• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.2317-2323
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• 2024

Medical linear accelerators with an energy of 8 MV or higher are radiated owing to photonuclear reactions and neutron capture reactions. It is necessary to quantitatively evaluate the concentration of radioactive isotopes when replacing or disposing them. HPGe detectors are commonly used to identify isotopes and measure radioactivity. However, because the detection efficiency is generally calibrated using a standard material with a density of 1.0 g/cm³, a self-absorption effect occurs if the density of the measured material is high. In this study, self-absorption correction factors were calculated for tungsten, lead, copper, and SUS-303, which are the main materials of medical linear accelerator head parts, for each gamma-ray energy using MCNP 6.2 code. The self-absorption effect was more pronounced as the energy of the emitted gamma rays decreased and the density of the measured materials increased. These correction factors were applied to the radioactivity measurements of the in-built and portable HPGe detectors. Furthermore, compared to the surface dose rate measured by the survey meter, the accuracy of the measurements of radioactivity improved by an average of 124.31 and 100.53 % for inbuilt and portable HPGe detectors, respectively. The results showed a good agreement, with an average difference of 3.70 and 5.24 %.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.3833-3840
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• 2022

A method for calibrating the energy scale and detection efficiency of stilbene scintillators is presented herein. This method can be used to quantitatively analyze the Compton continuum of gamma-ray spectra obtained using such scintillators. First, channel-energy calibration was conducted by fitting a semi-empirical equation for the Compton continuum to the acquired energy spectrum and a new method to evaluate the intrinsic detection efficiency, called intrinsic Compton efficiency, of stilbene scintillators was proposed. The validity of this method was verified by changing experimental conditions such as the number of sources being measured simultaneously and the detector-source distance. According to the energy calibration, the standard error for the estimated Compton edge position was ±1.56 keV. The comparison of the intrinsic Compton efficiencies calculated from the single- and two-source spectra showed that the mean absolute difference and the mean absolute percentage difference are 0.031 %p and 0.557%, respectively, demonstrating reasonable accuracy of this method. The feasibility of the method was confirmed for an energy range of 0.5-1.5 MeV, showing that stilbene scintillators can be used to quantitatively analyze gamma rays in mixed-radiation fields.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 $3mm{\times}3mm{\times}2mm$, $3mm(Dia){\times}15mm$, $3mm(Dia){\times}20mm$, $10mm(Dia){\times}20mm$. YSO 섬광체와 광전자증배관을 결합하여 검출기를 제작하였다. 또한 10mm의 지름을 가진 섬광체는 LightTools를 이용하여 최적화한 광가이드와 결합하였다. 광가이드의 두께는 2mm이며 입사부는 섬광체 크기와 같은 10mm이고 출사부는 다른 섬광체와 같은 3mm이다. 제작된 검출기는 표준 감마선원인 $^{137}Cs$를 이용하여 분광 특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 662keV에서 각각의 에너지 분해능이 14.46%, 21.10%, 10.71%, 나왔으며 10mm의 지름과 20mm의 길이를 가진 섬광체에 광가이를 결합한 섬광체가 7.48%로 분해능이 가장 좋게 나왔다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2018

This paper describes the clinical use of the dose verification of multileaf collimator (MLC)-based CyberKnife plans by combining the Octavius 1000SRS detector and water-equivalent RW3 slab phantom. The slab phantom consists of 14 plates, each with a thickness of 10 mm. One plate was modified to support tracking by inserting 14 custom-made fiducials on surface holes positioned at the outer region of $10{\times}10cm^2$. The fiducial-inserted plate was placed on the 1000SRS detector and three plates were additionally stacked up to build the reference depth. Below the detector, 10 plates were placed to avoid longer delivery times caused by proximity detection program alerts. The cross-calibration factor prior to phantom delivery was obtained by performing with 200 monitor units (MU) on the field size of $95{\times}92.5mm^2$. After irradiation, the measured dose distribution of the coronal plane was compared with the dose distribution calculated by the MultiPlan treatment planning system. The results were assessed by comparing the absolute dose at the center point of 1000SRS and the 3-D Gamma (${\gamma}$) index using 220 patient-specific quality assurance (QA). The discrepancy between measured and calculated doses at the center point of 1000SRS detector ranged from -3.9% to 8.2%. In the dosimetric comparison using 3-D ${\gamma}$-function (3%/3 mm criteria), the mean passing rates with ${\gamma}$-parameter ${\leq}1$ were $97.4%{\pm}2.4%$. The combination of the 1000SRS detector and RW3 slab phantom can be utilized for dosimetry validation of patient-specific QA in the CyberKnife MLC system, which made it possible to measure absolute dose distributions regardless of tracking mode.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2005

일회용 주방용품의 미생물학적 안전성 확보를 위한 연구의 일환으로 17개 제품군, 총 51종의 일회용 주방용품에 대한 미생물 오염도 평가와 함께 오염된 미생물을 효과적으로 살균할 수 있는 방안으로 감마선 살균 방법을 적용하였다. 일반호기성세균, 대장균군, 곰팡이 Salmonella의 오염도 평가 결과, 대장균군과 Salmonella는 거의 검출되지 않았으나 일반호기성 세균은 전체 시료의 약$50\%$에서 $10^1{\sim}10^2\;CFU/100\;cm^2$ 수준으로 검출되어 일회용 주방용품의 위생화가 필요함을 확인하였다. 일회용 주방용품에 오염된 미생물의 감마선 살균 결과 3 kGy의 조사선량에서 미생물이 검출되지 않았다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2005

