• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.293-303
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• 2002

고장도 재료의 사용과 시공기술의 발달로 경기장 관람석이 장경간화 유연화 되어 구조물의 고유진동수가 매우 낮아지고 있다. 경기장 관람석구조물은 사람의 율동적인 움직임에 의하여 공진 또는 공진과 유사한 거동이 일어날 수 있으므로 진동에 대한 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성에 대한 검토가 요구된다. 경기장 관람석의 효과적인 설계를 위해서는 경기장 관람석에 가해지는 동적하중에 대한 분석과 경기장 관람석의 거동에 대한 정확한 분석이 있어야 한다. 경기장 관람석에 가해지는 동적하중은 매우 다양하며 수식적으로 표현하기가 쉽지 않기 때문에 계측한 동적하중을 적용하는 것이 바람직하다. 그리고 판요소로 이루어진 경기장관람석의 정확한 진동해석을 위해서는 구조물을 조밀하게 나누어야 하기 때문에 해석시간이 길어지게 된다. 또한 경기장 전체 구조물의 진동해석에 있어서 경기장 전체 구조물을 세분화하여 모델링하는 것은 매우 어려울 뿐만 아니라 절점 수가 매우 많아지므로 절점수가 제한되어 있는 상용프로그램으로는 해석이 불가능할 수도 있다. 본 연구에서는 경기장 관람객의 여러 가지 움직임에 의하여 야기되는 다양한 동적하중을 계측하여 분석하였다. 그리고 판요소로 이루어진 경기장 관람석의 동적특성을 비교적 잘 표현할 수 있으면서도 절점을 줄일 수 있는 효과적인 해석방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법의 정확성과 효율성을 살펴보기 위하여 경기장 관람석의 진동해석을 수행하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.351-359
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• 1996

ECR (electron cyclotron resonance) 플라즈마원이 장착되어 있는 화학선에피탁시 (chemical beam epitaxy : CBE) 장치를 사용하여 InAs 양자점 구조형성에 미치는 수소플라즈마의 효과에 대하여 조사하였다. 자기조직화(self-organized)에 의해 GaAs 기판위에서 InAs 양자점의 형성을 RHEED(reflection high energy electron diffraction)로 관측한 결과 수소가스 및 수소플라즈마의 영향을 받지 않은 상태에서는 1.9 ML(monolayer)의 InAs 층성장(layer growth) 후에 형성되는데 비해 수소플아즈마를 조사한 상태에서는 약 2.6 ML의 InAs 층성장(layer growth) 후에 형성되는데 비해 수소플아즈마를 조사한 상태에서는 약 2.6 ML의 InAs층이 성장된 후 뒤늦게 이루어짐을 확인하였다. 기판의 온도 $370^{\circ}C$에서 동일한 조건으로 형성시킨 InAs 양자점의 밀도 및 크기는 수소플라즈마의 영향을 받지 않은 경우 $1.9{\times}10^{11}cm^{-2}$ 및 17.7 nm에서 수소플라즈마를 쪼인 경우 $1.3{\times}10^{11}cm^{-2}$ 및 19.4 nm로 양자점 형성 다소 완화되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 수소플아즈마에 의한 InAs 양자점의 PL(photoluminescence) 신호의 적색이동(red shift)과 반치폭 증가로부터 양자점 크기의 증가와 균일성이 다소 감소되는 모습을 알 수 있었다. 이와같은 수소플라즈마의 영향은 GaAs 기판과 InAs 사이의 부정합 변형환화 효과에의해 InAs의 충성장을 강화시키는 원자상 수소의 작용때문인 것으로 고려되었다.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.424-433
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• 2004

징은 한국의 전통국악기 가운데 대중들에게 가장 친근한 사물놀이 악기중의 하나이다. 이 사물 악기 가운데 징 악기의 소리는 웅장하고 부드러우며 아름다운 긴 여운의 소리를 갖고 있어서, 사물놀이 연주 시 다른 사물악기들의 연주음을 감싸주는 역할을 한다. 징의 재질은 동과 주석을 78:22의 비율로 합금한 유기(놋쇠) 제품으로 만들 때는 방짜유기로 만든다. 구조는 직경 $39{\~}40cm$인 둥근 원판과 깊이가 $7.0{\~}7.5cm$로 된 림(Rim:전두리)으로 되어 있다. 징 악기를 연주 할 때 원판의 가운데를 치면 이를 지지하고 있는 RIM이 함께 공명을 일으켜서 만곡면의 원판 소리보다 낮은 주파수의 소리를 낸다. 그래서 징은 RIM의 두께와 깊이에 따라서 새로운 공명 주파수를 만들고 음의 지속시간도 변화 시키고 있다. 즉 본 실험 연구 결과, 온전한 Rim의 징소리의 주요 주파수 범위는 $118{\~}336[Hz]$로서 약 20초간 지속되며, Rim을 반으로 짜른후의 징소리의 주파수는$139.9{\~}387.5[Hz]$로 높아지고, 울림이 10초간 지속되며, Rim을 완전히 제거된 징소리의 주파수는 $990.5{\~}1,372[Hz]$로 점 점 높아지며 소리의 지속 시간은 5초로 줄어들었다. 본 논문에서는 만곡 면으로 된 원판을 지지하고 있는 징의 Rim 두께와 깊이의 따라 징소리의의 세기를 나타내는 진폭과 징소리 긴 여운의 지속 시간이 변동되는 관계를 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.52-56
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• 2007

