• 제목/요약/키워드: Photomultiplier

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Application of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon(a-Si : H) Radiation Detectors in Nuclear Medicine

  • Lee, Hyoung-Koo;Mendez, Victor-Perez;Shinn, Kyung-Sub
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.65-77
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    • 1995
  • A new gamma camera using a-Si : H photodetectors has been designed for the imaging of heart and other small organs. In this new design the photomultiplier tubes and the position sensing circuitry are replaced by 2-D array of a-Si : H p-i-n pixel photode tectors and readout circuitry which are built on a substrate. Without the photomultiplier tubes this camera is light weight, hence can be made portable. To predict the characteristics and the performance of this new gamma camera we did Monte Carlo simulations. In the simulations 128${\times}$128 imaging array of various pixel sixes were used. $\^$99m/Tc(140keV)and $\^$201/Tl(70keV) were used as radiation sources. From the simulations we could obtain the resolution of the camera and ther overall system, and the blurring effects due to scattering in the phantom. Using the Wiener filter for image processing, restoration of the blurred image could be achieved. Simulation results of a-Si : H based gamma camera were compared with those of a conwentional gamma camera.

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가정용 식품 방사능 모니터링 센서 개발 및 유용성 평가 (Development of a Foods Radioactivity Monitoring Sensor for Household and Evaluation of its Effectiveness)

  • 박혜민;김정호;이운장;김도형;민수정;주관식
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제26권6호
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    • pp.427-431
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    • 2017
  • In this study, a foods radioactivity monitoring sensor was developed as a part of basic research for household radioactivity monitoring, and its performance was evaluated using a calibration source. The prototype of the sensor was based on a CsI:Tl scintillator using a crystal light guide and Si photomultiplier. The light guide was introduced to improve gamma-ray detection efficiency. For quantitative evaluation, tests were conducted using $^{134}Cs$ liquid source. In the performance evaluation, It was confirmed that analysis of $^{134}Cs$: 100 Bq/L(kg) was possible. Thus, result of this study is expected to contribute to research in the development of the household foods radioactivity monitoring system.

Development of low-cost, compact, real-time, and wireless radiation monitoring system in underwater environment

  • Kim, Jeong Ho;Park, Ki Hyun;Joo, Koan Sik
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제50권5호
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    • pp.801-805
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    • 2018
  • In this study, an underwater radiation detector was built using a GAGG(Ce) scintillator and silicon photomultiplier to establish an underwater radiation exposure monitoring system. The GAGG(Ce) scintillator is suitable for small radiation detectors as it strongly absorbs gamma rays and has a high light emission rate with no deliquescent properties. Additionally, the silicon photomultiplier is a light sensor with characteristics such as small size and low applied voltage. Further, a program and mobile app were developed to monitor the radiation coefficient values generated from the detector. According to the results of the evaluation of the characteristics of the underwater radiation monitoring system, when tested for its responsiveness to radiation intensity and reactivity, the system exhibited a coefficient of determination of at least 0.99 with respect to the radiation source distance. Additionally, when tested for its underwater environmental temperature dependence, the monitoring system exhibited an increase in the count rate up to a certain temperature because of the increasing dark current and a decrease in the count rate because of decreasing overvoltage. Extended studies based on the results of this study are expected to greatly contribute to immediate and continuing evaluation of the degree of radioactive contamination in underwater environments.

펄스 레이저 기반 담수용 미세 플라스틱 실시간 센서 모니터링 시스템 연구 (Study on Real Time Sensor Monitoring Systems Based on Pulsed Laser for Microplastic Detection in Tap Water)

  • 한승헌;김대근;정행윤;김선훈
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제28권5호
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    • pp.294-298
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    • 2019
  • Pulsed laser-based optical sensor monitoring systems for real time microplastic particle counting are proposed and developed in this study. To develop our real time monitoring system, we used a 450 nm pulsed laser and a photomultiplier with very high quantum efficiency. First, we demonstrated that the microplastic particle counting system could detect standard micro bead samples of 100, 250, and $500{\mu}m$ in river water. We then performed research concerning pulsed laser-based optical spectral sensor systems for real time microplastic monitoring. Additionally, we demonstrated that the real time microplastic remote monitoring system using LoRa communications could detect microplastic in the tap water resource protection area.

