• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2018

Background: In this study, we investigate the image quality of virtual monochromatic images synthesized from dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) at voltages of 80/140 kV and 100/140 kV. Materials and Methods: Virtual monochromatic images of a phantom are synthesized from DECT scans from 40 to 70 keV in steps of 1 keV under the two combinations of tube voltages. The dose allocation of dual-energy (DE) scan is 50% for both low- and high-energy tubes. The virtual monochromatic images are compared to single-energy (SE) images at the same radiation dose. In the DE images, noise is reduced using the 100/140 kV scan at the optimal monochromatic energy. Virtual monochromatic images are reconstructed from 40 to 70 keV in 1-keV increments and analyzed using two quality indexes: noise and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Results and Discussion: The DE scan mode with the 100/140 kV protocol achieved a better maximum CNR compared to the 80/140 kV protocol for various materials, except for adipose and brain. Image noise is reduced with the 100/140 kV protocol. The CNR values of DE with the 100/140 kV protocol is similar to or higher than that of SE at 120 kV at the same radiation dose. Furthermore, the maximum CNR with the 100/140 kV protocol is similar to or higher than that of the SE scan at 120 kV. Conclusion: It was found that the CNR achieved with the 100/140 kV protocol was better than that with the 80/140 kV protocol at optimal monochromatic energies. Virtual monochromatic imaging using the 100/140 kV protocol could be considered for application in breast, brain, lung, liver, and bone CT in accordance with the CNR results.

• 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.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.407-410
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• 2002

Monochromatic x-ray CT has several advantages over conventional CT, which utilizes bremsstrahlung white x-rays from an x-ray tube. There are several methods to produce such monochromatic x-rays. The most popular one is crystal diffraction monochromatization, which has been commonly used because of the fact that the energy spread is very narrow and the energy can be changed continuously. The alternative method is the use of fluorescent x-ray, which has several advantages such as large beam size and fast energy change. We have developed a parallel-beam and a fan-beam monochromatic x-ray CT, and compared some characteristics such as accuracy of CT numbers between those systems. The fan beam monochromatic x-rays were generated by irradiating target materials by incident white x-rays from a bending magnet beam line NE5 in 6.5 GeV Accumulation Ring at Tukuba. The parallel beam monochromatic x-rays were generated by using a silicon double crystal monochromator at the bending magnet beam line BL-20BM in Spring-8. A Cadmium telluride (CdTe) 256 channel array detector with 512mm sensitive width capable of operating at room temperature was used in the photon counting mode. A cylindrical phantom containing eight concentrations of gadolinium was used for the fan beam monochromatic x-ray CT system, while a phantom containing acetone, ethanol, acrylic and water was used for the parallel monochromatic x-ray CT system. The linear attenuation coefficients obtained from CT numbers of those monochromatic x-ray CT images were compared with theoretical values. They showed a good agreement within 3%. It was found that the quantitative measurement can be possible by using the fan beam monochromatic x-ray CT system as well as a parallel beam monochromatic X-ray CT system.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.159-174
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• 1998

개인방사선측정시스템은 광범위한 에너지의 방사선에 대하여 정확한 개인선량당량을 측정할 수 있어야 하지만 현재 사용중인 선량평가 알고리즘은 ANSI N13.11의 방사선장과 거의 유사한 과학기술부 고시에 명시되어 있는 X-선장을 기준으로 개발되었고 이는 실제 측정이 요구되는 방사선장과 상당한 차이가 있을 수 있다. 방사선작업종사자가 ANSI N13.11의 방사선장과 다른 형태의 방사선에 피폭되었을 경우 좀더 정확한 선량을 평가하기 위하여 한국원자력연구소에 설치되어 있는 단일에너지 X-선장에 $CaSO_4:Dy$ 열형광체를 조사시켜 에너지반응도를 실험적으로 구한 후 두 가지 형태의 알고리즘을 개발하였으며 이를 ANSI N13.11의 연속스펙트럼 X-선장에 기본을 두고 개발한 알고리즘과 비교하였다. 알고리즘 개발 후 ANSI, ISO의 연속 스펙트럼 X-선 및 단일에너지 X-선장과 IAEA/RCA 상호비교시험시 사용되었던 혼합방사선장 및 각도변화 실험데이타를 이용하여 이를 검증하였다. 검증결과 개발된 알고리즘들은 과학기술부 고시에 나타나 있는 X-선장뿐만 아니라 방사선작업환경에서 피폭될 수 있는 다른 종류의 방사선장에서도 매우 정확한 선량평가를 하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.694-702
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• 1995

