• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.271-277
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• 2019

CareDose 4D which is the Siemens's Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) can adjust the level of radiation dose distribution which is based on organ characteristic unlike other manufacturer's AEC. Currently, a wide scan range containing different organs is sometimes examined at once (defined as one scan). The purpose of this study was to figure out which organ characteristic option is suitable when one scan method is utilized. Two types of anthropomorphic phantoms were scanned in the same range which were from frontal bone to carina level according to three different organ characteristics such as Thorax, Abdomen, and Neck. All scans and image reconstruction parameters were equally applied and radiation dose were compared. Radiation dose with Thorax organ characteristic was lower than that with Neck. Also, that with Abdomen oran characteristic was lower than Thorax. There were significant differences in radiation dose according to different organ characteristics at the same parameters (P<0.05). Usage of Neck organ characteristic had a result of the highest radiation dose to all phantom. On the other hand, utilization of Abdomen organ characteristic showed the lowest radiation dose. As a result, it is desirable to set appropriate organ characteristic according to examined body part when you checkup patients. Also, when you implement one scan method, selection of Abdomen-based organ characteristic has reduced more radiation dose compared with two different organ characteristic.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2010

High energy electron beams were to concentrically dose inside a tumor and more energy is a shape decreased of dose. Therefore, it is useful to radiation therapy of a tumor. Also high energy electron beams ionized into collision with a atom in structure material of tissue and it has big changes to dose distribution by multiple scattering. The study had to establish characteristic of electron beams from interaction of electron beams and materials. Experiment method was to measure dependence of electron beam central axis for depth dose curve, field flatness and symmetry and field size dependence. The results were able to evaluate data for a datum pint of electron beam. Also radiotherapy has to be considered for not only energy pencil of lines but characteristic, electron guide and isodose curves distribution.

• 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.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.225-233
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• 2003

방사선 치료 계획의 목적은 정상 조직 부근에서는 최소한의 방사선 조사가 되는 동안 병소에는 동일한 선량이 조사되는 것이다. 선형가속기를 이용한 정위적 방사선 수술시 단일한 구형의 선량분포는 병소에 대하여 균등한 선량분포를 이루고, 병소 내에는 70％ 이상의 고선량이 등선량 곡선내에 포함되면서 주위 정상조직에서는 급격히 낮은 선량을 가지게 한다. 또한 이와 같은 방법은 감마나이프를 이용한 정위적 방사선 수술의 경우와 비슷한 치료 계획을 나타낸다. 이처럼 정위적 방사선 수술시 이용되는 구형의 선량분포를 가지는 isocenter는 실제 방사선 수술 계획시 많은 시간과 경험을 바탕으로 수술 계획자에 의해 병소 내에 배치되어 진다. 본 연구는 효율적인 방사선 수술이 수행되도록 수술 계획시 구형 선량분포에 관여하는 빔관련 변수들을 고려하여 병소내 선량분포의 특성을 조사하였다. 이를 위해 불규칙한 형태의 병소를 직육면체형과 원통형으로 가정하여 비교하였고, 동일한 체적의 병소 모델에 대하여 빔관련 변수를 변화시켜 구형 선량분포를 이루는 isocenter들의 위치 및 콜리메이터의 크기를 달리하면서 병소 모델에 대한 선량 분포를 얻었다. 이때, 얻어진 선량분포 Dose Profile과 Dose Volume Histogram (DVH)으로 비교한 결과, 불규칙한 모양의 병소에 대하여 콜리메이터의 크기와 Isocenter의 개수, Isocenter의 간격 등의 빔관련 변수를 최적화함으로서 더 나은 고선량의 등선량 곡선(Isodose Curve)내에 병소를 포함시킬 수 있었다. 이러한 병소내 구형 선량 분포를 가지는 isocenter의 배치에 따른 특성들은 정위적 방사선 수술 계획시 더 효율적이면서, 빠른 수술 계획을 수립하는데 많은 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.262-266
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• 2013

