• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.149-153
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• 1984

Postoperative radiotherapy of breast cancer makes it possible to reduce loco-regional recurrence of breast cancer. The treatment technique, which can reduce the low-dose region at the junction and lung, is required. To produce proper dose distribution of internal mammary chain and chest wall, authors tried to find the method to expose $^{60}Co\;\gamma-ray$ on internal mammary region and 7MeV electron on chest wall. Exposure time of $^{60}Co\;\gamma$ and monitor unit of 9MeV were selected so that dose of $^{60}Co$ at 4cm depth was the same as that of 7Mev electron at $80\%$ dose depth. The position and direction of electron beam were changed for $^{60}Co$ beam: $0^{\circ},\;5^{\circ}$ for 0cm seperation; $0^{\circ},\;5^{\circ},\;10^{\circ}$ for 0.5cm seperation; $5^{\circ},\;10^{\circ},\;15^{\circ}$ for 1cm seperation. The results are as followings. 1. When the seperation of two fields was increased, dose on the axis of $^{60}Co$ beam was increased and dose at the junction region decreased while the volume of lung to be exposed to high dose and hot spot size were irregularly changed. 2. The dose distribution in the target volume of internal mammary and chest wall was most ideal when the seperation of two fields was $0\~0.5cm$ and the direction of electron beam was parallel to $^{60}Co$ beam.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.21-29
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• 1986

The influence of welding heat input variation(600-900J/cm) and heat-treatment condition after welding on tensile strength of butt welded joint in $175Kg/mm^2$ strength level Maraging steel(Co-free and Co-containing) sheets was investigated on the basis of hardness distribution, microstructure of weld metal and fracture surface. The obtained main results are as follows; 1. The strength of weldment (UTS, NTS), joint efficiency showed a little decreasing tendency with the increase in welding heat input, and the elongation showed a little increasing tendency with the increase in the width of weld metal. It was considered because of the plastic constraint of the high strength base metal. 2. The strength of weldment was better in the solution treatment and aging than the aging only after welding due to the disappearance of almost denverite in weld metal. 3. The hardness distribution in weldment after welding and heat-treatment was almost similar to both Co containing and Co free Maraging steel with change in welding heat input. 4. The fracture was occurred at weld metal, and the fracture surface showed a relatively shallow dimples in both Co containing and Co free Maraging steel.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.298-302
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• 2023

Transparent and conducting tungsten (W) doped indium oxide (IWO) thin films were deposited on the glass substrate by using RF magnetron sputtering and then electron irradiation was conducted to investigate the effect of electron irradiation on the optical and electrical properties of the films. The electron irradiated films showed three x-ray diffraction peaks of the In₂O₃ (222), (431) and (046) planes and the full width at half maximum values are decreased as increased electron irradiation energy. In the atomic force microscope analysis, the surface roughness of as deposited films was 1.70 nm, while the films electron irradiated at 700 eV, show a lower roughness of 1.28 nm. In this study, the figure of merit (FOM) of as deposited films is 2.07 × 10^-3 Ω^-1, while the films electron irradiated at 700 eV show the higher FOM value of 5.53 × 10^-3 Ω^-1. Thus, it is concluded that the post-deposition electron beam irradiation is the one of effective methods to enhance optical and electrical performance of IWO thin films.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2010

The enhancement of adhesion for Cr film on polycarbonate (PC) substrate with electron irradiation treatment was considered. The electron treatment changes the contact angle of the PC substrates. As increase the electron energy from 300 eV to 900 eV, the contact angle decreases from $90^{\circ}$ to $60^{\circ}C$. It is supposed that electron treatment changes the chemical property of PC substrate into hydrophilic one. The micro surface roughness was also affected by electron treatment. The PC substrates irradiated with intense electron beam of 900 eV show the rougher surface than those of other PC substrates. Cr thin films deposited on the PC substrate treated with electron irradiation at 900 eV show the higher adhesion than that of the Cr thin film deposited untreated bare PC substrates.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2007

