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선형가속기 기반 뇌정위 방사선 수술기법 (Methodologic Aspect of LINAC-based Stereotactic Radiosurgery)

  • 최태진
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.127-137
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    • 2012
  • Leksell은 뇌동정맥기형종의 중심에 280 kVp 관전압 방사선빔을 집속하는 방법으로 방사선수술법을 고안 시술한 바 있으며, 이 후 코발트-60 감마 선원 201개의 선속이 헬멧콜리메터를 지나 구의 중심에 초점을 이루게 한 감마나이프를 개발하여 표적병변에 높은 선량을 주어 비침습적으로 수술효과를 얻었다. 선형가속기는 높은 선량률과 1 mm 이내의 갠트리회전중심과 안정된 치료대회전 및 선량성능검증효과와 획기적으로 발전된 3차원선량계획 전산화에 힘입어 정밀하고 높은 정확성에 바탕을 둔 비공면궤적으로 방사선을 환부에 집속할 수 있어, 병변 주위의 정상조직에는 낮은 선량이 도달하고 병변에 높은 선량을 줄 수 있는 뇌정위방사선수술에 이용할 수 있게 되었다. 특히 Photon Knife는 환자의 체축을 이용하여 선속이 환부를 중심으로 종횡의 비공면궤적을 이루게 하여 치료선량분포에서 90%와 50% 선량폭을 2~3 mm 까지 좁힐 수 있는 기법을 보였다. 최근 선형가속기의 방사선수술은 2.5~3 mm 폭의 초박형 다엽콜리메터를 이용한 세기조절에 의한 시술이 늘어나는 경향이며, 종전의 종양의 크기에 따른 제한을 넘어 3 cm 이상의 종양에도 시행되고 있다. 뇌정위방사선수술은 선량모델을 뒷받침하는 마이크로 선량계측 및 평가와 성능보증이 필수적이며 선량분포의 경사도를 높이는 기법이 지속적으로 연구되어야 한다. 특히 초박형다엽콜리메터를 이용한 방사선수술은 다엽콜리메터 요철(Tongue and groove) 에 의해 일어나는 표적내 선량저하 부위를 평가하고 균등한 표적선량이 이루어지도록 하며, 마이크로 분해능을 가진 선량검증 방법이 앞으로 더욱 발전할 것으로 보인다.

6 MV 광자선의 선량 상승 영역에 대한 자기장 영향 (Effect of Transverse Magnetic Field on Build-up Region of 6 MV Photon Beam)

  • 신성수;최원식;안우상;곽정원
    • 한국자기학회지
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.18-22
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    • 2017
  • 저 강도 자기장을 이용하여 기존의 6 MV 광자선에 대한 선량 상승보다 향상된 선량 변조 방법을 제안하고 이를 실험적으로 선량 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 0.5 T (Tesla) 강도를 지니는 두 개의 네오디뮴 영구 자석을 광자선에 수직 방향으로 자기장을 인가하였다. 자석과 자석 간의 거리(MMD)와 자석과 물 표면 간의 거리(MSD)에 따라 자기장을 인가한 경우와 인가하지 않은 경우에서의 선량 상승 영역의 선량 변화를 측정하였다. 자석과 자석 간의 거리가 6 cm이고 자석과 물 표면 간의 거리가 2.5 cm 조건에서 기존 6 MV 광자선의 선량 상승 곡선과 비교하여 $D_{0mm}$, $D_{2mm}$, $D_{5mm}$, $D_{10mm}$ 가 각각 6.8 %, 14.6 %, 6.9 %, 2.1 %의 향상된 선량 효과를 보였다. 본 연구를 통해 피부와 매우 인접한 곳에 위치해 있는 표적 체적을 방사선 치료할 경우, 인체 외부에 바로 자기장을 인가하면서 기존 광자선보다 향상된 선량 상승을 기대할 수 있어 임상 적용 가능성이 높을 것으로 기대된다.

