• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2014

병원을 포함해서서 방사선 물질을 사용하는 모든 사업장에서 방사선 물질의 모니터링은 방사선 안전에 가장 중요한 요소의 하나이다. 본 연구는 방사선 모니터링 시스템에 있어서 GEM 검출기의 활용 가능성을 알아보기 위한 선행 연구로서, GEM 검출기를 제작하고 CdTe 검출기와의 상대적 효율을 구한 결과, 베타와 감마선에 대한 평균 상대 효율이 각각 72%와 4%로서 매우 우수한 성능을 나타냄을 보였다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.255-263
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• 2014

소조사면을 이용하는 방사선치료기법들은 소조사면내의 측면 전자 비평형, 급격한 선량 변화, 그리고 조사면 크기에 대한 검출기의 기하학적 크기 영향으로 정확한 선량의 평가가 어렵다. 본 연구의 목적은 사이버나이프의 6개의 조사면(5 mm~30 mm)에 대해서 소조사면 선량측정용으로 새롭게 출시되어 상업적으로 이용되고 있는 마이크로다이아몬드(PTW 60019 microDiamond) 검출기의 유용성을 평가하고자 한다. 이를 위해 선량선형성, 선량률의존성, 출력선량계수, 깊이선량백분율 및 축바깥선량비 등의 선량측정인자를 측정하였고, 0.015 cc 부피의 이온전리함(PTW 31014 PinPoint chamber), 다이아몬드 검출기(PTW 60003 diamond), 액체이온함(PTW 31018 microLion), 그리고 다이오드 검출기(PTW 60008 diode)의 측정 결과와 비교 및 평가를 하였다. 그 결과 마이크로다이아몬드 검출기는 선량선형성이 우수하며, 선량률의존성이 적게 나타났다. 또한 사이버나이프 소조사면 측정용으로 상업적으로 권고되고 있는 다이오드 검출기와의 선량측정인자 측정값 3.8%의 차이를 보였다. 또한 깊이선량백분율도 다이오드 검출기의 결과와 유사한 결과를 얻었다. 마이크로다이아몬드 검출기는 유효체적이 작으므로 반음영이 작게 평가되었으며, 다른 검출기들보다도 공간분해능이 높은 것으로 생각된다. 연구 결과 마이크로다이아몬드 검출기는 조직등가물질로 이루어져 있으며, 작은 유효체적으로 광자선 소조사면선량측정 검출기로서 매우 유용한 것으로 판단된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4215-4219
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• 2022

The Cd_0.95Mn_0.05Te_0.98Se_0.02 (CMTS) ingot was grown by the vertical Bridgman technique at low pressure. All wafers showed high resistivity, which suggests potential as a room-temperature semiconductor detector. The resistivity of the CMTS planar detector was 1.47 × 10¹⁰ Ω·cm and mobility lifetime product of electrons was 1.29 × 10^-3 cm²/V. The spectroscopic property with Am-241 and Co-57 was evaluated. The energy resolution about 59.5 keV gamma-ray of Am-241 was 11% and the photo-peak of 122 keV gamma-ray from Co-57 was clearly distinguished. The result shows the first detector-grade CMTS in the world and proves CMTS's potential as a radiation detector operating at room temperature.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2018

Background: We investigated the current characteristics of a thin-film Ag electrode on a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond. The CVD diamond is widely recognized as a radiation detection material because of its high tolerance against high radiation, stable response to various dose rates, and good sensitivity. Additionally, thin-film Ag has been widely used as an electrode with high electrical conductivity. Materials and Methods: Considering these properties, the thin-film Ag electrode was deposited onto CVD diamonds with varied deposition thicknesses (${\fallingdotseq}50/98/152/257nm$); subsequently, the surface thickness, surface roughness, leakage current, and photo-current were characterized. Results and Discussion: The leakage current was found to be very low, and the photo-current output signal was observed as stable for a deposited film thickness of 98 nm; at this thickness, a uniform and constant surface roughness of the deposited thin-film Ag electrode were obtained. Conclusion: We found that a CVD diamond radiation detector with a thin-film Ag electrode deposition thickness close to 100 nm exhibited minimal leakage current and yielded a highly stable output signal.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.1718-1733
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• 2023

