• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2007

Objectives : This study was performed to determine whether a pulse analyzer using array piezoresistive sensor was useful to characterize the variables of pulse wave of hypertentive patients (HT) , compared with those of healthy subjects. Methods : One hundred twenty two subjects participated in this study. Sixty nine subjects had hypertension and fifty three subjects had no specific history or disease associated with hypertension. We used automatic pulse analyzer with array piezoreslstive sensor. Results : Calibrated in Chon, no specific differences was between HT group and the healthy group. Calibrated in Gwan. sum of pulse pressure (SPP) of HT group was higher than that of the healthy group. Calibrated in Cheek, mean of height of main peak (Mm) and height of main peak (h1) of HT group were higher than those of the healthy group. Conclusions : Pulse analyzer was useful to determine the risk degree or development possibility of hypertension.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1914-1915
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• 2007

The period and strength of the pulse on the radial artery are important physiological factors, and they have been used to diagnosis in both Western and Eastern countries for a long time and has been developed as a unique method of diagnosis at each countries. Recently, there are a lot of systems which can give diagnosis information by recording the pulse wave and analyzing the characteristics of the pulse shape. This study describes the Pulse-Wave Measurement System which is able to measure the pulse wave signal using piezoresistive sensor and the pulse wave signal measured by the developed system is transmitted to a computer on the basis of the USB Driver. It has finally shown the the pulse wave signal measured by the sender is appeared to the host PC in real time. The Pulse-Wave Measurement System used the piezoresistive sensor to measure the pulse wave signal and the differential amplifier(AD620) to amplify the pulse wave signal which is small signal. And it used the ADC to convert analog to digital for the measured analog signal and the interface with a computer. It transmitted the measured pulse signal through USB transmission module to the host computer and Labview tool shows it. This Pulse-Wave measurement system will afford comvenience of detecting pulse wave to user related to oriental medicine.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.601-606
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• 2008

U-Healthcare는 센서네트워크분야에서 가장 중요한 응용 분야중 하나이다. 응급상황에 대한 대처가 필요한 다양한 계층의 사람들에게 있어 매우 중요한 서비스가 될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 자신의 맥정보를 베이스스테이션(Base Station)을 통해 응급상황에 대한 정보를 제공하고 동시에 원격지에 있는 보호자에게 제공하고, 의료진에게 전송하여 정확한 진단을 지원하는 시스템에 대해 설명한다. 이를 위해 맥진모듈로부터 취득된 맥진정보를 베이스스테이션 및 모니터링 시스템으로 Zigbee 및 TCP/IP를 통해 전송하며 이에 사용되는 패킷구조를 설계한다. 또한 모니터링 시스템에서는 전송되는 맥진정보를 데이터베이스에 저장하고 웹을 통해 서비스를 제공함으로써 가족을 포함하여 인가된 사람들로 하여금 맥의 상태를 모니터링하는 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 몸체진동형 링레이저 자이로에서 몸체진동을 검출하기 위한 각속도 센서 출력을 V-F 변환하여 링레이저 출력에서 몸체진동에 의한 출력을 제거하는 dither-stripping 방법에 대하여 논의하였다. Dither-stripping에서는 V-F 출력펄스와 링레이저 출력펄스간의 환산계수를 산출하는 방법과 V-F 출력펄스의 offset를 보정해주는 방법이 중요하다. 각속도 센서의 출력을 V-F 변환하여 dither-stripping하는 경우에는 offset을 보정하는 과정에서 몸체진동의 진폭잡음에 의한 자이로 출력의 오차가 크게 발생한다. 우리는 V-F 출력펄스를 미분하여 offset을 제거하는 방법을 고안하였다. 이를 위해서는 각속도 센서의 출력을 90deg 위상 이동시켜서 각도신호를 만들고 V-F 변환해야 하며 링레이저 출력의 위상도 샘플링의 반주기만큼 이동시켜야 한다. 그리고 두 펄스간의 환산계수는 분산을 이용하여 산출하였다. 이러한 각도신호 미분방식의 dither-stripping에 의하여 개선된 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2012

Arterial stiffness is causing the serious problems for human who is suffered from hypertension and metabolic syndrome. So it is important that measure the arterial stiffness for early prevention. Many researches point out that pulse wave velocity(PWV) is the reliable and simple method to predict arterial stiffness. In this paper, we developed the sensing parts that detect the pulse wave and ECG by using piezoelectric film and conductive textile with elastic band. Our system could detect 3ch pulse wave and ECG. Simultaneously, our algorithm extracts the features for calculating the delays among pulse waves. The delays are the significant parameter to estimate PWV, thus we design the experiment for evaluating the performance of our sensing parts. The reference is PP-1000(HanByul Meditech, Korea) that is good for performance evaluation. As a result, the start point of the pulse wave was the most reliable feature for comparing with PP-1000(r=0.691, P=0.00). The results between two operators showed that there is only a slight difference in the reproducibility of the devices. In conclusion, we assume that the suggested sensor could be more comfortable and faithful method for arterial stiffness.

