• 제목/요약/키워드: Multi-arrayed plastic scintillator

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Radionuclide identification based on energy-weighted algorithm and machine learning applied to a multi-array plastic scintillator

  • Hyun Cheol Lee ;Bon Tack Koo ;Ju Young Jeon ;Bo-Wi Cheon ;Do Hyeon Yoo ;Heejun Chung;Chul Hee Min
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권10호
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    • pp.3907-3912
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    • 2023
  • Radiation portal monitors (RPMs) installed at airports and harbors to prevent illicit trafficking of radioactive materials generally use large plastic scintillators. However, their energy resolution is poor and radionuclide identification is nearly unfeasible. In this study, to improve isotope identification, a RPM system based on a multi-array plastic scintillator and convolutional neural network (CNN) was evaluated by measuring the spectra of radioactive sources. A multi-array plastic scintillator comprising an assembly of 14 hexagonal scintillators was fabricated within an area of 50 × 100 cm2. The energy spectra of 137Cs, 60Co, 226Ra, and 4K (KCl) were measured at speeds of 10-30 km/h, respectively, and an energy-weighted algorithm was applied. For the CNN, 700 and 300 spectral images were used as training and testing images, respectively. Compared to the conventional plastic scintillator, the multi-arrayed detector showed a high collection probability of the optical photons generated inside. A Compton maximum peak was observed for four moving radiation sources, and the CNN-based classification results showed that at least 70% was discriminated. Under the speed condition, the spectral fluctuations were higher than those under dwelling condition. However, the machine learning results demonstrated that a considerably high level of nuclide discrimination was possible under source movement conditions.

치료용 전자선 계측을 위한 1차원 광섬유 방사선량계의 제작 및 특성분석 (Fabrication and Characterization of a One-dimensional Fiber-optic Dosimeter for Electron Beam Therapy Dosimetry)

  • 장경원;조동현;신상훈;유욱재;전재훈;이봉수;문주현;박병기
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.285-290
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구를 통하여 개발된 1차원 광섬유 방사선량계는 PMMA 팬텀에 10개의 광섬유 방사선 선세를 배열하여 제작하였다. 1차원 광섬유 방사선량계를 구성하는 각각의 광섬유 방사선 센서는 플라스틱 광섬유와 유기섬광체로 구성되어 있다. 각각의 유기섬광체는 치료용 선형가속기에서 발생되는 고 에너지 방사선에 의해 섬광빛을 방출하고 방출된 섬광빛은 플라스틱 광섬유를 통하여 광 계측장비인 다채널의 포토다이오드 증폭 시스템으로 전달된다. 본 연구에서는 1차원 광섬유 방사선량계를 이용하여 에너지와 조사야의 크기에 따른 치료용 전자선의 1차원적 선량분포를 측정하였고 섬광체의 광신호 측정에 있어 방해요소로 작용하는 체렌코프 빛을 전자선의 입사각도에 따라 계측 및 분석하였다. 또한 PMMA 팬텀의 깊이에 따른 선량을 계측함으로써 3차원적 심부선량백분율을 측정하였고 그에 따른 등선량곡선을 도시화하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 개발된 1차원 광섬유 방사선량계는 고 분해능, 실시간 측정, 쉬운 보정 등 많은 장점을 가지고 있다.

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