• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.35-46
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• 2016

Purpose : BoS(Base of Skull) Frame, the fixation tool which is used for the proton of brain cancer increases the lateral penumbra by increasing the airgap (the distance between patient and beam jet), due to the collision of the beam of the posterior oblique direction. Thus, we manufactured the fixation tool per se for improving the limits of BoS frame, and we'd like to evaluate the utility of the manufactured fixation tool throughout this study. Materials and Methods : We've selected the 3 patients of brain cancer who have received the proton therapy from our hospital, and also selected the 6 beam angles; for this, we've selected the beam angle of the posterior oblique direction. We' ve measured the planned BoS frame and the distance of Snout for each beam which are planned for the treatment of the patient using the BoS frame. After this, we've proceeded with the set-up that is above the location which was recommended by the manufacturer of the BoS frame, at the same beam angle of the same patient, by using our in-house Bos frame fixation tool. The set-up was above 21 cm toward the superior direction, compared to the situation when the BoS frame was only used with the basic couch. After that, we've stacked the snout to the BoS frame as much as possible, and measured the distance of snout. We've also measured the airgap, based on the gap of that snout distance; and we've proceeded the normalization based on each dose (100% of each dose), after that, we've conducted the comparative analysis of lateral penumbra. Moreover, we've established the treatment plan according to the changed airgap which has been transformed to the Raystation 5.0 proton therapy planning system, and we've conducted the comparative analysis of DVH(Dose Volume Histogram). Results : When comparing the result before using the in-house Bos frame fixation tool which was manufactured for each beam angle with the result after using the fixation tool, we could figure out that airgap than when not used in accordance with the use of the in-house Bos frame fixation tool was reduced by 5.4 cm ~ 15.4 cm, respectively angle. The reduced snout distance means the airgap. Lateral Penumbra could reduce left, right, 0.1 cm ~ 0.4 cm by an angle in accordance with decreasing the airgap while using each beam angle in-house Bos frame fixation tool. Due to the reduced lateral penumbra, Lt.eyeball, Lt.lens, Lt. hippocampus, Lt. cochlea, Rt. eyeball, Rt. lens, Rt. cochlea, Rt. hippocampus, stem that can be seen that the dose is decreased by 0 CGE ~ 4.4 CGE. Conclusion : It was possible to reduced the airgap by using our in-house Bos frame fixation tool for the proton therapy; as a result, it was possible to figure out that the lateral penumbra reduced. Moreover, it was also possible to check through the comparative analysis of the treatment plan that when we reduce the lateral penumbra, the reduction of the unnecessary irradiation for the normal tissues. Therefore, Using the posterior oblique the Brain cancer proton therapy should be preceded by decreasing the airgap, by using our in-house Bos frame fixation tool; also, the continuous efforts for reducing the airgap as much as possible for the proton therapy of other area will be necessary as well.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.19D no.3
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• pp.237-246
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• 2012

Although the development of Global Positioning System (GPS) are more and more mature, its accuracy is just acceptable for outdoor positioning, not positioning for the indoor of building and the underpass. For the positioning application area for the indoor of building and the underpass, GPS even cannot achieve that accuracy because of the construction materials while the requirement for accurate positioning in the indoor of building and the underpass, because a space, a person is necessary, may be very small space with several square meters in the indoor of building and the underpass. The Received Signal Strength (RSS) based localization is becoming a good choice especially for the indoor of building and the underpass scenarios where the WiFi signals of IEEE 802.11, Wireless LAN, are available in almost every indoor of building and the underpass. The fundamental requirement of such localization system is to estimate location from Access Point (AP) to mobile device using RSS at a specific location. The Multi-path fading effects in this process make RSS to fluctuate unpredictably, causing uncertainty in localization. To deal with this problem, the combination for the method of Neural Networks and Push-Pull Estimation is applied so that the carried along the devices can learn and make the decision of position using mobile device where it is in the indoor of building and the underpass.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.390-394
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• 2007

