• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2014

의료용 선형가속장치는 1952년에 개발된 이후 방사선 치료에 사용되어 왔으며 그 활용도가 더욱 증가하고 있다. 현재는 6 MeV 이상의 광자 에너지를 사용하는 고 에너지 방사선치료가 보편화되어 사용되고 있으나, 광핵반응에 의한 중성자의 생성으로 환자 및 술자에 대한 피폭이 문제가 되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 MCNPX를 사용하여 의료용 선형가속장치에서 발생되는 6~24 MV 광자선의 스펙트럼을 분석하고, 평균에너지 및 텅스텐의 중성자 생성 임계에너지인 7.41 MeV 이상의 광자 개수를 평가하였다. 그 결과 8 MV를 시작으로 24 MV에서는 전체 검출 광자 수에 비해 0.59%의 비율로서 광핵 반응을 일으킬 수 있는 광자수가 증가함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2000

쐬기인자의 조사면에 따른 변화는 여러 저자들에 의해 보고되었으나, 아직도 정량적인 설명이 이루어지지않고 있다 따라서 본 연구에서는 4 cm $\times$ 4 cm에서부터 25 cm $\times$ 25 cm까지의 조사면에 대해서 10 cm $\times$ 10 cm 기준 조사면에 대한 상대적 쐬기인자를 조사하였다. 조사면의 증가에 따라 쐬기를 통과하는 고에너지 광자선의 선속변화로 인해 쐬기인자는 6MV 광자선에서 최고 8.0%까지 증가하였다. 이러한 증가는 조사면이 10 cm보다 작은 경우를 제외하고는 일반적으로 알려진 바와 같이 광자선이 통과하는 쐬기의 부피와 선형적인 관계를 갖고 있음이 박혀졌다. 그러나 특히 쐬기의 경사면에 평행한 방향으로의 조사면이 증가하는 좁은 조사면의 경우에서는 쐬기의 두께변화로 인해 야기되는 광자선의 선속변화가 상대적으로 작아짐에 따라 10-15 cm까지는 약간의 감소가 나타나고 있다 따라서, 광자선의 중심축의 선량에 기여하는 주광자선의 선속변화로 인해 쐬기인자의 변화원인을 설명할 수 있으며, 그 관자선의 선속변화는 쐬기의 경사방향에 대한 조사면의 크기변화에 영향을 받고 있음을 알 수 있다. 기존에 제안되어진 쐬기인자의 변환 식을 본 연구결과에 잘 맞도록 보정하여 제시하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.380-388
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• 1990

원자력병원에 설치되어 있는 MM-22 의학용 마이크로트론은 고에너지의 전자선 치료와 photon 치료를 위해 가동중에 있다. 이 마이크로트론은 5.3-22.5MeV의 전자선을 발생하도록 설계되었으며, 발생된 전자선은 암치료에 적합한 강도와 안정도를 유지하면서 빔 수송장치를 통해 치료기로 공급된다. MM-22에서의 양질의 방사선 이용은 심부 종양 치료에 새로운 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 본 논문에서는 MM-22의 동작원리, 장치의 구조 및 동작특성에 대해서 기술하고 있다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2015

The scatter photons and photoneutrons from high energy photon beams (more than 10 MV) will increase the undesired dose to the patient and the staff working in linear accelerator room. This undesired dose which is found at out-of-field area can increase the probability of secondary malignancy. The purpose of this study is to determine the equivalent dose of scatter photons and neutrons generated by 3 different treatment techniques: 3D-conformal, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). The measurement was performed using two types of the optically stimulation luminescence detectors (OSL and OSLN) in the Alderson Rando phantom that was irradiated by 3 different treatment techniques following the actual prostate cancer treatment plans. The scatter photon and neutron equivalent dose were compared among the 3 treatments techniques at the surface in the out-of-field area and the critical organs. Maximum equivalent dose of scatter photons and neutrons was found when using the IMRT technique. The scatter neutrons showed average equivalent doses of 0.26, 0.63 and $0.31mSv{\cdot}Gy^{-1}$ at abdominal surface region which was 20 cm from isocenter for 3D, IMRT and VMAT, respectively. The scattered photons equivalent doses were 6.94, 10.17 and $6.56mSv{\cdot}Gy^{-1}$ for 3D, IMRT and VMAT, respectively. For the 5 organ dose measurements, the scattered neutron and photon equivalent doses in out of field from the IMRT plan were highest. The result revealed that the scatter equivalent doses for neutron and photon were higher for IMRT. So the suitable treatment techniques should be selected to benefit the patient and the treatment room staff.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.411-414
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• 2002

The CdTe semiconductor detector has a higher detection efficiency for x-rays and $\square$amma rays and a wider energy band gap compared with Si and Ge semiconductor detectors. Therefore, the size of the detector element can be made small, and can be operated at room temperature. The interaction between a CdTe detector and incident x-rays is mainly photoelectric absorption in the photon energy range of up to 100 keV. In this energy range, Compton effects are almost negligible. We have developed a 256 channel CdTe array detector system for monochromatic x-ray CT using synchrotron radiation. The CdTe array detector system, the element size of which is 1.98 mm (h) x 1.98 mm (w) x 0.5 mm (t), was operated in photon counting mode. In order to improve the spatial resolution, we tilted the CdTe array detector against the incident parallel monochromatic x-ray beam. The experiments were performed at the BL20B2 experimental hutch in SPring-8. The energy of incident monochromatic x-rays was set at 55 keV. Phantom measurements were performed at the detector angle of 0, 30 and 45 degrees against the incident parallel monochromatic x-rays. The linear attenuation coefficients were calculated from the reconstructed CT images. By increasing the detector angle, the spatial resolutions were improved. There was no significant difference between the linear attenuation coefficients which were corrected by the detector angle. It was found that this method was useful for improving the spatial resolution in a parallel monochromatic x-ray CT system.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.719-723
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• 1996

