• 대한방사선방어학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.110-111
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• 2011

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.23-27
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• 2014

Industrial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an useful technique to investigate the dynamic behavior of process flow. In the present study, to evaluate the influence of a void on the performance of industrial SPECT, industrial SPECT with various radioisotope sources and gas holdups was modeled by the Monte Carlo simulation. The results are very encouraging; that is, the void little influences the performance of industrial SPECT, which means that industrial SPECT could be a suitable tool to investigate the dynamic characteristics of the flow in a water-air phase process.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.245-249
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• 2012

Demand of fluid flow visualization has increased in industrial processes, because medical imaging technology is highly developed. As a part of the industrial process imaging technology, industrial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system was developed to measure the cross-sectional distribution of the process fluid. The SPECT consists of 36 NaI (Tl) detectors with the hexagonal configuration. Reconstructed images were acquired for various positions of radioactive source to estimate SPECT device performance. To evaluate the reliability of the experimental results, the Monte Carlo simulation results are compared with experimental results. In general, the experimental and simulation results were consistent. However, as the source position was getting far from the center of the reactor, the accuracy of reconstructed images was compromised. It seems to be due to the inconsistent spatial resolution of the collimators according to the source position.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.5 no.4
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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.

• 전기의세계
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• v.38 no.8
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• pp.26-31
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• 1989

PET는 다른 nuclear imaging system(SPECT등)과는 달리 기계적 collimator가 필요없이 전자적 collimation을 할 수 있고 이런 collimation역할로 인하여 SPECT보다 감도(sensitivity)가 좋고 또한 전체 영상영역에 걸쳐 해상도와 감도가 균일하며 감쇄상수의 보정이 쉽다. 기존 X선 CT나 NMR-CT에 비해 해상도와 신호대 잡음비가 떨어짐에도 불구하고 PET 시스템 독특한 장점은 영상 자체가 단순한 영상을 재현하는 것이 아니라 인체내의 생태학적 또는 생리학적인 변화에 대한 정량적 분석이 가능하다는데 있다. 즉, $^{11}$ C, $^{13}$N, $^{15}$ O, $^{18}$ F와 같은 물질은 인체내에 생리적현상과 매우 밀접한 관계를 가지고 있어 이들 물질의 분포나 변화를 제공하는 것은 다른 의료 영상기기와 뚜렷이 구별되는 점이라 할 수 있다. 따라서 앞으로 분해 능력이 2-3mm의 PET시스템의 개발은 임상은 물론 의료연구용으로 매우 유용할 것이며 종래의 NMR과 X선 CT 와는 다른 보완적인 정보를 제공하는 영상시스템으로써 의료산업계의 발전에 크게 기여를 할 것이라고 본다.