• PNF and Movement
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2013

Purpose : Study on the effects of attention(working memory) for normal adults by applying transcranial Direct Current Stimulation(tDCS). Methods : There are two groups of 10 random people aged between 20 to 30, one is an experimental group(stimulation) and the other is a comparison group(simulate stimulation). For the 1st da y, pre-stimulation test is executed, and for the 2nd day to the 4th day, tDCS is applied stimulated both on the right prefrontal lobe and the left occipital lobe through the electrode. The stimulation lasts for 15 minutes with voltage power of 1mA for each day. The post-stimulation test is executed on the day of 5th. In this paper, a FAIR attention test is used for measuring the attention. Results : As the result of the experiment, there are significant gaps both on the value of P, the ability of selective attention, and the value of C, the consistent ability after the stimulation on right prefrontal and left occipital lobe. And there is no significant gap on the value Q, the quality(Control). However, all the P, Q, and C values are increased according to the average value between the pre-stimulation test and the post-stimulation. Conclusion : Finally, ability of selective attention and self-control, and consistent attention is progressed by applying the tDCS to the normal people.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to reduce dose while maintaining image quality during digital radiographic examination of paranasal sinus by using the automatic exposure control (AEC) system. The tube voltage was set as six stages that increased by about 10 kVp to 70 kVp, 81 kVp, 90 kVp, 102 kVp, 109 kVp and 117 kVp. And then the AEC system conditions were consisted of 9 setting environments, that change mode of the sensitivity (S200, S400, S800) and the density (+2.5, 0, -2.5). We measured automatically exposed tube current (mAs) under 54 conditions with combined these, and assessed SNR and PSNR through the acquired images. In addition, four radiologists performed a qualitative assessment of the acquired images for each combination on a five-point scale of the Likert. As a result, the lowest dose and the highest values of SNR and PSNR in images with a qualitative assessment more than 4 point were the AEC control factors of 90 kVp, S800, D2.5. We applied this condition to the clinical trial, it showed an effect of 83.1% reduction in exposure radiation dose (mR). Therefore, AEC system could be used as dose reduction technology if it understood and used related regulatory factors and physical characteristics.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.319-330
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• 2022

In this study, the optimal driving frequency was derived through finite element analysis (FEA) to optimize the developed piezoelectric ultrasonic medical devices(PUMD) for bone surgery. The core of the PUMD is the piezoelectric ceramic (PZT), which is a vibrator that generates vibration energy. The piezoelectric ceramic shows the maximum current value with respect to the input voltage at the resonance frequency, which generates the maximum mechanical vibration. In the past, various studies have been conducted related to the analysis of PUMD, but most of the research so far has been limited to free vibration analysis. However, in order to derive the accurate resonant frequency, the initial stress generated by bolt tightening in the bolt-clamped Langevin type transducer (BLT) must be considered. In this study, after designing a PUMD, the driving performance according to the bolt tightening value was analyzed through FEA, and this was experimentally verified. First, the resonance mode and frequency response were confirmed through modal and harmonic analysis at 20-40 kHz, which is known as the optimal driving frequency band of PUMD for bone surgery. In addition, the design of the PUMD was confirmed by checking the mechanical behavior of the tip and the piezoelectric ceramic at the resonant frequency. Consequentially, the characteristic evaluation was performed, and it was confirmed that the resonant frequency result derived through the FEA was reasonable. Through this study, we presented a more rational FEA method than before for BLT transducers. We expect that this will shorten the time and cost of developing a PUMD, and will enable the development of more stable and high-quality products.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.267-278
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• 2022

