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An Implementation of Radiologic Imaging Device of Remote Emergency Medical System (원격응급시스템의 방사선 영상장치 구현)

  • Cho, Dong-Heon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.60-65
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    • 2007
  • The radiologic imaging device was implemented. It can be installed in an ambulance or used when an accident happens. After an equipment which generates X-ray generating unit with a tube in DC 12[V] had been made, a trait experiment using an oscilloscope was made. An experiment was carried out where the generated X-ray was saved as a form of a file using a digital detector. In this experiment, as a result of generating X-ray and detecting it using a digital detector, 1.67[MB]-, jpg- radical rays information could be saved. One distinct advantage of the developed radiologic imaging device is the fact that we can efficiently deal with emergency cases too far from the hospital, difficult to diagnose but treat simultaneously. By using the radiologic imaging device at the urgent scene of an accident or in a moving ambulance, we can provide the patient's X-ray information with the emergency medical specialist who is in the emergent medical center and have the patients prescribed and treated appropriately. As a result the developed emergency medical treatment can be expected.

Point-of-care Testing Device Interface in Hospital Information System Standard Connectivity - Using of case ASTM protocol of ABGA application POCT1-A2 - (현장형 임상검사장비와 병원정보시스템의 접속표준 - ASTM protocol을 사용하는 ABGA의 POCT1-A2적용사례 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Seon-Chil
    • Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 2008
  • To keep the online medical records available to anyone without constraint of time and space, introducing EMR (Electronic medical record), which is a clinical support management system. The purpose of this study is to develop interface standard of clinical test device. Integration and sharing of medical information is faced with enormous obstacles because medical organizations and associated companies are separately developing the interface. I hope that multi-function management system with workstation concept is operated to efficiently transmit clinical device result data based on this study. Transfer of precise medical result data available for decision making will improve quality of health care service.

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Analysis of Space Radiation Dose Rate using portable X-ray Generating Device for Abdomen (이동형 X-ray 발생장치를 이용한 복부 촬영 시 공간 선량률에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Chang-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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    • v.12 no.2
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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.

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Small Bowel Tumors and Polyposis: How to Approach and Manage? (소장 종양과 용종증: 접근 방법과 관리)

  • Ko, Bong Min
    • The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
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    • v.72 no.6
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    • pp.277-280
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    • 2018
  • Although small bowel the mainly occupies the most part of the gastrointestinal tract, small intestine tumors are rare, insidious in clinical presentation, and frequently represent a diagnostic and management challenge. Small bowel tumors are generally classified as epithelial, mesenchymal, lymphoproliferative, or metastatic. Familial adenomatous polyposis and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome are the most common inherited intestinal polyposis syndromes. Until the advent of capsule endoscopy (CE) and device-assisted enteroscopy (DAE) coupled with the advances in radiology, physicians had limited diagnostic examination for small bowel examination. CE and new radiologic imaging techniques have made it easier to detect small bowel tumors. DAE allows more diagnosis and deeper reach in small intestine. CT enteroclysis/CT enterography (CTE) provides information about adjacent organs as well as pictures of the intestinal lumen side. Compared to CTE, Magnetic resonance enteroclysis/enterography provides the advantage of soft tissue contrast and multiplane imaging without radiation exposure. Treatment and prognosis are tailored to each histological subtype of tumors.

Pelvic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy of the Uterus: a Case Report

  • Shin, Dahye;Hwang, Jiyoung;Hong, Seong Sook;Lee, Eun Ji;Kim, Yon Hee
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.136-141
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    • 2019
  • Pelvic actinomycosis is an uncommon infectious disease. It induces a chronic, suppurative illness characterized by an infiltrative and granulomatous response and, thus, the clinical and radiologic findings may mimic other inflammatory and neoplastic conditions. A 56-year-old female with a long-standing intrauterine device was diagnosed with pelvic actinomycosis manifesting as a large uterine mass with locally infiltrative spread into surrounding tissue that mimicked uterine malignancy. Actinomyces israelii infection was confirmed with a surgical specimen, and the patient was treated with antibiotic medication. Pelvic actinomycosis must be included in the differential diagnoses of patients with an infiltrative pelvic mass extending across tissue planes or in patients with findings of multiple microabscesses, particularly in a patient with an intrauterine device, even the lesion primarily involves the uterus.

Computerizing Clinical Laboratory with Clinical Devices Interface : I. With a focus on ABGA(Arterial Blood Gas Analyzer) (임상 의료장비 인터페이스를 이용한 검사실 전산화 구현 : I. ABGA(Arterial Blood Gas Analyser)를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Sun-Chil;Kwon, Deok-Moon
    • Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2006
  • Hospitals these days are trying to introduce the a practice has recently been generalized in the test or diagnosis process, where test results and images from different test labs are interlinked together. This process is identical to that of physical aspect in EMR process, which computerizes the paper results within the hospital. One of the prerequisites for the process of computerizing test results is the interface between clinical test devices in the test labs. However, due to the variety of prescription inputs, disparity of test result papers, complexity of job in test labs and diversify of interfaces among the different devices, interconnection with the hospital information system is a complicated job. A universal control of clinical test devices which have independent communication protocols has become possible by connecting them with an interface workstation. As for the patients, waiting time for test has been reduced, and, thanks to the synchronized result retrieval system, it has become possible to check the test results on the very day of the test. As a result, the length of hospitalization has been reduced, too. In terms of workflow, as the transfer of charts and transfer of result papers are separated, the embarrassing job of collecting result papers has disappeared. As patients' test appointment and the results processing can be made on-line, extra work for doctors have disappeared. And, thanks to the computerization of test results information management, the job of statistical processing has become convenient.

