• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.553-560
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical risk according to the applicator heterogeneity, mislocation, and tissue heterogeneity correction through a dose verification program during brachytherapy of cervical cancer. We performed image processing with MATLAB on images acquired with CT simulator. The source was modeled and stochiometric calibration and Monte-Carlo algorithm were applied based on dwell time and location to calculate the dose, and the secondary cancer risk was evaluated in the dose verification program. The result calculated by correcting for applicator and tissue heterogeneity showed a maximum dose of about 25% higher. In the bladder, the difference in excess absolute risk according to the heterogeneity correction was not significant. In the rectum, the difference in excess absolute risk was lower than that calculated by correcting applicator and tissue heterogeneity compared to the water-based calculation. In the femur, the water-based calculation result was the lowest, and the result calculated by correcting the applicator and tissue heterogeneity was 10% higher. A maximum of 14% dose difference occurred when the applicator mislocation was 20 mm in the Z-axis. In a future study, it is expected that a system that can independently verify the treatment plan can be developed by automating the interface between the treatment planning system and the dose verification program.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.120-127
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• 2024

Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to increased mortality rates. To assess this impact, this ecological study aimed to estimate the excess death counts in southern Iran. Methods: The study obtained weekly death counts by linking the National Death Registry and Medical Care Monitoring Center repositories. The P-score was initially estimated using a simple method that involved calculating the difference between the observed and expected death counts. The interrupted time series analysis was then used to calculate the mean relative risk (RR) of death during the first year of the pandemic. Results: Our study found that there were 5571 excess deaths from all causes (P-score=33.29%) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 48.03% of these deaths directly related to COVID-19. The pandemic was found to increase the risk of death from all causes (RR, 1.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.19 to 1.33), as well as in specific age groups such as those aged 35-49 (RR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.12 to 1.32), 50-64 (RR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.28 to 1.49), and ≥65 (RR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.12 to 1.32) years old. Furthermore, there was an increased risk of death from cardiovascular diseases (RR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.11 to 1.22). Conclusions: There was a 26% increase in the death count in southern Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of these excess deaths were not directly related to COVID-19, but rather other causes, with cardiovascular diseases being a major contributor.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2021

Background: For radiological protection and control, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) provides the nominal risk coefficients related to radiation exposure, which can be extrapolated using the excess relative risk and excess absolute risk obtained from the Life Span Study of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor (DDREF). Materials and Methods: Since it is impossible to directly estimate the radiation risk at doses less than approximately 100 mSv only from epidemiological knowledge and data, support from radiation biology is absolutely imperative, and thus, several national and international bodies have advocated the importance of bridging knowledge between biology and epidemiology. Because of the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, the exposure of the public to radiation has become a major concern and it was considered that the estimation of radiation risk should be more realistic to cope with the prevailing radiation exposure situation. Results and Discussion: To discuss the issues from wide aspects related to radiological protection, and to realize bridging knowledge between biology and epidemiology, we have established a research group to develop low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation risk estimation methodology, with the permission of the Japan Health Physics Society. Conclusion: The aim of the research group was to clarify the current situation and issues related to the risk estimation of low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation exposure from the viewpoints of different research fields, such as epidemiology, biology, modeling, and dosimetry, to identify a future strategy and roadmap to elucidate a more realistic estimation of risk against low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation exposure.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.237-244
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 유방암 치료에 사용되는 다양한 첨단방사선치료법을 선량비교인자들을 이용하여 비교분석하고 이 결과를 이용하여 환자에 가장 적합한 치료방법을 찾기 위함이다. 인체밀도와 유사하게 제작된 모형팬텀을 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 진행하였고 Eclipse v10 소프트웨어를 이용하여 3차원 입체조형치료, 세기 변조 방사선치료, 입체세기조절회전 방사선치료 세 가지 치료계획을 수립하였다. 각 치료계획을 평가하기 위하여 균일지수, 순응도, 장기등가선량(OED), 초과절대위험률(EAR) 등을 이용하였다. 균일지수 값은 3차원 입체조형치료, 세기 변조 방사선치료, 입체세기조절회전 방사선치료에서 16.89, 11.21, 9.55, 순응도는 0.59, 0.61, 0.83 으로 계산되었다. 사용된 3가지 치료법의 평균선량은 왼쪽 폐 0.01 ~ 2.02 Gy, 오른쪽 폐 0.36 ~ 5.01 Gy, 간 0.25 ~ 2.49 Gy, 심장 0.14 ~ 6.92 Gy, 식도 0.03 ~ 2.02 Gy, 척수 0.01 ~ 1.06 Gy, 왼쪽 가슴 0.25 ~ 6.08 Gy, 기관 0.08 ~ 0.59 Gy, 위 0.01 ~ 1.34 Gy 의 범위로 나타났다. 장기등가선량(OED)와 초과절대위험률(EAR)은 모든 장기에서 세기 변조 방사선치료와 입체세기조절회전 방사선치료방법이 3차원 입체조형치료 보다 높게 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과로서, 우리는 선량분포지수(균일지수, 순응도)는 세기 변조 방사선치료, 입체세기조절회전 방사선치료가 3차원 입체조형치료 보다 좋을 수 있지만 주변 정상장기에 들어가는 선량은 3차원 입체조형치료보다 높다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.847-852
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• 2013

The aim of this study was to investigate the difference of electrodermal activity between the hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects. A total 161 subjects who visited a hospital for health check ups from August 2011 through November 2011 and from September 2012 through November 2012 were included in this study. We divided the subjects into two groups by blood pressure, hypertension group(81 patients) and non-hypertension group(180 subject). Then we compared electrodermal activity between two groups by using the autonomic bioelectric response device model CP-6000A. The data was analyzed by independent t-test and logistic regression. In this study, there was a significant difference in electrodermal activity(the mean absolute value of positive, negative pulse conductivity) between hypertensive and normotensive group in t-test and electrodermal activity showed the significant influence on the prevalence risk of hypertension with age, body mass index and dyslipidema in binominal logistic regression. In conclusion, hypertensive patients had high level of electrodermal activity compared with normotensive subjects and this finding suggests that electrodermal activity which is explained excess tendency in Korean traditional medicine could be used for diagnosis in hypertension patients at Korean traditional medical clinic.