Pre-stressed concrete circular spun piles are widely used in various infrastructure projects around the world and offer an economical deep foundation system with consistent and superior quality compared to cast in-situ and other concrete piles. Conventional methods for measuring the lateral response of piles have been limited to conventional instrumentation, such as electrical based gauges and pressure transducers. The problem with existing technology is that the sensors are not able to assist in recording the lateral stiffness changes of the pile which varies along the length depending on the distribution of the flexural moments and appearance of tensile cracks. This paper describes a full-scale bending test of a 1-m diameter spun pile of 30 m long and instrumented using advanced fibre optic distributed sensor, known as Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA). Optical fibre sensors were embedded inside the concrete during the manufacturing stage and attached on the concrete surface in order to measure the pile's full-length flexural behaviour under the prescribed serviceability and ultimate limit state. The relationship between moments-deflections and bending moments-curvatures are examined with respect to the lateral forces. Tensile cracks were measured and compared with the peak strains observed from BOTDA data which corroborated very well. By analysing the moment-curvature response of the pile, the structure can be represented by two bending stiffness parameters, namely the pre-yield (EI) and post-yield (EI_cr), where the cracks reduce the stiffness property by 89%. The pile deflection profile can be attained from optical fibre data through closed-form solutions, which generally matched with the displacements recorded by Linear Voltage Displacement Transducers (LVDTs).

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2023

The earth-abundant element-based Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ (CZTSSe) thin film solar cells (TFSCs) have attracted greater attention in the photovoltaic (PV) community due to their rapid development in device power conversion efficiency (PCE) >13%. In the present work, we demonstrated the fine-tuning of the bandgap in the CZTSSe TFSCs by altering the sulfur (S) to the selenium (Se) chalcogenide ratio. To achieve this, the CZTSSe absorber layers are fabricated with different S/(S+Se) ratios from 0.02 to 0.08 of their weight percentage. Further compositional, morphological, and optoelectronic properties are studied using various characterization techniques. It is observed that the change in the S/(S+Se) ratios has minimal impact on the overall Cu/(Zn+Sn) composition ratio. In contrast, the S and Se content within the CZTSSe absorber layer gets altered with a change in the S/(S+Se) ratio. It also influences the overall absorber quality and gets worse at higher S/(S+Se). Furthermore, the device performance evaluated for similar CZTSSe TFSCs showed a linear increase and decrease in the open circuit voltage (V_oc) and short circuit current density (J_sc) of the device with an increasing S/(S+Se) ratio. The external quantum efficiency (EQE) measured also exhibited a linear blue shift in absorption edge, increasing the bandgap from 1.056 eV to 1.228 eV, respectively.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2021년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.584-588
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• 2021

음향시스템을 구성하는 스피커의 임피던스는 고정된 값으로 인식되고 있다. 그러나 스피커의 임피던스는 입력신호의 주파수 변화에 따라 계속 변화하고 그 변화량은 스피커의 공진 주파수 대역에서 매우 크다. 스피커의 음압 레벨은 스피커를 구성하는 코일에 흐르는 전류에 따라 결정되는데 스피커를 전압 구동 할 경우 변화하는 임피던스에 의해 음압 레벨의 왜곡이 발생한다. 스피커를 전류 구동 할 경우 이러한 문제는 해결되지만 저주파에서 공진의 영향으로 음압 레벨의 왜곡이 발생하는데 이는 음향시스템의 음질 저하를 가져올 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 전류구동 음향시스템의 음질 개선을 위해 DSP(Digital Signal Processing)를 이용하여 음압레벨의 왜곡을 보정하는 공진 보상회로를 제안한다. 본 논문은 스피커의 등가 모델을 이용한 음향 시스템의 전류 구동 모의실험을 통해 주파수 변화에 따른 음압 레벨 왜곡을 확인하고 이를 보정하는 회로를 제안하는 것으로 구성하였다. 제안한 회로는 상태변수필터를 이용하여 구성하였고 주파수 및 출력이 조절 가능하여 다양한 음향 시스템에 적용 가능 할 것으로 보인다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.645-650
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• 2018

본 연구는 면적선량에 따른 영상의 농도를 측정하여 피폭선량에 대한 정도관리 필요성을 제시하고자 하였다. 관전압을 80 kVp로 고정하고 관전류를 1, 25, 50, 80, 100 mAs로 조사한 결과 면적선량은 25 mAs에서 50 mAs로 증가하면 1.88배의 선량이 증가하고 50 mAs에서 100 mAs로 증가하면 2.05배 증가하였다. 하지만 필름으로 획득한 영상의 농도는 25 mAs에서 50 mAs로 증가하면 48% 증가하고, 50 mAs에서 100 mAs로 증가하면 29% 증가하였다. 또한 DR 영상의 농도는 25 mAs에서 50 mAs로 증가하면 12% 증가하고, 50 mAs에서 100 mAs로 증가하면 30% 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 디지털 영상촬영 장비는 적정 촬영 조건에서 선량 증가에 따른 영상의 농도차이가 필름 영상보다는 적게 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과에서 디지털 영상 촬영 장비를 사용하는 의료기관에서는 방사선 선량에 대한 정도관리를 통하여 현재보다 촬영 부위별 피폭선량을 조금이나마 더 줄일 수 있을 것으로 판단되어진다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2012

