• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.865-872
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to analyze fabrics suitable for use as examination gowns to determine whether examination gowns affect imaging during anterior to posterior chest examinations(Chest AP) on a digital X-ray system. Examination gowns in use at five medical centers in Seoul were collected and included modal, tencel, cotton, and rayon fabrics. The selection of fabrics was based on studies that reported fabrics with good tactile, absorbent, stretchable, and wrinkle resistance. Phantoms of five hospital gowns and four fabrics, arranged in overlapping layers from one to eight, were created and examined on a digital X-ray system in both Chest AP examination. The images examined were subjected to a first-step profile analysis, a second-step signal intensity averaging analysis, and a third-step microscopic analysis. The results showed that all nine materials had an increasing impact on the image as the number of layers of fabric increased, with the modal fabric having the least impact on the image in the first, second, and third analyses. In conclusion, as the resolution of digital x-ray systems increases, the impact of examination clothing on the image will increase, and research to find suitable materials for examination clothing will continue to be necessary.

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.547-550
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• 1998

수의사들은 수캐와 고양이를 구입하기전 수캐의 번식력에 대한 검사를 요청 받을 때가 가끔 있다. 미국의 경우 Kennel club 지침에서는 7개월 보다 어린 개 또는 12세 이상된 개를 종견으로 등록할때는 번식력에 대한 소견서 혹은 증명서를 제출하여야만 한다고 되어있다. 번식력 검사에는 수캐의 완전한 병력을 수집해야하며 병력으로 과거 상처, 질병, 예방접종, 투약상태, 고환이 음낭으로 하강한 상태, 년령, 음낭부종 또는 외상의 발생상태 등이 포함되어야한다. 또한 애완동물의 가계에 대한 번식력에 대해서도 찾아보도록 노력해야 한다. 환축을 검사하기전 병력을 축주에 문의하는 것도 하나의 좋은 방법이다. 건강한 수컷이 암캐와 교미를 하지 못할 경우에는 번식관리의 검사에 세심한 주의를 기우려야 한다. 또한 산자의 최종출생일, 산자수, 교미회수, 번식시킨 암컷의 수, 교미형태, 수컷의 성욕 및 승가행위 등에 과한 것들을 조사해야 할 것이다. 이러한 병력으로 수컷은 항상 불임성을 최초에 불임성을 보였는지 또는 저임성을 보였는지를 알수있게 된다. 새끼를 낳아보지 못한 개와 고양이는 선천적으로 불임이 되고 이러한 수컷도 예후는 불량하다. 개와 고양이가 과거에 새끼를 임신한 경험이 없다면 생식기의 전염성 또는 염증과 관련이 있을 수도 있다. 축주는 개 인공수정을 하기 위하여 정액을 채취할 때 물, 소독약 및 윤활제 등으로 인하여 정자의 사멸을 의식하지 못하고 있기 때문에 채취방법을 상세하게 설명하여 주어야 한다. 또한 암컷의 번식문제에 대해서도 상세하게 검사하여야 하며 개와 고양이가 불임되는 가장 흔한 이유는 번식관리에 문제점이 있으며, 이와 같은 경우에는 암컷을 검사하기 전에 수컷을 검사하는 것이 중요하다. 수컷의 검사는 사진으로도 용이하므로 비용도 절감되나 암컷은 생식기관을 검사하여야 되기 때문에 많은 경비가 든다. 그러나 번식력의 유일한 증거는 태아를 생산하는 것이며 많은 다른 검사 방법으로 평가 할 수도 있으나 번식력을 증명할 수는 없다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.59-68
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• 2003

