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Development of a Method for Improving the Electric Field Distribution in Patients Undergoing Tumor-Treating Fields Therapy

  • Sung, Jiwon;Seo, Jaehyeon;Jo, Yunhui;Yoon, Myonggeun;Hwang, Sang-Gu;Kim, Eun Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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    • v.73 no.10
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    • pp.1577-1583
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    • 2018
  • Tumor-treating fields therapy involves placing pads onto the patient's skin to create a low- intensity (1 - 3 V/cm), intermediate frequency (100 - 300 kHz), alternating electric field to treat cancerous tumors. This new treatment modality has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA to treat patients with both newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma. To deliver the prescribed electric field intensity to the tumor while minimizing exposure of organs at risk, we developed an optimization method for the electric field distribution in the body and compared the electric field distribution in the body before and after application of this optimization algorithm. To determine the electric field distribution in the body before optimization, we applied the same electric potential to all pairs of electric pads located on opposite sides of models. We subsequently adjusted the intensity of the electric field to each pair of pads to optimize the electric field distribution in the body, resulting in the prescribed electric field intensity to the tumor while minimizing electric fields at organs at risk. A comparison of the electric field distribution within the body before and after optimization showed that application of the optimization algorithm delivered a therapeutically effective electric field to the tumor while minimizing the average and the maximum field strength applied to organs at risk. Use of this optimization algorithm when planning tumor-treating fields therapy should maintain or increase the intensity of the electric field applied to the tumor while minimizing the intensity of the electric field applied to organs at risk. This would enhance the effectiveness of tumor-treating fields therapy while reducing dangerous side effects.

A Study on the AC Corrosion Characteristics for Underground Gas Pipeline near by 22.9kV D/L (22.9kV 배전선로 주변의 지하 가스배관에 대한 교류부식 특성 연구)

  • Bae, Jeong-Hyo;Ha, Tae-Hyun;Lee, Hyun-Goo;Kim, Dae-Kyeong;Choi, Sang-Bong;Jeong, Seong-Hwan;Kim, Ki-Joon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.132-135
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    • 2000
  • Direct current corrosion have being investigated by lots of scientists but Alternating current corrosion was ignored because the corrosion rate by AC was very small. Recently however, AC corrosion accidents have been reported in many other countries. So the study of AC corrosion is to be necessary in these days. In this paper, several experiments which intentionally imposed the AC or DC to the specimens also imposed AC and DC at the same time was carried out in the laboratory to examine the AC corrosion characteristics and in addition applied the same way in the field. Moreover, while the field investigations of the abnormal corrosion failures. It was the AC that caused one of corrosion failures.

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Analysis of Magnetic Field Behavior and Iron Loss in Stator Core of Permanent Magnet Type Motor (영구자석형 모터의 고정자 철심에서 자계의 거동 및 철손 분석)

  • Ha Kyung-Ho;Cha Sang-Yoon;Kim Jae-Kwan;Hong Jung-Pyo
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.55 no.2
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    • pp.76-82
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    • 2006
  • This paper investigates the magnetic field behavior and its iron losses in the stator core using electrical steels. The analysis model is a brushless motor with the permanent magnet. The elliptical rotating and alternating flux distributions with non-sinusoidal waveform are obtained by Finite Element Method and then their harmonic components are extracted. Based on these results, the local iron losses in the stator core caused by the harmonic flux are calculated. And then this paper explains the relation between flux waveform and iron loss produced in each part of the stator core. Furthermore, the iron loss at no load condition is measured and compared with the analysis results.

Study on the annealing effects of organic semiconductiong layer using alternating magnetic field (교번자속 인가에 의한 유기 반도체막의 어닐링 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jae-Hoon;Choi, Jong-Sun;Lee, Young-Soo;Ro, Jae-Sang;Kim, Eun-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07c
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    • pp.1517-1519
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    • 2003
  • A novel technique of alternating magnetic field (AMF) is investigated to improve the electrical conducting properties of pentacene. By applying AMF to pentacene layer, the electrical conductivity of pentacene was enhanced, which can be applied for characteristic improvements of pentacene-based thin-film transistors. In this study, the annealing effects of pentacene layer using AMF will be discussed.

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Swimming Microrobot Actuated by External Magnetic Field (전자기 구동 유영 마이크로로봇)

  • Byun, Dong-Hak;Kim, Jun-Young;Baek, Seung-Man;Choi, Hyun-Chul;Park, Jong-Oh;Park, Suk-Ho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.11
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    • pp.1300-1305
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    • 2009
  • The various electromagnetic based actuation(EMA) methods have been proposed for actuating microrobot. The advantage of EMA is that it can provide wireless driving to microrobot. In this reason a lot of researchers have been focusing on the EMA driven microrobot. This paper proposed a swimming microrobot driven by external alternating magnet field which is generated by two pairs of Helmholtz coils. The microrobot has a fish-like shape and consists of a buoyant robot body, a permanent magnet, and a fin. The fin is directly linked to the permanent magnet and the magnet is swung by the alternating magnet field, which makes the propulsion and steering power of the robot. In this paper, firstly, we designed the locomotive mechanism of the microrobot boy EMA. Secondly, we set up the control system. Finally, we demonstrated the swimming robot and evaluated the performance of the microrobot by the experiments.

