• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.587-594
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to develop the indirect dosimetry by calculation (IDC) method for diagnostic X-ray equipment. The experiments were performed with inverter type X-ray tubes: Toshiba (E7252X, Japan) and Varian (RAD-14, USA). For the development method, we first applied the standard quality of X-ray beam shown in the TRS457 document, and second, to produce the constants of trendline for the IDC, the total filtration on X-ray beam was subdivided. Third, in order to increase the precision, the energy region was divided into the high energy region and the low energy region and developed by the IDC. In order to verify the IDC, mean dose (mR) values were measured for three Toshiba X-ray tubes and three Varian X-ray tubes at clinical medical institutions and then compared with the IDC on the 2013. As a result, compared with the previous study, the accuracy of the IDC of this study were improved by 2.71% and 9.91% in Toshiba and Varian X-ray tubes, respectively.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권7호
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• pp.1860-1865
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• 2019

The confinement degradation of the energetic particles during RMP would be a key issue in success of realizing the successful energy production using fusion plasma, because a 3.5 MeV energetic alpha particle should be able to sustain the burning plasma after the ignition. As KSTAR recent results indicate the generation of high-performance plasma(${\beta}_p{\sim}3$), the confinement of the energetic particles is also an important key aspect in neutral beam driven plasma. In general, the measured absolute value of the neutron intensity is generally used for to estimating the confinement time of energetic particles by comparing it with the theoretical value based on transport calculations. However, the availability of, but for its calculation process, many accurate diagnostic data of plasma parameters such as thermal and incident fast ion density, are essential to the calculation process. In this paper, the time evolution of the neutron signal from an He3 counter during the beam blank has permitted to facilitate the estimation of the slowing down time of energetic particles and the method is applied to investigate the fast ion effect on ELM suppressed KSTAR plasma which is heated by high energy deuterium neutral beams.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2509-2522
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• 2021

A valve assembly used in nuclear power plants must be qualified and supervised. New technical standards such as ASME QME-1 2007 particularly require detailed qualification using experiment and analysis. Particularly, diagnostic tests and engineering studies are required for qualification of ASME QME-1 2007. Among these studies, the research on the measurement of friction coefficient and packing stress is important. The irregular change of packing stress along the stroke distance occurs because of the abnormal phenomenon, which must be found and studied with quantitative methods. Packing stress should be analyzed conservatively through experimentation and analysis. In this study, various formulas were applied to measure and calculate coefficient of friction and packing stress. This study can be used in relation to qualification and supervision of packing materials. And the calculation using static diagnosis test can be used to find the packing frictional force in dynamic diagnosis test with flow pressure in a pipe. This study has made it possible to reliably consider packing frictional force generated in a valve body. And so, it is believed that more margin can be secured when evaluating the capacity of valve actuator by applying the accurate frictional force generated in the valve assembly.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.41-56
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• 2002

In order to estimate the quantitative roles of the tide induced residual currents, density currents and wind driven currents on the residual currents in Kwangynag Bay Korea, numerical experiments with a diagnostic multi-level model were carried out. Density currents were calculated from the temperature and salinity data observed in January, May, August and November 1998. Anti-clockwise circulations are formed at the western inner part of the bay, the location from the east of Myodo Is. to the south of POSCO Co. and the place between Yeosu peninsula and Namhae Is. from the calculation results of the tide induced residual currents. Velocities of the density currents are less than 3cm/s at the western inner part of the bay and about 5cm/s at the southern entrance of the bay. Density currents get strong in summer and weak in autumn. Wind driven currents at the surface layer flow in the directions of the given winds which are the daily mean winds when the temperature and salinity observations are carried out. In the middle and lower layers, however the wind driven currents flow in the opposite direction to the surface currents as supplementary currents. The surface wind driven currents are greater than the tide induced residual currents or the density currents. The calculated residual currents including the tide induced residual currents, density currents and wind driven currents agree with the results of the current observations approximately. In the Bay, the wind driven currents affect on the residual currents greatestly and tide induced residual currents and density currents do in the second place and the third place.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2009

전리방사선을 이용한 의료진단검사는 장치의 발전과 더불어 환자의 삶을 개선시키고 의료검사의 혁명을 가지고 왔다. 하지만 이러한 의료영상의 발전은 대중에 의한 전리방사선피폭의 증가의 원인이 되었다. 이러한 가운데 ICRP에서는 각 국가 및 지역의 실정에 맞게 진단참고준위를 사용하도록 권고하고 있으며, 우리나라에서도 2007년 식품의약품안전청에서 환자선량측정 가이드라인을 제시하였다. 하지만 임상에서는 대부분 선량계가 없어 X선 검사시 환자피부선량을 알 수가 없는 것이 현실이다. 이에 저자는 bit system을 이용하여, PC상에서 엑셀프로그램을 이용하여 간단하게 환자선량을 알 수 있게 프로그램화 하여 그 유용성을 검토하였으며, 그 결과 실측값과 계산값은 약 10% 정도의 차이로 우수한 결과를 나타내었다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.146-150
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• 2009

