• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.733-740
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• 2020

As the use of radiation for medical purposes increases, the exposure dose of medical workers is also increasing. To reduce this dose, various studies on changing the shielding material have been conducted. Recently, a new method to reduce the dose at the entrance of the radiation treatment room was proposed by using the photoelectric effect that occurs when the radiation is scattered. Because this method is particularly effective for low-energy photons, in this study, a slit-type structure was proposed as a excellent shielding structure against scattered x-ray in a general photography room, and was evaluated the shielding effect by Monte Carlo simulation. As a result of the calculation, this study found that in the case of a structure in which steel plates with a thickness of 2 mm and a width of 5 cm are stacked at 2 mm intervals, a shielding effect was approximately 99.9% or more, excluding the heights of the floor and the patient where scattering occurs directly.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.249-252
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• 2002

최근 수년동안 의료 X-선 장비의 고전압 발생용 전원장치는 고주파 인버터 형태로의 개발이 가속화되어 단시간 촬영의 고성능화와 장치의 소형화 그리고 고전압 리플의 저감에 따른 피폭량 감소가 실현되고 있다. 본 논문은 이에 따른 의료 진단용 X-선 발생 시스템에서 40kW(125kV, 800mA)급 고주파 전원 발생장치 개발에 관한 것으로 고주파 고전압 인버터, 고주파 고전압 변압기를 포함한 고전압 발생 회로, X-선 관전압, 관전류 제어부, 시스템 구동부의 설계 개발에 대하여 기술하였고, 전체 구성된 시스템의 실험 파형에 따른 동작 특성을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07c
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• pp.1562-1565
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• 2002

속중성자 피폭 시 실리콘 다이오드 내부에서 발생되는 변위 손상을 이용한 속중성자 탐지용 PIN 다이오드를 개발하고 중성자장에서 특성변화 및 감도 실험을 통하여 성능을 검증하였다. 시뮬레이션과 다양한 구조로 제작된 소자에 대한 방사선 실험을 거쳐 집합체 형태와 개별 PIN 다이오드를 제작한 다음 중성자 반응 특성과 감도 분석을 위한 중성자 방사선 실험을 수행하였다. 여러 개의 PIN 다이오드 샘플에 대한 중성자 특성변화를 실시간으로 측정하기 위해 디지털 정전류 구동 방식의 온라인 전자적 선량계 모듈을 제작하여 사용한 실험의 결과. 본 연구에서 개발한 PIN 다이오드 소자는 중성자 방사선에 대하여 우수한 감도 특성을 갖는다는 것과 입사 중성자에 대한 방향 의존성이 거의 없다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 이어 수행된 300여 시간의 열화실험을 통하여 본 연구에서 제작된 PIN 다이오드 소자는 중성자 탐지소자로서의 사용 가능성이 충분함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.16 no.6 s.160
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• pp.72-81
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• 1996

한국원자력연구소의 로봇개발팀에서는 중장기 연구 개발 과제가 이루어지기 이전인 87년부터 원자력 기초/기반 기술 연구 분야로서 원격 조작 기술, 고지능 로봇 기술 등을 기본 과제 형태로 자체 추진하여 핵심 요소 기술을 구축하였으며, 92년부터는 원자력 중장기 연구 개발 과제와 연계하여 인간의 접근이 제한된 고방사선 지역에서의 감시 및 점검 작업 로봇 분야를 집중 연구 개발하기 시작하였다. 개발 대상인 원격 제어 로봇 시스템은 원자력발전소에서의 점검 및 감시 작업을 원격/무인/자동화하여, 사람이 접근하기 어려운 고방사선 환경하에서의 감시$\cdot$점검$\cdot$유지 및 보수 작업을 함으로써 작업의 안전성 및 신뢰성을 향상시키고 또한 작업의 효율을 극대화시킬 수 있다. 특히 사람을 대신한 로봇 활용은 극한 작업을 원격 무인화할 수 있기 때문에 ALARA 개념에 의한 관련 종사자의 방사선 피폭을 보다 낮출 수 있을 것으로 전망된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.11b
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• pp.583-589
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• 1996

