• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.73-76
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• 1985

For a study on aluminium equivalent towards tissue equivalent material, authors made use of the Mix-DP as a tissue equivalent material. The aim of this study is to furnish the information on radiotherapy and x-ray diagnosis.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 1985

Authors describe some useful data when constructing tissue-equivalent compensators which would compensate tissue deficit in the treatment field of high energy electromagnetic radiation Tissue equivalent compensator is made of lucite. The ratio of compensator thickness to the thickness of tissue deficit depends on radiation energy, field size and the distance from the compensator to patient skin. When the compensator is separated from skin surface, the thickness ratio is always smaller than 1.0. This means that the larger the separation, the contribution to the total dose by means of scattered radiation from a tissue equivalent compensator is smaller. Authors propose that the thickness of lucite as tissue equivalent compensator is 0.57 times tissue deficit and the separation between compensator and skin is at least 15m for Co-60 gamma ray and 25cm for 10MV X-ray.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.133-140
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• 1989

Three-dimension paraffin compensator was designed to construct the tissue equivalent compensator for irregular body contours and obiliques beam incidence. The ratio of compensator thickness to tissue deficit was depended on field size, depth and air gap because the scattered dose loss. The ratio of compensator-tissue was optimized 0.79, 0.73, 0.61 and 0.56 in 6MV x-rays as function of field size $4{\times}4$, $10{\times}10$, $20{\times}20$ and $30{\times}30cm^2$ respectively. in our study. Using this tissue equivalent compensator, it can be got 2% difference of dose at same mid-plane in phantom study.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2017

목 적: 유방암 방사선 치료에서 조직등가보상체의 단점을 해결하기 위해 황동그물망보상체(Brass mesh bolus)가 최근 연구되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 국내에 처음 소개되는 황동그물망보상체의 안정성을 조사하고, 표면선량을 평가하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 조직등가보상체 5 mm와 가장 비슷한 황동그물망보상의 두께를 확인하기 위해 표면선량을 측정하였다. 6 MV 선형가속기와 광자극형광선량계(optically stimulated luminescent dosimeter, OSLD)를 사용하였다. 흉곽팬텀을 이용한 2문 대항접선조사를 황동그물망보상체와 조직등가보상체의 비교를 통하여 연구에 적용하였다. 결 과: 표면선량 측정을 기반으로 조직등가보상체 5 mm와 가장 유사한 두께는 황동그물망보상체를 두 겹에 해당되는 3 mm였고, 평균 상대오차율은 0.38 %였다. 흉곽팬텀을 사용한 황동그물망보상체의 표면선량은 조직등가보상체에 비해 약 1.069배 증가하였다. 결 론: 본 실험에서 황동그물망보상체는 기존 조직등가보상체 선량균등도가 향상된 것으로 확인되었다. 실험을 바탕으로 황동그물망보상체가 기본 조직등가보상체를 대체 가능 할 것으로 사료된다. 하지만 다양한 임상적 평가가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.985-991
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• 2023

온열치료의 품질관리를 위해서 조직등가 팬텀이 필요하다. 그러나 이를 위한 팬텀이 없어 한천으로 만든 팬텀이 여러 연구에서 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 한천 팬텀의 조직등가 특성을 조직등가 물질 볼루스와 비교하여 확인하였다. 한천 팬텀과 볼루스의 CT 영상을 획득하고 영상분석과 전산화 치료계획 시스템을 이용한 선량계산으로 조직등가 특성을 확인하였다. 평균 픽셀값은 볼루스에서 96.960 ± 10.999, 3% 한천 팬텀에서는 108.559 ± 8.233, 4% 한천 팬텀에서 111.844 ± 8.651의 값을 보였다. 6 MV 엑스선을 SSD 기법으로 1.5 cm 깊이에 100 cGy를 처방하여 10×10cm²로 조사하여 빔의 중심축에서 깊이에 따른 흡수선량을 계산하였다. 볼루스, 3% 한천 팬텀, 4% 한천 팬텀의 심부선량분포의 급내상관계수는 0.979(p<.001, 95%CI .957-.991)로 나타났다. 흡수선량을 계산한 지점의 밀도(g/cm³)는 볼루스에서 0.990 ± 0.020, 3% 한천 팬텀에서 1.018 ± 0.020, 4% 한천 팬텀에서 1.035 ± 0.024로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 CT영상의 분석과 전산화 방사선치료계획 시스템을 이용해 한천 팬텀의 내부 밀도 분포와 균일도가 조직등가 물질로서 적절함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2020