Marjolin's ulcer is a rare and often-aggressive cutaneous malignancy that arises in previously traumatized or chronically inflamed skin, particularly after burns. We experienced two cases after burns. Case I involved a forty eight year-old man who had suffered from a flame burn at the parietal scalp area, where had been initially described three years earlier as a full-thickness wound including the pericranium. The man consulted us for a persistent ulcerative and infected wound on the burned lesion during the last 24 months, which turned out on the contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to be the squamous cell carcinoma with involving the skull and the dura mater. Although the posterior auricular lymph node was enlarged on the ipsilateral side, recent positron emission tomography (PET) CT did not show any metastatic lesion. It was impossible for us to resect the intracranial involvement of the tumor radically, and the postoperative PET CT still showed a focal fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake around the wall of the superior sagittal sinus. We think that an aggressive combined approach is essential for treatment in early stages for a high success rate, before the intracranial structures are involved because there is no consensus on the treatment for advanced disease, and the results are generally poor. Case 1 also did not involve a radical resection because of the intracranial invasion to the wall of superior sagittal sinus and the possibility of damage to the major cortical veins. He received adjuvant radiotherapy and must be followed periodically. Case 2 involved an eighty six year-old women who suffered from a painful scalp ulcer lesion after flame burns three years earlier. Unlike case 1, neither tumor infiltration into the dura nor lymph node enlargement was observed on the contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or positron emission tomography (PET) CT. We did a radical resection of the tumor, including the involved bone, and a cranioplasty with bone cement.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.978-986
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• 2020

Objective: To compare native and post-contrast T1 mapping with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging for detecting and measuring the microvascular obstruction (MVO) area in reperfused acute myocardial infarction (MI). Materials and Methods: This study included 20 patients with acute MI who had undergone 1.5T cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) after reperfusion therapy. CMR included cine imaging, LGE, and T1 mapping (modified look-locker inversion recovery). MI size was calculated from LGE by full-width at half-maximum technique. MVO was defined as an area with low signal intensity (LGE) or as a region of visually distinguishable T1 values (T1 maps) within infarcted myocardium. Regional T1 values were measured in MVO, infarcted, and remote myocardium on T1 maps. MVO area was measured on and compared among LGE, native, and post-contrast T1 maps. Results: The mean MI size was 27.1 ± 9.7% of the left ventricular mass. Of the 20 identified MVOs, 18 (90%) were detected on native T1 maps, while 10 (50%) were recognized on post-contrast T1 maps. The mean native T1 values of MVO, infarcted, and remote myocardium were 1013.5 ± 58.5, 1240.9 ± 55.8 (p < 0.001), and 1062.2 ± 55.8 ms (p = 0.169), respectively, while the mean post-contrast T1 values were 466.7 ± 26.8, 399.1 ± 21.3, and 585.2 ± 21.3 ms, respectively (p < 0.001). The mean MVO areas on LGE, native, and post-contrast T1 maps were 134.1 ± 81.2, 133.7 ± 80.4, and 117.1 ± 53.3 mm², respectively. The median (interquartile range) MVO areas on LGE, native, and post-contrast T1 maps were 128.0 (58.1-215.4), 110.5 (67.7-227.9), and 143.0 (76.7-155.3) mm², respectively (p = 0.002). Concordance correlation coefficients for the MVO area between LGE and native T1 maps, LGE and post-contrast T1 maps, and native and post-contrast T1 maps were 0.770, 0.375, and 0.565, respectively. Conclusion: MVO areas were accurately delineated on native T1 maps and showed high concordance with the areas measured on LGE. However, post-contrast T1 maps had low detection rates and underestimated MVO areas. Collectively, native T1 mapping is a useful tool for detecting MVO within the infarcted myocardium.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.829-839
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• 2021

Objective: To compare the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced radial T1-weighted gradient-echo 3-tesla (3T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) for the detection of visceral pleural surface invasion (VPSI). Visceral pleural invasion by non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can be classified into two types: PL1 (without VPSI), invasion of the elastic layer of the visceral pleura without reaching the visceral pleural surface, and PL2 (with VPSI), full invasion of the visceral pleura. Materials and Methods: Thirty-three patients with pathologically confirmed VPSI by NSCLC were retrospectively reviewed. Multidetector CT and contrast-enhanced 3T MRI with a free-breathing radial three-dimensional fat-suppressed volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) pulse sequence were compared in terms of the length of contact, angle of mass margin, and arch distance-to-maximum tumor diameter ratio. Supplemental evaluation of the tumor-pleura interface (smooth versus irregular) could only be performed with MRI (not discernible on CT). Results: At the tumor-pleura interface, radial VIBE MRI revealed a smooth margin in 20 of 21 patients without VPSI and an irregular margin in 10 of 12 patients with VPSI, yielding an accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and F-score for VPSI detection of 91%, 83%, 95%, 91%, 91%, and 87%, respectively. The McNemar test and receiver operating characteristics curve analysis revealed no significant differences between the diagnostic accuracies of CT and MRI for evaluating the contact length, angle of mass margin, or arch distance-to-maximum tumor diameter ratio as predictors of VPSI. Conclusion: The diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced radial T1-weighted gradient-echo 3T MRI and CT were equal in terms of the contact length, angle of mass margin, and arch distance-to-maximum tumor diameter ratio. The advantage of MRI is its clear depiction of the tumor-pleura interface margin, facilitating VPSI detection.

