• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.115-120
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• 2018

In recent years, many researchers have attempted to make use of 2D nanoparticles as molecular imaging probes since extensive investigations proved that 2D nanoparticles in the body tends to accumulate certain lesions by enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. For example, graphene and carbon nitride which have high surface area and modifiable properties showed good biocompatibility and targetability when it used as imaging probes. However, poor dispersibility in physiological mediums and its uncontrolled size limited its usage in bio-application. Therefore, oxidation process and mechanical exfoliation have been developed for overcoming these problems. In this paper, we highlight the several major methods to synthesize biocompatible 2D nanomaterials like graphene and carbon nitride especially for molecular imaging study including positron emission tomography (PET).

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.569-577
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• 2010

Nonplanar surface geometries of components are frequently encountered in real ultrasonic inspection situations. Use of rigid array transducers can lead to beam defocusing and reduction of defect image quality due to the mismatch between the planar array and the changing surface. When a flexible array is used to fit the complex surface profile, the locations of array elements should be known to compute the delay time necessary for adaptive heam focusing. An alternative method is to employ the time reversal focusing technique that does not require a prior knowledge about the properties and structures of the specimen and the transducer. In this paper, a time reversal method is applied to simulate beam focusing of flexible arrays and imaging of point-like defects contained in specimens with nonplanar surface geometry. Quantitative comparisons are made for the performance of a number of array techniques in terms of the ability to focus and image three point-like reflectors positioned at regular intervals. The sinusoidal profile array studied here exhibits almost the same image quality as the flat, reference case.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2014

목 적 : 토모테라피(Tomotherapy)와 선형가속기(Linac)를 이용한 세기조절방사선치료(IMRT) 시 환자의 정확한 위치잡이를 위해 매일 시행되는 MVCT와 CBCT의 imaging dose를 비교 평가해보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 인체 모형 팬텀(Anderson rando Phantom, USA)을 Head, Thorax, pelvis의 3부위로 분류하여 촬영 부위의 중심에 $0.5{\times}0.5cm2$. 크기로 자른 GafChromic EBT3 film을 팬텀의 표면의 상, 하, 좌, 우와 팬텀의 표면에서 2cm깊이의 상, 하, 좌, 우, 중심에 위치시킨 뒤 토모테라피(Hi Art)와 Novalis Tx의 OBI를 이용하여 surface dose와 inner dose를 각각 3회씩 반복 측정한다. 측정 된 film은 RIP version6.0을 이용하여 값을 산출한 뒤 일원분산분석법을 이용하여 선량의 평균값을 산출한다. 결 과 : 인체모형팬텀을 이용하여 MVCT와 CBCT를 시행한 결과 MVCT inner dose의 측정값은 head에서 $15.43cGy{\pm}6.05$, thorax에서 $16.62cGy{\pm}3.08$, pelvis에서 $16.81cGy{\pm}5.24$로 나타났으며, CBCT inner dose는 head에서 $13.28{\pm}3.68$, thorax에서 $13.66{\pm}4.04$, pelvis에서 $15.52{\pm}3.52$의 값을 나타냈다. Surface dose의 측정 값은 MVCT 시행 시 head에서 $11.64{\pm}4.05$, thorax에서 $12.16{\pm}4.38$, pelvis에서 $12.05{\pm}2.71$로 나타났으며, CBCT의 경우 head에서 $14.59{\pm}3.51$, thorax에서 $15.82{\pm}2.89$, pelvis에서 $17.48{\pm}2.80$을 나타내었다. 결 론 : Inner dose의 경우 kV energy를 사용하는 CBCT보다 MV energy를 사용하는 MVCT에서 head에서 1.16배, thorax에서 1.22배, pelvis에 서 1.08배 높게 나타났으며, Surface dose의 경우 MVCT보다는 CBCT의 head에서 1.25배, thorax에서 1.30배, pelvis에서 1.45배 높게 측정되었다. Imaging dose는 치료 선량에 비해 작은 양이지만 daily로 시행되는 만큼 정상조직에 일정부분 영향을 미칠 것으로 생각된다. 하지만 IMRT치료를 위해서는 영상유도를 통한 IGRT가 반드시 병행되어 치료계획과 실제치료간 오차를 최소화하여야 한다. 따라서 환자가 받는 imaging dose를 최소화하기 위해서는 치료계획 시 Imaging dose를 고려하여 치료계획을 수립하거나 MVCT 촬영 시 Scan 범위를 최소화하여 시행해야 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.11-18
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• 1989

