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A Survey of Indoor and Outdoor Radon Concentrations by Alpha Track Detector in Korea (Alpha Track Detector를 이용한 실내외 라돈 농도조사에 관한 연구)

  • ;;;Takao Iida
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2002
  • A survey of radon concentrations in both indoor and outdoor atmospheres was carried out using EIRM and Cup Monitor for the period of February 1996 to March 1997. EIRM were used to measure the indoor and outdoor radon concentration at five major cities university. Cup Monitor were also used to measure the indoor radon concentrations at shopping store, office building, apartment, hospital and house in Seoul. The mean indoor and outdoor radon concentrations at the five major cities(Seoul, Daegu, Daejon, Cwangiu and Busan) were 24.1 Bq/m$^3$and 8.62 Bq/m$^3$, respectively. The ratio of indoor to outdoor radon concentrations ranged front 1.7 to 3.9. Inspection of its seasonal distribute pattern indicates the enhancement during winter relative to summer, consistently for both indoor and outdoor air. The results of the survey showed that the concentrations in basements were clearly higher than those in usual living/working places.

Elemental analysis by neutron induced nuclear reaction - Nuclear track method for the analysis of fissile materials

  • Ha, Yeong-Keong;Pyo, Hyung Yeol;Park, Yong Joon;Jee, Kwang Yong;Kim, Won Ho
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.263-270
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    • 2005
  • Nuclear track is an useful tool for elemental analysis of radionuclides, such as uranium, plutonium and thorium, etc., and for elements undergoing nuclear reactions with thermal neutrons such as lithium and boron. This method has various application fields such as detecting fissionable radionuelides, measuring the fission rate in nuclear technology, analyzing cosmic radiation from meteorite, calculating the age of minerals as well as their history, etc. Track registration method has been applied to the microscopic analysis of boron and fissionable element such as uranium in KAERI. This report reviews the theoretical background of the nuclear track formation, practical procedures to obtain etched tracks and a perspective of the future.

PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE ALPHA TRACK ANALYSIS OF SPHERICAL URANIUM METAL PARTICLES

  • Pyo Hyung-Yeol;Kim Jong-Yun;Lee Myung-Ho;Park Yong-Jun;Jee Kwang-Yong;Kim Won-Ho
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.353-358
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    • 2006
  • Alpha track analysis for the determination of the trace amount of alpha emitting nuclides in a very small particle was performed as an efficient and powerful technique during safeguard inspection. Metal particles with well-defined spherical shape, size and isotopic compositions as a reference material were used to correlate the number of tracks or track diameter with an isotopic composition eventually to identify the uranium enrichment in the environmental swipe samples. Slopes in the number of tracks versus the exposure time curve provide a simple insight into the uranium enrichment of an unknown particle. Low enriched uranium metal particles result in slopes still steeper than the depleted or natural uranium metal particles. In addition, a linear relationship between track diameter and particle size Is thought to be a useful first stage analytical tool as an efficient and convenient inspection guide. The significance of the simple linear model was also judged using the usual statistical tests.

Track Distiribution of Recoil Protons in PN-3 Dosimeters Etched in NaOH Solution (NaOH 용액에 의해 부식된 PN-3 선량측정계에서의 되튕긴 양성자의 궤적 분포)

  • Yoo, Done-Sik;Sim, Kwang-Souk
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.129-139
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    • 1991
  • The method of etching tracks in PN-3 dosimeter has been applied to tracks of recoil protons from a neutron source. Both the etch and the detection response of PN-3 has been studied as a function of etched-track diameters against various parameters. We could obtain very useful informations about charge, energy, and mass of particles and the relationship between the track etching rate and the track forming procedure in order to analyze the particle recorded in the solid state track detector. The best etching condition could be found by means of changing the etching circumstances for various energies and particles in order to detect the charged particle accurately. It could be influenced widely that the polymer plastic detector could develep the detecting technique for the low energy level neutron and could be used as a neutron dosimeter in the radiation field such as the nuclear power station, the medical institute and the nondtructive testing institute.

