• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.39.1-39.20
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• 2018

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an advanced diagnostic tool used in both medicine and dentistry. Since it functions based on a strong uniform static magnetic field and radiofrequency pulses, it is advantageous over imaging techniques that rely on ionizing radiation. Unfortunately, the magnetic field and radiofrequency pulses generated within the magnetic resonance imager interact unfavorably with dental materials that have magnetic properties. This leads to unwanted effects such as artifact formation, heat generation, and mechanical displacement. These are a potential source of damage to the oral tissue surrounding the affected dental materials. This review aims to compile, based on the current available evidence, recommendations for dentists and radiologists regarding the safety and appropriate management of dental materials during MRI in patients with orthodontic appliances, maxillofacial prostheses, dental implants, direct and indirect restorative materials, and endodontic materials.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2022

Protein structure determination using NMR spectroscopy requires a suite of heteronuclear 3-D NMR experiments that can take a couple of weeks for completion. During the experiments, protein samples may suffer from slow degradation due to co-purifying proteases, which complicates and slows down the assignment procedure. Here we describe a practical protocol to avoid unwanted proteolysis during the experiment.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2018

The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technique using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) procedures is one of the promising techniques that enable overcoming low sensitivity problems in NMR spectroscopy. We constructed an ODNP-NMR system using a commercial benchtop EPR spectrometer. The $^1H$ NMR peak area of water in aqueous solutions of 4-hydroxy-TEMPO was enhanced more than 95 times in the ODNP-NMR experiments. Our signal enhancement results were about 55% of the previously reported result. This could be due to non-uniform microwave power over a sample and unwanted sample heating by microwave. However, this portable ODNP-NMR spectrometer will be eventually useful for site-specific detection with nano-scale spatial resolutions and molecular dynamics studies with significantly improved signal sensitivity.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제28A권12호
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• pp.19-23
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• 1991

A method for suppressing unwanted resonance modes by attaching an electromagnetic wave absorber onto a metal case was studied to prevent performance deterioration of electronic devices. The electromagnetic wave absorber fabricated for this study had an attenuation characteristics above 20dB in the frequency band from 450MHz, 1150MHz. A rectangular cavity resonator whose resonance frequencies of TE$_{101}$, TE$_{102}$ modes were 900MHz, 1250MHz, respectively, was made to measure attenuation for the electromagnetic wave absorber-metal assembly. The result showed that the resonance mode for high attenuation was sensitive to the location of electromagnetic wave absorber, and the attenuation characteristics above 20dB could be obtained when electromagnetic wave absorber was properly positioned.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.70-80
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• 2006

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 스핀에코(spin-echo) 자기공명영상 시퀀스 (sequence)에서 혈류 (blood flow)의 영상 저하를 줄이기 위한 새로운 경사자장 널링 (Gradient moment nulling) 방법 연구에 있다. 대상 및 방법: 스핀에코 시퀀스에서 사용하는 180도 펄스 주위에 혈류 보상과 동시에 180도 펄스의 불완전에서 생기게 되는 영상 저하를 줄일 수 있는 역할을 하는 경사자장을 이용한다. 이 경사자장은 혈류의 1차 (linear flow), 2차 (acceleration flow) 및 3차 (jurk flow) 운동에 대해 항상 같은 형태를 같기 때문에 통일된 경사자장의 형태를 갖는다. 이 기술을 이용하여 1차, 2차 및 3차 혈류 움직임에 의한 보상을 할 수 있는 스핀에코 시퀀스를 만들고 그 것을 펜텀과 사람의 뇌 영상에 사용하였다. 결과: 시뮬레이션을 이용한 혈류의 움직임에 대한 보상을 확인하였고 본 연구에서 제시된 새로운 기술이 기존에 제시된 기술에 비하여 향상된 결과를 펜텀 실험과 사람의 뇌 영상에서 보여 주었다. 결론: 본 연구에서 제시된 방법을 임상에 이용하면 혈류의 움직임에 대한 보상을 최적화 할 수 있으리라고 본다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1660-1663
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• 2005