The virtual Frisch-grid method for room-temperature radiation detectors has been widely used because of its simplicity and high performance. Recently, side electrodes were separately attached to each surface of the detectors instead of covering the entire detector surface with a single electrode. The side-electrode structure enables the measurement of the three-dimensional (3D) gamma-ray interaction in the detector. The positional information of the interaction can then be utilized to precisely calibrate the response of the detector for gamma-ray spectroscopy and imaging. In this study, we developed a 3D position-sensitive 5 × 5 × 12 mm³ cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detector and applied a flattening method to correct detector responses. Collimated gamma-rays incident on the surface of the detector were scanned to evaluate the positional accuracy of the detection system. Positional distributions of the radiation interactions with the detector were imaged for quantitative and qualitative evaluation. The energy spectra of various radioisotopes were measured and improved by the detector response calibration according to the calculated positional information. The energy spectra ranged from 59.5 keV (emitted by ²⁴¹Am) to 1332 keV (emitted by ⁶⁰Co). The best energy resolution was 1.06% at 662 keV when the CZT detector was voxelized to 20 × 20 × 10.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.563-571
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• 2011

The purpose of the study was to evaluation of the radiation dose reduction using various automatic exposure control (AEC) systems in different manufactures multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). We used three different manufacturers for the study: General Electric Healthcare, Philips Medical systems and Siemens Medical Solutions. The general scanning protocol was created for the each examination with the same scanning parameters as many as possible. In the various AEC systems, the evaluation of reduced-dose was evaluated by comparing to fixed mAs with using body phantom. Finally, when we applied to AEC for three manufacturers, the radiation dose reduction decreased each 35.3% in the GE, 58.2% in the Philips, and 48.6% in the Siemens. This applies to variety of the AEC systems which will be very useful to reduce the dose and to maintain the high quality.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.202-205
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• 2016

전 세계적으로 해운물류 안전 보안체계가 강화됨에 따라 국가물류보안 체계 구축을 위한 해운물류안전 보안 핵심기술 개발이 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 국제적 정서에 발맞추어, 국내에서도 감마선 핵종을 검출할 수 있는 휴대용 방사선 검출 장치에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 방사선 검출에 대한 검사 장비의 성능을 높이려고 온도 보정 Algorithm을 적용한 Digital 휴대용 방사선 검출기 구현에 대한 연구를 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2002

반도체 검출기를 이용하여 Hybrid 전치증폭기를 갖는 전자식 개인선량계를 설계 제작하고, 방사선 검출 반응특성과 기계적 및 주변 환경 요건에 따른 각종 성능을 평가하였다. $^{137}Cs$ 감마 방사선을 이용한 방사선 조사 시험결과 감도는 $3.8\;cps/Gy{\cdot}h^{-1}$이고, $10{\mu}Sv{\sim}4Sv$ 범위의 선량당량 조사시 선량계의 지시값은 오차 8%이하에서 선형성이 잘 유지되었다. 방향의존성을 ${\pm}60^{\circ}$ 이내에서 4%이하이며, ISO 기준선장에 의한 에너지 반응영역은 $60{\sim}1,250\;keV$로 나타났으며, IEC 61526에 의한 선량계의 성능검사시 9개 영역의 시험항목에 대한 국제기준을 만족하였다.

• 대한방사선방어학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한방사선방어학회 2011년도 춘계 학술발표회 및 심포지엄
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• pp.94-95
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• 2011

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2004년도 제29회 추계학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.36-38
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• 2004

The detector size effect due to the spatial response of defectors is one critical source of inaccuracy in clinical dosimetry and has been a subject of numerous studies. Conventionally, the detector response kernel contains all of the influence that the detector size has on the measured beam profile. Various analytic models for this kernel have been proposed and studied in theoretical and experimental works. Here, we use a method to determine detector response kernel simply by using Monte Carlo simulation and convolution theory. Based on this numerical method and DOSIMETER, an EGS4 Monte Carlo code, the detector response for a Farmer type ion chamber embedded in water phantom is obtained. There exists characteristic difference in the simulated chamber readings between one with carbon graphite wall and the other with Acrylic wail. Using the obtained response and the convolution theory, we are planning to derive the detector response kernel numerically and remove detector size effect from measurements for 6MV, 10${\times}$l0cm2 and 0.5${\times}$10 cm2 photon beam.