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자기공명영상에서 ACR 팬텀을 이용한 해상력 특성 평가 (Evaluation of the Resolution Characteristics by Using American College of Radiology Phantom for Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

  • 민정환;정회원;한지현;이시내;김민지;김승철
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제45권1호
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2022
  • This study was purpose to quantitative assessment of the resolution characteristics by using American college of radiology(ACR) phantom for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MRI equipment was used (Achiva 3.0T MRI, Philips system, Netherlands) and the head/neck matrix shim SENSE head coil were 32 channels(elements) receive MR coil. And the MRI equipment was used (Discovery MR 750, 3.0T MRI, GE medical system, America) and the head/neck matrix shim MC 3003G-32R 32-CH head coil were receive MR coil. As for the modulation transfer function(MTF) comparison result by using ACR magnetic resonance imaging phantom, the MTF value of the ACR standard T2 image in GE equipment is 0.199 when the frequency is 1.0 mm-1 and the MTF value of the hospital T2 image in Philips equipment is 0.528. It was used efficiently by using a general sequence more than the standard sequence method using the ACR phantom. In addition it is significant that the quantitative quality assurance evaluation method for resolution characteristics was applied mutatis mutandis, and the result values of the physical image characteristics of the 3.0T MRI device were presented.

풍력발전기 Air Guide 위치별 온도상승 해석 (Analysis of Temperature Rise on the Air-Guide's Position of Wind Power Generator)

  • 한창우;김현재;권기영;이학성
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.282-285
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, the numerical analysis of the model without air-guide was carried out in wind power generator. From numerical results, the temperature rise was not satisfied for the class F insulation and the non-uniformity of temperature distribution was a wide difference in heating elements. To improve these problems, the air-guide was installed in front of the coil head of non-drive end(NDE). The short distance between coil head and air-guide was more effective than long distance in cooling performance. Compared to that of the preliminary design, it was found that the cooling performance of the modification design was improved about 12%.

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중합체 겔 선량측정법을 위한 최적의 자기공명영상 변수에 관한 연구 (A Study of Optimized MRI Parameters for Polymer Gel Dosimetry)

  • 조삼주;정영립;이상훈;허현도;최진호;박성일;심수정;권수일
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2012
  • 최신 방사선 치료 및 수술 기법에는 복잡한 3차원적 선량분포를 정확히 측정하는 실용적 선량분석 기기 및 기술이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 실험실에서 제작한 겔을 방사선 치료 영역에서 선량계로 활용하기 위해 최적화된 자기공명영상 변수 조건에 대해 연구하였다. 이를 위해 각 자기공명영상 획득 조건에서 TE 시간 TR 시간, 영상 두께, 코일 등을 달리하여 조건 별로 획득한 영상을 이용하여 비교 평가하였고, 선량불확도 및 선량 분해능을 도입하여 본 연구에서 찾은 조건에 대해 평가하였다. 8% 젤라틴(300 bloom, Sigma-Aldrich, USA), 8% MAA (Metaacrylic acid, Sigma-Aldrich, USA), 10 mM THPC (tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium, Sigma-Aldrich, USA), 그리고 0.05 mM HQ (Hydroquinone, Sigma-Aldrich, USA) 농도의 조성비를 가진 정상산소 중합체 겔을 실험실에서 합성하였다. 방사선 선량 전달은 Co-60 감마선 조사기 (Theratron-780; AECL, Ottawa, Canada)를 사용하였고 고체 팬텀을 사용하여 중합체 겔에 각각 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 Gy의 선량을 전달하였다. 자기공명영상 장치의 특성상 T2 시간을 얻기 위해서는 fast spin echo 파형을 사용하였다. 일반적으로 Head Coil이 SNR이 Body coil 보다 낮아 선량 불확도가 우수할 것으로 예측하였으나, 일부 문헌에서는 Body coil이 영상 균일도가 우수하다고 하였다. 하지만 본 연구에서는 Head coil이 선량 불확도 및 선량 분해능이 모든 선량 영역에서 Body coil 보다 우수한 것을 확인하였다. TR 시간 연구에서 TR 1,500 ms와 TR 2,000 ms 간의 차이는 선량분해능에서 모두 큰 차이가 없으나 TR 1,500 ms가 조금 낮은 선량 불확도 값을 갖는 것을 보았다. MR 영상 두께가 2.5 mm일 경우 모든 TE 시간에 대해 4 Gy에서 가장 낮은 선량 불확도 값을 가졌다. 특히 TE 12 ms 경우 4 Gy 이후에는 가장 낮은값의 결과를 얻었다. 선량 불확도의 경우 6 Gy까지는 TE 시간에 따른 차이는 없으나 이후에는 TE 12 ms가 가장 나은 결과를 얻었다. 선량 불확도의 겨우 6 Gy까지는 모든 TE 시간에 대해 차이가 미미하나 8 Gy 이상에는 20 ms가 가장 우수한 선량 분해능 값을 가졌다. 선량 분해능 값 역시 NEX 3에서 가장 우수한 값을 가졌고 2 NEX일 때 가장 높은 분해능 값을 가졌다. 본 연구 결과 영상 두께와 NEX의 결과는 영상 두께가 얇은 경우 NEX가 높을수록 우수한 결과를 얻었고 영상 두께가 두꺼워 질수록 NEX가 낮아야 함을 확인했다.