Unwanted vibrations are inevitably induced in other directions when pure unidirectional vibration motion is desired for the vertical scratching mechanism. Pure vertical vibration motion of the scratching machine can be obtained by driving identical two motors with symmetrically positioned eccentric unbalance masses. The desired optimal condition for driving pure vertical vibration for the scratching machine is assumed to be the resonance condition in that direction. Imposing the flexibility of the scratching machine in the horizontal direction, we can find out the amount of horizontal vibration component while maintaining the resonance in vertical direction. The desired stiffness in horizontal direction which produces the minimum vibration in horizontal direction are defined which can be used as a guide line to design the supporting structure of the scratching machine.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 1998

The correction of image artifacts due to misadjustment in tuning of RF coils (tip angle) and in the RF single sideband spectrometer was investigated using phase cycling of the $\pi$/2 and $\pi$ pulses in spin-echo sequences. A general procedure was developed for the systematic design of phase cycles that select desirable coherence transfer pathways. To analyze a phase cycling sequence, changes in the coherence level and phase factor for each RF pulse in the spin-echo cycle must be determined. Four different phase cycling schemes (FIXED, ALTERNATE, FORWARD, REVERSED) to suppress unwanted signal components such as mirror and ghost images were evaluated using two signal acquisitions. When the receiver phase factor is cycled counter-clockwise (REVERSED), these artifacts are completely removed.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.116-124
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• 2000

Singular value decomposition (SVD) has been used during past few decades in the advanced NMR data processing and in many applicable areas. A new modified SVD, piecewise polynomial truncated SVD (PPTSVD) was developed far the large solvent peak suppression and noise elimination in U signal processing. PPTSVD consists of two algorithms of truncated SVD (TSVD) and L$_1$ problems. In TSVD, some unwanted large solvent peaks and noises are suppressed with a certain son threshold value while signal and noise in raw data are resolved and eliminated out in L$_1$ problem routine. The advantage of the current PPTSVD method compared to many SVD methods is to give the better S/N ratio in spectrum, and less time consuming job that can be applicable to multidimensional NMR data processing.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2022

The baseline flattened NMR spectrum has been achieved by several methodologies including pulse manipulation with a series of phase cycling. The background signal inherent in the probe is also main source of baseline distortion both in solution and solid NMR. The simple direct polarization with 90° pulse flipping the magnetization from the z-axis onto the receiver coil requires the strong rf pulse enough to encompass the wide frequency range to excite the resonance of interest nuclei. Albeit the perfect polarization 90° pulse, the signal from the unwanted magnetic fields such as background signal can not be completely suppressed by suitable phase cycling. Moreover, slowly baseline wiggling signal from the low 𝛾 nuclei is not easy to eliminate with multiple pulse manipulation. So there is still need to contrive the new scheme for that purpose in an adroit manner. In this article new triple pulse excitation schemes for TIP and modified DEPTH pulse sequence are analytically examined in terms of arbitrary phase and flip angle of pulse. The suitable phase cycling for these pulse trains is necessary for the good sensitivity and resolution of the spectrum. It is observed that the ¹³C sensitivity TIP experiment is almost equal to the CP/MAS with modified DEPTH sequence, both of which are applicable to both solid and solution state NMR.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.883-889
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 저온 소성 세라믹(Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramic: LTCC)에 기초한 밀리미터파 RF SiP(System-in-Package) 모듈 응용을 위하여, CBCPW(Conductor Backed CPW) 전송선과 스트립 라인 대역 통과필터(BPF)에서 기생적으로 발생하는 공진 모드들과 40 GHz 전력 증폭기 모듈의 발진 현상을 분석하고 이를 제거하기 위한 방법들을 제안하였다. CBCPW 구조에서의 기생 구형 도파관(RWG) 모드는 비아의 간격을 줄여 공진 주파수를 높게 하여 동작 주파수 내에서 완전히 억제하였다. 스트립 라인 구조에서는 마주 보는 비아 중한 쪽을 제거하여 대각선으로 비아를 배치함으로써 완전히 제거하였다. CBCPW의 마이크로스트립 패치 공진기 모드들을 제거하기 위하여, 갭을 통한 커플링을 감소시키기 위해 갭에 인접하게 비아를 배치하였다. 그 결과 기생 공진 모드들이 완전히 제거되었다. 40 GHz 대역의 능동 증폭기 모듈의 경우, 상호 연결(interconnection)불연속 효과로 발생한 방사에 의한 인한 누설(cross talk)을 억제하기 위해, LTCC 기판 내부에 내장된 DC 전원 배선과 CPW 전송선의 고 격리 구조를 사용하여 발진 현상을 개선하였다.