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Tumor-Like Presentation of Organized Chronic Subdural Hematoma

  • Youn, Do-Kwon;Sohn, Yoon-Kyung;Park, Jae-Chan
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.199-201
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    • 2006
  • An organizing hematoma with tumor-like presentation in association with a chronic subdural hematoma[CSDH] has not been reported. Most reported cases of an intracranial mass in association with a CSDH have been associated with primary or metastatic neoplasm. A 72-year-old man presenting with an intracranial contrast-enhancing mass in association with a CSDH in magnetic resonance images is reported. Operative exploration revealed the mass to be an organized hematoma adjoining cortical draining veins between the outer and inner membranes of a chronic subdural hematoma. This report adds another important differential diagnosis to various primary and metastatic neoplasms that have been reported in the literature when encountering an intracranial mass in association with a CSDH. Neurosurgeons should be aware of the possibility and, It necessary, should apply more diagnostic modalities than magnetic resonance images before deciding management plans.

Electrical Impedance Tomography and Biomedical Applications

  • Woo, Eung-Je
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • Two impedance imaging systems of multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) and magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) are described. MFEIT utilizes boundary measurements of current-voltage data at multiple frequencies to reconstruct cross-sectional images of a complex conductivity distribution (${\sigma}+i{\omega}{\varepsilon}$) inside the human body. The inverse problem in MFEIT is ill-posed due to the nonlinearity and low sensitivity between the boundary measurement and the complex conductivity. In MFEIT, we therefore focus on time- and frequency-difference imaging with a low spatial resolution and high temporal resolution. Multi-frequency time- and frequency-difference images in the frequency range of 10 Hz to 500 kHz are presented. In MREIT, we use an MRI scanner to measure an internal distribution of induced magnetic flux density subject to an injection current. This internal information enables us to reconstruct cross-sectional images of an internal conductivity distribution with a high spatial resolution. Conductivity image of a postmortem canine brain is presented and it shows a clear contrast between gray and white matters. Clinical applications for imaging the brain, breast, thorax, abdomen, and others are briefly discussed.

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Fundamental study on sustainable treatment system of mine water using magnetized solid catalyst

  • Mukuta, Chisato;Akiyama, Yoko
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2019
  • In the mine exploration sites, sustainable treatment system of mine water with energy saving and minimized chemical additives is required. Since most of the mine water contains highly-concentrated ferrous ion, it is necessary to study on the removal method of iron ions. We propose the system consisting of two processes; precipitation process by air oxidation using solid catalyst-modified magnetite and separation process combining gravitational sedimentation and magnetic separation using a permanent magnet. Firstly, in the precipitation process (a former process of the system), we succeeded to prepare solid catalyst-modified magnetite. Air oxidation using solid catalyst-modified magnetite using $Fe_2(SO_4)_3$ as a starting material showed high iron removal capability. Secondly, in the separation process (latter process of the system), solid catalyst-modified magnetite using $Fe_2(SO_4)_3$ as a starting material can be separated by a superconducting bulk magnet and a permanent magnet.

Magnetic Field Inversion and Intra-Inversion Filtering using Edge-Adaptive, Gapped Gradient-Nulling Filters: Applications to Surveys for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)

  • Rene, R.M.;Kim, K.Y.;Park, C.H.
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2006
  • Estimations of depth, magnetic orientation, and strength of dipole moments aid discrimination between unexploded ordnance (UXO) and non-UXO using magnetic surveys. Such estimations may be hindered by geologic noise, magnetic clutter, and overlapping tails of nearby dipole fields. An improved method of inversion for anomalies of single or multiple dipoles with arbitrary polarization was developed to include intra-inversion filtering and estimation of background field gradients. Data interpolated to grids are flagged so that only nodes nearest to measurement stations are used. To apply intra-inversion filtering to such data requires a gapped filter. Moreover, for data with significant gaps in coverage, or along the edges or corners of survey areas, intra-inversion filters must be appropriately modified. To that end, edge-adaptive and gapped gradient-nulling filters have been designed and tested. Applications are shown for magnetic field data from Chongcho Lake, Sokcho, Korea and the U. S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

