• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.10 no.8
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• pp.591-596
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to determine the equivalent energy of a 6MV X-ray beam in the experiment. The half-value layer (HVL) of lead for the 6 MV X-ray beam was measured using an ionization chamber. The linear attenuation coefficients were calculated with HVL. And, the mass attenuation coefficient was obtained by dividing the linear attenuation coefficient by the density of lead. The equivalent energy of mass attenuation coefficient was determined using the photon energy versus mass attenuation coefficient data of lead given by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In conclusion, the equivalent energy of the 6 MV X-ray beam was determined to be 1.61 MeV. This equivalent energy was determined to be about 30% lower than reported by Reft. The reason is presumed to be due to the presence of an air cavity between the lead attenuators.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.571-575
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• 2016

Monte Carlo simulations are widely used as the most accurate technique for dose calculation in radiation therapy. In this paper, the GATE6(Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission ver.6) code was employed to calculate the dosimetric performance of the photon beams from a linear accelerator(LINAC). The treatment head of a Varian 21EX Clinac was modeled including the major geometric structures within the beam path such as a target, a primary collimator, a flattening filter, a ion chamber, and jaws. The 6 MV photon spectra were characterized in a standard $10{\times}10cm^2$ field at 100 cm source-to-surface distance(SSD) and subsequent dose estimations were made in a water phantom. The measurements of percentage depth dose and dose profiles were performed with 3D water phantom and the simulated data was compared to measured reference data. The simulated results agreed very well with the measured data. It has been found that the GATE6 code is an effective tool for dose optimization in radiotherapy applications.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.241-245
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• 2007

In this study, a two-dimensional fiber-optic radiation sensor has been developed using water-equivalent organic scintillators for photon beam therapy dosimetry. Two-dimensional photon beam distributions and percent depth doses(PDD) are measured according to the energies and field sizes of the photon beam. This sensor has many advantages such as high resolution, real-time measurement and ease of calibration over conventional radiation measurement devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.156-156
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• 1999

자성박막에 존재하는 자기구역의 형상 및 동력학은, 자성박막의 학문적 연구와 응용기술 개발의 핵심을 제공하는 매우 중요한 분야의 하나로서, 최근 크게 관심이 고조되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 차세대 광자기 재질로 각광받고 있는 Co/Pd 다층박막에서의 자기구역 형상 및 자기구역 동력학을 연구하였다. 전자빔 진공증착 시스템을 사용하여, Co 층의 두께와 Pd층의 두께, 그리고 전체 층수가 변화하는 일련의 Co/Pd 다층박막 시료를 제작하였다. 제작된 모든 시료가 명목두께에 대하여 4%의 정밀도로 제작되었음을 확인하였고, 제작된 시료의 자기 및 광자기 성질은 자기이력곡선 등을 측정하였다. 또한 고성능 광자기 Kerr 현미경 시스템을 이용하여 자성박막에 존재하는 자기구역의 형상 및 자기구역 동력학을 관찰하였다. 이 장비는 1,000배의 배율에서 0.3$\mu\textrm{m}$의 공간분해능을 가지며 실시간 자기구역 영상을 CCD 카메라를 통해 컴퓨터에 저장함으로써, 자지구역 거동현상을 관찰할 수 있다. 자성다층박막에 존재하는 자기구역의 형상을 이론적으로 예측하기 위하여, 다층박막 구조에서의 정자기 에너지를 일반적으로 계산할 수 있는 이론을 유도하였다. 이 이론을 통해 다층박막의 자성층의 두께가 두꺼워짐에 따라, 자기구역의 형상이 단일 자기구역 형상에서 줄무늬 자기구역 형상으로 천이함을 예측할 수 있었고, 이러한 지구구역 천이현상을 Co-Pd 다층박막의 자화역전현상을 연구하였고, 새로운 자구동력학 정량분석기술을 개발하여 Co/Pd 다층박막에 적용함으로써 자화역전의 자구벽 이동속도와 핵형성 확률을 각각 정량적으로 구하였다. 이러한 관찰 및 분석기술을 통하여, Co/Pd 다층박막의 층구조에 따라 대조적인 자화역전현상이 존재함을 관찰하였다. 이러한 대조적인 자화역전현상을 결정짓는 요인을 연구하기 위해서 나노자성학이온을 이용한 자화역전현상을 결정짓는 요인을 연구하기 위해서 나노자성학이온을 이용한 자화역전모델을 개발하였으며, 이를 통하여 자성박막의 거시적 자기성질에 의해 이러한 대조적인 자화역전모델을 개발하였으며, 이를 통하여 자성박막의 거시적 자기성지에 의해 이러한 대조적인 자화역전현상이 결정될 수 있음을 설명하였다. 또한, 미시적 자기이력곡선 측정을 통하여 자성박막구조에 따른 국소적인 구조불균일성을 관찰하였고, 이러한 구조불균일성 또한 대조적인 자화역전현상을 결정하는 큰 요인임을 논의하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.123-129
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• 2000

We set up a loss measurement apparatus using cavity ring-down method to get the losses in mirror having a small absorption and scattering. The measured errors could be explained by the loss inhomogeneity of the position of the mirror included in the cavity, and we knew that the long~period measurement limit of apparatus is three days, the minimum error limit of Lhe term is 4 ppm, which were gotten by measuring the long-period and short-period decay time in both reference and test cavity. Also we determined the losses m various mirrors fabricated at our laboratory using the apparatus and we found that the losses in mirrors are quite different at their spatial positions. tions.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.97-104
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• 2006

