In an Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, samples from several products are analyzed, in order to determine the amount of radioactive products they contain. A usual method is the gamma activity measurement of these samples, which typically requires the use of High Purity Germanium Detectors (HPGe). GMX (n-type) detectors can be found among this group of detectors. They have a high efficienc...

An SPECT image can be approximated as the convolution of the ground truth spatial radioactivity with the system point spread function (PSF). The PSF of an SPECT system is determined by the combined effect of several factors, including the gamma camera PSF, scattering, attenuation, and collimator response. It is hard to determine the SPECT system PSF analytically, although it may be measured exp...

Introduction e knowledge of radionuclide distribution and radiation levels in the environment is important for assessing the effects of radiation exposure due to both terrestrial and cosmogenic sources. Terrestrial radiation is due to radioactive nuclides present in varying amounts in soils, building materials, water, rocks and atmosphere. Some of the radionuclides from these sources are trans...

The investigation of the environmental radioactivity around the radioactive waste disposal site in Gyeongju is being carried out. The radioactivity of I in groundwater and seaweed are to be measured. The analytical method to measure the radioactivity of I in aqueous media was established. This method contains oxidation-reduction reaction, anion-exchange separation and palladium precipitation. T...

The processing of erythrocyte iron by the reticuloendothelial cell has been characterized by kinetic measurements of blood radioactivity made after the intravenous injection of heat-damaged erythrocytes labeled with (59)Fe and of transferrin-bound (55)Fe. The early reticuloendothelial release of iron, a matter of hours, was calculated from the plasma turnover rate of (55)Fe and the plasma reapp...

Two-dimensional measurement of radiation produced by natural irradiation of granitic rocks was performed by the use of an imaging plate, which is a storage film coated with photostimulated phosphor (BaFBr:Eu2+). Radiation images of small volume specimens, such as thin sections were obtained with the imaging plate. Irradiation images of granitic rocks are inhomogeneous and the intensity of photo...