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사용후핵연료 집합체 모사장치를 이용한 광섬유 체렌코프 방사선 센서 시스템의 성능평가 (Performance Evaluation of a Fiber-Optic Cerenkov Radiation Sensor System Using a Simulated Spent Fuel Assembly)

  • 신상훈;유욱재;장경원;조승현;박병기;이봉수
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.245-250
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    • 2014
  • When the charged particle travels in transparent medium with a velocity greater than that of light in the same medium, the electromagnetic field close to the particle polarizes the medium along its path, and then the electrons in the atoms follow the waveform of the pulse which is called as Cerenkov light or radiation. This type of radiation can be easily observed in a spent fuel storage pit. In optical fibers, the Cerenkov light also can be generated due to their dielectric components. Accordingly, the radiation-induced light signals can be obtained using optical fibers without any scintillating material. In this study, to measure the intensities of Cerenkov radiation induced by gamma-rays, we have fabricated the fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor system using silica optical fibers, plastic optical fibers, multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, simulated spent fuel assembly and a scanning system. To characterize the Cerenkov radiation generated in optical fibers, the intensities of Cerenkov radiation generated in the silica and plastic optical fibers were measured. Also, we measured the longitudinal distribution of gamma rays emitted from the Ir-192 isotope by using the fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor system and simulated spent fuel assembly.

Mercuric iodide 기반의 디지털 X-선 검출기의 특성 연구 (Characterization studies of digital x-ray detector based on mercuric iodide)

  • 조성호;박지군;최장용;석대우;차병열;남상회;이범종
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.16
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    • pp.392-395
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    • 2003
  • For the purpose of digital x-ray imaging, many materials such as $PbI_2$, $HgI_2$, TlBr, CdTe and CdZnTe have been under development for servaral years as direct converter layer. $Hgl_2$ film detector have recently been shown as one of the most promising semiconductor materials to be used as direct converters in x-ray digital radiography. This paper, the $HgI_2$ films are deposited on conductive-coated glass by screen printing, in which $HgI_2$ powder is embedded in a binder and solvent, and the slurry is used to coat the conductive-coated glass. We investigated electrical characteristic of the fabricated $HgI_2$ films. The x-ray response to radiological x-ray generator of 70Kvp using the current integration mode will be reported for screen printing films. These results indicate that $HgI_2$ detectors have high potential as new digital x-ray imaging devices for radiography.

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Combination Therapy of the Active KRAS-Targeting Antibody inRas37 and a PI3K Inhibitor in Pancreatic Cancer

  • Lee, Ji Eun;Woo, Min Gyu;Jung, Kyung Hee;Kang, Yeo Wool;Shin, Seung-Min;Son, Mi Kwon;Fang, Zhenghuan;Yan, Hong Hua;Park, Jung Hee;Yoon, Young-Chan;Kim, Yong-Sung;Hong, Soon-Sun
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.274-283
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    • 2022
  • KRAS activating mutations, which are present in more than 90% of pancreatic cancers, drive tumor dependency on the RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT signaling pathways. Therefore, combined targeting of RAS/MAPK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways may be required for optimal therapeutic effect in pancreatic cancer. However, the therapeutic efficacy of combined MAPK and PI3K/AKT signaling target inhibitors is unsatisfactory in pancreatic cancer treatment, because it is often accompanied by MAPK pathway reactivation by PI3K/AKT inhibitor. Therefore, we developed an inRas37 antibody, which directly targets the intra-cellularly activated GTP-bound form of oncogenic RAS mutation and investigated its synergistic effect in the presence of the PI3K inhibitor BEZ-235 in pancreatic cancer. In this study, inRas37 remarkably increased the drug response of BEZ-235 to pancreatic cancer cells by inhibiting MAPK reactivation. Moreover, the co-treatment synergistically inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and invasion and exhibited synergistic anticancer activity by inhibiting the MAPK and PI3K pathways. The combined administration of inRas37and BEZ-235 significantly inhibited tumor growth in mouse models. Our results demonstrated that inRas37 synergistically increased the antitumor activity of BEZ-235 by inhibiting MAPK reactivation, suggesting that inRas37 and BEZ-235 co-treatment could be a potential treatment approach for pancreatic cancer patients with KRAS mutations.

삼중수소 검출용 광섬유 방사선 센서의 제작 및 특성분석 (Fabrication and Characterization of a Fiber-optic Radiation Sensor for Detection of Tritium)

  • 장경원;조동현;유욱재;이봉수;문주현;박병기;조영호;김신
    • 한국광학회지
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.201-206
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구에서는 무기섬광체와 광섬유를 이용하여 삼중수소 검출용 광섬유 방사선 센서를 제작하였다. 무기섬광체 선택을 위해 $Gd_2O_2S$ : Tb, $Y_3Al_5O_{12}$ : Ce, CsI : Tl을 이용하여 센서팁을 제작한 후, 금속 수소화물 형태의 삼중수소를 이용하여 섬광효율이 가장 좋은 섬광체를 선별하였다. 또한 선정된 섬광체를 사용하여 제작한 센서를 이용하여 삼중수소 선원으로부터 거리에 따른 섬광량을 계측하였고 선원의 방사능 세기에 따른 섬광량을 측정하여 표면 방사능 모니터의 결과와 비교 분석하였다.

