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PET System Design using a Scintillator with a Size of 0.8 mm to Improve Spatial Resolution (공간분해능 향상을 위한 0.8 mm 크기의 섬광체를 사용한 PET 시스템 설계)

  • Lee, Seung-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.499-504
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    • 2022
  • Positron emission tomography (PET) uses a very small scintillator to achieve exellent spatial resolution. Therefore, in this study, a PET system using a scintillator to 0.8 mm size was designed and the performance was evaluated. Anihilation radiation was generated from the center of the field of view (FOV) to the outskirts at intervals of 10 mm, and counted simultaneously. The image was reconstructed using the coincidence data, and the spatial resolution was calculated by acquiring the full width at half maximum through the profile. The spatial resolution at the center of the FOV was 1.02 mm, showing a very good result, and the spatial resolution decreased as it was located at the outer edge. To evaluate the phantom image, the Derenzo phantom was constructed to acquire the image, and the degree of classification between radiation sources was evaluated through profile analysis. The result showed that the distance between the radiation sources was larger than the spatial resolution of the radiation sources at each location, and it was confirmed that the radiation sources were distinguished through this. When the PET system designed in this study is applied to PET for small animals, it is considered that excellent performance can be secured through the characteristic of very good spatial resolution.

Investigation of the ZnO based TFT interface properties with synchrotron radiation analysis

  • Choi, Jong-Kwon;Baik, Min-Kyung;Joo, Min-Ho;Park, Kyu-Ho;Lee, Jay-Man;Kim, Myung-Seop;Yang, Joong-Hwan
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08b
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    • pp.1298-1300
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    • 2007
  • The interface between SiNx and ZnO was investigated with Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) for ZnO based thin film transistor (TFT) applications. Impurity species were interstitial $N_2$ molecules at the SiNx / ZnO interface. The evolution of $N_2$ is decreased with increasing of anneal temperature.

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Photon-induced surface conductivity measurement of MgO in an AC PDP

  • Ha, Chang-Hoon;Kim, Joong-Kyun;Whang, Ki-Woong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.130-133
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    • 2006
  • In order to study the relationship between the discharge characteristics of an ac PDP and the surface conductivity of MgO thin film, the surface current across a ring shaped MgO film was measured by exposure to monochromatic vacuum ultraviolet from the synchrotron radiation source whose wavelength ranges from 60nm to 240nm $(5.5eV{\sim}25eV)$. The experimental results show that the surface current begins to increase rapidly at the photon energy of about 9 eV which might correspond to the valence band edge of MgO. The difference in the surface current level correlate well with the differences in the preparation method of MgO films and their respective discharge characteristics such as the firing, minimum sustain voltages, address voltage margin and address discharge delay time.

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Design of PIFA with a parasitic element for PDA terminal (기생소자를 갖는 PDA 단말기용 PIFA 설계)

  • Kim, Yong-Ho;Lee, Hong-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.511-514
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, describes the design of PIFA for PDA which has parasitic patch to expand the impedance bandwidth and miniaturization technique to consider the radiation pattern. To expand the impedance bandwidth, generated resonant frequency of parasitic patch is different from that of main patch. To miniaturize the physical dimension, using the folded edge and rectangular slot. The obtained impedance bandwidth is 9.4% ($2.29GHz{\sim}2.515GHz$) at VSWR${\leqq}$2 and antenna gain is 2dBi within the operating frequency.

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On the Diurnal Change of Leaf Temperature of Herbaceous Plants in Plant Community (군락상태에 있는 초본식물의 엽온의 일조변화)

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    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 1974
  • Leaf temperature is complicated with the microclimate and the dry matter production in a plant community. But a daily change of leaf temperature varying by the locality in plant body or plant community is not yet clear. To resolve such a question, following experiment was designed; Helianthus tuberosus L., Glycine max L., Zea mays L., Impomoea batatas Lam., and Cucurbita moschata var. toonas Makino were planted in the different sandy loam, $2m{\times}2m-quadrat$, which has a eastern, southern, western and northern edge. In each plot 17-25 plants were planted and the distances between individuals spaced uniformly. And leaf temperature were measured by MR3-C type thermistor from 14th May through 20th August. It is seems that the upper leaf is affected by solar radiation, the lower leaf by released heat from the earth and the middle leaf by the conditions of both zones. Measuring the temperature of a leaf that is on terminal, central, left and right margins and base part, temperature of control plant in a leaf was sloped during about two hours from noon. It is noticeable as a "noon sleeping" phenomenon.henomenon.