• 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.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.5089-5095
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• 2014

Background: As a common and essential contrast medium at present, gadobenate dimeglumine has shown better performance than some other agents when applied to Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening (Breast MRI Screening). Nevertheless, reports on the diagnostic performance of these two mediums (gadobenate dimeglumine and gadopentetate dimeglumine) are not completely consistent. Objective: To assess the diagnostic value of gadobenate dimeglumine and gadopentetate dimeglumine for Breast MRI Screening in patients suffering from breast cancer and to provide more convinced evidence to guide clinical practice in terms of appropriate contrast agents. Data Sources and Review Methods: Original articles in English and Chinese published before January 2013 were selected from available databases (The Cochrane Library, PUBMED, EMBASE, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Chinese Scientific Journals Full-text Database, Chinese Journal Full-text). The criteria for inclusion and exclusion were based on the standard for diagnosis tests. Meta-Disc software (Version 1.4) was used for data analysis. Then, the area under curve (AUC) of SROC and the spearman rank correlation of sensitivity against (1-specificity) were calculated. Results: Total of 17 researches involving 1934 patients were included. The pooled sensitivity of gadobenate dimeglumine and gadopentetate dimeglumine were 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) and 0.93 (0.88, 1.00) respectively. The pooled specificity for these two contrast agents were 0.924 (0.902, 0.943) and 0.838 (0.817, 0.858) respectively, and the AUC of SROC curve were 0.9781 and 0.9215 respectively. Conclusions: Gadobenate dimeglumine can be regarded as a more effective and feasible contrast medium for Breast MRI Screening. At least 5% differences in diagnostic performance are usually considered as clinically relevant.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.109-119
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• 2014

Objectives : The aim of this study is to observe clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of inpatients admitted to a Korean medicine hospital for shoulder pain based on magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) findings. Methods : 28 patients with MRI data were included. Data on MRI findings, duration of pain, and treatment effects were collected. To measure treatment outcomes, verbal numerical rating scale(VNRS), range of motion(ROM), and a clinical condition grading system were used. Results : 1. The patient population was 75.0 % female and 39.3 %(n=11) belonged to the 51~60-year-old age group. In the under 40 population, 1 or less MRI findings were found. 2. As for the type of disorder, 82.1 % of the patients were diagnosed with 'Supraspinatus lesion', 39.3 % with 'subacromial-subdeltoid(SA-SA) bursitis', and 28.6 % with 'Adhesive capsulitis' 3. Numerous correlations could be made between duration of pain and MRI findings. 'rotator cuff full thickness tear' was more prevalent in acute shoulder pain patients, and 'Adhesive capsulitis' in chronic patients. 4. VNRS and ROM at the time of discharge had significantly improved as compared to VNRS and ROM at the time of admission. 5. As for correlation between MRI findings and clinical condition grade, patients diagnosed with 'rotator cuff partial tear' reported to be in 'good' condition or better whereas those with 'rotator cuff full thickness tear' reported to be in 'fair' condition or worse. Conclusions : Patients admitted to a Korean Medicine hospital for shoulder pain had varying degrees of severity as shown on MRI. Almost all lesions responded well to Korean medicine treatment.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2008

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 수술 전 회전근 개 파열에 대한 3차원 초음파 검사의 시행은 파열의 실제 크기를 수술 전 확인하는 데 유용함을 보고하고자 하는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: 자기공명영상 촬영상 회전근 개 완전 파열이 있어 수술을 시행한 환자 중 수술 전 3차원 초음파 검사를 시행하여 파열의 크기를 측정하였고, 수술시 회전근 개의 실제 크기를 측정하여 비교하였다. 이 연구에는 수술 시 회전근 개 완전 파열이 확인된 15예(남자가 7명, 여자가 8명)가 포함되었다. 평균 연령은 55.4세($47{\sim}67$)였으며, 우측 견관절은 13예, 좌측 견관절은 2예였다. 결과: 수술 전 초음파 검사로 측정한 파열의 크기와 실제 수술시 측정한 크기의 차이는 가로 길이는 평균 0.7 mm의 오차를 보였고, 세로 길이는 평균 2.0 mm의 오차를 보였다. 결론: 수술 전 3차원 초음파 검사와 실제 수술시 측정한 회전근 개 파열의 가로 및 세로 크기가 거의 일치함을 보여 수술 전 3차원 초음파 검사는 매우 유용한 검사로 사료된다.