Background: A skin temperature difference is one of the variables used in the diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome. However, there have been no reports as to whether the real (${\Delta}T$) or absolute value ($|{\Delta}T|$) of skin temperature differences should be used in the diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome. This study was conducted to compare the diagnostic validity of ${\Delta}T$ with $|{\Delta}T|$ for complex regional pain syndrome using receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC). Methods: Infrared thermographic images were obtained from the 144 patients who were suspected to have CRPS in a unilateral limb. After ${\Delta}T$ and $|{\Delta}T|$ calculation from the thermographic image, ROCs of ${\Delta}T$ and $|{\Delta}T|$ were developed, and the areas under the curve (AUC) for the ROC curves were compared. Results: AUCs of ${\Delta}T$ and $|{\Delta}T|$ were 0.520 and 0.746 respectively, this difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Absolute skin temperature difference shows greater validity in the diagnosis of CRPS than ${\Delta}T$. Therefore, $|{\Delta}T|$ is more useful when comparing the skin temperature of CRPS patients.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2012

X선은 방사선 진단과 치료 분야에 있어서 다양하고 광범위하게 이용되고 있으며, 최근에는 방사선 치료용 초소형 X선관이 개발되었다. 초소형 X선관은 조사 목적 부위에 직접 삽입하여 사용되므로 제작 시준기에 따라 다양한 각도로 X선 조사가 가능하고, 검사 목적 외의 환자 피폭선량을 최소화한다. 이러한 초소형 X선관의 장점을 이용해서 X선 영상을 획득하는데 적용한다면 X선 진단 분야의 새로운 장을 열 것으로 기대된다. 하지만 초소형 X선관은 본래 치료용으로 설계되었기 때문에 진단용 장비에 적합한 시준기, 필터(added filter) 등이 필요하다. 따라서 자체 제작한 시준기와 필터를 적용하여 초소형 X선관의 빔 특성이 진단용에 적합한지 평가 하였고, 이를 위해서 다이오드 검출기를 이용하여 반가층을 측정하고 측정의 가능성을 평가하였다. 본 연구에서는 Si PIN Photodiode type인 Piranha 검출기(Piranha, RTI, Sweden)를 사용하여 필터 적용 유무에 따른 초소형 X선관의 반가층을 측정하고, 알루미늄 필터를 사용한 측정을 통하여 Piranha 검출기의 반가층 측정의 정확성을 평가하였다. 측정 결과에 따르면 초소형 X선관의 반가층은 필터의 장착에 따라 약 1.9배 증가하여 진단용 방사선 발생 장치의 적합성을 확인하였다. Piranha 검출기의 반가층 자동 측정값은 필터를 미장착한 경우에 실제 반가층 측정값에 비해 50% 높게 측정되어 적용이 불가능하나, 필터를 장착한 경우에는 실제 반가층 측정값과 약 15%의 차이로 감소되었다. 따라서 진단용 필터를 적용했을 경우는 Piranha 검출기의 반가층 자동측정이 가능하여 kV-X선 특성평가를 수월하게 수행할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.661-665
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• 2011

This paper presents the method for the extraction of the lungs part from the other parts for the diagnostic of the lungs part. The proposed method is based on the calculation of the connected component and the centroid of the image. Connected Component labeling is used to label the each objects in the binarized image. After the labeling is done, centroid value is calculated for each object. The filing operation is applied which helps to extract the lungs part from the image retaining all the parts of the original lungs image. The whole process is explained in the following steps and experimental results shows it's significant.

• 천문학논총
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• 제15권spc1호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2000

The emission line objects such as planetary nebulae, symbiotics, gaseous nebulae, HII regions, novae, supernovae, SNRs, nearby spiral galaxies, dIrr, dE, and nearby active galactic nuclei, would be goldmines for us to dig with the 1.8m bohyunsan optical (BOAO) telescope. We discussed the importance of strategically important diagnostic lines and atomic constant calculation for a study of Galactic and extragalactic emission objects. The scientific background on a spectrometer development history is briefly presented and spectroscopic research areas other than the emission objects are also summarized.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1080-1082
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• 2003

To develop a reliability analysis program applied to the diagnosis for air operated valve's integrity. we collected, analyzed AOV failure data from foreign and domestic nuclear power plants, and classified whole subjects of this program into several groups according to type and size. We established a theoretical basis using Lognormal Distribution and Bayesian Theory to develop analysis methodology. The result of this program was applied to the calculation of operational unavailability of AOV, and the effect of AOV's failure. Also this program can be applied to the development of diagnostic technique considering AOV environment (temperature, pressure), and setting-up maintenance cycle.