• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.501-504
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• 2003

The purpose of this work is to introduce some fundamental stereological concepts to quantify damage parameters using X-ray CT(Computed Tomography) in the scope of CDM(Continuum Damage Mechanics). X-ray CT is a completely nondestructive technique for visualizing features in the interior of opaque solid objects, and for obtaining digital information on their 3D geometries and properties. Many researchers have introduced lots of damage parameters to model the mechanical behavior of deteriorated materials. Those damage parameters can be represented in many forms such as specific void or crack surfaces, the spacing between cracks, the specific damaged surface area, the specific damaged surface area tensor, the mean solid path among the damaged surfaces and the mean solid path tensor. Despite of many accomplishments in CDM since there is no the systematic experiment, it have limitations in application. In this situation, X-ray computed tomography is highlited by many researchers and applied in a wide range of materials including rock, bone, ceramic, metal, soft tissue and concrete.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.705-708
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• 2003

To observe a hydrated biological specimen, an environmental chamber was necessary to keep the specimen in a wet state under vacuum surroundings. The specimen holder is as follows designed consequently. The specimen holder consisted of two Si wafers, the centers of which were Si$_3$N$_4$(100nm thickness) windows of a 0.3mm square. The windows were made by a photo-lithographic method. The transmission of a window at 400eV is about 70%. A hydrated biological specimen was put between the two windows. When the chamber was closed, two wafers were contact at the metal mesh by the pressure of O-rings, and the specimen holder moved by the three micrometers.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 헬리코박터 파이로리 페리틴, 헴, $NaM[Fe(CN)_6]{\cdot}H_2O$ 프러시안 블루(M=Co, Ni) 등의 분자기반 생체물질 나노입자들의 전자 구조를 연구하기 위하여 방사광을 광원으로 사용한 연 x선 광흡수 분광(soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy: XAS)과 연 x선 자기 원편광 이색성(soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism: XMCD) 분광법 실험을 수행하였다. 이 연구로부터 페리틴 나노 입자들을 구성하고 있는 Fe 이온들은 모두 거의 3가 ($Fe^{3+}$)의 원자가 상태에 있으며, 프러시안 블루 나노 입자들 내의 Fe 이온들은 $Fe^{2+}-Fe^{3+}$의 혼합원자가 상태에 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 페리틴 내의 $Fe^{3+}$ 이온들은 한 종류의 대칭성을 가진 국소 구조를 가지며, Fe 이온들의 자기모멘트는 모두 한 방향으로 정렬되어 있다는 사실을 발견하였다. 그리고 프러시안 블루 나노 입자들의 Fe 이온의 국소적 결합은 주로 $(CN)^-$ 리건드와의 결합에 의하여 결정된다는 것을 분광학적으로 알 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.3517-3523
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• 2010

본 논문은 이중 에너지 DR(Digital Radiography) 방식 중, 단일 조사 X-선(single shot X-ray exposure) 장치와 이중 모드 검출기 모듈 (Low Energy Detector & High Energy Detector)을 이용한 이중 X-선 이미징이 가능한 검출기 모듈에 관한 연구이다. 상용 BIS(baggage inspection system)에서 사용되고 있는 X-선 발생장치의 스펙트럼과 이중 모드 검출기에 대한 특징 및 방사선적 특성을 분석하여 새롭게 제안 할 검출기 모듈의 최적 설계 방향을 기술하고 상용화된 용화된 LED 및 HED 검출기와 새롭게 제안 한 검출기 모듈에 대해 전기적, 광학적, 방사선적 특성 실험을 실시하여, 새롭게 제안된 검출기 모듈이 BIS 용도로 사용 가능함을 증명하였다. 새롭게 제안 된 검출기 모듈이 적용된 BIS에 대해, 기본 특성 실험에 대한 X-선 영상을 획득하여 실험 및 분석을 실시하였다.

• 천문학논총
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.559-563
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• 2015

Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) is a Japanese X-ray all-sky surveyer mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). It has been scanning the whole sky since 2009 during every 92-minute ISS rotation. X-ray transients are quickly found by the real-time nova-search program. As a result, MAXI has issued 133 Astronomer's Telegrams and 44 Gamma-ray burst Coordinated Networks so far. MAXI has discovered six new black holes (BH) in 4.5 years. Long-term behaviors of the MAXI BHs can be classified into two types by their outbursts; a fast-rise exponential-decay type and a fast-rise flat-top one. The slit camera is suitable for accumulating data over a long time. MAXI issued a 37-month catalog containing 500 sources above a ~0.6 mCrab detection limit at 4-10 keV in the region ${\mid}{b}{\mid}$ > $10^{\circ}$. The SSC instrument utilizing an X-ray CCD has detected diffuse soft X-rays extending over a large solid angle, such as the Cygnus super bubble. MAXI/SSC has also detcted a Ne emission line from the rapid soft X-ray nova MAXI J0158-744. The overall shapes of outbursts in Be X-ray binaries (BeXRB) are precisely observed with MAXI/GSC. BeXRB have two kinds of outbursts, a normal outburst and a giant one. The peak dates of the subsequent giant outbursts of A0535+26 repeated with a different period than the orbital one. The Be stellar disk is considered to either have a precession motion or a distorted shape. The long-term behaviors of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) containing weakly magnetized neutron stars are investigated. Transient LMXBs (Aql X-1 and 4U 1608-52) repeated outbursts every 200-1000 days, which is understood by the limit-cycle of hydrogen ionization states in the outer accretion disk. A third state (very dim state) in Aql X-1 and 4U 1608-52 was interpreted as the propeller effect in the unified picture of LMXB. Cir X-1 is a peculiar source in the sense that its long-term behavior is not like typical LMXBs. The luminosity sometimes decreases suddenly at periastron. It might be explained by the stripping of the outer accretion disk by a clumpy stellar wind. MAXI observed 64 large flares from 22 active stars (RS CVns, dMe stars, Argol types, young stellar objects) over 4 years. The total energies are $10^{34}-10^{36}$ erg $s^{-1}$. Since MAXI can measure the spectrum (temperature and emission measure), we can estimate the size of the plasma and the magnetic fields. The size sometimes exceeds the size of the star. The magnetic field is in the range of 10-100 gauss, which is a typical value for solar flares.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.1336-1338
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• 2010

