• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2020

후쿠시마 원전사고의 교훈으로 사고단계별 다양한 방사선 탐사 수단을 이용하여 포괄적인 환경방사선을 측정하는 것이 효율적인 사고대응과 위험관리를 위하여 바람직하다. 본 연구에서는 드론 등의 무인기를 이용한 환경방사선 탐사 기술 현황으로 분광분석이 가능한 고분해능의 방사선 검출기 2대를 활용한 환경방사선 탐사시스템을 개발하고, 이를 무인기에 장착하여 직접 사고현장에 적용함으로써 그 성능을 평가하였다. 최종적으로 다양한 비행고도에서의 탐사결과를 지상 1m 높이에서의 선량률로 환산하기 위한 보정인자를 도출함으로써 성공적인 현장 적용성 평가 결과를 도출할 수 있었다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.426-433
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 초음파현미경의 동작주파수 변화에 따라서 획득한 영상의 조합을 통하여 얻어진 영상들에 관하여 연구하였다. 고체내부의 영상을 복원하는 경우, 얻어진 영상들은 표면이 상태가 중첩되어 나타나게 된다. 이 경우 위상체 영상들은 내부 영상의 콘트라스트 개선에 활용되어 질 수 있다. 실험에서는 두가지 종류의 시편이 사용되었다. 첫째는 NPP내부에서 스팀 발생장치의 주 파이프의 매질측면에 1/4T, 1/2T, 3/4T의 홀 결함을 갖는 기준 블록이고 다른 시편은 직경이 1-2mm인 반구형태의 시편이다. 실험결과 기본의 영상처리 방법에 비하여 결함 형태에 대한 콘트라스트가 2배 정도의 향상을 보였다. 실험을 위하여 반사신호의 진폭과 위상을 동시에 획득할 수 있는 쿼드러춰 검출기를 사용한 초음파현미경 시스템을 구성하였다. 앞으로는 진폭과 위상영상의 재구성 방법과 결함영상의 콘트라스트를 개선시키기 위한 방법이 계속 연구되어져야겠다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.266-274
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• 2009

복부대동맥류는 주로 65-75세의 중년이후 남성과 흡연자에서 주로 발생한다. 가장 중요한 증세는 대동맥 파열로서 생명에 치명적이며, 혈관벽이 헐고 약해지고 파열되어 많은 양의 혈액이 복강 내로 쏟아지는 것을 의미한다. 복부대동맥박리를 치료하기 위해서는 3차원 영상 정보가 필요하고, 수술시 임상의사에게 많은 도움이 된다. 3차원 정보는 MDCT로부터 계산되고 3차원 모델은 2차원 CT영상의 분할로 계산된 좌표로부터 재구성된다. 따라서 3차원 영상의 질은 2차원 영상의 분할알고리듬에 의존적이다. 본 연구에서는 목적장기만을 모델링하기 위해서 가변형 능동모델을 제안한다. 가변형 능동모델은 외부힘에 의해서 에너지가 최소화되는 수렴하는 모델이다. 외부힘은 GVF로 불리며, 그레이레벨 또는 영상으로 부터의 이 진경계지도의 구배가 확산되는 것을 계산한다. 실험결과 복부대동맥박리에 적용해서 3차원 표면재구성을 성공했으며, 분할알고리듬의 특성으로 시각적 및 정량적인 평가도 성공했다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2021

