• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.95-122
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• 2020

In this article, we evaluated the performance of radiofrequency (RF) coils in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) and homogeneity of magnetic resonance images when used for ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). High-quality MRI can be obtained when these two basic requirements are met. However, because of the dielectric effect, 7T magnetic resonance imaging still produces essentially a non-uniform magnetic flux (|B₁|) density distribution. In general, heterogeneous and homogeneous RF coils may be designed using electromagnetic (EM) modeling. Heterogeneous coils, which are surface coils, are used in consideration of scalability in the |B₁| region with a high S/N as multichannel loop coils rather than selecting a single loop. Loop coils are considered state of the art for their simplicity yet effective |B₁|-field distribution and intensity. In addition, combining multiple loop coils allows phase arrays (PA). PA coils have gained great interest for use in receiving signals because of parallel imaging (PI) techniques, such as sensitivity encoding (SENSE) and generalized autocalibrating partial parallel acquisition (GRAPPA), which drastically reduce the acquisition time. With the introduction of a parallel transmit coil (pTx) system, a form of transceiver loop arrays has also been proposed. In this article, we discussed the applications and proposed designs of loop coils. RF homogeneous coils for volume imaging include Alderman-Grant resonators, birdcage coils, saddle coils, traveling wave coils, transmission line arrays, composite right-/left-handed arrays, and fusion coils. In this article, we also discussed the basic operation, design, and applications of these coils.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.1005-1018
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• 2017

This paper proposes an App Visualization (AppV) based on IoT Self-diagnosis Micro Control Unit (ISMCU) for accident prevention. It collects a current status of a vehicle through a sensor, visualizes it on a smart phone and prevents vehicles from accident. The AppV consists of 5 components. First, a Sensor Layer (SL) judges noxious gas from a current vehicle and a driver's driving habit by collecting data from various sensors such as an Accelerator Position Sensor, an O2 sensor, an Oil Pressure Sensor, etc. and computing the concentration of the CO collected by a semiconductor gas sensor. Second, a Wireless Sensor Communication Layer (WSCL) supports Zigbee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth protocol so that it may transfer the sensor data collected in the SL to ISMCU and the data in the ISMCU to a Mobile. Third, an ISMCU integrates the transferred sensor information and transfers the integrated result to a Mobile. Fourth, a Mobile App Block Programming Tool (MABPT) is an independent App generation tool that changes to visual data just the vehicle information which drivers want from a smart phone. Fifth, an Embedded Module (EM) records the data collected through a Smart Phone real time in a Cloud Server. Therefore, because the AppV checks a vehicle' fault and bad driving habits that are not known from sensors and performs self-diagnosis through a mobile, it can reduce time and cost spending on accidents caused by a vehicle's fault and noxious gas emitted to the outside.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.491-498
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• 1998

본 논문은 유한차분 시간영역 해석법(Finite-Difference Time-Domain method)을 사용하여 1.8 GHz용 휴대폰으로부터 방출된 전파의 인체 두부에 흡수된 전력량을 산출하였다. 이를 위하여 인체 두부를 7층 매질로 모델령하였고, 휴대폰은 금속상자에 부착된 모노폴 안테나로 모텔링하였다. 모델링에 사용된 인체 두부와 휴대폰의 크기는 상용의 크기를 갖도록 하였다. 이를 위하여 모노폴 안테나의 길이는 4.5 em으로 하였다. 설정된 모텔링하에서 인체의 위해 정도를 알려주는 지수인 비흡수율(SAR-Specific Absorption Rat te)의 분포를 계산하였고 그 결과 비홉수율이 최대가 되는 지점은 인체 두뇌의 깊숙한 점이 아닌 두부의 표피근 방임을 알게 되었다. 그리고 설정된 조건하에서 그 최대치는 1.4 mW/g이었는데, 이는 국제 권고치인 1.6 mW/g보다 약간 작은 값이었다.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권11호
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• pp.1764-1773
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• 2018

A-PET is a quad-head PET scanner developed for use in small-animal imaging. The dimensions of its volumetric field of view (FOV) are $46.1{\times}46.1{\times}46.1mm^3$ and the gap between the detector modules has been minimized in order to provide a highly sensitive system. However, such a small FOV together with the quad-head geometry causes image quality degradation. The main factor related to image degradation for the quad-head PET is the mispositioning of events caused by the penetration effect in the detector. In this paper, we propose a precise method for modelling the system at the high spatial resolution of the A-PET using a LOR (line of response) based ML-EM (maximum likelihood expectation maximization) that allows for penetration effects. The proposed system model provides the detection probability of every possible ray-path via crystal sampling methods. For the ray-path sampling, the sub-LORs are defined by connecting the sampling points of the crystal pair. We incorporate the detection probability of each sub-LOR into the model by calculating the penetration effect. For comparison, we used a standard LOR-based model and a Monte Carlo-based modeling approach, and evaluated the reconstructed images using both the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NU 4-2008 standards and the Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission simulation toolkit (GATE). An average full width at half maximum (FWHM) at different locations of 1.77 mm and 1.79 mm are obtained using the proposed system model and standard LOR system model, which does not include penetration effects, respectively. The standard deviation of the uniform region in the NEMA image quality phantom is 2.14% for the proposed method and 14.3% for the LOR system model, indicating that the proposed model out-performs the standard LOR-based model.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.169-181
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• 2016

