Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation

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Sang Gyu Ju

Doo Ho Choi

Chae Seon Hong

Youngyih Han

Won Jin Park

Doo Ho Chol

Seung Jae Huh

Yong Chan Ahn

Chae-Seon Hong

Provided is a tongue separation device including: a body unit including a contact surface fixing a tongue; a support unit arranged at one end portion of the body unit and supporting the body unit from outside a mouth; a tooth mounting unit arranged at one surface of the support unit adjacent to a first region of the body unit, mounting the teeth in a state where the body unit is inserted into the mouth, and including an upper surface mounting upper teeth among the teeth and a lower surface mounting lower teeth among the teeth; and a tongue position checking unit including an opening formed at the support unit to check a position of the tongue from outside the mouth.

Tongue separation device

An embodiment of the present invention provides a radiation therapy device including: a main body; a gantry coupled to a side of the main part and rotatable relative to the main part in at least one direction; a radiation head provided on a side of the gantry to emit radiation; an image acquisition unit facing the radiation head to detect radiation emitted from the radiation head and obtain images by converting the detected radiation into electric signals; and a reference image acquisition frame provided on a side of the radiation head and including a plurality of markers formed thereon.

Radiation therapy device and quality control method for radiation therapy device

Provided are a method and apparatus for verifying a radiation beam intensity modulator. The apparatus includes a scanner; and a verification system verifying the verification target radiation beam intensity modulator, wherein the verification system includes: a modulator structure reconstruction unit extracting thickness information of the verification target radiation beam intensity modulator based on the 3D structure information of the verification target radiation beam intensity modulator; an original modulator structure information receiver receiving structure information of the original radiation beam intensity modulator; a modulator matching unit matching the verification target radiation beam intensity modulator with the original radiation beam intensity modulator based on the thickness information; and a modulator verification unit verifying the verification target radiation beam intensity modulator matched with the original radiation beam intensity modulator.

Method for verifying radiation intensity modulating body and device for verifying same

Provided are a method and apparatus for manufacturing a radiation beam intensity modulator. The method includes: obtaining dose modulation information expressed as a density matrix or three-dimensional (3D) structure information provided from a radiotherapy treatment planning system; obtaining design condition information of a radiation beam intensity modulator provided from the radiotherapy treatment planning system; generating a radiation beam intensity modulator structure based on the design condition information of the radiation beam intensity modulator and the dose modulation information expressed as the density matrix or the 3D structure information; adjusting the radiation beam intensity modulator structure by comparing at least one of an actual manufacturing condition and a treatment condition with the design condition information of the radiation beam intensity modulator; and manufacturing the radiation beam intensity modulator based on the radiation beam intensity modulator structure that is adjusted.

Method for manufacturing radiation intensity modulating body and device for manufacturing same

Provided is a radiation therapy apparatus on which quality management is performed. The radiation therapy apparatus includes: a body unit; a gantry coupled to one side of the body unit and formed to be rotatable in at least one direction with regard to the body unit; a radiation irradiating head formed at one side of the gantry to irradiate a radiation; and a level control module formed at one side of the radiation irradiating head to measure a rotation angle of the gantry or the radiation irradiating head, compare the measured rotation angle with a rotation angle indicated by an angle indicator of the radiation therapy apparatus, and correct an error of the angle indicator.

Radiation therapy apparatus and quality control method for radiation therapy apparatus

A system for manufacturing a patient-specific applicator reconstructs a three-dimensional (3D) image by using a medical image of a patient, models an applicator structure for irradiating radiation onto a tumor tissue, based on a 3D image, generates printing data for 3D printing for manufacturing the patient-specific applicator based on the modeled applicator structure, and manufactures the patient-specific applicator based on the generated printing data.

Apparatus and method for generating printing data for patient-specific applicator, and system for manufacturing patient-specific applicator

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a radiation intensity bolus. The method comprises the steps of: (a) calculating, by a radiotherapy treatment planning unit, a received 3D radiation dose distribution, planning a bolus to be manufactured, and outputting radiation intensity modulation information; (b) receiving, by a bolus design unit, the radiation intensity modulation information, generating a conversion file for manufacturing bolus, and outputting information about a 3D structure of the bolus to be manufactured; (c) receiving, by a bolus manufacturing unit, the conversion file for manufacturing bolus, verifying a type, location, and size of the bolus to be manufactured, sending the verified data to a 3D printer, and manufacturing the bolus; and (d) obtaining, by an accuracy verification unit, information about a 3D structure of the manufactured bolus and evaluating manufacturing accuracy by comparing the information about the 3D structure of the manufactured bolus with the information about the planned bolus.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing radiation intensity bolus

A passive sound telemetry system and method is provided, in which phase differences are calculated for every pulse from acoustic signals received via three or six acoustic receivers, to measure a distance and angle with respect to a sound source. The system is applied to an operating toy giving chase to a user while following the user command. The telemetry system includes first to fourth acoustic receivers () contained in the housing for receiving first to fourth acoustic signals from a user, first to fourth zero crossing detectors for generating first to fourth pulse signals based on the first to fourth acoustic signals, earliest reception signal detector for detecting a pulse signal having the earliest phase among the first to fourth pulse signals, first to fourth arrival time difference calculator () for calculating arrival time differences between the pulse signal of the earliest phase and the first to fourth pulse signals, respectively, thereby obtaining an angle and a distance between the center of acoustic receivers and the user, based on a time difference between the second and third minimum arrival time difference values.

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Seoul, South Korea

Sang Gyu Ju