Evaluating Correlation between Geometrical Relationship and Dose Difference Caused by Respiratory Motion Using Statistical Analysis

  • Shin, Dong-Seok;Kang, Seong-Hee;Kim, Dong-Su;Kim, Tae-Ho;Kim, Kyeong-Hyeon;Cho, Min-Seok;Noh, Yu-Yoon;Yoon, Do-Kun;Suh, Tae Suk
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제27권4호
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    • pp.203-212
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    • 2016
  • Dose differences between three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional (4D) doses could be varied according to the geometrical relationship between a planning target volume (PTV) and an organ at risk (OAR). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the correlation between the overlap volume histogram (OVH), which quantitatively shows the geometrical relationship between the PTV and OAR, and the dose differences. 4D computed tomography (4DCT) images were acquired for 10 liver cancer patients. Internal target volume-based treatment planning was performed. A 3D dose was calculated on a reference phase (end-exhalation). A 4D dose was accumulated using deformation vector fields between the reference and other phase images of 4DCT from deformable image registration, and dose differences between the 3D and 4D doses were calculated. An OVH between the PTV and selected OAR (duodenum) was calculated and quantified on the basis of specific overlap volumes that corresponded to 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% of the OAR volume overlapped with the expanded PTV. Statistical analysis was performed to verify the correlation with the OVH and dose difference for the OAR. The minimum mean dose difference was 0.50 Gy from case 3, and the maximum mean dose difference was 4.96 Gy from case 2. The calculated range of the correlation coefficients between the OVH and dose difference was from -0.720 to -0.712, and the R-square range for regression analysis was from 0.506 to 0.518 (p-value <0.05). However, when the 10% overlap volume was applied in the six cases that had OVH value ${\leq}2$, the average percent mean dose differences were $34.80{\pm}12.42%$. Cases with quantified OVH values of 2 or more had mean dose differences of $29.16{\pm}11.36%$. In conclusion, no significant statistical correlation was found between the OVH and dose differences. However, it was confirmed that a higher difference between the 3D and 4D doses could occur in cases that have smaller OVH value.

난청인의 통화 청취도 향상을 위한 전화기 개발연구 (A Study on the Development of Telephone for Improvement of the Hearing Impaired's Listening)

  • 이상민;우효창;김동욱;송철규;이영묵;김원기
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.111-113
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    • 1996
  • The impaired person and the elderly who has hearing loss have been continuously increased and these people's desire for participating society as a producer has been increased also. So they strongly request the aid device which can compensate their handicap. The healing aid telephone is one of the basic aid devices that helps the hearing impaired to communicate with other people and to acquire useful information. We design the new model of the hearing aid telephone and test it's efficiency in three fields - electrical, speech perception, user test. From the result of the test we certify that the new model is better for the hearing impaired to understand the meaning of telephone speech than the old general models. We expect that the advanced healing aid telephone can be developed by the research about speech perception characteristics of the hearing impaired in engineering and clinical side.

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3D 내시경 영상시컨스의 MPEG-2 코딩 효율에 관한 연구 (A Study on the MPEG-2 Coding Performance of 3D Endoscopic Image Sequence)

  • 송철규;이영묵;이상민;김원기;이제호;이명호
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.84-87
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    • 1997
  • In this study, for the coding of stereoscopic video sequence, two approaches are presented based on simulcast mathod and sidefield image format. The field sequential method for stereoscopic visualization have been specified. Also, camera parameter and shooting conditions for each test sequence are studied. Coding method based on sidefield format structure revealed better performance over simulcast in PSNR.

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고휘도 발광 Chip 소자를 이용한 빛의 명암도 분석 (Estimation of the Light Intensity by Using Bright-Chip LED Sensory System)

  • 최주현;김지선;정구인;이태희;김아희;오한별;박희정;김경섭;전재훈
    • 전기학회논문지
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    • 제62권9호
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    • pp.1290-1296
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    • 2013
  • The light intensity which represents the relative amount of brightness and darkness is very important feature to discern the color hue and its relevant information. With this aim, we devise a new optical system and method to analyze the light intensity. Our suggested system including a phototransistor and white-high-brightness chip light-emitting diode intend estimate the contrast value utilizing Image Research Institute(I.R.I.) Hue & Tone samples which includes 120 color sheets arranged by the color hue and tone. As a result, we confirmed that the brightness of the color checker can be accurately estimated by a high-brightness light-emitting-diode optical system.

니코틴 중독의 단서노출치료를 위한 가상환경의 제작 및 욕구 유발 실험 (Cue exposure system using Virtual Reality for nicotine craving)

  • 김광욱;조원근;구정훈;김훈;김병년;이장한;김인영;이종민;김선일
    • 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국감성과학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.187-192
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    • 2002
  • Research has shown that many smokers experience an increase in the desire to smoke when exposed to smoking-related cues. Cue exposure treatment (CET) refers to the manualized, repeated exposure to smoking-related cues, aimed at the reducing cue reactivity by extinction. In this study, we constructed a virtual reality system for evoking a desire of nicotine, which was based on the results of a Questionnaire of Nicotine-craving. And we investigated the effectiveness of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result, we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical devices.

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