• 치과방사선
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.289-297
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• 1990

The purpose of this study was to assess the resolution and focal spot size of dental X-ray machines. Fifty dental X-ray machines were selected for measuring resolution and focal spot size. These machines were used in general dental clinics. The time of installation of the X-ray machine varies from 1 year to 10 years. The resolution of these machines was measured with the test pattern. The focal spot size of these machines was measured with the star test pattern. The following results were obtained: 1. The resolution of dental intraoral X-ray machines was not significantly changed in ten years. 2. The focal spot size of dental intraoral X-ray machines was not significantly increased in ten years. The statistical analysis between the mean focal spot size and nominal focal spot size was significant at the 0.05 level about the more than 3 years used machines.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2011

X선은 X선관 내 음극측 전자(electron)를 빠른 속도로 가속시킨 다음 진행하는 전자의 흐름을 저지극(target)에서 차단시킬 때 에너지의 변환을 일으켜 발생한다. 가속된 고속의 전자가 저지면에 충돌하는 실제면적을 실초점(actual focal spot)이라 하고, 실초점의 크기를 X선이 나오는 방향인 중심선(central ray)측에서 관측할 경우 축소되어 작게 보이는데 이때의 초점을 실효초점(effective focal spot)이라고 한다. X선관 방사각에 따라 음극 측의 강도가 양극 측 보다 높게 나타나 X선 강도가 균등하지 않다. 이러한 효과를 경사각 효과(heel effect)라고 하며, 경사각 효과로 인하여 환자가 받는 피폭의 정도는 양극의 각도, 즉 실효초점의 크기에 따라 달라지게 된다. 본 논문에서는 실효초점의 크기와 그에 따른 환자 피폭선량의 상관관계를 알아보고 실효초점의 크기에 따른 균질선량 분포를 위한 효과적인 조사야를 제시하고자 한다. 결론적으로 초점크기에 따라서 평균적으로 -8cm ~ 0cm 범위에서 효과적인 조사야 범위를 찾을 수 있었고, 평균 선량률은 0.019 R/min이 나왔다. 이 범위를 이용하면 환자에게는 적은 피폭선량으로 균등한 흑화도 및 해상력을 가진 영상을 얻을 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.101-106
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• 1993

In order to assure safety of both patient and operator, and to provide uniform quality radiographs, it is necessary to perform periodic calibration of diagnostic X-ray equipment. A basic parameter of diagnostic equipment's and its image sharpness is the size(and shape the energy distribution) of the focal spot as viewed along the central X-ray beam. This size determines the resolution possible with the equipment and also determines the heat characteristics of an anode. A fine focus tube gives high resolution but causes high local heating of target. In past, the pin-hole and star pattern image measurement for evaluation of resolution have been widely used, but it produced blurring and inaccuracy of image. So newly inverted Ug-meter has advantage in more convenient measurement method and less out-put bias than other image measurement. The authors intended to compare measured focal size between Ug-meter and focal spot test tool, changed state from setting to now of units.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.531-537
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• 2008

One of the fundamental features of time reversal acoustic (TRA) techniques is the ability to focus the propagating ultrasonic beam to a specific point within the test material. Therefore, it is important to understand the focusing properties of a TR device in many applications including nondestructive testing. In this paper, we employ an analytical scheme for the analysis of TR beam focusing in a homogeneous medium. More specifically, a nonparaxial multi-Gaussian beam (NMGB) model is used to simulate the focusing behavior of array transducers composed of multiple rectangular elements. The NMGB model is found to generate accurate beam fields beyond the nonparaxial region. Two different simulation cases are considered here for the focal points specified on and off from the central axis of the array transducer. The simulation results show that the focal spot size increases with increasing focal length and focal angle. Furthermore, the maximum velocity amplitude does not always coincide with the specified focal point. Simulation results for the off-axis focusing cases do demonstrate the accurate steering capability of the TR focusing.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.354-360
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• 2009

공초점 현미경 중 하나로 각광받는 MMM(multi-focal multi-photon microscope)의 핵심부분인 미세렌즈 배열판을 광섬유 다발로 대체한 간단한 형태의 광섬유 다발 다초점 현미경을 구성하여 그 성능을 분석하였다. 이 현미경의 성능 분석을 위하여 세 종류의 시료를 사용하였으며, 두 개의 편광판과 편광 빔 분리기를 사용하여 노이즈를 제거한 뚜렷한 상을 얻을 수 있었다. 표준격자 시료를 사용하여 1차 대물렌즈의 배율을 63배와 20배로 달리하면서 광점 상의 FWHM를 구하였고, 광점 상들의 분포 속에서 물체의 상을 볼 수 있었으며, 분포가 조밀한 저배율의 1차 대물렌즈를 사용할 경우에 보다 선명한 시료의 상을 얻을 수 있었다. 광섬유 다발 다초점 현미경의 분해능을 시험하기 위해서 표준격자 시료보다 격자 간격이 작은 USAF 1951을 시료로 사용하여 상을 측정하여 얻은 시료 상의 FWHM와 주어진 시료의 선폭 값이 서로 잘 일치함을 볼 수 있었다. 광섬유 다발 다초점 현미경은 1개의 광섬유 다발을 사용함으로써 시스템을 간소화시켰고, 마이크론 이하의 분해능을 가지며, 광섬유의 개수인 1600개의 광점 상을 동시에 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국레이저가공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.14-17
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• 2009

