• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.244-252
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• 2012

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the correlations between acoustic properties, such as speed of sound and normalized broadband ultrasound attenuation, and bone mineral density in femur with high fracture risk. The speed of sound and the normalized broadband ultrasound attenuation in 15 bovine femoral trabecular bone samples in vitro were measured by using a through-transmission method with two matched pairs of ultrasonic transducers with center frequencies of 0.5 and 1.0 MHz. The volumetric bone mineral density of the trabecular bone samples was measured by using micro-computed tomography. The bone mineral density exhibited strong correlations with both the speed of sound and the normalized broadband ultrasound attenuation measured by using the 0.5 and the 1.0 MHz transducers. The highest correlation was found between the bone mineral density and the normalized broadband ultrasound attenuation measured by using the 0.5 MHz ultrasonic transducers. The results suggest that the acoustic properties measured in the femur in vitro can be used as indices for the prediction of femoral bone mineral density.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.391-399
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• 2005

Laser-generated ultrasonic inspection system is a non-contact scanning inspection device with high spatial resolution and wide bandwidth. The amplitude of laser-generated ultrasound is varied according to the energy of pulse laser and the surface conditions of an object where the CW measuring laser beam is pointing. In this paper, we correct the generating errors by measuring the energy of pulse laser beam and correct the measuring errors by extracting the gain information of laser interferometer at each time. h dynamic stabilizer is developed to stably scan on the surface of an object for an laser-generated ultrasonic inspection system. The developed system generates ultrasound after adaptively finding the maximum gain time of an laser interferometer and processes the signal in real time after digitization with high speed. In this paper, we describe hardware configuration and control algorithm to build a stable laser-generated ultrasonic inspection system. Also, we confirmed through experiments that the proposed correction method for the generating errors and measuring errors is effective to improve the performance of a system.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06d
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• pp.35-39
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• 1998

Methyl과 ethyl formate의 초음파 흡수계수를 0.15-2 MHz의 주파수 범위, 온도 5-3$0^{\circ}C$에 걸쳐 1MHz 이하에서 정확한 초음파 흡수측정이 가능한 광 회절 초음파 공명법을 이용하여 측정하였다.그 결과, cisdhk trans 에 의한 초음파 완화 현상은 전형적인 단일 완화현상을 보였고, 그 스페트럼으로부터 완화주파수와 완화강도를 결정할 수 있었다. 완화 주파수와 완화강도의 온도 의존성으로부터 활성화 에너지(ΔH#)와 에너지 차(ΔH)를 구하였다. 측정된 methyl과 ethyl formate의 활성화 에너지는 각각 9.8과 8.9kcal/mol 이었고, 에너지 차는 각각 2.3 과 2.2kcal/mol로 나타났다

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.269-272
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• 2004

The respiration measurement method using the ultrasound sensor hardly gets an influence of an error of inertia and pressure and it is a respiratory detection device available semi-permanently. This device measures the amount and flow of respiration through using a delivery speed difference of the ultrasound waves that are a return format by the pneumatic stream that is a flogging of ultrasound waves during transmission and receipt as having used a characteristic of ultrasound waves. In this paper, it improved sensitivity of a signal to happen during transmission and receipt of a sensor because measurement must be performed with a patient to the center and measurement was played in a weak breathing so that it was possible.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.231-231
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• 2012

엔진의 상태진단을 위하여 사용되는 진동 및 초음파 신호는 진동 가속도계와 초음파변환기를 대상 엔진의 취약 부위에 부착하여 측정한다. 이들 센서는 연소와 관련된 고주파진동을 측정하는 능력이 있어서 사용되고 있다. 진동가속도계와 초음파변환기의 선정 및 설치는 진동해석에서 가장 중요한 결정 요소이다. 가속도계의 설치도 주파수응답에 영향을 준다. 초음파변환기는 전자기계적 변환기로서, 진동면에서 발생하여 공기 중으로 전파되는 음파를 감지한다. 초음파변환기는 사용할 수 있는 주파수대역이 아주 협소한 대신 가속도계보다 명확한 신호를 산출한다. 초음파변환기는 사용할 수 있는 아주 협소한 주파수역을 갖는 비용으로 가속도계보다 명확한 신호를 얻을 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 원전 비상디젤발전기 엔진 상태진단을 위한 초음파 및 진동센서의 설치방법에 따른 가속도계 및 초음파 센서의 응답 특성을 분석하고 주파수응답에 대한 영향에 따라 여러 가지 설치방법의 검토를 통하여 최적방법론을 도출한 결과를 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.621-628
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• 2021

