• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2005

Breast cancer detection using electrical impedance techniques is based on numerous experimental findings that cancerous tissues have higher electrical conductivity values than normal tissues. Lately, by taking advantage of the structure of current flows underneath a planar probe of array electrodes, a mathematical formula to find lesions from a measured trans­admittance map has been derived. In order to experimentally validate its mathematical analysis and the suggested lesion estimation algorithm, we developed a 256-channel trans-admittance scanner (TAS) for probing anomalies underneath a planar array of electrodes. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the TAS. Its performance together with the lesion estimation algorithm was evaluated using saline phantoms. Further studies are proposed to validate the system on human subjects.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2012

We have developed a highly sensitive inspection technique based on an electron beam inspection for detecting the contact failure of a poly-Si plugged layer. It was difficult to distinguish the contact failure from normal landing plugs with high impedance. Normally, the thermal annealing method has been used to decrease the impedance of poly-Si plugs and this method increases the difference of charged characteristics and voltage contrast. However, the additional process made the loss of time and broke down the device characteristics. Here, the interval scanning method without thermal annealing was effectively applied to enhance the difference of surface voltage between well-contacted poly-Si plugs and incomplete contact plugs. It is extremely useful to detect the contact failures of non-annealed plug contacts with high impedance.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.309-316
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• 1989

In this paper, the patient monitor consisting of amplifier, scan converter, A/D converter, CRT amplifier, and micro-controller part was developed. This patient monitor measures the patient's 4 states in the hospital such as electro-cardiography, respiration, blood pressure, and temperature. The control and processing methods based on micro-processor employ the flexibility, extensibility and economy over other conventional system. The followings are incorporated in this system. First, record the heart rate trends for 1 and 4 hours respectively. Second, measures the respiration by impedance pneumography. Third, measures the blood pressure with auto-zero balance. Fourth, linesrize the temperatures by bridge method.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.401-409
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• 2012

초음파 시험은 접착계면에서 발생하는 미접착 결함을 검출할 수 있는 다른 비파괴 시험보다 미접착 검출 능력이 월등히 뛰어나다. 하지만, 스틸 연소관, 내열 고무, 라이너 및 추진제로 구성된 고체 추진기관은 각 재질의 음향 임피던스의 큰 차이와 반사파의 중첩 때문에 초음파 신호를 분석하기에는 많은 어려움 있다. 그러므로 고체 추진기관의 미접착 결함을 검출하기 위한 초음파 시험은 자동화된 C-Scan 시스템을 이용하여 스틸 연소관과 내열 고무 계면의 극히 제한된 영역에서 적용되어 왔다. 기존의 초음파 시험은 대부분의 초음파가 음향 임피던스가 낮은 고무 재질에서 흡수되므로 고체 추진기관의 라이너와 추진제 사이의 미접착 결함을 검출할 수 없었고, 이런 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 초음파 공진법을 사용하여 주파수 스펙트럼으로부터 공진 주파수를 분석하였다. 본 논문은 초음파 공진 특성을 이용하여 라이너와 추진제 사이의 미접착 결함을 검출할 수 있는 기법에 대해 자세히 기술하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 탐색기용 AESA 레이더에 적용할 수 있는 배열소자 설계에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. AESA 레이더에 적용하기 위한 안테나는 전자 빔조향 특성을 확보하기 위해 배열 안테나에 적용할 최적의 복사소자를 선정하고, 설계 시 빔조향 특성을 고려하여야 한다. 특히 광각 빔조향 특성을 충족하기 위해 광각 임피던스 매칭(WAIM:Wide Angle Impedance Matching) 기법을 활용하여 광각 조향 시 발생할 수 있는 음영 지역(Scan Blindness region)을 최소화하여야 한다. 이처럼 시스템 운용의 안정성 확보가 AESA 레이더의 중요한 설계 고려 사항이 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 AESA 레이더 안테나 장치에 적용되는 복사소자 특성을 개선하기 위해 복사소자 끝단에 WAIM을 적용하고, 시스템의 안정적 운용 척도인 능동 반사 계수 성능 변화를 검토하였다. 최종 성능 결과는 시뮬레이션 데이터를 수학적으로 합성하여 제시한 방안의 유효성을 검증하였다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.244-260
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• 2018

