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FPD System에서 상.하지 촬영 시 격자에 따른 환자 선량 및 화질 평가 (Entrance Skin Dose and Image Quality Evaluation According to Use Grid Radiography for the Extremity in FPD System)

  • 이인자;여영복;이태성
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제33권4호
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    • pp.341-348
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    • 2010
  • 상 하지 촬영 시 서울 경기지역 병원의 FPD(Flat Pannel Detector) System 사용 실태와 격자 사용에 따른 환자 선량 및 C-D Phantom에 의한 화질평가, 임상 평가자들에 의한 영상평가를 한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. FPD system(12대)의 사용 실태 조사결과 격자비는 8 : 1에서 13 : 1까지이며, 12 : 1이 6대로 가장 많았다. 이 중 격자의 탈 부착이 가능한 장비는 8대이지만, 사용하지 않는 것이 5대(62.5%)로 격자를 그대로 사용하는 곳이 9곳(75.5%)이었다. 2. 실험에 사용된 장비에서 격자사용으로 환자가 받은 선량이 4.13배에서 4.79배까지 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 노출조건(mAs)의 변화(0.5배나 2.0배)에 따라 환자가 받는 선량의 차이는 환자 두께에 따라 크게 차이 나지는 않았다. 4. C-D Phantom에 따른 영상의 화질평가는 격자 사용 시와 노출량이 많아질 때 영상의 식별은 잘 되었다. 5. 임상 평가는 두께가 얇은 Hand PA 영상에서는 격자사용을 하지 않는 것이 더 좋았다. 두께가 두꺼운 Knee AP 영상에서는 격자를 사용하는 것이 좋다는 평가를 받았다. 그러나 환자선량이 적어진다면 격자를 사용하지 않겠다는 의견이 5명 중 3명으로 더 많았다.

모사 지방간 팬텀을 활용한 초음파영상에서 지방간 정량화 진단 기술 개발을 위한 연구 (A Study of the Development for Fatty Liver Quantification Diagnostic Technology from Ultrasound Images using a Simulated Fatty Liver Phantom)

  • 임예지;유승만
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.135-144
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    • 2024
  • 초음파 영상 검사는 지방간 정량화에 제한점을 가지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 가상 지방간 팬텀을 통해 지방간 함량을 초음파 주행 과정에서의 신호 감쇠 변화가 정량화가 가능한지를 실험적으로 입증하고자 하고자 하였다. 또한 초음파 영상에서의 지방 함량과 신호 강도의 관계를 분석하여 초음파를 통한 지방간 진단에 대한 가능성을 평가하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 물과 기름을 균질하게 혼합하여 총 5개의 가상 지방간 팬텀을 개발했다. 자기공명영상과 초음파 영상을 사용하여 팬텀의 지방 함량을 확인하고 초음파 영상에서 거리에 따른 신호 강도를 측정하였다. 이후 지방 함량과 신호 강도 간의 상관관계를 분석과 평균비교를 수행하였다. 초음파 영상에서는 지방의 함량이 높아짐에 따라 초음파의 투과 강도가 감소하는 현상을 확인하였으며, 이를 통해 초음파를 사용하여 지방간의 함량을 정량화할 가능성을 확인하였다. 또한 자기공명영상으로 측정한 지방 함량과 초음파 영상에서 측정한 신호 강도 간 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 본 연구에서는 지방의 함량이 높아질수록 초음파 영상의 초음파 주행 과정에서 신호를 표현한 기울기(US-GRE)값이 점점 작아지는 것을 통계적으로 확인하였으며 US-GRE는 지방간 함량을 표현하는 생체 마커(biomarker)로서 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Photodiode를 사용한 측정기의 임상응용을 위한 실험 (Experiment for Clinical Application with Photodiode)

  • 김유현;권수일;허준
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 1996
  • Studies were conducted to determine the clinical application of photodiode. We compared photodiode with ion-chamber as to change of tube potential, tube current, mAs and measured decreasing rate of penetration dose. When tube potential was changed from 60 kVp to 120 kVp, output of photodiode and ion-chamber were changed from 0.4 to 1.625, and 1.018 to 4.268, respectively. This was a good agreement to theory that $I=Kv^2it$(I is intensity, K is constant, v is tube potential, i is tube current, t is time). Characteristics for change of tube current and mAs were also a good agreement to theory. And comparison in decreasing rate of penetration dose was similar except above 6 cm in depth. Our results indicated that photodiode was a good instrument for relative measurement of radiation exposure, but we can not use the photodiode for absolute radiation dose.

