• 핵의학기술
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.10-14
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• 2013

Purpose: Due to developed simultaneous PET/MRI, it has become possible to obtain more anatomical image information better than conventional PET/CT. By the way, in the PET/CT, the linear absorption coefficient is measured by X-ray directly. However in case of PET/MRI, the value is not measured from MRI images directly, but is calculated by dividing as 4 segmentation ${\mu}-map$. Therefore, in this paper, we will evaluate the SUV's difference of attenuation correction PET images from PET/MRI and PET/CT. Materials and Methods: Biograph mCT40 (Siemens, Germany), Biograph mMR were used as a PET/CT, PET/MRI scanner. For a phantom study, we used a solid type $^{68}Ge$ source, and a liquid type $^{18}F$ uniformity phantom. By using VIBE-DIXON sequence of PET/MRI, human anatomical structure was divided into air-lung-fat-soft tissue for attenuation correction coefficient. In case of PET/CT, the hounsfield unit of CT was used. By setting the ROI at five places of each PET phantom images that is corrected attenuation, the maximum SUV was measured, evaluated %diff about PET/CT vs. PET/MRI. In clinical study, the 18 patients who underwent simultaneous PET/CT and PET/MRI was selected and set the ROI at background, lung, liver, brain, muscle, fat, bone from the each attenuation correction PET images, and then evaluated, compared by measuring the maximum SUV. Results: For solid $^{68}Ge$ source, SUV from PET/MRI is measured lower 88.55% compared to PET/CT. In case of liquid $^{18}F$ uniform phantom, SUV of PET/MRI as compared to PET/CT is measured low 70.17%. If the clinical study, the background SUV of PET/MRI is same with PET/CT's and the one of lung was higher 2.51%. However, it is measured lower about 32.50, 40.35, 23.92, 13.92, 5.00% at liver, brain, muscle, fat, femoral head. Conclusion: In the case of a CT image, because there is a linear relationship between 511 keV ${\gamma}-ray$ and linear absorption coefficient of X-ray, it is possible to correct directly the attenuation of 511 keV ${\gamma}-ray$ by creating a ${\mu}$map from the CT image. However, in the case of the MRI, because the MRI signal has no relationship at all with linear absorption coefficient of ${\gamma}-ray$, the anatomical structure of the human body is divided into four segmentations to correct the attenuation of ${\gamma}-rays$. Even a number of protons in a bone is too low to make MRI signal and to localize segmentation of ${\mu}-map$. Therefore, to develope a proper sequence for measuring more accurate attenuation coefficient is indeed necessary in the future PET/MRI.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.751-759
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• 2022

현재 진단 초음파 및 건강검진 목적의 초음파 검사는 널리 이용되고 있고 건강보험 적용으로 더욱 증가 추세를 보이고 있다. 하지만 초음파검사의 위해성은 현재까지 명확히 밝혀진 바가 없어 초음파 검사 시 인체 조직의 온도가 상승하는 열효과를 알아보고자 본 연구에서는 인체 모의 매질 팬텀을 이용해 주파수, 모드별에 따른 표면과 심부 온도 변화를 시간별로 측정하였고 TI, MI 값도 비교하였다. 인체와 유사한 음향 특성 있는 카파 카라기난 분말과 고형화를 위해 염화칼륨을 소량 첨가하여 모의 팬텀 제작하였고 표면 온도계와 탐침용 온도계를 사용하여 표면과 심부 온도 변화를 측정하였다. 그 결과 저주파수를 사용하는 Convex Probe가 고주파를 사용하는 Linear Probe보다 높은 온도 상승을 보여 유의미한 차이를 보였고 표면에서 온도 상승이 가장 높았으며 1 cm의 낮은 깊이는 일시적 온도상승은 나타내지만 유의미한 온도변화는 없었다. 5 cm ~ 15 cm의 심부온도 변화는 없었으며 검사 시간동안 TI, MI값은 변화가 없었다. 이는 15분 실험동안 표면온도만 상승하였고 심부에는 온도변화가 없었기 때문에 인체에 유해할 만큼의 온도 변화를 나타내지 않을 것으로 사료되며 통상적인 진단초음파의 15분의 검사시간은 임상에서의 사용에는 무리가 없을 것으로 생각되지만 특정 부위의 장시간 검사는 온도 상승을 일으킬 수 있으므로 지양해야 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.517-527
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• 1997

