• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study has attempted to evaluate and compare the image evaluation and exposure dose by respectively applying Filtered Back Projection(FBP), the existing test method, and Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction(ASIR) with different values of tube voltage during the Low Dose Computed Tomography(LDCT). Materials and Methods: With the image reconstruction method as basis, Chest Phantom was utilized with the FBP and ASIR set at 10%, 20% respectively, and the change of Tube Voltage (100kVp, 120kVp). For image evaluation, Back ground noise, Signal to Noise ratio(SNR) and Contrast to Noise ratio(CNR) were measured, and, for dose evaluation, CTDIvol and DLP were measured respectively. The statistical analysis was tested with SPSS(ver. 22.0), followed by ANOVA Test conducted after normality test and homogeneity test. (p<0.05). Results: In terms of image evaluation, there was no outstanding difference in Ascending Aorta(AA) SNR and Infraspinatus Muscle(IM) SNR with the different values of ASIR application(p<0.05), but a significant difference with the different amount of tube voltage(p>0.05). Also, there wasn't noticeable change in CNR with ASIR and different amount of Tube Voltage (p<0.05). However, in terms of dose evaluation, CTDIvol and DLP showed contrasting results(p<0.05). In terms of CTDIvol, the measured values with the same tube voltage of 120kVp were 2.6mGy with No-ASIR and 2.17mGy with 20%-ASIR respectively, decreased by 0.43mGy, and the values with 100kVp were 1.61mGy with No-ASIR and 1.34mGy with 20%-ASIR, decreased by 0.27mGy. In terms of DLP, the measured values with 120kVp were $103.21mGy{\cdot}cm$ with No-ASIR and $85.94mGy{\cdot}cm$ with 20%-ASIR, decreased by $17.27mGy{\cdot}cm$(about 16.7%), and the values with 100kVp were $63.84mGy{\cdot}cm$ with No-ASIR and $53.25mGy{\cdot}cm$ with 20%-ASIR, a decrease by $10.62mGy{\cdot}cm$(about 16.7%). Conclusion: At lower tube voltage, the rate of dose significantly decreased, but the negative effects on image evaluation was shown due to the increase of noise. For the future, through the result of the experiment, it is considered that the method above would be recommended for follow-up patients or those who get health checkup as long as there is no interference on the process of diagnosis due to the characteristics of Low Dose examination.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.311-317
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate Rn concentration and annual radiation exposure level in the basement and first floor. The Rn Cup monitors were placed in different environments such as shopping stage, office building, Apartment, Hospital, house in Seoul from Match 1996 to April 1997 and CR-39 films were collected every two months. The mean radon concentration in the basement of house($88.6\;Bq/m^3$) showed the highest level among the areas, while radon concentration on the first floor of house($50.5\;Bq/m^3$) showed the higher than other areas. The annual radiation exposure dose that person on the floor / in the basement of differential place in the seoul can be exposed during living was estimated from 24.11 to 87.64 mRem/yr. This radiation dose is significantly lower than 130mRem maximum radiation dosage from the radon nuclide prescribed by the ICRP, with respect to the overall average exposure of the working adult. this study indicated that possible radon sources on the first floor / in the basement areas are radon intrusion from soil gas, construction materials, or ground water leaking. Further study is needed to quantitatively assess major contributions of radon-222 and health effect to radon exposure.

• International Journal of Safety
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.33-36
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• 2012

Examples and experiences of risk management on radiation under prolonged exposure situation are shown. The accident of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant after the great east Japan earthquake (11 March, 2011) elevates background level of environmental radiation around the east Japan. For example, ambient dose equivalent rate around Tohkatsu area next to Tokyo located about 200 km-south from the plant, is about 0.1-0.6 micro-Sv $h^{-1}$ mainly due to $^{134}Cs$ and $^{137}Cs$ falling on the ground soil. This level is about double or up to ten times higher than the genuine natural level around the area. International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommends how to face the existing exposure situation; that is the prolonged exposure situation. Referring to ICRP's reports and/or related international/domestic documents, we have been discussing and acting to gain public's safety and relief, who have a possibility to be exposed to prolonged lower-dose radiation. Here, we introduce our several experiences on risk management, especially focusing on risk communication, radiation education to public, and stakeholder involvements into making decision in local governments on radiation protection, relating to the accident.