This work presents a new method for enhancing the performance of a dual band Planer Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) and its lumped equivalent circuit formulation. The performance of a PIFA in terms of return loss, bandwidth, gain, and efficiency is improved with the addition of the proposed open stub in the radiating element of the PIFA without disturbing the operating resonance frequencies of the antenna. In specific cases, various simulated and fabricated PIFA models illustrate that the return loss, bandwidth, gain, and efficiency values of antennas with longer optimum open stub lengths can be enhanced up to 4.6 dB, 17%, 1.8 dBi, and 12.4% respectively, when compared with models that do not have open stubs. The proposed open stub is small and does not interfere with the surrounding active modules; therefore, this method is extremely attractive from a practical implementation point of view. The second presented work is a simple procedure for the development of a lumped equivalent circuit model of a dual band PIFA using the rational approximation of its frequency domain response. In this method, the PIFA's measured frequency response is approximated to a rational function using a vector fitting technique and then electrical circuit parameters are extracted from it. The measured results show good agreement with the electrical circuit results. A correlation study between circuit elements and physical open stub lengths in various antenna models is also discussed in detail; this information could be useful for the enhancement of the performance of a PIFA as well as for its systematic design. The computed radiated power obtained using the electrical model is in agreement with the radiated power results obtained through the full wave electromagnetic simulations of the antenna models. The presented approach offers the advantage of saving computation time for full wave EM simulations. In addition, the electrical circuit depicting almost perfect characteristics for return loss and radiated power can be shared with antenna users without sharing the actual antenna structure in cases involving confidentiality limitations.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.759-768
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• 2016

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) treatment urgently requires a novel drug. The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are a family of Ser/Thr protein kinases, but still have to be characterized in Echinococcus granulosus. We identified a 1,107 bp cDNA encoding a 368 amino acid MAPK protein (Egp38) in E. granulosus. Egp38 exhibits 2 distinguishing features of p38-like kinases: a highly conserved T-X-Y motif and an activation loop segment. Structural homology modeling indicated a conserved structure among Egp38, EmMPK2, and H. sapiens $p38{\alpha}$, implying a common binding mechanism for the ligand domain and downstream signal transduction processing similar to that described for $p38{\alpha}$. Egp38 and its phosphorylated form are expressed in the E. granulosus larval stages vesicle and protoscolices during intermediate host infection of an intermediate host. Treatment of in vitro cultivated protoscolices with the p38-MAPK inhibitor ML3403 effectively suppressed Egp38 activity and led to significant protoscolices death within 5 days. Treatment of in vitro-cultivated protoscolices with $TGF-{\beta}1$ effectively induced Egp38 phosphorylation. In summary, the MAPK, Egp38, was identified in E. granulosus, as an anti-CE drug target and participates in the interplay between the host and E. granulosus via human $TGF-{\beta}1$.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.671-677
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 스마트 키의 정확한 인식 거리 예측을 위한 차량 LF 안테나의 근접 자계 분석 방법을 제안하였다. 모델링된 LF 안테나는 폴리에틸렌으로 절연 코팅이 된 전도성 도선이 페라이트 코어를 감고 있는 형상을 가지며, 상용 차량의 범퍼 프레임 내부에 장착되어 동작한다. 스마트 키의 최대 인식 거리는 범퍼에 장착된 LF 안테나의 근접 방사 패턴을 고려하여 총 9개의 방위각에서 측정하였으며, 각 방향에서 측정된 최대 인식 거리에서 스펙트럼 분석기를 이용하여 수신 파워를 측정하였다. 측정 결과, 차량에 장착된 LF 안테나를 기준으로 1.38 m부터 1.53 m 사이의 인식 거리를 가지며, 그때의 수신 파워는 -83.6 dBmW부터 -75.0 dBmW 사이의 레벨을 가진다. 측정과 동일한 조건으로 전자파 해석을 진행하여 예측된 근접 필드와 측정된 인식 거리 및 수신 전력을 분석하였으며, 그 결과 전자파 해석을 통해 스마트 키 인식 거리 예측 및 근접 필드 분석이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2014

목적: 실제 촬영 결과와 전자기 모의실험 결과를 시각적으로 비교함으로써 위상배열코일을 이루는 모든 코일 요소의 감도를 효과적으로 검증할 수 있는 소프트웨어를 개발하였다. 대상과 방법: 위상배열코일검증기(PACE)라 불리는 프로그램을 MATLAB과 C언어를 이용해 구현하였다. 위상배열 코일검증기는 코일 소자의 3차원 형상 모델 구축, FDTD 모의실험 결과의 수용, 보통의 직각좌표계 및 코일면에 기준하는 직각좌표계 상에서 각기 코일 소자 감도를 도시하는 기능을 가지고 있다. 위상배열코일의 3차원 형상 모델을 구축하기 위해 바늘침 모양의 3차원 전자기 위치추적기를 사용하였다. 3차원 형상 모델을 만든 뒤, 이 형상 모델 데이터를 FDTD 모의실험 장치에 보낼 수 있게 하였다. 결과: 3차원 전자기 위치추적기를 이용해 실제 실험에 사용된 위상배열코일과 FDTD 모의실험에 사용된 위상배열코일 모델을 정확하게 일치시킴으로써, 각기 코일 소자의 공간적 감도를 평가할 때 모의실험 결과와 촬영실험 결과 사이 정확한 비교가 가능하게 되었다. 모의실험과 실제 촬영실험에는 36 채널의 헬멧형 위상배열코일을 사용하였다. MRI 촬영 대상체로는 FDTD 모의실험의 모델과 같은 크기와 형상을 가진 원통형 팬텀을 사용하였다. 개발한 프로그램에서는 위상배열코일의 성능을 편리하게 평가하기 위해 관심 코일 소자를 쉽게 선택할 수 있게 하였다. 결론: 개발한 위상배열코일 성능 검증 프로그램은 위상배열코일의 개발 및 정기적인 유지보수에 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.