• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.576-584
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• 2020

In order to obtain basic information for using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel as a tissue mimicking phantom for temperature visualization, the temperature change characteristics due to the focused ultrasound were examined for different concentration of PVA. To obtain the basic acoustic characteristics, the speed of sound, the attenuation coefficient, and the density depending on the PVA concentration were measured, and the thermodynamic characteristics, such as thermal conductivity and heat capacity, were measured. The range of temperature rising in the vicinity of the focal point due to the focused ultrasound was observed using a thermochromic film that changes color at 30 degree or more, and the discolored area was obtained by image processing of the recorded image. As the concentration of PVA increases in the given range of 2 wt% ~ 16 wt%, the area that rises above 30 degree inside the gel increases linearly. It is confirmed that the discolored area increases as the power applied to the focused ultrasonic transducer increases. These results showed good agreement with the simulation results using the finite element method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.484-485
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• 2008

초음파는 의학적 진단 및 치료의 목적으로 널리 사용되어 왔다. 일반적으로, 초음파 조사의 생물학적 무해성은 많은 연구를 통하여 보고되었으나, 최근 초음파 집속을 통한 강력 초음파의 사용에 대한 열적 안전성 평가가 중요한 요소로 대두되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 강력 집속 초음파의 전달 에너지와 열적 분포를 측정하여 안전성 평가에 활용 가능한 초음파 열분포 팬텀을 제안하였다. 온도 분포 측정용 팬텀은 초음파 조직유사 팬텀 재료인 한천을 이용하였으며, 음향학적 특성의 유사성을 평가하였다. 온도 효과를 측정하기 위하여 $3{\times}3$의 형태로 온도 센서를 팬텀 내부에 배열하여 초음파 조사에 따른 온도 분포를 측정하였고 온도 측정을 위한 시스템을 개발하여, 초음파 가열 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 초음파 온도 분포 측정용 팬텀의 유용성을 확인하였으며, 온도 분포용 팬텀을 통한 강력 집속 초음파 장비의 열적 성능 평가에 적용 될 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.1259-1264
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• 2016

Ultrasonic therapy has received great attention in the field of cosmetics related to the treatment of skin thickening because of its fast recovery and safety. In this study, an output circuit of a high intensity focused ultrasound system was developed for the treatment of beauty. To verify the applicability of the high intensity focused ultrasound system to the cosmetic treatment field, we measured and analyzed the 3D ultrasound intensity energy using a hydrophone. And high-intensity focused ultrasound devices were found to be useful for cosmetic treatment.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.65-71
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• 1984

The design formular of optical focusing systems cannot be applied to ultrasonic B scanners, which use broadband pulses instead of continuous wave. In this paper, a calculation method is studied for analyzing the propagation of ultrasonic broadband pulse excited by ultrasonic array transducers. Using the results, seveial design parameters such as the number of transducer elements, delay time, and the focal point are determined to obtain high resolution in the ultrasonic dynamic focusing system. A dynamic focusing system with low-noise switching characteristics; which attains lateral resolution of 2-3mm all along the axial direction up to 18 cm with a 3.5 MHz linear array transducer, was implemented.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.134-140
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• 2015

Traditional moxibustion therapy can cause severe pain and leave scarring burns at the moxibustion site as it relies on the practitioner's subjective and qualitative treatment. Recently, ultrasound therapy has received attention as an alternative to moxibustion therapy owing to its objectiveness and quantitative nature. However, in order to convert ultrasound energy into heat energy, there is a need to precisely understand the ultrasound-focusing characteristics of the acoustic lens. Therefore, in this study, an FEM simulation was performed for acoustic lenses with different geometries a concave lens and zone lens as the geometry critically influences ultrasound focusing. The acoustic pressure field, amplitude, and focal point were also calculated. Furthermore, the performance of the fabricated acoustic lens was verified by a sound pressure measurement experiment.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06e
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• pp.243-246
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• 1998

