• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.256-260
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• 2014

Columnar-structured cesium iodide (CsI) scintillators doped with thallium (Tl) are frequently used as x-ray converters in medical and industrial imaging. In this study we investigated the imaging characteristics of CsI:Tl films with various reflective layers-aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), and titanium dioxide ($TiO_2$) powder-coated on glass substrates. We used two effusion-cell sources in a thermal evaporator system to fabricate CsI:Tl films on substrates. The scintillators were observed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and scintillation characteristics were evaluated on the basis of the emission spectrum, light output, light response to x-ray dose, modulation transfer function (MTF), and x-ray images. Compared to control films without a reflective layer, CsI:Tl films with reflective layers showed better sensitivity and light collection efficiency, and the film with a $TiO_2$ reflective layer showed the best properties.

• Biomedical Engineering Letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.383-392
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• 2018

For prompt gamma ray imaging for biomedical applications and environmental radiation monitoring, we propose herein a multiple-scattering Compton camera (MSCC). MSCC consists of three or more semiconductor layers with good energy resolution, and has potential for simultaneous detection and differentiation of multiple radio-isotopes based on the measured energies, as well as three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the radio-isotope distribution. In this study, we developed an analytic simulator and a 3D image generator for a MSCC, including the physical models of the radiation source emission and detection processes that can be utilized for geometry and performance prediction prior to the construction of a real system. The analytic simulator for a MSCC records coincidence detections of successive interactions in multiple detector layers. In the successive interaction processes, the emission direction of the incident gamma ray, the scattering angle, and the changed traveling path after the Compton scattering interaction in each detector, were determined by a conical surface uniform random number generator (RNG), and by a Klein-Nishina RNG. The 3D image generator has two functions: the recovery of the initial source energy spectrum and the 3D spatial distribution of the source. We evaluated the analytic simulator and image generator with two different energetic point radiation sources (Cs-137 and Co-60) and with an MSCC comprising three detector layers. The recovered initial energies of the incident radiations were well differentiated from the generated MSCC events. Correspondingly, we could obtain a multi-tracer image that combined the two differentiated images. The developed analytic simulator in this study emulated the randomness of the detection process of a multiple-scattering Compton camera, including the inherent degradation factors of the detectors, such as the limited spatial and energy resolutions. The Doppler-broadening effect owing to the momentum distribution of electrons in Compton scattering was not considered in the detection process because most interested isotopes for biomedical and environmental applications have high energies that are less sensitive to Doppler broadening. The analytic simulator and image generator for MSCC can be utilized to determine the optimal geometrical parameters, such as the distances between detectors and detector size, thus affecting the imaging performance of the Compton camera prior to the development of a real system.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.83-101
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• 2022

Accurate atmospheric correction is essential for the analysis of land surface and environmental monitoring. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) information is particularly important in atmospheric correction because the radiation attenuation by Mie scattering makes the differences between the radiation calculated at the satellite sensor and the radiation measured at the land surface. Thus, it is necessary to use high-quality AOD data for an appropriate atmospheric correction of high-resolution satellite images. In this study, we examined the Second Simulation of a Satellite Signal in the Solar Spectrum (6S)-based atmospheric correction results for the Sentinel-2 images in South Korea using raster AOD (MODIS) and single-point AOD (AERONET). The 6S result was overall agreed with the Sentinel-2 level 2 data. Moreover, using raster AOD showed better performance than using single-point AOD. The atmospheric correction using the single-point AOD yielded some inappropriate values for forest and water pixels, where as the atmospheric correction using raster AOD produced stable and natural patterns in accordance with the land cover map. Also, the Sentinel-2 normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) after the 6S correction had similar patterns to the up scaled drone NDVI, although Sentinel-2 NDVI had relatively low values. Also, the spatial distribution of both images seemed very similar for growing and harvest seasons. Future work will be necessary to make efforts for the gap-filling of AOD data and an accurate bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model for high-resolution atmospheric correction. These methods can help improve the land surface monitoring using the future Compact Advanced Satellite 500 in South Korea.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.2927-2934
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• 2023

