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Efficacy of Lens Shielding Device to Prevent Cataract with Radiotherapy for Orbit or Ocular Adnexal Tumor (안와 및 안부속기 종양의 방사선치료에서 백내장의 예방을 위한 렌즈보호 장치의 효용성)

  • Cho, Jung-Keun;Cho, Hyun-Sang;Han, Tae-Jong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.7 no.12
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    • pp.139-144
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    • 2007
  • Radiotherapy which is the most effective for orbit lymphoma has been used increasingly due to the increase of orbit or ocular adnexal tumor patients. Curative effects and convalescence have been being more satisfied thanks to remarkable development of cancer chemotherapy and medical treatments, but side effects such as cataract, dry eye and retinopathy still break out. Thus, in this study, a Lens Shielding Device (LSD hereafter) was designed to prevent occurring of cataract due to radiation therapy for orbit lymphoma and its efficacy through dosimetry were evaluated. And in this paper, its manufacturing process was also explained. LSD is composed of a cover body covering the lens and a side fixing part supporting the cover body. To measure radiation, the patient therapy conditions were simulated and the measurement of the radiation was conducted with Thermo Luminescence Detector (TLD) and Markus chamber. The average TLD value was 5.7% and the TLD value and Markus chamber value were acquired as 4.2% and 5.1% respectively at 6 mm depth where zero lens center was located. Only 1.5Gy ($300Gy{\times}\;5%$) or 5% of total 30Gy with 9 MeV electron beam is estimated to affect on patient's lens. That is smaller dose than the threshold value of cataract (2GY) or the value (5Gy) that was reported to cause cataract in clinical conditions. Thus, these findings suggest that LSD be very useful for prevention of cataract during radiotherapy for malignant lymphoma of orbit and ocular adnexa. Furthermore, it might be possible to reduce patient's discomfort caused by alien substances and to make it easier to fix the device with customized manufacturing manners.

Development of parked vehicles searching system

  • Lim, Do-Hyung;Seo, Chang-Jun
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1464-1467
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    • 2005
  • In this research, we developed a system, which can find the location of vehicle when people park their cars in a big parking lot or large area. People can find their cars readily through this simple device and they can save their time and effort. This is the purpose of this research. Performing this, detection of electromagnetic wave's direction is needed and we used shielding effectiveness of electromagnetic waves for the method of it. An absolute coordinate indicates four directions (E, W, S, N) by using an electronic compass module, and it is needed for the localization. The device can check the received count of the electromagnetic waves coming from all other directions through the system, which is installed in the vehicle. The direction recorded the least received count would be the location of the parked vehicles. We can add on the function of this research by using the same frequency of cars alarm goods. Also, it is useful in the huge indoor parking lot.

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Evaluation of the Shielding Effect of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) on Low-dose Blending Radiation Energy (폴리 염화 비닐(PVC)의 저선량 융합 방사선에너지에 대한 차폐 효과 평가)

  • Kim, Seon-Chil;Cho, Sung-Hyoun
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.129-134
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    • 2019
  • PVC was chosen as a plastic product that can cope with lead, a radiation shielding material that is widely used in medical institutions. In addition to radiation shielding clothing, we want to evaluate whether it can be used as a medical device component and industrial shielding material in low dose areas. Commercial PVC has a density of 3.68 g/㎠ and can be positively expected sufficient shielding effect in certain radiation areas such as material flexibility and economy efficiency, and can be transformed into various forms and used as a lightweight shielding wall. The shielding performance was tested by adjusting the thickness of 5 sheets of 3mm PVC in the range of medical radiation used for clinical examination in medical institutions. Shielding performance against effective energy was evaluated based on tube radiation voltage of medical radiation. The thicker the PVC, the lower the tube voltage and the lower the effective energy, the greater the shielding effect. The shielding effect was 70% at 12mm thickness and 80kVp tube voltage. Therefore, the shielding effect of PVC material has a high dependence of thickness. In the future, continuous research is needed to make thin and light eco-friendly products while improving shielding performance.

A Study on the Performance Evaluation of Portable Radiation Shielding Apparatus (이동형 방사선 차폐장치의 성능평가에 관한 연구)

  • Koo, Bon-Yeoul;Han, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.289-295
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    • 2018
  • When using a mobile X-ray unit, primary radiation creates medical images and secondary radiation scatters in many directions, which reduces image quality and causes exposure to patients, care givers and medical personnel. The purpose of this study was to develop a radiation shielding system for effectively shielding secondary radiation and evaluate its effectiveness. Using a mobile X-ray unit, spatial dose according to presence of human equivalent phantom and spatial dose using the developed shielding device were measured, and the phantom at 80 cm equidistance from center of X-ray was compared with spatial dose according to use of a shield. Measurements were taken at intervals of 10 cm every $30^{\circ}$ from the head direction($-90^{\circ}$) to the body direction($+90^{\circ}$). In the spatial dose measurement with and without the phantom, when the human equivalent Phantom was used, the spatial dose was increased by 40% in all directions from 40 cm to 100 cm from the central X-ray, and about 88% of the space dose was reduced when using the developed shields with the phantom. The equidistance dose at 80 cm from the central X-ray was increased by 39% from $5.1{\pm}0.26{\mu}Gy$ to $7.1{\pm}0.15{\mu}Gy$ when the human equivalent phantom was used, and when phantom was used and shielding was used, the spatial dose was reduced by about 90% from $7.1{\pm}0.15{\mu}Gy$ to $0.7{\pm}0.07{\mu}Gy$. The spatial dose of natural radiation was measured to be about $0.2{\pm}0.04{\mu}Gy$ when using the developed shielding with Phantom at a distance of 1 m or more. It is expected that by using the developed shielding system, it will be possible to effectively reduce secondary radiation dose received in all directions and to ensure safe imaging.

