• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.41-44
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• 1996

There are studied for filmness methods due to disadvantage of conventional X-ray system. Have high DQE, high SNR, amorphous selenium was investigated with image plate. In this point, characteristics of all amorphous selenium image plate was investigated to understand the relationship between the amount of the X-ray exposure and the superficial charge potential in this study. Specially, changes in charge at the surface of the amorphous selenium plate with respect to change of X-ray energy(KeV) was investigated. It was found that the surface charge potential at the amorphous selenium inclosed with respect to the increse in X-ray exposure and that the changed surface potential was a semilinearity in 12.5KeV - 22.5KeV range. Therefore, which suggests that these results call be applied to the development of X-ray image plate.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.18
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• pp.254-255
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• 2005

In this paper, we investigated electrical characteristics of the X-ray detector of mercuric iodide (HgI2) film fabricated by PIB(Particle-in-Binder) Method on ITO substrates 17cm$\times$20cm in size with thicknesses ranging from approximately 200${\mu}m$ to 240${\mu}m$. In the present study, using I-V measurements, their electrical properties such as leakage current, X-ray sensitivity, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR),were investigated. The results of our study can be useful in the future design and optimization of direct active-matrix flat-panel detectors (AMFPD) for various digital X-ray imaging modalities.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.2057-2062
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• 2024

Among photon counting detector (PCD)-based technologies, the K-edge subtraction (KES) method has a very high material decomposition efficiency. Yet, since the increase in noise in the X-ray image to which the KES method is applied is inevitable, research on image quality improvement is essential. Here, we modeled a block-matching and 3D filtering (BM3D) algorithm and applied it to PCD-based X-ray images with the improved KES (IKES) method. For PCD modeling, Monte Carlo simulation was used, and a phantom composed of iodine substances with different concentrations was designed. The IKES method was modeled by adding a log term to KES, and the X-ray image used for subtraction was obtained by applying the 3.0 keV range based on the K-edge region of iodine. As a result, the IKES image using the BM3D algorithm showed the lowest normalized noise power spectrum value. In addition, we confirmed that the contrast-to-noise ratio and no-reference-based evaluation results when the BM3D algorithm was applied to the IKES image were improved by 29.36 % and 20.56 %, respectively, compared to the noisy image. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the IKES imaging technique using a PCD-based detector and the BM3D algorithm fusion technique were very efficient for X-ray imaging.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.179-184
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• 2010

나노 공간분해능을 갖는 영상을 얻기 위한 경엑스선 현미경 시스템에서는 단색 엑스선이 요구된다. 엑스선관에서 발생되는 화이트 빔으로부터 8.4 keV의 텅스텐 $L_{\alpha}$ 특성방사선을 84% 이상 반사시킬 수 있는 5.65 nm의 단위막 두께를 가지는 C/W 다층박막 거울을 설계하였고, 이온빔 스파터링 장치를 이용하여 $50{\times}50\;mm$ 크기로 제작하였다. 제작된 C/W 다층박막 거울은 99.5% 이상의 균일도(Uniformity)를 가지며, TEM 사진을 이용해 그 구조를 확인하였다. 8.05 keV의 구리 특성방사선을 광원으로 하는 엑스선 반사율 측정 장치를 이용한 다층박막 거울의 반사율을 측정함으로써 C/W 다층박막 거울의 8.4 keV에서의 반사율을 예상할 수 있었다. 제작된 C/W 다층박막 거울과 엑스선관을 이용하여 8.4 keV의 특성방사선을 획득함으로써 단색 엑스선을 획득하였다. 이때의 반사율은 77.1%였고, 단색 엑스선의 반치폭은 0.21 keV이었다. 엑스선관에서 높은 효율로 단색 엑스선을 획득할 수 있어 실험실 규모의 경엑스선 현미경 장치의 광원으로써 사용될 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였고, 다층박막 거울의 단위막 두께를 수 나노미터로 제작한다면 17.5 keV의 몰리브덴 특성방사선에 해당하는 단색 엑스선을 얻어 유방촬영에도 적용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 학술회의 논문집 정보 및 제어부문 B
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• pp.600-603
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• 2003

Energy spectrum modulation of X-ray source in digital mammography has been studied. In this study, we calculated various filtered spectra using the scattering data. Primary spectra were generated by Molybdenum (Mo) and Tungsten (W) targets. The materials of added filters are Molybdenum and Rhodium (Rh) for 40 kVp Mo. primary spectrum, the amounts of photons over whole energy ranges are attenuated to 0.43 with 0.03 mm Mo filter and 0.38 with 0.06 mm Mo filter while the photons of energy ranged from 17 keV to 20 keV. The photons of low energy ranged below 17 keV are considerably attenuated. This effect brings out reducing the scattered radiation and dose to the patient, and enhancing subject contrast in the image. The results show that filtered spectra are not seriously affected by X-ray tube loadability. Because the energy range from 17 keV to 20 keV is directly transmitted although low and high energies are mainly filtered.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.289-295
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• 2018

