(1) Rehabilitation Engineering
Laboratory
Director: Professor Gon Khang (gkhang@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
The primary research objective in the rehabilitation engineering
laboratory (REL) is to recover mobility to physically handicapped
people. Emphasis is given to two topics: (1) functional electrical
stimulation (FES) and (2) customized environment design. A
generic transcutaneous FES system was developed and applied
to many different clinical experiments: electrical exercise
for paralyzed muscles, paraplegic/hemiplegic standing/walking,
quadriplegic hand grasp, etc. Also, basic research is performed
in the area of electrophysiology, e.g., electrical characteristics
of living tissues including the skin and the muscles. REL
recently started to investigate how to provide physically
handicapped people with the residential or office environment
that is optimal to each user and his/her family or office
mates. This research was motivated by the fact that every
disability is different from individual to individual, and,
therefore, each disabled person needs his/her own environment.
Ongoing Projects
▷ Functional Electrical Stimulation for Mobility Recovery
to Plegic People
▷ Customized Environment Design for Physically Handicapped
People
▷ Design and Application of Prostheses and Orthoses
(2) Medical Information System Laboratory
Director: Professor Seoung Hun Park (parksh@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
Our major research interest is to produce medical information
and image processing by applying principles of biomedical
engineering. In particular, our lab is engaged in understanding
biological parameters of the body, developing various measurement
equipments using pc-based and embedded-based systems in other
to measure various bio-signals, and providing to inform information
of the body using software programming.
Ongoing Projects
▷ Development of Health Improvement Management System
▷ Development of Information and intelligent Health System
▷ Development of Biofeedback Control Module using embedded
System
▷ Development of bio-signal acquisition system using SOC(system
on a chip) technology
▷ A study on pc-based and Linux-based embedded system
▷ A study on framework for XML-based knowledge management
(3) IIRC (Impedance Imaging Research
Center)
URL: http://iirc.khu.ac.kr
Director: Professor Eung Je Woo (ejwoo@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
The Impedance Imaging Research Center (IIRC) was founded in
July, 2002, supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology
(MOST), Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF),
and Kyung Hee University (KHU). With its main office and laboratories
located at KHU, there are 17 faculty members joining the center
from 5 universities in Korea. Since the nature of impedance
imaging research is interdisciplinary,
specialties of members include biomedical engineering (especially,
medical imaging and instrumentation), microwave engineering,
optical electronics, mathematics, numerical analysis, and
medical sciences.
The primary research goal of IIRC is to visualize electrical
and optical properties of biological tissues.
Ongoing Projects
▷ EIT (Electrical Impedance Tomography)
▷ MREIT (Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography)
(4) MISL(Medical Imaging System Lab.)
URL: http://web.khu.ac.kr/~bmeserver/
Director: Professor Soo Yeol Lee (sylee01@khu.ac.kr)
Professor Min Hyoung Cho (mhcho@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
Our major research interests are functional MRI, molecular
and cellular MRI, bio micro-CT, and medical image processing
techniques. Combining fMRI and EEG, we try to enhance spatiotemporal
resolution of functional brain imaging. To combine fMRI and
EEG, we have to tackle many technical barriers including noise
removal from EEG signals acquired inside MRI, fMRI-constrained
EEG source localization and co-registration between fMRI and
EEG. To verify efficacy of stem cell therapy, we have been
developing stem cell tracking techniques using MRI. Labeling
stem cells with SPIO nano-particles, we try to observe migration
of the injected stem cells inside living animals.?
We have developed a micro-CT using a micro-focus x-ray tube
and a flat-panel x-ray detector. The micro-CT has the unique
zoom-in imaging feature with which high resolution imaging
of a small organ inside a living animal can be performed.
With the zoom-in micro-CT, we have been investigating osteoporosis
developments in the living animal models.
Ongoing Projects
▷ Simultaneous fMRI-EEG for functional brain imaging
▷ Molecular and cellular magnetic resonance imaging
▷ Application of magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography
(MREIT)
▷ New MRI techniques
▷ Micro computed tomography
▷ Application of micro-CT to osteoporosis studies
(5) Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory
Director: Professor Seung-Moo Han (smhan@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
The research of the Biomechanical Engineering Lab is mainly
directed at the mechanical engineering aspects related to
the treatment of impairments of the musculo-skeletal system.
This includes both biomechanical analysis and modeling as
well as the design and development of constructions to replace,
support or correct the skeletal system. From a medical point
of view the research topics are related to the areas orthopedics
and rehabilitation. The basic research question is to gain
insight into the coordination and control of human movement.
The results are applied in the development of mobility aids
with improved controllability, stability and energy. Recent
developments also include the ultrasound bone densitometer,
growth-plate imaging system and non-invasive bio-injector.
Ongoing Projects
▷ Patient customized ultrasound treatment system for arthritic
patients
▷ Computer simulating system for total hip/knee replacements
▷ Development of ultrasound and X-ray imaging systems for
medical diagnosis and monitoring of various diseases
(6) Knowledge Engineering in Oriental
Medicine Laboratory
URL: http://keom.khu.ac.kr
Director: Professor Kyung-Mo Park (saenim@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
Our research focus is on Medical Knowledge Representation
which is implemented by ontology technology. We are involved
in CT2M(Clinical terminology of Traditional Medicine) which
was initiated by WHO.
Ongoing Projects & Research
▷ International Collaboration for Clinical Terminology of
Traditional Medicine(CT2M)
▷ Qualitative Reasoning in Oriental Medical diagnosis
(7) Acupuncture Physiology and Biosignal
Processing
URL: http://keom.khu.ac.kr
Director: Professor Kyung-Mo Park (saenim@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
Our research focus is on Acupuncture Research and Bio-signal
Processing. We are investigating the acupuncture modulation
of autonomic nervous system by various measuring modalities
including pupilography, fMRI, ECG, etc.
Ongoing Projects & Research
▷ Acupuncture modulation of autonomic nervous system with
fMRI and Pupil
▷ Laterality of Acupuncture Effect
▷ Development of Digital Tongue Diagnosis System and Pupil
Image Acquisition System including Image Processing and its
Clinical Application
(8) Bio-Imaging Laboratory
URL: http://bioimage.khu.ac.kr/
Director: Professor Tae-Seong Kim (tskim@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
Major research activities of our laboratory focus on the development
of innovative methodologies for functional neuro-imaging,
bio-imaging, molecular imaging, neural engineering, and neural
signal and image processing. Specific topics include functional
MRI, EEG, MEG, Multi-electrode Array, multi-model signal and
image analysis and processing, Independent Component Analysis,
and Pattern Classification.
Ongoing Projects
▷ Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
▷ E/MEG Source Imaging using Finite Element Method (FEM)
▷ Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) Neural Signal Processing
▷ Neural Engineering
▷ Bio-signal and -image Processing and Analysis
▷ Blind Source Separation using Independent Component Analysis
▷ Multi-modal Image Registration and Segmentation
▷ Bio-signal Recognition and Classification
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