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging is a methodology combining the imaging and spectroscopy. It can provide the spectrum of each areas of image so that one can easily compare the spectrum of one position to another position of the image. In this study, we developed pulse sequence or the spectroscopic imaging method, RF wave forms or the saturation of water signal, computer simulations to validate our method, and confirmed the methodology with phantom experiment. Then we applied the spectroscopic method to human subject and identified a few important metabolites in in vivo. To develope a water saturating RF waveform, we used Shinnar-Le-Roux algorithm and obtained maximum phase RF waveform. With this RF pulse, it could suppress the water signal to 1:1000. The magnet is shimmed to under 1.0ppm with auto-shimming technique. The saturation bandwidth is 80Hz(2ppm). The water and fat seperation is 3.3ppm(about 140Hz at 1 Tesla magnet), the bandwidth is enough to resolve the difference. But we are more concerned about the narrow window in between the two peaks, in which the small quantity of metabolites reside. We performed the computer simulation and phantom experiments in 8*8 matrix form and showed good agreement in the image and spectrum. Finally we applied spectroscopic imaging to the brain of human subject. Only the lipid signal was shown in the periphery region which agrees with the at distribution in human head surface area. The spectrum inside the brain shows the important metabolites such as NAA, Cr/PCr, Choline. We here have shown the spectroscopic imaging which is normally done above 1.5 Tesla machine can be performed in the 1 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 의료기관에서 방사성동위원소를 이용하여 암을 비롯한 여러 질환을 검사하는 PET/CT 검사에서 환자의 움직임으로 인한 영상의 질 저하와 판독 오류를 발생할 수 있는 점을 보완하기 위해 AI 기반의 Algorithm을 이용하여 개발한 Mothion Free 소프트웨어를 이용하여 호흡으로 인한 움직임의 보정 정도를 확인하고 유용성을 평가하여 임상에서의 적용을 위한 연구를 하였다. 실험 방법은 RPM Phantom을 사용하여 방사성동위원소 18F-FDG를 진공 바이알과 서로 다른 크기 NEMA IEC body Phantom의 sphere에 방사성동위원소를 주입하고 이것의 움직임을 호흡 시 움직이는 병소로 연출하여 영상을 획득하였다. 진공 바이알은 서로 다른 위치에서 움직임 정도를 다르게 하였고, 서로 다른 크기 NEMA IEC body Phantom의 sphere는 서로 다른 병소의 크기를 연출 하였다. 획득한 영상을 통하여 병소의 체적, 최대 SUV, 평균 SUV를 각각 측정하여 Mothion Free가 움직임 보정 정도를 정량적 평가를 하였다. 움직임 정도를 크게 설정한 진공바이알 A의 평균 SUV는 23.36 %, 움직임 정도를 작게 설정한 진공 바이알 B는 29.3 % 오차율이 감소하였다. NEMA IEC body Phantom의 sphere 37 mm, 22 mm에서의 평균 SUV는 각각 29.3 %, 26.51 % 오차율이 감소하였다. 오차율을 산출한 네 가지 측정치의 평균 오차율 30.03 % 감소하여 보다 정확한 평균 SUV 값을 나타내었다. 이 연구에서는 2차원적인 움직임 만을 연출할 수 있었기에 보다 정확한 데이터를 얻기 위해서는 실제 인체의 호흡 운동을 구현할 수 있는 Phantom을 이용하고, 움직임의 범위의 다양성을 구성한다면 보다 정확한 유용성 평가를 할 수 있다고 연구된다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2017

This paper addresses the assessment methods used to evaluate the magnetic exposure of a human to ELF EMF (Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field) which is caused by the process of power delivery from 60 Hz commercial power. These days the main concern is primarily focused on the magnetic field. For the exposure assessment, both numerical studies and laboratory experiments were studied and the results of the two compared for methodological suitability. The numerical analyses employ the Impedance Method (IM), Boundary Element Method (BEM), and Finite Element Method (FEM) and the laboratory experiments used various human phantom models made with conductivities congruent to human organs and then exposed to uniform/non-uniform magnetic fields to produce eddy currents. Under these conditions a number of examples have been evaluated and the reliability assessed to present the pros and cons of each methodology.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2005년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.15 No.1
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• pp.425-428
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• 2005

A variety of wireless devices are commercially available now. Most of studies, however, have been directed to the biological effects of mobile-phone EMF. In this study, dosimetric analysis for wireless devices of head-mounted display type and a wristwatch type were made to investigate possible biological effects of these devices. SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) distributions were calculated using FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) method, for adult human models such as standard Korean human model and VHP(Visible Human Project) model, as well as scaled models. Measurements were also performed for SAM phantom wearing a simplified prototype for a wireless device for validation of the simulation results. It has been found that children are more vulnerable to such exposure, and these devices could cause some biological effects for relatively lower power compared to conventional mobile pones.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.443-450
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• 2018

