• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.214-215
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• 2002

Generally uniform dose distribution is assumed to be formed in a target region when a conventional dose formation method using a broad proton beam, a fixed modulation technique, a bolus and an aperture is employed. However, actual situations differ. We usually find non-uniformity in the target region. This is due to the insertion of a range-compensating bolus before the patient. Since the range-compensating bolus has an irregular shape, the scattering in the bolus depends on the lateral position. Dose distribution is overlapping results of dose distribution of pencil-proton beams traversing different lateral positions of the bolus. The lateral extent of dose distribution of each pencil beam traversing the different position differs each other at the same depth in the target object. This is a cause of the non-uniformity of the dose distribution. Therefore the same lateral extent of dose distribution should be attained for different pencil beams at the same depth to obtain a uniform dose distribution. For that purpose, we propose here a bi-material bolus. The bi-material bolus consists of a low-Z material determining mainly the range loss and a high-Z material defining mainly the scattering in the bolus. After passing through the bi-material bolus, protons traversing different lateral positions will have different residual range yet with the same lateral spread at a certain depth. Using the optimized bi-material bolus, we can obtain a more uniform dose distribution in the target region as expected.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.21-28
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• 1995

전신방사선조사를 시행할 때 우선적으로 해결되어야 할 과제는 총선량의 결정과 머리, 목, 폐, 복부, 골반과 다리등 모든 부위에 동일한 선량을 조사하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 머리, 목, 폐등 밀도와 두께에 따른 선량보정을 A1으로 만든 조직보상체를 이용하는 미네소타대학 방법(방법 1) 과 소아들이 장시간 동안 편안한 자세로 움직이지 않고 치료받을수 있도록 본원에서 개발한 고정치료틀에 조직등가물질로 머리, 목, 폐등을 보정한 방법(방법 2)의 선량분포를 비교검토하였다. 방법 1에서는 95.6％에서 100％의 선량분포를 보였으며, 방법 2 에서는 95.4％에서 100％의 선량분포를 보였다. 또한 방법 2 에서 중심 부위와 표면 부위의 선량분포는 머리 부위에서 103.4％, 목 부위에서 101.5％, 배꼽 부위에서 102.3％를 나타내었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.670-679
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• 2010

In this paper, a new approach using a pixel-based correction method was developed to fix the non-uniform responses of flat-bed type scanners used for radiochromic film dosimetry. In order to validate the method's performance, two cases were tested: the first consisted of simple dose distributions delivered by a single port; the second was a complicated dose distribution composed of multiple beams. In the case of the simple individual dose condition, ten different doses, from 8.3 cGy to 307.1 cGy, were measured, horizontal profiles were analyzed using the pixel-based correcton method and compared with results measured by an ionization chamber and results corrected using the existing correction method. A complicated inverse pyramid dose distribution was made by piling up four different field shapes, which were measured with GAFCHROMIC$^{(R)}$EBT film and compared with the Monte Carlo calculation; as well as the dose distribution corrected using a conventional method. The results showed that a pixel-based correction method reduced dose difference from the reference measurement down to 1% in the flat dose distribution region or 2 mm in a steep dose gradient region compared to the reference data, which were ionization chamber measurement data for simple cases and the MC computed data for the complicated case, with an exception for very low doses of less than about 10 cGy in the simple case. Therefore, the pixel-based scanner correction method is expected to enhance the accuracy of GAFCHROMIC$^{(R)}$EBT film dosimetry, which is a widely used tool for two-dimensional dosimetry.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.164-170
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• 2017

One of the methods to consider the effect of respiratory motion of a tumor target in radiotherapy is to establish a treatment plan with the internal target volume (ITV) created based on an accurate analysis of the target motion displacement. When this method is applied to intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), it is expected to yield a different treatment dose distribution under the motion condition according to the IMRT method. In this study, we prepared ITV-based IMRT plans with conventional IMRT using fixed gantry angle beams, RapidArc using volumetric modulated arc therapy, and tomotherapy using helical therapy. Then, the variation in dose distribution caused by the target motion was analyzed by the dose measurement in the actual motion condition. A delivery quality assurance plan was prepared for the established IMRT plan and the dose distribution in the actual motion condition was measured and analyzed using a two-dimensional diode detector placed on a moving phantom capable of simulating breathing movements. The dose measurement was performed considering only a uniform target shape and motion in the superior-inferior (SI) direction. In this condition, it was confirmed that the error of the dose distribution due to the target motion is minimum in tomotherapy. This is thought to be due to the characteristic of tomotherapy that treats the target sequentially by dividing it into several slices. When the target shape is uniform and the main target motion direction is SI, it is considered that tomotherapy for the ITV-based IMRT method has a characteristic which can reduce the dose difference compared with the plan dose under the target motion condition.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2009

