Education:

Ph.D., Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2003-2006
M.S., Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2001-2003
B.Sc. Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, 1997-2001

Awards:

2009 Bronze (third) prize for best research of the year. Productivity Research Institute, LG Electronics

2005-06 Honjo International Scholarship

2001-03 MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) - Government Scholarship

Contact Information:

Research Interests:

Dr Yeom's research interest includes development of PET instrumentations. In particular, novel detectors and readout electronics for PET multimodality imaging. He is currently working on SiPM detectors and intelligent readouts for TOF-PET and PET/MR systems.

Integration of PET with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without mutual interference
Advanced time-of-flight (ToF) PET photon detectors

Recent Publications:

1. Jung-Yeol Yeom, Young-Jun Roh, Chang-Ook Jung, Dae-Hwa Jeong. Development of a Fast and High Resolution X-ray Imaging Sensor for In-line Inspection of Tape Substrate. International Journal of Optomechatronics Jan 2010;4:34-50.
2. B.X. Shi, H. Takahashi, J.Y. Yeom, K. Shimazoe, Y. Takada, K. Fujita, Y. Hosono. Characteristics of 16-Channel ASIC Preamplifier Board for Microstrip Gas Chamber and Animal PET. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology Nov 2007;44:1356-1360.
3. Kenji Shimazoe, Yeom-Jung Yeol, Yasuhiro Minamikawa, Yuki Tomida, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kaoru Fujita, Masaharu Nakazawa, Hideo Murayama. Development of 40 channel Waveform Sampling CMOS ASIC Board for Positron Emission Tomography. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment April 2007;573(1-2):99-102.
4. JY. Yeom, K. Shimazoe, H. Takahashi, H. Murayama. A Waveform Sampling Front-End ASIC for Readout of GSO/APD with DOI Information. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Feb 2007;571(1-2):381-384.
5. J.Y. Yeom, I. Defendi, H. Takahashi, K. Zeitelhack, M. Nakazawa and H. Murayama. A 12-Channel CMOS Preamplifier-Shaper-Discriminator ASIC for APD and Gas Counters. IEEE Transaction of Nuclear Science Aug 2006;(53)4:2204-2208.
6. J.Y. Yeom, H. Takahashi, P. Siritiprussamee, H. Murayama, M. Nakazawa. Multi-Channel CMOS ASIC Preamplifiers for Avalanche Photodiode and Microstrip Gas Chamber readouts. IEEE Transaction of Nuclear Science Feb 2006;53(1):242-246.
7. P. Siritiprussamee, H. Takahashi, J. Y. Yeom, T. Ishitsu, M. Kai, M. Nakazawa, S. Kishimoto, T. Ino and M. Furusaka. A New M-MSGC Readout Method and Front-end ASIC Development. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment June 2004;525(1-2):225-228.
8. P. Siritiprussamee, H. Takahashi, J.Y. Yeom, T. Ishitsu, M. Nakazawa, S. Kishimoto, T. Ino, M. Furusaka. Development of Front-end Electronics for M-MSGC Using Analog-to-Digital-to-Analog Encoding Readout Method. Ionizing radiation 2004;30(2):159-163.
9. J. Y. Yeom, H. Takahashi, T. Ishitsu, M. Nakazawa and H. Murayama. Development of a Multi-channel Waveform Sampling ASIC for Animal PET with DOI Information. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment June 2004;424(1-2):221-224.
10. P. Siritiprussamee, H. Takahashi, JY.Yeom, T. Ishitsu, M. Nakazawa, S. Kishimoto, T. Ino, M. Furusaka, K. Sakai, H.M. Shimizu. Development of Front-end Electronics for M-MSGC Using Individual-readout ASIC with Resistive Strip Output. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Supplement 4 March 2004:307-309.
11. JY. Yeom, H. Takahashi, T. Ishitsu, M. Nakazawa, H. Murayama. Development of a High Resolution APD Based Animal PET and Multi-Channel Waveform Sampling Front-End ASIC. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Supplement 4 March 2004:279-282.