• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.121-128
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• 1991

Radiosurgery treatment in the brain requires detailed information on three-dimensional dose distribution. A three-dimensional treatment planning is a prerequisite for treatment plan optimization. It must cover 3-D methods for representing the patient, the dose distributions, and beam settings. Three-dimensional dose models for non-coplanar moving arcs were developed using measured single beam data and efficient 3-D dose algorithms for circular fields. The implementation of three dimensional dose algorithms with stereotactic radiosurgery and the application of the algorithms to several cases are discussed.

• 전기의세계
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.63-69
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• 1964

한나라의 과학수준이 rocket기술이나 가속기의 출력 energy로서 운운 되었을 때가 있었는데 그때의 기속기는 원자핵 반응을 인공적으로 실험해 보는데 없어서는 안되는 것이기 때문이었다. 2차대전중 원자폭전의 출현을 보게 한 원자로의 발전은 대전후에는 평화적인 이용면에 따르는 응용 분야가 없는 고 energy의 소립자 연구라든지 isotope생산, 고분자화학 및 의료용등에는 대전중에 발전된 잔자기술의 이용으로 더 큰 가속기의 출현이 필요하였다. 특히 이 Electron Accelerator(이하 Linac라고 함)는 높은 고압과 큰 자석을 쓰지 않는 면에서 손쉽게 우리 신변에서 초고압 X선 이상의 효과로 쓸수있게해 주어서 그 이용면은 매우 다급해졌다. 여기서 우리나라의 입장에서 이러한 것을 살펴볼 때 첫째의 radar기술이 충분히 있으면서 이러한 것을 평화적 생산면에서 아직 활용하지 못하고 있으며 한편에서는 외국으로 부터 강력 동위원소를 도입하여 오고 있는데 Linac를 제작하여 여기서 이용하면 이러한 동위원소의 강도 이상의 것을 우리나라 기술로서 제작할 수 있다. 여기서 그 원리와 제작면에 있어서의 문제점 및 국제적인 이용 현황을 소개해 보겠다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.111.1-111.1
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• 2013

전자가속기는 대표적인 방사선 발생장치 중의 하나로서, 오랜 세월 동안 연구개발 되어왔으며 의료 및 산업현장에서 활용되어 왔고 그 이용분야도 매우 폭넓다. 전자가속기는 최근 들어 기술이 확산되고 성능이 고도화되면서 그 활용과 함께 전자가속기 개발 및 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 이러한 연구개발에 있어 전자가속기의 가속관 제작은 가장 기본이 되는 중요한 부분 중에 하나이다. 가속관제작에 있어서 RF parameter들인 resonance frequency, bandwidth, 10 GHz 범위의 higher order modes와 quality factor는 가속관에서 중요한 특성이다. 본 연구에서는 9, 6 MeV 에너지를 가지는 2856 MHz의 고주파 전자가속기의 가속관 설계, 제작 및 튜닝에 있어서 network analyzer를 이용하여 RF parameter를 측정하여 가속관의 특성을 분석한다.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.20-28
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• 2020

Purpose: The objective of this study is to perform Postal dosimetry audits for medical linear accelerators in radiation therapy institutions using glass dosimeters and Gafchromic film reading systems and postal dosimetry audit procedures, and to evaluate radiation therapy doses and mechanical accuracy in medical institutions. Methods: Photon output measured and analyzed using a standard phantom for measuring photon output dose using a glass dosimeter for medical linear accelerators. Mechanical accuracy was measured and analyzed using software for film measurement. Results: Measurement and analysis of photon beam output dose using a standard phantom glass dosimeter for photon beam output dose measurement was completed. All tolerance doses were within 5%. Mechanical accuracy measurement and analysis using a standard phantom for verifying the mechanical accuracy of linear accelerator (LINAC) using a Gafchromic film were completed, and all results were shown within tolerances (2 mm or less). Conclusions: In this study, Postal dosimetry audits were performed on the output dose and mechanical accuracy of photon beams (207 beams) for 106 LINACs from 48 institutions. As a result of corrective action and re-execution, it was confirmed that all engines met the acceptable standard within 2 mm in the linear accelerator.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07a
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• pp.556-558
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• 1996

