• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.461-465
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• 2007

Purpose: Nasal bone fracture may be the most common fracture among facial trauma. However, diagnosis and treatment tend to be overlooked while the reduction and maintenance of fragments remain complicated. Thus, the results are plagued with high rate of nasal deformity which leads cosmetic and functional discomfort. We took advantage of the fact that the nasal bone is one of the thinnest facial bone while at the same time being located close to the skin and utilized ultrasound in performing reduction of nasal bone. Methods:This method was performed on 25 patients with nasal bone fracture. The CL 15-7 linear array transducer (10-15MHz) ultrasound which provides a total of 7 views (3 axial views and 4 transverse views) of the elevator under the bony fragments was enough for the surgeon to accurately perform the reduction. Results: In our class, an accurate and precise reduction has been made possible by real time images before, during, and after the procedure with the help of ultrasound while reducing the exposure to radiation. Conclusion: Compared to previous methods, satisfaction of patients has increased in the nasal tip, minimal fracture of the side wall and secondary reduction cases. Therefore, the incorporation of ultrasound in the closed reduction of nasal bone may prove to be a useful method.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2019

고출력의 초음파는 매질을 진행하면 음향 흐름과 음향 방사힘을 만들어낸다. 공기를 매질로 하는 3차원 공간상에 음향 방사힘을 발생시키면 입체적인 촉감을 형성할 수 있으므로 공간적인 정보를 직접 피부에 촉각으로 전달할 수 있다. 본 논문은 40 kHz의 작은 초음파 송신자 154개를 묶어 오목한 형태로 배열시켜서 초음파를 송신하여 집속초점에서 음향 방사힘을 발생시켰다. 초음파 음장의 초점의 근처에서 음향 방사힘에 의한 촉각을 확인하였다. 촉각 감도를 올리기 위하여 송신 초음파를 60 Hz의 구형파로 진폭 변조를 하였다. 초음파 촉각의 응용으로 음향 방사힘이 형성되는 허공에 촉각이 감지되는 영역을 형성시켜서, 손의 위치를 지정하는 지시자로 사용하였다. 촉각이 감지되는 초점위치에 있는 손의 모양을 영상 입력으로 받아서 손가락의 개수를 기계에 피드백하는 시스템을 구현함으로써 초음파를 이용한 촉각의 유용성을 확인하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 1982

The objective of this phantom study is to develop a digital method for improving the lateral resolution of B-scan ultrasonographic images irs medical application of ultrasound. By utilizing a discrete state-space modeling approach and Kalman-Buch method for analysis of the transducer's beam profile and the measurement and sampling noise, a stable recursive restoration of the object image was obtained for improved lateral resolution. The point spread function (PSF) was measured for the reflective signals after scanning the small pins located along the depth of interest. One major advantage of the present recursive scheme over the transform method is in its applicability for the space-variant imaging, such as in the case of the rotational movement of transducer.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.190-197
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• 2006

For enhancement of flaw detactability using array transducers, focusing of ultrasonic waves on a target in an inhomogeneous medium or through a complex geometry is important. But focusing can be strongly degraded by geometrical distortion of field radiated by the array transducers or by sound speed fluctuations in the propagating medium. In recent years, the time reversal technique has been proposed. Thus, in this paper, we describe the basic principal of the time reversal technique for focusing. Then, the implementation results of the time reversal technique for ultrasonic inspections using bulk waves and guided waves generated by array transducers are presented.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.109-117
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• 1997

The temperature gradient in weldment changes the transit time and distorts the direction of the ultrasound beam to the higher temperature regions due to the lower sound speed in the hotter regions of the weldment. This paper describes a ray-tracing method for calculating the effects of temperature gradients on ultrasonic propagation in fillet arc weldig. In the method, weldment is conceptually devided into a number of layers and the refraction and sound speed at each layer is calculated using the temperature which calculated from analytical solution. Calculating the time and location of echoes arrived from various interfaces around a molten weld pool determines the optimum location of ultrasonic transducers and the correct position of flaws.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권6호
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• pp.879-884
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• 2012

Photoacoustic Tomography (PAT) is a promising medical imaging modality by reason of its particularity. It combines optical imaging contrast of optical imaging with the spatial resolution of ultrasound imaging and can demonstrate change of biological feature in an image. For that reason, many studies are in progress to apply this technic for diagnosis. But, real-time PAT system is necessary to confirm a biological reaction induced by external stimulation immediately. Thus, we developed a real-time PAT system using linear array transducer and self-developed Data acquisition board (DAQ) resources, To evaluate the feasibility and performance of our proposed system, two type of phantom test were also performed. As a result of those experiments, the proposed system shows enough performance and confirm its usefulness.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2015

The paper deals with the accuracy comparison between two kinds of ultrasonic paths for flow rate measurement. In the Z-path, two transducers are installed on the opposite sides of each other on a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves generated at one transducer propagate to arrive at the other one only by refraction. In the V-path, two transducers are installed on one side of a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves reflected at the inner wall of the pipe are received. Transit times were confirmed to identify the propagation paths by comparing the theoretically calculated results and measured ones. The flow rate measurements with two kinds of ultrasonic paths appeared very similar. It would be possible to select either of the paths by considering the advantages and disadvantages.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.736-738
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• 2014

The paper deals with the accuracy comparison between two kinds of ultrasonic paths for flow rate measurement. In the Z-path, two transducers are installed on the opposite side of each other on a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves generated of one transducer propagate and arrive at the other one only through refraction. In the V-path, two transducers are installed on one side of a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves reflected at the inner wall of the pipe are received. The backgrounds were established to select one path to fit the usage by considering the advantages and disadvantages.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제28B권10호
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• pp.822-830
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• 1991

In this paper, we propose a new process for ultrasonic B-mode image considering the sound field effects of a concave circuit focused transducer, and aim to remove the speckle pattern which cause the blurring on boundary in ultrasonic B-mode image. We discuss in detail the conception of speckle pattern generation, and the frequency compounding method which is applied to the process for getting a speckle reduced B-mode image. Through the computer simulation, we define the meaning of speckle region, and show the results of reduced speckle pattern. It is discovered in the results that the frequency compounding method is very effective for boundary detection and that the application of the method is limited by various conditions.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.33-40
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• 1984

보통의 초음파 도플러 시스템은 게이트된 연속파(gutted CW)를 사용하기 때문에 초음파 B스캔너와 같이 스캔할 수 있는 초음파 도플러 진단기는 많은 선형 고주파 증폭기를 필요로 한다. 제작이 어려운 고압 고주파 증폭기를 사용하지 않고 초음파 소자를 직접 임펄스로써 구동하는 펄스 도플러 시스템이 이론적으로 해석되었으며, 실험적으로 연구되었다. 설계된 시스템은 8채널 기능을 갖고, 직각 검파(quodrature detection)를 사용하여 목표물의 운동방향을 알 수 있도록 하였으며, 감쇄영향을 보상할 구 있도록 하였다. 연구된 시스템은 주파수 축상에서 실시간으로 혈류진단을 할 수 있는 다중 채널 진단기의 가능성을 보이고 있다.