Welding is an essential process in the automotive industry. Most welding processes that are used for auto body are spot welding and $CO_2$ welding are used in a small part. In production field, $CO_2$ welding process is decreased and spot welding process is increased due to welding quality is poor and defects are occurred in $CO_2$ welding process frequently. But $CO_2$ welding process should be used at robot interference parts and closed parts where spot welding couldn't. Because of the 0.65mm ~ 2.0mm thickness steel sheet were used in the automotive industry, poor quality of welding area such as burn through and under fill were happened frequently in $CO_2$ process. In this paper, we will study about the penetration depth which gives a huge impact on burn through changing a degree of base metal, welding position and torch angle. Voltage, current and welding speed were fixed but degree of base metal, welding position and torch angle were changed. And Cold- Rolled(CR) steel sheet was used. Penetration depth was analysed by multiple regression analysis to derive approximate calculations. And reliability of approximate calculations were confirmed through additional experiments. As the results of this research, we confirmed the effect of torch and plate angle to bead shape. And we present a possibility that can simulate more accurate to weld geometry, as deduced the verification equations that has tolerance of less than 21.69%.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.497-503
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• 2018

안면부 CT검사 시 치아교정용 충전물과 주변 해부학적 구조와의 밀도차이에 의해 발생한 화질 저하 정도와 화질개선 방향을 실험을 통해 정량 및 정성적 분석방법을 통해 알아보고자 하였다. 실험은 64-MDCT(Discovery 750 HD, GE HEALTH CARE, Milwaukee, USA)를 사용하여 치아 충전물로 교정한 치아를 스캔하였으며 관전압 변화, 실리콘 적용, MAR 알고리즘 적용 유무에 따라 비교하였다. 그 결과 관전압 변화 시 140 kVp에서 10.36 % CT value가 감소하였으며, Silicon 물질 적용 시 약 5.81 %가 감소하여 감소율이 가장 적었다. 정성적 평가결과 MAR 알고리즘 적용 시 관찰자 10명 중 Equivalent가 7명, Acceptable로 3명이 평가하여 MAR 알고리즘 적용 시 상대적으로 가장 화질 개선 효과가 있다고 평가되었다. 따라서 현재 임상에서 사용하고 있는 검사 파라미터와 더불어 고밀도 인공물을 감소시킬 수 있는 다양한 알고리즘을 적용하여 스캔 한다면 방사선 피폭선량에 대한 불필요한 부담을 줄일 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 고밀도 인공물을 감소시켜 영상 데이터의 소실을 줄여 보다 많은 영상정보를 제공 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2019

작은 굴절률 및 높은 굴절률을 갖는 저 분산 렌즈에 대한 요구가 증가함에 따라, 높은 내열성 및 내마모성을 갖는 이형성 보호 필름에 대한 필요성이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 광학 산업은 비구면 유리 렌즈 성형에 사용되는 이형보호 필름의 제조 공정 및 품질 표준에 대한 명확한 표준을 아직 확립하지 못했다. 이 기술은 광학 렌즈를 제조하는 각 회사의 노하우로 취급된다. 본 연구에서는 FCVA (Filtered Cathode Vacuum Arc) 기반 ta-C 박막 코팅의 이온에칭, 각 소스 및 필터부의 마그네트론 및 아크 전류, 바이어스 전압의 최적화에 관한 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 코팅성능 측면에서, 이리듐- 레늄 합금 박막 스퍼터링 제품 대비 필름 두께가 약 50% 얇고, 경도는 약 20%, 박막의 접착강도는 약 40 % 개선된 것으로 측정되었다. 본 연구의 박막 코팅 공정 결과는 금형 이형 박막층의 최소 기계적 특성 및 품질 확립을 위한 유리 렌즈의 개발 및 활용에 크게 기여할 것으로 사료된다.