Background : In intubated patients, cultures of endotracheal aspirates (EA) are apt to contamination throughout the endotracheal tube. Therefore, the identification of etiologic agents via conventional EA cultures is not always reliable. In order to differentiate a pulmonary infection from a non-infectious disease, and to identify the true etiologic agent of acute pulmonary infection, blinded protected specimen brushing (PSB) was used, and its efficacy evaluated. Methods : In 51 intubated patients, with suspected pneumonia, blind PSB were performed, and the results compared with blood and EA cultures. A protected specimen brush was introduced through the endotracheal tube, and settled at the affected large bronchus. A specimen brush was introduced to the expected region using the blind method. The tip of the brush was introduced with an aseptic technique after vigorously mixed for 1 minute in $1cm^3$ of Ringer's lactate solution. The specimens were submitted for quantitative culture within 15 minutes, with a culture being regarded as positive if the colony forming units were above $10^3/ml$. Results : Of the 51 patients, 15 (29.4%) had community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), 27 (52.9%) hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and 9 (17.6%) non-infectious diseases. The sensitivity and specificity of the quantitative PSB culture for the diagnosis of pneumonia were 52.4 and 88.9%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of EA were 78.6 and 77.8%, respectively. The blind PSB was superior to the EA for the identification of true etiologic agents. Of 53 episodes of 27 HAP patients, MRSA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) (41.5%) was the most common causative agent followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15.1%), Klebsiella sp. (7.5%) and Acinetobacter sp. (7.5%). Conclusions : As a simple, non-invasive diagnostic modality, the blind PSB is a useful method for the differentiation of a pulmonary infection from non-infectious diseases and to identify the etiologic agents in intubated patients. A blind PSB can be performed without bronchoscopy, so is safer, more convenient and cost-effectiveness for patients where bronchoscopy can not be performed.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.366-373
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• 2017

Urinalysis is considered to be easier and simpler than other tests. It has been known to cause no burden to patients, while offering important information on diagnosing, treating, and determining the prognoses of kidney and urinary tract diseases. Urinary sediments are usually performed by microscopic examination of centrifuged urine by technologist. The guidelines proposed by the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service are actually different from those actually practiced by medical institutions and taught to biomedical students in textbooks. Therefore, we verified whether different sediment preparation methods lead different test results. Specimens that tested positive from the occult blood and leukocyte esterase in the urine dipstick test were randomly selected for a microscopic examination. The differences in the urine sediment preparation affected the sediment concentrations, which influenced the cell grade and cell number per HPF. The first factor in determining the sediment concentration is the centrifugal force. Many medical institutions use 1,500 rpm as the centrifugal speed without considering the radius of the centrifuge; such a value may not be accurate for 400 G. Consequently, there were differences in urine concentrations, which influenced the results. The second factor is the amount of sediment in urine. Different amounts of the remaining supernatant led to different sediment concentration factors, again, causing different results. Furthermore, not only by using a pipette to obtain an accurate amount as stipulated, but also by roughly obtaining a drop, the microscopic examination using such a volume of sediment examined affected the results. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of standardization of urine sediment preparation procedures to promote consistency and accuracy across institutions.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.147-158
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• 1996

Background : Endobronchial tuberculosis(ET) is known to affect frequently young female and serious complication like bronchial stenosis would occur if early diagnosis and treatment for ET is not performed immediately. But ET shows normal chest roentgenogram in about 10% of patients, and is often confused with bronchial asthma because ET presents clinical features like cough, dyspnea, wheezing in history and physical examination. The pulmonary function test(PFT) feature of ET is not well known, but when we consider the fact that ET is pathophysiologically different from bronchial asthma, if there is any feature of PFT in ET, and we know it, PFT will be very helpful for diagnosis and follow up of ET. Methods : We performed both PFT and bronchoscopy in 68 ET patients who visited Boramae hospital, and were confirmed as ET by bronchoscopic biopsy and were followed prospectively from November 1991 to March 1995. After history taking and physical examination, we performed chest roentgenogram, complete blood count, sputum AFB stain and culture, and also performed PFT before anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. PFT was classified as restrictive, if only PVC was reduced below 80%, and obstructive, if only FEV1 was reduced below 75%. In the case of both FVC and FEV1 were reduced, PFT was classified as restrictive if FEY1/FVC was greater than 75%, and mixed if FEV1/FVC was reduced below 75%. We repeated the PFT and bronchoscopy for 68 ET patients who were proven by biopsy in the first month and sixth month after starting anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy, and studied the feature and change of PFT of the ET and the relation between PFT and the bronchoscopic finding, and obtained following results. Results: 1) Number of male patients was 12, and that of female patient was 56, and mean age was $35.4{\pm}17yr$.(17-74yr). Clinical symptom was in the order of cough(86.8%), dyspnea(63.2%), fever(17.6%) and hemoptysis (10.3%), and the wheezing and stridor were audible among the 40 patients(58.4%) in the physical examination. 2) Hemoglobin level was below 12g/dl among 25 patients (36.8%), and WBC level was above $10,000/mm^3$ among 9 patients(13.2%) and ESR was above 20 among 46 patients (67.6%) and AFB stain and culture were positive among 50 patients(73.5%). 3) The dominant roentgenographic finding of ET was fibronodular feature in 35 patients(51.5%), pneumonic feature in 14 patients (20.6%), collapse in 11 patients(16.2%), mass-like lesion in 3 patients(4.4%), cavitary lesion in 2 patients(2.9%), and normal in 3 patients(4.4%). 4) PFT feature at the time of diagnosis of ET was normal in 16 patients(23.5%), restrictive pattern in 32 patients (47%), obstructive in 4 patients(5.8%), and mixed in 14 patients(23.5%). So restrictive pattern was the dominate feature of ET. 5) The PFT feature was little correlated with the gross finding of bronchoscopy, but the change of PFT during treatment of ET showed relatively good correlation with the change of bronchoscopic finding. 6) FVC(2.30L vs. 2.61L) and FEV1(1.74L vs. 2.06L) increased significantly (p < 0.01), but FEV1/FVC(82% vs. 83%) and PEF(3.45L/sec vs. 3.95L/sec) did not change significantly after 1 month of treatment (p > 0.01), and there was no significant change among all parameters during first and sixth month of treatment(p > 0.01). Conclusion : PFT may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment follow up of ET but further study would be needed to confirm it.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.51-61
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• 1995

