• Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.55-57
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• 2002

Metal-vapor-vacuum-arc ion source is an ideal source for both high current metal ion implanter and high current plasma thin-film deposition systems. It uses the direct evaporation of metal from surface of cathode by vacuum arc to produce a very high flux of ion plasmas. The MEVVA ion source, the high-current metal-ion implanter and high-current magnetic-field-filtered plasma thin-film deposition systems developed in Beijing Normal University are introduced in this paper.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2012

In the previous review, the physical aspect of heavy particles, with a focus on the carbon beam was introduced. Particle beam therapy has many potential advantages for cancer treatment without increasing severe side effects in normal tissue, these kinds of radiation have different biologic characteristics and have advantages over using conventional photon beam radiation during treatment. The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) is used for many biological, clinical endpoints among different radiation types and is the only convenient way to transfer the clinical experience in radiotherapy with photons to another type of radiation therapy. However, the RBE varies dependent on the energy of the beam, the fractionation, cell types, oxygenation status, and the biological endpoint studied. Thus this review describes the concerns about RBE related to particle beam to increase interests of the Korean radiation oncologists' society.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.386-392
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• 2018

Radiation therapy is highly effective for the management of pediatric malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumors including embryonal tumors. With the increment of long-term survivors from malignant CNS tumors, the radiation-related toxicities have become a major concern and we need to improve the treatment strategies to reduce the late complications without compromising the treatment outcomes. One of such strategies is to reduce the radiation dose to craniospinal axis or radiation volume and to avoid or defer radiation therapy until after the age of three. Another strategy is using particle beam therapy such as proton beams instead of photon beams. Proton beams have distinct physiologic advantages over photon beams and greater precision in radiation delivery to the tumor while preserving the surrounding healthy tissues. In this review, I provide the treatment principles of pediatric CNS embryonal tumors and the strategic improvements of radiation therapy to reduce treatment-related late toxicities, and finally introduce the increasing availability of proton beam therapy for pediatric CNS embryonal tumors compared with photon beam therapy.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2012

In this study, we investigated the biological damage and stress responses induced by ion beam (proton beam) irradiation as a basis for the development of protective measures against space radiation. We examined the biological effects of proton beam produced by MC-50 cyclotron at KIRAMS on the cultured cells and mice. The proton beam energy used in this study was 34.9 MeV and the absorption dose rate for cells and mice were $0.509Gy\;sec^{-1}$ and $0.65Gy\;sec^{-1}$, respectively. The cell survival rates measured by plating efficiency showed the different sensitivity and dose-relationship between CHO cells and Balb/3T3 cells. HGPRT gene mutation frequency in Balb/3T3 was $15{\times}10^{-6}Gy^{-1}$, which was similar to the reported value of X-ray. When stress signaling proteins were examined in Balb/3T3 cells, $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ decreased markedly whereas p53, phospho-p53, and Rb increased after proton beam irradiation, which implied that the stress signaling pathways were activated by proton beam irradiation. In addition, cellular senescence was induced in IMR-90 cells. In the experiments with C57BL/6 mouse, the immune cells (white blood cells, lymphocytes) in the peripheral blood were greatly reduced following proton beam irradiation whereas red blood cells and platelets showed relatively little change. These results can be utilized as basic data for studying the biological effects of proton beam using MC-50 cyclotron with respect to proton therapy research as well as space radiation research.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.363-368
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• 2014

목 적 : Flattening filter-free (3F) beam과 flattening filter (2F) beam을 이용한 치료기법에 따른 특성 비교와 환자 측면의 시간적 경제적 유용성을 비교 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : Alderson rando phantom의 전산화단층촬영 영상을 획득하여 가상의 전립선을 설정한 후 세기변조 방사선치료, 용적변조 회전방사선치료 그리고 체부정위적 방사선치료에 3F와 2F beam을 각각 적용하여 총 6개의 전산화치료계획을 수립하였다. 선량률은 3F beam을 이용한 치료기법에 1200 MU/min을 설정하였고, 2F beam의 경우 600 MU/min을 적용하였다. 3F와 2F beam을 이용한 치료기법의 특성 비교를 위하여 총 monitor unit (MU)값을 비교하였고 치료시간의 비교를 위하여 beam on time (BOT)과 gantry rotation time (GRT)을 측정하였으며, 3F와 2F beam에 의한 각 치료기법에서 발생되는 광중성자 측정을 위하여 Surveillance And Measurement (SAM) 940을 사용하였다. 또한, 환자의 총 내원기간과 자기부담금을 계산하였다. 결 과 : 총 MU값은 세기변조 방사선치료에서 3F beam을 이용하였을 때 2F beam을 이용한 경우보다 최대 34.0% 증가하였고 BOT, GRT 그리고 광중성자 측정값은 체부정위적 방사선치료에 3F beam을 적용하였을 때 2F beam보다 각각 최대 39.8, 38.6, 48.1% 감소하였다. 환자의 총 내원기간과 자기부담금은 3F와 2F beam의 이용에 따른 차이는 없었으며, 치료기법 중 체부정위적 방사선치료가 10일과 169,560원으로 가장 적게 나타났다. 결 론 : 본 연구 결과, 3F beam의 고 선량률을 이용한 치료기법은 2F beam과 비교하여 총 MU값은 증가하였으나 BOT, GRT 그리고 광중성자 측정값이 모두 감소하였다. 이처럼 3F beam의 고 선량률을 사용하는 치료기법은 intra-fraction setup error 및 2차 방사선 유발암 발생률을 줄이는 효과를 기대할 수 있으나, 동일한 치료기법 내에서 3F와 2F beam 사용에 따른 환자에게 특별한 시간적 경제적인 이점은 없었다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.51-54
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• 2013

