• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2009

This study gives an account of the collateral standards in IEC 60601-1-3: 2008 specifying the general requirements for basic safety and essential performance of diagnostic X-ray equipment regarding radiation protection as it pertains to the production of X-rays. The collateral standards establish general requirements for safety regarding ionization radiation in diagnostic radiation systems and describe a verifiable evaluation method of suitable requirements regarding control over the lowest possible dose equivalent for patients, radiologic technologists, and others. The particular standards for each equipment can be determined by the general requirements in the collateral standard and the particular standard is followed in the risk management file. The guidelines for radiation safety of diagnostic radiation systems is written up in ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601-1-3(2002)1st edition, medical electric equipment part 1-3, and the general requirements for safety-collateral standards: programmable electrical medical systems. Therefore the diagnostic radiation system protects citizens' health rights with the establishment and revisions of laws and standards for diagnostic radiation systems as a background for the general requirements of radiation safe guards applies, as an international trend, standards regarding the medical radiation safety management. The diagnostic radiation system will also assure competitive power through a conforming evaluation unifying the differing standards, technical specifications, and recognized processes.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.6
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• pp.390-392
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• 2005

The digital radiation detectors are used clinically by diagnostic apparatus. However the digital radiation detector are some problem like high operating voltage, light blurring, low conversion efficiency, low fill factor, etc. Thus we propose a new radiation detector that the photoconductor layer and liquid crystal layer are coupled in sandwich structure. X-ray absorption in the photoconductor layer controls the state of the liquid crystal via creation of charge carrier and the light modulation of liquid crystal make image formation. The advantage of the new radiation detector is that high resolution image is acquired and the signal amplification is possible by external visible light source. In this study, we study the optical properties and electrical properties of the new radiation detector to irradiate X-ray. The Mercury Iodide($HgI_2$) was used by photoconductor material, and the aluminum is used by reflective layer. The thickness of Mercury Iodide is about $200{\mu}m$, the operating voltage of the liquid crystal is 1.5~5V. The electrical properties of Mercury Iodide was measured, and the transmission efficiency of liquid crystal was measured by modulation potential.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.469-473
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• 1996

In this paper, it is proposed a new approach to the development of the automatic vision system to e famine and repair the steam generator tubes at remote distance. In nuclear power plants, workers are reluctant of works in steam generator because of the high radiation environment and limited working space. It is strongly recommended that the examination and maintenance works be done by an automatic system for the protection of the operator from the radiation exposure. Digital signal processors are used it, implementing real time recognition and examination of steam generator tubes in the proposed vision system. Performance of proposed digital vision system is illustrated by experiment for similar steam generator model.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.97-101
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• 2010

This experimental study is carried out one of the General Hospital in Kyungbok providence. Abdomen Phantom being located Anterior-posterior(AP) position on portable bed, and the portable X-ray generating device was placed the phantom at $-90^{\circ}$ direction. The experiment were set 65 kVp, 10 mAs, $10{\times}10\;cm^2$, 100 cm(FOD) for the measurement. Digital proportional counting tube survey meter was used for measuring the space scatter dose. Measurement points of horizontal distribution was set up at $30^{\circ}$ interval by increasing 50 cm radius of upside, downside, left and right. Vertical distribution of measurement points were set up for the vertical plane with a radius of at $30^{\circ}$ intervals with 50cm increments. It is concluded that longer distance from the soure of X-ray significantly decrease radiation dose to the patient and use of the radiation protection device should be applied in clinical practice to reduce dose to the patient.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2010

We examined the accuracy and efficiency of phantom by applying the designed phantom in order to check daily quality assurance easily by objective criteria and to confirm daily quality assurance of linear accelerator, simulator, and CT-simulator. The results of 10 weeks of linear accelerator output dose using American Association of Physicists in Medicine(AAPM) daily quality assurance guide were measured within ${\pm}1%$ of error. Mechanical check of laser alignment, optical distance indicator(ODI), CT scanner laser and alignment of gantry lasers with the center of imaging plane were measured within ${\pm}1mm$. Daily average working time for daily quality assurance of radiation therapy equipments was 38 minutes. The designed phantom was easy to install and daily quality assurance was possible with only one installation. The aspects reproducibility and efficiency as well as accuracy of quality assurance were excellent.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.449-457
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 PET/CT 검사시 공간선량을 측정 비교함으로써 방사선 발생원과 종사자간 선량의 상관관계를 규명하고 효율적인 관리를 통해 피폭선량을 감소시키는데 있다. 최근 PET/CT 검사의 증가는 동위원소 사용량의 증가와 더불어 종사자의 피폭 증가의 원인이 되고 있다. 따라서 각 방사선 발생원에서의 공간선량을 비교 분석하고 개인방호복과 차폐체 사용에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 양전자 방출핵종인 $^{18}F$ 방출 감마선 고에너지(511 keV)에서 개인방호복(0.5 mm pb) 사용은 미사용 시 보다 더 많은 피폭을 초래함을 확인하였다.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2011