Precise contact force control of a flip chip mounting head system

  • Shim, Jaehong;Cho, Youngim;Oh, Yeontaek
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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    • pp.109.1-109
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents a macro/micro flip chip mounting head system for precise force control. In the proposed macro/ micro system, the macro actuator is conventional do servomotor with a ball screw mechanism and the micro actuator is a voice coil motor(VCM) that consists of four NdFeB magnets and a winded moving coil. For force control, a sensitive strain-gauge force sensor is mounted in the micro actuator. Through harmonic motion between macro and micro actuator, we would like to get precise contact force control when small sized flip chip is mounted on flexible substrate in high speed. In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed macro/micro flip chip mounting head system, we com...

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In-Line Trimming Shear 개발 (Development of In-Line Trimming Shear)

  • 이종일;강성구;서경수
    • 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소성가공학회 1999년도 제3회 압연심포지엄 논문집 압연기술의 미래개척 (Exploitation of Future Rolling Technologies)
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    • pp.119-125
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    • 1999
  • At Wire Rod Mill Plant, wire is made of the billet produced at continuous casting machine, or rolled bloom produced at billeting mill, and the product can be classified of wire of 5.5${\Phi}$ and bar in coil of 14∼42${\Phi}$ in diameter(bar in coil will be referred to as coil as below). At present, wire is produced at POSCO No.1, 2, 3 WRM, coil at garret line of No. 2 WRM. Head and tail of coil are properly cut and treated to scrap to fulfill the customer's satisfaction. This above cutting is done off line, and small size coil can be cut manually with clipper, large size coil with hydraulic cutter. Nowadays, it is being investigated to cut automatically in line with trimming shear after passing mill stand. At the moment, Because the coil produced at the garret line of No.2 WRM is hot 400∼600$^{\circ}C$ and trimming is done manually with cutter, there are always interference from manual operation or safety problem of bad working condition. Not only because of the diversity of the coil size 14∼42${\Phi}$ in diameter, but because of the rolling speed 2.5∼22m/sec, it is required to be equipped with several trimming shear. But this can be accomplished with only one shear installed proper place at this paper.

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비출혈을 동반한 외상성 내경동맥 가성동맥류 1례 : Detachable Coil에 의한 색전술 (A case of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery accompanying massive epistaxis: treated with detachable Coil)

  • 박동진;이준호;김순곤
    • 대한기관식도과학회지
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2006
  • Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the intracavernous internal carotid artery(ICA) is extremely rare, but it is life threatening condition because of massive recurrent epistaxis. Unfortunately, the prompt diagnosis and treatment of this disease are frequently delayed due to its rarity and variable latent period, so this disease is regarded as a challenge to clinicians. Optimal therapy for this diseases demands rapid suspicion for it and is essential in order to give the best functional outcome with minimizing its morbidity and mortality. The authors present a case of male patient with traumatic pseudoaneurysm of intracavernous ICA accompanying severe epistaxis. This patient was a 37-year-old male with unilateral blindness and recurrent massive epistaxis after suffering trauma to head. Computed tomography, MRI and carotid artery angiogram showed pseudoaneurysm of intracavernous ICA with sphenoid bone fracture. The patient was effectively managed with occlusion of the pseudoaneurysmal circulation by endovascular interventional embolization technique utilizing mechanically detachable tungsten coils.

