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Evaluation of the Usefulness for Air Gap Technique in Digital Magnification Mammography (디지털 유방확대촬영술에서 Air gap technique의 유용성 평가)

  • Kim, Mi-Young
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.101-107
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was investigated optimal exposure condition in digital magnification mammography to decrease radiation dose and increase image quality of the examinee. Auto mode, the average glandular dose is higher than the manual mode. Average glandular dose and image quality were many differences on between grid and air gap technique in auto mode. However, Average glandular dose and signal-to-noise ratio were not different on between grid and air gap technique in manual mode. The signal-to-noise ratio was increased when using the air-gap technique in both mode. According to result, air gap technique may reduce average glandular dose and increase signal-to-noise ratio in digital magnification mammography.

Reduction of Scattered Radiation by Air Gap Technique for High Kilovoltage Chest Roentgenography (흉부(胸部) 고관전압(高管電壓) 촬영(撮影)에 있어 Air Gap Technique를 이용한 산란선(散亂線) 경감(輕減)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Huh, Joon;Kim, Chang-Kyun;Kang, Hong-Seok;Youn, Chul-Ho;Lee, Sang-Suk;Lim, Han-Young;Song, Jae-Kwan
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 1980
  • X-ray grid is the most important means to reduce the scattered ray from patients, but alternative way is air gap technique that is another name of Groedel technique. This technique is mainly used in chest radiography. Authors performed an experimental study on the air gap technique for chest radiography and obtained the results as follows; 1. In using the high voltage air technique, scattered ray could be reduced effectively, while the percentage of scattered ray was slightly increased than conventional grid technique. 2. In film contrast, 30cm air gap technique was inferior to 12:1 grid technique and contrast improvement was increased when the object was thicker and higher voltage was used. 3. The patient exposure dose was reduced about $25{\sim}45%$ compared with conventional grid technique by air gap technique used.

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Image Evaluation of Projection Method in Chest Radiography (흉부 엑스선 촬영 시 촬영기법에 따른 영상 평가)

  • Ahn, Byung-Ju;Lee, Jun-Haeng
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.217-223
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    • 2022
  • In this study, images taken using a grid and images taken using Air Gap Technique were evaluated in X-ray chest radiography. Subjective Evaluation The ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) evaluation was evaluated by 5 radiologists who had worked for more than 10 years in the radiology department of a university hospital. Objective evaluation SNR (Signal to noise ratio) was evaluated. As a result of the analysis, the Cronbach Alpha value was 0.714, which was significantly higher. In the Air Gap Technique, the distance between the phantom and the subject was set at 20 cm, and the image was taken with a tube voltage of 100 kVp, a tube current and a recording time of 8 mAs. In the ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) evaluation, the highest score was obtained with 18 score and an objective evaluation SNR (signal to noise ratio) of 6,149 scored. Also, in the imaging method using a grid, when the distance between the phantom and the constant receptor is 15 cm apart, and the tube voltage is 110 kVp, the tube current and the recording time are taken at 8 mAs, the ROC evaluation score is 19 and the objective evaluation SNR (Signal to noise ratio) is the highest with 6.622 scored. Therefore, if the Air Gap Technique imaging method is used, which overcomes the shortcomings such as delay in reading, increase in patient's exposure dose, and shortening of mechanical lifespan, as well as re-radiography due to the cut-off phenomenon of the grid that appears using the grid, the It is thought that it will be very helpful for chest imaging, including the case of using a portable X-ray imaging device.

Optimum Air-Gap Flux Distribution with Third Harmonic Rotor Flux Orientation Adjustment for Five-Phase Induction Motor

  • Kang, Min;Yu, Wenjuan;Wang, Zhengyu;Kong, Wubin;Xiao, Ye
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.315-325
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    • 2018
  • This paper investigates optimum air-gap flux distribution with third harmonic rotor flux orientation adjustment for five-phase induction motor. The technique of objective is to generate a nearly rectangular air-gap flux, and it improves iron utilization under variation loading conditions. The proportional relations between third harmonic and fundamental plane currents is usually adopted in the conventional method. However, misalignment between fundamental and third harmonic component occurs with variation loading. The iron of stator teeth is saturated due to this misalignment. This problem is solved by third harmonic rotor flux orientation adjustment simultaneously, and direction and amplitude are changed with mechanical load variation. The proposed method ensures that the air-gap flux density is near rectangular for a maximum value from no load to rated load. It is confirmed that the proposed method guarantees complete both planes decoupling with third harmonic flux orientation adjustment. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is validated experimentally.