Chitosan is a useful natural polymer material in many application fields such as biomaterials, water-treatment, agriculture, medication, and food science. However, the poor solubility limits its application. In this study, the effects of radiation on chitosan were investigated using gamma ray and electron beam irradiation. The chemical structure and molecular weight analysis show similar degradation effects of chitosan powder in both gamma ray and electron beam irradiation. However, the radiation irradiated chitosan in $H_2O$ has a lower molecular weight, since the hydroxyl radicals attack the glycosidic bonds. This effect is more clearly shown in the electron beam irradiation results.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2011

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers are the most widely used precursor of the materials for carbon fibers. The conventional process of carbon fibers from PAN precursor fiber includes two step; stabilization at low temperature and carbonization at high temperature. Compared to thermal stabilization, the stabilization process by electron beam (E-beam) irradiation is a advanced and brief method. However, a stabilization by E-beam irradiation was required a high dose (over 5,000 kGy) and spend over 1.5 hr (1.14 MeV, 1 mA). In the present work the main goal is exploring a quick stabilization process by cotrolling E-beam currents. The effect of various E-beam currents on stabilization of PAN precursor fiber was studied by gel fraction test, thermo gravimertic analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), tensile strength, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.382-387
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• 2014

An all-reflective, simple noncollinear second harmonic (SH) autocorrelator is described for monitoring the shot-to-shot behavior of ultrashort high-power laser pulses. Two mirrors are used for the dispersion-free splitting of a pulse into two halves. One of the mirrors is able to adjust the delay time and angle between two halves of the laser pulse in a nonlinear crystal. We present the possibility of real-time measurement of the pulse duration, peak intensity (or energy), and the pointing jitters of a laser pulse, by analyzing the spatial profile of the SH autocorrelation signal measured by a CCD camera. The measurement of the shot-to-shot variation of those parameters will be important for the detailed characterization of laser accelerated electrons or protons.

• 폴리머
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 다양한 전류조건하에 전자선 조사로 가교된 리튬 이차전지용 폴리에틸렌 분리막을 제조하였다. 제조된 폴리에틸렌 분리막의 가교율은 조사량이 증가할수록 그리고 빔 전류가 낮을수록 증가하여 최대 71%까지 증가하였다. 낮은 빔 전류에서 조사된 폴리에틸렌 분리막은 상용 분리막 보다 우수한 열수축률(51%) 및 기계적 특성을 보여주었다. 가교된 분리막의 이온전도도는 $1.01{\times}10^{-3}\;S/cm$와 전해액 함침률(275%)은 조사되지 않은 분리막과 거의 동일하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.486-492
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• 2022

Nitrogen oxides (NO_x; NO and NO₂) are major air pollutants and can cause harmful effects on the human body. Electron Beam Flue Gas Treatment (EBFGT) is a technology that generates electrons with an energy of 0.5-1 MeV using electron accelerators and effectively processes exhaust gases. In this study, NO_x was removed using an electron beam accelerator with spraying additives (NaOH and NH₄OH). NO and NO₂ were 100% and more than 94% removed, respectively, at an electron beam absorbed dose of 20 kGy and an additive concentration of 0.02 M (mol/L). In most cases, NO_x was removed better with lower initial NOx concentrations and higher electron beam absorbed doses. As the irradiation strength (mA) of the electron beam increases, the probability of electron impact on the material accordingly rises, which may lead to increase removal efficiency. The results of the present study show that the continuous electron beam process using additives achieved more effective removal efficiency than either individual process (wet-scrubbing or EB irradiation only).