• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.670-679
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• 2010

In this paper, a new approach using a pixel-based correction method was developed to fix the non-uniform responses of flat-bed type scanners used for radiochromic film dosimetry. In order to validate the method's performance, two cases were tested: the first consisted of simple dose distributions delivered by a single port; the second was a complicated dose distribution composed of multiple beams. In the case of the simple individual dose condition, ten different doses, from 8.3 cGy to 307.1 cGy, were measured, horizontal profiles were analyzed using the pixel-based correcton method and compared with results measured by an ionization chamber and results corrected using the existing correction method. A complicated inverse pyramid dose distribution was made by piling up four different field shapes, which were measured with GAFCHROMIC$^{(R)}$EBT film and compared with the Monte Carlo calculation; as well as the dose distribution corrected using a conventional method. The results showed that a pixel-based correction method reduced dose difference from the reference measurement down to 1% in the flat dose distribution region or 2 mm in a steep dose gradient region compared to the reference data, which were ionization chamber measurement data for simple cases and the MC computed data for the complicated case, with an exception for very low doses of less than about 10 cGy in the simple case. Therefore, the pixel-based scanner correction method is expected to enhance the accuracy of GAFCHROMIC$^{(R)}$EBT film dosimetry, which is a widely used tool for two-dimensional dosimetry.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2010

Ionization chambers often exhibit a stem effect, caused by interactions of radiation with air near the chamber end, or with dielectric in the chamber stem or cable. In this study measured stem effect correction factor for length of ionization chamber from medical linear accelerator recommend to with the use of stem correction method. For a model of the Farmer-type chamber, were used to calculate the beam quality correction factor. These interactions contribute to the apparent measured exposure. Additionally, it needs to consider ionization chamber use of small volume and stem effect of cable by a large field. Linear accelerator generated photons energy and increased dose repeatedly measured by using stem correction method. Stem effect was dependence of the energy and increases with photon energy conditions improved of beam quality. In conclusion, stem effect correction factor was measured within 0.4% calculated according to the exposures stem length and also supposed to determined below 1% of another stem correction method.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.165-168
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• 1987

The generalized Bathe method, proposed by Webb and Fox, which is a method of calculation of dose correction factor for the purpose of heterogeneous tissue, is complex even for a few kind of tissues. The method was modified for the purpose of getting a simple method that divide the multilayer of heterogeneous tissues into some groups of adjacent-tissue pairs. This new method could reduce the number of exponential terms and the time for calculating the dose correction factors by manual and computer calculation.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.173-179
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• 2006

개선된 몬테칼로 코드 CEARPPU는 고계수율 상황에서의 펄스 중첩 보정 스펙트럼을 제공한다. 중성자 방사화 분석을 위하여 CEARPPU를 이용하여 보정된 스펙트럼으로 라이브러리 최소자승 동위원소 방사능 분석을 수행하여 보정하지 않은 스펙트럼을 이용하는 방법보다 우수한 결과를 얻었다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.180-184
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• 2002

In this study, we investigated mask errors, photo errors with attenuated phase shift mask and off-axis illumination, and etch errors in dry etch conditions. We propose that total process proximity correction (TPPC), a concept merging every process step error correction, is essential in a lithography process when minimum critical dimension (CD) is smaller than the wavelength of radiation. A correction rule table was experimentally obtained applying TPPC concept. Process capability of controlling gate CD in DRAM fabrication should be improved by this method.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.523-529
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• 2022

Gamma spectroscopy analysis is widely used for radioactivity analysis, and various factors are required for radioactivity calculations. Among the factors, K3 for each sample significantly influences the results. The previous methods of correcting the self-absorption effect include a computational simulation method and a method that requires making a CRM(certified reference material) identical to the sample medium. However, the above methods have limitations when used in small institutions because they require specialized program utilization skills or high manufacturing costs and large facilities. The aim of this study is to develop a method that can be easily and rapidly applied to radioactivity analysis. After filling the beaker with water, we placed the radiation source in a uniform position and used the measured value as the benchmark. Next, a correction factor was derived based on the difference in the radiation source count of the benchmark and the identically measured sample. For the radiation source, Eu-152, which emits a broad range of energy within the measurement range of gamma rays, and Cs-134 and Cs-137, which are indicator nuclides in environmental radiation analysis, were used. The sample was selected within the density range of 0.26-2.11 g/cm³, and the correction factor was derived by calculating the count difference of each sample compared to the reference value of water. This study presents a faster and more convenient method than the existing research methods for determining the self-absorption effect correction, which has become increasingly necessary.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1987년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(한일합동학술편); 한국과학기술대학, 충남; 16-17 Oct. 1987
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• pp.847-850
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• 1987