Numerical Evaluation of a Radially Variable Cell Density Strategy for Improving Light-off Performance: Focusing on Light-off Catalyst (자동차용 촉매변환기의 활성화 성능 향상을 위한 횡방향 가변 셀 밀도법의 수치적 평가: 활성화 촉매변환기를 중심으로)

  • 정수진;김우승
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2002
  • The optimum design of auto-catalyst needs a good compromise between the pressure drop and flow distribution in the monolith. One of the effective methods to achieve this goal is to use the concept of radially variable cell density. However, there has been no study of evaluating the usefulness of this method on light-off catalyst. We have computationally investigated the effectiveness of variable cell density technique applied to the light-off catalyst using a three-dimensional integrated CFD model. in which transient chemical reacting calculations are involved. Computed results show that variable cell density technique can reduce the accumulated emissions of CO and HC during the early 100sec of FTP cycle by 86.78 and 80.87%, respectively, The effect of air-gap between the monoliths has been also examined. It is found that air-gap has a beneficial effect on reducing pressure drop and cold-start emissions.

A Study on the Resonant Properties of Air gap Antenna using PZT (PZT를 이용한 Air gap 안테나의 공진특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김영훈;조익현;김동현;임승혁;송준태
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.195-198
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    • 1999
  • A technique is investigated for achieving broadband properties by controlling the operation frequency of microstrip antennas. The control is achieved by applying DC bias to the microstrip antenna. Air gap antenna with PZT post is fabricated. by using in C-band. In the case of Air gap antenna, the variation of center frequency was about 16Mhz and the bandwidth was increased up to 123.3% at 15dB, 160.7% at 20dB than before applying DC bias respectively. The change property of frequency in air gap antenna is nearly the same the C-V property in PZT.

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Air Gap Measurement between Substrates Using Confocal Technique (공초점 방식을 이용한 기판 사이의 공기갭 측정)

  • Lee, Sun-Woo;Ahn, Kwang-Sin;Kwon, Nam-Ic
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.207-210
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    • 2009
  • A confocal technique was demonstrated for measuring the absolute value of an air gap between substrates. Since the two surfaces were in Rayleigh range of the laser focus for air gaps less than 200 nm, complete interference patterns were observed. And since interference patterns were obtained only from the area of focus, it was an advantage of this method that air gaps between multiple thin films could be measured. Stability is less than 1 nm except in the range where the interference pattern changes slowly.

Determination of the magnetic field in the air-gap of the linear stepper motor by finite element method (유한요소법에 의한 리니어스텝 모우터의 공극에서의 자계 분석)

  • 이승원;이병하
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.29 no.10
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    • pp.660-666
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    • 1980
  • The finite leement method is a effetive analysis technique for obtaining approximate solutions of continuum problems with boundary conditions. This paper deals with the programming for the application of this method and the preciser analysis of the magnetic field in the air gap of the linear stepper motor by the method. The finite element analysis based on the variational principle is adopted and the computer program for reducing input data and a large number of the memory words required by the system matrix is presented. The 2-dimensional analysis of the air gap is made and several cases according to varying the position are considered.

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A study of air-gap type FBAR device fabrication using ZnO (ZnO를 이용한 air-gap 형태의 FBAR 소자 제작에 대한 연구)

  • Park, Sung-Hyun;Lee, Soon-Beom;Shin, Young-Hwa;Lee, Neung-Heon;Lee, Sang-Hoon;Chu, Soon-Nam
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.07c
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    • pp.1414-1415
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    • 2006
  • Air-gap type film bulk acoustic wave resonator device using ZnO for piezoelectric layer and sacrifice layer, deposited by RF magnetron sputter with various conditions, fabricated in this study. Also, membrane$(SiO_2)$ and top and bottom electrode(both Al) of piezoelectric layer deposited by RF magnetron sputter. Using micro electro mechanical systems(MEMS) technique, sacrifice layer removed and then air-gap formed. The results of each process checked by XRD, AFM, SEM to obtain good quality device.

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Analysis of Medium Effect by Gas Pressure and Gap at Surface Discharge of Dry Air (건조공기의 연면방전에서 가스압력과 극간거리에 따른 매질효과분석)

  • Lim, Dong-Young;Min, Gyeong-Jun;Park, He-Rie;Choi, Eun-Hyeok;Choi, Sang-Tae;Bae, Sung-Woo;Rhee, Sang-Bong;Park, Won-Zoo;Lee, Kwang-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.27 no.10
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    • pp.86-92
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    • 2013
  • In studies on an alternative insulating gas of $SF_6$ gas, the section of the alternative gas and an insulation technique to improve its low dielectric strength have been reported, but very few attempts have been made at the dependence of a gas pressure and a gap as well as the medium effect in the alternative gas. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dependence of the gas pressure and the gap at surface flashover voltage in dry air. The dependence is analyzed based on the medium effect. The medium effect by the gas pressure and the gap can be explained by surface roughness of a solid dielectric and an electrode as well as an electric field which decreases due to the correlation between the collision ionization coefficient and the gap, respectively. In addition, an insulation technique which can fabricate a compact eco-friendly gas insulated switchgear is proposed by the results of this paper.