시간과 장소에 구애받지 않고 실시간으로 정보를 전달받을 수 있는 유비쿼터스 시대가 도래함에 있어서 실시간으로 움직이는 대상물의 위치를 알아내는 기술은 가장 근본적이며 필수적인 요소라 할 수 있다. 추측항법(Dead Reckoning)은 움직이는 대상물에 외부의 도움 없이 자신의 방향각과 가속도, 시간을 관측할 수 있는 관성항법장치(Inertial Navigation System)를 장착하여 이전의 위치 정보를 바탕으로 현재의 위치를 관측하는 방법이다. 또한 RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification)는 이러한 유비쿼터스 근거리무선통신의 핵심 기술로서 본 논문에서는 RFID에 기반한 위치 결정 시스템에 실시간 변화하는 대상물의 위치를 예측하기 위해 추측항법과 칼만필터(Kalman-filter)의 개념을 적용시켰다. 또한 RMSE(Root Mean Square Error)값을 통해 칼만필터의 적용에 따른 정확도의 향상과 각 디자인 요소들의 변화에 따라 위치의 정확도가 어떠한 변화를 갖는지를 분석하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 칼만필터를 적용했을 때 이전보다 RMSE값이 현저히 작아지는 결과를 통해 위치의 정확도가 크게 향상되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 RFID의 탐지 범위는 정확도에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있는 주된 요소가 아니며, RFID 탐지 범위의 표준편차가 작을수록 위치 정확도는 높아지고, RFID 태그의 탐지 확률이 높을수록 RMSE 값의 변동이 작은 안정된 시스템을 갖으며 위치의 정확도 또한 높아진다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.379-385
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• 2007

관성 센서는 외부 장치의 도움 없이 3차원 공간상에서 움직임 측정이 가능하다. 최근 MEMS 기술의 발달로 소형 저가 관성 센서(가속도 센서 혹은 각속도 센서) 제작이 가능해져 관성 센서를 소형 휴대 기기에 내장하여 사용자의 움직임을 감지하거나 의도 파악하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 관성 센서가 내장된 휴대 기기를 이용하여 3차원 공간상에서 6가지 위치에 따라서 각기 다른 6가지 소리를 발생하는 가상의 멀티 타악기 시스템을 제안한다. 즉, 휴대 기기를 상/하로 흔들면 가상 타악기의 타점 위치에 왔을 때 비트 음을 발생하고, 6개의 다른 위치를 구분하여 다른 타점의 위치에서 휴대 기기를 흔들면 각각 그 위치와 미리 지정된 소리가 발생하도록 하였다. 이러한 가상의 멀티 타악기 시스템을 위해서 3차원 공간상에서 실시간으로 사용자의 움직임을 감지하고 휴대 기기의 위치를 파악하는 것이 필요하다. 저가의 관성 센서를 이용하여 사용자가 휴대 기기를 움직이는 동작이 있는 상황에서 실시간으로 휴대 기기의 위치를 추정하는 것은 쉽지 않지만 본 연구에서는 다양한 사용자의 움직임 동작 분석을 통하여 사용자가 가상의 멀티 타악기를 상/하로 흔드는 동작을 감지하고 다른 위치로 이동하는 동작을 구분하였다. 개발된 동작 감지 알고리즘과 위치 구분 알고리즘을 휴대 기기에 적용되어 실제로 가상의 타악기 시스템을 구현하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.298-302
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• 2010

Extracorporeal circulation support system is a device for repiratory and heart failure treatment, and there have been many trials for development and clinical application in the world. These devices need to be careful while using is air embolism. Air embolism can be a lethal complication of surgical procedures during which venous pressure at the site of surgery is sub-atmospheric or air is forced under pressure into a body cavity or using extracorporeal circulation support system. To solve the problem, we developed the air detector using relative dielectric constant change. In experiments with a mock circulation system, the proposed system showed a signal difference depending on the amount of air in the tube.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.146-154
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• 2004

