• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.158-166
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• 2003

목적: 본 연구는 새로운 근접치료선원의 이론적 설계를 통해 출력변조를 이용한 혈관내 방사선치료를 제안한다. 대상 및 방법: 제시된 이론적 선원은 기존의 선원과는 달리 선원물질과 차폐물질(스테인리스 스틸, 또는 텅스텐) 둘 다로 구성되며 이는 방위방향으로 비대칭적 방사선량을 제공할 수 있게 한다. 따라서, 방위방향으로 선원의 방향과 체류시간을 조절함으로써 출력변조를 통한 근접치료가 가능해진다. Novoste Beta-Cath system에서 사용하는 Sr-90/Y 전자방출 선원과 유사한 모양의 두 가지 단순화한 선원을 연구의 대상으로 고려하였다. 첫 번째 선원은 선원물질과 차폐물질이 각각 반씩 차지하며, 두 번째 선원은 1/4은 선원물질로, 나머지 3/4은 차폐물질로 구성된다. 두 선원에 대해 방위 및 방사방향으로의 선량분포를 MCNP 몬테 카를로 코드를 이용하여 계산하였다. 결과: 선원이 혈관내의 중심에 위치하지 않게 되는 가상조건에서의 선량 최적화 계산을 시도한 결과, 혈관내벽에 미치는 선량의 최고치와 최저치의 차이가 87$\%$에서 7$\%$까지 줄어들 수 있음을 보였다. 결론: 본 연구에서 제시된 이론적 선원은 선량적 관점에서의 적합성 여부에 관해 매우 고무적인 결과를 보여 줌으로써 출력변조를 통한 혈관내 근접방사선치료의 가능성을 나타내었다. 본 과제의 다음 단계는 굵기가 가는 맥관 내에서 선원의 위치를 파악하여 그를 방위방향으로 정확하게 회전시킬 수 있는 방사선 전달 체계의 개발이라 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 2014

In this study, for 6-20 MeV electron beam energy occurring in a linear accelerator, the authors attempted to investigate the relation between the effective source-skin distance and the relation between the radiation field and the effective source-skin distance. The equipment used included a 6-20 MeV electron beam from a linear accelerator, and the distance was measured by a ionization chamber targeting the solid phantom. The measurement method for the effective source-skin distance according to the size of the radiation field changes the source-skin distance (100, 105, 110, 115 cm) for the electron beam energy (6, 9, 12, 16, 20 MeV). The effective source-skin distance was measured using the method proposed by Faiz Khan, measuring the dose according to each radiation field ($6{\times}6$, $10{\times}10$, $15{\times}150$, $20{\times}20cm^2$) at the maximum dose depth (1.3, 2.05, 2.7, 2.45, 1.8 cm, respectively) of each energy. In addition, the effective source-skin distance when cut-out blocks ($6{\times}6$, $10{\times}10$, $15{\times}15cm^2$) were used and the effective source-skin distance when they were not used, was measured and compared. The research results showed that the effective source-skin distance was increased according to the increase of the radiation field at the same amount of energy. In addition, the minimum distance was 60.4 cm when the 6 MeV electron beams were used with $6{\times}6$ cut-out blocks and the maximum distance was 87.2 cm when the 6 MeV electron beams were used with $20{\times}20$ cut-out blocks; thus, the largest difference between both of these was 26.8 cm. When comparing the before and after the using the $6{\times}6$ cut-out block, the difference between both was 8.2 cm in 6 MeV electron beam energy and was 2.1 cm in 20 MeV. Thus, the results showed that the difference was reduced according to an increase in the energy. In addition, in the comparative experiments performed by changing the size of the cut-out block at 6 MeV, the results showed that the source-skin distance was 8.2 cm when the size of the cut-out block was $6{\times}6$, 2.5 cm when the size of the cut-out block was $10{\times}10$, and 21.4 cm when the size of the cut-out block $15{\times}15$. In conclusion, it is recommended that the actual measurement is used for each energy and radiation field in the clinical dose measurement and for the measurement of the effective source-skin distance using cut-out blocks.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2009

