• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.1029-1035
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• 2020

The detector suffers from pulse pileup by overlapping of the signals when it was used in high radiation fields. The pulse pileup deteriorates the energy spectrum and causes count losses due to random co-incidences, which might not resolve within the resolving time of the detection system. In this study, it is aimed to propose a new pulse pileup correction method. The proposed method is to correct the start point of the pileup pulse. The parameters are obtained from the fitted exponential curve using the peak point of the previous pulse and the start point of the pileup pulse. The amplitude at the corrected start point of the pileup pulse can be estimated by the peak time of the pileup pulse. The system is composed of a NaI (Tl) scintillation crystal, a photomultiplier tube, and an oscilloscope. A 61 μCi ¹³⁷Cs check-source was placed at a distance of 3 cm, 5 cm, and 10 cm, respectively. The gamma energy spectra for the radioisotope of ¹³⁷Cs were obtained to verify the proposed method. As a result, the correction of the pulse pileup through the proposed method shows a remarkable improvement of FWHM at 662 keV by 29, 39, and 7%, respectively.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2008

$BaCl_2$ crystals were grown by using the Czochralski method, and their scintillation properties were measured. The emission spectrum was located in the range of $370{\sim}450$ nm, peaking at about 400 nm. The fluorescence decay time was approximately 75.9 ns for 662 keV ${\gamma}$-rays excitation. The energy resolution was about 24.4 % for $^{137}Cs$ 662 keV ${\gamma}$-rays, and the ${\alpha}/{\beta}$ ratio to $\alpha$ particles from a $^{210}Po$ 5.4 MeV was about 0.25.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.195-198
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• 2002

A positron camera, consisting of a pair of Anger-type scintillation detectors, has been developed for verifying the ranges of irradiation beams in heavy-ion radiotherapy. Images obtained by a centroid calculation of photomultiplier outputs exhibit a distortion near the edge of the crystal plane in an Anger-type scintillation detector. The images of a $\^$68/Ge line source were detected and look-up tables were prepared for the position correction parameters. Asymmetry of the position distribution detected by the positron camera was prevented with this correction. As a result, a linear position response and a position resolution of 8.6 mm were obtained over a wide measurement field.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1211-1215
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 신소재 $Rb_2LiCeCl_6$ 할라이드 섬광체를 개발하고, 개발된 섬광체의 섬광 및 열형광 특성에 대하여 조사하였다. $Rb_2LiCeCl_6$의 섬광스펙트럼은 $Ce^{3+}$ 이온의 4f ${\rightarrow}$ 5d 천이에 따라 파장범위가 350~410 nm, 피이크 파장은 368 nm 및 378 nm이었다. 섬광감쇠시간 특성은 71 ns의 빠른 시간 특성 성분(85%)과 405 ns의 느린 성분(15%)의 2개로 구성되며, 잔광에 기여한 포획준위의 물리적 변수를 열형광 측정법에서 분석한 결과, 포획 준위의 활성화에너지, 발광차수 및 주파수 인자의 평균값은 각각 0.75 eV, 1.48 및 $3.0{\times}10^8s^{-1}$이었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.337-341
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• 2007

$CsSrCl_{3}$ crystal was grown using Czochralski method from equimolar mixture of CsCl and $SrCl_{2}$. The spectrum range of the luminescence excited by 205 nm of wavelength was about $280{\sim}550$ nm, and its peak emission appeared at 343 nm. The luminescence decay curve of the $CsSrCl_{3}$ revealed two exponential components with time constants of 60 ns and 700 ns. The energy resolution for $^{137}Cs$ 662 keV ${\gamma}$-ray was 10.3 %. The pulse shape was linear at high energy, but some deviation existed in the low energy region.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.3784-3789
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• 2021

We report a simple technique for direct neutron spectroscopy using pure LaCl₃ crystals. Pure LaCl₃ crystals exhibit considerably better pulse shape discrimination (PSD) capabilities with relatively good energy resolution as compared with Ce-doped LaCl₃ crystals. Single crystals of pure and Ce-doped LaCl₃ were grown using an inhouse-developed Bridgman furnace. PSD capabilities of these crystals were investigated using ²⁴¹Am and ¹³⁷Cs sources. Fast neutron detection was tested using a²⁵²Cf source and three separate bands corresponding to electron, proton, and alpha were observed. The proton band induced by the ³⁵Cl(n,p)³⁵S reaction can be used for direct neutron spectroscopy because proton energy is proportional to incident neutron energy. Owing to good scintillation performance and excellent PSD capabilities, pure LaCl₃ is a promising candidate for space detectors and other applications that necessitate gamma/fast neutron discrimination capability.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.35-37
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• 2002

Conceptual design of the next generation PET with both high sensitivity and high spatial resolution has been performed. A detector unit using a depth encoding scheme was designed and constructed for trial. The unit consists of four Gd$_2$SiO$\sub$5/:Ce crystal blocks in a 2x2x4 array coupled to a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube having metal channel dynodes and 4x4 multi-anodes. Our proposed detector is a very reliable and simple solution suitable for volume PET devices since the proposed depth encoding scheme does not need additional photo-detectors.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.267-272
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• 1997