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A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Medical Technician's. Etc. Act Systems Focusing on Physical and Occupational Therapists

  • Yoon, Tae-Hyung
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the "Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist Act" of Japan and the "Medical Technician's. Etc. Act" of Korea in order to establish the grounds for improvement of effective law-making. Methods: We obtained the "Medical Technician's. Etc. Act" from the Korean Ministry of Government Legislation and the "Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist Act" from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. It was translated from an association by related Japanese and experts. Results: The laws consisted of acts, enforcement ordinances, and enforcement regulations in both Korea and Japan. In the Korean case, eight occupations were defined in one law including six types of medical technicians, as well as medical recorders and opticians. The "Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist Act" in Japan is composed of 6 chapters and 22 articles, while the Korean Act consists of 33 articles without chapters. Among them, 11 articles covered the establishment and management of dental laboratories and eyeglass shops, and only 22 articles were related to physical therapists and occupational therapists. Conclusion: Independent laws should be established for each type of medical technician. They must be comparable to Japanese laws on physical therapists and occupational therapists as well as clinical pathologists, dental hygienists, dental technicians, radiologic technologists, medical recorders, and opticians.

$CaSO_4:Tb$ TLD의 제작과 특성에 관한 연구 (A Study on Fabrication and Characteristics of $CaSO_4:Tb$ TLD)

  • 박명환
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 1999
  • In this study, the highly sensitive $CaSO_4:Tb$ glass capsule type TLDs are fabricated and their trap parameters are determined. The optimum conditions of fabricating of $CaSO_4:Tb$ phosphor was obtained to be in impurity concentration of Tb 1.0 mol% and sintering of $600^{\circ}C$, 2 hr. The glow curve of $CaSO_4:Tb$ consists of three glow peaks and these peaks are isolated by thermal bleaching method. Activation energy of the three glow peaks measured by the initial rise, the peak shape and the heating rate method are 0.70, 0.87, and 1.03 eV. The frequency factors are $1.76{\times}10^9,\;1.74{\times}10^9$, and $9.77{\times}10^8\;s^{-1}$, and the kinetic orders are 1.12, 1.46, and 1.34, respectively. The isolated glow peaks are fitted by least square method and optimum temperature range of the main peak for radiation dosimetry is $230{\sim}295^{\circ}C$.

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Insight film을 이용한 농도측정 평가 (Evaluation of Chest Density in Insight Film)

  • 권이선;박장환;임오수;정경모;정환
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 1992
  • Simple chest radiography is the most frequently performed examination in radiologic practice. However, with transmitted dose through chest which has the problem of wide variations in absorption, conventional Film/Screen Combinations Method make it difficult to delineate lung field mediastinum & cardia portion and subdiaphragmatic structures. In order to overcome this problem, we have been tried several methods as follows. High Kilovoltage Technique, Rare Earth Screen/Wide Lattitude Film, Use of Compensating Filter and Digital Beam Attenuator and recently Insigh System has been developed. In this paper, we'd like to discuss Insight film through apperciation by measuring the difference of contrast. In order to evaluate insight film. We have done experiments using Insight System with Simple Phase, Picker 550. We could get an result which was able to overcome the limitted dynamic range of conventional Film/Screen System remarkably.

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흉부X선사진(胸部X線寫眞)에 나타나는 감감현상(減感現象)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (A Study on Appearances of Desensitized Phenomenon in Chest Roentgenography)

  • 경광현;허준
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 1979
  • Roentgenographic film has to be handled with greatest care during removal from the packing, loading of the cassettes and loading of the hanger. In the case of prior to or after exposed film is handled with mechanical pressure in darkroom, the most common phenomena are desensitization or sensitization on roentgenographic film. In order to observe these defect occurring on, it, the author studied on change of the densities where the mechanical pressure reached to the roentgenographic film. 1. The optimal minimum and maximum densities in routine chest x-ray film are from 0.25 to 1.47 2. The dependence of the desensitization occurring on film upon the bent degree of film is in the portion to bent degree over $10^{\circ}$ 3. Appearances of the desensitization on film by the curved degree of film is inverse proportion to it's degree below intervals of 3cm. 4. The more unexposed film is bent with nail tip and is pressured with palm, the more desensitization it was appeared upon film size and pressure weight. 5. The most serious area of desensitization produced by many types of mechanical pressure is in the portion of lung apex and outside lung fields. 6. The tendency of desensitization due to mechanical pressure on unexposed film is more serious than sensitization on exposed film in the view of radiologic diagnosis.