This study has investigated radiation degradation of low density polyethylene(LDPE). Samples were irradiated up to 800kGy using a $Co^{60}\;\gamma-ray$ at a dose rate of 5kGy/hr in the presence of air atmosphere at room temperature. After irradiation, storing for 2 weeks, free radical measurement of LDPE has established by electron spin resonance(ESR). ESR measurement showed that free radical concentration(FRC) was increased with radiation dose and decreased with the time. The radical types showed alkyl, allyl, and peroxy radical with the irradiation, these changed to peroxy radical with the time.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1028-1033
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• 2013

전 세계적으로 해운물류 안전 보안체계가 강화됨에 따라 물류보안 체계구축을 위한 유비쿼터스 기술 기반의 해운물류 안전 보안 핵심기술 개발이 이루어지고 있다. 우리나라의 물류보안제도를 살펴보면 물류보안확보에 필수적인 기술 및 장비 개발이 이루어지지 않아 향후 선진국에 기술 종속 우려가 있다. 앞으로 물류 전 구간을 완벽하게 통합하는 물류보안제도를 도입하는 것이 시급하다. 이에 따라서 안전 보안 체계강화를 위한 감마선 핵종을 검출할 수 있는 휴대용 방사선 검출 장치의 개발 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Cortex-A8을 이용한 휴대용 방사선 검출 장치 플랫폼 구현에 대한 연구를 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.370-374
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• 2005

Objective: We investigated the morphologic changes within 24 hours after a single ${\gamma}$-irradiation in the rat brain. Methods: Forty Sprague-Dawley rats were used. After a burr hole trephination on right parietal area, cerebral hemisphere was irradiated with 2Gy and 5Gy using iridium-192($^{192}Ir$), respectively. The effect was assessed at 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours after irradiation. The histological changes were scored following the detection of edema or disarray severity. TUNEL-positive cells exhibiting apoptotic morphology were counted in irradiated region. Results: Cortical edema and disarray were initially showed at 4 or 8 hour and almost all defined at 24 hour after irradiation. And the injury was wedge shape. TUNEL-positive cells were minimal at 8 hour after irradiation as the number of positive cells were $2.6{\pm}5.27$(n=5) after 2Gy, and $0.8{\pm}0.84$(n=5) after 5Gy. But, the number of apoptotic cells were increased markedly to $60{\pm}6.24$ at 12 hour after 2Gy and to $104{\pm}19.7$ at 24 hour after 5Gy. Conclusion: There were prominent morphologic changes immediately after ${\gamma}$-irradiation. And, apoptosis was increased according to the time period. These findings implicate that brain irradiation induces rapid apoptotic change, which may play an important role in the pathogenesis of radiation-induced pathologic conditions.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2003

As a consequence of tissue culture of rice, RAPD analysis was peformed to determine whether extended culture periods as undifferentiated calli affected the subsequent genetic constancy, and whether any resulting DNA rearrangements could be detected between sibling plants produced from the same callus. Somaclonal variation was induced at the initial stage of tissue culture and it increased with the length of culture maintenance. Of the 192 total bands, the number of polymorphic bands was 22 (11.5%), 33 (17.2%), and 49 (25.5%) in the callus of 1,3, and 6 months culture, respectively. A significantly higher level of genotypic polymorphisms between regenerants from two different somaclones was also detected, although all the regenerants were derived from a single genotype. In comparison of DNA polymorphisms between regenerants from non-irradiated and from irradiated calli, a scope of variation spectrum by gamma ray irradiation was larger than that by tissue culture. Consideration must be given to this genomic variation where attempts are to be made to use desirable somaclonal variants for plant breeding purpose and in genetic engineering program.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.381-386
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• 2022

비파괴검사(NDT; Non-Destruction Test)는 제품의 기능을 손상시키거나 물리적으로 파괴시키지 않고 내부의 결함을 검사하는 방법이다. 이러한 방사선투과검사는 고에너지의 방사선을 사용하기 때문에 방사선작업종사자들의 방사선피폭을 방지하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 이에 본 연구는 PbI₂에 Gd₂O₂S:Tb를 결합하여 기존 PbI₂보다 방사선 검출성능을 더욱 향상시켜 방사선투과검사에서 선원누출 등의 사고를 즉각적으로 감지할 수 있는 새로운 구조의 방사선 센서를 제시하였다. 평가는 FLUKA 전산 모사를 통하여 감마선원에서 Gd₂O₂S:Tb 결합 전후의 변환 효율을 분석하였다. Gd₂O₂S:Tb가 결합된 PbI₂는 방사선 검출성능이 1.22배에서 3.22배까지 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과로부터 본 연구에서 제시된 센서는 방사선투과검사 선원 감지용 방사선 센서로 적용 가능할 것으로 분석되었다.