• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1749-1754
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• 2004

In order to measure non-intrusively velocity profile in liquid metal flow, a modified electromagnetic flowmeter was designed, which was based on electromagnetic tomography technique. Under the assumption that flow is fully-developed, axisymmetric and rectilinear, the velocity profile was reconstructed after the flowmeter equation, the first kind of Fredholm integration equation, was linearized. In reconstruction process Tikhonov regularization method with regularization parameter was used. The reconstructed velocity profile had the nearly same as turbulent flow profile which was approximately represented as log law. In addition, flowmeter output for a fixed magnet rotation angle was linearly proportional to flow rate. When magnet rotation angle was $54^{\circ}$, axisymmetric weight function was nearly uniform so that the flowmeter gives a constant signal for any fully-developed, axisymmetric and rectilinear profile with a constant flow rate.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2013

Periodontal inflammation increases the risk of tooth loss, particularly in cases where there is an associated loss of alveolar bone and periodontal ligament (PDL). Histological and morphometric evaluation of periodontal inflammation is difficult. Especially, the lengths of the periodontal ligament and interdental alveolar bone space have not been quantified. A quantitative imaging procedure applicable to an animal model would be an important clinical study. The purpose of this study was to quantify the loss of alveolar bone and periodontal ligament by evaluation with micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). Another purpose was to investigate differences in infections with systemic E. coli LPS and TNF-${\alpha}$ on E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in loss of alveolar bone and periodontal ligament model on mice. This study showed that linear measurements of alveolar bone loss were represented with an increasing trend of the periodontal ligament length and interdental alveolar process space. The effects of systemic E. coli LPS and TNF-${\alpha}$ on an E. coli LPS-induced periodontitis mice model were investigated in this research. Loss of periodontal ligament and alveolar bone were evaluated by micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and calculated by the two- and three dimensional microstructure morphometric parameters. Also, there was a significantly increasing trend of the interdental alveolar process space in E. coli LPS and TNF-${\alpha}$ on E. coli LPS compared to PBS. And E. coli LPS and TNF-${\alpha}$ on E. coli LPS had a slightly increasing trend of the periodontal ligament length. The increasing trend of TNF-${\alpha}$ on the LPS-induced mice model in this experiment supports the previous studies on the contribution of periodontal diseases in the pathogenesis of systemic diseases. Also, our findings offer a unique model for the study of the role of LPS-induced TNF-${\alpha}$ in systemic and chronic local inflammatory processes and inflammatory diseases. In this study, we performed rapidly quantification of the periodontal inflammatory processes and periodontal bone loss using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) in mice.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.181-185
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• 2017

In the present study, the effect of cooling rate on the formation of the porosity in the thick aluminum sand casting was investigated. Nowadays, due to considerations of weight and cost reduction, large scale thick aluminum casting has replaces steel frames for vacuum chambers for semiconductor production. Several thick aluminum castings were manufactured using chill with temperature measurements. The castings were inspected using 3D computed tomography in order to quantify the porosity defect density in the castings. Effects of the thickness of the chill on the porosity defect density were discussed.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

The process of drug discovery and development requires substantial resources and time. The drug industry has tried to reduce costs by conducting appropriate animal studies together with molecular biological and genetic analyses. Basic science research has been limited to in vitro studies of cellular processes and ex vivo tissue examination using suitable animal models of disease. However, in the past two decades new technologies have been developed that permit the imaging of live animals using radiotracer emission, X-rays, magnetic resonance signals, fluorescence, and bioluminescence. The main objective of this review is to provide an overview of small animal molecular imaging, with a focus on nuclear imaging (single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography). These technologies permit visualization of toxicodynamics as well as toxicity to specific organs by directly monitoring drug accumulation and assessing physiological and/or molecular alterations. Nuclear imaging technology has great potential for improving the efficiency of the drug development process.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.293-295
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• 2007

The thixoforming process become important for forming automobile parts. But, the thixoforming process cannot still prevent to forming defects such as pores and shrinkage which reduce mechanical properties of automobile parts. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the correlation between forming defects and mechanical properties. However, it is difficult to get data about relations between mechanical properties and forming defects in thixoformed aluminum alloy parts. In this study, three parts of aluminum thixoformed knuckle have been analyzed using tensile test and computer tomography(CT scan). Experimental results showed that the elongation properties of thixoformed aluminum parts were significantly dependent on size and number of forming defects.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.593-600
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• 1999

The structure of premixed turbulent flames in constant volume vessel was investigated by using a laser tomography. The flame structure was visualized by passing a laser sheet with 0.2mm thick and 2 cm wide through the turbulent flames to obtain their 2-D images. From the obtained images islands of reactants as well as of products were found at least in the 2-D images when the turbu-lence intensity was above 0.4m/s. Moreover in order to obtain the characteristic flamelet thickness the light intensities of them were digitized and processed into three colors incorporating two appro-priate threshold values in the image analysis. As the result the averaged value of charactertistic flamelet thickness was found to be about two times compared to laminar one.