In recent years, the MOSFET dosimeter has been widely used in various medical applications such as dose verification in radiation therapeutic and diagnostic applications. The MOSFET dosimeter is, however, mainly made of silicon and shows some energy dependence for low energy Photons. Therefore, the MOSFET dosimeter tends to overestimate the dose for low energy scattered photons in a phantom. This study determines the correction factors to compensate these dependences of the MOSFET dosimeter in ATOM phantom. For this, we first constructed a computational model of the ATOM phantom based on the 3D CT image data of the phantom. The voxel phantom was then implemented in a Monte Carlo simulation code and used to calculate the energy spectrum of the photon field at each of the MOSFET dosimeter locations in the phantom. Finally, the correction factors were calculated based on the energy spectrum of the photon field at the dosimeter locations and the pre-determined energy and directional dependence of the MOSFET dosimeter. Our result for $^{60}Co$ and $^{137}Cs$ photon fields shows that the correction factors are distributed within the range of 0.89 and 0.97 considering all the MOSFET dosimeter locations in the phantom.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.256-260
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• 1999

Purpose : An investigation has been carried out on the factors which affect the response reading of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD-100) loaded with thin material in high energy Photon. The aim of the study was to assess the energy response of TLD-100 to the therapeutic ranges of photon beam. Materials and Methods : In this technique, TLD-100 (abbreviated as TLD) chips and three different thin material (Tin, Gold, and Tissue equivalent plastic plate) which mounted on the TLD chip were used in the clinical photon beam. The thickness of each metal plates was 0.1 mm and TE plastic plate was 1 mm thick. These compared with the photon energy dependence of the sensitivities of TLD (normal chip), TLD loaded with Tin or Gold plate, for the photon energy range 6 MV to 15 MV, which was of interest in radiotherapy. Results : The enhancement of surface dose in the TLD with metal plate was clearly detected. The TLD chips with a Gold plate was found to larger response by a factor of 1.83 in 10 MV photon beam with respect to normal chip. The sensitivity of TLD loaded with Tin was less than that for normal TLD and TLD loaded with Gold. The relative sensitivity of TLD loaded with metal has little energy dependence. Conclusion : The good stability and linearity with respect to monitor units of TLD loaded with metal were demonstrated by relative measurements in high energy Photon ($6\~15$ MV) beams. The TLD laminated with metals embedded system in solid water phantom is a suitable detector for relative dose measurements in a small beam size and surface dose.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.627-632
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• 2017

In order to design a dual-head gantry radiotherapy system, the single head of LINAC was modeled using GATE as a preliminary study. The LINAC head was designed with VARIAN manufacturer's information. 6 MV photons were generated from the head and the photons w irradiated to a water phantom for beam evaluation. GATE simulation was segmented by two stages, the one was to generate X-ray spectrum and the other one was for irradiation X-ray to the water phantom. The quantitative results were described in Percentage depth dose and beam profile. Two field size conditions were employed as $5{\times}5$ and $10{\times}10cm^2$. After beam quality was verified, dual heads gantry radiotherapy system were simulated and they was compared to the single head of LINAC system in terms of dose deposition with in the phantom. The simulated LINAC head showed acceptable beam quality result for radiotherapy. The efficiency was calculated that deposited dose from dual heads was divided by the dose from single head. At all conditions, dual heads showed higher treatment efficiency. Efficiency was increased about 40 to 60%. Form the result, The dual head gantry system of new LINAC system will contribute to the practical radiotherapy of tumor and to reduce treatment time.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.175-182
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• 2005

A laser beam expanding technique is employed to fabricate precise nano-patterns in a nano-replication printing (nRP) process. In the nRP process, some patterns can be fabricated in the range of several microns inside on a polymerizable resin by using a volume-pixel (voxel) matrix that is transformed from a two-tone bitmap figure file. The liquid monomers are polymerized by means of a two-photon-absorption (TPA) phenomenon that is induced by a femtosecond (fs)-pulse laser. The yokels are generated consecutively to merge into adjoining yokels in the process of fabricating a pattern. The resolution of a fabricated pattern can be obtained under the diffraction limit of a laser beam by the two-photon absorbed polymerization (TPP). In this work, a beam-expanding technique has been applied to enlarge a working area and to fabricate precise patterns. Through this work, a working area is expanded by the technique as much as 2.5 times compared with a case of without a beam expanding technique, and precision of outside patterns is improved.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.158-164
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• 2008

This project investigates an optimum phase design implementing a 256 phase Opto-ULSI processor for multi-function capable optical networks. The design of an 8 phase processor is already in construction and will provide the initial base for experimentation and characterization. The challenge is to be able to compensate for the non-linearity of the liquid crystal, find an optimum phase, and implement a larger scale Opto-ULSI processor. This research is oriented around the initial development of an 8 phase Opto-ULSI processor that implements a Beam Steering(BS) Opto-ULSI processor(OUP) for integrated intelligent photonic system(IIPS), while investigating the optimal phase characteristics and developing compensation for the non-linearity of liquid crystal.