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Calculation Method of Entrance Skin Dose in X-ray Beam Quality Factor (선질계수에 의한 피부입사선량 계산법)

  • Kim, Sung-Chul;Kim, Chong-Yeal;Ahn, Sung-Min
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.258-267
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    • 2010
  • This interest in radiation exposure makes increasing doctor's awareness and knowledge of radiation dose in patients during X-ray test important in reducing patient's uneasiness. However, very few facilities are equipped with measurement instruments. Therefore, an intensive study to find out patient dose using computational method has been initiated. This study used special features of the bit system and NDD-M and directly measured the output dose of diagnostic X-ray instruments used in Korea to create tables. Two different methods were found to be adequate when applied to cases when X-ray outputs were both known and unknown, and comparative experiments with real measurement doses were carried out. Presented methods were found to provide more accurate results compared to the bit system and NDD-M. Therefore, patient dose during clinical trials were found to be more easily acceptable to medical personnel in the radiation field in terms of radiation exposure and reduction of medical X ray dose.

A Study on the Application of PbI2 Dosimetry for QA in the Electron Beam Therapy (전자선 치료의 선량 측정 QA를 위한 PbI2 선량계 적용 연구)

  • Yang, Seungwoo;Han, Moojae;Jung, Jaehoon;Choi, Yunseon;Cho, Heunglae;Park, Sungkwang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.517-522
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    • 2020
  • Electron beam have many factors that affect dose distribution, so even if identical settings are used, they should be identified and used for radiation treatment, and the effects on the structures in the body are sensitive, making it difficult to investigate uniform dose distribution on tumors. In this study, a dosimeter was produced using PbI2 which is a photoelectric material, and electrical characteristics were analyzed for 6, 9, and 12 MeV electronics in linear accelerators. The reproducibility test results showed that RSD were 1.1215%, 1.0160%, and 0.05137% respectively at 6, 9, and 12 MeV energies, indicating that the output signals were stable. The linearity evaluation results showed that the R2 values of the reliability indicator for straight line trend lines were 0.9999, 0.9999, and 0.9994, respectively, at 6, 9, and 12 MeV, to confirm that the output signal was proportional to PbI2 as dose increased. The PbI2 dosimeter in this study is judged to be highly applicable to electromagnet measurement and is thought to be able to be used as a basic study of electron detector through photoelectric material.

Study on the Applicability of Semiconductor Compounds for Dose Measurement in Electron Beam Treatment (전자선 치료 분야의 선량 측정을 위한 반도체 화합물의 적용가능성 연구)

  • Yang, Seungwoo;Han, Moojae;Shin, Yohan;Jung, Jaehoon;Choi, Yunseon;Cho, Heunglae;Park, Sungkwang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2020
  • In this study, it was intended to replace the existing plane parallel ionization chamber, which requires cross-calibration in electron beam treatment. The semiconductor compounds HgI2 was fabricated as detector, and the characteristics of HgI2 detector for the 6, 9 and 12 MeV electron beam was analyzed in the linear accelerator. It was also intended to evaluate the possibility of substitution with existing detectors and their applicability as electron beam dosimetry and to use them as a basic study of the development of electronic beam dosimeter. As a result of reproducibility, RSD was 0.4246%, 0.5054%, and 0.8640% at 6, 9, and 12 MeV energy, respectively, indicating that the output signal was stable. As a result of the linearity, the R2 was 0.9999 at 6 MeV, 0.9996 at 9 MeV, and 0.9997 at 12 MeV showed that the output signal is proportional to HgI2 as the dose is increased. The HgI2 detector of this study is highly applicable to electron beam measurement, and it may be used as a basic research on electron beam detection.