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두경부 환자의 3D Printing을 이용한 Silicon Bolus의 유용성 (Usefulness of Silicon Bolus Using 3D Printing of Head and Neck Patients)

  • 권경태;이용기;원영진
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제13권7호
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    • pp.909-916
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    • 2019
  • 구강 및 두경부 암의 방사선치료 시 치료 범위에 피부를 포함하는 경우가 많으며 이때 볼루스의 사용이 빈번해진다. 특히 턱 부분의 요철로 인하여 환자의 적용 시 선량 불확실성을 제공한다. 본 연구에서는 3D Printing을 이용하여 Gel 볼루스와 Poly lactic acid(PLA), Silicon을 적용한 환자 맞춤형 볼루스를 제작하여 물성 특성을 확인하고, 제작된 볼루스와 치료계획의 불일치성을 확인하며, 실제 방사선 선량 전달시 발생하는 선량불확실성을 측정하였다. 그 결과 일반적인 요철 부위에는 PLA 재질의 볼루스가 안정적이며, 요철이 심하거나 환자의 체형이 자주 바뀔 수 있는 환자의 경우 Silicon 재질의 볼루스가 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

$^{99}Mo-^{99m}TcO_4$ Generator의 감마선량 분포에 관한 연구 (A Study of Gamma-ray Distribution around the $^{99}Mo-^{99m}TcO_4$ Generator)

  • 박성옥
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.49-53
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    • 2001
  • A number of radionuclides of interest in nuclear medicine are short lived isotopes that emit only gamma ray. The most of all Dept. of Nuclear Medicine in the hospt. are using the $^{99}Mo-^{99m}Tc$ generator for elution of the short lived isotope $^{99m}TcO_4$. A $^{99}Mo-^{99m}Tc$ generator consists of an alumina column on which $^{99}Mo$ is bound. The parent isotope($^{99}Mo$ : half life 67 hr.) decays to its daughter $^{99m}TcO_4^-$ which is a different element with a shorter half-life. $^{99}Mo$ emitted 41-keV(1.3%), 141-keV(5.6%) 181-keV(6.6%) and 366-keV(1.5%) gamma rays. But $^{99m}TcO_4$ emitted only 140-keV gamma ray. We study about the gamma ray distribution around the $^{99}Mo$ generator. And obtained the result as follows ; 1. Total counted gamma ray from generator smaller in front side than back. 2. The gamma ray emitted from $^{99}Mo$ generator without $^{99m}TcO_4$ vial increased in the back side(Mo column posited side) 3. The gamma ray only from the $^{99m}TcO_4$ vial increased in the front side. 4. Apron can protect gamma ray above 60% of total radiation from the $^{99}Mo$ generator.

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X선진단(X線診斷) 부문(部門)에 있어서 업무량(業務量)에 관(關)한 조사연구(調査硏究)(I) (A Study on Activities of Diagnostic X-ray Examination(I))

  • 경광현;허준
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.37-43
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    • 1978
  • This Study was conducted, during the period of 8-16th, August in 1977 and 27th, January through 2, Feburury in 1978, to measure laking off and on time for patient's clothes at the radiologic department in general hospitals. The study dealt with three general hospitals which were classified into groups by ownerships; two university hospitals, one private hospitals. The scope of the study was limited to measurement's of taking off and on time except taking a radiograph. The results were summarized as follows: [1] In Summer, the average taking off ana on tine for male was 3 minutes and 7 seconds and 3 minutes and 43 seconds for female. The latter was longer than that for the former. [2] In Winter, the mean taking off and on time for male was 3 minutes 42 seconds, 4 minutes 17 seconds for female. [3] In this respect, the average taking off and on time for female was longer than that for male and that for winter was expended that for summer. [4] In Summer, regardless of age group and sex, the average taking off and on time for taking a radiograph was 3 minutes 25 seconds, and 3 minuteds 59 seconds in Winter. [5] Regardless of season, sen, and age, the mean time expended to take off and on for taking a radiograph was 3 minutes 43 seconds.

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