• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.944-949
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• 2018

The mass attenuation coefficients (${\mu}/{\rho}$) of food waste samples (pomegranate peel, acorn cap, lemon peel, mandarin peel, pumpkin peel, grape peel, orange peel, pineapple peel, acorn peel and grape stalk) have been measured employing a Si(Li) detector at 13.92, 17.75, 20.78, 26.34 and 59.54 keV. Also, the theoretical values of the mass attenuation coefficients have been evaluated utilizing mixture rule from WinXCOM program. The results showed that the lemon peel has the highest values of ${\mu}/{\rho}$ among the selected samples. From the obtained mass attenuation coefficients, we determined some absorption parameters such as effective atomic number ($Z_{eff}$), electron density ($N_E$) and molar extinction coefficient (${\varepsilon}$). It was found that the $Z_{eff}$ values of all food wastes lie within the range of 4.034-7.595, whereas the $N_E$ of the studied food wastes was found to be in the range of $0.301-1.720{\times}10^{25}$ (electrons/g) for present energy region.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2016

Dual energy computed tomography (DECT) is used to classify two materials and quantify the mass density of each material in the human body. An energy modulation filter based DECT could acquire two images, which are generated by the low- and high-energy photon spectra, in one scan, with one tube and detector. In the case of DECT using the energy modulation filter, the filter should perform the optimization process for the type of materials and thicknesses for generating two photon spectra. In this study, Geant4 Monte-Carlo simulation toolkit was used to execute the optimization process for determining the property of the energy modulation filter. In the process, various materials used for the energy modulation filter are copper (Cu, $8.96g/cm^3$), niobium (Nb, $8.57g/cm^3$), stannum (Sn, $7.31g/cm^3$), gold (Au, $19.32g/cm^3$), and lead (Pb, $11.34g/cm^3$). The thickness of the modulation filter varied from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. To evaluate the overlap region of the low- and high-energy spectrum, Geant4 Monte-Carlo simulation is used. The variation of the photon flux and the mean energy of photon spectrum that passes through the energy modulation filter are evaluated. In the primary photon spectrum of 80 kVp, the optimal modulation filter is a 0.1 mm lead filter that can acquire the same mean energy of 140 kVp photon spectrum. The lead filter of 0.1 mm based dual energy CBCT is required to increase the tube current 4.37 times than the original tube current owing to the 77.1% attenuation in the filter.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.375-379
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• 2015

이 연구의 목적은 다종에너지 X선 빔의 유효에너지를 결정하는데 있다. 80 kVp X선 빔에 대한 알루미늄의 반가층은 광자극형광나노닷선량계들(OSLnDs)을 사용하여 측정하였다. 선감쇠계수(${\mu}$)는 측정된 반가층을 사용하여 계산하였다. 그리고 질량감쇠계수(${\mu}/{\rho}$)는 알루미늄의 밀도로 선감쇠계수를 나누어 얻었다. 얻어진 질량감쇠계수의 유효에너지($E_{eff}$)는 미국표준기술연구소(NIST)에서 주어진 알루미늄의 광자에너지들에 대한 X선질량감쇠계수들의 자료를 사용하여 결정하였다. 결과로서, 반가층, 선감쇠계수 및 질량감쇠계수는 각각 2.262 mmAl, $3.06cm^{-1}$, $1.114cm^2/g$이다. 그리고 유효에너지는 29.79 keV에서 결정되었다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.115-124
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• 1990

