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The Development of a beam profile monitoring system for improving the beam output characteristics

빔 출력 특성 개선을 위한 빔 프로파일 모니터링 시스템 개발

  • An, Young-jun (Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, TongMyong University) ;
  • Hur, Min-goo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Yang, Seung-dae (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Shin, Dae-seob (Department of Electronic Engineering, Incheon University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-hoon (Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, TongMyong University)
  • Received : 2015.08.10
  • Accepted : 2015.09.18
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

Radioactive isotopes which are manufactured using a cyclotron in a radioisotope used for radiation diagnosis is affected by the production yield according to size and shape of the beam and beam uniform degree from irradiated location when the proton beam investigated the target by cyclotron. Therefore, in this paper developed the BPM(Beam Profile Monitor) device capable of measuring the beam cross-section at the cyclotron beam line. It was configured so as to be able to remote control the BPM device in LabView and used the BPM program it was to be able to easily monitor and display to analyze the graph of two-dimensional graph and a three-dimensional beam distribution numerical information of the beam obtained while scanning the tungsten wire to the X and Y axis. The time it takes to measure the beam can be confirmed 37seconds when step motor driving speed was 2000pps. Through a beam readjusted based on the measured beam distribution information by optimizing the beam distribution it can be made to maximize the RI production yield and contribute supply stabilization.

방사선 진단에 사용되는 방사성동위원소 중 사이클로트론을 이용해 생산되는 방사성동위원소는 사이클로트론에서 인출된 양성자 빔이 타겟에 조사될 때 빔의 크기와 모양, 조사되는 위치에서 빔 균일 정도에 따라 생산 수율에 영향을 받는다. 이에 본 논문에서는 사이클로트론 빔 라인에서 빔의 단면을 측정할 수 있는 BPM(Beam Profile Monitor)장치를 개발하였다. LabView로 BPM장치를 원격 제어할 수 있도록 구성하였으며 BPM 프로그램을 이용하여 X축과 Y축으로 텅스텐 와이어를 스캔하면서 얻은 빔의 수치 정보를 2차원 그래프와 3차원 빔 분포 그래프로 표시하여 해석을 쉽게 모니터링 할 수 있도록 하였다. 빔을 측정하는 데 걸리는 시간은 스텝 모터 구동 속도가 2000pps일 때 37초가 걸린다는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 측정된 빔 분포정보를 기반으로 빔 재조정을 통해 빔 분포를 최적화함으로써 방사성동위원소 생산 수율을 극대화 시킬 수 있고 공급 안정화에도 기여하리라 본다.

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