• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2012

The characteristics of $Al_2TiO_5$ ceramics were influenced by the additives and the heat treatment that controls the microcrack behavior at grain boundaries. The effect of additives on $Al_2TiO_5$ ceramics were investigated in terms of mechanical properties and thermal expansion at high temperature. The $Al_2TiO_5$ were synthesized at $1500^{\circ}C$, $1550^{\circ}C$ and $1600^{\circ}C$ for 2h by reaction sintering. The formation of $Al_2TiO_5$ phase was increased by additives that enhanced the volume of the microcrack that can lead to low thermal expansion. The mechanical properties of the stabilized $Al_2TiO_5$ ceramics were increased remarkably at $1100^{\circ}C$, $1200^{\circ}C$ and $1300^{\circ}C$ due to the oneset of mechanical healing of grain-bondary microcracks at a high temperature. The amount of microcrack was decreased at lower sintering temperature that causes the increase of mechanical properties at high temperature.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.841-849
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• 2023

Corallina pilulifera (CP) is prevalent along the Korean coastline and belongs to the Corallinaceae family, exhibiting growth throughout all seasons. This study confirmed the role of calcium supplementation through CP, calcined CP (CCP), and a commercial calcium powder, highlighting variations in dosage within animal models induced by a calcium-deficient diet. Analysis of calcium absorption was conducted by assessing the serum and urine calcium levels during the feeding periods. Serum calcium content was significantly higher in the control group (CON, 9.79 mg/dL) than in the calcium-deficient model (CDM, 6.15 mg/dL). The calcium content of urine was significantly higher than that of CON (0.20 mg/dL) compared with CDM (0.08 mg/dL). Reticular bone thickness showed no significant differences between the CON and CDM groups. Additionally, micro-CT results demonstrated a reduction in the trabecular volume and a significant difference between the number of strands and the average interval of the reticular bone. In conclusion, CP serves as a promising source of calcium supplementation. Therefore, these findings emphasize that CP is of sufficient value as an industrial material related to calcium metabolism.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제34권
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• pp.51-60
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• 2022

목 적: 이중 표적 척추 전이암의 체부정위방사선치료 시 Halcyon 선형가속기의 용적변조회전치료 계획의 질 및 전달 효율을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 본원의 이중 표적 척추 전이암 환자 12명을 선정하여 Dual Layer MLC를 장착한 Halcyon®과 High Definition MLC를 장착한 Truebeam® 을 이용하여 단일치료중심 척추 SBRT 계획을 수립하였다. 모든 치료 계획은 Eclipse를 이용하여 동일한 조건 및 최적화 과정을 통해 생성하였으며, 치료계획 비교를 위해 C.I, H.I, G.I(Gradient Index), 척수 선량 및 저선량 영역을 평가하고, 전체 MU를 비교하였다. 또한 BOT(Beam On Time)를 측정하여 치료 시간을 비교하였다. 결 과: C.I 와 H.I에서는 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 보이지 않았다. 다만, G.I의 평균은 Halcyon이 4.64으로 Truebeam에 비해 5.5%로 감소하였으며(P<0.001), Halcyon의 50% 및 25% isodose volume 평균은 각각 487.56 cc (-3.82%, P<0.001), 1859.45 cc (-4.75%, P<0.001) 으로 Truebeam보다 축소된 용적을 보였다. 또한 척수 선량 평가에서는 Overlap volume이 1 cc이하인 표본집단에서 Halcyon의 평균 선량 및 V₁₀의 평균은 6.802 Gy (-3.504%, P=0.067), 5.766±1.683 cc (-8.199%, P=0.002)으로 Truebeam보다 낮았다. MU와 각 장비의 최대선량률을 사용한 BOT는 Halcyon에서 증가했으나, 동일한 선량률로 조사 시 Halcyon의 평균은 648.33 sec (-1.74%, P<0.001)으로 단축되었다. 결 론: 이중 표적 척추 전이암의 SBRT 시 Halcyon의 치료 계획은 Truebeam의 치료 계획과 유사한 타겟 내선량 분포 및 척수 보호효과를 가지면서, 가파른 선량 기울기로 저선량 영역에서 이점을 보였다. 이를 통해 이중 표적 척추 전이암 SBRT 시 Halcyon의 적용은 선량학적으로 향상된 치료계획을 제공함을 알 수 있다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2019

