• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.237-258
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• 2022

This paper studies detecting and locating loose bolts using nonlinear guided waves. The 3D Finite Element (FE) simulation is used for the prediction of guided waves' interactions with loose bolted joints. The numerical results are verified by experimentally obtained data. The study considers bolted joints consisting of two bolts. It is shown that the guided waves' interaction with surfaces of a loose bolted joint generates Contact Acoustic Nonlinearity (CAN). The study uses CAN for detecting and locating loose bolts. The processed experimentally obtained data show that the CAN is able to successfully detect and locate loose bolted joints. A 3D FE simulation scheme is developed and validated by experimentally obtained data. It is shown that FE can predict the propagation of guided waves in loose bolts and is also able to detect and locate them. Several numerical case studies with various bolt sizes are created and studied using the validated 3D FE simulation approach. It is shown that the FE simulation modeling approach and the signal processing scheme used in the current study are able to detect and locate the loose bolts in imperfect bolted joints. The outcomes of this research can provide better insights into understanding the interaction of guided waves with loose bolts. The results can also enhance the maintenance and repair of imperfect joints using the nonlinear guided waves technique.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2010

At present, advanced countries are focusing on the study of Demilitarization Method of Conventional Ammunitions. In this paper, we will report the current trends of Demilitarization of Conventional and Guided Missile ammunitions, and present the efficient Demilitarization Methods of new development of Guided Missile ammunitions in Korea.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.114-121
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• 2009

유도초음파는 현재 산업설비의 배관 등 장거리 탐상에 널리 사용되고 있으며, 특히, 길이가 수백 미터에서 수 km에 달하는 가스 배관의 검사를 위하여 다수의 탐촉자를 이용한 배열 유도초음파 기술의 개발 및 적용이 확대되고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는, 배관의 원거리 검사능 및 정밀도 향상을 위하여 배열 유도초음파의 집속 알고리즘을 개발하였으며, 개발 알고리즘의 성능을 개발 배열 초음파 시스템을 이용한 실험을 통하여 검증하였다. 그 결과 집속 알고리즘을 적용한 배열 유도초음파의 신호대 잡음비(SNR : signal to noise ratio)가 집속 알고리즘을 적용하지 않은 경우에 비해 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.117-121
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• 2013

For underpasses in Yeongjong Sky City business district, the guided drainage system, as a buoyancy prevention system has been designed, and is under construction. This paper investigates the safety of the guided drainage system for underpass structures being constructed in Yeongjong Sky City business district. This paper also calculates the amount of outflowing groundwater generated by the guided drainage system, and proposes alternative usages of the water. In order to investigate safety and field applicability of the guided drainage system for underpasses, characteristics of the surface flow for the area of interest have been analyzed, and the flow change of groundwater following the underpass structure construction has been evaluated using the 3-dimensional groundwater program MODFLOW. The influence of ground water on safety of the underpass structures has been calculated by FLAC2D analysis. For alternative usages for the outflowing groundwater generated by the guided drainage system, utilization methods of the outflowing groundwater in national and international resources have been researched. The amount of an outflowing groundwater to be generated in the area of interest has been analyzed, and efficient potential usages of this groundwater have been researched. When guided drainage technique is applied, the change in flow of groundwater must be evaluated and considered as safety factor relating to the buoyancy of the structure. As a result, safety factor demonstrated more than 1.2, meaning that the underpass structure is safe. The amount of subsoil drain generated by the guided drainage system was also analyzed. The quality and amount of water satisfied the standards and volume requirements, so as to make it applicable for a number of uses, such as X, Y, and Z, and should prove to be a valuable resource as the circumstances of the neighboring area change over time. These resources can be used as basic data for future urban water circulation studies, as well as generating research of alternative water usages.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.718-727
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 고정된 카메라에서 초기 프레임을 참조하여 현재 프레임에 새롭게 유입된 물체의 실시간 분류 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘의 실시간 분류 처리를 위하여 복잡도를 최소화 하였다. 먼저 전경과 배경을 구분하는 이진 분류 영상을 추출하기 위하여 DCT(Discrete Cosine Transform) 기법을 사용한다. DCT는 기존 공간영역에서 Texture를 분석하는 방식보다 더욱 정확하게 Texture를 분석할 수 있다. 이는 주파수 영역에서 Texture 특징 분석이 더욱 용이하고 각 요소 안에 intensity와 texture 정보를 종합적으로 고려할 수 있기 때문이다. 또한 DCT 계산 복잡도를 최소화하기 위하여 DCT 수행 전에 색 정보를 이용하여 미리 분류 영역을 분석함으로써 처리 효율을 극대화 하였다. 마지막으로 생성된 이진 분류 영상을 자연스럽게 matting하기 위하여 Guided 필터 사용을 제안한다. Guided 필터는 guidance 정보를 통해 입력 영상을 전반적으로 개선할 수 있지만 intensity가 평탄한 영역 등에서 그 한계를 보여주므로 본 논문에서는 Guided 필터의 단점을 개선하는 방법을 추가적으로 제안한다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.189-193
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• 1999

