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The Characteristics of Impedance and Radiation Patterns of Half Wave Slot Antenna on the Wide Surface of Rectangular Wave Guide (구형 도파관 벽면에 뚫은 반파장 스롯트 안테나의 복사모양과 임피단스)

  • 양인응;박평길
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 1965
  • The radiation patterns and impedance of the half wave solt on the wide side of rectangular wave guide are analyzed. The measuring methods and procedures are described. And that the experimental data of the pattern and impedance of the slot are presented which are consistent with the theoretical values. The causes of error are also considered and are believed to be tolerable for the pattern and input impedance measurements. The usefulness of the slot antenna tested are also described.

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Development and Evaluation of the Utility of a Respiratory Monitoring and Visual Feedback System for Radiotherapy Using Machine Vision Technology

  • Kim, Chul Hang;Choi, Hoon Sik;Kang, Ki Mun;Jeong, Bae Kwon;Jeong, Hojin;Ha, In Bong;Song, Jin Ho
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.8-15
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    • 2022
  • Background: We developed a machine vision technology program that tracks patients' real-time breathing and automatically analyzes their breathing patterns. Materials and Methods: To evaluate its potential for clinical application, the image tracking performance and accuracy of the program were analyzed using a respiratory motion phantom. Changes in the stability and regularity of breathing were observed in healthy adult volunteers according to whether the breathing pattern mirrored the breathing guidance. Results and Discussion: Displacement within a few millimeters was observed in real-time with a clear resolution, and the image tracking ability was excellent. This result was consistent even in the sections where breathing patterns changed rapidly. In addition, the respiratory gating method that reflected the individual breathing patterns improved breathing stability and regularity in all volunteers. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that this technology can be used to set the appropriate window and the range of internal target volume by reflecting the patient's breathing pattern during radiotherapy planning. However, further studies in clinical populations are required to validate this technology.

Ionizing Radiation Effect on the Carbohydrate Moiety of Chicken Ovomucoid (계란 ovomucoid의 탄수화물 부분에 미치는 이온화방사선의 영향)

  • Lee, Young-Keun;Kim, Jin-Kyu;Kim, Jae-Sung;Song, Hi-Sup;Charoen, Saovapong;Amornraksa, Kitti
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.23-27
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    • 1997
  • Radiation effects on carbohydrate moiety of chicken ovomucoid, a protease inhibitor as a typical allergenic glycoprotein of egg white, was observed. The trypsin inhibitory activity of chicken ovomucoid decreased exponentially and the inactivation was more significant irradiated in $N_2$ than in $O_2$. From the protein blotting, radiation caused protein degradation in $O_2$ and protein aggregation also in $N_2$. The patterns of carbohydrate blotting were also similar with that of protein blotting. Sugar chains in low molecular weight fraction (MW<5,000) were released by radiation and those in $O_2$ were higher than in $N_2$. From the HPLC patterns of the degradation of sugar chains, all peaks of oligosaccharides have the tendency to decrease with the increase of radiation dose and more remarkable in $O_2$ than in $N_2$. These results suggest that ionising radiation could cause the overall conformational changes of ovomucoid by the degradation and release of oligosaccharides.

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Gene Expression Patterns of Spleen, Lung and Brain with Different Radiosensitivity in C57BL6 Mice

  • Majumder Md. Zahidur Rahman;Lee, Woo-Jung;Lee, Su-Jae;Bae, Sang-Woo;Lee, Yun-Sil
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.197-208
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    • 2005
  • Although little information is available on the underlying mechanisms, various genetic factors have been associated with tissue-specific responses to radiation. In the present study, we explored the possibility whether organ specific gene expression is associated with radiosensitivity using samples from brain, lung and spleen. We examined intrinsic expression pattern of 23 genes in the organs by semi-quantitative RT-PCR method using both male and female C57BL/6 mice. Expression of p53 and p21, well known factors for governing sensitivity to radiation or chemotherapeutic agents, was not different among the organ types. Both higher expression of sialyltransferase, delta7-sterol reductase, leptin receptor splice variant form 12.1, and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) and lower expression of alphaB crystalline were specific for spleen tissue. Expression level of glutathione peroxidase and APO-1 cell surface antigen gene in lung tissue was high, while that of Na, K-ATPase alpha-subunit, Cu/ZnSOD, and cyclin G was low. Brain, radioresistant organ, showed higher expressions of Na, K-ATPase-subunit, cyclin G, and nucleolar protein hNop56 and lower expression of delta7-sterol reductase. The result revealed a potential correlation between gene expression patterns and organ sensitivity, and Identified genes which might be responsible for organ sensitivity.

Patterns of recurrence after radiation therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma

  • Jo, Ji Hwan;Ahn, Seung Do;Koh, Minji;Kim, Jong Hoon;Lee, Sang-wook;Song, Si Yeol;Yoon, Sang Min;Kim, Young Seok;Kim, Su Ssan;Park, Jin-hong;Jung, Jinhong;Choi, Eun Kyung
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.224-231
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: To investigate the patterns of recurrence in patients with neuroblastoma treated with radiation therapy to the primary tumor site. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with high-risk neuroblastoma managed with definitive treatment with radiation therapy to the primary tumor site between January 2003 and June 2017. These patients underwent three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy or intensity-modulated radiation therapy. A total of 14-36 Gy was delivered to the planning target volume, which included the primary tumor bed and the selected metastatic site. The disease stage was determined according to the International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS). We evaluated the recurrence pattern (i.e., local or systemic), progression-free survival, and overall survival. Results: A total of 40 patients with high-risk neuroblastoma were included in this study. The median patient age was 4 years (range, 1 to 11 years). Thirty patients (75%) had INSS stage 4 neuroblastoma. At the median follow-up of 58 months, there were 6 cases of local recurrence and 10 cases of systemic recurrence. Among the 6 local failure cases, 4 relapsed adjacent to the radiation field. The other 2 relapsed in the radiation field (i.e., para-aortic and retroperitoneal areas). The main sites of distant metastasis were the bone, lymph nodes, and bone marrow. The 5-year progression-free survival was 70.9% and the 5-year overall survival was 74.3%. Conclusion: Radiation therapy directed at the primary tumor site provides good local control. It seems to be adequate for disease control in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma after chemotherapy and surgical resection.

