it still holds some degree of certainty. Our hypothesis in this research is to capture the features of equipment condition data from healthy process library. We can use the health data as a reference for upcoming processes and this is made possible by mathematically modeling of the acquired data. In this work we demonstrate the use of recurrent neural network (RNN) has been used. RNN is a dynamic neural network that makes the output as a function of previous inputs. In our case we have etch equipment tool set data, consisting of 22 parameters and 9 runs. This data was first synchronized using the Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) algorithm. The synchronized data from the sensors in the form of time series is then provided to RNN which trains and restructures itself according to the input and then predicts a value, one step ahead in time, which depends on the past values of data. Eight runs of process data were used to train the network, while in order to check the performance of the network, one run was used as a test input. Next, a mean squared error based probability generating function was used to assign probability of fault in each parameter by comparing the predicted and actual values of the data. In the future we will make use of the Bayesian Networks to classify the detected faults. Bayesian Networks use directed acyclic graphs that relate different parameters through their conditional dependencies in order to find inference among them. The relationships between parameters from the data will be used to generate the structure of Bayesian Network and then posterior probability of different faults will be calculated using inference algorithms.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.260-265
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• 2007

This study was carried out to complement water quality standards and to establish new concept for water quality standards reflecting current state of water quality in small streams. By this purpose, discriminant analysis was performed and Water Quality Level Model (WQLM) was developed using the data such as EC, BOD, $COD_{Mn}$, SS, T-N, T-P, $NH_3-N$ in 224 agricultural streams. To give water quality level for water quality parameters, it divided into 20% respectively in the order of excellent water quality. On the basis of the lowest water quality level, water quality level of small streams is granted. As a result of it, number of stream corresponding to Level I was no, Level II was 2 streams, Level III was 22 streams, Level IV was 70 streams, and Level V was 130 streams. Average of water quality in each level was the highest in Level V. EC, SS, and T-N of 7 parameters were selected in variance concerned water quality level. By standardized canonical discriminant function coefficient, EC of three variances was the highest in 0.625 at the discriminant power. The next was T-N (0.509), SS (0.414). By discriminant function for water quality level, Level II was equal to $-2.973+19.376{\times}(EC)+0.647{\times}(T-N)+0.009{\times}(SS)$, Level III was equal to $-3.288+19.190{\times}(EC)+0.733{\times}(T-N)+0.041{\times}(SS)$, Level IV was equal to $-4.462+27.097{\times}(EC)+0.792{\times}(T-N)+0.053{\times}(SS)$, and Level V was equal to $-9.117+40.040{\times}(EC)+1.305{\times}(T-N)+0.111{\times}(SS)$. As a result of test at real agricultural watershed of Jeongan and Euidang in Gongju city, the fitness of WQLM was high to 88.78%. But, to get accomplished water quality assessment more exactly in agricultural streams, we had to concentrate and get vast data, and WQLM was modified and complemented continually.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제9C권3호
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• pp.385-398
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• 2002

제한된 라디오 스펙트럼에서 증가하는 이동 단말기의 수에 따라 서비스를 제공하기 위해서, 무선 시스템은 마이크로/피코 셀룰러 구조와 같이 설계되어야 한다. 이와 같이 다수의 사용자를 수용하기 위하여 셀 크기를 축소하게 되면 핸드오프 이벤트가 증가하게 되며, 안정적인 서비스를 제공하기 위해 효과적 처리해 줄 수 있는 핸드오프 기술이 필수적이라 할 수 있다. Population-Based Bandwidth Reservation(PBR) 구조는 한 셀(Cell)의 이웃에 있는 셀 들에게 셀룰러 트래픽의 양에 따라 대역폭의 양을 동적으로 조절함으로써 핸드오프 호(Hand-off Call)들에게 우선 순위를 제공하는 구조이다. 본 논문에서는 어떤 기간에 발생하는 핸드오프 호에 요구되는 전체 대역폭에 대한 요청 예약 비율을 나타내는 Fractional Parameter, f의 변화에 따라 PBR 구조의 성능을 분석하였다. 파라미터 f의 값은 QoS(Quality of Service) 요구에 따라 결정되어지며, 요구사항을 충족시키기 위하여 변화하는 트래픽 상태에 따라 동적으로 조절된다. f의 최적값은 이동국(Mobile Station)의 속도, 평균 호의 기간, 셀 크기 등에 따라 결정되어진다. 본 논문에서는 이동국의 속도에 따라서 평균 호의 기간과 셀 크기를 가정하였다. 속도에 따라서 약간의 타이가 나지만, 0.4 $\leq$ f $\leq$ 0.6인 경우에서 Blocking Probability, Dropping Probability, Utilization이 최적인 값을 가지게 된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.639-645
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• 2018