신개념 치과용 X선 촬영장치인 강내형 X선 튜브에 대한 연구가 소개되었다. 이는 초소형의 X-선 튜브를 구강내 삽입하여 외부에서 검출기로 영상을 획득하는 새로운 시스템이다. 본 연구에서는 구내 치근단 촬영을 위해 사용하는 강내형 X선 튜브의 온도분포 및 선량 분포 특성을 조사하였다. X선 튜브의 온도특성을 파악하기 위하여 튜브 표면에 써머커플을 부착하여 튜브 표면에서부터 거리에 대한 온도를 측정하였으며, EBT 필름을 이용하여 튜브표면에서부터 거리에 따른 선량 분포를 측정하였다. 그 결과 냉각장치가 없는 튜브에서 2mm 이상 거리에서 온도는 $27^{\circ}C$로 일정하였으며, 튜브에서 3cm, 5cm일 때 선량분포가 3.14, 1.84mGy로 나타났다. 그 결과 제안한 시스템은 기존 시스템에 비해 낮은 선량에서 안전하게 촬영이 가능한 것으로 향후 구내 치근단 촬영장치에 새로운 변화를 가져올 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2009

There are several reasons to take X-ray in case of inpatients. Some of them who cannot ambulate or have any risk if move are taken portable X-ray at their wards. Usually, in this case, many other people-patients unneeded X-ray test, family, hospital workers etc-are indirectly exposed to X-ray by scatter ray. For that reason I try to be aware of free space scatter dose accurately and make the point at issue of portable X-ray better in this study. kVp dose meter is used for efficiency management of portable X-ray equipment. Mobile X-ray equipment, ionization chamber, electrometer, solid water phantom are used for measuring of free space scatter dose. First of all the same surroundings condition is made as taken real portable X-ray, inquired amount of X-ray both chest AP and abdomen AP most frequently examined and measured scatter ray distribution of two tests individually changing distance. In the result of measuring horizontal distribution with condition of chest AP it is found that the mAs is decreased as law of distance reverse square but no showed mAs change according to direction. Vertical distribution showed the mAs slightly higher than horizontal distribution but it isnt found out statistical characteristic. In abdomen AP, compare with chest AP, free space scatter dose is as higher as five-hundred times and horizontal, vertical distribution are quite similar to chest AP in result. In portable X-ray test, in order to reduce the secondary exposure by free space scatter dose first, cut down unnecessary portable order the second, set up the specific area at individual ward for the test the third, when moving to a ward for the X-ray test prepare a portable shielding screen. The last, expose about 2m apart from patients if unable to do above three ways.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2000

Patient dose verification is one of the most important parts in quality assurance of the treatment delivery for radiation therapy. The dose distributions may be meaningfully improved by modulating two dimensional intensity profile of the individual high energy radiation beams In this study, a new method is presented for the pre-treatment dosimetric verification of these two dimensional distributions of beam intensity by means of a charge coupled device video camera-based fluoroscopic device (henceforth called as CCD-VCFD) as a radiation detecter with a custom-made software for dose calculation from fluorescence signals. This system of dosimeter (CCD-VCFD) could reproduce three dimensional (3D) relative dose distribution from the digitized fluoroscopic signals for small (1.0$\times$1.0 cm$^2$ square, ø 1.0 cm circular ) and large (30$\times$30cm$^2$) field sizes used in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). For the small beam sizes of photon and electron, the calculations are performed In absolute beam fluence profiles which are usually used for calculation of the patient dose distribution. The good linearity with respect to the absorbed dose, independence of dose rate, and three dimensional profiles of small beams using the CCD-VCFD were demonstrated by relative measurements in high energy Photon (15 MV) and electron (9 MeV) beams. These measurements of beam profiles with CCD-VCFD show good agreement with those with other dosimeters such as utramicro-cylindrical (UC) ionization chamber and radiographic film. The study of the radiation dosimetric technique using CCD-VCFD may provide a fast and accurate pre-treatment verification tool for the small beam used in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and can be used for verification of dose distribution from dynamic multi-leaf collimation system (DMLC).