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Domestic Research Trends on Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in Marine Environment (해양 환경의 형광용존유기물에 관한 국내 연구 동향)

  • Kim, Jeonghyun
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.353-363
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    • 2021
  • Fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM) is referred to organic matter which absorbs efficiently solar radiation energy and fluorescence in the water column. The component and molecular structure of marine organic matter can be changed depending on the various substances and origins of organic matter, and then the organic matter has unique fluorescent properties. As the cutting-edge analytical techniques of optical measurement continuously developing from last few decades, a study on FDOM has been applied as a biogeochemical tracer to quantify the organic matter concentration and to investigate the behaviors and origins of organic matter. Especially, the marine environment around the Korean Peninsula is an ideal research area to study FDOM because of various oceanographic characteristics and the origins of organic matter. This study describes the general properties of FDOM and introduces the cycling and behaviors of marine organic matter based on the domestic research studies.

Compact Planar Antenna for Mobile Handset Applications

  • Sung, Woo Hee;Shin, Dong Gi;Lee, Young Soon
    • Journal of Advanced Information Technology and Convergence
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.99-105
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we describe the procedure of simulation design and measured results of a compact planar antenna for handset applications. The broad bandwidth covering the interested frequency band for mobile handset is achieved by introduction of an open ended L-shaped slot which is newly proposed and corresponds to the monopole slot. In order to minimize the impact on circuit part placement, the proposed antenna is placed on the ground plane edge of PCB with size of 60×65 mm2. The measurement result for 10dB impedance bandwidths is 640 MHz (1.7~2.34 GHz), covering the required bandwidths for DCS (Digital Cellular System)-1800 (1710 ~ 1880 MHz) / IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000 (1885 ~ 2200 MHz) bands. In particular, we would like to emphasize the proposed antenna has an omnidirectional radiation pattern suitable for commercial wireless communication.

Concurrent operation of round beam and flat beam in a low-emittance storage ring

  • J. Lee;S. Ahn;J. Ko;B. Oh;G. Jang;Y.D. Yoon;S. Shin;J.-H.Kim;M. Chung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.10
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    • pp.3866-3873
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    • 2023
  • In 4th-generation storage rings, whether to operate the beam as round or flat is a critical question. A round beam has equal horizontal and vertical emittances, and is an efficient solution to reduce strong intra-beam scattering effects and lengthen the Touschek lifetimes, but a flat beam produces a brighter photon beam than a round beam. To provide both beams concurrently rather than bifurcating the beam time, this paper presents the exploitation of beam dynamics and the cutting-edge fast pulser that supports concurrent operation of round beam and flat beam.

A Multi Resolution Based Guided Filter Using Fuzzy Logic for X-Ray Medical Images (방사선 의료영상 잡음제거를 위한 퍼지논리 활용 다해상도 기반 유도필터)

  • Ko, Seung-Hyun;Pant, Suresh Raj;Lee, Joonwhoan
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.372-378
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    • 2014
  • Noise in biomedical X-ray image degrades the quality so that it might causes to decrease the accuracy of diagnosis. Especially the noise reduction techniques is quite essential for low-dose biomedical X-ray images obtained from low radiation power in order to protect patients, because their noise level is usually high to well discriminate objects. This paper proposes an efficient method to remove the noise in low-dose X-ray images while preserving the edges with diverse resolutions. In the proposed method, a noisy image is at first decomposed into several images with different resolutions in pyramidal representation, then the stable map of edge confidence is obtained from each of analyzed image using a fuzzy logic-based edge detector. This map is used to adaptively determine the parameter for guided filters, which eliminate the noise while preserving edges in the corresponding image. The filtered images in the pyramid are extended and synthesized into a resulted image using interpolation technique. The superiority of proposed method compared to the median, bilateral, and guided filters has been experimentally shown in terms of noise removal and edge preserving properties.

Measurement of Dose outside a 6 MV Field Edge Using Optically Stimulated Luminescent Nano Dot Dosimeters (광자극형광나노닷선량계를 사용한 6 MV 조사야 가장자리 바깥 선량 측정)

  • Kim, Jongeon;Kim, Wontae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.8 no.7
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    • pp.449-454
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is(was) to investigate the shielding ratio of 1 mmPb and the off axis ratio outside the field edge at depth of 1 cm from a phantom surface for 6 MV photon beam. A dose of 180 cGy was delivered to a depth of 10 cm for a $10{\times}10cm^2$ and $15{\times}15cm^2$ field in the SAD technique. The off axis ratio was calculated by measuring the dose of optically stimulated luminescent nanoDot dosimeters(OSLnDs) positioned at 2, 4 and 6 cm from the field edge, and the center axis of field. And the shielding ratio of 1 mmPb was calculated by measuring the dose of OSLnDs positioned at 2, 4 and 6 cm from the field edge.. As a result, for a $10{\times}10cm^2$ and $15{\times}15cm^2$ field, the off axis ratios were acquired 0.008-0.023 and 0.011-0.028, respectively. Also the shielding ratios of 1 mmPb were acquired 0.868-0.888 and 0.807-0.842, respectively. These results provide data to protect organs at risk outside the radiation treatment field.