• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.107-112
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• 2007

Purpose: The pelvic phantom was fabricated in the following purposes: (1) Dose verification of IMRT plan using Eclipse planning computer, (2) to study the interface effect at the interface between rectal wall and air. The TLD can be inserted in the pelvic phantom to confirm the dose distribution as well as uncertainty at the interface. Materials and Methods: A pelvic phantom with the dimension of 30 cm diameter, 20 cm height and 20 cm thickness was fabricated to investigate the dose at the rectal wall. The phantom was filled with water and has many features like bladder, rectum, and prostate and seminal vesicle (SV). The rectum is made of 3 cm-dimater plastic pipe, and it cab be blocked by using a plug, and film can be inserted around the rectal wall. The phantom was scanned with Philips Brillance scanner and various organs such as prostate, SV, and rectal wall, and bladder wall were delineated. The treatment parameters used in this study are the same as those used in the protocols in the SNUH. TLD chips are inserted to the phantom to evaluate the dose distribution to the rectal wall (to simulate high dose gradient region), bladder wall and SV (to simulate the high dose region) and 2 spots in anterior surface (to simulate the low dose region). The TLD readings are compared with those of the planning computer (ECLIPSE, Varian, USA). Results: The target TLD doses represented as the prostate and SV show excellent agreements with the doses from the RTP within +/-3%. The rectal wall doses measured at the rectal wall are different from the those of the RTP by -11%. This is in literatures called as an interface effect. The underdosages at the rectal wall is independent of 3 heterogeneity correction algorithm in the Eclipse RTP. Also the low dose regions s represented as surface in this study were within +/-1%. Conclusion: The RTP estimate the dosage very accurately withihn +/-3% in the high dose (SV, or prostate) and low dose region (surface). However, the dosage at the rectal wall differed by as much as 11% (In literatures, the underdosage of 9$\sim$15% were reported). This range of errors occurs at the interface, for example, at the interface between lung and chest wall, or vocal cord. This interface effect is very important in clinical situations, for example, to estimate the NTCP (normal tissue complication probability) and to estimate the limitations of the current RTP system. Monte-carlo-based RTP will handle this issue correctly.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.191-199
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• 2008

PTV considered for the energy, dose distribution exposed to lung and spinal cord, and the characteristic of DVH(Dose Volume Histogram) were compared and investigated by planning the intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) using the photon energies of 6 MV and 10 MV according to tumor location like as the anterior, middle, and posterior regions of lung, and the mediastinum region in lung cancer patients. Our institution installed the linear accelerator (Varian 21 EX-s, USA) equipped with 120 multileaf collimator for lung cancer patients, which is producing the photon energies of 6 MV and 10 MV, and radiation therapy planning was performed with ECLIPSE system (Varian, SomaVision 6.5, USA), which support inverse treatment planning. The tomographic images of 3 mm slice thickness for lung cancer patients were acquired using planning CT, and acquired tomographic images were sent to the Varis system, and then treatment planning was performed in the ECLIPSE system. The radiation treatment planning of the IMRT was processed from various angles according to the regions of the tumor, and using various beam lines according to the size and location of the tumor. The investigation of the characteristic of dose distributions for the energy of 6 MV and 10 MV according to tumor locations in lung cancer patients resulted that the maximum dose of 10 MV energy was 1.2% less than that of 6 MV energy without depending on the tumor location of lung cancer, and the reduction effects of MU were occurred from 10 to 25 MU. Radiation dose exposed to the lung satisfied the less 30% of V20, however radiation dose in 6 MV energy was from 0.1% to 0.5% less than that in 10 MV energy. Radiation dose exposed to the spinal cord for 6 MV energy was from 0.6% to 2.1% less than that for 6 MV energy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.35-44
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• 2008