A Study on Variation Control in Building Construction Process (건축공사 공정중심의 변이관리에 관한 연구)

  • Oh Sang-Jun;Suh Sang-Wook
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.2 no.4 s.8
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    • pp.117-126
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study is to present a way of Variation Control in building construction process. The study suggest a way of the application method of shielding, decoupling concept and also Poka-yoke device to control variation that occurs from uncertainty in construction industry with lots of waste factors. The main contents of the study are as follows; (1) It's suggested strategy to apply shielding, decoupling as variation control technique. (2) Current Poka-yoke devices are investigated and analyzed. As a future research, it is required to study continuously on the more effective application method of Poka-yoke device and on existing examples in domestic construction sites for the process improvement.

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Study of Radiation Safety Management of Veterinary Hospital in Korea (동물병원 방사선 안전관리체계에 대한 연구)

  • Chae, Soo-young;Choi, Ho-jung;Lee, Young-won
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.15-22
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    • 2020
  • This study investigated the effectiveness of radiation safety rules in animal hospital and the awareness and behavior of veterinary radiation workers. With the questionnaires, the data was collected from randomly selected veterinarians in animal hospitals and animal medical imaging centers. Collected data were about radiation device, shielding device, regulations, safety management, education, knowledge, behavior and awareness. Frequency, correlation and multiple regression analysis were performed. The medical devices related with radiation in animal hospital were X-ray (59%), CT (15%), fluoroscopy (12%), mobile X-ray (12%) and others (2%). The number of people using radiation shielding device is high. The answers were low on knowing radiation related regulation and receiving radiation protection education. The group with higher knowledge and awareness shows positive correlation with safety behavior. The increase of use of the radiation related medical devices in veterinary hospital causes the increase of radiation exposure risk. This study suggests that radiation safety management system and policies need to be developed to protect radiation workers and give them correct information and consciousness.

Characteristics of Superconductive Pb shield for a Whole Head MEG System (헬멧형 뇌자도 장치로의 활용을 위한 Pb 초전도 차폐의 특성)

  • Yu, K.K.;Kim, K.;Lee, Y.H.;Kwon, H.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2009
  • We have investigated the characteristics of a superconductive Pb shield for hemispherical shape and plate to improving signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of biomagnetism. We measured the shielding factor for the position of helmet shape Pb and for changing the distance from Pb surface. To make a uniform magnetic field, a $1.5m{\times}1.5m$ set of the helmholtz coils activated at several frequencies. The shielding factor of hemispherical shape Pb was from 20 to 57 dB and of Pb plate was about $6{\sim}26dB$ as a function of distance from the lead surface. The shielding factor was rapidly reduced as increasing the distance from Pb surface. The white noise of superconductive quantum interference device(SQUID) with a superconductive shield was about $12fT/Hz^{1/2}$ at 1 Hz, $7fT/Hz^{1/2}$ at 100 Hz. The white noise was more increased about two times than conventional SQUID system without Pb shielding. An auditory signal was measured by first order gradiometer and magnetometer with Pb superconductive shield and compared the SNR. The SQUID system with Pb shield had better performance at low frequency noise level.

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An Analysis Using Numerical Model of Composite Multi-Layer Insulation for SOFC (SOFC용 고온 적층 단열재의 해석적 고찰)

  • CHOI, CHONGGUN;HWANG, SEUNG-SIK;CHOI, GYU-HONG
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.540-548
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    • 2019
  • This study was conducted to develop insulation for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The developed insulation is based on the lamination technology and the radiation shielding technology of the satellite insulation. The insulation material is consisting of insulation material for conduction resistance, spacer, and radiation shielding material. The experimental apparatus consisting vacuum bell jar, pump, heater and temperature recording device has developed to verify the performance of the insulation. The experimental values were used as reference data for the modeling development. In this paper, heat transfer is assumed to be one- dimensional phenomena for the prediction of insulation performance and internal temperature distribution in high temperature region of SOFC. The developed model was used to compare the performance difference of insulation types according to composition materials. The analysis result shows that the insulation including spacer and radiation shielding has better heat insulation performance than other cases. In this study, the thickness reduction effect of about 20% was shown compared to the insulation including only conductive material. It is noted that the radiant shielding material should be carefully selected for durability, because SOFC insulation should be used for a long time at high temperature.

A Conductive-grid based EMI Shielding Composite Film with a High Heat Dissipation Characteristic (전도성 그리드를 활용한 전자파 흡수차폐/방열 복합소재 필름)

  • Park, Byeongjin;Ryu, Seung Han;Kwon, Suk Jin;Kim, Suryeon;Lee, Sang Bok
    • Composites Research
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.175-181
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    • 2022
  • Due to the increasing number of wireless communication devices in mmWave frequency bands, there is a high demand for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and heat dissipating materials to avoid device malfunctions. This paper proposes an EMI shielding composite film with a high heat dissipation characteristic. To achieve this, a conductive grid is integrated with a polymer-based composite layer including magnetic and heat dissipating filler materials. A high shielding effectiveness (>40 dB), low reflection shielding effectiveness (<3 dB), high thermal conductivity (>10 W/m·K), thin thickness (<500 ㎛) are simultaneously achieved with a tailored design of composite layer compositions and grid geometries in 5G communication band of 26.5 GHz.