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Development of Dual Energy Radiation Detector (이중 에너지 방사선 검출기 개발)

  • Yeo, Hwa-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.5-11
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we are suggested development of dual-mode detector for dual-energy digital radiography. Design of dual-energy radiography module for commercial BIS (Baggage Inspection System) is used in the spectrum of the X-ray generator and detector for dual-mode features and radiological characteristics were analyzed. BIS suggestl on the image detector module being used to target X-ray tube to simulate X-ray spectrum and simulated spectrum to offer through the new radiographic characteristics of the detector modules were investigated. Using X-ray experiments with an increase in the thickness of the copper filter low energy detector (LED) and high-energy detector (HED) as the difference between the output signal increases. HED, especially in the size of the output signal decreases with increasing thickness of the copper filter was found.

Optimization of the Wavelength Shifter Ratio in a Polystyrene Based Plastic Scintillator through Energy Spectrum Analysis (에너지스펙트럼 분석을 통한 폴리스타이렌 기반 플라스틱 섬광체의 파장쉬프터 비율 최적화)

  • Kim, Yewon;Moon, Myungkook;Kim, Myung Soo;Yoo, Hyunjun;Lee, Daehee;Cho, Gyuseong
    • Journal of Radiation Industry
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.167-171
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    • 2016
  • The scintillation efficiency of the polystyrene based plastic scintillator depends on the ratio of the wavelength shifters, organic fluors(PPO and POPOP). Thus, 24 samples of the plastic scintillator were fabricated in order to find out the optimum ratio of the wavelength shifters in the plastic scintillator. The fabricated plastic scintillators were trimmed through a cutting and polishing process. They were used in gamma energy spectrum measurement with the $^{137}Cs$ emitting mono-energy photon with 662 keV for the comparison of the scintillation efficiency. As a result, it was found out that the scintillator sample with 1.00 g of PPO (2,5-Diphenyloxazole) and 0.50 g of POPOP (1,4-Bis(5-phnyl-2oxidazolyl)benzene) dissolved in 100 g of styrene solution has the optimum ratio in terms of the light yield of the polystyrene based plastic scintillator.

Broadening of absorption spectrum in a p-type InGaAs-InAlAs coupled Quantum well (p형 InGaAs-InAlAs 결합양자우물을 이용한 흡수계수스펙트럼의 broadening)

  • 김경환;김성준
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.34D no.3
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 1997
  • Intervalence subband absroption of normally incident infrared radiation in p-type InGaAs-InAlAs coupled quantum well (CQW) is theoretically investigated by the multiband effective mass formalism. By solving a 4*4 luttinger-kohn hamitonian, we calculate valence subband structures, intervalence subband transition matrix elements, and absorption coefficient spectrum in the CQW which consists of a wider well, a thinner well and a barreir between them. Using the flexible design parameters given to the valence band CQW structure, we show that the absorption coefficient profile can be tailored. For a carefully designed CQW, theabsorption coefficient cn be made to maintain a large value over a wider wavelength range of incident infrared radiation compared with that shown in intersubband absorption in usual single quantum well.

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EFFECT OF METAL CONTACT ON THE CZT DETECTOR PERFORMANCE

  • Park, Se-Hwan;Park, Hyung-Sik;Lee, Jae-Hyung;Kin, Han-Soo;Ha, Jang-Ho
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.65-68
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    • 2009
  • Metal-semiconductor contact is very important for the operating property of semiconductor detector. $Cd_{0.96}$ $Zn_{0.04}$ Te semiconductor crystal was grown with Bridgman method, and the crystal was cut and polished. EPMA (Electron Probe Micro Analyzer) and ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) analysis were done to obtain the chemical composition and impurity of the crystal. Metal contact was deposited with thermal evaporator on both sides of the crystal. Detectors with Au/CZT/Au and In/CZT/Au structure were made, and I-V curve and the energy spectrum were measured with the detectors. It could be seen that the detector with the In/CZT/Au structure has superior property than the detector with Au/CZT/Au structure when the crystal resistivity was low. However, the metal contact structure effect becomes low when the crystal resistivity was high.

Enhanced Adaptive Beamforming and Null Steering Algorithms in Cognitive Radio System

  • Zhuang, Zhili;Sohn, Sung-Hwan;Kim, Jae-Moung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.34 no.11A
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    • pp.822-830
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    • 2009
  • The spectrum efficiency of mobile communication networks can be improved dramatically adopting multiple antennas technologies. In order to guarantee the licensed rights of primary user (PU), the cognitive radio system should perform in a relatively low interference manner when it gets access to the spectrum of licensed networks. In this paper, we explore a uniformly distributed circular antenna array to implement beamforming algorithm that is accomplished by optimization method at the base station of cognitive radio networks, and therefore we can suppress the interference to PU by steering quite low transmission power toward PU and constructing a narrow beam toward cognitive user (CU). By reducing the constraint number of the optimization problem, we also propose a null steering algorithm that steers rather low radiation power toward PU, while the other areas in the same cell are covered by radiation power except the local area around PU. It is pursued to reduce the computation load and enlarge the capacity of cognitive radio networks extremely. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithms process superior performance.

