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Dose Assessment in Accordance with the Measured Position of Size Specific Dose Estimates

Size Specific Dose Estimates(SSDE)측정 위치에 따른 피폭선량 평가

  • Kim, Jung-Su (Department of Radio-technology, Health Welfare, Wonkwang Health Science University) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Wan (Department of Radiology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Min (Department of Radiological Science, Korea University)
  • 김정수 (원광보건대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 홍성완 (인제대학교 일산백병원 방사선과) ;
  • 김정민 (고려대학교 방사선학과)
  • Received : 2015.11.01
  • Accepted : 2015.12.16
  • Published : 2015.12.31

Abstract

This study investigated the size specific dose estimates of difference localizer on pediatric CT image. Seventy one cases of pediatric abdomen-pelvic CT (M:F=36:35) were included in this study. Anterior-posterior and lateral diameters were measured in axial CT images. Conversion factors from American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) report 204 were obtained for effective diameter to determine size specific dose estimate (SSDE) from the CT dose index volume (CTDIvol) recorded from the dose reports. For the localizer of mid-slice SSDE was 107.63% higher than CTDIvol and that of xiphoid-process slices SSDE was higher than 92.91%. The maximum error of iliac crest slices, xiphoid process slices and femur head slices between mid-slices were 7.48%, 17.81% and 14.04%. In conclusion, despite the SSDE of difference localizer has large number of errors, SSDE should be regarded as the primary evaluation tool of the patient radiation in pediatric CT for evaluation.

본 연구에서는 소아 CT검사에서 환자의 크기를 고려한 보정을 위해 검상돌기부위, 장골능부위, 대퇴골두가 처음으로 보이는 부위의 스캔영상과 전체 스캔영역의 중간 부위에서 산정된 크기보정선량을 비교하였다. 각 위치에서 측정한 size specific dose estimates(SSDE)와 $CTDI_{vol}$ 값의 평균오차는 스캔영역 중간에서 산정한 보정선량 값에서 107.63%로 가장 큰 차이를 보였으며 검상돌기 영역에서 산정한 평균오차는 92.91%로 가장 작은 차이를 보였다. 또한 스캔영역의 중간 부위에서 산정한 SSDE와 골반의 장골능 부위에서 산정한 SSDE의 오차는 최대 7.48%의 오차를 나타냈고, 검상돌기 부위에서 산정한 SSDE와는 17.81%, 대퇴골두 부위와는 14.04%의 차이를 나타냈다. 이와 같이 SSDE는 산정부위에 따라 상당한 오차를 나타내는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 따라서 임상에서 SSDE의 산정을 위해서는 환자의 신체적 형태를 파악하고 각 부위에서 SSDE를 산정하여 최대값을 사용하는 것이 방사선 방어의 입장에서 옳을 것으로 생각된다.

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