A Commissioning of 3D RTP System for Photon Beams

  • Kang, Wee-Saing
    • 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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    • pp.119-120
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    • 2002
  • The aim is to urge the need of elaborate commissioning of 3D RTP system from the firsthand experience. A 3D RTP system requires so much data such as beam data and patient data. Most data of radiation beam are directly transferred from a 3D dose scanning system, and some other data are input by editing. In the process inputting parameters and/or data, no error should occur. For RTP system using algorithm-bas ed-on beam-modeling, careless beam-data processing could also cause the treatment error. Beam data of 3 different qualities of photon from two linear accelerators, patient data and calculated results were commissioned. For PDD, the doses by Clarkson, convolution, superposition and fast superposition methods at 10 cm for 10${\times}$10 cm field, 100 cm SSD were compared with the measured. An error in the SCD for one quality was input by the service engineer. Whole SCD defined by a physicist is SAD plus d$\sub$max/, the value was just SAD. That resulted in increase of MU by 100${\times}$((1_d$\sub$max//SAD)$^2$-1)%. For 10${\times}$10 cm open field, 1 m SSD and at 10 cm depth in uniform medium of relative electron density (RED) 1, PDDs for 4 algorithms of dose calculation, Clarkson, convolution, superposition and fast-superposition, were compared with the measured. The calculated PDD were similar to the measured. For 10${\times}$10 cm open field, 1 m SSD and at 10 cm depth with 5 cm thick inhomogeneity of RED 0.2 under 2 cm thick RED 1 medium, PDDs for 4 algorithms were compared. PDDs ranged from 72.2% to 77.0% for 4 MV X-ray and from 90.9% to 95.6% for 6 MV X-ray. PDDs were of maximum for convolution and of minimum for superposition. For 15${\times}$15 cm symmetric wedged field, wedge factor was not constant for calculation mode, even though same geometry. The reason is that their wedge factor is considering beam hardness and ray path. Their definition requires their users to change the concept of wedge factor. RTP user should elaborately review beam data and calculation algorithm in commissioning.

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다이오드를 이용한 광자선 선량측정에 관한 연구 (A Study on Photon Dosimetry System with Diode Defectors)

  • 이동훈;강전권;장영권;지영훈;홍승홍
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1992년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.148-151
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    • 1992
  • There is a definite requirement to continuously monitor the operating characteristics of radiation therapy machines. It is advisable to monitor the symmetry, flatness, and energy stability of x-ray beams. The semiconductor system was developed using commercially available rectifier diode for th assessment of quality assurance In radiation therapy, which is capable of the above measurements. The beam characteristics of 6MV, 10MV and 21MV photon of Microtron electron accelerator were measured using seven-diodes as detectors and the results were compared with that of using a film results dosimetry with a X-Y plotter. The seven-diode detetor is versatile enough to be used for checking beam profile, flatness, symmetry and energy.

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CuCl 미립자가 분산된 비선형 광학유리의 제조와 비선형 광특성: II. 비선형 광특성 (Preparation and Nonlinear Optical Properties of CuCl-doped Nonlinear Optical Glasses : II. Nonlinear Optical Properties)

  • 윤영권;한원택;이민영
    • 한국세라믹학회지
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    • 제34권4호
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    • pp.429-435
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    • 1997
  • The third order nonlinear optical susceptibilities, {{{{ chi }}(3), of the CuCl doped alumino-borosilicate glasses were measured by the two beam configuration DFWM method and the absorption saturation method, and the measured {{{{ chi }}(3) values were about 10-8 esu in both methods. The response time was estimated to be about 105ps from the time decay curve of the luminescence spectra obtained by time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) method.

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Laboratory Astrophysics using Intense X-ray from Free Electron Lasers

  • Chung, Moses
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.65.4-65.4
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    • 2017
  • The laboratory astrophysics is a new emerging field of basic sciences, and has tremendous discovery potentials. The laboratory astrophysics investigates the basic physical phenomena in the astrophysical objects in controlled and reproducible manners, which has become possible only recently due to the newly-established intense photon and ion beam facilities worldwide. In this presentation, we will introduce several promising ideas for laboratory astrophysics programs that might be readily incorporated in the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron Laser (PAL-XFEL). For example, precise spectroscopic measurements using Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) and intense X-ray photons from the PAL-XFEL can be performed to explore the fundamental processes in high energy X-ray phenomena in the visible universe. Besides, in many violent astrophysical events, the energy density of matter becomes so high that the traditional plasma physics description becomes inapplicable. Generation of such high-energy density states can be also be achieved by using the intense photon beams available from the PAL-XFEL.

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대면적 3 차원 마이크로 형상제작을 위한 스테이지 스캐닝 시스템을 이용한 이광자 흡수 광조형 공정 개발 (Development of Large-area Two-photon Stereolithography Process for the Fabrication of Large Three-dimensional Microstructures)

  • 임태우;손용;이신욱;공홍진;박상후;양동열
    • 한국정밀공학회지
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.122-129
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    • 2008
  • Two-photon stereolithography is recognized as a promising process for the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) microstructures with 100 nm resolution. Generally, beam-scanning system has been used in the conventional process of two-photon stereolithography, which is limited to the fabrication of micro-prototypes in small area of several tens micrometers. For the applications to 3D high-functional micro-devices, the fabrication area of the process is required to be enlarged. In this paper, large-area two-photon stereolithography (L-TPS) employing stage scanning system has been developed. Continuous scanning method is suggested to improve the fabrication speed and parameter study is conducted. An objective lens of high numerical aperture (N.A.) and high strength material were employed in this system. Through this work, 3D microstructures of $600*600*100\;{\mu}m$ were fabricated.