고체표면의 비점유 전자에너지 상태를 연구하고자 역광전자분광기를 제작하고 시험하였다. 이 분광기는 초고진공 챔버속에 전자총과 광검출기로 구성되어 있다. 전자총은 궤도 시뮬레이션과 전류 측정을 통해 좋은 집속도와 높은 전류밀도를 가지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이 분광기의 전체적인 분해능은 0.74 eV이고, 광검출기의 감도는 약 10 counts/$sec{\cdot}{\mu}A$이다. 하나의 결과로서 Ge(111) 시료의 역광전자분광 스펙트럼은 이론적인 계산결과와 잘 일치하였다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2006

IAEA TRS-398 프로토콜의 임상적 적용을 위하여 고에너지 광자선에 대한 선질보정인자를 직접 계산으로 결정하였다. 본 계산은 상용의 원통형 전리함 모델 7종(A12, IC70, N23333, N30001, N30006, NE2571, PR06C/G)에 대하여 수행되었다. 본 계산결과와 TRS-398의 자료를 비교할 때 대부분의 전리함 및 선질에서 ${\pm}0.3%$ 이내(최대 ${\pm}0.4%$)로 일치하였다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.89-92
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• 2004

For improving solar efficiencies, down conversion of high-energy photons to visible lights is discussed. The losses due to thermalization of charge carriers generated by the absorption of high-energy photons, can largely be reduced in a solar cell if more than one electron-hole pair can be generated per incident photon. The solar cell was constructed of dye-sensitized anatase-based TiO$_2$, approximately 30nm particle size, 6$\mu\textrm{m}$thickness, and 6${\times}$6$\textrm{mm}^2$ active area, Pt counter electrode and I$_3$$\^$-/I$_2$$\^$-/ electrolyte. After correction for losses due to light reflection and absorption by the conducting glass, the conversion of photons to electric current is practically quantitative in the plateau region of the curves. The incident photon to current conversion efficiency(IPCE) of N3 used as a dye in this work is about 80% at around 590nm and 610nm which is the emission spectrum of Eu doped LGF. The Eu doped LGF powder was prepared by conventional ceramic process, and used as a down converter for DSC after spin coated on the slide glass and fired.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2012

A few high-mass X-ray binaries-consisting of an OB star plus compact companion-have been observed by Fermi and ground-based Cerenkov telescopes like High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) to be sources of very high energy (VHE; up to 30 TeV) ${\gamma}$-rays. This paper focuses on the prominent ${\gamma}$-ray source, LS 5039, which consists of a massive O6.5V star in a 3.9-day-period, mildly elliptical ($e{\approx}0.24$) orbit with its companion, assumed here to be an unmagnetized compact object (e.g., black hole). Using three dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of the Bondi-Hoyle accretion of the O-star wind onto the companion, we find that the orbital phase variation of the accretion follows very closely the simple Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton (BHL) rate for the local radius and wind speed. Moreover, a simple model, wherein intrinsic emission of ${\gamma}$-rays is assumed to track this accretion rate, reproduces quite well Fermi observations of the phase variation of ${\gamma}$-rays in the energy range 0.1-10 GeV. However for the VHE (0.1-30 TeV) radiation observed by the HESS Cerenkov telescope, it is important to account also for photon-photon interactions between the ${\gamma}$-rays and the stellar optical/UV radiation, which effectively attenuates much of the strong emission near periastron. When this is included, we find that this simple BHL accretion model also quite naturally fits the HESS light curve, thus making it a strong alternative to the pulsar-wind-shock models commonly invoked to explain such VHE ${\gamma}$-ray emission in massive-star binaries.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2000

Objectives: To compare the outcomes of treatment with a focus on the effectiveness of the two primary techniques of radiation used for treating parotid gland malignancies. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of 70 patients with parotid gland cancer treated between 1981-1997. Radiation was delivered through an ipsilateral field of high energy electron and photon in 37 patients(52.9%). Two wedge paired photon was used to treat in 33 patients(47.1%). The median dose was 60 Gy, typically delivered at 1.8-2.0Gy per fraction. The median follow-up times for surviving patients was 60 months. Results: The overall and disease free 5 year survival rates were 71.6% and 69.5%, respectively. Wedge paired photon and photon-electron treatment disease tree 5 year survival rates were 61.1% and 80.5%, respectively. Overall local failure rate was 18.6%. Local failure rate of wedge paired photon technique was higher than that of mixed beam technique. Late complication rate was 37.1%, but most of them were mild grade. Conclusion: Techniques of radiation were associated with local control. The technique of using an ipsilateral field encompassing the parotid bed and treated with high energy electrons often mixed photons was effective with minimal severe late toxicity. To irradiate deep sited tumors, we consider 3-D conformal treatment plan for well encompassing the target volume.