대부분의 진단용 방사선 장치는 엑스선을 사용하며, 엑스선은 다양한 에너지를 갖는 스펙트럼을 갖는다. 진단 영상에서 엑스선의 정량적 및 정성적 분석은 선량을 줄이면서 영상 화질을 유지하는데 필수적이다. 본 연구의 목적은 진단 영상에 사용되는 엑스선 스펙트럼을 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션으로 측정하는 것이다. 다양한 엑스선 에너지 스펙트럼이 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션으로 측정되었다. 이 스펙트럼들은 다항식을 보간 한 양극 텅스텐 모델에 의해 계산된 결과와 비교하였다. 엑스선 관전압은 50, 60, 80, 100, 110 kV 였다. 검출기로는 카드뮴 텔루라이드와 비정질 셀레늄 물질을 사용하였다. 엑스선 에너지 스펙트럼의 시뮬레이션 결과는 참조 결과와 일치하였고, NRMSD 값은 최소 1.1%에서 최대 5.7%를 보였다. 시뮬레이션 결과에 의하면 진단 영상을 획득할 때 적절한 관전압의 선택을 가능하게 할 것이다. 또한, 영상 획득 전 환자에 전달되는 선량을 예측하는데 기여할 것이다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2010

엑스선 영상의 공간분해능은 영상획득 장치에 사용되는 광학소자의 성능에 의해 결정된다. 8.5keV에서 높은 공간분해능 달성이 가능한 존 플레이트를 설계하였다. 방사광을 이용하는 대신 엑스선 튜브를 사용하는 영상시스템에서는 80nm의 공간분해능을 달성할 수 있음을 광선추적 기법을 이용하여 예측하였다. 전자빔 석판인쇄술을 이용하여 최외곽 폭 40nm를 갖는 존 플레이트가 제작하였다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2004

The development of digital x-ray detector has been extensively progressed for the application of various medical modalities. In this study, we introduce a new hybrid-type x-ray detector to improve problems of a conventional direct or indirect digital x-ray image technology, which composed of multi-layer structure using a CaWO$_4$ phosphor and amorphous selenium (a-Se) photoconductor. The leakage current of our detector was found to be ∼180 pA/cm$^2$ at 10 V/m, which was significantly reduced than that of a single a-Se detector. The x-ray sensitivity was measured as the value of 4230 pC/cm$^2$/mR at 10 V/m. We found that the parylene thin film between a CaWO$_4$ phosphor and an a-Se layer acts as an insulator to prevent charge injection from indium thin oxide (ITO) electrode into an a-Se layer under applied bias.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.118-128
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• 2021

The oxide layer in samples taken from an irradiated Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube from a CANDU-PHWR reactor was analyzed using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The examined tube had been exposed to temperatures ranging from 264 to 306 ℃ and a neutron fluence of 8.9 × 10²¹ n/cm² (E > 1 MeV) for the maximum 10 effective full-power years in a nuclear power plant. Measuring oxide layer thickness generally employs optical microscopy. However, in this study, analysis of the oxide layer from the irradiated pressure tube components was undertaken through X-ray image mapping obtained using EPMA. The oxide layer characteristics were analyzed by X-ray image mapping with 256 × 256 pixels using EPMA. In addition, the slope of the oxide layer was measured for each location. A particular advantage of this study was that backscattered electrons and X-ray image mapping were obtained at a magnification of 9,000 when 20 kV volts and 30 uA of current were applied to radiation-shielded EPMA. The results of this study should usefully contribute to the study of the oxide layer properties of various types of metallic materials irradiated by high radiation in nuclear power plants.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.639-639
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• 2013

In this research we report the significant contribution of the as-spun multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) on the x-ray images formation using a low tube voltage x-ray source. The MWCNT, which was used for the fabrication of the spun CNT, was grown using a microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition machine. Electrical-optics simulation software was utilized to determine the electron field emission trajectory of the triode-structure-as-spun CNT-based x-ray source. It was shown that a significant amount of converging electrons hit the target anode producing a clear x-ray image. These x-ray images where produced at a small amount of anode current of 0.67 mA at a tube voltage of 5 kV with the gate voltage of 0 V. Also, comparisons of the radiographs at various exposure times of the sample where analyzed with and without an x-ray dose filter. Results showed that spatially-resolved images were formed using the as-spun CNT at a low tube voltage with a $54-{\mu}m$ Al x-ray filter. This study can be used for low-voltage medical applications.