• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2009

국내 원전 가동중검사 기술은 대부분이 선진국에서 도입한 비파괴검사 장비를 진단현장에 적용하는 운영기술로 지금까지 선진 운영 기술의 습득에 중점을 두어, 검사 시스템 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어의 국내 제작 기술은 매우 미흡하였다. 때문에 국산 고유모델의 원전 가동중검사용 진단장치 개발의 필요성이 끊임없이 제기되었다. 본 연구에서는, 원전 배관 자동 초음파검사 시스템의 핵심 기술인 고성능 다채널 초음파 펄서/리시버와 A/D converter 보드, 디지털 제어보드를 개발하고 그 성능을 검증하였다. 검증 실험 결과는 개발된 시스템이 설계 목적에 부합하는 성능을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2018

Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) equipment is a new innovative technique for 3D automatic breast scanning, but limited for the examination in the concave axillary region. The purpose of this study was to determine feasible candidate materials for the ultrasonic wave propagation media in ABUS, enabling the evaluation of the axillary region. Ultrasonography was performed using an ABUS system ($Invenia^{TM}ABUS$, GE, USA) on the ultrasound-specific phantom (UC-551M-0.5, ATS Laboratories, USA) covered by different candidate materials. The validity of feasible candidate materials was evaluated by image quality. Three independent radiological technologists, with more than 10 years of experience, visually assessed on the images. The inter-observer agreements according to the candidate materials were tested using Cronbach's alpha. Unenveloped solidified carrageenan can be a feasible material for the use of ABUS with excellent test reliability. Therefore, the coverage of the axillary region with carrageenan may be effective for ABUS which was originally developed for the convex anatomic structure as female breast.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2010

The stay cylinder weld at the steam generator of Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plants is safety class I component and is subjected to be inspected by the volumetric examination such as ultrasonic method. As accessibility of this area is limited due to the narrow space and high radiation, the existing manual inspection method involves various difficulties. Moreover operators may be exposed to internal contamination by contaminated dust during the surface buffing process to improve the inspection reliability of this area. Recently the new automatic inspection system for stay cylinder welds has been developed. The inspection system basically consists of a driving assembly, data acquisition device and signal processing units. The driving assembly is classified by 1) the scanner for inspecting and buffing the weld, 2) pillars for guiding the scanner and 3) the base frame for loading and supporting pillars. The scanner has 4 sensor modules to inspect in 4 refracted angles and 4 incident directions. These components can be inserted into the skirt of the stay cylinder through the manway hole and assembled easily by one-touch in the skirt. Data acquisition device and signal processing units developed in previous works are also newly upgraded for better processing of data analysis and evaluation. The system has been successfully demonstrated not only in the mock-up but also in the field. In this paper, newly developed inspection system for the stay cylinder weld of the steam generator is introduced and their field applications are discussed.