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Edge Profile Correction for Modulation Transfer Function on Digital X-ray Imaging System (디지털 의료영상에서 Edge method에 의한 Modulation Transfer Function 보정방법과 특이성)

  • Kim, Jung-Min
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.251-257
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    • 2007
  • Medical imaging zero-phase-sequence component in estimation for picture that is gotten that importance weight of digital device is increased day by day at the same time also so much important. Special quality about resolution uses Modulation Transfer Function by representative method to evaluate sharpness on important element in image quality. Get MTF converting slit, differentiating this making composition ESF edge method uses Excel by edge method in this study to be composition LSF get in fourier to informed measuring mean universally. Such method is considered that can help in principle grasping of step before make Program using C language as many as Matlab.

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- Development of Digital Fluoroscopic Image Recording System for Customer Safety - (고객 안전을 위한 디지털 방사선장치(DRF)의 투시영상기록장치 개발)

  • Rhim Jae Dong;Kang Kyong Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.303-309
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    • 2004
  • Many system devices for fluoroscopic and general X-ray studies in diagnostic radiographic system have been being changed from analog mode to digital mode. In addition, among diagnostic imaging and radiologic examinations, fluoroscopic studies that requires functional diagnosis is being widely used. The video recording method of fluoroscopic studies has been useful in functional image diagnosis and dynamic image observation, but the utility of its image quality is being reduced because of limitation in setting play segments of the video player, inconvenience of play, difficulties in preserving reproduced images, the change of image quality, etc. In order to complement these shortages, it is necessary to facilitate access to patient diagnosis information such as storing, editing and sharing functional diagnosis images in response to the trend of the digitalization of digital radiographic & fluoroscopic system(DRF). Thus this study designed and implemented a device of storing functional dynamic images real time using a computer rather than existing video recording, aiming at contribution to functional image diagnosis.

A study on image distortion improvement using silicon device in thyroid diffusion MRI images (갑상선의 확산강조영상 검사 시 실리콘 이용한 뒤틀림 감소에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Kwan-Woo;Seo, Dae-Keon;Lee, Ho-Beom;Goh, Hee-Jin;Na, Sa-Ra;Han, Dong-Kyoon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.4380-4386
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    • 2014
  • This study was conducted to minimize the imaging distortion by reducing the differences in susceptibility between the tissue and air surrounding it while performing a thyroid diffusion imaging procedure. The study group was composed of 23 healthy adults. Thyroids with many distortions near the air, larynx, and trachea were chosen to test and evaluate the diffusion imaging difference between before and after an application of silicon. As a result, there was reduced distortion with silicon application, and the differences decreased from 30% to 10%. According to One-way ANOVA and Duncan's post-hoc test, there were no significant differences between imaging with a silicon application and T2 imaging of the surface area, which was the standard image. In conclusion, this study presented a radical improvement in reducing the distortions in imaging by compensating for an uneven tissue surface near air without affecting the magnetic resonance contrast and complicating the imaging processes.

Evaluation of Image Quality for Various Electronic Portal Imaging Devices in Radiation Therapy (방사선치료의 다양한 EPID 영상 질평가)

  • Son, Soon-Yong;Choi, Kwan-Woo;Kim, Jung-Min;Jeong, Hoi-Woun;Kwon, Kyung-Tae;Cho, Jeong-Hee;Lee, Jea-Hee;Jung, Jae-Yong;Kim, Ki-Won;Lee, Young-Ah;Son, Jin-Hyun;Min, Jung-Whan
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.451-461
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    • 2015
  • In megavoltage (MV) radiotherapy, delivering the dose to the target volume is important while protecting the surrounding normal tissue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the modulation transfer function (MTF), the noise power spectrum (NPS), and the detective quantum efficiency (DQE) using an edge block in megavoltage X-ray imaging (MVI). We used an edge block, which consists of tungsten with dimensions of 19 (thickness) ${\times}$ 10 (length) ${\times}$ 1 (width) $cm^3$ and measured the pre-sampling MTF at 6 MV energy. Various radiation therapy (RT) devices such as TrueBeam$^{TM}$ (Varian), BEAMVIEW$^{PLUS}$ (Siemens), iViewGT (Elekta) and Clinac$^{(R)}$iX (Varian) were used. As for MTF results, TrueBeam$^{TM}$(Varian) flattening filter free(FFF) showed the highest values of $0.46mm^{-1}$ and $1.40mm^{-1}$ for MTF 0.5 and 0.1. In NPS, iViewGT (Elekta) showed the lowest noise distribution. In DQE, iViewGT (Elekta) showed the best efficiency at a peak DQE and $1mm^{-1}DQE$ of 0.0026 and 0.00014, respectively. This study could be used not only for traditional QA imaging but also for quantitative MTF, NPS, and DQE measurement for development of an electronic portal imaging device (EPID).