• International Journal of Safety
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.6-9
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• 2011

Examples and experiences of risk management on radiation under prolonged exposure situation are shown. The accident of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant after the great east Japan earthquake (11 March, 2011) elevates background level of environmental radiation around the east Japan. For example, ambient dose equivalent rate around Tohkatsu area next to Tokyo located about 200 km-south from the plant, is about 0.1-0.6 micro-Sv $h^{-1}$ mainly due to $^{134}Cs$ and $^{137}Cs$ falling on the ground soil. This level is about double or up to ten times higher than the genuine natural level around the area. International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommends how to face the existing exposure situation; that is the prolonged exposure situation. Referring to ICRP's reports and/or related international/domestic documents, we have been discussing how to manage this situation and acting to gain safety and relief of public, who have a possibility to be exposed to prolonged lower-dose radiation. Here, we introduce our several experiences on risk management, especially focusing on risk communication, radiation education to public, and stakeholder involvements into decision making in local governments on radiation protection, relating to the accident.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2017

저 선량 흉부 전산화단층촬영(low dose computed tomography; LDCT)검사 시 기존의 검사방법인 필터보정역투영법인 FBP(filted back projection)와 적응식 통계적 반복 재구성법인 ASIR(adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction)의 적용 및 관전압 변화에 따른 영상의 화질과 피폭선량을 비교 평가해 보고자 하였다. 흉부 phantom을 이용하여 재구성방법에 따라 FBP와 ASIR적용(10%, 20%)을 하였고, 관전압(100kVp, 120kVp)에 변화를 주어 실험을 하였다. 화질평가를 위해 back-ground noise와 signal-noise ratio(SNR), contrast-noise ratio(CNR)를 구하였으며, 선량평가를 위해 CTDIvol과 DLP를 구하였다. 화질평가에 있어 kVp에 따른 ascending aorta(AA) SNR과 inpraspinatus muscle(IM) SNR은 AA SNR과 IM SNR은 유의한 차이가 있었다(p < 0.05). 선량평가에 있어 CTDIvol과 DLP는 유의한 차이가 있었으며(p < 0.05), CTDIvol은 120 kVp, FBP가 2.6 mGy, 120 kVp, 10%-ASIR가 2.38 mGy, 120kVp, 20%-ASIR가 2.17 mGy로 0.43 mGy 감소하였고, 100 kVp, FBP가 1.61 mGy, 100 kVp, 10%-ASIR가 1.48 mGy, 100 kVp, 20%-ASIR가 1.34 mGy로 0.27 mGy 감소하였다. 또한 DLP에서는 120 kVp, FBP가 $103.21mGy{\cdot}cm$, 120 kVp, 10%-ASIR가 $94.57mGy{\cdot}cm$, 120 kVp, 20%-ASIR가 $85.94mGy{\cdot}cm$로 $17.27mGy{\cdot}cm$(16.7%) 감소하였고, 100 kVp, FBP가 $63.87mGy{\cdot}cm$, 100 kVp, 10%-ASIR가 $58.54mGy{\cdot}cm$, 100 kVp, 20%-ASIR가 $53.25mGy{\cdot}cm$로 $10.62mGy{\cdot}cm$(16.7%)로 감소하였다. 재구성방법에 따른 FBP와 ASIR 10%, 20%에서는 화질의 변화 없이 선량을 줄일 수 있어 흉부 low dose CT검사 시 ASIR 20%적용하여 검사하는 것이 좋으며, 관전압 변화에 따른 120 kVp와 100 kVp에서는 선량은 크게 줄어들었지만, noise가 증가하여 화질이 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2003

