• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2477-2487
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• 2021

To improve safety analysis technology for a nuclear reactor containment considering an interaction between a reactor coolant system (RCS) and containment, this study aims at an experimental investigation on the integrated simulation of the RCS and containment, with an integral effect test facility, ATLAS-CUBE. For a realistic simulation of a pressure and temperature (P/T) transient, the containment simulation vessel was designed to preserve a volumetric scale equivalently to the RCS volume scale of ATLAS. Three test cases for a steam line break (SLB) transient were conducted with variation of the initial condition of the passive heat sink or the steam flow direction. The test results indicated a stratified behavior of the steam-gas mixture in the containment following a high-temperature steam injection in prior to the spray injection. The test case with a reduced heat transfer on the passive heat sink showed a faster increase of the P/T inside the containment. The effect of the steam flow direction was also investigated with respect to a multi-dimensional distribution of the local heat transfer on the passive heat sink. The integral effect test data obtained in this study will contribute to validating the evaluation methodology for mass and energy (M/E) and P/T transient of the containment.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2445-2453
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• 2021

Since the nuclear data forms a vital component in reactor physics computations, the nuclear community needs processing codes as tools for translating the Evaluated Nuclear Data Files (ENDF) to simulate nuclear-related problems such as an ACE format that is used for MCNP. Errors, inaccuracies or discrepancies in library processing may lead to a calculation that disagrees with the experimentally measured benchmark. This paper provides an overview of the processing and preparation of ENDF/B-VIII.0 incident neutron data with NECP-Atlas and NJOY codes for implementation in the MCNP code. The resulting libraries are statistically inter-compared and tested by conducting benchmark calculations, as the mutualcomparison is a source of strong feedback for further improvements in processing procedures. The database of the benchmark experiments is based on a selection taken from the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments (ICSBEP handbook) and those proposed by Russell D. Mosteller. In general, there is quite good agreement between the NECP-Atlas1.2 and NJOY21^(1.0.0.json) results with no substantial differences, if the correct input parameters are used.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 복부 CT 영상에서 다중 확률 아틀라스 기반 형상제한 그래프-컷을 사용한 신실질 자동 분할 방법을 제안한다. 제안 방법은 다음의 세 단계로 구성된다. 첫째, 신실질의 다양한 형상정보를 이용하기 위해 피질기반 유사정합을 통한 다중 확률 아틀라스를 생성한다. 둘째, 최대사후확률 추정을 통해 그래프-컷의 초기 씨앗을 추출하고, 형상제한 그래프-컷을 통해 신실질을 분할한다. 셋째, 확률 아틀라스의 정합 오차를 줄이고 분할 정확도를 높이기 위해, 정합 및 분할을 반복적으로 수행한다. 제안방법의 성능을 평가하기 위해 정성적 평가 및 정량적 평가를 수행하였다. 실험결과 제안방법이 신실질과 유사한 밝기값을 갖는 주변 영역으로의 누출을 방지하여 개선된 분할 정확도를 보여준다.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권10호
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• pp.1222-1230
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• 2015

무릎 자기공명영상에서 전방십자인대의 분할은 밝기값의 불균일성 및 주변 조직들과의 유사 밝기값 특성으로 인해 기존 분할기법의 적용에 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 지역적 정렬을 통한 확률아틀라스 생성 및 반복적 그래프 컷을 통한 다중아틀라스 기반 전방십자인대 분할기법을 제안한다. 첫째, 전역 및 지역적 다중아틀라스 강체정합을 통해 전방십자인대의 확률아틀라스를 생성한다. 둘째, 생성된 확률아틀라스를 이용하여 최대사후추정 및 그래프 컷을 통하여 전방십자인대 초기 분할을 수행한다. 셋째, 마스크 기반 강체정합을 통한 형상정보 개선 및 반복적 그래프 컷을 통해 전방십자인대 분할 개선을 수행한다. 제안방법의 성능평가를 위하여 육안평가 및 정확성평가를 수행하였으며, 평가 결과 제안방법의 Dice 유사도는 75.0%, 평균표면거리는 1.7화소, 제곱근표면거리는 2.7화소로서 기존 그래프 컷 방법에 비하여 전방 십자인대의 분할정확도가 각각 12.8%, 22.7%, 및 22.9% 향상된 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2015

Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disease in the world. With its progression, cartilage thickness tends to diminish, which causes severe pain to human being. One way to examine the stage of osteoarthritis is to measure the cartilage thickness. When it comes to inter-subject study, however, it is not easy task to compare cartilage thickness since every human being has different cartilage structure. In this paper, we propose a method to assess cartilage defect using MRI inter-subject thickness comparison. First, we used manual segmentation method to build accurate atlas images and each segmented image was labeled as articular surface and bone-cartilage interface in order to measure the thickness. Secondly, each point in the bone-cartilage interface was assigned the measured thickness so that the thickness does not change after registration. We used affine transformation and SyGN to get deformation fields which were then applied to thickness images to have cartilage thickness atlas. In this way, it is possible to investigate pixel-by-pixel thickness comparison. Lastly, the atlas images were made according to their osteoarthritis grade which indicates the degree of its progression. The result atlas images were compared using the analysis of variance in order to verify the validity of our method. The result shows that a significant difference is existed among them with p < 0.001.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2019