PLS 2-GeV linac has 11 sets of high power klystron-modulator system as a main RF source for the beam acceleration. The modulators can provide 200-MW peak pulsed power(400-kV, 500-A) with a pulse width of $7.5{\mu}s$(ESW), a maximum pulse repetition rate of 120-Hz at the full power level. The DC power supply provides a 25-kV, 7-Adc and the charging system consists of a charging inductor, charging capacitor, and the diode for reverse current protection. The charged PFN voltage by a LC resonant charging method has two times of the DC high voltage and the pulsed power is delivered to the load by a thyratron switch. To reduced the press of high voltage lit thyratron switch, the command charging is the best method. In this article, the high voltage switch for the command charging method is tested to the start work and the system is presented with the experiment results of the trigger and operational characteristics.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.64-67
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• 2004

The klystron-modulator(K&M) system of the Pohang Light Source(PLS) had been supplying high power microwaves for the acceleration of 2.5 GeV electron beams since October 2002. There are 12 sets of K&M systems to accelerate electron beams to 2.5GeV nominal beam energy. One module of the K&M system consists of an 80 MV S-band (2856 MHZ) klystron tube and the matching 200 MW modulator. In order to obtain electron beam of the consequently stability for linac, the pulse-to-pulse beam voltage regulation is less than $+/-0.5\%$. To get the reliable stability of the modulator which is less than $+/-0.5\%$, a charging section is improved in a modulator which has been operated with inverter power supply.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.443-450
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• 2018

The Geant 4 simulated the linear accelerator (VARIAN CLINAC) based on the previously implemented BEAMnrC data, using the head structure of the linear accelerator. In the 10 MV photon flux, Geant4 was compared with the measured value of the percentage of the deep dose and the lateral dose of the water phantom. In order to apply the dose calculation to the body part, the actual patient's lung area was scanned at 5 mm intervals. Geant4 dose distributions were obtained by irradiating 10 MV photons at the irradiation field ($5{\times}5cm^2$) and SAD 100 cm of the water phantom. This result is difficult to measure the dose absorbed in the actual lung of the patient so the doses by the treatment planning system were compared. The deep dose curve measured by water phantom and the deep dose curve calculated by Geant4 were well within ${\pm}3%$ of most depths except the build-up area. However, at the 5 cm and 20 cm sites, 2.95% and 2.87% were somewhat higher in the calculation of the dose using Geant4. These two points were confirmed by the geometry file of Genat4, and it was found that the dose was increased because thoracic spine and sternum were located. In cone beam CT, the dose distribution error of the lungs was similar within 3%. Therefore, if the contour map of the dose can be directly expressed in the DICOM file when calculating the dose using Geant4, the clinical application of Geant4 will be used variously.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2015

The C-band compact linear accelerator (linac) is being developed at Dongnam Institute of radiological & Medical Sciences (DIRAMS) for medical and industrial applications. This paper was focused on the output measurement of the electron beam generated from the prototype electron linac. The dose rate was measured in unit of cGy/min per unit pulse frequency according to the IAEA TRS-398 protocol. Exradin-A10 Markus type plane parallel chamber used for the measurement was calibrated in terms of dose to water at the reference depth in water. The beam quality index ($R_{50}$) was determined by the radiochromic film with a solid water phantom approximately due to low energy electrons. As a result, the determined electron beam output was $17.0cGy/(min{\cdot}Hz$. The results were used to monitor the accelerator performance during the development procedure.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.143-152
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• 1991

The work suggested in this paper addresses a method for collecting beam data for small circular fields. Beam data were obtained from philips 6 and 8 MV LINAC at Dept. Radiation Therapy at Gainesville Incorporated and Shands Teaching Hospital. Specific quantities measured include tissue maximum ratio (TMR), off-axis ratio (OAR) and relative output factor (ROF) In small field irradiation, special collimators were used to produce circular fields of 1 cm to 3 cm diameter in 2 mm steps, measured at SAO (soura axis distance) of 100 cm. Diode detector was chosen for primary beam measurement and compared with measurements made with photographic film and TLD dosimeters. The measured TMRs and OARs were formulated from limited measurements to generate basic beam data for reference set-up. The empirical formula were later, extended and generalized for any possible set-up using the trends of fitting parameters. The measured TMRs and OARs were well represented by the fitting formula developed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.951-956
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• 1998

The beam extraction system for the KOMAC[1] (Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex) project is to be designed to partially extract H￣ beam at both 100 and 260 MeV This paper describes a simulation study of charge changing extraction with a stripper magnet and a possible design of a H$^{0}$ extractor by utilizing the simulation study The method consists of converting the negative hydrogen (H￣) ion beam from the linac to a chosen intensity (0-100%) of neutral hydrogen (H$^{0}$ ) beam having an acceptable omittance and drifting it directly onto a stripper foil followed by a downstream beamline.