Position:  Professor
Degree:   Doctor of Engineering
Laboratory:       Quantum Beam and Biomaterials Engineering
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Development of visualization technology for ionizing radiation

Ionizing radiation has been widely used in the industrial and medical fields for decades, and advanced radiation technologies for medical imaging and radiation therapy are now available. However, it is generally impossible to observe ionization radiation with the naked eye. Thus, my coworkers and I have developed visualization technologies for ionizing radiation. The photograph below shows a hand phantom made of a radiation-sensitive resin. The radiation dose distribution in the hand phantom can be precisely estimated from the fluorescence intensity profile.

Publication

1. Sato, T. Hashimoto, S. Tamaki, S. Kusaka, H. Miyamaru, I. Murata; “One-dimensional dose measurement with string-shaped photo-stimulated luminescence detector”, Radiation Measurements 124, pp. 137-140 (2019).
2. Sato, Y. Toyota, N. Zushi, K. Shimizu, Y. Miyamoto, T. Yamamoto, T. Iida, and I. Murata; “Synthesis and characterization of spherical radiophotoluminescence glass detectors by melting method”, Radiation Measurements 133, pp. 1-6 (2018).
3. Sato, T. Hashimoto, S. Tamaki, S. Kusaka, H. Miyamaru, I. Murata; “Development of string-shaped radiophotoluminescence dosimeter for high radiation field”, Radiation Measurements 111, pp. 1-5 (2018).
4. Sato, T. Maekawa, T. Kariba, S. Kusaka, T. Tanaka and I. Murata; “Development of Isotopically Enriched Boron-doped Alumina Dosimeter for Thermal Neutrons”, Radiation Protection Dosimetry 177, pp.475-480 (2017).
5. Sato, T. Maekawa, T. Sakiyama, N. Zushi, K. Shimizu, Y. Kato, I. Murata, T. Yamamoto, T. Iida; “Development of human hand phantom containing radiophotoluminescence material”, Radiation Measurements 85, pp. 18-25 (2016).