Determination of Relative Output Factors Using PinPoint Ion Chamber and Gafchromic Film in Gamma Knife

  • Seo, Weon-Seop;Shin, Dong-Oh;Lim, Young-Jin;Im, Yong-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.300-301
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    • 2002
  • Of many modalities for measuring output factor, we measured the outputs of 18mm, 14mm, 8mm and 4mm helmet in Gamma knife using ion chambers and a Gafrcromic MD-55 film and normalized the outputs of four helmets the one of a 18mm helmet. Ion chambers used for this paper were a PR-05P and a PinPoint having a volume of 0.07cc and 0.015cc respectively. The recommended output factors from a manufacture were 1, 0.984, 0.956, and 0.87. For PR-05P, the output factor of 14mm helmet showed a good agreement, but the ones of 8mm and 4mm helmet showed the difference of 4.6% and 47% respectively. For PinPoint, The output factors of 14mm and 8mm helmet showed a good agreement, but the one of a 4mm helmet showed a difference of 18%. The Gafcromic MD-55, however, showed a good agreement for all helmets.

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Load Modeling based on System Identification with Kalman Filtering of Electrical Energy Consumption of Residential Air-Conditioning

  • Patcharaprakiti, Nopporn;Tripak, Kasem;Saelao, Jeerawan
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 2015
  • This paper is proposed mathematical load modelling based on system identification approach of energy consumption of residential air conditioning. Due to air conditioning is one of the significant equipment which consumes high energy and cause the peak load of power system especially in the summer time. The demand response is one of the solutions to decrease the load consumption and cutting peak load to avoid the reservation of power supply from power plant. In order to operate this solution, mathematical modelling of air conditioning which explains the behaviour is essential tool. The four type of linear model is selected for explanation the behaviour of this system. In order to obtain model, the experimental setup are performed by collecting input and output data every minute of 9,385 BTU/h air-conditioning split type with $25^{\circ}C$ thermostat setting of one sample house. The input data are composed of solar radiation ($W/m^2$) and ambient temperature ($^{\circ}C$). The output data are power and energy consumption of air conditioning. Both data are divided into two groups follow as training data and validation data for getting the exact model. The model is also verified with the other similar type of air condition by feed solar radiation and ambient temperature input data and compare the output energy consumption data. The best model in term of accuracy and model order is output error model with 70.78% accuracy and $17^{th}$ order. The model order reduction technique is used to reduce order of model to seven order for less complexity, then Kalman filtering technique is applied for remove white Gaussian noise for improve accuracy of model to be 72.66%. The obtained model can be also used for electrical load forecasting and designs the optimal size of renewable energy such photovoltaic system for supply the air conditioning.

Determination of Output Factors for the Gamma Knife using a Radiophotoluminescent Glass Rod Detector (유리선량계를 이용한 감마나이프의 출력인자 결정)

  • Rah, Jeong-Eun;Suh, Won-Seop;Shin, Dong-Oh;Kim, Hee-Sun;Suh, Tea-Suk
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of study Is to Investigate whether glass rod detector (GRD) would be suitable for dosimeter of radiotherapy units. A GRD Is used for the measurement of the ou4put factors and x-axis beam profiles from Gamma Knife. The output factors measured with GRD from the 14, 8 and 4mm collimators relative to the 18mm collimator are $0.980{\pm}0.013,\;0.949{\pm}0.013\;and\;0.872{\pm}0.012$, respectively. The output factors obtained with a GRD are within 1.0% In good agreement with the values recommended by the manufacture. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of x-axis beam profiles measured with GRD are 5.9mm at a 4mm collimator.

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Development of VPO MPPT of PV System Considering Shadow Influence (그림자 영향을 고려한 PV 시스템의 VPO MPPT 제어)

  • Choi, Jung-Sik;Ko, Jae-Sub;Chung, Dong-Hwa
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.521-531
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents the variable perturbation and observation(VPO) maximum power point tracking(MPPT) control of the photovoltaic(PV) system considering the shadow influence. The output characteristics of the solar cell is a nonlinear and affected by a temperature, the solar radiation and influence of a shadow. MPPT control is a very important technique in order to increase an output and efficiency of the solar power generation. Conventional perturbation and observation(PO) and incremental conductance(IC) are the method finding MPP by the continued self-excitation vibration. The MPPT control is unable to be performed by rapid output change affected by the shadow. To solve this problem, this paper proposes the VPO MPPT algorithm which changes step size according to output variation. The response characteristics of VPO MPPT algorithm proposed in this paper compares with response characteristics of conventional MPPT algorithm about the radiation, temperature and shadow influence. The validity of the algorithm proposed in this paper prove through the results of the comparisons.