Analysis of the Radiation Patterns for a Millimeter Wave Corrugated Horn Antenna by Vector Integral Method and Quasi-Optics (벡터 적분법과 준 광학모드에 의한 밀리미터파용 컬러게이트 혼 안테나의 복사패턴 해석)

  • Son-Tae Ho
    • The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 1994
  • Theoretical radiation patterns for the corrugated horn antenna are analyzed by vector integral method and quasi-optics. The formular of the radiated fields for the corrugated horn antenna can be obtained by the potentials derived the equivalent current sources from hybrid fields at horn aperture and also calculated by the expanded mode set of Gaussian - Laguerre based on the quasi - optics. From comparison of the radiation patterns between two methods for a corrugated horn antenna designed on 85-115 GHz frequency range, the results are coincided well at center frequency but have some errors at each side frequencies 85 and 115 GHz.

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Patterns of initial failure after resection for gallbladder cancer: implications for adjuvant radiotherapy

  • Kim, Tae Gyu
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.359-367
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This study sought to identify potential candidates for adjuvant radiotherapy and patterns of regional failure in patients who underwent curative-intent surgery for gallbladder cancer. Materials and Methods: Records for 70 patients with gallbladder cancer who underwent curative resection at a single institution between 2000 and 2016 were analysed retrospectively. No patients received adjuvant radiotherapy. Initial patterns of failure were evaluated. Regional recurrence was categorized according to the definitions of lymph node stations suggested by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. Results: Median follow-up was 23 months. Locoregional recurrence as any component of first failure occurred in 29 patients (41.4%), with isolated locoregional recurrence in 13 (18.6%). Regional recurrence occurred in 23 patients, and 77 regional recurrences were identified. Commonly involved regional stations were #13, #12a2, #12p2, #12b2, #16a2, #16b1, #9, and #8. Independent prognostic factors for locoregional recurrence were ${\geq}pT2$ disease (hazard ratio [HR], 5.510; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.260-24.094; p = 0.023) and R1 resection (HR, 6.981; 95% CI, 2.378-20.491; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Patients with pT2 disease or R1 resection after curative surgery for gallbladder cancer may benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy. Our findings on regional recurrence may help physicians construct a target volume for adjuvant radiotherapy.

Development of de-noised image reconstruction technique using Convolutional AutoEncoder for fast monitoring of fuel assemblies

  • Choi, Se Hwan;Choi, Hyun Joon;Min, Chul Hee;Chung, Young Hyun;Ahn, Jae Joon
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.888-893
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    • 2021
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency has developed a tomographic imaging system for accomplishing the total fuel rod-by-rod verification time of fuel assemblies within the order of 1-2 h, however, there are still limitations for some fuel types. The aim of this study is to develop a deep learning-based denoising process resulting in increasing the tomographic image acquisition speed of fuel assembly compared to the conventional techniques. Convolutional AutoEncoder (CAE) was employed for denoising the low-quality images reconstructed by filtered back-projection (FBP) algorithm. The image data set was constructed by the Monte Carlo method with the FBP and ground truth (GT) images for 511 patterns of missing fuel rods. The de-noising performance of the CAE model was evaluated by comparing the pixel-by-pixel subtracted images between the GT and FBP images and the GT and CAE images; the average differences of the pixel values for the sample image 1, 2, and 3 were 7.7%, 28.0% and 44.7% for the FBP images, and 0.5%, 1.4% and 1.9% for the predicted image, respectively. Even for the FBP images not discriminable the source patterns, the CAE model could successfully estimate the patterns similarly with the GT image.

Design of an Internal Antenna with Near-Omnidirectional H-Plane Radiation Pattern over Ultra-wide Bandwidth

  • Lee, Young-Ki;Hong, Seok-Jin;Kim, Jeong-Pyo;Choi, Jae-Hoon
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.62-67
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, an ultra-wideband internal antenna for use in mobile applications is proposed. The proposed antenna has symmetrical bi-arm structures printed on the top and bottom of the substrate, and it occupies a compact area of 10 mm ${\times}$ 10 mm ${\times}$ 1 mm. The designed antenna has an impedance bandwidth from 3 GHz to 12 GHz and near omnidirectional radiation patterns over the frequency band of interest. The group delay between two antennas fabricated using the proposed design is less than 0.8 ns, and the maximum gain variation is about 3.16 dB.

Design of a Biconical Antenna with Cylindrical Loads for EMI Test Site Validation above 1 GHz

  • Kong, Sung-Sik;Choi, Jae-Hoon
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, a biconical type antenna is proposed for EMI test site validation above 1 GHz. To achieve broadband and omni-directional radiation patterns required by international standard(CISPR), the proposed antenna consists of general bicones with cylindrical loads and adopts side feeding method to minimize the influence on H-plane pattern due to feeding cable, balun, and connector. The radiation patterns of the fabricated antenna are measured and the results are compared with CISPR criteria and commercial antenna in our interest frequencies. Although the proposed antenna has a few problems in frequency range of 1 GHz to 2 GHz, it has relatively better performance than commercial antenna.