The influence of the atmospheric radon background on the airborne gamma spectrum can seriously affect researchers' judgement of ground radiation information. However, due to load and endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-borne gamma-ray spectrometry is difficulty installing upward-looking detectors to monitor atmospheric radon background. In this paper, an advanced spectral-ratio method was used to correct the atmospheric radon background for a UAV-borne gamma-ray spectrometry in Inner Mongolia, China. By correcting atmospheric radon background, the ratio of the average count rate of U window in the anomalous radon zone (S5) to that in other survey zone decreased from 1.91 to 1.03, and the average uranium content in S5 decreased from 4.65 mg/kg to 3.37 mg/kg. The results show that the advanced spectral-ratio method efficiently eliminated the influence of the atmospheric radon background on the UAV-borne gamma-ray spectrometry to accurately obtain ground radiation information in uranium exploration. It can also be used for uranium tailings monitoring, and environmental radiation background surveys.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2008

최근 의료영상저장 및 전송 시스템(Picture Archiving and Communication System, PACS)의 발전과 함께 디지털 영상의 발전이 가속화되면서, 특히 기존의 아날로그 시스템을 활용할 수 있는 컴퓨터 X-선 촬영(Computed Radiography, CR)의 활용도가 높아졌다. 본 연구에서는 실제 임상에서 사용되고 있는 Agfa CR system (Agfa CR 2.5; Agfa, Belgium)과 Fuji CR system (FCR 9000C; Full, Japan)을 이용하여 영상의 정량적 평가에 널리 사용되고 있는 변조전달함수(Modulation Transfer Function, MTF), 잡음력 스펙트럼(Noise Power Spectrum, NPS), 양자검출효율(Detective Quantum Efficiency, DQE)를 통해 시스템간의 성능 비교 및 I.P (Imaging Plate) 크기별 픽셀 크기 차이 및 선량의 변화에 의한 화질영향을 정량적으로 평가하였다. X-선 영상 획득실험을 위하여 국제표준인 IEC 61267에서 제공하는 RQA5의 선질(Additional Filter $0.7+21Al[mm],\;71[kV_p])$을 사용하였다. 실험 결과 Agfa CR 시스템의 경우 10% 응답의 MTF는 $8{\times}10$ inch와 $14{\times}17$ inch I.P에서 각각 3.9, 2.8 cycles/mm으로 측정되었으며, Fuji CR 시스템의 경우 각각 3.4, 3.2 cycles/mm로 측정되었다 선량의 변화에 따른 MTF도 측정결과는, 두 시스템 모두 선량변화에 따른 MTF의 차이는 크지 않았으며, MTF 10% 응답 주파수 영역도 거의 같은 것을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과를 통하여 선량은 영상의 해상력 및 MTF에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않는 것을 확인하였다. NPS의 경우 Agfa CR 시스템의 $100{\mu}m$ 픽셀 크기를 갖는 $8{\times}10$ inch I.P와 $150{\mu}m$ 픽셀 크기를 갖는 $14{\times}17$ inch I.P사이에 큰 차이가 없었다. 또한 두 시스템 모두 선량이 증가할수록 NPS가 좋아지는 결과를 나타내었다. 진단가능영역인 1.5 cycles/mm 주파수 영역에서 DQE의 효율 측정결과 Agfa CR 시스템의 $8{\times}10$ inch I.P가 11%로 측정되었으며, $14{\times}17\;inch\;I.P$는 8.8%로 측정되었다. Agfa CR 시스템의 DQE 효율 차이는 고주파수 영역에서 두드러지게 나타났다. Fuji CR 시스템의 경우 I.P 크기별 픽셀 크기는 $100{\mu}m$로 동일하였기 때문에 DQE 효율 측정결과 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 또한 두 시스템 모두 선량이 증가할수록 DQE 효율은 감소함을 나타내었다. 화질평가의 복합적인 요소를 담고 있는 DQE 측정은 장치의 성능을 점검하고, 환자의 피폭선량을 개선시키는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 Agfa CR 시스템과 Fuji CR 시스템의 픽셀 크기별, 선량별 DQE를 측정함으로써 CR 시스템의 임상적 응용의 최적화를 위한 기초 자료로서 이용될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.335-335
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• 2001