휴대용 단말 기반 의료용 무선 방사선 모니터링 시스템 개발 (Development of a Portable Device Based Wireless Medical Radiation Monitoring System)

  • 박혜민;홍현승;김정호;주관식
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제39권3호
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    • pp.150-158
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    • 2014
  • 각 의료기관 내 방사선 관련 종사자나 방사선 치료환자들은 진단 및 치료 시 필연적으로 의료상 피폭을 수반하게 된다. 국제방사선방호위원회(ICRP) 권고나 국제원자력기구(IAEA)의 기준에 따라 기준선량 제약치를 적용 및 권고 받고 있지만 1차 피폭대상자인 종사자나 환자들의 피폭최적관리를 위해서는 잠재적인 피폭대상자들에게 기존의 피폭관리 시스템보다 직접적이고 가용성이 높은 측정 및 분석 방법이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기존에 구비된 휴대용 단말과 연동하여 원거리에서 실시간으로 방사선 모니터링이 가능한 시스템을 개발하였다. 모니터링 시스템은 검출부, 영상부, 통신부 세 부분으로 구성되었다. 검출부는 시스템의 소형화를 위해 실리콘 광증배소자(silicon photomultiplier) 기반 섬광검출기를 설계하였으며, 영상부는 무선 CCD (charge-coupled device)카메라 모듈을 사용하여 검출부와 함께 Bluetooth 통신모듈을 통해 휴대용 단말로 측정된 방사선 정보와 영상이 전송된다. 제작된 시스템은 성능 평가를 위해 진단용 X-ray 발생장치와 $^{137}Cs$, $^{22}Na$, $^{60}Co$, $^{204}Tl$, $^{90}Sr$ 선원을 사용하였다. 측정결과를 통해 개발된 시스템은 gamma, beta, X-ray에 대해서 검출 반응성을 확인하였고, 방사선 세기에 따른 응답 선형성과 MCNPX 전산코드를 이용한 측정 거리에 따른 시스템의 검출 정확도 평가 시 3% 내외의 오차범위를 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 방사선 검출 시스템 구성의 비용절감 효과와 개인피폭정도관리에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

난류 확산화염의 계측 위치에 따른 화염자발광 특성에 대한 연구 (A Study on chemiluminescence characteristics of a turbulent flame for different measurement location)

  • 권민준;이창엽;김세원
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국연소학회 2014년도 제49회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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    • pp.219-222
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    • 2014
  • The flame chemiluminescence is a good tracer of flame statement. In this study, the characteristics of flame chemiluminescence($OH^*$, $CH^*$, ${C_2}^*$) according different measuring locations using photomultiplier(PMT), spectrometer and CCD camera. Measurements are made for $OH^*$, $CH^*$, ${C_2}^*$ radicals in gas & light oil diffusion flames. At turbulent nonpremixed combustion mode, the equivalence ratio is varied. The experimental results showed that measuring location affects the result of flame chemiluminescence.

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귀환광을 이용한 레이저방전내의 광이득 측정시스템 (Optical Gain Measuring System in the Laser Discharge using Feedback Light)

  • 최상태
    • 조명전기설비학회논문지
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    • 제25권7호
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2011
  • A spectroscopic measuring system was developed in order to determine optical gain of gas laser discharge for any optical transitions between 190[nm] and 800[nm] without laser resonator. With an image optical system and a feedback optical system emission light of laser discharge are entered in a monochromator and received at a photomultiplier. Subsequently optical gain and line intensity are measured.

기체방전에서 전자 Avalanche의 관측

  • 이동인
    • 전기의세계
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    • 제29권6호
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    • pp.349-353
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    • 1980
  • 본고에서는 기체중에서 전자의 전이과정을 관찰하기 위하여 많이 적용되어지는 방법에 대해서 기초적인 사항만 언급을 하였으나 이러한 technique를 사용함으로써 전하의 공간적인 분포상태를 파악할 수 있으며 avalanch의 전자나 이온의 이동으로 인하여 외부회로에 전류를 발생시키는데 이것은 amplifier와 oscilloscope에 의하여 측정을 할 수 있다. 또한 인가한 전계의 작용으로 전자가 양극으로 이동할 때 충돌전리작용에 의하여 새로운 전자를 생성할 뿐만 아니라 여기방사작용에 의하여 광자를 생성시킨다. 이러한 광자는 photomultiplier나 image-intensifier를 사용하므로써 감지할 수 있다. 이러한 결과로부터 우리는 전이현상의 기본적인 Data 즉 전자, 양이온 및 음이온의 이동속도, 전리계수 .alpha.와 부착계수 .eta.등을 유도할 수 있다.

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