• Title/Summary/Keyword: Uniformity factor

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Brain PET에서 Truncated Region에 의한 영상의 질 평가 (Evaluation of Image Quality Change by Truncated Region in Brain PET/CT)

  • 이홍재;도용호;김진의
    • 핵의학기술
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.68-73
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    • 2015
  • PET/CT 검사 시 검사 부위에 따라 적절한 액세서리의 사용이 권고되고 있다. 그 중 brain 검사에서 사용되는 액세서리인 brain holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 CT의 small FOV에 의하여 whole pallet이 AC-CT에 cover되지 않으며, 이에 따른 truncated region에 따라 count loss가 발생된다. 본 논문에서는 brain holder를 사용하지 않았을 경우 발생하는 truncated region에 의한 image quality의 변화를 평가하고자 한다. Siemens사의 biograph truepoint40 장비와 $^{68}Ge$-uniform phantom을 사용하여 $^{68}Ge$ phantom을 pallet위에서 스캔하고 brain holder위에 위치하고 스캔 하였다. brain protocol을 적용하여 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 pallet이 AC-CT의 FOV에 포함되지 않는 것을 알 수 있었다. 획득된 영상을 FBP, OSEM, TrueX recon method를 이용하여 iteration 4, subsets 21, gaussian 2 mm와 5 mm parameter를 적용하여 재구성 후 Window level : -4200, window width : 1000으로 설정하여 영상의 uniformity를 평가하였으며, vertical profile을 생성하여 count uniformity를 평가하였고, 마지막으로 5장과 20장의 slice를 summation하여 integral uniformity를 평가하였다. AC-CT영상을 통하여 holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 FOV내에 pallet이 모두 포함되지 않는 것을 알 수 있으며, 이에 따른 truncation에 의한 부정확한 attenuation factor가 나타났다 PET corrected sinogram 영상에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 truncated region에 의한 defect 부위를 확인할 수 있으며, holder를 사용한 경우 uniform한 영상을 확인할 수 있었다. Window level : 4200, window width : 1000으로 설정 시 FBP, OSEM, TrueX recon 방법 모두에서 holder를 사용한 경우 uniform한 영상이 획득되었지만, holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 하단에 defect가 관찰되었다. Holder를 사용한 경우와 사용하지 않은 경우의 영상을 각 5장, 20장씩 summation하여 NEMA method에 따라 integral uniformity를 구하였으며, 5장 slice의 summation에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 11.7% holder를 사용한 경우 7.2%로 나타났다. 20장 slice의 summation에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 11.1% holder를 사용한 경우 76.7%로 나타났다. brain 검사 시 holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 truncated region에 따른 phantom 하단부의 count defect가 확인되었으며, 이는 환자 검사 시 occipital lobe의 count loss를 발생하게 되며 research 검사 시 검사 결과의 오차를 발생하게 됨으로 brain PET/CT 검사 시 정확한 검사결과를 위하여 검사 액세서리가 반드시 적용되어야 할 것이다.

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철도차량 바닥재 연기밀도 측정의 영향인자분석 (Influence factor analysis on the measurement of smoke density from floor materials in rolling stock)

  • 권태순;이덕희;박원희
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제17권11호
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    • pp.629-634
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구에서는 철도차량 내장재 화재성능평가기준 중 연기밀도 측정에서 주요 인자들의 영향을 합성고무바닥재를 이용하여 분석 및 검토하였다. 밀폐된 공간에서 운영되는 철도차량의 특성 상, 객실 내부에서 화재 발생 시에 연기로 인해 막대한 인명피해가 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 국내 외의 철도운영국가에서는 내장재의 연기 발생량을 엄격하게 규제하고 있으며, 이를 위해 내장재의 화재성능평가에 있어 연기밀도의 정확한 측정이 요구된다. 연기밀도의 측정에 있어 주요 영향인자로 시료 고유의 균질도, 장비를 이용한 조건 및 측정의 편차 그리고 장비를 운용 관리하는 환경의 영향을 꼽을 수 있다. 각 인자별 연기밀도에 영향도를 확인하기 위하여 불확도 추정에 따른 기여율 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 광센서(PM tube)를 이용한 투과율 측정편차의 기여율이 약 86 %로 연기밀도 측정의 대표 영향인자임을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 높은 균질도를 가지는 시료를 대상으로 한 연기밀도 측정에서는 그 외 영향인자(시료연소용 복사열 조건(${\pm}0.5 kW/m^2$) 및 장비의 운용 관리환경)의 기여율이 약 11 %로 낮음을 확인할 수 있었다.