본 논문은 자율주행 자동차 및 자율주행이 가능한 이동체를 대상으로 광범위하게 적용 가능한 지능형 의사결정 모델을 개발하기 위한 연구이다. 개발된 모듈은 다양한 주행환경에 적용하기 위하여 독립적인 모듈 구성형태를 갖추고 이를 유기적으로 운영하기 위한 플랫폼을 기반으로 각 모듈을 Deep Learning 기법을 이용한 강화학습을 통해 이동체의 차선변경 의사 결정 및 안전 확보에 관하여 연구하였다. 운행 중인 자율주행 이동체는 주행상태의 변경을 위하여 기능별로 속도결정 모델과 차선변경 의사결정이 반드시 선행되어야 이동체의 다음 행동이 이루어 질 수 있는 특징을 갖고 있다. 또한, 일반 도로상에 주행 중인 이동체들이 모두 자율주행 기능을 갖춘 상태라면 특정 이동체의 돌발적인 변화 및 주변 환경의 변화가 발생하면 그에 따른 각각의 이동체들 사이에 발생할 수 있는 연쇄반응 요소는 고려되기 어려운 특징을 갖고 있다. 이런 부분을 함께 고려하여 자율주행 플랫폼에 적용하고 이를 위한 개별 이동체의 차선변경 의사결정 시스템 연구와 모듈형 학습 방법을 이용하여 시스템 복잡도를 줄이고 학습시간의 단축과 향후 모델의 교체를 할 수 있는 의사결정 모델을 연구하였다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2010

현재 SPECT 영상에서 가장 많이 활용되는 콜리메이터는 저에너지 고해상도(low energy high resolution : LEHR) 콜리메이터이다. LEHR은 해상도에서 이점을 가지고 있으나 작은 구멍크기와 높은 차단막으로 인하여 높은 민감도 획득에 어려움이 있다. SPECT의 생산성 향상을 위해서는 LEHR보다 높은 민감도를 획득할 수 있는 콜리메이터를 사용하여 단위시간당 획득 카운트의 양을 늘림으로써 민감도를 향상시킬 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 LEHR보다 넓은 구멍을 가진 콜리메이터를 사용할 경우 고민감도 획득과 함께 발생하는 해상도 저하 문제를 해결하기 위한 시스템 모델을 개발하여 이를 반복적 영상재구성에 적용함으로써 저하된 해상도를 개선하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 방법으로는 시스템 모델에서 흔히 사용되는 평행빔 기반의 검출 확률계산 방식 대신 고민감도 콜리메이터 사용 시에 발생하는 퍼짐현상을 팬빔으로 모델링 하였다. 또한 검출확률에 대한 가중치를 거리에 대한 함수로 정의하여 팬빔모델에 적용함으로써 정확성을 향상시켰다. 시뮬레이션으로 생성된 사이노그램에 적용한 결과 본 연구에서 제안된 모델이 평행빔 모델에 비해 동일 카운트에서 유사한 해상도를 달성하면서 촬영시간을 단축시킬 수 있었으며, 동일 촬영시간에서는 해상도를 향상시킴을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과는 현재 부각되고 있는 반도체 기반 픽셀방식 검출기를 위한 픽셀형 콜리메이터의 해상도 향상에도 효과적으로 적용될 수 있다.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.30-41
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 강우-유출모델링에서 선행습윤상태를 파악하기 위해 자주 사용되는 여러 선행강우지수를 활용하여, 실제 측정된 토양수분자료들로부터 평가된 토양 저류량과의 비교 분석하고자 하였다. 나아가, 선행강우지수와 측정된 토양저류의 변화특성을 이용하여, 이전연구들에 비해 보다 명확한 관계를 이끌어낼 수 있었다. 이 관계를 바탕으로 약 2년여동안의 강우자료만을 통해 일 토양저류량을 모의하였으며, 측정된 일 토양저류량 값과 비교를 하였다. 모의된 토양저류량은 실제 측정된 토양저류량의 변화를 대체적으로 잘 묘사하고 있지만, 식생의 계절적인 변화와 영향과 관련한 수문학적 과정들의 변화로 인해 다소 차이가 있었다. 비록 본 연구결과가 경험 식으로부터 도출되었지만, 미 계측유역에서의 선행습윤상태를 파악하는 데 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제37호
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• pp.325-354
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• 2013