Direct-normal, total horizontal and diffuse horizontal irradiance data obtained from a multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer over seven different wavelength bands (416nm, 151nm, 616nm, 675nm, 870nm and 940nm and the entire spectrum) has been analyzed at Kwangju, South Korea from June 1998 December 2000. The maximum hourly global radiation flux ranged from 0.44 MJ/$m^2$ to 2.68 MJ/$m^2$ at around 11:00-12:00 Hr local time while the maximum hourly diffuse radiation flux ranged from about 0.96 MJ/$m^2$ to 1.37 MJ/$m^2$. The maximum hourly direct irradiance ranged from 1.42 MJ/$m^2$ to 2.92 MJ/$m^2$ from June1998-2000. During the period under consideration, the average monthly global radiation recorded were 13.09 MJ/$m^2$/day, 10.58MJ/$m^2$/day and 9.78MJ/$m^2$/day for years 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively, while the diffuse irradiance were 6.54 MJ/$m^2$/day, 5.33 MJ/$m^2$/day and 5.14 MJ/$m^2$/day for f998, 1999 and 2000 respectively. The direct irradiance values at the site were 11.63 MJ/$m^2$/day, 8.24MJ/$m^2$/day and 7.75 MJ/$m^2$/day for 1998, f999 and 2000 respectively. It was observed that each of the years has its own unique meteorological parameters that affect the quality and quantity of radiation received for each month. The annual average daily fractions of the diffuse to the global radiation (KD) were 0.51, 0.61 and 0.59 for years 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively. Analysis indicated that the average daily KD ranged from 0.13 to a maximum value of 0.99 in May for irradiance measured at the broadband channel while the maximum and minimum KD value of 0.91 and 0.23 was recorded at wavelength band 870nm and 940nm in January and September respectively. The lowest average daily clearness index (Kt) value recorded was 0.03 in May (Spring) and the annual average daily clearness indexes are 0.45, 0.34 and 0.35 for years 1998, f999 and 2000 respectively. The frequency of clear days annually at Kwangju is 67.95%, 29.57% and 40.72% for years 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2014

몬테칼로 모사를 이용하여 베타선으로부터 발생되는 제동복사선과 이로 인해 받는 선량을 비교 분석 하고자 하였으며, 방사선 차폐에 이용하는 납치마를 이용하여 실제 I-131 치료병실에서 발생되는 방사선의 감쇠정도를 비교하고자 하였다. 몬테칼로 모사를 이용하여 납 또는 물로 구성된 차폐체를 설정하여 베타선의 상호작용에 대한 스펙트럼을 분석하였으며, 납치마를 기준으로 0.25 mm 와 0.5 mm의 납 설정과 물 0.1 mm 와 0.2 mm를 설정하여 납만을 이용한 차폐방법과 물과 납을 두 가지를 이용한 차폐실험을 진행하였다. 실험 결과 납 두께 0.5 mm로 차폐 시 선량이 물과 납을 이용한 2차 차폐 방법을 사용했을 때와 유사하게 나타났으며, 납 0.25 mm 만을 사용했을 때 차폐효과가 다소 낮았지만, 납 차폐체가 없는 때의 선량에 비해 약 60% 감소효과를 나타냈다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.61-70
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• 1992