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence and prognostic factors of treatment-related pneumonitis in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy(IMRT). Materials and Methods: One-hundred-five patients with NSCLC treated with IMRT between 1 August 2004 and 30 November 2006 were analyzed retrospectively. The mean age of patients was 62.9 years, and squamous carcinomas were confirmed in 81 patients(77%). Sixty-six patients(62.9%) were classified as stage III, and 59 patients had lesions in the right lung. Twenty-seven patients were treated with a dose of 3,060 cGy preoperatively, and 10 patients were given a dose of 5,040 cGy postoperatively. Sixty-eight patients received a dose of 7,020 cGy for curative intent. Sixty-eight patients were treated with the use of the CORVUS planning system and 37 patients were treated with the use of the ECLIPSE planning system. Results: Of 105 patients, 21 patients(20%) had abnormal radiological findings, but only seven patients(6.7%) required treatment for radiation pneumonitis. Six of the seven patients had other serious lesions, including a bronchioesophageal fistula(one patient), recurrence in the treatment field(two patients), brain metastasis(one patient) and lung-to-lung metastasis(two patients); all of these patients died within 19 months after radiation treatment. Sixteen patients(23.5%) that received planning with the CORVUS system had abnormal lung findings. Five patients(13.5%) had abnormal lung findings with the use of the ECLIPSE planning system. Other prognostic factors such as perioperative radiation therapy, a volume over 10% of the V20 volume in the right lung, were also statistically significant. Conclusion: This retrospective analysis suggests that IMRT could be a beneficial treatment modality for the reduction of radiation pneumonitis in NSCLC patients. However, the higher incidence of abnormal radiological findings in perioperative patients treated with relatively lower doses($3,060{\sim}5,040$ cGy) suggest the need for judicious treatment planning in preoperative or postoperative treatment.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.72-78
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• 1996

We evaluated the orbital elements of BV light curves of a short period RS CVn type eclipsing binary system UV Picsium that shows complication light variation, by analyzing with the Winson-Devinney's differential correction method. Because the analyzed light curves shows large light variation at outside eclipse region, we assumed spotted region of the primary component and calculated its position and size. The results show the UV Psc is a detached binary system of nearly the same radii and the primary component has high mass with high temperature. However this result is not consistant with customary stellar models, thus requires more observational data to confirm this problem.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06a
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• pp.119-121
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 닌텐도 DS를 이용하여, 임베디드 소프트웨어 교육을 수행하기 위한 준비 과정과, 실제 교육 내용을 소개하고, 향후 계획을 공유하고자 한다. 닌텐도 DS는 가격이 저렴한 게임기로 ARM9, ARM7 두 개의 CPU를 가지고 있으며, 기본적인 입출력 장치, 그래픽 가속기, 무선랜 등을 모두 포함하고 있다. 우리는 이 닌텐도 DS에 실시간 운영체제인 FreeRTOS를 이식하고, Eclipse 기반의 IDE 개발 도구 및 원격 디버깅 환경을 구축하였다. 또, 교육 과정에서는 하드웨어의 제어, RTOS의 기본 API의 활용, IPC, 동기화 문제의 해결에 이르는 주제를 포함함으로써 임베디드 소프트웨어 엔지니어가 지녀야할 기본적인 스킬들을 두루 다루는 실습이 되도록 구성하였다. 개발된 교육 환경 및 실습을 위한 강의 자료는 공개 소프트웨어로서 100% 공개되어 누구나 이용할 수 있다.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.164-173
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• 2007

In this paper, we present a time-triggered mechanism for providing energy consumption profiles in the level of C functions. The similar mechanisms have already been introduced at the previous researches such as PowerScope and ePRO. Instead, we, in this paper, introduce our efforts to extend these researches to incorporate power domains and DVS(Dynamic Voltage Scaling), then to provide GUI-based tool as a plug-in to ESTO which is an IDE for Embedded S/W development based on Eclipse. From our experimental results, we could conclude that our approach worked and produced consistent energy consumption profiles on the DVS-applied program codes, and also displayed function level and time domain power consumption information with diverse presentation skills such as tables, phi-chart, bar-chart, 2-D graphs, consequently, is expected to provide more ease-to-use and productive IDE for lower power embedded S/W developers.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.186-196
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• 2015

In resource-constrained, low-cost, radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensor-based mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), ensuring security without performance degradation is a major challenge. This paper introduces a novel combination of steps in lightweight protocol integration to provide a secure network for RFID sensor-based MANETs using error-correcting codes (ECCs). The proposed scheme chooses a quasi-cyclic ECC. Key pairs are generated using the ECC for establishing a secure message communication. Probability analysis shows that code-based identification; key generation; and authentication and trust management schemes protect the network from Sybil, eclipse, and de-synchronization attacks. A lightweight model for the proposed sequence of steps is designed and analyzed using an Alloy analyzer. Results show that selection processes with ten nodes and five subgroup controllers identify attacks in only a few milliseconds. Margrave policy analysis shows that there is no conflict among the roles of network members.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.192-200
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• 1999