MM22 마이크로트론은 1986년도 11월부터 2006년 2월까지 암 환자를 위한 방사선 치료 장비로 사용되었다. 장비의 노후로 치료 장비에서 연구 및 교육용으로 전환하기 위해 방사선의학연구센터로 이전 설치하였다. 본 논문에서는 이전 설치 한 후 빔 인출을 수행하기 위해 마이크로트론의 동작원리, 시스템을 구성하는 각 장치의 특성을 분석하여 보았고 주요 부분의 파라메타인 펄스구조의 특징을 살펴보았다. 실제, 각 주요 시스템의 펄스를 측정하였고 빔 인출부, 빔 라인 및 최종단인 타겟에서 빔 인출 기법을 통하여 빔 인출 및 빔 측정을 수행하였다. 이전 설치 후 10 MV X-선의 경우 최종 단 치료기에서 30 mA 타겟 전류를 인출하였고, 필름을 SSD 100 cm, $10{\times}10cm^2$ 조사면에 놓고 100 MU 방사선을 조사하였다. 조사면의 방사선분포의 평탄도 측정 결과 3%이내로 안정적인 빔을 인출하여 이전설치가 성공적으로 수행되었음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2002

1.목적 : 작고 불규칙한 모양의 전자선 조사면에서 선원의 출력에 영향을 미치는 요인은 선형가속기의 collimation system, insert block diameter, energy 등이다. 때문에 이러한 조사면의 선량계산으로 LBR을 이용할 수 있는데 LBR(lateral build-up ratio)이란 동일한 incident fluence와 profile에 대해 circular field와 broad field의 선량비로서 나타낼 수 있다. 얻어진 LBR data는 elementary pencil beam 모형을 근거해 깊이와 에너지에 따른 함수(${\sigma}$)로 표현할 수 있다. 여기에서 얻어진 수식을 기초로 해서 만들어진 factor값이 작고 부정형의 전자선 조사면의 선량계산 유용성을 알아보고자 한다. 2.재료 및 방법: 심부선량은 water phantom에서 ion chamber로 측정하였다. Cerrobend와 electron applicator 에 따른 incident fluence의 변화를 알아보기 위해 Chamber를 0.5mm깊이에 놓고 측정하였다. 그리고 에너지와 electron applicator 크기에 따라 insert block diameter를 2-15cm로 변화시키며 심부선량을 측정하였고 이 값을 0.5mm 깊이에서 normalization 하였다. 이렇게 normalization 한 그래프로부터 LBR과 함수 (${\sigma}$)를 얻어했다. 3.결과 : 0.5mm 깊이에서 normalization한 심부선량-그래프로부터 LBR data와 그로부터 얻어낸 (${\sigma}$)함수 값을 기초로 하여 elementary pencil beam 모형의 깊이에 빠른 선량변화의 수식을 얻어낼 수 있었다. 4.결론 : 부정형 전자선 조사면에 대해 MU당 심부선량은 작은 circular field에서 측정된 LBR값, reference applicator와 insert block diameter 에 따른 incident fluence factor 그리고 reference broad field에서의 심부선량등 세 가지 data로 부터 계산할 수 있다. 이 방법을 이용하면 어떤 모양의 전자선 조사면에 대해서도 심부선량의 계산에 유용하다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2000