집속음장의 고조파성분을 이용한 초음파영상의 특성을 해석하기 위해 집속된 가우스 음원에 직선 edge를 초점면 및 초점면의 전, 후방에 삽입하여 edge의 후방에서 생성되는 음장을 조사하였다. 계산에서는 그린함수의 간단화를 위해 Fresnel근사를 이용하였고, 실험에서는 성형전극을 형성시킨 1.9MHz 요면진동자에 의한 가우스분포의 음장을 갖는 초음파빔에 수직하게 edge를 삽입시켰다. 음장의 이론해석 및 실험결과, 초점면의 제2고조파의 빔형상을 제외하고는 계산치와 실험치가 잘 일치하고 있으며, 제2고조파의 공간 분해능이 기본파에 비해 높음을 알았다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.14-22
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• 1998

기존의 널리 사용되는 초음파 영상진단기에서는 수신집속은 모든 점에 대해 행하는 것이 가능하지만 송신접속은 미리 정해진 수 개의 점에 대해서만 행하는 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 영상화할 대상이 정지해 있거나 매우 느리게 움직이는 경우에 한하여, 송신음장 의 집속은 합성집속방법(synthetic focusing)을 사용하고, 수신집속은 동적 집속(dynamic receive focusing)을 이용함으로써 모든 영상점에서 송수신 집속하여 측방향 해상도를 향상 시키는 방법을 제안하였다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 결과 초점깊이에서와 같은 해상도를 유지하 는 음장거리(fields of depth)가 기존의 방법에 비하여 월등히 우수하였으며, 3.5MHz의 선형 배열변환기를 이용하여 펜텀 영상에 대한 실험 결과도 모든 영상 깊이에서 측방향 해상도가 기존의 B-mode의 영상보다 우수하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.21-30
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• 2014

The temperature change due to focused ultrasound in dissipative acoustic medium is very important because it provides us much information. To measure the temperature change inside of the dissipative acoustic medium non-invasively, we adopt a temperature sensitive film which has thermochromic particles with critical temperature of $30^{\circ}C$. As a dissipative acoustic medium, agar layer is chosen in the study. The temperature change due to the ultrasound was measured depending on the concentration of the sugar in the agar layer. The color change on the film due to the ultrasound was investigated when the concentration of sugar was from 25% to 40%. As the result, there were rapid increases of discolored area on the film within 2~5 second after the ultrasound driving and the increasing rates decreased after the period. To compare the simulation results were also shown. However in the simulated result, the discolored areas linearly increased from start to 10 seconds. The reason of the differences between the experimental results and simulated ones is that the change of thermal conductivity and heat capacity of the medium were not considered in the simulation program.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.114-121
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• 2009

Ultrasonic guided waves have been widely utilized for long range inspection of structures. Especially, development of array guided waves techniques and its application for long range gas pipe lines(length of from hundreds meters to few km) were getting increased. In this study, focusing algorithm for array guided waves was developed in order to improve long range inspectability and accuracy of the array guided waves techniques for long range inspection of gas pipes, and performance of the developed techniques was verified by experiments using the developed array guided wave system. As a result, S/N ratio of array guided wave signals obtained with the focusing algorithm was increased higher than that of signals without focusing algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.387-390
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• 1999

누설탄성표면파(Leaky Surface Acoustic Wave : LSAW) 측정에 사용하는 것을 목적으로 PVBF 압전막을 이용하여 직선집속 초음파트랜스듀서를 제작하고 그 특성을 평가하였다. 제작은 한쪽 면이 원통형 구조를 갖는 구리, 알루미늄, 3mmPVC-에폭시 3가지 재료를 배면층으로 사용하여 각각에 PVDF를 부착시켜서 수중에 음파를 방사하도록 구성하였고, 특성평가는 임펄스응답 특성과 음장 특성으로 나누어서 평가하였다. 임펄스응답 특성은 제작한 3종류의 집속 초음파트랜스듀서에 대해 실험적으로 측정하고, Mason 등가회로1)를 이용한 이론적 해석결과와 비교하였다. 음장특성 측정실험은 구리를 배면체로 하여 제작한 집속 초음파트랜스듀서에 대해서 실시하였고, 그 이론적인 계산결과는 Raylelgh-Somme-rfeld 회 절이론2)을 도입하여 초점면에 형성되는 음압분포를 계산하는 것으로 얻어졌다. 실험은 펄스 초음파 송수기 및 $2{\mu}m/step$으로 이동하는 정밀 x-y-z 스테이지를 컴퓨터에 연결하여 자동 측정하는 것으로 수행되었는데, 그 결과는 이론 해석결과와 비교적 잘 일치하였다.