• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.3-9
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• 2000

한국원자력연구소에서는 사람의 폐에 침착된 방사성핵종의 in vivo 측정을 위해 사용되고 있는 Ge 검출기의 교정을 위해 LLNL 팬텀을 구입하였다. 제작사는 팬팀 위에서 phoswich 검출기의 위치설정을 돕기 위해 팬텀의 몸통덮개판과 이의 오버레이판 위에 동심원을 그려 놓았으며, 그리고 동심원내에서 측정된 팬텀의 가습벽유효두께를 제공하였다. 그러나 Ge 검출기의 면적이 phoswich 검출기보다 작기때문에 phoswich 검출기를 위한 동심원은 한국원자력연구소에서 사용중인 Ge 검출기에는 적합하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 제작사에 의해 제공된 팬텀의 가슴벽 유효두께가 Ge 점출기에 적합한지, 새로운 자료가 교정에 사용되어야 하는지를 결정하기 위해 팬텀의 가슴벽유효두께를 재평가하였다 그결과 한국원자력연구소에서 새로 설정한 Ge 검출기영역과 phoswich 검출기영역에서의 가습벽유효두께는 다소 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.1417-1427
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• 2019

In this study, we evaluated the performance of a commercial pixelated cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector for spectroscopy and identified its feasibility as a Compton camera for radiation monitoring in a nuclear power plant. The detection system consisted of a $20mm{\times}20mm{\times}5mm$ CZT crystal with $8{\times}8$ pixelated anodes and a common cathode, in addition to an application specific integrated circuit. The performance of the various radioisotopes $^{57}Co$, $^{133}Ba$, $^{22}Na$, and $^{137}Cs$ was evaluated. In general, the amplitude of the induced signal in a CZT crystal depends on the interaction position and material non-uniformity. To minimize this dependency, a drift time correction was applied. The depth of each interaction was calculated by the drift time and the positional dependency of the signal amplitude was corrected based on the depth information. After the correction, the Compton regions of each spectrum were reduced, and energy resolutions of 122 keV, 356 keV, 511 keV, and 662 keV peaks were improved from 13.59%, 9.56%, 6.08%, and 5%-4.61%, 2.94%, 2.08%, and 2.2%, respectively. For the Compton imaging, simulations and experiments using one $^{137}Cs$ source with various angular positions and two $^{137}Cs$ sources were performed. Individual and multiple sources of $^{133}Ba$, $^{22}Na$, and $^{137}Cs$ were also measured. The images were successfully reconstructed by weighted list-mode maximum likelihood expectation maximization method. The angular resolutions and intrinsic efficiency of the $^{137}Cs$ experiments were approximately $7^{\circ}-9^{\circ}$ and $5{\times}10^{-4}-7{\times}10^{-4}$, respectively. The distortions of the source distribution were proportional to the offset angle.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권11호
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• pp.1764-1773
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• 2018

A-PET is a quad-head PET scanner developed for use in small-animal imaging. The dimensions of its volumetric field of view (FOV) are $46.1{\times}46.1{\times}46.1mm^3$ and the gap between the detector modules has been minimized in order to provide a highly sensitive system. However, such a small FOV together with the quad-head geometry causes image quality degradation. The main factor related to image degradation for the quad-head PET is the mispositioning of events caused by the penetration effect in the detector. In this paper, we propose a precise method for modelling the system at the high spatial resolution of the A-PET using a LOR (line of response) based ML-EM (maximum likelihood expectation maximization) that allows for penetration effects. The proposed system model provides the detection probability of every possible ray-path via crystal sampling methods. For the ray-path sampling, the sub-LORs are defined by connecting the sampling points of the crystal pair. We incorporate the detection probability of each sub-LOR into the model by calculating the penetration effect. For comparison, we used a standard LOR-based model and a Monte Carlo-based modeling approach, and evaluated the reconstructed images using both the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NU 4-2008 standards and the Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission simulation toolkit (GATE). An average full width at half maximum (FWHM) at different locations of 1.77 mm and 1.79 mm are obtained using the proposed system model and standard LOR system model, which does not include penetration effects, respectively. The standard deviation of the uniform region in the NEMA image quality phantom is 2.14% for the proposed method and 14.3% for the LOR system model, indicating that the proposed model out-performs the standard LOR-based model.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.2760-2766
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• 2013