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A Study of Detecting Broken Rail using the Real-time Monitoring System (실시간 모니터링을 통한 레일절손 검지에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae Geon;Eom, Beom Gyu;Lee, Hi Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2013
  • Train accidents can be directly connected to fatal accidents-collision, derailment, Fire, railway crossing accidents-resulting in tremendous human casualties. First of all, the railway derailment is not only related to most of railway accidents but also it can lead to much more catastrophic accompanying train overtured than other factors. Therefore, it is most important factor to ensure railway safety. some foreign countries have applied to the detector machines(e.g., ultrasonic detector car, sleep mode, current detector, optical sensing, optical fiber). Since it was developed in order to prevent train from being derailed. In korea, the existing track method has been used to monitor rail condition using track circuit. However, we found out it impossible for Communication Based Train Control system(CBTC), recent technology to detect rail condition using balise(data transmission devices) without no track circuit. For this reason, it is needed instantly to develop real-time monitoring system used to detect broken rails. Firstly, this paper presents domestic and international statues analysis of rail breaks technology. Secondly, the composition and the characteristics of the real-time monitoring system. Finally, the evidence that this system could assumed the location and type of broken rails was proved by the experiment of prototype and operation line tests. We concluded that this system can detect rail break section in which error span exist within${\pm}1m$.

Multi-Class Multi-Object Tracking in Aerial Images Using Uncertainty Estimation

  • Hyeongchan Ham;Junwon Seo;Junhee Kim;Chungsu Jang
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2024
  • Multi-object tracking (MOT) is a vital component in understanding the surrounding environments. Previous research has demonstrated that MOT can successfully detect and track surrounding objects. Nonetheless, inaccurate classification of the tracking objects remains a challenge that needs to be solved. When an object approaching from a distance is recognized, not only detection and tracking but also classification to determine the level of risk must be performed. However, considering the erroneous classification results obtained from the detection as the track class can lead to performance degradation problems. In this paper, we discuss the limitations of classification in tracking under the classification uncertainty of the detector. To address this problem, a class update module is proposed, which leverages the class uncertainty estimation of the detector to mitigate the classification error of the tracker. We evaluated our approach on the VisDrone-MOT2021 dataset,which includes multi-class and uncertain far-distance object tracking. We show that our method has low certainty at a distant object, and quickly classifies the class as the object approaches and the level of certainty increases.In this manner, our method outperforms previous approaches across different detectors. In particular, the You Only Look Once (YOLO)v8 detector shows a notable enhancement of 4.33 multi-object tracking accuracy (MOTA) in comparison to the previous state-of-the-art method. This intuitive insight improves MOT to track approaching objects from a distance and quickly classify them.

Kalman Tracking Filter for Estimating Target Position (목표물 위치추적을 위한 3제원 Kalman 추적 필터)

  • 진강규;하주식;박진길
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.35 no.11
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    • pp.519-528
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    • 1986
  • By using a least-square input estimator and likelihood ratio technique, a tracking problem is presented. A Kalman tracking filter based on constant-velocity, straight-line model is used to track a target and the filtered estimate is updated using an input estimate when a maneuver is detected. Track residuals at each scan are sensed by a detector to guard against unexpected corrections of the filter. The simulation results show there are significant improvements using the scheme presented.

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Reliable Measurement Selection for The Small Target Detection and Tracking in The IR Scanning Images (적외선 주사 영상에서 소형 표적의 탐지 및 추적을 위한 신뢰성 있는 측정치 선택 기법)

  • Yang, Yu-Kyung;Kim, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2008
  • A new automatic small target detection and tracking algorithm for the real-time IR surveillance system is presented. The automatic target detection and tracking algorithm of the real-time systems, requires low complexity and robust tracking performance in the cluttered environment. Linear-array and parallel-scan IR systems usually suffer from severe scan noise caused by the detector non-uniformity. After the spatial filtering and thresholding, this scan noise still remains as high amplitude clutter which degrades the target detection rate and tracking performance. In this paper, we propose a new feature which consists of area and validity information of a measurement. By adopting this feature to the measurements selection and track confirmation, we can increase the target detection rate and reduce both the track loss rate and false track rate. From the experimental results, we can validate the feasibility of the proposed method in the noisy IR images.

Detection of narrowly spaced tone signals using a nonlinear energy tracker (비선형 에너지 추적기를 이용한 근접된 톤 신호 검출)

  • 황성수;이용환
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.2470-2476
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    • 1997
  • We propose a simle scheme for detecting tone signals narrowly spaced in the frequency by employing a nonlinear device called Teager's energy tracker. When the input signal is a tone signal, the output of Teager's energy tracker is proportional to the energy and tone frequency of the input signal. When the envelope of the input tone is varying, this tracker can also track the energy of the envelope. By employing Teager's algorithm as a preprocessor, the detector for narrowly spaced tone signals can be implemented without the use of sharp notch filters. As an example, the proposed detector is applied to distinguishing ITU-T V.8 and V.25 tone signals. The detector perfodrmance is analyszed and is verified by computer simulation.

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