• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2014

양자 역학을 이용한 양자 암호 분야는 가장 구현가능성이 높은 분야중 하나이다. 그로인해 양자 암호는 꾸준히 연구되어 왔고 QKD 시스템의 대표적인 BB84 프로토콜 등 다양한 통신 방식이 개발되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 양자 통신의 기본적인 개념을 설명하고 이를 이용한 양자 암호 교환 방식인 QKD 시스템을 설명한다. 또한 양자 암호의 개발이 필요한 이유와 보안성을 위협하는 QKD 공격방식을 소개한다. 양자 채널을 모델링하고 qubit의 위상을 추정하여 양자 암호 공격을 시뮬레이션 한다. 다양한 공격 방식이 QKD시스템에 보안성을 위협하는 원리를 설명하고 이를 극복하기 위한 양자 후처리 방식의 필요성을 논하고자 한다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.328-332
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• 2016

Background: Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a new radiation therapy. In BNCT, there exists some very critical problems that should be solved. One of the severest problems is that the treatment effect cannot be known during BNCT in real time. We are now developing a SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) system (BNCT-SPECT), with a cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detector. BNCT-SPECT can obtain the BNCT treatment effect by measuring 478 keV gamma-rays emitted from the excited state of $^7Li$ nucleus created by $^{10}B(n,{\alpha})$ $^7Li$ reaction. In the previous studies, we investigated the feasibility of the BNCT-SPECT system. As a result, the S/N ratio did not meet the criterion of S/N > 1 because deterioration of the S/N ratio occurred caused by the influence of Compton scattering especially due to capture gamma-rays of hydrogen. Materials and Methods: We thus produced an arrayed detector with two CdTe crystals to test cross talk phenomenon and to examine an anti-coincidence detection possibility. For more precise analysis for the anti-coincidence detection, we designed and made a collimator having a similar performance to the real BNCT-SPECT. Results and Discussion: We carried out experiments with the collimator to examine the effect of cross talk of scattering gamma-rays between CdTe elements more practically. As a result of measurement the coincidence events were successfully extracted. Conclusion: We are now planning to carry out evaluation of coincidence rate from the measurement and comparison of it with the numerical calculations.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.235-239
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• 1996

In recent years, the optical properties of multiple-scattering media like tissue have been studied for their potential applications in medicine. In this work the optical properties of multiple scattering media were investigated using the time-resolved reflectance measurement. The reflected light was measured by time-correlated single photon counting system. The transport scattering and absorption coefficient are related to the initial rapid decay and the subsequent decay in reflected light, respectively. Also the optical properties of the samples were measured by conventional method, ie., using continuous wave light. When the distance between the light source and the detector is over 8mm, the optical coefficient can be measured accurately using the suggested method.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.98-111
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• 2008

This review introduces advances in clinical and pre-clinical single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) providing noninvasive functional images of biological processes. Development of new collimation techniques such as multi-pinhole and slit-slat collimators permits the improvement of system spatial resolution and sensitivity of SPECT. Application specific SPECT systems using smaller and compact solid-state detector have been customized for myocardial perfusion imaging with higher performance. Combined SPECT/CT providing improved diagnostic and functional capabilities has been introduced. Advances in PET and CT instrumentation have been incorporated in the PET/CT design that provide the metabolic information from PET superimposed on the anatomic information from CT. Improvements in the sensitivity of PET have achieved by the fully 3D acquisition with no septa and the extension of axial field-of-view. With the development of faster scintillation crystals and electronics, time-of-flight (TOF) PET is now commercially available allowing the increase in the signal-to-noise ratio by incorporation of TOF information into the PET reconstruction process. Hybrid PET/SPECT/CT systems has become commercially available for molecular imaging in small animal models. The pre-clinical systems have improved spatial resolution using depth-of-interaction measurement and new collimators. The recent works on solid state detector and dual modality nuclear medicine instrumentations incorporating MRI and optical imagers will also be discussed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 반도체 재료 센서 박막재료 전자세라믹스
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• pp.77-80
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• 2004

In this study, the purpose is to verified the feasibility to develope Hybrid x-ray detector in order to resolve problems of direct and indirect x-ray detectors. The properties of X-ray detector depend on absorption of X-ray, charge generation by x-ray photon, leakage current. In this study, CdS was used as photoconductor, and $Y_2O_2S:Tb$ as x-ray phosphor was formed on CdS in order to embody Hybrid structure. And Screen printing was used to form Muli-layer. Characteristics of this specimen were analyzed by using SEM, and XRD. And Photoluminescence spectrum of $Y_2O_2S:Tb$, leakage current, with respect to applied voltages, output charge with respect to applied voltages, and X-ray sensitivity were measured. Also, linearity with respect to dose was measured. Leakage current was similar with direct digital x-ray detector, but sensitivity of the hybrid structure is much better than the single-layer structure.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.263-270
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• 2003