품질보증 활동은 제품의 품질등급을 그 규격기준에 따라 규정하고, 발주자가 지정하는 품질의 제품을 실현하는 것이지만, 압력용기 등의 특정 제품에 대해서는 공적인 제3자가 기관에 의한 검사 인증제도가 요구되는 경우가 있다. 미국에서는 압력용기 등의 규격체계는 민간 Base의 ASME Code를 중심으로 하고, 운용에 있어서의 품질보증제도는 ASME Stamp에 의한 제작공장 인증과 적검사기관을 대행하는 보험회사와의 협조에 의한 개별제품인증이 행해진다. 소위 체제 지향의 품질 관리방식을 채택하고 있다. 미국 외의 구라파제국의 이와는 상대적으로 제품지향의 제품질관리를 하였다고 할 수가 있다. 그러나 87년에 제정되어 세계적으로 확산되고 있는 ISO-9000 시리즈는 미국식의 체제지향의 품질관리로서 양자간 접근방식이 대동소이하다. 그러므로 ASME Code의 품질관리에 대하여 그 본질과 구조 및 활동 내역 등을 고찰해 보는 것은 품질관리의 시대적 조류 파악에 도움이 될 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.62-66
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• 1996

Since 1980, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) have performed 8 round robin tests in gauge block measurement in order to evaluate the measurement capability and the state of environment control of National Calibration and Test Institutions. Two sets of five gauge blocks (nominal size : 1, 3, 10, 25, 100 mm) having different thermal expansion coefficients for each set were circulated for the measurement, and the measurement results were collected and analyzed to evaluate the traceability to the standard of KRISS. The method and results of the test are presented.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1979.05a
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• pp.10.2-10
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• 1979

Benign tumor of the esophagus is much rare than malignant tumor. The leiomyoma of the esophagus arises from the smooth muscle of the esophagus and may appear in any part of the esophagus, but the lower third is the commonest site. The tumor is usually asymptomatic during life or symptom appears late in it's growth. The authors experienced a case of leiomyoma of the esophagus confirmed by radiological and pathological examination with unevenful pastoperatove course. We report this case with literature review.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1979.05a
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• pp.6.1-6
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• 1979

Though complications of foreign bodies in the esophagus are rare, they are sometimes fatal due to injuries to the esophageal wall by sharp pieces of bone, metals, long-term lodgement of foreign bodies in the esophagus or a little inadvertence during diagnostic or therapeutic esophagoscopy on patients with esophageal diseases. Therefore, failure to early diagnose and adequately treat the complications will lead to high morbidity and mortality. The authors have experienced 21 cases of complications of foreign bodies in the esophagus caused by foreign bodies themselves or inadvertence during esophagoscopy. So we report them with literature review.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1972.03a
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• pp.16.2-16
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• 1972

Persistance of developmental remnants during fetal life may be attributed to congenital cysts and fistulas in the neck, which are experienced rather rarely. Recently authors have experienced three cases of progressive increased tumor mass in the lateral side of the neck and four cases of tumor mass in the suprathyroid region. We have performed surgical removal under the diagnosis of branchial cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts, respectively. The biopsy specimens were confirmed by histopathological study.