Patient dose verification is one of the most important parts in quality assurance of the treatment delivery for radiation therapy. The dose distributions may be meaningfully improved by modulating two dimensional intensity profile of the individual high energy radiation beams In this study, a new method is presented for the pre-treatment dosimetric verification of these two dimensional distributions of beam intensity by means of a charge coupled device video camera-based fluoroscopic device (henceforth called as CCD-VCFD) as a radiation detecter with a custom-made software for dose calculation from fluorescence signals. This system of dosimeter (CCD-VCFD) could reproduce three dimensional (3D) relative dose distribution from the digitized fluoroscopic signals for small (1.0$\times$1.0 cm$^2$ square, ø 1.0 cm circular ) and large (30$\times$30cm$^2$) field sizes used in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). For the small beam sizes of photon and electron, the calculations are performed In absolute beam fluence profiles which are usually used for calculation of the patient dose distribution. The good linearity with respect to the absorbed dose, independence of dose rate, and three dimensional profiles of small beams using the CCD-VCFD were demonstrated by relative measurements in high energy Photon (15 MV) and electron (9 MeV) beams. These measurements of beam profiles with CCD-VCFD show good agreement with those with other dosimeters such as utramicro-cylindrical (UC) ionization chamber and radiographic film. The study of the radiation dosimetric technique using CCD-VCFD may provide a fast and accurate pre-treatment verification tool for the small beam used in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and can be used for verification of dose distribution from dynamic multi-leaf collimation system (DMLC).

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.152-157
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• 2022

Background: The hemi-body electron beam irradiation (HBIe^-) technique has been proposed for the treatment of mycosis fungoides. It spares healthy skin using an electron shield. However, shielding electrons is complicated owing to electron scattering effects. In this study, we developed a thimble-like head bolus shield that surrounds the patient's entire head to prevent irradiation of the head during HBIe^-. Materials and Methods: The feasibility of a thimble-like head bolus shield was evaluated using a simplified Geant4 Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. Subsequently, the head bolus was manufactured using a three-dimensional (3D) printed mold and Ecoflex 00-30 silicone. The fabricated head bolus was experimentally validated by measuring the dose to the Rando phantom using a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) detector with clinical configuration of HBIe^-. Results and Discussion: The thimble-like head bolus reduced the electron fluence by 2% compared with that without a shield in the MC simulations. In addition, an improvement in fluence degradation outside the head shield was observed. In the experimental validation using the inhouse-developed bolus shield, this head bolus reduced the electron dose to approximately 2.5% of the prescribed dose. Conclusion: A thimble-like head bolus shield for the HBIe^- technique was developed and validated in this study. This bolus effectively spares healthy skin without underdosage in the region of the target skin in HBIe^-.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.66-77
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• 1997

In the present work, Taguchi method for electron beam welding(EBW) process in AISI 4130 steel plate has been adopted for investigating the contribution of effect of welding variables. $A L_8(2^7)$ orthogonal array is adopted to obtain the effect of adjustment parameters. The adjustment parameters consist of accelerating voltage, beam current, travel speed and focus currrent. And the quality features selected for the EBW process are bead width of weldment, reinforcement, penetration depth, undercut and area of weld metal. Variance analysis is performed in order to check the effect of adjustment parameters on EBW. The mechanical properties of electron beam welded joints for each heat treatment conditions are investigated in comparison with those of base metal, especially from the view point of tensile and impact properties.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.118-122
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• 2024

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) based in-situ heating holders have been developed to enable high resolution imaging of heat treatment analysis. However, unlike the standard 3 mm metal disk specimens used in the furnace-based heating holder and general transmission electron microscopy holder, the MEMS-based in-situ heating holder requires thin specimens that can be penetrated by electrons to be transferred onto the MEMS chip. Previously, focused ion beam milling was used to transfer metal specimens, but it has the disadvantage of being expensive and the risk of specimen damage due to gallium ions. Therefore, in this study, we devised a method of transferring metallic materials by ultrasonic treatment using a transmission electron microscopy specimen made by electro jet polishing. A 3mm electropolished metal disk was placed in an appropriate solution, ultrasonicated, and then drop casted. The transfer of the specimen was successful, but it was confirmed that dislocations were formed inside the specimen due to ultrasonic treatment. This study provides a novel method for transferring metallic materials onto MEMS chips, which is cost-effective and less gallium ion damaging to the specimen. The results of this study can be used to improve the efficiency of heat treatment analysis using MEMS-based in-situ heating holders.