3.6cm${\times}$2.0cm (지름 ${\times}$ 두께) 크기의 $BaF^2$ 섬광체로 검출기를 제작하여 감마 카메라등 의료용 진단장치에서 센서로 사용되고 있는 NaI(씨)검출기와 방사선 검출특성을 비교하여 보았다. 특정에 사용된 선원은 $^{22}Na,\;^{54}Mn,\;^{57}Co,\;^{137}Cs$의 ${\gamma}$선 방출선원으로 검출기와 선원간의 거리를 7cm로 유지하였다. 시간특성을 분석하기 위하여 511keV의 양전자 방출선원을 사용하여 NaI(Tl)(1" ${\times}$ 1"), NaI(Tl)(3" ${\times}$ 3")순으로 $BaF^2$가 가장 빠르게 나타났으며, $BaF^2$ 검출기의 효율은 500keV에서 가장 높게 측정되었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.515-521
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• 1999

감마카메라에서 섬광체는 감마선을 검출하여 카메라의 영상 특성을 결정하는 주요한 센서역할을 한다. 이 연구에서는 감마카메라 제작시에 고려되어야 하는 섬광체의 옆표면처리가 감마카메라영상에 미치는 영향에 대하여 고찰하였다. 섬광체는 크기가 20mm (직경 $\times$10mm(두께)인 NaI(TI) 와 CsI(TI)를 설정하여 옆표면처리를 반사체와 흡수체로 하였다 . 선정한 4개의 섬광체에서 감마선에 의해 발생한 섬광이 광전자증배관의 광음극에 도달할 때 까지의 광학적 특성을 몬테카를로(Monte Carlo) 시뮬레이션 방법을 이용하여 고찰하였다. 또한 이 네 개의 섬광체를 위치민감형 광전자증배관에 광학적으로 결합하여 Tc-99m 140 keV 에 대한 민감도와 플러드 영상, 에너지 분해능 그리고 위치분해능을 측정하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, NAI(TI)-반사체가 가장 우수한 민감도를 보인 것으로 계산되었으며, 감마카메라를 이용하여 획득한 플러드영상에서 민감도는 NAI(TI)-반사체 2920cps/$\mu$Ci, NaI(TI)-흡수체2322 cps/$\mu$Ci, CsI(TI) 반사체 1754 cps/$\mu$Ci, CsI(TI)/흡수체 1401 cps/$\mu$Ci로 축정되었다. 내인성 위치분해능은 NaI(TI)-반사체 5.17mm, , NaI(TI)-흡수체 4.54mm, CsI(TI)-반사체 6.99m, CsI(TI)-흡수체 6.31 mm FWHM의 결과를 나타냈다. Tc -99m 140 keV에 대한 에너지분해능은 NaI(TI)-반사체 12.5%, NAI(TI) -흡수체 23.5%, CSI(TI)-반사체 20.5%, CsI(TI) -흡수체 33.3% FWHM으로 측정되었다. 이 연구에서는 감마카메라에서 사용되는 섬광체의 옆표면처리가 카메라의 주요특성에 직접적인 영향을 미친다는 것을 시뮬레이션과 실체 측정방법으로 고찰할 수 있었으며, 두 가지 방법이 일치된 결과를 보여주었다. 결론적으로 섬광체와 광전자증배관 그리고 Tc-99m 선원을 이용하여 영상획득을 목적으로 하는 감마카메라 제작에서는 NAaI(TI) 섬광체가 CSI(TI) 보다 적합하며, 해상력을 고려할 경우에는 섬광체 옆표면을 흡수체로 민감도를 고려할 경우에는 반사체로 선택하여 처리해야 함을 확인하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2016

Radiopharmaceutical agents for positron emission tomography (PET), such as $^{18}F$-FDG and $^{68}Ga$, have been used not only for whole-body PET imaging but also for intraoperative radionuclide-guided surgery due to their quantitative and sensitive imaging characteristics. Current intraoperative probes detect gamma or beta particles, but not both of them. Gamma probes have low sensitivities since a collimator has to be used to reduce backgrounds. Positron probes have a high tumor-to-background ratio, but they have a 1-2 mm depth limitation from the body surface. Most of current intraoperative probes produce only audible sounds proportional to count rates without providing tumor images. This research aims to detect both positrons and annihilation photons from $^{18}F$ using plastic scintillators and a GAGG scintillation crystal attached to silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). The depth-of-interaction (DOI) along the plastic scintillator can be used to obtain the 2-D images of tumors near the body surface. The front and rear part of the intraoperative probe consists of $4{\times}1$ plastic scintillators ($2.9{\times}2.0{\times}12.0mm^3$) for positron detection and a Ce:GAGG scintillation crystal ($12.0{\times}12.0{\times}9.0mm^3$) for annihilation photon detection, respectively. The DOI resolution of $4.4{\pm}1.6mm$ along the plastic scintillator was obtained by using the 3M enhanced specular reflector (ESR) with rectangular holes between the plastic scintillators, which showed the feasibility of a 2-D image pixel size of $2.9{\times}4.4mm^2$ (X-direction ${\times}$ Y-direction).