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.287-299
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• 2022

In radiation epidemiology, the excess relative risk (ERR) model is used to determine the dose-response relationship. In general, the dose-response relationship for the ERR model is assumed to be linear, linear-quadratic, linear-threshold, quadratic, and so on. However, since none of these functions dominate other functions for expressing the dose-response relationship, a Bayesian semiparametric method using splines has recently been proposed. Thus, we improve the Bayesian semiparametric method for the selection of the tuning parameters for splines as the number and location of knots using a Bayesian knot selection method. Equally spaced knots cannot capture the characteristic of radiation exposed dose distribution which is highly skewed in general. Therefore, we propose a nonparametric Bayesian knot selection method based on a Dirichlet process mixture model. Inference of the spline coefficients after obtaining the number and location of knots is performed in the Bayesian framework. We apply this approach to the life span study cohort data from the radiation effects research foundation in Japan, and the results illustrate that the proposed method provides competitive curve estimates for the dose-response curve and relatively stable credible intervals for the curve.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.224-231
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• 2016

The usefulness of Gel Bolus phantom was investigated by comparing the temperature distribution characteristic of the agar phantom produced to investigate the dose distribution characteristic of radiofrequency hyperthermia device with that of the Gel Bolus phantom under conditions similar to those of an agar phantom that can continuously carry out temperature measurement. The temperatures of the agar phantom and the Gel Bolus phantom were raised to $36.5{\pm}3^{\circ}C$ and a temperature sensing was inserted at depths of 5, 10, and 15 cm from the phantom central axis. The temperature increase rate and the coefficient of determination were analyzed while applying output powers of 100 W and 150 W, respectively, at intervals of 1 min for 60 min under conditions where the indoor temperature was in the range $24.5{\sim}27.5^{\circ}C$, humidity was 35~40%, internal cooling temperature of the electrode was $20^{\circ}C$, size of the upper electrode was 250 mm, and the size of the lower electrode was 250 mm. The coefficients of determination of 150 W output power at the depth point of 5 cm from the central axis of the phantom were analyzed to be 0.9946 and 0.9926 in the agar and Gel Bolus phantoms, respectively; moreover, the temperature change equation of the agar and Gel Bolus phantoms with time can be expressed as follows in the state the phantom temperature is raised to $36^{\circ}C:Y(G)$ is equation of Gel Bolus phantoms (in 5 cm depth) applying output power of 150 W. Y(G)=0.157X+36. It can be seen that if the temperature is measured in this case, the Gel Bolus phantom value can be converted to the measured value of the agar phantom. As a result of comparing the temperature distribution characteristics of the agar phantom of a human-body-equivalent material with those of the Gel Bolus phantom that can be continuously used, the usefulness of Gel Bolus phantom was exhibited.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2002

다목적 방사선 조사장치의 설계, 제작 및 성능검사에 대해 기술하였다. 세슘-137을 사용한 다목적 방사선조사장치는 생물학에서 저선량 방사선에 대한 영향연구, 혹은 TLD(Thermo Luminescent dosimeter)의 교정을 위해 사용되어진다. 본 조사장치는 방사선 동위원소를 안전한곳에 저장하고 있다가 방사선조사시에만 조사실로 180도 회전하여 설정된 시간만큼 시료에 방사선 조사가 이루어 진 후, 사용이 끝나면 다시 차폐된 저장위치로 복귀하게된다. 제어시스템은 PLC 기반으로 구축하여 저선량율 조사장치의 시제품을 제작하였으며, 또한 컴퓨터를 통해 방사선 조사장치의 제어 및 세부 동작 상태 등을 실시간 검색, 원격제어 및 관리 할 수 있는 종합 관리 프로그램을 개발하였다. 조사실 내부 구성은 시료의 종류에 따라 최대 20RPM까지 다양하게 회전하면서 균일 조사될 수 있도록 조사실 및 챔버를 설계 제작하였으며, 조사실내 넣을 수 있는 조사체 최대 용량은 4.5리터이다. 조사실내의 방사선량의 분포도는 가프크로믹 필름을 사용하여 측정한 결과 2Ci 범위내에서 세슘-137의 경우 공기중에서 0.13cGy/min이었고 일반 물질과 등가인 물에서는 0.11cGy/min로 나타났으며, 오차는 약 ${\pm}$7%의 한도내에서 균일한 분포를 보였다. 또한 실제 누설선량은 조사실 밖 표면에서 최대 0.35mR/hr이였으며 1m 떨어진곳에서는 최대 0.03mR/hr로 허용치 이내였다.