In this study, numerical analysis has been performed to investigate the flow characteristics of a drag improvement device which is designed to achieve accurate impact point. The drag increase due to drag improvement device has been analyzed. And the effect of spread angle and location of drag improvement device has also been investigated. The drag improvement device with 20 degree spread angle increased the drag 3.5 times. The corresponding weight of the device is found out to be 26g.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.37 no.2 s.121
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• pp.125-136
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• 2007

Objective: Soft tissue changes due to orthodontic treatment has large individual variation. Therefore continuous evaluation during treatment is required. Patients with fixed orthodontic appliances often wonder if their lip positions will change after the removal of brackets, but only a few studies exist on this topic. The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes of the lips and perioral soft tissue after bracket removal. Methods: The sample used in this study was 19 males and 33 females. Cephalometric X-rays were taken at 3 stages - T1 (before debonding), T2 (just after debonding), T3 (1.5 months after debonding). Results: The lower lip was retruded immediately after debonding (T2-T1), and 1.5 months after debonding (T3-T2). The mean amounts of retrusion from the vertical reference plane (sG perpendicular line) were about 0.38 mm for the upper lip and 0.88 mm for the lower lip. Immediately after debonding, lip retrusion of females was greater than that of males. During the post-debonding period, lower lip of males was retruded more than that of females. Conclusion: Lips are retruded after bracket removal, and there is no gender difference 1.5 months after debonding.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.255-263
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• 2006

Vol-oxidizer is a device to convert $UO_2$ pellets into $U_3O_8$ powder and to feed a homogeneous powder into a Metal Conversion Reactor in the ACP(Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process). In this paper, we propose a design model of the vol-oxidizer, develop the new vol-oxidizer with a capacity of 20 kg HM/batch in $UO_2$ pellets, and conduct a verification for the device. Design considerations include the internal structure, the capacity, the heating position of the device, and the size. The dimensions of the new vol-oxidizer are decided by the design model. We determine a permeability test of the $U_3O_8$ measuring the temperature distribution, and the volume of $UO_2$ and $U_3O_8$. We manufactured the new vol-oxidizer for a 20 kg HM/batch in $UO_2$ pellets, and then analyzed the characteristics of the $U_3O_8$ powder for the verification. The experimental results show that the permeability of the $U_3O_8$ throughout mesh enhance more than old vol-oxidizer, the oxidation time takes only 8 hours when compared with the 13 hours of the old device, and the average distribution of particle size is $40{\mu}m$. The capacities of new vol-oxidizer for a 20 kg HM/batch in $UO_2$ pellets were agree well with the predictions of design model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.383-386
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• 2007

Under the circumstance of Ubiquitous Society, service should be provided according to the users' location and environment. When specific service is demanded by user, the technology, which can help to detect whether there are devices performing the requested service in the ubiquitous network, is mandatory. This technology also should guarantee that users have the appropriate service through the most suitable device which is selected by this technology. The priority is an essential factor when multi service are asked by multi users simultaneouslyin the ubiquitous network, The paper focuses on realization of Smart Classroom which provides multi users, such as the professor and the students, with active services based on the Zigbee network and the Mobile platform.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.137-144
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• 2007

Fire Control System(FCS) errors can be classified as hardware errors and software errors, and one of the software errors is from target tracking filter which estimates target's location, velocity, acceleration, and so on. It affects function of ballistic calculation equipment significantly. For gun to form predicted hitting point accurately and enhance hitting rate, we need status information of target's future location. Target tracking filter algorithms consist of Single Singer Model, Fixed Gain filter algorithm, IMM, PBIMM and so on. This paper will design IMM tracking filer, which is going to be! applied to domestic warship. Target tracking filter using CV model, Song model and CRT model for IMM tracking filter is made, and tracking ability is analyzed through Monte-Carlo simulation.