A Study on the dosimetry in boundary of shielding block in high energy irradiation (고에너지 방사선치료에서 차폐물 경계부위의 선량분포에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, Myung-Se;Kim, Sung-Kyu;Shin, Sei-One
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.115-120
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    • 1990
  • Scatter-air ratios are used for the purpose of calculating scattered dose in the medium. The computation of the primary and the scattered dose separately is particularly useful in the dosimetry of irregular fields with shielding block in radiation field, dose distribution of scattered radiation using 18MeV Linear accelerator and Co-50 teletherapy measured. The effect of scattered radiation dose by protecting block was been ignored in radiation therapy, 2-3% of scattered radiation may be 90-200 cGy which could be influence vitial complications such as cataract, oligospermia or sterility. So that exect calculation of such scattered radiation especially for large field $\bar{c}$ small protection of vitial organ is very important. The purpose of this article is to calculate scattered radiation by protecting block exactly for irregular field $\bar{c}$ Linac or Co-60 irradiation and to applicate these data in clinical radiation field. Authors could obtain following results. 1. The lesser angle between shielding block showed more scattered radiation. 2. With decreasing distance between shielding blocks, the dependent of scattered radiation were increased. 3. Output of 18MeV Linear accelerator and Co-60 was related linear proportion on field size, but independent according to the size of shielding block in 18MeV Linear accelerator.

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A Nuclear Event Detectors Fabrication and Verification for Detection of a Transient Radiation (과도방사선 검출을 위한 핵폭발 검출기 제작 및 검증)

  • Jeong, Sang-Hun;Lee, Seung-Min;Lee, Nam-Ho;Kim, Ha-Chul;Cho, Seong-Ik
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.5
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    • pp.639-642
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, proposed NED(nuclear event detectors) for detection of a transient radiation. Nuclear event detector was blocked of power temporary for defence of critical damage at a electric device when a induced transient radiation. Conventional NED consist of BJT, resistors and capacitors. The NED supply voltage of 5V and MCM(Multi Chip Module) structures. The proposed NED were designed for low supply voltage using 0.18um CMOS process. The response time of proposed NED was 34.8ns. In addition, pulse radiation experiments using a electron beam accelerator, the output signal has occurred.

A lightweight true random number generator using beta radiation for IoT applications

  • Park, Kyunghwan;Park, Seongmo;Choi, Byoung Gun;Kang, Taewook;Kim, Jongbum;Kim, Young-Hee;Jin, Hong-Zhou
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.951-964
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    • 2020
  • This paper presents a lightweight true random number generator (TRNG) using beta radiation that is useful for Internet of Things (IoT) security. In general, a random number generator (RNG) is required for all secure communication devices because random numbers are needed to generate encryption keys. Most RNGs are computer algorithms and use physical noise as their seed. However, it is difficult to obtain physical noise in small IoT devices. Since IoT security functions are required in almost all countries, IoT devices must be equipped with security algorithms that can pass the cryptographic module validation programs of each country. In this regard, it is very cumbersome to embed security algorithms, random number generation algorithms, and even physical noise sources in small IoT devices. Therefore, this paper introduces a lightweight TRNG comprising a thin-film beta-radiation source and integrated circuits (ICs). Although the ICs are currently being designed, the IC design was functionally verified at the board level. Our random numbers are output from a verification board and tested according to National Institute of Standards and Technology standards.