목 적: 두경부암의 치료에 있어 상부 두경부의 양측면조사면과 하경부의 전방조사면의 접합부위에 균등한 선량을 조사하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 접합부위의 선량분포개선을 위하여 하경부 전방조사면의 치료시 Field-in-Field technique을 이용하여 부족선량(under dose)과 초과선량(over dose)으로 인한 선량불균등을 개선하고 일반치료와의 비교를 통하여 두경부암치료에 적용하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 상부 두경부의 양측면 조사시 빔의 확산으로 일어나는 입사점과 출사점의 선량차이를 알아보기 위하여 인체모형팬톰을 이용하였다. 인체모형팬톰을 전산화단층촬영하고 전산화치료계획에서 관심점의 선량비교를 시행하였고, 하경부 접합부위의 선량비율을 계산하여 이를 보정하였다. 조사면 접합부위의 선량분포를 알아보기 위하여 하경부의 접합부위에 저감도 필름을 놓고 일반적인 치료인 상부 두경부의 양측면조사와 하경부의 전방조사시 선량분포를 측정하였다. 또한, 상부 두경부 양측면 조사에 따른 빔의 확산을 고려한 Field-in-Field technique을 이용하여 하경부 전방조사를 할 때의 접합부위의 선량분포 차이를 측정하여 비교하였다. 접합부위의 관심점 선량을 알아보기 위하여 열형광선량계를 이용하여 인체모형팬톰내의 관심점에서의 선량변화를 비교, 분석하였다. 결 과: 전산화치료계획에서 하경부의 접합부위에 Field-in-Field technique을 적용하여 치료계획시 상부 두경부 양측면 조사와 선량합성을 한 경우 부족선량 영역의 선량이 4.7~8.65% 이상 증가하였다. 초과선량 영역의 선량도 2.75~10.45% 감소하였다. 또한, 저감도 필름을 이용한 측정에서는 부족선량영역에서 11.3% 증가, 초과선량영역에서 5.3% 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 열형광선량계를 이용한 관심점선량측정에서도 Field-in-Field technique 적용시 부족선량을 최소 7.5%에서 최대 17.6%까지 보정해주는 것으로 나타나 불균등한 선량분포를 개선할 수 있었다. 결 론: 전산화치료계획시 빔의 확산을 고려한 Field-in-Field technique을 적용하면 접합부위의 선량보정을 통해 냉점(cold spot)과 온점(hot spot)을 줄일 수 있었으며 특히, 빔의 확산에 따른 입사점의 부족선량을 보정할 수 있었다. 본 실험을 통해 Field-in-Field technique의 임상적용시 경부임파절의 저선량으로 인한 임파절전이에 대한 위험도를 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.37-40
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• 1983

Whole brain irradiation is one mode in the treatment of brain cancer and brain metastasis, but it might cause brain injury such as brain necrosis. It has been studied whether the dose distribution could be a cause of brain injury. The dose distribution in whole brain irradiated by Co-60 beam has been measured by means of calibrated TLD chips inserted in the brain of Humanoid phantom. The following results were obtained. 1. Dose distribution on each transverse section of the brain was uniform. 2. On the midsagital plane of the brain, the dose was highest in upper portion and lowest in lower portion, varying 8 from 104% to 90%. 3. When the radiation field includes free space of 2cm or more width out of the head, the dose distribution in the whole brain is almost independent of the field width. 4. It is important to determine adequate shielding area and to set shielding block exactly in repetition of treatment.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 1983

The treatment of tumors along curved surfaces with stationary electron beams using cone collimation may lead to non-uniform dose distributions due to a varying air gap between the cone surface and patient. For large tumors, more than one port may have to be used in irradiation of the chest wall, often leading to regions of high or low dose at the junction of the adjacent ports. Electron-beam arc therapy may elimination many of these fixed port problems. When treating breast tumors with electrons, the energy of the internal mammary port is usually higher than that of the chest wall port. Bolus is used to increase the skin dose or limit the range of the electrons. We invertiaged the effect of various arc beam parameters in the isodose distributions, and combined into a single arc port for adjacent fixed ports of different electron beam eneries. The higher fixed port energy would be used as the arc beam energy while the beam penetration in the lower energy region would be controlled by a proper thickness of bolus. We obtained the results of following: 1. It is more uniform dose distribution of electron to use rotation than stationary irradiation. 2. Increasing isocenter depth on arc irradiation, increased depth of maximum dose, reduction in surface dose and an increasing penetration of the linear portion of the curve. 3. The deeper penetration of the depth dose curve and higher X-ray background for the smaller field sized. 4. If the isocenter depth increase, the field effect is small. 5. The decreasing arc beam penetration with decreasing isocenter depth and the isocenter depth effect appears at a greater depth as the energy increases. 6. The addition of bolus produces a shift in the penetration that is the same for all depths leaving the shape of the curves unchanged. 7. Lead strips 5 mm thick were placed at both ends of the arc to produce a rapid dose drop-off.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.47-55
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• 1996

