• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.514-525
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• 2001

Optimum characteristics of digital X-ray sensor components were analyzed to develop intra- oral dental digital X-ray image sensor using indirect method. Parametric analysis was carried out to optimize the phosphor thickness and the fiber optic plate (FOP) coupling to charge coupled device (CCD). X-ray absorption and light diffusion in the phosphor layer were analyzed by the Monte Carlo method. Real time X-ray image was obtained with prototype X- ray image sensor using general CCD camera with 1∼10 Ip/mm resolution. It has been previously shown that large resolution degradation in X-ray images was caused by miss alignment of FOP to CCD and optical adhesive selection. In this study, we reported that X-ray image quality was greatly improved by using optimized characteristics of alignment device and phosphor thickness.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2008

새 구조의 액정 엑스선 감지기를 만들었다. 이것은 액정판을 만들고 유리판을 얇게 식각한 다음, 그 유리판 위에 반사막과 광전도층을 연속하여 입힌 구조이다. 새 구조의 액정엑스선 감지기는 공정의 안정성, 대면적화, 감도 등에서 이미 상품화된 엑스선 감지기와도 충분히 경쟁할 수 있으며, 따라서 성공적으로 상용화 할 수 있음을 확인했다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.969-974
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• 2022

디지털 엑스레이 디텍터 영상 취득에 있어 동적 범위를 최대화하고 영상지연을 최소화하기 위해서는 엑스레이 영상센서의 픽셀내 포토다이오드에 존재하는 잔류 정전기생용량을 빠르고 완전하기 제거하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 이러한 요구사항은 특히 고속 프레임과 낮은 영상지연이 필요한 산업용 2D/3D 자동화 엑스레이 검사와 의료용 CT 엑스레이 디텍터에 특별히 요구된다. 본 연구는 리셋 박막트랜지스터, 리드아웃 박막트랜지스터 그리고 포토다이오드로 픽셀이 구성된 듀오픽스^TM 엑스레이 영상센서를 처음으로 제안한다. 듀오픽스^TM 엑스레이 영상센서의 구동을 검증하기 위해 105 ㎛의 픽셀 사이즈, 347 mm × 430 mm의 영상영역 그리고 3300 × 4096의 픽셀 (13.5M pixels)을 갖는 듀오픽스^TM 엑스레이 영상센서를 설계, 제작하여 모듈테스터와 영상취득 프로그램을 통해 영상을 취득하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제49권9호
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• pp.322-327
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• 2012

마주보는 2개의 병렬전극을 이용한 스캔 방식의 디지털 X-ray 영상 센서는 많은 발전을 해왔으며 상업용으로 널리 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 PDP(plasma display panel) 제조 공정에서 사용되고 있는 글라스 재질에 silver paste 전극을 이용하여 드리프트 전극과 픽셀 전극이 있는 챔버를 형성하고 챔버내에 X-ray와 반응하는 Xe 가스를 주입하여 스캔 방식의 1D X-ray 영상 센서를 제작하였다. 드리프트 전극의 바이어스 전압 크기에 따른 싱글 픽셀의 X-ray 신호 크기를 평가하였으며 납(Pb)을 이용하여 싱글 픽셀을 차폐하였을 경우와 차폐하지 않았을 때의 싱글 픽셀 신호 특성을 조사하였다. X-ray 흡수율(4%)은 소다 라임(soda lime, 1.1mm) 글라스에서 가장 낮았으며 센서에서 검출되는 전기적 신호는 드리프트 전극에 인가하는 전압이 클수록 증가하였다. 그리고 자체 제작한 DAS(data acquisition system) 및 센서 스캐닝 시스템을 이용하여 디지털 영상을 구현하였다.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 1999년도 제16회 광학 및 양자전자 학술발표회Proceedings of 16th Optics and Quantum Electronics Conference, 1999
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• pp.160-161
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• 1999

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2022

Currently, Korea is an aging society and is expected to become a super-aged society in about four years. X-ray devices are widely used for early diagnosis in hospitals, and many X-ray technologies are being developed. The development of X-ray device technology is important, but it is also important to increase the reliability of the device through accurate data management. Sensor nodes such as temperature, voltage, and current of the diagnosis device may malfunction or transmit inaccurate data due to various causes such as failure or power outage. Therefore, in this study, the temperature, tube voltage, and tube current data related to each sensor and detection circuit of the diagnostic X-ray imaging device were measured and analyzed. Based on QC data, device failure prediction and diagnosis algorithms were designed and performed. The fault diagnosis algorithm can configure a simulator capable of setting user parameter values, displaying sensor output graphs, and displaying signs of sensor abnormalities, and can check the detection results when each sensor is operating normally and when the sensor is abnormal. It is judged that efficient device management and diagnosis is possible because it monitors abnormal data values (temperature, voltage, current) in real time and automatically diagnoses failures by feeding back the abnormal values detected at each stage. Although this algorithm cannot predict all failures related to temperature, voltage, and current of diagnostic X-ray imaging devices, it can detect temperature rise, bouncing values, device physical limits, input/output values, and radiation-related anomalies. exposure. If a value exceeding the maximum variation value of each data occurs, it is judged that it will be possible to check and respond in preparation for device failure. If a device's sensor fails, unexpected accidents may occur, increasing costs and risks, and regular maintenance cannot cope with all errors or failures. Therefore, since real-time maintenance through continuous data monitoring is possible, reliability improvement, maintenance cost reduction, and efficient management of equipment are expected to be possible.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2015