Lead-Frame 에칭공정에서 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 이용한 에칭특성 예측 (The Prediction of Etching Characteristics Using Monte-Carlo Simulation in Etching Process of Lead-Frame)

  • 정흥철;최경민;김덕줄
    • 한국정밀공학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.72-79
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this work is to simulate the etching characteristics for the optimization on the etching process of Lead-Frame. The etching characteristics such as etching factor, etching uniformity were investigated under different the actual operating conditions. The correlation between the etching characteristics and the spray ones were analyzed to simulate the etching characteristics in the etching process. To improve the etching characteristics in the etching process, effects of the various operating conditions such as pressure, distance from nozzle tip, pipe pitch, and feed speed should be understood in detail. The spray characteristics obtained by experiment using PDA system were simulated by the Monte-Carlo simulation. The etching process model was coded by Java language. It was found that the spray characteristics were correlated with the etching ones and simulation results generally agreed well with the measured results of etching characteristics in the etching process of Lead-Frame. The optimal operating parameters were successfully found under variable conditions.

광덕트방식 자연채광 시스템의 산광부에 대한 연구 (A study on lighting Diffusion system of Daylight Duct System)

  • 송규열;박경우;류한기
    • 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국건축시공학회 2011년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회 2부
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2011
  • Daylighting system is an alternative to the energy crisis and environment change. And it is possible improvement system of Architectural Space Environment. Accordingly, it is very useful system. Because Daylight Duct System of Daylighting System gives high performance for its price, distribution rate is very high. But Daylighting Duct System is hard to accurate control. Accordingly, it is difficult to maintain continuously Daylight Environment in Interior Spaces. Lighting Diffusion System has been developed that it is Applying the principle of Reflector and prism diffuser for maximize the efficiency of lighting of Daylight Duct Systems through this study. And then compare lighting performance of Existing System and new Lighting Diffusion System through producing a mock-up. Thus, this study was carried out for the purpose of verification for excellence. It is that installed Each Daylighting Duct System for performance evaluation in a laboratory of width 4m, length 10m, height 2.5m. And illuminance was measured at noon on winter solstice(December 22) under clean sky. The actual measurement result was in the following. Newly developed lighting Diffusion system was measured maximum illuminance 399, minimum illuminance 221, average illuminance 141. Synthetically, daylight factor, uniformity factor and illuminance distribution were improved more than existing system. As a result, it was confirmed that was improved lighting Environment in Interior Spaces.

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종합병원 병실 내 광선반과 블라인드 설치 방식에 따른 자연채광 유입 효과 연구 (A Study on the Effect of inflow Daylight according to the installation method of controlling Light Shelf and Blind in the Room of General Hospital)

  • 조주영;이효원
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 2013
  • This study aims to identify convenient surrounding of the hospital room to be improved by specifically focusing on light environment and to examine a change of inflow of the daylight in the hospital room by using blind and light shelf device as base data of preliminary research for comprehending the relationship between healing environment and natural day light. Simulation analysis on previous facilities and the installation of horizontal light shelf that derives the inflow of day light has been specifically referred by using ECOTECT2011 program. In case of C-facility that mostly adjoined to exterior spaces, it was shown to be closer to a proper uniformity factor when an angle was controlled on the light shelf with blind installed at the same time. However, it was not overall appropriate because of visual displeasure occurred from inflow of much day light. In conclusion, it is the form of flat surface such as H-facility that provides an effect after installing the device to derive day light. Especially, it was shown that interior day light environment was improved when installing blind and controlling the angle at the same time.

온도 변화를 이용한 고분자 막 마이크로 액추에이터의 공진 주파수 튜닝 (Thermal Frequency Tuning of Microactuator with Polymer Membrane)

  • 이승훈;이석우;권혁준;이광철;이승섭
    • 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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    • pp.1857-1862
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    • 2008
  • Resonant frequency tuning of micro devices is essential to achieve performance uniformity and high sensitivity. Previously reported frequency tuning methods using electrostatic force or mass deposition are not directly applicable to non-conducting polymer devices and have limitations such as dielectric breakdown or low tunable bandwidth. In this paper, thermally frequency-tunable microactuators with poly-dimethylsiloxane membranes are proposed. Permanent and/or nonpermanent frequency tunings are possible using a simple temperature control of the device. Resonant frequency and Q-factor variations of devices according to temperature change were studied using a micro heater and laser Doppler vibrometer. The initial resonant frequencies determined by polymer curing and hardening temperatures are reversibly tuned by thermal cycles. The measured resonant frequency of 9.7 kHz was tuned up by ${\sim}25%$ and Q-factor was increased from 14.5 to 27 as the micro heater voltage increased from 0 to 70 V.