백혈병 환자에서 골수이식을 하기전 전신방사선조사를 시행할 때 우선적으로 해결되어야 할 과제는 총선량의 결정과 머리, 목, 폐, 복부, 골반과 다리등 모든 부위에 동일한 선량을 조사하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 머리, 목, 폐등 밀도와 두께에 따른 선량보정을 Al으로 만든 조직보상체를 이용하는 미네소타대학 방법(방법 1) 과 소아들이 장시간 동안 편안한 자세로 움직이지 않고 치료받을수 있도록 본원에서 개발한 고정치료틀에 조직등가불질로 머리, 목, 폐등을 보정한 방법(방법 2)의 선량분포를 비교검토하였다. 또한 슬로안-케트링 병원에서 시행하고 있는 똑바로 앉아 치료하는 경우(방법 3) 선량분포와 폐 차폐에 따른 차폐체 제작 및 여러 가지 문제들을 고려하였다. 방법 1에서는 95.6％ 에서 100％의 선량 분포를 보였으며, 방법 2에서는 95.4％에서 100％의 선량분포를 보였다. 또한 방법 2에서 중심 부위와 표면 부위의 선량분포는 머리 부위에서 103.4％, 목 부위에서 101.5％, 배꼽 부위에서 102.3％를 나타내었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.274-281
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• 2019

Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) infection from various jerky products in Korea. Methods: For the exposure assessment, the prevalence and predictive models of C. jejuni in the jerky and the temperature and time of the distribution and storage were investigated. In addition, the consumption amounts and frequencies of the products were also investigated. The data for C. jejuni for the prevalence, distribution temperature, distribution time, consumption amount, and consumption frequency were fitted with the @RISK fitting program to obtain appropriate probabilistic distributions. Subsequently, the dose-response models for Campylobacter were researched in the literature. Eventually, the distributions, predictive model, and dose-response model were used to make a simulation model with @RISK to estimate the risk of C. jejuni foodborne illness from the intake of jerky. Results: Among 275 jerky samples, there were no C. jejuni positive samples, and thus, the initial contamination level was statistically predicted with the RiskUniform distribution [RiskUniform (-2, 0.48)]. To describe the changes in the C. jejuni cell counts during distribution and storage, the developed predictive models with the Weibull model (primary model) and polynomial model (secondary model) were utilized. The appropriate probabilistic distribution was the BetaGeneral distribution, and it showed that the average jerky consumption was 51.83 g/d with a frequency of 0.61%. The developed simulation model from this data series and the dose-response model (Beta Poisson model) showed that the risk of C. jejuni foodborne illness per day per person from jerky consumption was $1.56{\times}10^{-12}$. Conclusion: This result suggests that the risk of C. jejuni in jerky could be considered low in Korea.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2010

전자의 다중산란에 의한 선량분포를 좌우하는 다양한 원인으로서 조사통에 삽입되는 차폐물의 제작형태에 따른 전자선의 선량분포를 알고자 하였다. 실험을 위하여 선속 확산현상을 고려한 차폐물(divergency cut-out block)과 선속 확산현상을 고려하지 않은 차폐물(straight cut-out block)을 제작하고 선량분포 구간 면적과 조사면 평탄도 및 대칭도를 비교하였다. 결과적으로 선속 확산현상을 고려한 차폐물이 선속 확산현상을 고려하지 않은 차폐물보다 차폐물 두께에 대한 측방산란효과가 현저하게 감소함으로서 기준점 깊이에서 균등한 선량분포를 이루었다. 특히 선속 확산현상을 고려한 차폐물일수록 고 선량 영역이 현저하게 감소하였으며 조사면 경계부에서 균일한 선량분포를 이루었다. 이는 환자의 투여선량의 정확도를 증가시키기 위한 모형 연구로서 전자선의 선량분포 특성을 고려한 방사선치료계획을 수립해야 할 것이다.