Geant4 코드는 직선 가속기의 헤드 구조를 사용하여 이전에 구현된 BEAMnrC 데이터를 기반으로 선형가속기 (VARIAN CLINAC.)를 시뮬레이션하였다, 10MV 광자 선속에서 물팬텀의 심부선량백분율과 측면선량의 측정값과 Geant4를 비교 평가하였다. 선량 계산을 인체부위에 적용하기 위해 실제 환자의 Lung 부위를 5mm 간격으로 스캔하였다. Water phantom의 조사야($5{\times}5cm^2$), SAD 100cm에서 10MV 광자를 조사하여 Geant4 선량분포를 구하였다. 이 결과는 실제 환자의 폐(lung)에 흡수되는 선량을 측정하기는 어렵다 그래서 치료계획 시스템에 의한 선량을 비교하였다. 물 팬텀에서 측정된 심부선량 곡선과 Geant4에 의해 계산된 심부선량 곡선은 build-up 영역을 제외한 대부분의 깊이에서 ${\pm}3%$ 이내로 잘 일치하였다. 그러나 5cm와 20cm 지점에서 2.95%와 2.87%로 Geant4를 사용한 선량 계산에서 다소 높은 값을 보이고 있다. 이 두 지점은 Genat4의 geometry 파일을 통해 확인할 수 있었으며, 흉추와 흉골이 위치되어 선량이 증가된 것으로 알 수 있었다. 또한, cone beam CT를 적용한 결과에서 폐(lung)의 선량분포 오차는 3% 이내로 유사한 값을 얻었다. 따라서 Geant4를 이용하여 선량을 계산할 때 DICOM 파일에 직접 선량의 contour map이 표현될 수 있다면 Geant4의 임상적 적용이 다양하게 사용될 것이다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2020

Background: Dose conversion coefficients (DCCs) have been commonly used to estimate radiation-dose absorption by human organs based on physical measurements of fluence or kerma. The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has reported a library of DCCs, but few studies have been conducted on their applicability to non-Caucasian populations. In the present study, we collected a total of 8 Korean pediatric and adult voxel phantoms to calculate the organ DCCs for idealized external photon-irradiation geometries. Materials and Methods: We adopted one pediatric female phantom (ETRI Child), two adult female phantoms (KORWOMAN and HDRK Female), and five adult male phantoms (KORMAN, ETRI Man, KTMAN1, KTMAN2, and HDRK Man). A general-purpose Monte Carlo radiation transport code, MCNPX2.7 (Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport extended version 2.7), was employed to calculate the DCCs for 13 major radiosensitive organs in six irradiation geometries (anteroposterior, posteroanterior, right lateral, left lateral, rotational, and isotropic) and 33 photon energy bins (0.01-20 MeV). Results and Discussion: The DCCs for major radiosensitive organs (e.g., lungs and colon) in anteroposterior geometry agreed reasonably well across the 8 Korean phantoms, whereas those for deep-seated organs (e.g., gonads) varied significantly. The DCCs of the child phantom were greater than those of the adult phantoms. A comparison with the ICRP Publication 116 data showed reasonable agreements with the Korean phantom-based data. The variations in organ DCCs were well explained using the distribution of organ depths from the phantom surface. Conclusion: A library of dose conversion coefficients for major radiosensitive organs in a series of pediatric and adult Korean voxel phantoms was established and compared with the reference data from the ICRP. This comparison showed that our Korean phantom-based data agrees reasonably with the ICRP reference data.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1985년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.9-12
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• 1985

This paper covers the design and implementation process of RF hypertermia system for cancer therapy. Among many hyperthermic methods, RF capacitive heating method is discussed because it can heat the deep-seated tumors selectively. The RF power oscillator and its applicators were designed and implemented. And the experiments were performed with agar phantom and dog to prove that the system can heat any depth selectively. And the electrical safety and appropriateness of clinical application was proved through the human living-body test.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 1987

The biological effects for the use of hypertherinla to treat malignant tumors has been well studied and encouraging clinical results have been reported. However, the engineering and technical aspects of hyperthermia for the deepseated tumors has not been satisfactory. We have developed the FF capacitive hyperthermia device(GHT RF8)by cooporation with Yonsei Cancer Center and Green Cross Medical Equipment Corporation. It was composed with 8.10 MHz RF generator, capacitive electrode, matching system, cooling system, temperature measuring thermocouples and control PC computer. We have measured the temperature and thermal distribution in agar phantom, animals and human tumors.