국가안보의 개념과 위기관리의 기본시스템이 전통적 방식을 탈피하여 국가핵심기반위기관리의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 국가핵심기반위기는 테러, 대규모 재난 등의 원인에 의해 국민의 안위, 국가 경제, 사회의 생명력과 일체성 및 정부의 핵심기능에 중대한 영향을 미칠 수 있는 인적 물적 기능적 체계가 마비되는 상황을 의미한다. 북한은 1960년대부터 지속적으로 핵무기를 개발하여 수차에 거쳐 협상과 제재를 받아왔지만, 핵실험과 미사일 발사 실험의 성공을 통해 핵무장을 과시한 바 있다. 본 연구는 북한의 대량살상무기의 개발과 위협이 가시화되고 그 위험 범위가 확대됨에 따라 국가적 위기대처에 핵심적인 역할과 기능을 수행해야 할 국가지도부가 북한의 우발적인 초기공격에 초토화됨으로써 국가위기관리의 지도력에 공백이 발생할 수 있다는 점에 주목하였다. 이에 따라 대량살상무기인 핵무기를 중심으로 그 개념과 위협의 정도를 고찰하고 북한 핵무기의 위협의 실체를 분석하고 평가하였으며, 북한의 핵무기 위협에 대비한 국가지도부의 안전대책을 제시하고자 하였다. 결론은 첫째 국가적 위기 시 국가위기관리시스템의 정상적인 작동을 위한 헌법적 행정부 유지(Enduring Constitutional Government, ECG), 업무연속성 확보(Continuity Of Operations, COOP)를 위한 국가위기관리지도부의 범위와 승계순위에 따른 안전대책을 강구하여야 한다. 둘째는 국가적 행사시 국가지도부가 공개된 장소에 모두 집합하는 경우를 지양해야 한다. 불가피한 경우 차 상위 대행권자를 지정하여 보호조치를 취하여야 한다. 셋째는 평시 국가적 위기시를 대비한 국가지도부 보호를 위한 범위를 규정하고 구체적인 경호안전대책을 시행하여야 한다. 넷째는 우리나라 정부조직법 제71조와 제26조 1항의 대통령 유고시 직무대행 승계 순위가 북한의 대량살상무기인 핵무기의 위협에 상응한 국가위기관리를 고려한 합리적인 규정인지를 재검토해야 한다 등이다. 정부는 대통령훈령 제229호 국가위기관리 기본지침에 따라 유형별 '위기관리 표준매뉴얼'과 하위 실무매뉴얼을 운영하고 있으며, 대통령경호실의 대통령 권한대행에 대한 경호 안전업무관련 규정을 가지고 있다. 따라서 정부는 유형별 위기관리 표준매뉴얼, 대통령 권한대행의 경호안전업무관련 규정에 이를 구체화하여 시행되도록 법제화하여야 한다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.195-207
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• 2006

Stem cells are the primordial, initial cells which usually divide asymmetrically giving rise to on the one hand self-renewals and on the other hand progenitor cells with potential for differentiation. Zygote (fertilized egg), with totipotency, deserves the top-ranking stem cell - he totipotent stem cell (TSC). Both the ICM (inner cell mass) taken from the 6 days-old human blastocyst and ESC (embryonic stem cell) derived from the in vitro cultured ICM have slightly less potency for differentiation than the zygote, and are termed pluripotent stem cells. Stem cells in the tissues and organs of fetus, infant, and adult have highly reduced potency and committed to produce only progenitor cells for particular tissues. These tissue-specific stem cells are called multipotent stem cells. These tissue-specific/committed multipotent stem cells, when placed in altered environment other than their original niche, can yield cells characteristic of the altered environment. These findings are certainly of potential interest from the clinical, therapeutic perspective. The controversial terminology 'somatic stem cell plasticity' coined by the stem cell community seems to have been proved true. Followings are some of the recent knowledges related to the stem cell. Just as the tissues of our body have their own multipotent stem cells, cancerous tumor has undifferentiated cells known as cancer stem cell (CSC). Each time CSC cleaves, it makes two daughter cells with different fate. One is endowed with immortality, the remarkable ability to divide indefinitely, while the other progeny cell divides occasionally but lives forever. In the cancer tumor, CSC is minority being as few as 3-5% of the tumor mass but it is the culprit behind the tumor-malignancy, metastasis, and recurrence of cancer. CSC is like a master print. As long as the original exists, copies can be made and the disease can persist. If the CSC is destroyed, cancer tumor can't grow. In the decades-long cancer therapy, efforts were focused on the reducing of the bulk of cancerous growth. How cancer therapy is changing to destroy the origin of tumor, the CSC. The next generation of treatments should be to recognize and target the root cause of cancerous growth, the CSC, rather than the reducing of the bulk of tumor, Now the strategy is to find a way to identify and isolate the stem cells. The surfaces of normal as well as the cancer stem cells are studded with proteins. In leukaemia stem cell, for example, protein CD 34 is identified. In the new treatment of cancer disease it is needed to look for protein unique to the CSC. Blocking the stem cell's source of nutrients might be another effective strategy. The mystery of sternness of stem cells has begun to be deciphered. ESC can replicate indefinitely and yet retains the potential to turn into any kind of differentiated cells. Polycomb group protein such as Suz 12 repress most of the regulatory genes which, activated, are turned to be developmental genes. These protein molecules keep the ESC in an undifferentiated state. Many of the regulator genes silenced by polycomb proteins are also occupied by such ESC transcription factors as Oct 4, Sox 2, and Nanog. Both polycomb and transcription factor proteins seem to cooperate to keep the ESC in an undifferentiated state, pluripotent, and self-renewable. A normal prion protein (PrP) is found throughout the body from blood to the brain. Prion diseases such as mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) are caused when a normal prion protein misfolds to give rise to PrP$^{SC}$ and assault brain tissue. Why has human body kept such a deadly and enigmatic protein? Although our body has preserved the prion protein, prion diseases are of rare occurrence. Deadly prion diseases have been intensively studied, but normal prion problems are not. Very few facts on the benefit of prion proteins have been known so far. It was found that PrP was hugely expressed on the stem cell surface of bone marrow and on the cells of neural progenitor, PrP seems to have some function in cell maturation and facilitate the division of stem cells and their self-renewal. PrP also might help guide the decision of neural progenitor cell to become a neuron.

