• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.303-308
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• 2001

An objection of this study is to develop a high stable measuring circuits and a analytic system for radioactive pulses. The proposed system consists of a pulse detection units for neutrons and gamma-rays a programmable high voltage supply unit and a digital signal processor. The programmable high voltage supply unit designed can generate DC voltage up to 1,500 V at 5 V input and have a series voltage regulator to maintain the output voltage constantly, resulting in less than 1.63% of voltage regulation. The pulse detection parts consists of an active integrator, a pole-zero circuit, and a 3-stage amplifier of 60 dB, and its frequency bandwidth is from 37 Hz to 300 kHzAlso, pulse height distribution in accordance with pulse counts is important data in analyzing radioactive pulses. In this study, A/D convertor (12bit, 100ms) and DSP (TMS320C31-60) are used to analyze the pulse height, and the analytic system is designed to be operated in PC-base.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.07d
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• pp.2353-2355
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 고정도의 방사선 측정이 가능한 능동형 전자선량계를 제작하기 위해 필수적으로 요구되는 반도체 방사선 검출기를 ASIC으로 구현하였다. 이는 전자선량계의 소형화와 저소비전력을 실현할 수 있도록 전치증폭기와 성형증폭기를 일체화한 것으로 방사선과 방사선 검출 소자인 상용 핀 포토다이오드의 상호작용으로 생성된 수 [nA]의 전류펄스를 측정할 수 있다. MOSIS 공정을 통하여 ASIC으로 구현된 방사선검출기는 $10{\mu}Ci$의 ${\gamma}$-선 Ba-133, Cs-137 및 Co-60의 세 핵종에 대하여 방사선 조사시험을 수행하여 구현된 방사선 검출기의 유용성을 입증하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.491-496
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze the noise spectra in DWI (diffusion-weighted imaging) pulse sequences of 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla MRI, The ACR (American College of Radiology) phantom and noise spectrum were analyzed by FFT (fast Fourier transform) and TFFT (temporal frequency analysis) using WavePad sound editor version 8.13 (NCH software, Greenwood Village, CO, USA). Noise spectra, FFT and TFFT were analyzed for laboratory 1.5Tesla and 3.0Tesla DWI MR pulse sequences. The noise threshold of the frequency amplitude in the FFT and TFFT at 3.0Tesla compared to 1.5Tesla was between 1.5Tesla and -6 dB, and between 3.0Tesla and 0 dB, the DWI pulse sequence for the patient's noise reduction was appropriately MR examination needs to be applied.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.1777-1783
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• 2014

In this paper, we designed and fabricated a high-speed semiconductor sensor for use in power control devices and analyzed the characteristics with pulsed radiation tests. At first, radiation sensitive circular Si PIN diodes with various diameters(0.1 mm ~5.0 mm) were designed and fabricated using Si epitaxial wafer, which has a $42{\mu}m$ thick intrinsic layer. The reverse leakage current of the diode with a radius of 2 mm at a reverse bias of 30 V was about 20.4 nA. To investigate the characteristic responses of the developed diodes, the pulsed gamma-radiation tests were performed with the intensity of 4.88E8 rad(Si)/sec. From the test results showing that the output currents and the rising speeds have a linear relationship with the area of the sensors, we decided that the optimal condition took place at a 2 mm diameter. Next, for the selected 2 mm diodes, dose rate tests with a range of 2.47E8 rad(Si)/sec to 6.21E8 rad(Si)/sec were performed. From the results, which showed linear characteristics with the radiation intensity, a large amount of photocurrent over 60mA, and a high speed response under 350ns without saturation, we can conclude that the our developed PIN diode can be a good candidate for the sensor of power control devices.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.278-280
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• 2005