위성의 전지는 위성의 수명과 직접적인 영향을 갖고 있으며 이것의 정상동작여부에 따라 위성의 안정적인 임무수행여부가 결정된다. 상대적으로 일반화된 셀 모델링의 최근 개발은 NiH2셀의 동특성을 시뮬레이션 하기 위한 기본적인 원리에 기반을 둔 접근방식이다. 그러나 이러한 일반적인 방정식을 통해 비선형성과 전력상태를 포함하는 전지 특성을 예측하는 것은 사실상 불가능하다. 본 연구에서는 다층신경회로망을 이용하여 비선형 특성를 갖는 니켈-하이드로진 전지 특성을 모델링 하였으며, 모델링된 상수값은 위성의 식시간 동안의 전지 전력상태 분석을 위해 사용되었다. 모델링 결과의 정확성을 확인하기 위해 니켈-하이드로진 전지시험결과 분석자료와 비교 검토 되었다. 전지 동작모드는 정상동작모드와 실패모드로 나누어 분석되었다. 정상동작모드는 위성의 식시간 동안 아크젯 동작 여부에 의해 각각 분석되었으며, 또한 태양전지와 배터리 셀 일부의 고장으로 인한 실패모드에서의 전지전력상태가 분석되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Database Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.407-424
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• 1997

지리정보 시스템에 기반한 응용 시스템 개발에 있어 필수적인 기능으로 지도작성, 데이타 관리, 해석 기능 외에 지식 표현 및 추론 기능을 들 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 지식베이스 관리 및 연역 추론 기능을 갖는 지식기반 지리정보 시스템의 개발과 연역 기능을 활용한 시스템 기능 확장에 대하여 논한다. 본 시스템에서는 사용자 인터페이스(Visual Basic), 지리정보 시스템(ArcView, ArcInfo), 추론 시스템(Eclipse)을 상호 밀결합 방식으로 결합, 구현하였으며, 각 서브 시스템은 서로 중간 파일 시스템의 사용없이 데이타 및 명령어의 전송 및 공유가 가능하다. 또한 사용자는 사용자 인터페이스를 통하여 개개의 서브 시스템을 인식하지 않고 단일화된 환경하의 작업이 가능하다. 시스템의 연역 기능은 일반적으로 거론되는 지식베이스 관리, 의사결정 지원 기능 외에도 사용자 환경개선, 복합 공간 객체의 표현, 공간질의 연산자 구현 등의 시스템 기능 확장에 활용될 수 있다. 특히 본 시스템에서는 사용자 환경 개선에 초점을 맞추어 사용자가 정보의 내부 구조나 문제 영역, 명령어 사용 방법 등을 잘 알지 못하더라도 유용한 정보를 얻도록 지원, 유도하는 협력질의 응답 기능과 명령어 자동 생성 기능을 제공한다. 또한 본 논문에서는 이들 방식을 이용한 두가지 응용 시스템(여행정보 시스템, 환경관리 시스템)의 구현 예를 들어 본 시스템의 실용성과 유용성을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

본 논문은 MIDP에뮬레이터를 이용한 미들랫슈트의 전 개발 과정을 소개함으로써 개발 툴 독립적인 모바일프로그램의 개발과정을 이해하고 미들랫, Manifest, JAR, JAB, 미들랫 슈트의 각 단계별 개발 스트림의 사례를 예시함으로써 DOS환경에서의 미드랫 슈트의 개발과정을 완전히 숙지하여 NetBeans 모빌리티팩이나 Eclipse와 같은 통합개발환경이나 자바 Wireless Toolkit과 같은 프로젝트형 개발환경에서 자바모바일프로그램의 개발을 보다 용이하게 이해하고자 함에 그 목적이 있다. 최근 자바 모바일프로그램의 개발과 관련된 연구와 문헌들이 많이 제공되고 있으나 기존의 연구들과는 달리 본 논문에서는 미들랫슈트의 개발스트립을 각 단계별로 구현하였음에 의의가 있다고 하겠다.