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2006년도 Extended Abstracts of 2006 POWDER METALLURGY World Congress Part2
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• pp.808-809
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• 2006

The decrease of the distance between particle centers due to the growth of the sinter necks can be explained by the well known two-particle model. Unfortunately this model fails to provide a comprehensive description of the processes for 3D specimens. Furthermore, there is a significant discrepancy between the calculated and the measured shrinkage because particle rearrangements are not considered. Only the recently developed analysis of the particle movements inside of 3D specimens using micro focus computed tomography $({\mu}CT)$, combined with photogrammetric image analysis, can deliver the necessary experimental data to improve existing sintering theories. In this work, ${\mu}CT$ analysis was applied to spherical copper powders. Based on photogrammetric image analysis, it is possible to determine the positions of all particle centers for tracking the particles over the entire sintering process and to follow the formation and breaking of the particle bonds. In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of the obtained data. In the future, high resolution synchrotron radiation tomography will be utilized to obtain in-situ data and images of higher resolution.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 복잡한 지질구조에 대해서도 신속하고 효율적으로 주시를 계산할 수 있는 Straight Ray Technique(SRT)을 이용한 반사주시 토모그래피 역산 알고리듬을 개발하였다. 역산을 위한 초기 속도모델은 지층경계면에 임피던스 변화를 갖는 상속도 모델을 사용하였다. 실제 속도모델의 반사주시와 초기 속도모델의 반사주시 차이를 계산하여 각각의 요소마다 주시의 오차를 줄이는 방법인 가우스-뉴튼 알고리듬을 이용하여 역산온 수행하였다. 자코비안의 요소는 파선이 지나가는 거리함수로 구성되며, 이를 최소자승형태의 근사 헤시안 행렬로 구성하여 역산을 수행하였다. 역산시 해가 수렴할 수 있도록 근사 헤시안 행렬의 대각성분에 일정한 감쇠인자를 더하였다. 역산된 속도모델을 이용하여 Kirchhoff구조보정을 실시한 결과 실제 속도모델구조에 근사한 단면영상을 얹을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.514-522
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• 2022

Non-destructive testing (NDT) technology is a widely used inspection method for agricultural products. Compared with the conventional inspection method, there is no extensive sample preparation for NDT technology, and the sample is not damaged. In particular, NDT technology is used to inspect the internal structure of agricultural products infested by pests. The introduction and spread of pests during the import and export process can cause significant damage to the agricultural environment. Until now, pest detection in agricultural products and quarantine processes have been challenging because they used external inspection methods. However, NDT technology is advantageous in these inspection situations. In this pilot study, we investigated the feasibility of X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify pest infestation in agricultural products. Three kinds of artificially pest-infested fruits (mango, tangerine, and chestnut) were non-destructively inspected using X-ray CT and MRI. X-ray CT was able to identify all pest infestations in fruits, while MRI could not detect the pest-infested chestnut. In addition, X-ray CT was superior to the quarantine process than MRI based on the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), image acquisition time, and cost. Therefore, X-ray CT is more appropriate for the pest quarantine process of fruits than MRI.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2007

이 연구에서는 지하 매질의 속도 이방성을 규명하고 이를 고려하여 지하 단면을 해석하는 탄성파 이방성 토모그래피(seismic anisotropic tomography) 알고리듬을 개발하였다. 이는 지하 매질을 대칭축이 기울어진 횡등방성(Tilted Transversely Isotropic) 매질로 가정하여 지하의 속도 구조와 더불어 이방성 구조를 함께 파악할 수 있도록 고안되었다. 개발된 알고리듬은 이방성 토모그래피에서 흔히 나타날 수 있는 역산의 안정성 문제를 해결하기위해여 역산 매개 변수를 역속도비, 역속도 그리고 이방성 대칭축 방향으로 설정하였고, 의사 베타 변환(pseudo-beta transform)을 통해 이방성 계수의 범위를 제한하였으며, ACB (Active Constraint Balancing) 법을 이용하여 효율적으로 역산 제한조건을 적용하였다. 특히, 기존의 등방성 토모그래피에서 사용하던 프레넬대(Fresnel volume)를 고려한 역산 기법을 이방성 토모그래피로 확장하여 파선 토모그래피에 비해 넓은 범위의 전파각 영역을 확보함으로써 이방성 토모그래피의 안정성을 높일 수 있었다. 개발된 이방성 토모그래피 알고리듬을 복잡한 수치 모델에 적용하여 알고리듬의 타당성을 검증하였으며 현장 자료에 적용하여 시추 결과 및 지질 정보들과 일치하는 향상된 결과를 얻었다. 개발된 이방성 토모그래피 알고리듬을 통해 지하매질의 속도 정보와 이방성 정보를 함께 고려함으로써 보다 정확한 지하 구조의 해석이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.