When a small absorbing particle is exposed to a strong thermal radiation incidence, it moves towards or away from the radiation source due to the nonuniform internal absorption of the radiation. It is called the photophoretic phenomena and governed by the asymmetry factor. An asymmetry factor for the total wavelength range is calculated to estimate the photophoretic phenomena of a particle in a combustor or in the atmosphere and compared to that for a single wavelength. The samples are soot particulates, water droplets, ice particles, silicon particles, $SiO_2$ particles, aluminium oxide particles, whose spectral complex refractive index are available. Although differences between total and monochromatic asymmertry factors are not much for relatively uniform distribution of the spectral refractive index, they are great in general. Therefore the use of the monochromatic factor will considerably deteriorate the accuracy of the calculation of the photophoresis.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권5호
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• pp.750-754
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• 2010

Among the environmental conditions employed in micropropagation, light quality plays an important role in growth, specially morphogenesis and photosynthesis. The effect of radiation quality (350-740 nm) on the development and growth of zygotic embryos and in vitro plantlets of open-pollinated chestnut (Castanea crenata S. et Z.) were studied. Two types of explants were exposed for 4 weeks to cool white (W, as control), monochromatic red (R, peak emission 650 nm), monochromatic blue (B, peak emission 440 nm), red+blue (R+B, 1:1), or red+far-red (R+Fr, 1:1, far-red peak emission 720 nm) radiation from a light-emitting-diode (LED) system. While the zygotic embryos showed positive photoblastic behavior, their germination was inhibited by blue radiation. Hypocotyl elongation and root development were promoted by red radiation. The emergence of primary leaf and its expansion were faster under blue than under red radiation. In the plantlets, red and red+far-red radiation significantly increased the formation and growth of the root, whereas blue light reduced rooting. Therefore, radiation quality appears to influence some steps in the development of zygotic embryos and plantlets in the chestnut.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2015

최근 의료영상기술에서 유방암 엑스선 진단기술의 주요 이슈는 정확한 조기암 진단과 환자의 피폭선량의 감소에 있다. 엑스선 영상대비도를 높이고 피폭선량을 줄이는 기술 중 하나로써 다층박막거울을 이용한 단색 엑스선을 획득하는 연구가 선행되어 왔다. 그러나 기존의 Uniform 다층박막거울은 거울면의 일부 반사영역에서만 원하는 파장대역의 단색 엑스선을 얻을 수 있어서 엑스선 영상기술 응용에 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 다층박막거울의 전 영역에 걸쳐 동일한 단색엑스선을 얻기 위해 거울에 입사하는 백색 엑스선의 입사각에 상응하는 선형적 기울기의 박막두께를 갖는 Graded 다층박막거울을 설계하였고, 기존 이온빔 스퍼터링 장치에 마스크 제어 장치를 추가 제작하여 $100{\times}100mm^2$ 크기로 제작하였다. 제작된 Graded 다층박막거울은 17.5keV의 단색 엑스선을 획득할 수 있도록 설계하였으며 박막두께주기는 2.88nm~4.62nm(Center 3.87nm)이다. 엑스선 반사율은 60% 이상이며, 단색 엑스선의 FWHM은 1.4keV 이하이고 엑스선 빔 폭은 3mm정도이다. 유방촬영에 적합한 몰리브덴 특성엑스선에 해당하는 17.5keV의 단색 엑스선을 얻음으로써 저선량 고감도 유방암 진단장치 개발에 응용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2017