Objectives: Fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) is a well established preoperative diagnostic procedure in the thyroid nodules. However, diagnostic accuracy of FNAC varies according to the size and the structural characteristics of thyroid nodule. We performed the ultrasound guided FNAC(US-guided FNAC) for impalpable thyroid nodule, and estimated the sampling accuracy rate through a comparison study between the cytologic diagnosis and the final histologic diagnosis of the postoperative specimens in order to determine clinical efficacy of the US-guided FNAC. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 117 patients underwent US-guided FNAC from January 1997 to December 1998. These patients had 129 thyroid nodules to need cytologic examination. Whereas the nodules were so no graphically classified into cystic, solid, and mixed type according to echo pattern, the aspirated thyroid specimens were classified into benign, malignant, suspicious, and insufficient. Results: Positive sampling for diagnositc examination was achieved in 75 nodules(58.1%), and US-guided FNAC in our study showed the accuracy rate of 95.2%, false positivity rate of 0%, and false negativity rate of 5.5%. Conclusions: US-guided FNAC is a powerful techniques for evaluating cytologic characterics and allowing a reliable diagnositc result in the impalpable thyroid nodule. However, the experienced technique is recommanded in order to obtain the sufficient samples for reliable results.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2004

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Guided Imagery on the stress and anxiety of nursing students in clinical practice. Method: The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The data were collected from the 20th of June to the 11th of July 2003. The objects of this study were 32 nursing students of college(16 for the experimental group, 16 for the control group). The instruments used in this study were State Trait Anxiety Inventory, the stress scale developed by Choi(1991). The guided imagery was provided through audiotapes to the subjects for 8 minutes, a time for 5 days. The pretest was given before the therapy to measure variables for both groups and the posttest was performed after intervention. The data were analyzed by the SAS program using t-test. Result: The results of this study are as follows. The stress scores of students were decreased in the experimental group, but were not significantly different between the experimental group and the control group after the guided imagery. The anxiety scores of students were significantly different between the experimental group and the control group after the guided imagery. Conclusion: The guided imagery can be suggested as an effective nursing intervention to reduce the anxiety. Further studies to identify the effects of stress reduction according to the frequency of the guided imagery can be needed.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2003

자기공명영상은 뛰어난 해상도의 해부학적 구조 정보를 제공하여 임상적인 외과수술에 매우 유용하게 적용되고 있다. 영상처리 기법과 MRI 영상유도기법을 이용한 뇌수술은 외과 전문의에게 많은 도움을 줄 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 스테레오 매칭 기법을 이용하여 중재적 시술이 가능한 유도영상시술 시스템의 개발에 관하여 소개하였다. 생검을 수행하기 위하여, MRI 마커, 카메라 마커, 탐침 프로브 마커를 정밀하게 제작하였고 시스템의 정확성을 입증하기 위하여 팬텀을 제작하였다. 제작된 마커와 팬텀을 이용하여 1.5 Tesla MRI 시스템으로 실험을 수행하였다. 구현된 시스템의 오차범위는 팬텀 실험에서 약 1.5%였고, 동물실험에서는 오차가 3mm 이내로 임상적용이 가능한 수준임을 착인하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 스테레오 매칭기법을 이용한 유도영상시술 시스템은 기존의 방법보다 우수한 성능을 보여주었다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.293-298
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• 2021

일반적으로 유도무기의 탐색기와 유도조종장치는 유도탄의 상태를 나타내기 위해 표적, 탐색, 인지, 포착정보를 처리하여 유도무기의 운용 및 제어를 담당하는 역할을 한다. 유도에 필요한 신호는 시선 변화율 신호, 시각 신호, 종말 단계 동체 지향 신호이며, 발사 통제에 필요한 신호는 표적, 감지 신호가 필요하다. 최근 유도탄의 복잡하고 처리하기 어려운 유도탄 신호를 실시간으로 처리하기 위해 유도탄의 데이터 처리 속도를 높여야 한다. 본 연구는 PLINQ(Parallel Language-Integrated Query)의 병렬 알고리즘 방법 중 스톱앤고와 역 열거형 알고리즘을 적용한 후 유도탄 점검 프로그램을 이용하여 실시간으로 유도탄 필요 신호 데이터 처리속도를 비교 후 처리결과를 나타내었다. 도출된 데이터 처리결과 기준으로 다중코어 처리방식과 단독코어 처리방식 CPU(Central Processing Unit) 처리속도 비교, CPU 코어 이용률을 비교하고 병렬처리 알고리즘 적용 시 유도탄 데이터 처리에 효과적 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.442-451
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• 2022

Background: This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effect of fractional flow reserve (FFR) on clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: Five online databases were searched for studies that (1) enrolled patients who underwent isolated CABG or CABG with aortic valve replacement and (2) demonstrated the effect of an FFR-guided strategy on major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after surgery based on a randomized controlled trial or adjusted analysis. MACE included cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and repeated revascularization. The primary outcomes were all MACE outcomes and a composite of all-cause death and MI, and the secondary outcomes were the individual MACE outcomes. Publication bias was assessed using a funnel plot and the Egger test. Results: Six articles (3 randomized and 3 non-randomized studies: n=1,027) were selected. MACE data were extracted from 4 studies. The pooled analyses showed that the risk of MACE was not significantly different between patients who underwent FFR-guided CABG and those who underwent angiography-guided CABG (hazard ratio [HR], 0.80; 95% CI, 0.57-1.12). However, the risk of the composite of death or MI was significantly lower in patients undergoing FFR-guided CABG (HR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.41-0.94). The individual MACE outcomes were not significantly different between FFR-guided and angiography-guided CABG. Conclusion: FFR-guided CABG might be beneficial in terms of the composite outcome of death or MI compared with angiography-guided CABG although data are limited.