This study examines how much the radiation dose rate around it varies if a crack occurs on the spent nuclear fuel rod. The spent nuclear fuel rod to be examined is that of Kori unit 3&4. The source terms are evaluated using the ORIGEN-ARP that is part of the version 5.1 of the SCALE package. The radiation dose rate is assessed using the TORT. To check if the structure of a fuel rod is appropriately modeled in the TORT calculation, the calculation results by the TORT are compared with those by the ANISN for the same case. From the code simulation, it is known that if a crack occurs on the spent nuclear fuel rod, the neutron dose rate varies depending on what material is the crack filled with, but the gamma dose rate varies irrespective of type of the material that the crack is filled with.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2003

구형 배플상의 피스톤 음원에 대하여 방사임피던스 특성을 2차원 축대칭 유한요소법과 하이브리드형 무한요소법을 사용하여 수치 해석하였다. 강체 배플에 있어서 피스톤 음원의 방사면 크기에 따른 자기방사임피던스 변화와 피스톤 음원간의 상호방사임피던스 변화를 계산한 결과는 알려진 해석해와 잘 일치하였다. 또한 비강체 배플의 적용에 따른 자기방사임피던스 및 상호방사임피던스의 변화를 규명함으로서 음향변환기의 설계 및 방사특성 해석에 응용되어질 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.333-335
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• 2001

The 2 GeV electron linac, the injector of the Pohang Light Source, was used as a photo-neutron source for radiation shielding research. The operational beam parameters are the nominal electron intensity of $0.5\;{\sim}5\;nC/sec$, the repetition rate of 10 Hz, and the beam pulse length of 1.0 nsec. One electron beam line was modified in order to install the target systems for producing pulsed photo-neutrons. The neutron spectrum and intensity were investigated by the time-of-flight technique. The reliable maximum energy of the measured neutrons was about 500 MeV. The number of neutrons above 20 MeV produced by one 1 GeV electron in a thick Pb target was about $6.45{\times}10^{-4}/sr$ at 90 degrees to the beam axis. The status of the photo-neutron source and the application research are presented.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2023

Workers in nuclear power plants are likely to be exposed to radiation from various geometrical sources. In order to evaluate the exposure level, the point-kernel method can be utilized. In order to perform a dose assessment based on this method, the radiation source should be divided into point sources, and the number of divisions should be set by the evaluator. However, for the general public, there may be difficulties in selecting the appropriate number of divisions and performing an evaluation. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an algorithm for dose assessment for arbitrary shaped sources based on the point-kernel method. For this purpose, the point-kernel method was analyzed and the main factors for the dose assessment were selected. Subsequently, based on the analyzed methodology, a dose assessment algorithm for arbitrary shaped sources was developed. Lastly, the developed algorithm was verified using Microshield. The dose assessment procedure of the developed algorithm consisted of 1) boundary space setting step, 2) source grid division step, 3) the set of point sources generation step, and 4) dose assessment step. In the boundary space setting step, the boundaries of the space occupied by the sources are set. In the grid division step, the boundary space is divided into several grids. In the set of point sources generation step, the coordinates of the point sources are set by considering the proportion of sources occupying each grid. Finally, in the dose assessment step, the results of the dose assessments for each point source are summed up to derive the dose rate. In order to verify the developed algorithm, the exposure scenario was established based on the standard exposure scenario presented by the American National Standards Institute. The results of the evaluation with the developed algorithm and Microshield were compare. The results of the evaluation with the developed algorithm showed a range of 1.99×10^-1~9.74×10^-1 μSv hr^-1, depending on the distance and the error between the results of the developed algorithm and Microshield was about 0.48~6.93%. The error was attributed to the difference in the number of point sources and point source distribution between the developed algorithm and the Microshield. The results of this study can be utilized for external exposure radiation dose assessments based on the point-kernel method.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1103-1105
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• 2015