• 센서학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2006

A monitoring apparatus for pulse shapes of human heartbeats has been developed using an amorphous MI(Magnetic Impedance) sensor. The pulse shapes are successfully obtained from voltage signals due to the variations of magnetic impedance in the amorphous MI sensor, which is attached to a patient's wrist. This voltage signal was fed into a signal processing module to extract the pulse shapes of heartbeats. The signal processing module, which is proposed to detect a weak variations of impedance in MI sensor under a noisy measurement environment, consists of a high frequency current source, an amplifier stage and a synchronous detection circuit. To evaluate the characteristics of a newly developed apparatus, various experiments were performed. The experimental results show that the developed apparatus could be used as a diagnosis tool for traditional Korean medicine with further systematic clinical studies.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.376-384
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• 2013

With the continuous aging of the populations in developed countries, the medical requirements of the aged are expected to increase. In this paper, a ring-type pulse oximeter finger sensor and a 24-hour ambulatory heart rate monitoring system for the aged are presented. We also demonstrate the feasibility of extracting accurate heart rate variability measurements from photoelectric plethysmography signals gathered using a ring-type pulse oximeter sensor attached to the finger. We designed the heart rate sensor using a CPU with built-in ZigBee stack for simplicity and low power consumption. We also analyzed the various distorted signals caused by motion artifacts using a FFT, and designed an algorithm using a least squares estimator to calibrate the signals for better accuracy.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2009년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.444-446
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• 2009

현재 대다수의 맥박(또는 심박) 측정 장치는 electrodes와 PPG로 국한되어 있다. 그러나 electrodes는 착용자의 불편감과 수입 의존성에 의한 높은 가격이라는 단점을 가지고 있으며, PPG는 동잡음에 약하다는 단점을 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 PPG와 flexible sensor를 동시 적용하여 상호 작용하게 함으로서 각 센서들의 단점을 보완 해줄 수 있는 하이브리드형의 맥박 측정 장치에 대하여 연구하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.259-263
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• 2018

A radial artery pulse wave is measured while pressing an artery with constant force. However, pulse waveform measurements vary depending on pressing force and direction. Accurate pulse waveform measurements are important for analysis. Thus, it is necessary to define the measurement range of the permissible force and direction from which a correct pulse waveform is derived. In this study, pulse waves were generated by a pulse wave generator for accurate control. The pulse waves generated for different angles and pressing forces were analyzed. The augmentation index (AIx), which is the most commonly used index for evaluating vascular stiffness, was analyzed. The AIx was measured within ${\pm}6^{\circ}$ of the vessel direction and within ${\pm}8^{\circ}$ perpendicular to the vessel direction with a force that was 25% or more of the pressing force at which the maximum pressure wave was generated. We identified the applicable pressing force and angle range by analyzing the effect of pressing angle on the pulse wave. The AIx analysis performed using the pulse wave measurement device is reliable and reproducible.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.681-686
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• 2019

본 논문은 동일 크기의 인버터 체인을 가진 지연 버퍼를 사용한 펄스 수축방식에 기반된 CMOS 온도 센서를 제안한다. 온도 센서는 2 개의 서로 다른 온도 지연 라인을 가진 온도에 비례하여 펄스를 생성하는 온도-펄스 변환기( TPC)와 공정 변화에 민감하지 않도록 동일 크기를 가진 인버터 체인을 사용하여 펄스를 수축하여 디지털 값으로 변환하는 시간-디지털 변환기(TDC)로 구성된다. 칩은 공급 전압이 3.3 V인 $0.35{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 이용하여 $0.49{\mu}m{\times}0.23{\mu}m$의 면적으로 구현되었다. 측정 결과 $0^{\circ}C{\sim}100^{\circ}C$의 온도 센서 범위에 분해능은 9-비트 데이터에서 $0.24^{\circ}C/bit$를 가진다.