• 한국기록관리학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.118-162
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• 2004

기록물 보존기관에서의 정리와 기술은 기록물 관리와 열람제공에 중요한 역할을 한다. 국가기록원(NRAS; National Records & Archinves Service)에서도 역시 정리와 기술에 대해 노력을 기울이고 있다. 하지만, 기록보존 선진국과 비교하면 이론 및 실제 처리과정에서 많은 차이와 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이론에 있어서 큰 차이는, 기록물의 기능분류와 원질서의 유지나 다계층기술이 정리 기술의 실제 업무처리에 반영되고 있지 않다. 즉, 기록물이 도서의 정리방식과 같이 낱권 단위로 등록순서에 따라 정리된 후 서가에 배열되고 있다. 이 외에도, 기록물 생산기관의 변천내력이나 색인어의 관리 등의 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이런 이유로 기록물의 이용이 매우 불편하다. 이들 문제점을 개선하기 위해서, 본 연구에서는 정리와 기술의 의의와 중요성, 국가기록원의 정리와 기술의 현황과 문제점, 그리고 외국의 국립기록보존소 기술지침을 소개하였다. 다음은 ISAD(G)를 적용한 사례를 소개하였다. 논문은 총 8장으로 구성하였는데, 제1장 서론, 제2장 정리 기술의 의의와 중요성 및 제8장 결론을 제외한 제3장부터 제7장의 내용은 다음과 같다. 제3장에서는 국가기록원의 정리 기술 현황으로, 현재 사용하고 있는 기록물관리 시스템(Govt) 운영현황과 사용하는 기술항목을 설명하였다. 제4장에서는 미국, 영국 및 호주의 국립기록보존소 기술지침 소개로 첫째, 미국의 국립기록관리청(NARA)의 기록물 생명주기 데이터 준수사항 지침(Lifecycle Data Requirements Guide)을 소개하였으며, 기술 항목중 타이틀요소 1개에 대한 기술요령을 소개하였다. 둘째, 영국국립기록보존소(Public Records Office)의 기술지침을 소개하였다. 기술지침의 명칭은 영국국립기록보존소 편목지침(National Archives Cataloguing Guidelines Introduction)이다. 이 지침에서 사용하는 "PROCAT"라는 전산목록시스템을 소개하였다. 이 시스템에서 사용하는 7단계 기술에 대해 설명하였다. 셋째, 호주 국립기록보존소(NAA; National Archives of Australia)의 기록물 시스템은 CRS(Commonwealth Record Series)이다. 이 시스템을 위한 기록물 등록과 기술절차(Registration &description procedures for CRS system)에 대해 연구하였다. 제5장에서는 ISAD(G)를 적용한 사례로, 국가기록원이 과거 총무처 소청심사위원회에서 생산한 기록물의 기술서를 소개하였다. 제6장, 7장에서는, ISAD(G)의 사용결과 문제점, 각 기관 처리과에서 문서제목 부여, 기술항목 부족, 기록물 종류나 유형분류, 관리번호, 상세한 기술규칙의 부재, 기능분류나 계층기술, 입력포맷, 서가배열, 전거통제 등의 문제점을 지적하였다. 개선 방안으로는 계층분류 체계의 마련, 관리번호 및 배열순서의 개선, 전거제어시스템 개발, 기술 입력항목의 증가, 기술규칙 제정 및 입력포맷개선 마련 등이다. 현재 국가기록원의 정리 기술 개선의 가장 좋은 방법은 기록물관리 선진국 국립기록보존소의 표준, 지침, 매뉴얼의 상세한 검토이다. 따라서 학계에서 이 분야의 많은 연구가 있어야 한다는 것을 제안하였다.

• 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.