The laser welding was performed for the flange joint of two overlapped coaxial circular pipes which serve as the inlet and connector pipes of STS 316L. The laser welding test finally resulted in a good penetration depth of 1.8 to 2.0 mm. On the way to get the good welding quality, two important parameters were found to be optimized. One is the focal positioning which is the offset of the laser beam focus to the exact welding seam line, which is more critical in the inner flange laser welding. When the beam spot size was deviated more than $200\;{\mu}m$ from the seam line, welding of two pipes is failed. The other is a gap size since a certain amount of gap is inevitable due to fabrication tolerance, or artificial allowances for smooth insertion of a pipe. However, it is required to restrict the gap allowance within 0.2mm to avoid undesirable undercut on a welding bead.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 1996

평면 광도파로 렌즈는 집적광학회로에 널리 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 형태의 평면 광도파로 렌즈를 제안하고 제작하여 기존의 볼록-평면렌즈와 그 특성을 비교하였다. 제안한 볼록-오목형 렌즈는 원형의 경계를 가지며 선형경계를 가지는 볼록-평면 렌즈에서 발생하는 구면 수차를 제거할 수 있다. Y-cut LiNbO$_{3}$ 기판 위에 Ti-내부확산 양자교환방식을 이용하여 제안한 볼록-오목 렌즈와 기존의 볼록-평면 렌즈에 비해 초점에서의 spot의 크기를 약 59% 정도 줄일 수 있었다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2006년 제4회 한국유체공학학술대회 논문집
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• pp.403-406
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• 2006

A new medical X-ray PIV technique was developed using a conventional medical X-ray tube. To acquire images of micro-scale particles, the X-ray PIV system consists of an x-ray CCD camera with high spatial resolution, and a X-ray tube with small a focal spot. A new X-ray exposure control device was developed using a rotating disc shutter to make double pulses which are essential for PIV application. Synchronization methodology was also developed to apply the PIV technique to a conventional medical X-ray tube. In order to check the performance and usefulness of the developed X-ray PIV technique, it was applied to a glycerin flow in an opaque silicon tube. Tungsten particles which have high X-ray absorption coefficient were used as tracer particles. Through this preliminary test, the spatial resolution was found to be higher than ultrafast MRI techniques, and the temporal resolution was higher than conventional X-ray PIV techniques. By improving its performance further and developing more suitable tracers, this medical X-ray PIV technique will have strong potential in the fields of medical imaging or nondestructive inspection as well as diagnosis of practical thermo-fluid flows.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.10-14
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• 1999

일차적인 비균일 위상변조가 광학계의 MTF에 미치는 연향을 연구하였다. 시험평가 렌즈는 국산 유효경 37.5mm, 초점거리 128.04 mm인 이중렌즈를 택하였다. 시험렌즈의 수차특성은 축상과 시계각 $1^{\circ}$와 $2^{\circ}$인 비축에 대해 각각 ray-fan과 파면수차를 계산하여 그림으로 도시하였다. 위상변조는 실험렌즈 앞에 근접하여 위상변조판을 위치함으로 이루어 진다. 위상 변조판은 계단식으로 하나의 계단이 $\lambda$/2씩 위상 차이가 되도록 제작하였고 선형 위상변조판은 연속적으로 위상이 변하도록 제작하였다. 위상변조를 실시한 경우와 변조하지 않은 경우에 각각 축상과 시계각 $1^{\circ}$ 및 $2^{\circ}$인 비축에 대해 MTF를 측정해서 그 값을 서로 비교하였다. 대체로 계단식으로 위상변조한 경우에는 전반적으로 MTF의 증진현상을 나타내었으며 선형으로 위상변조한 경우에 축상에서는 감소하고 축외에서는 tangenjtial MTF의 증진효과가 크게 나타났다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2010

Objective : This study was designed to validate the cell trafficking efficiency of the in vivo bioluminescence image (BLI) study in the setting of transplantation of the luciferase expressing bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC), which were delivered at each different time after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in a mouse model. Methods : Transplanting donor BMSC were prepared by primary cell culture from transgenic mouse expressing luciferase (LUC). Transient focal infarcts were induced in 4-6-week-old male nude mice. The experiment mice were divided into five groups by the time of MSC transplantation : 1) sham-operation group, 2) 2-h group, 3) 1-day group, 4) 3-day group, and 5) 1-week group. BLI for detection of spatial distribution of transplanted MSC was performed by detecting emitted photons. Migration of the transplanted cells to the infarcted area was confirmed by histological examinations. Differences between groups were evaluated by paired t-test. Results : A focal spot of bioluminescence was observed at the injection site on the next day after transplantation by Signal intensity of bioluminescence. After 4 weeks, the mean signal intensities of 2-h, 1-day, 3-day, and 1-week group were $2.6{\times}10^7{\pm}7.4{\times}10^6$. $6.1{\times}10^6{\pm}1.2{\times}10^6$, $1.7{\times}10^6{\pm}4.4{\times}10^5$, and $8.9{\times}10^6{\pm}9.5{\times}10^5$, respectively. The 2-h group showed significantly higher signal intensity (p<0.01). The engrafted BMSC showed around the infarct border zones on immunohistochemical examination. The counts of LUC-positive cells revealed the highest number in the 2-h group, in agreement with the results of BLI experiments (p<0.01). Conclusion : In this study, the results suggested that the transplanted BMSC migrated to the infarct border zone in BLI study and the higher signal intensity of LUC-positive cells seen in 2 hrs after MSC transplantation in MCAO mouse model. In addition, noninvasive imaging in real time is an ideal method for tracking stem cell transplantation. This method can be widely applied to various research fields of cell transplantation therapy.