Because interventional procedure operates looking at premier as real time when perate intervention enemy, by patient is revealed during suitableness time in radiation, side effect such as radiation injury of skin is apt to happen. It established by purpose of study that measure exposure dose that patient receives about these problem, and find solution for radiation injury and repletion method. In this study, we used Rando phantom of identical structure with the human body which becomes accomplished with 4 branch ingredient of the attempt and system equivalent material them and absorbed dose were measured by TLD. According to the laboratory, it shows that operations such as TFCA procedure or uterine myoma embolization are more dangerous than TACE procedure. If both operations are inspected during a short time, it is not affected in being bombed. However, it can lead to palliative agenesis or depilate, definitive agenesis only if operations are repeated more than three times. Dose distibution based on experiment, to reduce radiation exposure to patients result from reduction of scatter ray as we control field size of radiation and protection of side organs except for tumor. also we knew that we can protect patients form radiation exposure, if we increas SOD and decrease SID.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2646-2651
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• 2021

A rectangular-shaped PET system with an adjustable gantry (AGPET) has been developed for imaging small animals. The AGPET system employs a new depth of interaction (DOI) method using a depth dependent reflector patterns and a new digital time pickoff method based on the pulse reconstruction method. To evaluate the performance of the AGPET, timing resolution, intrinsic spatial resolution and point source images were acquired. The timing resolution and intrinsic spatial resolution were measured using two detector modules and Na-22 gamma source. The PET images were acquired in two field of view (FOV) sizes, 30 mm and 90 mm, to demonstrate the characteristic of the AGPET. As a result of in the experiment results, the timing resolution was 0.9 ns using the pulse reconstruction method based on the bi-exponential model. The intrinsic spatial resolution was an average of 1.7 mm and the spatial resolution of PET images after DOI correction was 2.08 mm and 2.25 mm at the centers of 30 mm and 90 mm FOV, respectively. The results show that the proposed AGPET system provided higher sensitivity and resolution for small animal imaging.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2013

치과 방사선 발생장치 중 파노라마는 구강악안면의 넓은 해부학적 구조물을 관찰할 수 있으나, 길이나 각도, 형태의 왜곡이 일어날 수 있다. CBCT는 3차원적 영상진단을 할 수 있으며, 해부학적 구조물 사이의 중첩과 간섭에 의한 오차가 현저히 적은 영상을 얻을 수가 있으나, 시간이 길어 피사체의 움직임에 의해 상의 질이 저하될 수 있고 구강 내에 금속 같은 방사선 불투과성 물체가 존재하면 그 물체를 중심으로 방사상으로 방사선 불투과성 선이 나타날 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 파노라마와 CBCT로 측정된 사랑니 길이와 실제 발치된 치아를 비교하여 치아의 왜곡을 분석함으로써 파노라마와 CBCT의 정확도를 분석하고, 치과 치료시 해부학적으로 유용한 정보를 얻고자 한다. 실험결과 파노라마와 Digital Vernier Caliper의 오차는 크게는 110.7%, 작게는 103.9%로 평균적으로 파노라마가 평균 7.3%로 확대됨을 알 수 있었다. CBCT와 Digital Vernier Caliper에서 측정된 사랑니의 길이는 오차범위 1.3%로 나타났고, 파노라마와 Digital Vernier Caliper에서 측정된 사랑니의 길이는 오차범위 7.3%를 나타냄으로써 CBCT가 파노라마보다 약 6% 정확한 영상을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. CBCT가 파노라마보다 정확한 영상을 나타냄을 확인할 수 있었지만 CBCT는 파노라마보다 검사비용이 비싸고 피폭선량 또한 많아서 검사 시 적절한 방법을 찾아야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2011

방사선치료를 위한 아날로그영상기반의 시뮬레이터와 의료용 선형가속기로 이루어진 시스템을 X-ray 필름을 Computed Radiography (CR)로 교체하여 디지털영상기반의 시스템으로 개선하였다. 장비교체를 최소화하였고 기존의 치료과정과 유사하도록 하여 사용자들이 짧은 시간에 적응할 수 있도록 하였다. 필름카세트와 필름현상기는 CR카세트와 CR리더기로 대신하였고, ViewBox는 소형PC와 모니터로 대체되었다. 디지털영상의 장점을 충분히 활용하기 위해 방사선종양학과에 적합한 Viewer 소프트웨어를 개발하여 업무의 편리성과 효율성을 도모하였다. Viewer 소프트웨어는 2개의 이미지를 동시에 볼 수 있으며, 이들 영상의 비교도 가능하다. 다양한 검색기능과 Contouring 기능, 윈도우폭/레벨 조절기능을 갖추었다. 업무의 중단이 없도록 하기 위해 1주일간 기존 필름과 CR을 공동으로 운용하며 문제점을 수정한 후 필름시스템을 제거하고 CR시스템을 운용하였다. CR시스템은 안정적으로 운용되고 있으며, 본격적으로 CR시스템이 이용되면서 사용자로부터 제기되는 여러 요구사항을 반영하여 기능을 개선하였다.