최근의 악관절(TMJ) 방사선학적 진단에 있어 많은 발전과 진단방법이 고안돼어 왔다. 또한 새로운 외과적 술식의 발달로 인하여 악관절내장증(Internal Derangement)의 보다 정확한 진단을 요하게 되었다. 가장 새로운 진단방법으로 핵자기공명촬영법(Magnetic Resonance Imaging:MRI)이 악관절내장증 진단 평가하는데 사용되어지고 있다. 핵자기공명촬영법은 surface coil을 이용하여 관절원판(meniscus)의 비정상적 변화를 효과적으로 진달할 수 있으며, 지금까지 이용되어오던 악관절조영술(arthrography)이나 컴퓨터 단층촬영법(C-T scan)의 단점인, 관절내 조영제 주입이나 방사선 노출둥의 문제점을 배제할 수 있다. 본 연구는 악관절 핵자기공명촬영을 한 92명(184 joints)중 천공(perforation)으로 진단된 31 명 (39 joints)를 대상으로 하였으며, 핵자기공명촬영법의 취약점으로 지적되고 있는 악관절원판 천공 진단의 정확도를 측정하기 위하여 가역적 조사를 통해, 악관절원판 천공으로 진단되어 수술받은 15명(20 joints)에서 65%(13 joints)의 정확성을 확인하였다. 또한 핵자기공명촬영법을 통한 악관절원판 진단의 정확도를 높이기 위하여 condyle head의 퇴행성 변화, articular eminence의 변화, condyle spurring, bone to bone contact등의 경조직 변화와 meniscus의 discontinuity, meniscal deformity, loss of joint space, alternated bilaminar zone 등이 악관절원판 천공진단의 중요한 findings 임을 증명 하였다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.363-364
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• 2002

We describe quadrature type surface coil for functional magnetic resonance imaging at 3T MRI system. The coil consisted of two coplanar resonators and was used as both transmitter and receiver. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the coil was compared with that of a standard birdcage head coil. Visual cortex activation on normal subjects using LED flicker was performed. The SNR of surface coil was found to be better than that of the conventional head coil.

• 치과방사선
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 1993

The Internal derangement of temporomandibular joint disc was evaluated by using magnetic resonance imaging and arthrogram in 5 patients having reciprocal clicking or locking and in 5 normal subjects. Parasagittal multisections on both closed and open mouth were serially obtained by using a 1.5 Tesla MR system and surface coil with CSMEMP, MPGR. MR images obtained were analized by correlating with images of arthrograms. The obtained results were as follows: 1. Displaced meniscus was clearly delineated as dark structure on MR images other than on arthrograms of closed mouth view of patient having clicking or locking. 2. The deltoid white images of synovial fluid were identified in the glenoid fossa and on the posterior surface of condyle on open mouth view and partly depicted on closed mouth view, of parasagittal sections by MPGR. 3. The greyish image of joint fluid was identified on the posterior surface of condyle on the open mouth view of parasagittal sections by CSMEMP. 4. The structural relationship among condyle, meniscus, and fluid showed the variety of images on each parasagitta1 view.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.551-557
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• 2014