In this paper a new method to correct the differential non-linearity(D NL) error for a successive approximation is proposed. The DNL of ADC is very important characteristic in the field of radiation pulse height analysis or measurement of probability density function. The results of computer simulations are shown to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed correction method.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2014

고에너지(MV, Mega-voltage) X선 영상은 일반적인 방사선 치료 시 조사야의 영상 검증이 가능한 유일한 방법으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 그러나 고에너지 특유의 높은 콤프턴 산란 반응 특성으로 인해 저에너지 영상에 비해 화질이 크게 낮으며, 1990년대에 디지털 MV 영상이 소개된 이후 화질을 보완하기 위한 연구들이 활발히 이루어져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 디지털 영상처리 기법을 이용하거나 산란 커널 계산을 통해 화질을 개선하는 기존의 방법 대신 측정된 산란선 대 일차 선비(SPR, Scatter to Primary Ratio)를 이용하는 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 먼저 주어진 촬영 조건 하에서 환자를 모사하는 고체 물팬톰의 유무에 따라 각각 MV영상을 촬영하고 방사선의 투과율을 별도로 계산한 후 산란 성분이 포함된 일차선 영상과 포함되지 않은 일차선 영상을 각각 획득하였다. 이를 기반으로 산란 보정에 사용할 SPR 분포를 획득하였다. 그리고 알루미늄 막대를 이용한 line pair (LP) 팬텀 및 실제 환자 골반의 영상을 이용하여 산란 보정 효과의 검증을 수행하였다. SPR 측정 결과 팬톰 두께에 따른 SPR 분포들을 성공적으로 획득하였으며, LP 팬텀 검증 결과 영상의 산란 성분이 효과적으로 제거되어 팬톰 본래의 밀도 분포가 복원되었음을 확인하였다. 또한 환자 골반 영상 보정 결과 모든 관심영역에서 대조도가 평균 48% 증가하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 MV 영상의 산란 보정 방법은 실제 측정 자료를 기반으로 하므로 높은 신뢰성을 가지며, 적은 시간과 비용으로도 임상 현장에서 즉각적인 도입이 가능하다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 MV 영상을 이용한 영상유도 방사선치료의 질을 높이기 위한 하나의 효과적인 방법이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4350-4356
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• 2023

Radiation detection systems working at high count rates suffer from the overlapping of their output electric pulses, known as pulse pile-up phenomenon, resulting in spectrum distortion and degradation of the energy resolution. Pulse tail extrapolation is a pile-up correction method which tries to restore the shifted baseline of a piled-up pulse by extrapolating the overlapped part of its preceding pulse. This needs a mathematical model which is almost always nonlinear, fitted usually by a nonlinear least squares (NLS) technique. NLS is an iterative, potentially time-consuming method. The main idea of the present study is to replace the NLS technique by an integration-based non-iterative method (NIM) for pulse tail extrapolation by an exponential model. The idea of linear extrapolation, as another non-iterative method, is also investigated. Analysis of experimental data of a NaI(Tl) radiation detector shows that the proposed non-iterative method is able to provide a corrected spectrum quite similar with the NLS method, with a dramatically reduced computation time and complexity of the algorithm. The linear extrapolation approach suffers from a poor energy resolution and throughput rate in comparison with NIM and NLS techniques, but provides the shortest computation time.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.309-317
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• 1997

비파괴적인 방법으로 방사성폐기물드럼에 대한 핵종분석을 수행할 때 드럼내 매질에 의한 방사선의 감쇠에 의해 핵종분석장치로 측정한 계수값은 실제 드럼내 방사능에 의한 계수값보다 작게 나타나 결과적으로 방사능의 측정결과가 과소평가된다. 그러므로 드럼내 매질에 의한 감쇠를 보정해 주어야 하는데 감쇠 보정방법은 드럼내 매질의 분포나 매질의 밀도에 따라 달리 적용해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 원자력발전소에서 발생하는 드럼 종류별로 모델드럼을 제작한 후 모델드럼에 표준감마선원을 넣고 핵종분석장치를 이용해 측정을 하여 드럼내 매질의 밀도를 구하였고, 이 값을 실제 매질의 밀도와 비교해 드럼종류에 따라 매질에 의한 최적의 감쇠 보정방법을 결정하였다. 그 결과 잡고체드럼의 경우에는 전송선원 보정방법과 평균밀도 보정방법, 차폐잡고체드럼의 경우 전송선원 보정방법과 두 감마선피크비교 보정방법이 최적의 감쇠 보정방법임을 알 수 있었고, 고밀도드럼인 폐수지, 농축폐액 및 폐필터드럼의 경우에는 평균밀도 보정방법과 두 감마선피크비교 보정방법을 사용해 드럼내 매질의 감쇠를 보정할 수 있다.