Ji Yeon Heo

Development of Respiration Sensors Using Plastic Optical Fiber for Respiratory Monitoring Inside MRI System

In this study, we have fabricated two types of non-invasive fiber-optic respiration sensors that can measure respiratory signals during magnetic resonance (MR) image acquisition. One is a nasal-cavity attached sensor that can measure the temperature variation of air-flow using a thermochromic pigment. The other is an abdomen attached sensor that can measure the abdominal circumference change using a sensing part composed of polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) tubes, a mirror and a spring. We have measured modulated light guided to detectors in the MRI control room via optical fibers due to the respiratory movements of the patient in the MR room, and the respiratory signals of the fiber-optic respiration sensors are compared with those of the BIOPAClTEXg

Measurements of Relative Depth Doses Using Fiber-Optic Radiation Sensor and EBT Film for Brachytherapy Dosimetry

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Spectroscopic study on the development of fiber-optic pH sensor

l/TEXg system. We have verified that respiratory signals can be obtained without deteriorating the MR image. It is anticipated that the proposed fiber-optic respiration sensors would be highly suitable for respiratory monitoring during surgical procedures performed inside an MRI system.

Measurement of relative dose irradiated from a Co-60 source using a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter

In this study, we have fabricated a fiber-optic radiation sensor using an organic scintillator for brachytherapy dosimetry. Organic scintillators are made from a polystyrene base with wavelength-shifting fluors, and they do not disturb the radiation field due to their tissue or water-equivalent characteristics in a wide range of energies. The fiber-optic radiation sensor developed for this study provides a fast real-time response and convenient usage for brachytherapy dosimetry. For more accurate measurement, we have measured Cerenkov light using a dummy fiber and avoided dose measurement errors arising from high dose gradients in brachytherapy dosimetry. The Cerenkov light has been eliminated using a modified subtraction method. Also, the relative depth dose without the dose generated from Cerenkov lights is measured and compared with the results obtained using conventional EBT dosimetry films.

Development of Reflection-type Fiber-optic pH Sensor Using Sol-gel Film

In this study, we have fabricated a fiber-optic pH sensor which is composed of a light source, plastic optical fibers and a spectrometer. As an indicator, a phenol red is used, and a pH liquid solution is prepared by mixing of phenol red and various kinds of pH buffer solutions in these experiments. The emitting light from a light source is guided by plastic optical fibers to the pH liquid solution, and the optical characteristic of a light is changed in the pH liquid solution according to its color change. Therefore, we have measured the intensities and wavelength shifts of the modulated lights, which are changed due to the color variations of phenol red at different pH values, by using of a spectrometer for spectral analysis. Also, the relationships between the pH values of liquid solutions and the optical properties of modulated light according to the change of color of phenol red are obtained.

Characteristic analysis of a thermochromic material based fiber-optic temperature sensor for measuring temperature of subsurface water

In this study, we have fabricated a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter for a radiotherapy dosimetry. And -rays generated by a Co-60 are measured using a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter and percent depth dose curves are obtained according to the different depths of solid water phantoms. Also, Cerenkov radiations generated by primary or secondary electrons are measured at different depths of water phantom using a background optical fiber.

Chalcogenide optical fiber based sensor for non-invasive monitoring of respiration

A reflection-type fiber-optic pH sensor, which is composed of a pH sol-gel film, plastic optical fibers, a mirror, a light source and a spectrometer, is developed in this study. As pH indicators, a bromthymol blue, a cresol red and a thymol blue are used, and they are immobilized in the sol-gel films. The emitted light from a light source is guided by a fiber-optic Y-coupler and plastic optical fibers to the pH sol-gel film in a pH sensing probe. The pH change in the sensing probe gives rise to a change in the color of the pH sol-gel film, and the optical characteristic of reflected light through the pH sol-gel film is also changed. Therefore, we have measured the spectra of reflected lights, which are changed according to the color variations of the pH sol-gel films with different pH values, by using of a spectrometer. Also, the relationships between the pH values and the intensities of reflected lights are obtained on the basis of the color variations of the pH sol-gel films.

Measurements and comparisons of PDDs using ion chamber and fiber-optic dosimeter irradiated by high energy photon beam

In this study, we describe the feasibility of developing a fiber-optic temperature sensor using a thermochromic material such as 2,4,5-triphenylimidazole or also called Lophine. A sensor-tip is fabricated by mixing of a Lophine powder, which has a non-toxic and hydrophobic characteristics, and an epoxy resin. The temperature change in the sensor-tip gives rise to a change in the optical absorbance of the Lophine, and the transmittance of a light through the Lophine is also changed. We have measured the intensities of modulated lights due to the change of optical absorbance of the Lophine by using of a photo-multiplier tube(PMT). The relationships between the temperatures and the output voltages of PMT are determined to measure the temperature of water. The measurable temperature range of the fiber-optic sensor is from 5 to .

Measurement of Skin Dose and Percentage Depth Does in Build-up Region Using a Fiber-optic Dosimeter

We have fabricated an infrared optical fiber based sensor which can monitor the respiration of a patient. The design of a chalcogenide optical fiber based sensor is suitable for insertion into a high electro-magnetic field environment because the sensor consists of low cost and compact mid-infrared components such as a chalcogenide optical fiber, a filament emitter and a thermopile sensor. A fiber-optic respiration sensor is capable of detecting carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhalation of a patient using the infrared absorption characteristics of carbon gases. It is expected that a mid-infrared fiber-optic respiration sensor, which can be developed based on the results of this study, would be highly suitable for respiration measurements of a patient during the procedure of an MRI.

Measurements of thermal neutron distribution of nuclear fuel using a plastic fiber-optic sensor

In this study, we have fabricated a fiber-optic dosimeter using an organic scintillator and a plastic optical fiber for measuring percentage depth dose with high energy X-ray beam. The scintillating light generated in organic sensor probe embedded in a solid water are guided by 20 m plastic optical fiber to the light-measuring device such as a photodiode- amplifier system. Using a fiber-optic dosimeter and an ion chamber, percentage depth dose curves are measured with 6 and 15 MV energies of X-ray beam whose field sizes are and .