In this study, we demonstrated multimodal nonlinear optical (NLO) microscopy integrated simultaneously with two-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF), second-harmonic generation (SHG), and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) in order to obtain targeted cellular and label-free images in an immunofluorescence assay of the atherosclerotic aorta from apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. The multimodal NLO microscope used two laser systems: picosecond (ps) and femtosecond (fs) pulsed lasers. A pair of ps-pulsed lights served for CARS (817 nm and 1064 nm) and SHG (817 nm) images; light from the fs-pulsed laser with the center wavelength of 720 nm was incident into the sample to obtain autofluorescence and targeted molecular TPEF images for high efficiency of fluorescence intensity without cross-talk. For multicolor-targeted TPEF imaging, we stained smooth-muscle cells and macrophages with fluorescent dyes (Alexa Fluor 350 and Alexa Fluor 594) for an immunofluorescence assay. Each depth-sectioned image consisted of $512{\times}512$ pixels with a field of view of $250{\times}250{\mu}m^2$, a lateral resolution of $0.4{\mu}m$, and an axial resolution of $1.3{\mu}m$. We obtained composite multicolor images with conventional label-free NLO images and targeted TPEF images in atherosclerotic-plaque samples. Multicolor 3-D imaging of atherosclerotic-plaque structural and functional composition will be helpful for understanding the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.207-210
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• 2013

We report the construction of a MALDI imaging mass spectrometer equipped with a specially designed laser focusing lens, a compact aspherical singlet lens, that obtains a high-lateral imaging resolution in the microprobe mode. The lens is specially designed to focus the ionization laser (${\lambda}$ = 355 nm) down to a $1{\mu}m$ diameter with a long working distance of 34.5 mm. With the lens being perpendicular to the sample surface and sharing the optical axis with the ion path, the imaging mass spectrometer achieved an imaging resolution of as good as $5{\mu}m$ along with a high detection sensitivity of 100 fmol for peptides. The mass resolution was about 900 (m/${\Delta}m$) in the linear TOF mode. The high-resolution capability of this instrument will provide a new research opportunity for label-free imaging studies of various samples including tissues and biochips, even for the study at a single cell level in the future.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.745-754
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• 2023

In order to test the recognition ability and accuracy of a target imaging simulator under the irradiation of solar stray light in a laboratory environment, it needs to be fixed on a five-axis turntable during a hardware-in-the-loop simulation test, so the optical system of the simulator should have a long exit pupil distance. This article adopts a secondary imaging method to design a projection optical system suitable for thin-film-transistor liquid crystal displays. The exit pupil distance of the entire optical system is 1,000 mm, and the final optimization results in the 400 nm-850 nm band show that the modulation transfer function (MTF) of the optical system is greater than 0.8 at the cutoff frequency of 72 lp/mm, and the distortion of each field of view of the system is less than 0.04%. Combined with the design results of the optical system, TracePro software was used to model the optical system, and the simulation of the target imaging simulator at the magnitude of -1 to +6 Mv was analyzed and verified. The magnitude error is less than 0.2 Mv, and the irradiance uniformity of the exit pupil surface is greater than 90%, which meets the requirements of the target imaging simulator.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.237-244
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 우리나라 근대시기 유화 작품 3점('소년', '소녀', '혜화동풍경')에 테라헤르츠 이미징 기법을 활용하여 추출 가능한 작품 내부 정보의 종류와 이를 추출하기 위한 분석 조건을 연구하였다. 또한 테라헤르츠 스캔 적용 시 대상 작품의 굴곡에 따라 분석 대상 표면과 검출부 사이의 거리가 변화되어 발생하는 이미지 왜곡이 주된 문제점임을 파악하고, 이를 보완하기 위한 방법으로 '작동 거리 유지 장치'를 고안하였다. 연구 결과, 테라헤르츠 이미징 기법을 이용하여 유화의 바탕재 특성과 내부의 손상형태를 파악할 수 있음을 확인하였고 각 특성을 확인할 수 있는 최적의 조건을 제시하였다. 바탕재의 특성과 하부층 확인에는 테라헤르츠 주파수 분해 이미지를 활용하는 것이 유용하였으며 붓터치 등 채색기법을 파악하는 것에는 최대 반사피크 이미지와 단면 이미지가 효과적이었다. 또한 표면에서 관찰할 수 없는 작품 내부 손상 정보는 단면 이미지와 주파수 분해 이미지를 비교하는 것이 유용하였다. 회화작품에 적용한 결과, '소년'과 '소녀'에서는 내부의 구조적 손상 자국을, '혜화동풍경'에서는 작가의 채색 방식을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과는 우리나라 근대기 유화의 예방보존 및 보존처리를 위한 상태분석 및 진단에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.