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Detection of tension force reduction in a post-tensioning tendon using pulsed-eddy-current measurement

  • Kim, Ji-Min;Lee, Jun;Sohn, Hoon
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제65권2호
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    • pp.129-139
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    • 2018
  • Post-tensioning (PT) tendons are commonly used for the assembly of modularized concrete members, and tension is applied to the tendons during construction to facilitate the integrated behavior of the members. However, the tension in a PT tendon decreases over time due to steel corrosion and concrete creep, and consequently, the stress on the anchor head that secures the PT tendon also diminishes. This study proposes an automatic detection system to identify tension reduction in a PT tendon using pulsed-eddy-current (PEC) measurement. An eddy-current sensor is installed on the surface of the steel anchor head. The sensor creates a pulsed excitation to the driving coil and measures the resulting PEC response using the pick-up coil. The basic premise is that the tension reduction of a PT tendon results in stress reduction on the anchor head surface and a change in the PEC intensity measured by the pick-up coil. Thus, PEC measurement is used to detect the reduction of the anchor head stress and consequently the reduction of the PT tendon force below a certain threshold value. The advantages of the proposed PEC-based tension-reduction-detection (PTRD) system are (1) a low-cost (< $ 30), low-power (< 2 Watts) sensor, (2) a short inspection time (< 10 seconds), (3) high reliability and (4) the potential for embedded sensing. A 3.3 m long full-scale monostrand PT tendon was used to evaluate the performance of the proposed PTRD system. The PT tendon was tensioned to 180 kN using a custom universal tensile machine, and the tension was decreased to 0 kN at 20 kN intervals. At each tension, the PEC responses were measured, and tension reduction was successfully detected.

나선형 튜브 열교환 방식의 포화 상태 액체질소의 비등열전달 특성에 대한 실험적 연구 (Experimental Research of Characteristic of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Saturated Liquid Nitrogen with Helical Coil Type Heat Exchanger)

  • 서만수;이지성;김정한;강선일
    • 한국추진공학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 2020
  • 본 논문에서는 기존 적층형 배관의 총 열전달 계수 경험식을 활용할 때 발생하는 한계점을 해결하고자, 외부 총 열전달 계수의 강제 대류 열전달 계수 항을 독립적으로 도출하는 간소화된 모델링을 제안하고, 이를 극저온 환경의 실험 결과로 확인하였다. 액체 산소 냉각 나선형 열교환기가 액체 질소와 열교환하는 실험 장치를 구성하고 열교환기의 열전달량을 계측하여, 외부 총 열전달 계수를 도출하였다. 측정된 외부 총 열전달 계수가 모델링으로 예측 곡선과 일치함을 확인하였다.

자기공명영상검사장비의 세균오염도 측정 및 소독에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Measurement of Bacterial Contamination of MRI Examination Equipment and Disinfection Conditions)

  • 정성운;임청환;유인규
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제11권12호
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    • pp.665-672
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    • 2013
  • 영상의학과에는 다양한 질병을 가진 환자들이 검사를 받는 곳으로 병원감염의 교차 오염이 될 가능성이 큰 부서이다. 특히 자기공명영상(MRI)검사는 다른 검사에 비해 검사시간이 오래 걸려 교차오염에 더욱더 노출이 될 수 있다. 이에 본 연구는 MRI검사장비의 소독실태를 파악하고, 환자와 접촉이 가장 많은 Head coil, 환자 고정용 Block, 밀폐된 공간인 Bore에서의 세균분포도를 파악 하였다. MRI 검사장비의 소독실태는 MRI실 근무자 150명을 대상으로 설문을 실시하였으며, 세균분포의 파악은 10 곳의 의료기관에서 측정하였다. MRI 장비의 세균 분포도결과 Staphylococcus, 등의 다양한 세균들이 발견되었다. MRI실 소독실태 파악결과 Head coil, Block, Bore의 소독은 잘 시행되는 것으로 나타났으며, 소독의 시기는 아침에 1회 소독을 가장 많이 시행 하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 감염관리자에 따른 소독의 유, 무와 소독의 시기에서는 MRI실 검사자가 감염관리 할 때 잘 시행되는 것으로 나타났다. 환자를 검사한 후 교차오염을 방지하기 위하여 바로 적절한 소독제로 소독을 실시하여 교차오염을 방지하여야 할 것이다.

Conductive link between cryocooler and magnet in cryogen-free LTS magnet system

  • Choi, Yeon Suk
    • 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.59-62
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    • 2013
  • The conductive link is used as a cooling medium between a cryocooler and magnet in a cryogen-free superconducting magnet system. The low temperature superconducting (LTS) magnet has one solenoidal configuration with a metal former which has a 52 mm room temperature bore. The superconducting coil is installed in the cryostat maintaining high vacuum and cooled by a two-stage cryocooler. In order to maintain the operating temperature of magnet at the designed level, the cold head temperature of the cryocooler must be lower so that heat can be removed from the superconducting coil. Also, temperature difference is occurred between the magnet and cryocooler and its magnitude is dependent upon the contact resistance at the interfacial surface between metals in the conductive link. In the paper, the performance of the LTS magnet is investigated with respect to the conductive link between the magnet former and the cold head of the cryocooler. The effects of the contact pressure and interfacial materials on the temperature distribution along the conductive link are also presented.