원전이나 방사선 관련시설에서의 사고발생 또는 노후원전 해체시 누출된 방사능은 조기에 탐지 및 제거해야 대형사고를 방지할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 방사선원의 빠르고 효율적인 제염작업을 위해 방사선원에 대한 거리, 방향 및 선량정보를 제공할 수 있는 단센서 기반의 스테레오감마선 탐지장치를 구현하였고, 탐지장치의 고속탐지를 위한 알고리즘개발을 수행하였다. 선원에 대한 거리정보를 획득하기 위한 스테레오 구조를 위해 2대의 탐지장치가 필요하지만 장치의 운용을 위하여 단센서 기반의 경량화된 탐지장치를 고안하였고, 스테레오 영상 획득시 탐지시간을 최소화 하기 위하여 관심영역을 추출한 후 해당 영역에 대한 스캔을 통해 탐지 선원에 대한 거리산출 및 영상분포출력을 나타내도록 하였다. 스테레오 획득 시 탐지시간을 기준으로 적용된 알고리즘의 탐지시간은 최대 35%의 시간단축결과를 확인하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.195-198
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• 2012

This study was carried out to assess the effect of radiation on the changes of Hizikia fusiformis cooking juice ethanol extract and to compare the effect of gamma ray and electron beam. On the applying radiation, the dark color of cooking juice became changed with higher brightness and lower redness and yellowness. But, there was no difference between gamma ray radiation and electron beam radiation. 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl radical scavenging activity and tyrosinase inhibitory activity of cooking juice were shown to be increased by radiation independent on the radiation source types. The reason for the increased biological activities was caused by higher content of total phenolic compounds. The results could be applied to investigate the effect of radiation source on the color and antioxidant activity of biomaterials, and it was thought that irradiation could be an promising method for enhancing the biological activity of biomaterials.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.257-268
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• 2014

The objective of the present study is to investigate thermal diffusion and radiation effects on unsteady MHD flow past a linearly accelerated vertical porous plate with variable temperature and also with variable mass diffusion in presence of heat source or sink under the influence of applied transverse magnetic field. The fluid considered here is a gray, absorbing/emitting radiation but a non-scattering medium. At time t > 0, the plate is linearly accelerated with a velocity $u=u_0t$ in its own plane. And at the same time, plate temperature and concentration levels near the plate raised linearly with time t. The dimensionless governing equations involved in the present analysis are solved using the closed analytical method. The velocity, temperature, concentration, skin-friction, the rate or heat transfer and the rate of mass transfer are studied through graphs in terms of different physical parameters like magnetic field parameter (M), radiation parameter (R), Schmidt parameter (Sc), Soret number (So), Heat source parameter (S), Prandtl number (Pr), thermal Grashof number (Gr), mass Grashof number (Gm) and time (t).

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.30-44
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• 1998

Accurate delivery of doses using a high dose rate(HDR) brachytherapy, remote afterloading system(RALS) depends on knowing the strength of the radioactive source at the time of treatment, the precision and consistency of the timer, and the ability of the unit to position the source at the proper dwell location along the applicator. Periodic Quality Assurance(QA) on HDR machines is a part of the standard protocol of any user. The safety of the patient & staff, positional accuracy, temporal accuracy, and dose delivery accuracy are periodically(weekly, quarterly, monthly) estimated using HDR source(Ir-192), treatment planning devices, measurement devices, and overall treatment devices with regard to treatment delivery. The overall measurement results are estimated successfully and assessed its clinical significance. As a result, our HDR brachytherapy units has been very accurate until now. The QA program protocol permits routine clinical use and provides a high confidence level in the accurate operation of HDR units. Therefore, regular QA of HDR brachytherapy is essential for successful treatment.