• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.110.2-110.2
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.311-314
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.152-152
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• 2007

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.183-188
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• 2009

Structural rearrangements of uni-axially deformed polyethylenes containing 1-octene comonomer and HDPE upon heating were investigated by time-resolved small and wide angle X-ray scattering techniques. During heating, structural changes including crystal transformation and lamellar rearrangement noted were very different depending on the comonomer contents. At low comonomer content below 2 wt%, inverse martensitic transformation of crystal lattice from monoclinic to orthorhombic cell and the rearrangement of broken lamellar units into more ordered and perfect lamellar stacks were noted with the temperature increase. At high contents above 9.5 wt%, however, polyethylene copolymers showed neither the crystal transformation nor lamellar rearrangement that can be attributed to low crystallinity and high content of branch units.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.580-586
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• 2002

We investigated the effect of ionic component on crystalline morphology development during isothermal annealing in a sodium neutralized sulfonated poly(ethylene terephthalate) ionomer (Ion-PET) by time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering (TR-SAX S) using synchrotron radiation. At early stage in Ion-PET, SAXS intensity at a low annealing temperature (Ta = 120 $^{\circ}C)$ decreased monotonously with scattering angle for a while. Then SAXS profile showed a peak and the peak position progressively moved to wider angles with isothermal annealing time. Finally, the peak intensity decreased, shifting the peak angle to wider angle. It is revealed that ionic aggregates (multiplets structure) of several nm, calculated by Debye-Bueche plot, are formed at early stage. They seem to accelerate the crystallization rate and make fine crystallites without spherulite formation (supported by optical microscopy observation). From decrease of peak intensity in SAXS,it is suggested that new lamellae are inserted between the preformed lamellae so that the concentration of ionic multiplets in amorphous region decreases to lower the electron density difference between lamellar crystal and amorphous region. In addition, analysis on the annealing at a high temperature (Ta = 210 $^{\circ}C)$ by optical microscopy, light scattering and transmission electron microscopy shows a formation of spherulite, no ionic aggregates, the retarded crystallization rate and a high level of lamellar orientation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11c
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• pp.600-603
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• 2003

Energy spectrum modulation of X-ray source in digital mammography has been studied. In this study, we calculated various filtered spectra using the scattering data. Primary spectra were generated by Molybdenum (Mo) and Tungsten (W) targets. The materials of added filters are Molybdenum and Rhodium (Rh) for 40 kVp Mo. primary spectrum, the amounts of photons over whole energy ranges are attenuated to 0.43 with 0.03 mm Mo filter and 0.38 with 0.06 mm Mo filter while the photons of energy ranged from 17 keV to 20 keV. The photons of low energy ranged below 17 keV are considerably attenuated. This effect brings out reducing the scattered radiation and dose to the patient, and enhancing subject contrast in the image. The results show that filtered spectra are not seriously affected by X-ray tube loadability. Because the energy range from 17 keV to 20 keV is directly transmitted although low and high energies are mainly filtered.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.93-97
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• 2001

We introduce the structure and the capability of a UHV x-ray scattering system constructed for surface structural studies. The system consists of vacuum parts required for surface preparation and a vertical-horizontal diffractometer using the S2D2 geometry. To illustrate the capability of the system, we measured the 7$\times$7 reconstruction peak of a Si (111) surface. The peak count rate was 216 counts/sec and the domain size of the 7$\times$7 reconstruction was larger than 1600 $\AA$. This demonstrates that the system is capable of providing surface structural information.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.109-113
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• 1997

When the intensity of X-rays scattered from amorphous materials (very weakly absorbing materials) is measured using standard diffractometric technique, the intensity caused by multiple scattering is obtained in the measured X-ray intensity. Computer programs have been developed to estimate the intensity of the mul-tiple scattering obtained in vitreous SiO2 and B2O3 with various X-rays. Using the above computer program, the intensity ratios of multiple scattering to single scattering in vitreous SiO2 were 0.10~0.16% at CuK$\alpha$, 0.98~5.87% at MoK$\alpha$, and 1.88~17.86% at AgK$\alpha$ in the range of 2$\theta$=0~180$^{\circ}$. Therefore, pri-or to the structural analysis of vitreous SiO2 and B2O3 performed experimentally using X-ray diffractometric technique, the intensity data measured in MoK$\alpha$ and AgK$\alpha$ radiations must be corrected for multiple scattering effect.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.56 no.10
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• pp.4247-4253
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• 2024

We propose a new method of X-ray backscatter imaging which is a significant development of the well known flying spot approach. Instead of sweeping the imaged object by pencil X-ray beam, and recording the amplitude of backscattered radiation in order to form the raster image, the object is irradiated with a fan beam of X-rays, forming a line on the imaging plane. By properly chosen motion of the collimating slit, a set of lines, which makes up a 2D sinogram of the original object, can be collected. The backscatter image can then be obtained using one of the tomographic reconstruction algorithms, such as the filtered backprojection, which is well known in computed tomography or nuclear medicine. The feasibility of the method has been demonstrated experimentally using a prototype scanner with an industrial X-ray source. The main advantage of our method is the essentially more efficient use of the available X-ray source beam, by illuminating the object with a substantially larger photon flux at each time point. As a result, the image can be obtained at much shorter acquisition time and/or at much lower source power.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1053-1065
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate radiation safety education, knowledge and practice of dental hygienists in using handheld portable intraoral X-ray equipment and to suggest the need for radiation safety education in using handheld portable intraoral X-ray equipment. Methods: We surveyed 223 dental hygienists from July, 2017 to August in the dental clinics of Daejeon, Seoul and Gyeonggi area. Results: Radiation safety educational experience was higher in a year's career (72.9%), than 3 years experience (32.5%) (p<0.05). 82.7% of dental clinic workers took university education for radiation safety education while 55.6% of dental hospital workers took company training (p<0.05). More than 70% of the subjects did not have experience of radiation safety education about using portable intraoral X-ray. Radiation safety knowledge was highest in a year's career (p<0.05). The cumulative dose, radiation sensitivity, and lead defense knowledge were high in all subjects, but knowledge related to scattering radiation and scattering radiation sources was low. Practice of portable intraoral X-ray safety was significantly lower than knowledge. Conclusions: Knowledge of portable intraoral radiography safety is available, but performance is poor. Even with the small amount of radiation exposure, the risk is perceivable. There is a need to actively utilize the provided radiation protection products. In order to do this, efforts should be made to improve knowledge and performance of radiation safety through not only college education but also postemployment training.