고 에너지 23MV광자선의 특성 중 임상적용에 중요한 심부선량 백분율, 조직-최대선량비 (TMR), 산란-최대선량비 (SMR), 표면선량 및 출력선량 보정계수등의 변수가 이온전리 (IC-10)함 및 평행 평판전리 (PS-033)함에 의해 측정 조사되었다. 명목상의 23 MV X-선에 대한 가속에너지는 $18.5\pm0.5$ MV로 측정되었다. Mevatron KD 8067의 23 MV X-선의 중심선속의 반가층이 기하학적인 좁은 선속으로 측정되었으며 반가층의 두께는 $24.5\;g/cm^2$이었다. 조직-최대선량비는 심부선량백분율표에서 구해졌으며, 실측치와 비교한 결과 각 조사면의 크기와 깊이에서 약간의 차이를 보였으나 평균 $0.7\pm0.5$의 오차를 나타내고 있어 계산에 의한 TMR 값과 잘 일치함을 보였다. 조사면 $0\times0\;cm^2$의 TMR 값은 zero 조사면의 유효감약계수에 의한 값과, 각 조사면의 조직-최대 선량비로 부터 비선형최소자승법에 의해 구해진 유효선흡수계수 및 반가층 측정에 의한 유효선흡수 계수에 의한 값들로 비교되었으며, $\mu=0.0283{\pm}0,0002cm^{-1}$을 보였고, 세 방법 모두 오차범위내에서 잘 일치됨을 보였다. 한편, 불규칙 조사면의 선량계산에 이용될 SMR은 조사면의 반경 50cm까지 계산되어 대형 조사 면에서도 선량율 산출이 이루어지도록 하였다. Mevatron KD 8067의 23 MV X-선의 조직 표면선량은 SSD 100 cm, 1$10\times10\;cm^2$의 조사면에서 최대조직선량율의 $9.6\%,\;25\times25\;cm^2$에서는 $25.4\%$를 보였다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.591-596
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 실험으로 6 MV X-선 빔의 등가에너지를 결정하는 데 있다. 6 MV X-선 빔에 대한 납의 반가층은 전리함을 사용하여 측정하였다. 선감쇠계수는 측정된 반가층을 사용하여 계산하였다. 그리고 질량감쇠계수는 납의 밀도로 선감쇠계수를 나누어 얻었다. 얻어진 질량감쇠계수의 등가에너지는 미국표준기술연구소에서 주어진 납의 광자에너지 대 질량감쇠계수 자료를 사용하여 결정하였다. 그 결과로서, 6 MV X-선 빔에 대한 등가에너지는 1.61 MeV로 결정되었다. 이 등가에너지는 Reft가 보고한 것 보다 약 30% 낮게 결정되었다. 그 원인은 납 감쇠기 사이의 공기공동의 존재에 기인한 것으로 추정된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.4142-4149
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• 2021

In the radiation protection application, the metal-polymer composites have been developed for their radiation shielding properties. In this research, the elastomer composites doped by 10 ㎛ and 100nm size of lead, bismuth and tungsten particles as filler with 30 and 60 wt percentages were prepared. To survey the shielding properties of the polymer composites using gamma-ray emitted from 152Eu and 137Cs sources, the gamma flux was measured by using NaI(Tl) detector, then the linear attenuation coefficient was calculated. Also, the Monte Carlo simulation (MCs) method was used. The results showed a direct relationship between the linear attenuation coefficients of the absorbent and filler ratio. Also, the decrease in the particle size of the shielding material in each weight percentage improved the radiation shielding features. When the dimension of the particles was in the order of nano-size, more attenuation was achieved. At low energies used for medical diagnostic X-ray applications due to the predominance of the photoelectric effect, bismuth and lead were suitable selection as filler.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.1061-1070
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• 2023

Over the last few years, lead-free inorganic metal perovskites have gained impressive ground in empowering satellites in space exploration owing to their material stability and performance evolution under extreme space environments. The present work has examined the versatility of eight such perovskites as space radiation shielding materials by computing their photon, charged particles and neutron interaction parameters. Photon interaction parameters were calculated for a wide energy range using PAGEX software. The ranges of heavy charged particles (H, He, C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si and Fe ions) in these perovskites were estimated using SRIM software in the energy range 1 keV-10 GeV, and that of electrons was computed using ESTAR NIST software in the energy range 0.01 MeV-1 GeV. Further, the macroscopic fast neutron removal cross-sections were also calculated to estimate the neutron shielding efficiencies. The examined shielding parameters of the perovskites varied depending on the radiation type and energy. Among the selected perovskites, Cs₂TiI₆ and Ba₂AgIO₆ displayed superior photon attenuation properties. A 3.5 cm thick Ba₂AgIO₆-based shield could reduce the incident radiation intensity to half its initial value, a thickness even lesser than that of Pb-glass. Besides, CsSnBr₃ and La_0.8Ca_0.2Ni_0.5Ti_0.5O₃ displayed the highest and lowest range values, respectively, for all heavy charged particles. Ba₂AgIO₆ showed electron stopping power (on par with Kovar) better than that of other examined materials. Interestingly, La_0.8Ca_0.2Ni_0.5Ti_0.5O₃ demonstrated neutron removal cross-section values greater than that of standard neutron shielding materials - aluminium and polyethylene. On the whole, the present study not only demonstrates the employment prospects of eco-friendly perovskites for shielding space radiations but also suggests future prospects for research in this direction.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.411-414
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• 2002