Three cobalt-iron Prussian Blue Analogues (PBAs) nanotubes contained with different alkali metal cations of K, Rb or Cs, respectively, were prepared by using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)/ethanol-water micelles as soft templates. The products were characterized by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron micrograph (SEM), which confirmed the composition of the substances and their unique nanotube structures. Furthermore, the formation mechanism of the PBAs nanotubes was discussed and provided useful insight for further synthesis of nanotubes of other Prussian blue analogues.

• 천문학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 1994

We present the calculation of X -ray spectra produced through Compton scattering of soft X-rays by hot electrons in the spherical shell geometry, using fully relativistic Monte Carlo simulation. With this model, we show that the power-law component, which has been observed in the low luminosity state of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), is explained physically. From a spectral. analysis, we find that spectral hardness is mainly due to the relative contribution of scattered component. In addition, we see that Wi en spectral features appear when the plasma is optically thick, especially in the high energy range, $E{\gtrsim}100keV$. We suggest that after a number of scattering the escape probability approaches an asymptotic form depending on the geometry of the scattering medium rather than on the initial photon spectrum.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2006

국내에서 문화재로 지정되어 관리되고 있는 많은 목조 고건축물들의 효과적인 보존 및 관리를 위해서는 목재의 내부 상태를 정확하게 평가할 수 있든 비파괴 검사법이 요구된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현장에서 적용 가능한 X선 CT 시스템을 개발하기 위한 연구의 일환으로, 먼저 휴대형 soft-X선 촬영 장치를 사용한 목재의 밀도측정 방법을 확립하고 그 적용 가능성을 확인하고자 하였다. 먼서 측정방법을 확립하기 위하여 X선 강도와 필름명도 사이의 상관관계를 분석하였으며, 또한 관전류와 관전압의 변화에 따른 X선 초기강도의 변화를 확인하여 정량화 하였다. 다음으로 목재의 밀도와 연륜각, 두께가 질량감쇠계수에 미치는 영향을 확인하고, 목재의 침량감쇠계수를 결정하여 Beer의 법칙에 적용함으로써 X선 측정결과로부터 목재의 밀도를 계산할 수 있는 식을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 X선 촬영법을 통해 측정한 밀도를 기존의 치수법에 의한 측정결과와 비교함으로써 앞에서 결정된 밀도측정 방법의 작용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과는 앞으로 개발하고자 하는 X선 CT 시스템에서 입력값으로 요구되는 밀도를 측정하는 방법을 확립하는데 있어서 효과적으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2008

Purpose: Diagnostic estimation of destruction and formation of bone has the typical limit according to capacity of x-ray generator and image detector. So the aim of this study was to find out how much it can reproduce the shape and the density of bone in the case of using recently developed dental type of cone beam computed tomography, and which image is applied by new detector and mathematic calculation. Materials and Methods: Cone beam computed tomography (PSR 9000N, Asahi Roentgen Ind. Co., Ltd., Japan) and soft x-ray radiography were executed on dry mandible that was already decalcified during 5 hours, 10 hours, 15 hours, 20 hours, and 25 hours. Estimating and comparing of those came to the following results. Results: The change of inferior border of mandible and anterior border of ramus in the region of cortical bone was observed between first 5 and 10 hours of decalcification. The reproduction of shape and density in the region of cortical bone and cancellous bone can be hardly observed at cone beam computed tomography compared with soft x-ray radiography. The difference of decrease of bone density according to hours of decalcification increase wasn't reproduced at cone beam computed tomography compared with soft x-ray radiography. Conclusion: CBCT images revealed higher spatial resolution. However, contrast resolution in region of low contrast sensitivity is the inferiority of images' property.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.409-413
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• 2011

경 X선 형광분석 기법에 사용되는 X선 튜브는 X선의 휘도가 낮아 분석의 정밀도가 떨어지고 분석 시간 또한 오래 걸린다. 모세관 집광소자를 이용하면 X선 휘도의 이득(gain)을 최소 10 이상 얻을 수가 있다. 모세관 광학소자는 8.4keV의 텅스텐 특성방사선을 효율적으로 집광할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 파이렉스 유리로 된 모세관 모재를 풀러(puller)를 이용하여 45 g의 추에 $650^{\circ}$의 온도를 가하여 모세관 광학소자를 제작하였다. 모세관 광학소자의 제작은 총 460분이 소요되었으며 제작된 모세관 광학소자의 길이는 87 mm, X선 입사부의 직경은 300 ${\mu}m$, 출구부의 직경은 192 ${\mu}m$로 제작되었다. 제작된 모세관 광학소자를 경 X선 형광분석에 적용하면 황(S)과 같은 경원소 검출의 정밀도를 높일 수 있을 것이다.