We develop the tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) type's space radiation dosimeter to measure in-situ aviation radiation. That was originally developed as a payload of small satellite in the low-earth orbit. This dosimeter is based on a TEPC. It is made of an A-150 tissue-equivalent plastic shell of an internal diameter of 6 cm and a thickness of 0.3 cm. TEPC is filled with pure propane at 13.9 torrs to simulate a cell diameter of 2 ㎛. And the associated portable and low power electronics are also implemented. The verification experiments have been performed by the calibration experiments at ground level and compared with Liulin observation at aircraft altitude during the flight between Incheon airport (ICN) and John F. Kennedy airport (JFK). We found that the TEPC dosimeter can be used as a monitor for space radiation dosimeter at aviation altitude based on the verification with Liulin observation.

• 센서학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2014

A dosimeter using tissue-equivalent scintillator by photon-counting method was developed and evaluated in its performance. The dosimeter is portable and can be operated by low power from lap-top computer. A data-acquisition software of the dosimeter system was developed by Labwindows/CVI based on Windows. The energy to channel ratio for energy calibration was 0.839 keV/ch. obtained from pulse height spectrum of $^{137}Cs$ and $^{60}Co$ gamma-ray. Using the dosimeter system, the absorbed dose of environmental radiation in Gyungju was 0.18 ${\mu}Sv/h$.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 1984

A digital spectrum analysis technique was used to estimate the tissue characteristic parameters (transmission velocity and attenuation coefficient) in the phantom study and the human liver's ultrasound scanning. The soft tissue equivalent phantom was made with the combination materials of agar, water, powdered graphite, and n-propyl alcohol. In the human study, twenty five normal subjects and three patients with liver diseases were studied using the ultrasonic reflection signals and the spectrum analysis method The following results were obtained; 1. The soft tissue-equivalent materical could be produced with various acoustic parameters by changing the composition amount of the powdered graphite and n-propyl alcohol. 2. Attenuation coefficients of normal human liver tissue were estimated to be 0. 36 dB/cm MHz$\pm$0.11. In patients with liver disese, tile attenuation coefficients were shown to be different from the above normal values.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2013

Tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) can measure the Linear Energy Transfer (LET) spectrum and calculate the equivalent dose for the complicated radiation field in space. In this paper, we developed and characterized a TEPC for radiation monitoring in International Space Station (ISS). The prototype TEPC which can simulate a 2 ${\mu}m$ of the site diameter for micro-dosimetry has been tested with a standard alpha source ($^{241}Am$, 5.5 MeV). Also, the calibration of the TEPC was performed by the $^{252}Cf$ neutron standard source in Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). The determined calibration factor was $k_f=3.59{\times}10^{-7}$ mSv/R.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2004

In this paper we analyzed the mechanical behavior with respect to the thickness variation of elastic foundation(fatty tissue) in end-to-end anastomosis. This study considered the preliminary deformed shape induced by suturing in the anastomosis of coronary artery and PTFE with different diameters using simplified suturing model and the fatty tissue surrounding heart and coronary artery for more accurate result using finite element method. Area compliance(CA) was used to analyze the final deformed shape of the anastomotic part with respect to the thickness variation of fatty tissue under mean blood pressure, 100mmHg(13.3㎪). And Equivalent and circumferential stresses in the anastomosis were also analyzed with respect to the change of initial diameter ratio( $R_1$) and fatty tissue thickness( $T_{F}$). The results obtained were as follows : 1 When the elastic foundation, assumed to be incompressive material, surrounded the grafts in anastomosis, the compliance mismatch of artery and PTFE was reduced by 47 -72%. 2. As the initial diameter ratio( $R_1$) became larger, the higher difference of compliance was induced in spite of elastic foundation surrounding grafts. 3. The maximum nondimensional circumferential stress is twice or three times as high as the maximum nondimensional equivalent stress in the anastomotic part.t.