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A Comparative Analysis of Edge Detection Methods in Magnetic Data

  • Jeon, Taehwan;Rim, Hyoungrea;Park, Yeong-Sue
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.437-446
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    • 2015
  • Many edge detection methods, based on horizontal and vertical derivatives, have been introduced to provide us with intuitive information about the horizontal distribution of a subsurface anomalous body. Understanding the characteristics of each edge detection method is important for selecting an optimized method. In order to compare the characteristics of the individual methods, this study applied each method to synthetic magnetic data created using homogeneous prisms with different sizes, the numbers of bodies, and spacings between them. Seven edge detection methods were comprehensively and quantitatively analyzed: the total horizontal derivative (HD), the vertical derivative (VD), the 3D analytic signal (AS), the title derivative (TD), the theta map (TM), the horizontal derivative of tilt angle (HTD), and the normalized total horizontal derivative (NHD). HD and VD showed average good performance for a single-body model, but failed to detect multiple bodies. AS traced the edge for a single-body model comparatively well, but it was unable to detect an angulated corner and multiple bodies at the same time. TD and TM performed well in delineating the edges of shallower and larger bodies, but they showed relatively poor performance for deeper and smaller bodies. In contrast, they had a significant advantage in detecting the edges of multiple bodies. HTD showed poor performance in tracing close bodies since it was sensitive to an interference effect. NHD showed great performance under an appropriate window.

Effect of Cooling-rate Dependence on the Magnitude of Thermoremanent Magnetization (냉각률이 자화에 미치는 영향)

  • Yu, Yong-Jae
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.43-45
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    • 2010
  • Acquisition of thermoremanent magnetization follows a Boltzman statistics, as such long reaction time in a slowly cooled environment allows more chance to align individual magnetic particles parallel to the external magnetic field. Hence it has been proposed that the slowly cooled rocks often acquire stronger magnetization than the rapidly cooled ones. Such a proposition has been experimentally validated to be true for the fine-grained magnetite- or titanomagnetite bearing basaltic rocks collected from the mid-ocean ridges. However, the effect of cooling-rate on the remanence intensity appears to be insignificant for nominal grain ranges.

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Analysis of a CubeSat Magnetic Cleanliness for the Space Science Mission (우주과학임무를 위한 큐브위성 자기장 청결도 분석)

  • Jo, Hye Jeong;Jin, Ho;Park, Hyeonhu;Kim, Khan-Hyuk;Jang, Yunho;Jo, Woohyun
    • Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 2022
  • CubeSat is a satellite platform that is widely used not only for earth observation but also for space exploration. CubeSat is also used in magnetic field investigation missions to observe space physics phenomena with various shape configurations of magnetometer instrument unit. In case of magnetic field measurement, the magnetometer instrument should be far away from the satellite body to minimize the magnetic disturbances from satellites. But the accommodation setting of the magnetometer instrument is limited due to the volume constraint of small satellites like a CubeSat. In this paper, we investigated that the magnetic field interference generated by the cube satellite was analyzed how much it can affect the reliability of magnetic field measurement. For this analysis, we used a reaction wheel and Torque rods which have relatively high-power consumption as major noise sources. The magnetic dipole moment of these parts was derived by the data sheet of the manufacturer. We have been confirmed that the effect of the residual moment of the magnetic torque located in the middle of the 3U cube satellite can reach 36,000 nT from the outermost end of the body of the CubeSat in a space without an external magnetic field. In the case of accurate magnetic field measurements of less than 1 nT, we found that the magnetometer should be at least 0.6 m away from the CubeSat body. We expect that this analysis method will be an important role of a magnetic cleanliness analysis when designing a CubeSat to carry out a magnetic field measurement.