원자력발전소에서 발생되는 방사성폐기물들은 폐기물형태 및 방사능 농도가 다양하며 영구처분장으로 이송전까지는 발전소내의 임시 저장고에 안전하게 보관, 관리하고 있다. 생성된 폐기물드럼내에는 감마방출핵종을 비롯하여 알파 및 베타방출 핵종들이 균질 또는 비균질하게 존재하고 있으며 방사능의 세기나 폐기물의 특성에 따라 안정화시키거나 압축처리하여 드럼에 담겨져 있기 때문에 일반적인 파괴분석에 의한 화학분석법으로는 작업자의 피폭, 시료의 대표성 선정 및 장시간의 화학처리 시간소요 등으로 핵종분석이 곤란하다. 따라서 본 논문은 일반적으로 감마핵종분석시 흔히 사용하고 있는 고순도게르마늄(HPGe) 검출기를 이용하여 드럼의 감마핵종농도를 분석하는 방법과 장치의 개발에 대해 언급하였으며 알파나 베타핵종과 같이 직접 분석이 곤란한 핵종들은 각 폐기물드럼내에 존재하는 Co-60이나 Cs-137과의 상관관계를 미리 예측한 척도인자 (scaling factor)를 이용하여 간접적으로 구하는 방법을 사용하고 있으나 본 논문에서는 드럼으로부터 감마핵종만을 분석하는 방법에 대해서만 언급하였다. 또한 핵종분석시스템의 최적 운전조건을 도출하기 위해 드럼회전테이블의 속도결정 및 모의드럼을 이용한 방사능측정 등을 통해 핵종 농도 분석시의 오차를 30% 이내로 유지할 수 있었다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.138-149
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• 2000

Purpose : It was studied that the relationship between radiation dose, dose rate and the frequency of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes. Methods and Materials : Peripheral lymphocytes were irradiated in vitro with 6 MeV X-ray at dose ranges from 50 cGy to 800 cGy. The variations of the frequency of chromosomal aberrations were observed according to different radiation dose rate from 20 cGy/min to 400 cGy/min at constant total dose of 400 cGy which it was considered as factor to correct biological radiation dose measurement. Results : The yields of lymphocytes with chromosomal aberrations (dicentric chromosome, ring chromosome, acentric fragment pairs) are 0% at 50 cGy, 9% at 100 cGy, 20% at 200 cGy, 27% at 300 cGy, 55% at 400 cGy, 88% at 600 cGy, and 100% at 800 cGy. The value of Ydr is 0.000 at 50 cGy, 0.093 at 100 cGy, 0.200 at 200 cGy, 0.354 at 300 cGy, 0.612 at 400 cGy, 2.040 at 600 cGy, and 2.846 at 800 cGy. The relationship between radiation (D) and the frequency of dicentrlc chromosomes and ring Chromosomes (Ydr) can be expressed as Ydr=0.188${\times}$10$^{-2}$ D/Gy+0.422${\times}$10$^{-4}$/Gy$^{2}$${\times}$D$^{2}$ The Value of Qdr is 0.000 at 50 cGy, 1.000 at 100 cGy, 1.000 at 200 cGy, 1.333 at 300 cGy, 1.118 at 400 cGy, 2.318 at 600 cGy, and 2.846 at 800 cGy. When 400 cGy is irradiated with different dose rate each of 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 160, 240, 320, and 400 cGy/min, Ydr is each of 0.982, 0.837, 0.860, 0.732, 0.763, 0.966, 0.909, 1.006, and 0.806, and Qdr is each of 1.839, 1.555, 1.654, 1.333, 1.381, 1.750, 1.6000, 1.710, and 1.318. Conclusion : There are not the significant variations of Ydr and Qdr values according to different dose rate. And so radiation damage is influenced by total exposed radiation doses and is influenced least of all by different dose rate when it is acute single exposure.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.623-630
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• 2016