Purpose: The aim is to study the dependence of deformable based auto-segmentation of head and neck organs-at-risks (OAR) on anatomy matching for a single atlas based system and generate an acceptable set of contours. Methods: A sample of ten patients in neutral neck position and three atlas sets consisting of ten patients each in different head and neck positions were utilized to generate three scenarios representing poor, average and perfect anatomy matching respectively and auto-segmentation was carried out for each scenario. Brainstem, larynx, mandible, cervical oesophagus, oral cavity, pharyngeal muscles, parotids, spinal cord, and trachea were the structures selected for the study. Automatic and oncologist reference contours were compared using the dice similarity index (DSI), Hausdroff distance and variation in the centre of mass (COM). Results: The mean DSI scores for brainstem was good irrespective of the anatomy matching scenarios. The scores for mandible, oral cavity, larynx, parotids, spinal cord, and trachea were unacceptable with poor matching but improved with enhanced bony matching whereas cervical oesophagus and pharyngeal muscles had less than acceptable scores for even perfect matching scenario. HD value and variation in COM decreased with better matching for all the structures. Conclusion: Improved anatomy matching resulted in better segmentation. At least a similar setup can help generate an acceptable set of automatic contours in systems employing single atlas method. Automatic contours from average matching scenario were acceptable for most structures. Importance should be given to head and neck position during atlas generation for a single atlas based system.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5245-5247
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• 2014

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is one of the most important causes of dyspepsia and gastric cancer and diagnosis can be made by invasive or non-invasive methods. The Atlas Helicobacter pylori antigen test is a new rapid non-invasive method which is simple to conduct. The aim of this study was to determine its sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted between July 2012 and December 2013. Stool samples of 59 dyspeptic patients who underwent upper endoscopy were evaluated for H. pylori stool antigen. Results: From the 59 patients who participated in this study, there were 36 (61%) males and 23 (39%) females. H. pylori was diagnosed in 24 (40.7%) gastric biopsies, 22 (91.7 %) of these being positive for the Atlas H. pylori antigen test. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy were 91.7%, 100%, 100%, 94.6% and 96.6% respectively. Conclusions: The Atlas H. pylori antigen test is a new non-invasive method which is simple to perform and avails reliable results in a few minutes. Thus it can be the best option for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection due to its high sensitivity and specificity.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.257-270
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• 2011

A set of reflood tests has been performed using ATLAS, which is a thermal-hydraulic integral effect test facility for the pressurized water reactors of APR1400 and OPR1000. Several important phenomena were observed during the ATLAS LBLOCA reflood tests, including core quenching, down-comer boiling, ECC bypass, and steam binding. The present paper discusses those four topics based on the LB-CL-11 test, which is a best-estimate simulation of the LBLOCA reflood phase for APR1400 using ATLAS. Both homogeneous bottom quenching and inhomogeneous top quenching were observed for a uniform radial power profile during the LB-CL-11 test. From the observation of the down-comer boiling phenomena during the LB-CL-11 test, it was found that the measured void fraction in the lower down-comer region was relatively smaller than that estimated from the RELAP5 code, which predicted an unrealistically higher void generation and magnified the downcomer boiling effect for APR1400. The direct ECC bypass was the dominant ECC bypass mechanism throughout the test even though sweep-out occurred during the earlier period. The ECC bypass fractions were between 0.2 and 0.6 during the later test period. The steam binding phenomena was observed, and its effect on the collapsed water levels of the core and down-comer was discussed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1381-1387
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• 2014

지속적인 정보기술의 발전으로 최근 인문학, 지역학 등 다른 학문 분야와의 융합에 대한 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 정보기술과 인문 지역학의 융합 분야 중에서 전자문화지도는 점, 선, 면의 공간데이타와 시간, 공간, 주제를 통하여 다양한 문화정보를 디지털화하여 전자지도 위에 표현한다. 지식지도는 전자문화지도의 활용을 고도화시킨 개념으로, 기존의 전자문화지도 상에 전문학술정보를 표현하는 것이다. 이 지식지도는 세부적으로 전자문화지도와 연계하여 학술정보를 제공하므로 주제별, 지역별, 시대별 데이터가 유기적으로 연결된 시각적이고 통합적인 정보 공유 및 확산이 가능하다. 따라서 지식지도 구축이 활성화되면 효율적인 학문 연구 및 연구결과 확산을 위한 도구로 활용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 먼저 지식지도에 대한 전반적인 개념, 구성에 대한 연구 내용을 기술하고, 이를 기반으로 실제 지식지도 구현을 위한 설계를 제시한다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.74-80
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• 2021

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been operating an integral effects test facility, the Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation (ATLAS), according to APR1400 for transient experimental and design basis accident simulation. Moreover, based on the experimental data, the domestic standard problem (DSP) program has been conducted in Korea to validate system codes. Recently, through DSP-05, the performance of the passive auxiliary feedwater system (PAFS) in the event of multiple steam generator tube rupture (MSGTR) has been analyzed. However, some errors exist in the reference input model distributed for DSP-05. Furthermore, the calculation results of the heat loss correlation for the secondary system presented in the technical report of the reference indicate that a large difference is present in heat loss from the target value. Thus, in this study, the reference model is corrected using the geometric information from the design report and drawings of ATLAS. Additionally, a new heat loss correlation is suggested by fitting the results of the heat loss tests. Herein, MSGTR-PAFS accident analysis is performed using MARS-KS 1.5 with the improved model. The steady-state calculation results do not significantly differ from the experimental values, and the overall physical behavior of the transient state is properly predicted. Particularly, the predicted operating time of PAFS is similar to the experimental results obtained by the modified model. Furthermore, the operating time of PAFS varies according to the heat loss of the secondary system, and the sensitivity analysis results for the heat loss of the secondary system are presented.