국내 원전의 주종인 가압경수로를 대상으로 스펙트로메트리 기법에 의한 감마, 중성자 그리고 베타 방사선장에 대한 특성조사를 수행하였다. 감마선장의 경우, HPGe 반도체 검출기로 구성된 휴대용 감마 스펙트로메타를 사용하여 측정한 결과, 평균 에너지 값의 분포는 가동정지중일 때 원전의 격납용기내에서 $440{\sim}780keV$, 가동중일 때 원전의 보조건물내에서 $280{\sim}760 keV$로 나타났다. 가동중인 원전의 격납용기내 operation deck를 중심으로 5개 지점에 대하여 BMSS (Bonner Multiple Spectrometry System)을 사용하여 중성자선장을 조사하였다. BUNKI 코드를 사용하여 측정스펙트럼을 분해하였으며, 측정 장소에서의 평균 에너지 값의 분포는 $20{\sim}210 keV$이었다. 베타피폭원인 오염에 대하여 가동정지 상태인 원전의 격납용기내와 보조건물의 총 14개 지점의 고방사성 오염지역에서 smearing 시료를 채취하여 표면장벽형 Si 반도체검출기를 사용하여 에너지 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 그 결과 부식생성물 $^{60}Co$에 의한 베타 에너지가 지배적인 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2017

Background: X-ray imaging detectors for the nondestructive cargo container inspection using MeV-energy X-rays should accurately portray the internal structure of the irradiated container. Internal and external factors can cause noise, affecting image quality, and scattered radiation is the greatest source of noise. To obtain a high-performance transmission image, the influence of scattered radiation must be minimized, and this can be accomplished through several methods. The scatter rejection method using an anti-scatter grid is the preferred method to reduce the impact of scattered radiation. In this paper, we present an evaluation the characteristics of the signal and noise according to physical and material changes in the anti-scatter grid of the imaging detector used in cargo container scanners. Materials and Methods: We evaluated the characteristics of the signal and noise according to changes in the grid ratio and the material of the anti-scatter grid in an X-ray image detector using MCNP6. The grid was composed of iron, lead, or tungsten, and the grid ratio was set to 2.5, 12.5, 25, or 37.5. X-ray spectrum sources for simulation were generated by 6- and 9-MeV electron impacts on the tungsten target using MCNP6. The object in the simulation was designed using metallic material of various thicknesses inside the steel container. Using the results of the computational simulation, we calculated the change in the scatter-to-primary ratio and the signal-to-noise ratio improvement factor according to the grid ratio and the grid material, respectively. Results and Discussion: Changing the grid ratios of the anti-scatter grid and the grid material decreased the scatter linearly, affecting the signal-to-noise ratio. Conclusion: The grid ratio and material of the anti-scatter grid affected the response characteristics of a container scanner using high-energy X-rays, but to a minimal extent; thus, it may not be practically effective to incorporate anti-scatter grids into container scanners.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2013

NaI(Tl) 섬광검출기로 측정한 에너지 스펙트럼으로부터 공간 감마 선량률을 계산하기 위하여 에너지밴드 방법과 G-factor 방법의 결과를 비교 검토하였다. 먼저 한국원자력연구원 내 운영 중인 환경방사선감시기 EFRD 3300에 장착된 3"${\Phi}X3$" NaI(Tl) 검출기의 G-factor를 MCNP 모델링을 통하여 입사 방사선의 방향에 따라 각각 구하였으며, 이로부터 계산된 선량률과 에너지밴드 방법으로 계산된 결과의 차이를 비교 검토함으로써 EFRD 3300에 적용 가능한 최적의 G-factor 값을 유도하였다. 그리고 EFRD 3300 방사선감시기가 운영되고 있는 지역 주변에 위치한 HPIC 방사선감시기의 선량률과 비교 검토를 수행하였으며, 3"${\Phi}X3$" NaI(Tl) 검출기 기반의 EFRD 3300에서 $7.7{\mu}R/h$의 측정값을 얻어 약 $3{\mu}R/h$ 정도의 차이를 보였다. 일반적으로 HPIC 방사선감시기는 고에너지 우주방사선량도 측정할 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있으므로, 이 차이는 3"${\Phi}X3$" NaI 계측기로 측정되지 못하는 고에너지 영역의 우주방사선에 의한 영향으로 평가할 수 있었다.