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The Influence of Aerosol Source Region on Size-resolved Hygroscopicity During the Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia) Campaign

  • Lee, Yong-Seob
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • 제22권E1호
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2006
  • Aerosol hygroscopic properties were measured by a tandem differential mobility analyzer (TDMA) system during the Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE)-Asia campaign from 31 March to 1 May 2001. Two high flow differential mobility analyzers (DMAs) were used to maximize the count rate on board the Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft (CIRPAS) Twin Otter aircraft. Hygroscopic growth factor distributions of particles having initial dry nanoparticle diameters of 0.040, 0.059, 0.086, 0.126, 0.186, 0.273, 0.400, and $0.586{\mu}m$ were measured during 19 research flights. Data collected during 12 of those flights were used to investigate aerosol mixing state and the influence of aerosol source region on size-resolved hygroscopicity. The uniformity in size-resolved hygroscopicity was quantified to facilitate comparison between measurements made in different air masses. Hygroscopic growth factors are strongly dependent on source region and sizes. Mean hygroscopic growth factors were observed to be greatest when the air mass origin was from the south. The mean growth factors for continental sources decreased with initial size from 1.47 to 1.27 for $0.040{\mu}m\;and\;0.586{\mu}m$, but increased with initial size from 1.44 to 1.8 for $0.040{\mu}m\;and\;0.400{\mu}m$ dry diameters for marine sources.

PMWN-PZT계 압전세라믹의 poling에 의한 유전율의 변화 특성 (The Trends of Dielectric Constant Variation by Poling of PMWN-PZT Geramics)

  • 홍종국;이종섭;채홍인;정수현;임기조
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 C
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    • pp.494-496
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    • 2000
  • The properties of piezoelectric and dielectric for 0.05Pb$(Mn_{0.4}W_{0.2}Nb_{0.4})O_3$ - $0.95PbZr_{x}Ti_{1-x}O_{3}$ compositions have been investigated. In the composition of 0.05Pb$(Mn_{0.4}W_{0.2}Nb_{0.4})O_3$-$0.95PbZr_{0.51}Ti_{0.49}O_{3}$, the values of $k_p$ and ${\varepsilon_{33}}^T/{\varepsilon}_0$ are maximized, but $Q_m$ was minimized ($k_p$=56.5[%], $Q_m$=1130, $d_{33}$=258[pC/N], ${\varepsilon_{33}}^T/{\varepsilon}_0$=1170). The grain size was suppressed and the uniformity of gram was improved at the $1100[^{\circ}C]$. Dielectric constant increase at the Ti rich, but decrease at the Zr rich after poling. Because the dielectric constant after poling is determined by compromising effects between dipole switching and electostriction inducing stress(dielectric constant increasing factor) and dipole rotation to the poling direction (dielectric constant decreasing factor).

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Impact of testicular shielding in liposarcoma to scrotum by using radio-photoluminescence glass dosimeter (RPLGD): a case report

  • Oonsiri, Puntiwa;Saksornchai, Kitwadee;Suriyapee, Sivalee
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제36권3호
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    • pp.248-253
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    • 2018
  • Radiation protection in the scrotum to reduce the risk of genetic effect in the future is very important. This study aimed to measure the scrotal dose outside the treatment fields by using the radio-photoluminescence glass dosimeter (RPLGD). The characteristics of RPLGD model GD-302M were studied. Scattered dose to scrotum was measured in one liposarcoma case with the prescribed dose of 60 Gy. RPLGDs were placed in three different locations: one RPLGD was positioned at the posterior area which closer to the scrotum, and the other two RPLGDs were placed between the penis and the scrotum. Three RPLGDs were employed in each location. The scattered doses were measured in every fraction during the whole course of treatment. The entire number of 100 RPLGDs showed the uniformity within ±2%. The signal from RPLGD demonstrated linear proportion to the radiation dose (r = 0.999). The relative energy response correction factor was 1.05. The average scrotal dose was 4.1 ± 0.9 cGy per fraction. The results presented a wide range since there was a high uncertainty during RPLGD placement. The total scrotal dose for the whole course of treatment was 101.9 cGy (1.7% of the prescribed dose). The RPLGD model GD-302M could be used to measure scattered dose after applying the relative energy correction factor.

PACS에서 JPEG2000을 이용한 AAPM CT Performance Phantom영상의 압축에 따른 화질변화 (Change of Image Quality within Compression of AAPM CT Performance Phantom Image Using JPEG2000 in PACS)

  • 권순무
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.217-226
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 PACS에서 JPEG200을 이용하여 AAPM CT Performance Phantom 영상을 다양한 비율로 압축 한 후 영상의 질 변화를 알아보았다. 원 영상을 기준으로 압축된 영상을 비교했을 때 물의 CT 계수 측정에서는 압축률 15:1에서 1.93%의 변화, 절편 두께 측정에서는 15:1에서 0.81% 의 변화를 보였다. 균일도는 규칙적인 변화나 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타나지는 않았다. 노이즈 측정의 경우 10:1에서 1.47%의 변화를 보이나 15:1에서 10.99%로 증가한 후 변화율 증가 폭이 확대되어 40:1에서 81.68%의 변화율을 보였다. CT 계수, 균일도, 절편 두께, 공간 분해능, 대조도 분해능의 경우 압축률 증가에 따라 영상의 화질 변화율도 증가하나 영향은 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 상대적으로 노이즈는 압축에 따른 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. JPEG2000 압축 기법으로 AAPM CT Performance Phantom 영상을 평가한 결과 CT영상의 압축을 시행하는 경우 10:1정도의 압축률이 적정한 것으로 판단된다.