Issues in the electrical characterization of semiconducting photoanodes in a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell, such as the cell geometry dependence, scan rate dependence in DC measurements, and the frequency dependence in AC measurements, are addressed, using the example of a $TiO_2$ photoanode. Contrary to conventional constant phase element (CPE) modeling, the capacitive behavior associated with Mott-Schottky (MS) response was successfully modeled by a Havriliak-Negami (HN) capacitance function-which allowed the determination of frequency-independent Schottky capacitance parameters to be explained by a trapping mechanism. Additional polarization can be successfully described by the parallel connection of a Bisquert transmission line (TL) model for the diffusion-recombination process in the nanostructured $TiO_2$ electrode. Instead of shunt CPEs generally employed for the non-ideal TL feature, TL models with ideal shunt capacitors can describe the experimental data in the presence of an infinite-length Warburg element as internal interfacial impedance - a characteristic suggested to be a generic feature of many electrochemical cells. Fully parametrized impedance spectra finally allow in-depth physicochemical interpretations.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.274-281
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• 2017

This paper describes the simple fabrication of an electrode modified with electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) for the simultaneous electrocatalytic detection of dopamine (DA), ascorbic acid (AA), and uric acid (UA). ERGO was formed on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode by the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) using linear sweep voltammetry. The ERGO/GC electrode was formed by subjecting a GO solution ($1mg\;mL^{-1}$ in 0.25 M NaCl) to a linear scan from 0 V to -1.4 V at a scan rate of $20mVs^{-1}$. The ERGO/GC electrode was characterized by Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. The electrochemical performance of the ERGO/GC electrode with respect to the detection of DA, AA, and UA in 0.1 M PBS (pH 7.4) was investigated by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and amperometry. The ERGO/GC electrode exhibited three well-separated voltammetric peaks and increased oxidation currents during the DPV measurements, thus allowing for the simultaneous and individual detection of DA, AA, and UA. The detection limits for DA, AA, and UA were found to be 0.46, 77, and $0.31{\mu}M$ respectively, using the amperometric i-t curve technique, with the S/N ratio being 3.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.464-471
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• 2010

Compressed sensing can be used to reduce scan time or to enhance spatial resolution in MRI. It is now recognized that compressed sensing works well in reconstructing magnitude images if the sampling mask and the sparsifying transform are well chosen. Phase images also play important roles in MRI particularly in chemical shift imaging and magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT). We reconstruct MRI phase images using the compressed sensing technique. Through computer simulation and real MRI experiments, we reconstructed phase images using the compressed sensing technique and we compared them with the ones reconstructed by conventional Fourier reconstruction technique. As compared to conventional Fourier reconstruction with the same number of phase encoding steps, compressed sensing shows better performance in terms of mean squared phase error and edge preservation. We expect compressed sensing can be used to reduce the scan time or to enhance spatial resolution of MREIT.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2005

표면 거칠기가 다른 유리시편에 대해 후방 복사된 초음파 세기의 입사각 의존성(프로파일)이 측정되었다. 후방복사 세기와 레일리(Rayleigh) 표면파 속도는 표면 거칠기에 비례하였고 이 경향은 각기 초음파의 산란규칙과 경화현상으로 설명되었다. 후방복사 프로파일의 면적 역시 표면 거칠기에 민감함을 보여 표면상태에 대한 새로운 비파괴적 평가 변수의 가능성을 보였다. 레일리 각 C-스캔 기법은 화상 명도의 반전과 높은 신호대 잡음비(S/N)를 보여주었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2015

Here I report an electrochemical simulation work that compares voltammetric current and resistance of a complex electrochemical reaction over a potential scan. For this work, the finite element method is employed which are frequently used for voltammetry but rarely for impedance spectroscopy. Specifically, this method is used for simulation of a complex reaction where a heterogeneous faradaic reaction is followed by a homogeneous chemical reaction. By tracing the current and its polarization resistance, I learn that their relationship can be explained in terms of rate constants of charge transfer and chemical change. An unexpected observation is that even though the resistance is increased by the rate of the following chemical reaction, the current can be increased due to the potential shift of the resistance made by the proceeding faradaic reaction. This report envisions a possibility of the FEM-based resistance simulation to be applied to understand a complex electrochemical reaction. Until now, resistance simulations are mostly based on equivalent circuits or complete mathematical equations and have limitations to find proper models. However, this method is based on the first-principles, and is expected to be complementary to the other simulation methods.