The trend of x-ray image sensor has been evolved from an amorphous silicon sensor to a crystal silicon sensor. A crystal silicon X-ray sensor, meaning a X-ray CIS (CMOS image sensor), is consisted of three transistors (Trs), i.e., a Reset Transistor, a Source Follower and a Select Transistor, and a photodiode. They are highly sensitive to radiation exposure. As the frequency of exposure to radiation increases, the quality of the imaging device dramatically decreases. The most well known effects of a X-ray CIS due to the radiation damage are increments in the reset voltage and dark currents. In this study, a pixel array of a X-ray CIS was made of $20{\times}20pixels$ and this pixel array was exposed to a high radiation dose. The radiation source was Co-60 and the total radiation dose was increased from 1 to 9 kGy with a step of 1 kGy. We irradiated the small pixel array to get the increments data of the reset voltage and the dark currents. Also, we simulated the radiation effects of the pixel by MCNP (Monte Carlo N-Particle) simulation. From the comparison of actual data and simulation data, the most affected location could be determined and the cause of the increments of the reset voltage and dark current could be found.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.359-365
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• 2023

높은 초당 프레임 속도와 낮은 영상지연을 갖는 동영상 엑스레이 디텍터의 요구조건을 만족하기 위해서는 픽셀내 포토다이오드와 금속 배선간 중첩 영역의 기생정전용량을 최소화하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 리드아웃 박막트랜지스터, 리셋 박막트랜지스터, 그리고 포토다이오드로 픽셀이 구성된 듀오픽스^TM(duoPIX^TM) 동영상 엑스레이 영상센서를 처음으로 제시하였다. 이후 150 × 150 mm² 영상영역, 73 ㎛ 픽셀 크기, 2048 × 2048 해상도(4.2 M pixels), 최대 초당 50 프레임의 특성을 갖는 duoPIX^TM 동영상 엑스레이 디텍터를 제작하여 초당 프레임 속도, 감도, 노이즈, MTF, 영상지연과 같은 엑스레이 영상 성능을 기존 엑스레이 영상센서를 적용한 동영상 엑스레이 디텍터와 비교 평가하였다. 평가 결과 이전 연구에서 기대했던 것과 같이 duoPIX^TM 동영상 엑스레이 디텍터가 기존 동영상 엑스레이 디텍터 대비 모든 특성에서 우위의 성능을 보여 주었다.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1996년도 International Conference on Agricultural Machinery Engineering Proceedings
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• pp.334-343
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• 1996

Quality evaluation for food and agricultural products have always been one of the most elusive problems associated with the handling , processing and marketing in a food plant production. In order to detect physical foreign materials in food and agricultural products, non-destructive techniques have been developed for many years. Application of X-ray system to detect physical foreign materials in food and agricultural products could be considered to be a high potential method. Especially , it is impossible to detect internal physical foreign materials by visual inspections. In this study, it was tried to be applied for two different X-ray devices. Soft X-ray system with CdTe sensor and X-ray CT scanner were evaluated for advantage of the detection of non-meltallic foreign materials in food and agricultural products . Though the soft X-ray is not a high energy radiation, it is possible to detect small different density in a material. The CdTe sensor has a high resolution for t e soft X-ray energy region. The density characteristics of foods and foreign material were expressed region. The density characteristics of foods and foreign materials were expressed as a soft X-ray energy spectrum. The energy spectrum was analyzed by a personal computer with a multi-channel analyzer. X-ray CT scanner can provide visual image and analyze by three dimensional information inside food and agricultural products. The X-ray CT scanner using as a medical equipment was used to detect a foreign material. The density characteristics of food and foreign materials in food were tried to be detected by the threshold value on the basis of the CT numbers. The soft X-ray absorption characteristics for acrylin plates and distilled water were obtained and could be found the possibility of detecting a small physical foreign materials such as a plastic wrapping film , a stone and grasshopper in food and agricultural products.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.391-392
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• 2006

In x-ray imaging system, twokinds of noises are involved. First, the charge generated from the radiation interaction with the detector during exposure is modeled by Poisson process. Second, the signal is then added by readout electronics noise, which is modeled by Gaussian distribution. In this paper, we applied Wiener filter and Wavelet to remove noise from medical X-ray image, the result shows that wavelet yield better segmentation results than the wiener filter.