Study on the Alternating Flow Hydraulics and Its New Potential Application in the Geotechnical Testing Field

  • Sang, Yong;Han, Ying;Duan, Fuhai
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.245-255
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    • 2016
  • The alternating flow hydraulics (AFH) had demonstrated the unique features in the past. One of the most well-known inventions was the hydraulic machine-gun synchronizer, which had become the standard equipment of airplane during World War I. The studies on the AFH between 1960 and 1980 had trigged many researchers' interests and reached the summit. The disadvantages of the AFH like low efficiency and cooling difficulty had prevented the further development. Few people are engaged in studying the AFH at present. However, the unique characteristics of the AFH inspire the researchers to continuously explore the new special suitable applications. The overviews of the AFH and the new potential application in the geotechnical testing field have been discussed in this paper. First, the research results of the AFH in the past have been summarized. Then, the classifications of the AFH have been introduced in detail according to the working principle, the number of hydraulic transmission pipelines and the mode of input energy. The advantages and the disadvantages of the AFH have been discussed. A novel potential suitable application in the soil test field has been presented at last. The detailed designing ideas of a new dynamic trixial instrument have been given, which will be a more innovational and energy-saving plan according to the current studies. A series of simulation experiments have been done. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme for the new dynamic trixial instrument is feasible. The paper work will also give some inspirations in the reciprocating motion control system.

A Critical Note on the Electric Field in Direct and Alternating Current and Its Consciousness

  • Oh, Hung-Kuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2000
  • The conventional model did not take momentum conservation into consideration when the electron absorbs and emits the photons. II-ray provides momentum conservations on any directions of the entering photons, and also the electrons have radial momentum conservations and fully elastic bouncing between two atoms, in the new atom model. Conventional atom model must be criticized on the following four points. (1) Natural motions between positive and negative entities are not circular motions but linear going and returning ones, for examples sexual motion, tidal motion, day and night etc. Because the radius of hydrogen atom's electron orbit is the order of 10$^{-11}$ m and the radia of the nucleons in the nucleus are the order of 10$^{-14}$ m and then the converging $\pi$-gamma rays to the nucleus have so great circular momentum, the electron can not have a circular motion. We can say without doubt that any elementary mass particle can have only linear motion, because of the $\pi$-rays'hindrances, nearthenucleus. (2) Potential energy generation was neglected when electron changes its orbit from outer one to inner one. The h v is the kinetic energy of the photo-electron. The total energy difference between orbits comprises kinetic and potential energies. (3) The structure of the space must be taken into consideration because the properties of the electron do not change during the transition from outer orbit to inner one even though it produces photon. (4) Total energy conservation law applies to the energy flow between mind and matter because we daily experiences a interconnection between mind and body. Conventional Concept of Electric Field must be extended in the case of the direct and alternating current. Conventional concept is based on coulomb's force while the electric potential in the direct and alternating current is from Gibb's free energy. And also conventional concept has not any consciousness with human being but the latters has a conscious sensibility. The cell emf is from the kinetic energy of the open $\pi$-rays flow through the conducting wire. The electric potential in alternating current is from that the trans-orbital moving of the induced change of magnetic field in the wire produces flows of open $\pi$-rays, which push the rotating electrons on the orbital and then make the current flow. Human consciousness can induce a resonance with the sensibility of the open $\pi$-rays in the electric measuring equipment. Specially treated acupunctures with Nasucon is for sending an acupunctural effect from one place to another via space by someone's will power.

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2-Dimensional Magnetic Properties of Electrical Steel Sheet Under Rotating Magnetic Field (회전자계하 전기강판의 2차원 자기적 특성 분석)

  • Ha, Kyung-Ho;Kim, Ji-Hyun;Kwon, Oh-Yeoul;Cha, Sang-Yoon;Kim, Jae-Kwan;Takahashi, Norio
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.621-622
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    • 2008
  • This paper deals with the magnetic properties under the rotational magnetic field on the electrical steel sheet by using Single Sheet Tester with two excitation coils. Actually, the magnetic flux of stator cores in running motors have the behaviour of rotating and alternating flux. In order to improve motor characteristics, it is require to estimate these magnetic properties. When the magnetic field vectors are rotating around in the plane of the sheet during one period of cycle, the magnetization properties and the core loss are measured and then, the results are compared with the magnetic properties obtained by the alternating magnetic fields.

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