This study aims to reduce the rancid odor generated during the fermentation process of kimchi by inserting zinc oxide (ZnO) into an inorganic porous material with a high surface area to decompose or adsorb the fermentation odor. ZnO activated by the presence of moisture exhibits decomposition of rancid odors. Mixed with Titanium dioxide (TiO₂), a photocatalyst. To manufacture the packaging liner used in this study, NaOH, ZnCl₂, and TiO₂ powder were placed in a tank with diatomite and water. The sludge obtained via a hydrothermal ultrasonication synthesis was sintered in an oven. After being pin-milled and melt-blended, the powders were mixed with linear low-density polyethylene (L-LDPE) to make a masterbatch (M/B), which was further used to manufacture liners. A gas detector (GasTiger 2000) was used to investigate the total amount of sulfur compounds during fermentation and determine the reduction rate of the odor-causing compounds. The packaging liner cross-section and surface were investigated using a scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (SEM-EDS) to observe the adsorption of sulfur compounds. A variety of sulfur compounds associated with the perceived unpleasant odor of kimchi were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). For the analyses, kimchi was homogenized at room temperature and divided into several sample dishes. The performance of the liner was evaluated by comparing the total area of the GC-MS signals of major off-flavor sulfur compounds during the five days of fermentation at 20℃. As a result, Nano-grade inorganic compound liners reduced the sulfur content by 67 % on average, compared to ordinary polyethylene (PE) foam liners. Afterwards SEM-EDS was used to analyze the sulfur content adsorbed by the liners. The findings of this study strongly suggest that decomposition and adsorption of the odor-generating compounds occur more effectively in the newly-developed inorganic nanocomposite liners.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권9호
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• pp.1393-1398
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• 2018

In conventional single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), only the photoelectric events in the detectors are used for image reconstruction. However, if the $^{131}I$ isotope, which emits high-energy radiations (364, 637, and 723 keV), is used in nuclear medicine, both photoelectric and Compton scattering events can be used for image reconstruction. The purpose of our work is to perform simulations for Compton SPECT by using the Geant4 application for tomographic emission (GATE). The performance of Compton SPECT is evaluated and compared with that of conventional SPECT. The Compton SPECT unit has an area of $12cm{\times}12cm$ with four gantry heads. Each head is composed of a 2-cm tungsten collimator and a $40{\times}40$ array of CdZnTe (CZT) crystals with a $3{\times}3mm^2$ area and a 6-mm thickness. Compton SPECT can use not only the photoelectric effect but also the Compton scattering effect for image reconstruction. The correct sequential order of the interactions used for image reconstruction is determined using the angular resolution measurement (ARM) method and the energies deposited in each detector. In all the results of simulations using spherical volume sources of various diameters, the reconstructed images of Compton SPECT show higher signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) without degradation of the image resolution when compared to those of conventional SPECT because the effective count for image reconstruction is higher. For a Derenzo-like phantom, the reconstructed images for different modalities are compared by visual inspection and by using their projected histograms in the X-direction of the reconstructed images.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.545-555
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 부 대역 처리를 이용하는 수중 통신에서 은밀성과 성능 향상 관점에서 효율적인 송수신 구조를 제시하였다. 은밀성적인 측면에서는 암호화된 부호화 비트를 블록으로 나누어 각 비트의 정보를 이용하여 중심 주파수와 부 대역을 결정하므로 은밀성을 유지하는 측면에서 효과적이다. 수중 통신에서 성능적인 측면에서는 다중 경로 특성, 도플러 확산, 프레임 동기 등이 성능에 영향을 미치는 결정적인 요소이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 요소들을 극복하기 위해, 비동기 에너지 검출 방식과 터보 등화 기법, 그리고 최적의 프레임 동기 방식을 제안하여 수신부에 적용하였다. 호수 실험에서 최적의 프레임 동기 방식을 수신부에 적용한 결과 다섯 개의 프레임 중에서 네 개의 프레임에서 오류를 모두 정정함을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.507-513
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• 2022

When X-ray energy above 8 MV is used, photoneutrons are generated by the photonuclear reaction, which activates the components of linear accelerator (linac). Safely managing the radioactive material, when disposing linac or replacing components, is difficult, as the standards for the radioactive material management are not clear in Korea. We surveyed the management status of radioactive components occurred from medical linacs in Korea. And we also measured the activation of each part of the discarded Elekta linac using a survey meter and portable High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. We found that most medical institutions did not perform radiation measurements when disposing of radioactive components. The radioactive material was either stored within the institution or collected by the manufacturer. The surface dose rate measurements showed that the parts with high surface dose rates were target, primary collimator, and multileaf collimator (MLC). ⁶⁰Co nuclide was detected in most parts, whereas for the target, ⁶⁰Co and ¹⁸⁴Re nuclides were detected. Results suggest that most institutions in Korea did not have the regulations for disposing radioactive waste from linac or the management procedures and standards were unclear. Further studies are underway to evaluate short-lived radionuclides and to lay the foundation for radioactive waste management from medical linacs.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2021