Analysis of Effectiveness of Spectrum of Energy and Image Quality Evaluation by Aluminium Filter in the added Compound Filtration (에너지 스펙트럼과 화질평가를 통한 복합부가여과에서 알루미늄 여과판의 효율성 분석)

  • Kim, Sang-Hyun;Choi, Jae-Ho
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.187-197
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    • 2015
  • This study analysed the effectiveness of aluminium(Al) filter in the added compound filtration for the removal of characteristic radiation by energy spectrum and image evaluation. 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 mm copper with and without 1 mm Al were evaluated. The energy spectrum was measured using the GATE and evaluated separately by each energy. Image quality was evaluated by PSNR, MAE, MSE, CNR, SNR and qualitative analysis was performed by seven items for resolution and contrast from chest x-ray criteria of National Cancer Screening and Cardiovascular evaluation table. In the analysis of the quality of the energy per photon spectrum with the exception of a low energy region, without Al were superior in all area. PSNR MAE, MSE, CNR, SNR and qualitative analysis were the same or slightly better. PSNR was over 30 dB and all significant and the p>0.05 in the T-test of qualitative analysis. The energy spectrum and image quality have little difference between before and after use of Al filter. Therefore, it is effective to use the Al filter for the radiation dose management with the compensation capability of DR system.

A Method for Quantifying Spectrum Use (스펙트럼 이용 계량화 방법)

  • 김영수;이형수;정영호;김상원;정진욱
    • The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.24-35
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    • 1995
  • In this paper, we study the Spectrum Use Measure(SUM) model for quantifying the extent of spectrum use by existing radio communication systems. This model calculates the interference level between transmitters and receivers by applying the EMC analysis technique of interference prediction process such as antenna radiation pattern model and propagation model which are well known. While several previous works have described the spectrum resources by constructing the interference contours around existing radio systems, the SUM technique is developed for quantifying and portraying the spectrum resources used by radio communication systems in a geographic area. Computer simula- tion results are illustrated to verify the calculations for the Spectrum Use Bandwidth(SUB) and Spectrum Use Factor (SUF) performed by the SUM model and find the usefulness of the SUM model.

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Database of virtual spectrum of artificial radionuclides for education and training in in-situ gamma spectrometry

  • Yoomi Choi;Young-Yong Ji;Sungyeop Joung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.190-200
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    • 2023
  • As the field of application of in-situ gamma spectroscopy is diversified, proficiency is required for consistent and accurate analysis. In this study, a program was developed to virtually create gamma energy spectra of artificial nuclides, which are difficult to obtain through actual measurements, for training. The virtual spectrum was created by synthesizing the spectra of the background radiation obtained through actual measurement and the theoretical spectra of the artificial radionuclides obtained by a Monte Carlo simulation. Since the theoretical spectrum can only be obtained for a given geometrical structure, representative major geometries for in-situ measurement (ground surface, concrete wall, radioactive waste drum) and the detectors (HPGe, NaI(Tl), LaBr3(Ce)) were predetermined. Generated virtual spectra were verified in terms of validity and harmonization by gamma spectrometry and energy calibration. As a result, it was confirmed that the energy calibration results including the peaks of the measured spectrum and the peaks of the theoretical spectrum showed differences of less than 1 keV from the actual energies, and that the calculated radioactivity showed a difference within 20% from the actual inputted radioactivity. The verified data were assembled into a database and a program that can generate a virtual spectrum of desired condition was developed.

A study on the Radiation Properties of Far-infrared and PTC Effect in the $BaTiO_3$ system by $MnO_2$ Amounts of Additives ($MnO_2$ 첨가량에 따른 $BaTiO_3$계의 PTC효과와 원적외선 방사특성에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Min-Joon;Park, Choon-Bae;Kang, Dou-Youl
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1993.05a
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    • pp.3-5
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    • 1993
  • It is very important that a spectrum of reflectance is in accord wi th a spectrum of absorbance for a effective heating. Therefore. the objective of this study was to achieve a technical composite for material plan which PTC thermistor increase a radiation property of far-infrared and keep a characteristic of R-T The Ceramic speciman studies had the composition $BaTiO_3$ with additive of 1.67 $Al_2O_3$, 3.75 $SiO_2$, 1.25 $TiO_2$, 0.15 $Sb_2O_3$ and 0.00-0.182 $MnO_2$. $MnO_2$ amounts of additives was both increase on the anomalous resistivity-temperature characteristics and high efficiency on the radiation properties bodies of far-infrared. This result shows that specimens produced high emissivity(average 0.8) of far-infrared at 4.5-15$[{\mu}m]$ by measuring a characteristic of IR and R-T.

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Non-iterative pulse tail extrapolation algorithms for correcting nuclear pulse pile-up

  • Mohammad-Reza Mohammadian-Behbahani
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.12
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    • pp.4350-4356
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    • 2023
  • Radiation detection systems working at high count rates suffer from the overlapping of their output electric pulses, known as pulse pile-up phenomenon, resulting in spectrum distortion and degradation of the energy resolution. Pulse tail extrapolation is a pile-up correction method which tries to restore the shifted baseline of a piled-up pulse by extrapolating the overlapped part of its preceding pulse. This needs a mathematical model which is almost always nonlinear, fitted usually by a nonlinear least squares (NLS) technique. NLS is an iterative, potentially time-consuming method. The main idea of the present study is to replace the NLS technique by an integration-based non-iterative method (NIM) for pulse tail extrapolation by an exponential model. The idea of linear extrapolation, as another non-iterative method, is also investigated. Analysis of experimental data of a NaI(Tl) radiation detector shows that the proposed non-iterative method is able to provide a corrected spectrum quite similar with the NLS method, with a dramatically reduced computation time and complexity of the algorithm. The linear extrapolation approach suffers from a poor energy resolution and throughput rate in comparison with NIM and NLS techniques, but provides the shortest computation time.