Liver tissue damage by a radiation exposure caused a jaundice and ascitic fluid e form harden atrophy. The reason for this lies in morphological damage of a liver cells. This study tried that observe damage mechanism of the cell organelles. It was especially observed mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and nuclear membrane associated with energy metabolizable. also, This study had with a radio-protector development research at the same time. Radio-protector was used to alliin that has an blood flow increase. Cell observation make used of transmission electron microscope(TEM). The result of an experiment, 7Gy of whole body irradiation was caused an inflammation in cell organelles and hypertrophy of the nucleus membrane. After 20 days, The hepatocyte has been observed in a damaged membrane on peroxisome, mitochondria and vacuole of the cell organelles. After 30 days, The hepatocyte has been observed in disconnected ribosomes on a rough endoplasmic reticulum. There was looked a giant lipoblast. There was clearly normal observed a mitochondria and nucleus membrane in the hepatocyte after alliin injection. aslo, It was no damaged the nucleus membrane. therefore, It was identified portion a radio-protector effect from alliin.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.239-244
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• 2015

Each biological tissue has endemic electrical characteristics owing to various differences such as those in cellular arrangement or organization form. The endemic electrical characteristics change when any biological change occurs. This work is a preliminary study surveying the changes in the electrical characteristics of biological tissue caused by radiation exposure. For protection aganinst radiation hazards, therefore the electrical characteristics of living tissue were evaluated after development of the automatic control measurement system using LabVIEW. No alteration of biological tissues was observed before and after measurement of the electrical characteristics, and the biblogical tissues exhibited similar patterns. Through repeated measurements using the impedance/gain-phase analyzer, the coefficient of variation was determined as within 10%. The reproducibility impedance phase difference in electrical characteristics of the biological tissue did not change, and the tissue had resistance. The absolute value of impedance decreased constantly in proportion to the frequency. It has become possible to understand the electrical characteristics of biological tissues through the measurements made possible by the use of the developed. automatic control system.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.159-174
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• 1998

Personal dosimetry system is required to measure the personal dose equivalent accurately in a wide range of radiation fields, but the dose evaluation algorithms have been developed with the X-ray fields described in MOST Ordinance (equivalent to the ANSI N13.11) from which the actual fields to be monitored may be significantly different. To evaluate the dose more accurately when workers are exposed to the non-ANSI N13.11 radiation fields, two algorithms for monochromatic radiations (one algorithm was used for various ratios of TL dosimeter and the other for matrix approximation) were developed with the experimental data of the energy responses of the $CaSO_4:Dy$ TL materials irradiated by monochromatic X-ray fields recently established in KAERI, and compared with the another algorithm developed on the basis of the ANSI N13.11 continuous spectrum X-ray fields. Then it follows the discussions for some results of the algorithm testing including mixed fields irradiations and angular response conducted in IAEA/RCA intercomparison as well as ANSI and ISO continuous spectrum X-ray and monochromatic radiation fields. The developed algorithms were successfully performed the test not only in the continuous spectrum X-ray fields given by MOST Ordinance but also in the several non-MOST Ordinance radiation fields which could be encountered in the practical working environments.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.136-145
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• 2009

Objective: CBCT has become popular for orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning in recent times. The 3D pharyngeal airway space needs to be analysed using a 3D diagnostic tool. The aim of this study was to analyse the pharyngeal airway of different craniofacial morphology using CBCT. Methods: The sample compromised 102 subjects divided into 3 groups (Class I, II, III) and 6 subgroups according to normal or vertical craniofacial patterns. All samples had CBCT (VCT, Vatech, Seoul, Korea) taken for orthodontic treatment. The pharyngeal airway was assessed according to the reference planes: aa plane (the most anterior point on the anterior arch of atlas), $CV_2$ plane, and $CV_3$ plane (most infero-anterior point on the body of the second & third cervical vertebra). The intergroup comparison was performed with one-way ANOVA and duncan test as a second step. Results: The results showed the pharyngeal airway and anteroposterior width of group 2 (Class II) in aa plane, $CV_2$ plane, $CV_3$ plane were significant narrower than in group 3 (Class III). There was no significant difference between vertical and normal craniofacial patterns except for the anteroposterior pharyngeal width of Group 1 (Class I) in aa plane. Conclusions: Subjects with Class II patterns have a significantly narrower pharyngeal airway than those with Class III. However there was no difference in pharyngeal airway between vertical and normal craniofacial morphology.