서론 : 본 논문은 전방 잠금형 금속판을 이용한 요골 원위부 골절 수술 후 나사못(screw)의 요골구 관통 유무를 확인하기 위한 방법으로 방사선 요골구 접선방향촬영법의 새로운 검사법을 제시하고자 한다. 재료 및 방법 : 요골구 접선방향 촬영 시 요골 원위부 거상 각도는 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10도와 전완골과 방사선 검출기와의 각도를 60, 70, 80도로 각각 변화시켜 촬영한 방사선영상에서 나사못의 요골구 관통유무를 분석하였다. 결과 : 요골구 접선방향 영상에서는 요골구를 관통하지 않은 경우와 요골구 내관통, 요골구 외관통인 경우가 각각 55명(63.95%), 9명(10.47%), 22명(25.58%)으로 분석 되었고, 요골구를 관통한 나사못의 길이는 0.43~2.72mm의 범위로 평균 1.06mm이었다. 요골구가 잘 묘사되는 방사선 촬영법은 요골 거상각도 2.5~7.5도에서 90%이상, 전완골과 방사선 검출기의 각도 70도에서 요골구가 80%이상 잘 묘사되는 것으로 분석 되었다. 결론 : 요골구 접선방향 촬영법은 요골 원위부 거상 각도 5도, 전완골과 검출기의 각도는 70도를 추천 한다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2005

목적: 근접방사선 치료시 직장내 선량측정은 치료간(Inter-fraction) 직장의 형태가 변화하므로 측정의 재현성을 이룰 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 근접방사선치료용 다목적 팬톰(Multi Purpose Brachytherapy Phantom, MPBP)을 제작하여 치료 시와 동일한 조건을 재현하였고 이때 측정한 선량 값을 직장의 부작용을 줄이기 위해 선량최적화에 적용하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 자궁경부암 근접방사선 치료 시 탄뎀(tandem)과 난형체(ovoid)를 사용한 환자 4명을 대상으로 다이오드 검출기를 이용하여 직장표시 기준점 R1에서 선량측정을 시행하였다. 환자 당 5회씩 총 20회 직장선량을 측정하였다. 그리고 반복 측정 시 다이오드 검출기의 설정 변화(set up variation)를 분석하였다. 그리고 자체 제작된 근접방사선치료용 다목적 팬톰에서 MFA (Multi Function Applicator)를 이용하여 치료 시와 동일한 조건을 재현한 후 열형광선량계(TLD)를 이용하여 직장 표시 기준점 좌표 위치에서 선량을 측정하였다. 결과: 직장 내 다이오드 검출기의 측정 결과 설정 변화는 환자 1의 경우에 Y방향에서 최고 $11.25{\pm}0.95mm$보였고, 환자 2와 3은 Z 방향에서 각각 $9.90{\pm}4.50mm$와 $20.85{\pm}4.50mm$를 나타냈다. 그리고 환자 4는 Z 방향에서 $19.15{\pm}3.33mm$의 변화를 나타내었다. 또한 다이오드 검출기 위치에 따른 평균선량 값은 $122.82{\pm}7.96cGy{\sim}323.78{\pm}11.16cGy$로 나타났다. MPBP에서 TLD의 측정 결과는 직장 표시 기준점(R1)에서 환자1과 4는 상대오차가 각각 최고 8.6%와 7.7%를 보였고, 환자2와 3은 각각 1.7%와 1.2%의 오차를 보였다. 그리고 R과 R2에서 측정한 선량 값들은 환자 2의 R 지점을 제외하고 계산값과 비교하여 $1.7{\sim}8.6%$ 높은 값을 나타냈다. 그리고 반복측정으로 인한 위치변화와 그에 따른 선량 값의 변화는 분석하지 않았다. 계산 값과 측정값의 상대오차가 미국의학물리학회 보고서에서 권고한 15% 내에서 잘 일치하는 것으로 분석되었다. 결론: 자체 제작된 근접치료용 다목적 팬톰(MPBP)은 치료 시와 동일한 조건에서 선량측정의 재현성을 이룰 수 있었고, 직장의 기준점에서 선량을 정확히 분석할 수 있었다. 또한 팬톰에서 측정한 데이터를 이용하여 직장의 부작용을 줄이기 위해 치료 전 선량 최적화를 이루는데 충분한 자료로 활용할 수 있다고 판단되었다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2012

We examine dosimetry application of irradiated D-fructose materials using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Consequently, we consider that fructose is one of best dosimetry materials. We found that fructose is one of best candidates for dosimetry due to high linearity tilt of EPR signal intensity as a function of dose, irrelevant to photon energy, constant fading value. Also, our results show that fructose materials can be applied as a radiation detector to very weak radiation doses of 0.001 Gray by using EPR at a low temperature (T = 220 K).