목 적: 식도암 방사선치료 시 세기조절방사선치료(Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, IMRT) 및 용적세기조절회전치료(Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, VMAT)에서 Jaw-Tracking 기법 유 무에 따라 저선량 영역에 대한 주변 정상장기의 용적선량을 분석하여 그 유용성을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 본 원에서 사용하고 있는 선형가속기 VitalBeamTM(Varian Medical System, U.S.A)으로 식도암 방사선치료를 받은 27명을 대상으로 하였으며, 치료계획은 Eclipse(Ver. 13.6 Varian, U.S.A)를 이용하여 Jaw-Tracking(JT)을 사용한 치료계획과 Non Jaw-Tracking(NJT) 치료계획을 수립하였으며, 치료계획용적(Planning Target Volume, PTV)에 빗장위림프절(Supraclavicular Lymph Nodes, SCL)이 포함되어 있는 T자형 PTV를 가진 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 조사범위에 대한 영향을 확인하기 위해 복강(Celiac) 포함 여부로 비교군을 나누었다. 수립된 치료계획의 비교를 위해 손상위험장기는 양측 폐, 심장, 척수를 비교하였으며 Conformity Index(CI), Homogeneity Index(HI)를 비교하였다. 임상적용 검증을 위해 전자포탈영상장치(Electronic Portal Imaging Device, EPID)를 이용하여 Portal Dosimetry를 실시하였고, 선량 영역의 임계치(Threshold)를 10 %, 5 %, 0 %로 매개변수로 설정하여 감마분석을 실시하였다. 결 과: 모든 치료계획은 3 mm / 3 %, 감마통과율 95 % 기준에 대해 Threshold 10 %의 경우 95 % 이상으로 JT, NJT 모두 통과하였으며, IMRT는 Threshold가 5 %, 0 %로 줄어들수록 JT보다 NJT의 값이 1 % 이상 줄어 들었다. IMRT에서 양측 폐의 $V_5$와 $V_{10}$은 JT에서 Celiac을 포함하지 않을 때 최대 14.7 %, 평균 8.5 %, 5.3 % 만큼 감소했고, $D_{mean}$은 $72.3{\pm}51cGy$ 감소하였으며, Celiac을 포함할 때 JT에서 선량감소가 증가하였다. 심장의 $D_{mean}$은 $68.9{\pm}38.5cGy$, 척수의 $D_{max}$는 $39.7{\pm]30.1cGy$만큼 감소하였다. VMAT은 JT기법 사용 시 폐에서 $V_5$ 평균 2.5 % 감소하였고, 심장 및 척수에서 소량 감소하였으며, Celiac 포함 시 JT의 선량감소가 증가하였다. 결 론: 식도암 치료계획에서 IMRT가 JT 사용 시 양측 폐의 $V_5$, $V_{10}$에서 유의미한 감소가 나타났고, 저 선량영역에서 조사범위가 클수록 선량감소가 크게 나타났다. 따라서 식도암 방사선치료에는 IMRT가 VMAT보다 JT 적용 시 더 효과적이며, 저 선량영역에서의 MLC 누설 및 투과선량으로부터 정상장기를 보호할 수 있다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.3-9
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• 1991

Brachytherapy is a method of radiotherapy in advantage to achieve better local control with minimum radiation toxicity in comparison with external irradiation because radiation dose is distributed according to the inverse square low of gamma-ray emitted from the implanted sources. The main characteristics of brachytherapy are delivering of higher dose to target volume shortening of total treatment period and sparing of normal tissue. Recent development of iridium ribbons for low dose rate implant provides improvement of technology of brachytherapy in terms of safety and efficiency. High dose rate method. on the other hand, is effective to avoid unnecessary expoure of medical personnel.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2010

Low temperature degradation behavior in yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) ceramics was microscopically observed from the phase contrast between monoclinic surface and tetragonal matrix. The degradation behavior was dependent on the surface treatment of sintered Y-TZP, even if the sintering history is same. In the mirror polished specimen, the monoclinic layer appeared in a uniform thickness from the surface. On the contrary, for the specimen with coarse scratch, the thickness of degraded surface was more than double especially from the coarse scratch. Since the scratch results in local deformation, the residual stress should be induced around the scratch. With the transformation from tetragonal to monoclinic, the volume expansion exerts a stress on a neighboring grains and promotes a successive phase transformation. Such a autocatalytic effect can be triggered from the part of coarse scratch.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.12-21
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• 1997

Plastics waste constitutes approximately 23% by volume of the municipal solid waste(MSW) generated in the U.S. each year, and have slow rate of degradation in the environment. Therefore, there is a great deal of public pressure to recycle plastics, and more than 100 million people participate in the curbside recycling programs. Despite the high level of public interest, only 3.5% of the plastic are recycled, which is substantially lower than the recycle rates of other materials such as paper fibers, glass, and iron. Although a large part of the reason is due to the low price of virgin polymers, which in turn is due to the low price of oil, it is possible to make the plastics recycling as a profitable business by developing advanced technologies. In this communication, various methods of separating pplastics from metals and from each other are discussed.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2019

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) is one of the most popular solid-state spin systems for quantum sensing. NV has been used for vector magnetometry with nanometer spatial resolution and sensors for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in samples with small volume, less than 10 pL. Various studies are in progress to make NV a complementary sensor for current NMR technique. Fabricating and improving diamond itself are one of the research topics. This mini-review contains recent develops in diamond fabrication and treatment for higher NV yield. Additionally, we briefly introduce the development status of NV in NMR.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.520-525
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• 2024

The optimization design problem of nuclear reactor radiation shield is a typical multi-objective optimization problem with almost 10 sub-objectives and the sub-objectives are always demanded to be under tolerable limits. In this paper, a design method combining multi-objective optimization algorithms with paralleling discrete ordinate transportation code is developed and applied to shield design of the Savannah nuclear reactor. Three approaches are studied for light-weighted and compact design of radiation shield. Comparing with directly optimization with 10 objectives and the single-objective optimization, the approach by setting sub-objectives representing weight and volume as optimization objectives while treating other sub-objectives as constraints has the best performance, which is more suitable to reactor shield design.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.361-365
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• 2012

A bolt-clamped ultrasonic viscometer was designed and fabricated using a pair of ring-shaped piezoelectric ceramic resonators. For its compactness and low operation frequencies, simulation of piezoelectric resonators was carried out using an ATILA program. Ring-shaped resonators using $0.05Pb(Mn_{1/3}Sb_{2/3})O_3-0.95Pb(Zr_{0.475}Ti_{0.525})O_3$ ceramics were prepared by a conventional ceramic processing, which were then clamped with a pair of metal caps. The fabricated sensor module with a small volume of less than 1 $cm^3$ and an operation frequency as low as 26.5 kHz showed a good relationship between its quality factor and the viscosity of oil.