Prior studies on frequency-related image quality analysis of intravascular ultrasound catheters are lacking both in Korea and abroad. Therefore, this study was conducted to prepare a standard for measuring the image quality using the program and to suggest a measuring method to researchers related to the quality analysis of intravascular ultrasound images. For the target, the vessel lumen size is 3.0 - 4.0 mm. Before using intravascular ultrasound, thoroughly clean the ultrasound catheter so that no air or foreign substances enter it. Normal vascular images and lesion vascular images of sufficiently dilated images were used. As a standard image acquisition method, the image of the end-systolic section, which has the best evaluation of vascular lesions when using intravascular ultrasound, was acquired retrospectively through the DCAS PACS program to set the standard. When setting the measurement method criteria, we proposed a standard setting method that corresponds to the concentric and eccentric circles of normal and lesion vessels. By applying this criterion, we proposed a method for measuring the lumen and lateral cavities of normal and lesion vessels of interest and background area. In conclusion, if the image quality of intravascular ultrasonography is measured through the method devised by these researchers, consistent quality measurement is possible regardless of the type of intravascular ultrasound catheter. Therefore, it is thought that it can be applied as a guideline for the actual image quality measurement method in the study related to intravascular ultrasound image quality.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1993.06a
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• pp.174-178
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• 1993

초음파 변환기의 방사 컨덕턴스를 결정하기 위해서는 변환기로부터 방사된 음향파워와 입력전압의 정밀측정을 요구하게 된다. 음\ulcorner파워는 초음파를 거의 완전 반사시킬 수 있는 표적을 사용하여 변환기로부터 방사된 음압에 의해 표적에 가해진 힘을 수동맞저울과 레이저 간섭계로 측정하여 구하였으며, 입력전압을 열 변환기와 전압계를 한 시스템으로 하여 정밀 측정하였다. 방사 컨덕턴스의 최대 측정오차는 $\pm$4% 이내로 평가되었다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.77-81
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• 1991

단백질수용액중의 초음파흠수 mechanism을 규명하기 위하여 천연단백질인 egg white의 초음파 흡수측정을 주파수 0.2-10MHz, 온도 10-50℃에서 행하엿다. 측정방법은 0.2-10MHz 주파수범위에서 초 음파흡수측정이 가능한 plano-concave 공명법을 사용하였다. 그 결과 0.2-10MHz의 주파수범위에 대해 흡수계수는 측정한 전 온도에서 주파수의 1.25(±0.02) 승에 비례하고, egg white의 농후부분과 수용성부 분 및 aging 효과에 대한 음향학적인 차는 나타나지 않았다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.143-147
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• 2018

Water levels are measured in various fields such as sewage treatment plants, water treatment plants, rivers, dams, factory storages' tanks. Ultrasonic instruments for water level measurement are expensive and are used for industrial field. Rapid advances in electronics have made it possible to build a wide variety of measurement, monitoring and control functions at low cost. This study was started to make ultrasonic level measurement system at low price. The system was constructed with an Arduino, an ultrasonic sensor and a temperature sensor for use in the experiment. The ultrasonic sensor measures the time from the sensor to the liquid surface. The temperature sensor measures the atmospheric temperature and improves the accuracy of the ultrasonic distance measurement by correcting the sound speed. Arduino controls measurements and calculates the water level. All components of the system are assembled into a device holder. Experiments with this system show that the water level measured by the system is very close to the actual value. This system is also inexpensive and easy to install and maintain, making it suitable for laboratory use.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 1996

Ultrasonic motor is a motor driven by the stator via frictional contact forces generated from ultrasonic vibration of piezoelectric elements. In order to control the ultrasonic motor, it is essential to measure accurately the motor characteristics with respect to driving parameters such as frequency, voltage, phase difference and duty ratio of the driving signals. In this paper, a PC-interfaced evaluation device is developed, and the characteristic curves of the fabricated ultrasonic motor are measured with those parameters. All driving parameters are processed digitally. The developed evaluation device can facilitate charateristics measurements effectively, and provide a base for digital control of the ultrasonic motor.