원자력발전소 내 원자로의 유지보수 작업을 수행하는 수중로봇은 고준위 방사선에 노출되고, 이로 인해 전자 장치의 오동작 및 고장이 유발될 수 있다. 따라서 허용 방사선량을 초과하지 않도록 피폭되는 누적 방사선량을 실시간으로 모니터링하는 장치가 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 펄스형의 SiC 포토 다이오드와 선량 기억형인 MOSFET를 다중 방사선 센서로 사용하여 넘은 범위의 방사선 준위의 측정이 가능하고 측정 신뢰도가 향상된 고준위 방사선 측정기를 구현하였다. 이 장치는 측정 원리가 상이한 두 센서를 동일한 방사선 측정에 이용함으로써 방사선 측정의 안정성과 정확성이 향상된 것이 특징이다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.14-21
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• 1966

In this article, a recording system for nuclear radiation detection by means of circular radial deflection as an instrument and its applications are described. In the electronic circuit of the instrument, the linearity of a deflected pulse on a circular sweep is especially contribed by employing a multiplying circuit, not to mention the one of a circular time base itself. A sequence of random pulses was recorded on a circular sweep of the CRT screen by means of one cycle unblanking due to a logic circuit. It seems that the intrument is suitable for measuring a decay curve of a short-lived nuclide and its pulse spectrum

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.213-217
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• 2015

To report problems found in a patient who has implemented stent implantation and then conducted a perfusion MRI using ASL(Arterial Spin Labeling), in order to suggest a solution to them. The perfusion MRI was conducted, using pCASL among ASL methods. Data from pCASL(Pseudo Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling) was acquired together with the structural image simply by changing position(labeling gap 15 mm, 170 mm) of the labeling pulse to avoid stent. Data was processed through the ASLtbx. When perfusion MRI was acquired using pCASL, it showed that the position of the conventional labeling pulse (labeling gap 24 mm) was overlapped with that of stent, which made signal intensity in right brain tissue appear as if it were void. When the labeling pulse was positioned (labeling gap 15 mm) to avoid stent, high signal intensity images were acquired. In labeling pulse (labeling gap 170 mm), the signal intensity was more reduced due to relaxation before labeled blood arrived at the imaging slice. pCASL can be stably repeated measurements because it does not use a contrast agent. And it should be selected with the appropriate image acquisition parameters for the high quality image.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.307-313
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• 1997

he photoconductive gain mechanism in amorphus silicon devices was investigated in connection with applications to radiation detection. Various device types such as p-i-n, n-i-n and i-i-p-i-n structures were fabricated and tested. Photoconductive gain was measured in two time scales : one for short pulses of visible light(<$1{\mu}sec$) which simulate the transit of energetic charged particles or ${\gamma}$-rays, and the other for rather long pulses of light(1msec) which simulate x-ray exposure in medical imaging, We used two definitions of phtoconductive gain : current gain and charge gain which is an integration of the current gain. We obtained typical charge gains of 3~9 for short pulses and a few hundreds for long pulses at a dark current density level of 10mA/$cm^2$. Various gain results are discussed in terms of the device structure, applied bias and dark current density.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.139-143
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• 1996

A multi-wire proportional counter with large sensitive area was designed and constructed considering diameter of anode wire. its material and space. A preamplifier connecting detector to main amplifier or counter was also designed and constructed for measurement output pulse from multi-wire proportional counter. The preamplifier was composed of charge-sensitive differential circuit. clipping circuit and amplification circuit. To test the performance of this equipment, terminal output pulse from the preamplifier was measured and compared with noise For these tests $^{239}Pu(360 Bq)\;and\; ^{90}Sr/^{90}Y(250 Bq)$ were used as radiation sources. The noise ingredient contributing to the maximum amplitude(180mV from $^{239}Pu$ and 200 mV from $^{90}Sr/^{90}Y$) was found to be very small(8 mV) Piled up pulse occurring at the output pulse of charge-sensitive differential circuit was measured as an independent pulse since this affected the amplification in the clipping circuit and amplification circuit. This information can be used to improve the loss of measurement due to piled up pulse.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.173-179
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• 2006

The Monte Carlo simulation code CEARPPU has been developed and updated to provide pulse pile-up correction spectra for high counting rate cases. For neutron activation analysis, CEARPPU correction spectra were used in library least-squares method to give better isotopic activity results than the convention library least-squares fitting with uncorrected spectra.