Prediction of Electromagnetic Noise using Spatial Modelling in Magnetotellurics (공간 모델링을 이용한 자기지전류 탐사의 전자기 잡음 예측)

  • Lee, Choon-Ki;Lee, Heui-Soon;Kwon, Byung-Doo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.251-261
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    • 2005
  • The quality of MT (magnetotellurics) data highly depends on the level of artificial noise form industrial sources. We have conducted the feasibility study of MT noise modelling using digital spatial data and spatial modelling through the comparison between the predicted and the measured MT noises. A simple noise model predicting the intensity of electromagnetic field radiated from the latent noise sources, that is, the electric facilities in the building, road and high-voltage powerline, is developed in consideration of the propagation property of electromagnetic waves. From the analysis of correlation between the predicted and the measured noise power, the correlation coefficients of electric field are higher than those of magnetic field in whole frequency band. The magnetic field component has the high correlation in the narrow band near 60 Hz only. The spatial noise modelling proposed in this study would provide some useful informations for the MT surveys in the noisy environment like urban area.

Frture mapping and deep-seated ground water exploration in the crystalline rocks by integrated geophysical techniques (종합적 물리탐사에 의한 파쇄대 및 심부 지하수 탐사)

  • 정승환;김정호;조인기;전정수
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.113-130
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    • 1992
  • Groundwater in crystalline basement is controlled primarily by tectonic fractures. It is evident that the delineation of the heavily faulted area and/or fractures deeply developped should be considerable value in deep-seated low enthalphy geothermal water. Electrical and electromagnetic methods have effectively been employed to map hydraulic faults and shear zones for groundwater exploration. In this study VLi; dipoledipole resistivity, controlled source audio~frequency magneto-telluric(CSAMT) and magnetic methods were applied in the Bomun resort area, adjacent to Kyongju city, southeastern part of Korea. The integrated geophysical tools employed in this experiment can be manifested themselves as: 1. Magnetic high for granite intrusions which is more favorable for geothermal gradient increase in depth. 2. VLF cross-over trends for mapping linear shallow conductive fractures and shear zones. 3. Dipole-dipole resistivity distributions for the deep-seated(less than 500m in depth) fractures and shear zones. The dipole-dipole resistivity field data were inverted to the true resistivity distribution with two-dimensional automatic inversion program based on the finite-difference method. 4. CSAMT provides an efficient way of delineating fractures and fault zones if the depth is greater than about 500m.

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Review on Research Result for Bophi Vum Chrome Mineralized Zone in Northwestern Myanmar (미얀마 북서부 보피붐 크롬광화대 연구결과 리뷰)

  • Heo, Chul-Ho;Ryoo, Chung-Ryul;Park, Gyesoon
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.499-508
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    • 2019
  • Based on the preliminary surveys for the occurrences of the Muwellut chrome-nickel mineralized zone ($800km^2$) in northwestern Myanmar, Bophivum area was selected as the detailed exploration area after considering data source, geological potential, metallogenic province, necessity of resource development on target mineral, exploration activity, grade, ore deposit type, nearby operating mine, infrastructure and exploration prediction effect. From 2013 to 2016, KIGAM and DGSE carried out geological and geochemical survey with 1:1,000 scale, magnetic survey(areal extent, $1.672km^2$), trench survey(19 trench, total length 392 m), pitting survey(18 pit, total depth 42.6m), exploration drilling(6holes 600m, 2015; 13holes 617.4m). We analyzed Cr and Ni contents of 77 drill cores with specific gravity in Yangon DGSE analytical center. Considering surface geological survey, geochemical exploration, magnetic survey, trench survey and drilling data, we divided Bophivum area into 8 blocks. Resource estimation are divided into measured and indicated resources. Measured resource is about 9,790t and indicated resource is about 12,080t with the average grade of Cr 11.8% and Ni 0.34%. In case of Bophivum area, if we develop by tying up Webula chrome mineralized zone in the south, it will be possible to upgrade the medium-scale mine. Geologically, the ophiolite belt are distributed in the western and eastern part in Myanmar. So, the exploration technology obtained from exploation in Bophivum area will be helpful to discover the hidden chromitite ore body in Myanmar ophiolite belt in the future.