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.302-304
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• 2002

In linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery, assuring the quality of the planning and delivery of external photon beam requires accurate evaluation of beam parameters, usually including output factors, tissue-phantom ratio and off-axis ratios, and measurement of actual dose distributions from simulated treatment. We're going to test the use of calibrated radio chromic film (Gafchromic film; type MD-55, Nuclear associate) using a Lumiscan 75 digitizer to measure absolute dose and relative dose distributions for linac-based radiosurgery unit Relative dose distribution of a human-style spherical acryl phantom were measured using radiochromic film and calculated by treatment planning system. The absolute dose at the sphere center was measured by radiochromic film and micro chamber (Exradin A-14, 0.009cc). What we want to demonstrate in this work, the 'well selected' radiochromic films when external photon beam are used in linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery are very accurate detector for dosimetry.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권5호
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• pp.440-455
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• 2017

In this paper, we carry out a performance analysis of a two-user free-space optical (FSO) communication system with photodetector multiplexing, in which the two users are defined as the primary user (PU) and secondary user (SU). Unlike common single-user FSO systems, our photodetector multiplexing FSO system deploys a shared detector at the receiver and enables PU and SU to send their own data synchronously. We conduct the performance analysis of this FSO system for two cases: (1) in the absence of background radiation, and (2) in the presence of background radiation. Decision strategies for PU and SU are presented according to the two scenarios above. Exact and approximate conditional symbol-error probability (SEP) expressions for both PU and SU are derived, in an ideal channel with no fading. Average SEP expressions are also presented in the no-background-radiation scenario. Additionally, in some particular cases where the power ratio tends to 0.5 or 1, approximate SEP expressions are also obtained. Finally, numerical simulations are presented under different conditions, to support the performance analysis.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.2075-2083
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• 2021

The article provides a review of the research results obtained during of more than 20 years concerning using the gaseous radiochemical method (GRCM) for detecting of ionizing radiation. This method based on threshold nuclear reactions with production of radioactive noble gas which does not interact with the materials of gaseous tract. The applications of GRCM in the diagnostics of neutrinos, neutrons, charged particles, thermonuclear plasma thermometry, and the study of the structure and dynamics of astrophysical objects, position-sensitive dosimetry of neutron targets with accelerator driving, spatial distribution of the fast neutron flux density in a nuclear reactor allowing the transformation of longitudinal coordinate of neutron flux distribution into a temporal distribution of the radiochemical gas decay counting rate ("barcode" semblance) and measurement of bombarding particles spectra are described. Experimental testing of the described technologies was made on the neutron target driven with the linear proton accelerator of Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAS).

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.216-221
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• 2016

Background: Very fine radiation-induced aerosol particles are produced in intense radiation fields, such as high-intensity accelerator rooms and containment vessels such as those in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP). Size measurement of the aerosol particles is very important for understanding the behavior of radioactive aerosols released in the FDNPP accident and radiation safety in high-energy accelerators. Materials and Methods: A combined technique using wire screens and imaging plates was developed for size measurement of fine radioactive aerosol particles smaller than 100 nm in diameter. This technique was applied to the radiation field of a proton accelerator room, in which radioactive atoms produced in air during machine operation are incorporated into radiation-induced aerosol particles. The size of $^{11}C$-bearing aerosol particles was analyzed using the wire screen technique in distinction from other positron emitters in combination with a radioactive decay analysis. Results and Discussion: The size distribution for $^{11}C$-bearing aerosol particles was found to be ca. $70{\mu}m$ in geometric mean diameter. The size was similar to that for $^7Be$-bearing particles obtained by a Ge detector measurement, and was slightly larger than the number-based size distribution measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer. Conclusion: The particle size measuring method using wire screens and imaging plates was successfully applied to the fine aerosol particles produced in an intense radiation field of a proton accelerator. This technique is applicable to size measurement of radioactive aerosol particles produced in the intense radiation fields of radiation facilities.