• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.42 no.2 s.302
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• pp.27-32
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• 2005

This paper presents a modified microwave radio-thermometer (MRTM) with material characteristic estimator and multiple temperature conversion tables to measure subcutaneous temperature of a living body This estimator provides a temperature retrieval unit with the data of material characteristics such as permittivity, conductivity, thickness and geometry of the living body. The temperature retrieval unit with multiple temperature conversion tables can select one of the tables and computes temperature value corresponding to measured radiation power. In the experiments, it was shown that the MRTM could reduce measurement errors of about $0.82^{\circ}C\;to\;7.68^{\circ}C$ for the cases of distilled water and mixed liquid at the temperature of $37^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.11d
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• pp.845-847
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• 2000

깊은 생체 조직에서 전자기 에너지의 일부가 피부로 전달되는데, 이때 생체 내부에서 피부로 전달되는 전자기 에너지의 세기는, 주파수 대역과 전자기파를 흡수, 반사, 투과시키는 인체의 매질에 따라 다르다. Microwave Radiometry는 인체 내부 조직에서 방출되는 1-6 GHz 대역의 전자기 에너지 일부를 피부 표면에서 측정하여 일정한 체적내의 인체 내부 온도 평균온도를 추정하는 방법이다. 이러한 Radiometry로 암이나 종양 등의 이상 조직을 진단하는 의학적 가설은, 암이 진행시 악성 종양의 세포의 신진대사가 정상 세포보다 활발하게 되고 또한 종양 세포 주위로 혈액의 유입이 증가하게되어, 주위의 정상 세포 보다 열을 보다 더 방출하는 데 있다. 이때 발생된 열은 일정한 주파수 대역의 마이크로파 에너지를 방출하게 되고, 이에 Radiometry로 인체에 무해하고(passive), 비침습적(non-invasive), 방사능의 영향이 없는 (non-ionizing) 방법으로 인체 내부에서 전달되는 전자기 에너지 강도를 측정하여 종양 부위와 주위 정상부위의 온도 차이를 추정 의학진단에 응용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 Microwave Radiometry의 의학적 응용과 생리학적 특성을 고려한 인체모델용 팬텀에 대하여 살펴본다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.4C
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• pp.231-238
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• 2008

A column testing device capable of measuring the electrical resistivity of soil at 3 different locations was developed to verify applicability of bulk electrical conductivity (BEC) breakthrough curves in monitoring contaminant transport. Tracer injection tests were conducted with three different types of saturated sands to obtain average linear velocities and longitudinal hydrodynamic dispersion coefficients based on BEC breakthrough curves and effluent solute breakthrough curves. Comparative analysis of transport parameters obtained from curve fitting the results into the analytical solutions confirmed the validity of resistance measurements in estimating time-continuous resident solute concentration. Under the assumption that a linear relationship exists between ${\sigma}_{sat}-{\sigma}_w-C$, the BEC breakthrough curves are able to effectively reduce the laborious and time-consuming processes involved in the conventional method of sampling and analysis. In order to reduce possible uncertainties in analyzing the BEC breakthrough curves, it was recommended that resistance measurements take place nearby the effluent boundary. In addition, a sufficient electrical contrast or difference in the electrical conductivity of the influent and the saturating solution is required to conduct reliable analysis.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.164-170
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• 2021

Frequency-domain and time-domain induced polarization methods can provide spectral information about subsurface media. Analysis of spectral characteristics has been studied mainly in the frequency-domain, however, time-domain induced polarization research has recently become popular. In this study, assuming a homogeneous half-space model, an inversion method was developed to extract Cole-Cole parameters from the measured secondary potential or electrical resistivity. Since the Cole-Cole parameters of chargeability, time constant, and frequency index are not independent of each other, various problems, such as slow convergence rate, initial model problem, local minimum problem, and divergence, frequently occur when conventional nonlinear inversion is applied. In this study, we developed an effective inversion method using the initial model close to the true model by introducing a grid search method. Finally, the validity of the developed inversion method was verified using inversion experiments.