유방암 진단에 필요한 감마카메라 검출전단부의 최적변수 유도와 유방암 진단조건 하에서의 평가를 위한 몬테카를로 모사를 수행하였다. 모사를 위해 픽셀화된 포토센서에 상응하는 $3mm{\times}3mm$의 구멍과 0.25 mm의 격막두께를 갖는 격자배열구조의 텅스텐 콜리메이터를 이용하였다. 최적변수를 도출하기 위해 검출전단부의 구성 요소를 변화시키면서 기하효율과 공간분해 능의 Trade-Offs 절차를 사용하였다. 최적화된 검출전단부의 사전 성능평가를 위해, 펜텀의 중앙부에 크기가 각기 다르며 콜리메이터 표면으로부터 25 mm 떨어져 있는 유방암이 있고 다른 장기들로부터 나오는 방사선원에 의한 백그라운드 계수를 고려하였다. 유방암의 실제 진단 조건 하에서는 최적화된 검출전단부의 성능이 유방암의 크기와 백그라운드 계수에 따라 저하될 수 있음을 보여 주었다. 따라서 유방암 크기를 변별하는 지표로 쓰이며 검출전단부의 특성에 종속적인 공간분해 능은 유방암의 조기 진단시에는 의미가 없다는 결론을 얻었다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.663-668
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• 2016

In single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) with a pixelated semiconductor detector (PSD), not only pinhole collimators but also parallel-hole collimators are often used in preclinical nuclear-medicine imaging systems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare pinhole and parallel-hole collimators in a PSD. For that purpose, we paired a PID 350 (Ajat Oy Ltd., Finland) CdTe PSD with each of the four collimators most frequently used in preclinical nuclear medicine: (1) a pinhole collimator, and (2) low-energy high-resolution (LEHR), (3) low-energy general-purpose (LEGP), and (4) low-energy high-sensitivity (LEHS) parallel-hole collimators. The sensitivity and spatial resolution of each collimator was evaluated using a point source and a hot-rod phantom. The highest sensitivity was achieved using LEHS, followed by LEGP, LEHR, and pinhole. Also, at a source-to-collimator distance of 2 cm, the spatial resolution was 1.63, 2.05, 2.79, and 3.45 mm using pinhole, LEHR, LEGP, and LEHS, respectively. The reconstructed hot-rod phantom images showed that the pinhole collimator and the LEHR parallel-hole collimator give a fine spatial resolution for preclinical SPECT with PSD. In conclusion, we successfully compared different types of collimators for a preclinical pixelated semiconductor SPECT system.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.162-166
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• 2008

We are developing a sensitive gamma ray spectrometer based on superconducting transition edge sensors. The detector consists of a small piece of high purity Sn as an absorber and a Ti/Au bilayer as a temperature sensor. It is designed to measure the thermal signal caused by absorption of gamma rays. The mechanical support and the thermal contact between the absorber and the thermometer were made with Stycast epoxy. The bilayer was formed by e-beam evaporation and patterned by wet etching on top of a $SiN_X$ membrane. A sharp superconducting transition of the film was measured near 100 mK. When the film was biased to the edge of the transition, signals were observed due to single photon absorption emitted from an $^{241}Am$ source. The measured spectrum showed several characteristic peaks of the source including 59.5 keV gamma line. The full with at half maximum was about 900 eV for the 59.5 keV gamma line. The background was low enough to resolve low energy lines. Considerations to improve the energy resolution of the gamma ray spectrometer are also discussed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.1235-1242
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 $0.18{\mu}m$ triple-well CMOS 공정을 사용하여 포톤계수 방식의 $32{\times}32$ 픽셀 어레이를 갖는 CMOS ray 영상센서를 설계하였다. 설계된 영상센서의 카픽셀은 $100{\times}100\;{\mu}m2$ 면적을 가지고 있고 약 400개의 트랜지스터로 구성되어 있으며, 범프 본딩을 통해 ray 검출기와 CSA(Charge Sensitive Amplifier)의 연결을 위한 $50{\times}50{\mu}m2$의 오픈패드를 가지고 있다. 각각의 싱글픽셀 CSA에서 전압 바이어스 회로를 사용한 folded cascode CMOS OP amp 대신 레이아웃 면적을 줄이기 위하여 self biased folded cascode CMOS OP amp를 이용하였으며, 계수 모드 진입 전후에 CLK에서 발생 할 수 있는 short pulse를 제거하는 15bit LFSR 계수기 (Linear Feedback Shift Register Counter) 클럭 발생회로를 제안하였으며, 읽기 모드에서 CMOS X-ray 영상센서의 최대 전류를 줄이기 위하여 열 어드레스 디코더를 이용하여 한 열씩 읽도록 설계하였다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.325-330
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• 2011

To predict the details of flow in industrial process unit, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a promising technique. Recently, industrial SPECT based on medical system has developed by researchers of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and Hanyang University. In the present study, to confirm the effect of the number of detectors on image quality, and determine the optimal number of detectors in industrial SPECT, industrial SPECT system with various geometries were evaluated by the Monte Carlo simulation. CsI(Tl) detectors ($12mm{\times}12mm{\times}20mm$) with collimators (the geometric resolution of collimator $R_g$ was 4 cm at the center of the 30 cm diameter cylindrical vessel object) were modeled in a hexagonal array, and the point sources of $^{99m}Tc$, $^{68}Ga$, and $^{137}Cs$ were simulated at the center of the cylindrical vessel object using the MCNPX code. Then, the reconstruction images of each geometry were reconstructed using the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm. In this study, the reciprocity theorem was used to improve computation time required for system matrix of the EM algorithm. The result shows that the resolution of the reconstructed image was significantly improved by increasing the number of detectors in industrial SPECT system and more than 60 detectors will be required for the resolution of the reconstructed image.