Purpose: During the treatments of cancer patients with a linear accelerator (LINAC) using photon beams with energies ≥8 MV, the components inside the LINAC head get activated through the interaction of photonuclear reaction (γ, n) and neutron capture (n, γ). We used spectroscopy and measured the dose rate for the LINAC in operation after the treatment ended. Methods: We performed spectroscopy and dose rate measurements for three units of LINACs with a portable high-purity Germanium (HPGe) detector and a survey meter. The spectra were obtained after the beams were turned off. Spectroscopy was conducted for 3,600 seconds, and the dose rate was measured three times. We identified the radionuclides for each LINAC. Results: According to gamma spectroscopy results, most of the nuclides were short-lived radionuclides with half-lives of 100 days, except for ⁶⁰Co, ⁶⁵Zn, and ¹⁸¹W nuclides. The dose rate for three LINACs obtained immediately in front of the crosshair was in the range of 0.113 to 0.129 µSv/h. The maximum and minimum dose rates measured on weekends were 0.097 µSv/h and 0.092 µSv/h, respectively. Compared with the differences in weekday data, there was no significant difference between the data measured on Saturday and Sunday. Conclusions: Most of the detected radionuclides had half-lives <100 days, and the dose rate decreased rapidly. For equipment that primarily used energies ≤10 MV, when the equipment was transferred after at least 10 minutes after shutting it down, it is expected that there will be little effect on the workers' exposure.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

The universe is thought to be filled with not only Standard Model (SM) matters but also dark matters. Dark matter is thought to play a major role in its construction. However, the identity of dark matter is as yet unknown, with various search methods from astrophysical observartion to particle collider experiments. Because of the cross-section that is a thousand times smaller than SM particles, dark matter research requires a large amount of data processing. Therefore, optimization and parallelization in High Performance Computing is required. Dark matter in hypothetical hidden sector is though to be connected to dark photons which carries forces similar to photons in electromagnetism. In the recent analysis, it was studied using the decays of a dark photon at collider experiments. Based on this, we studies double dark photon decays at lepton colliders. The signal channels are e⁺e^- → A'A' and e⁺e^- → A'A'γ where dark photon A' decays dimuon. These signal channels are based on the theory that dark photons only decay into heavily charged leptons, which can explain the muon magnetic momentum anomaly. We scanned the cross-section according to the dark photon mass in experiments. MadGraph5 was used to generate events based on a simplified model. Additionally, to get the maximum expected number of events for the double dark photon channel, the detector efficiency for several center of mass (CM) energy were studied using Delphes and MadAnalysis5 for performance comparison. The results of this study will contribute to the search for double dark photon channels at lepton colliders.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.2447-2453
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• 2023

The radioactivity concentrations of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) i.e., ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th, and ⁴K in various chemical fertilizers being used in the agricultural soil of Pakistan were determined utilizing gamma spectrometry by employing a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. The radioactivity concentrations of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th, and ⁴K extended from 2.58 ± 0.8-265.7 ± 8.8 Bq kg^-1, 1.53 ± 0.14-76.6 ± 1.07 Bq kg^-1 and 36.5 ± 1.34-15606.7 ± 30.2 Bq kg^-1 respectively. The radiological hazard parameters such as internal and external indices and annual effective dose rates were calculated, while excessive lifetime cancer risk factors for the indoor and outdoor areas were found in the range from 0.3×10^-3 to 10.723×10^-3 and 0.03×10^-3 to 2.7948×10^-3 of most fertilizers, however, some values were slightly higher than the UNSCEAR (The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation) recommended values for potash-containing fertilizers such as MOP (Muriate of Potash).