목 적: 이중선원 듀얼에너지 CT(DS-DECT)의 가상 단색 영상을 이용해서 영상의 질 향상과 선량학적 영향에 대한 방사선치료계획 이용의 유용성을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: DS-DECT를 이용하여 듀얼에너지(80/Sn 140 kVp)와 싱글에너지(120 kVp) 영상을 획득하였다. 영상 교정 팬텀 실험을 위해서 40-140 keV 범위로 단색 영상을 재구성했다. 선량 측정용 고체물등가팬텀 연구에서는 64, 69, 88, 105 keV 단색 영상을 선택했다. 스테인리스 스틸을 포함한 고체물등가팬텀에 $10{\times}10cm^2$ 조사야, SSD 100 cm, 10 MV 광자선, 100 MU 조사선량, 단일빔으로 치료계획을 수립하였다. 방사선량측면도 자료는 중심축에 위치한 4개의 지점에서 구했다. 싱글에너지 CT에서 획득한 다색 영상을 기준영상으로 하고, 가상 단색 영상의 선량학적 결과를 분석하였다. 결 과: 낮은 단색 에너지 수치에서 평균 감약이 증가했다. 7개의 물질 중에서 Teflon이 에너지 의존성이 가장 컸고, 10 keV 수치 상승으로 CT number가 평균 2.48 % 감소했다. 저밀도 공기에서는 단색 에너지에 대한 에너지 의존성이 없었다. Polystyrene, Acrylic은 70 keV 이상에서 안정한 CT number를 나타내었다. CT-ED 변환 곡선은 80 keV 단색 영상과 120 kVp 다색 영상이 비슷하였다. 단색 영상의 에너지가 증가할수록 금속의 식별 능력이 향상되었다. 줄무늬 인공음영은 105 keV 단색 영상에서 높은 감소를 보였지만, 여전히 남아 있었다. 다색 영상과 비교하여 각 영상에 따른 방사선치료계획의 선량학적 차이는 ${\pm}0.7%$ 미만이었다. 결 론: 듀얼에너지 영상의 획득은 싱글에너지에 비해 피폭선량을 감소시킬 수 있고, 가상 단색 영상은 CT number 보정에 유용하였다. 향상된 영상의 질은 인체의 기하구조 묘사와 전자 밀도 분포 형성에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.430-431
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• 2006

KOMPSAT-2 was successively launched on July 28,06. She carries Fine Spatial Resolution Sensor with three channels. It is 4m monochromatic and 1m panchromatic. The main purposes would derive fine urban map and digital elevation model(DEM).Therefore we extend to coastal environment monitoring using the adjacent effect of radiation due to an interaction of radiation between heterogeneous surface and atmosphere. With data analysis of ASTER on TERA, which is 15m resolution in visible and near infrared wavelengths, we found atmospheric aerosols were always large. Note that data analysis was limited in Nagoya bay, Lake Tahoe, California & La Pozuelos, La Picasa, Argentina. Thus this time we expect data analyses around isolated island and peninsula in west and south coast of Korea.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.491-496
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• 2014

Photobiomodulation utilizes monochromatic (or quasimonochromatic) light in the electromagnetic region of 600~1000 nm for the treatment of soft tissues in a nondestructive and nonthermal mode. It is conceivable that photobiomodulation is based upon the ability of the light to alter cell metabolism as it is absorbed by general hemoproteins and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) in particular. Recently it has been suggested radiation of visible and infrared (IR) activates retrograde signaling pathway from mitochondria to nucleus. In this review, the role of COX in the photobiomodulation will be discussed. Further a possible role of water as a photoreceptor will be suggested.