The CdTe semiconductor detector has a higher detection efficiency for x-rays and $\square$amma rays and a wider energy band gap compared with Si and Ge semiconductor detectors. Therefore, the size of the detector element can be made small, and can be operated at room temperature. The interaction between a CdTe detector and incident x-rays is mainly photoelectric absorption in the photon energy range of up to 100 keV. In this energy range, Compton effects are almost negligible. We have developed a 256 channel CdTe array detector system for monochromatic x-ray CT using synchrotron radiation. The CdTe array detector system, the element size of which is 1.98 mm (h) x 1.98 mm (w) x 0.5 mm (t), was operated in photon counting mode. In order to improve the spatial resolution, we tilted the CdTe array detector against the incident parallel monochromatic x-ray beam. The experiments were performed at the BL20B2 experimental hutch in SPring-8. The energy of incident monochromatic x-rays was set at 55 keV. Phantom measurements were performed at the detector angle of 0, 30 and 45 degrees against the incident parallel monochromatic x-rays. The linear attenuation coefficients were calculated from the reconstructed CT images. By increasing the detector angle, the spatial resolutions were improved. There was no significant difference between the linear attenuation coefficients which were corrected by the detector angle. It was found that this method was useful for improving the spatial resolution in a parallel monochromatic x-ray CT system.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.216-233
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• 2021

In this work, Rhizophora spp. particleboard phantoms were made using SPI-based adhesives, modified with sodium hydroxide and itaconic acid polyamidoamine-epichlorohydrin (0, 5, 10, and 15 wt%). An X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging system was used to ascertain the CT numbers and density distribution profiles of the particleboards. The SPI-based/NaOH/IA-PAE/Rhizophora spp. particleboard phantoms with 15 wt% IA-PAE addition level had the highest solid content, flexural strength, flexural modulus, and internal bonding strength of 36.06 ± 1.08%, 18.61 ± 0.38 Nmm^-2, 7605.76 ± 0.89 Nmm^-2, and 0.463 ± 0.053 Nmm^-2, respectively. The moisture content, mass density, water absorption, and dimensional stability were 6.93 ± 0.27%, 0.962 ± 0.037 gcm^-3, 22.36 ± 2.47%, and 10.90 ± 0.86%, respectively. The results revealed that the mass attenuation coefficients and effective atomic number values within the 16.59-25.26 keV photon energy region, were close to the calculated XCOM values in water, with a p-value of 0.077. Moreover, the CT images showed that the dissimilarities in the discrepancy of the profile density decreased as the IA-PAE concentrations increased. Therefore, these results support the appropriateness of the SPI-based/NaOH/IA-PAE/Rhizophora spp. particleboard with 15 wt% IA-PAE adhesive as a suitable tissue-equivalent phantom material for medical health applications.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.2000-2010
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• 2021

Mechanical moduli, such as Young's modulus (E), Bulks modulus (B), Shear modulus (S), longitudinal modulus (L), Poisson's ratio (σ) and micro Hardness (H) were theoretically calculated for (100-x)TeO₂+x MgO glasses, where x = 10, 20, 30, 40 and 45 mol%, based on the Makishima-Mackenzie model. The estimated results showed that the mechanical moduli and the microhardness of the glasses were improved with the increase of the MgO contents in the TM glasses, while Poisson's ratio decreased with the increase in MgO content. Moreover, the radiation shielding capacity was evaluated for the studied TM glasses. Thus, the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), transmission factor (TF) and half-value thickness (𝚫_0.5) were simulated for gamma photon energies between 0.344 and 1.406 MeV. The simulated results showed that glass TM10 with 10 mol % MgO possess the highest LAC and varied in the range between 0.259 and 0.711 cm^-1, while TM45 glass with 45 mol % MgO possess the lowest LAC and vary in the range between 0.223 and 0.587 cm^-1 at gamma photon energies between 0.344 and 1.406 MeV. Furthermore, the BXCOM program was applied to calculate the effective atomic number (Z_eff), equivalent atomic number (Z_eq) and buildup factors (EBF and EABF) of the glasses. The effective removal cross-section for the fast neutrons (ERCSFN, ∑_R) was also calculated theoretically. The received data depicts that the lowest ∑_R was achieved for TM10 glasses, where ∑_R = 0.0193 cm² g^-1, while TM45 possesses the highest ERCSFN where ∑_R = 0.0215 cm² g^-1.