채소종자의 발아와 초기생장에 대한 저선량 방사선과 종자수분 함량의 영향을 알아보고자 배추, 무, 고추, 호박 참박 각각의 건조종자와 습윤종자에 저선량 감마선을 $0{\sim}20\;Gy$ 수준으로 조사하였다. 수분함량을 상이하게 하여 관찰한 발아와 초기생장에 미치는 저선량 방사선 효과는 작물종에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 발아율의 경우는 건조종자보다 습윤종자에서 대체로 높았으며 저선량 효과는 배추와 호박의 습윤종자4 Gy와 2 Gy에서 각각 33%와 13% 증가하여 뚜렷한 효과를 보였고, 참박은 건조종자 $4{\sim}8\;Gy$에서 높았다. 초기생장은 습윤종자에서 뚜렷한 효과를 보여 배추와 무는 10 Gy, 호박은 2 Gy, 참박은 8 Gy에서 $6{\sim}26%$ 정도 증가하였다. 이러한 초기생장 촉진효과는 저선량 방사선과 수분함량 상호간에 유의적인 차이를 보였으며 특히 배추와 참박에서 가장 높았다. 즉, 채소 종자의 수분함량을 상이하게 하여 저선량 방사선의 효과를 조사한 결과 적정 수분함량에서 발아와 유묘생장이 촉진됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4039-4047
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• 2023

This contribution describes the application of HPGe detector for the airborne quantitative analysis. The hardware of the airborne HPGe system was designed from the commercial components with only exception of the newly designed AirHPGeSpec special software to control, measure and process the data. The system was calibrated for the local air kerma rates measured on helicopter board and its conversion to the air kerma rates at 1 m above the ground was proposed. Two examples of the air kerma rates measured over the former uranium mining areas are presented and compared with the results of other airborne system on the board. This airborne HPGe system could be also used for measuring the surface activities in a radiation event. The nuclides of ¹³¹I, ¹³²Te - ¹³²I, ¹³³I, ¹³⁴I, ¹³⁵I, ¹³⁷Cs, ¹³⁴Cs, ⁸⁸Rb and ¹⁰³Ru were selected from possible nuclear power plant emergency scenarios. The Monte Carlo simulation was used to calculate HPGe detector efficiencies for the flight altitudes from 25 to 300 m for the energies from 300 keV to 3 MeV of the nuclides in question. Also, the detection limits according to the Currie method as well as ISO 11929-2010 for selected nuclides are presented.

• 부모자녀건강학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.70-81
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• 2003

The otitis media has the highest rate of occurrence in 6-36 month after birth, and relatively high rate of occurrence to six years old. It is one of major cause for hearing loss problem because of its high rate of recurrence. The researcher observed at bed that feeding posture and feeding habit at night have some relationship with occurrence of otitis media. I found that medical research in this area was very weak, and it caused her to concentrate her research on the topic. This paper was undertook a retrospective case-control study to find out the relationship between the mode of feeding and the occurrence of otitis media among the otitis media patients and the healthy persons. As the controling groups, the researcher chose fifty eight mothers whose children received the treatment of otitis media(6-36 months after birth) from the pediatrics clinic of two general hospitals in Seoul, as the patient group, and forty five mothers who consulted with their child to well baby clinic at the general hospital and kindergarten in Seoul as the control group. The results of the survey can be summarized as followed : 1. "Otitis media patient group may have more lying posture mothers while feeding than the healthy control group". The first hypothesis is supported by the fact that the children who have lying posture feeding habit mothers are more easily exposed to otitis media than those who have sitting posture feeding habit mothers as the analysis show : $X^2=8.142$, p = .017 2. "Otitis media patient group may have higher rate of sleeping habit with milk bottle on the month at night than the healthy control group does". The second hypothesis was supported by the fact that the patients group has higher rate of expected sleeping habit than the healthy group dose as the analysis show : $X^2=4.35$, p = .037 3. "Otitis media can be found more in the artificial feeding group than in the healthy children group". The hypothesis is rejected by the analysis, $X^2=1.550$, p = .416. Though the hypothesis is not supported by this research, we need to encourage mothers to feed mother's breast milk on the ground that healthy group has mother's milk feeding tendency, and the best food for infants is their mother's milk, and psychological-sociological effects of breast feeding os quite good for children. It will improve the health of infants. It can be summarized as follows : Otitis media is more concerned with posture of feeding and night feeding habits than feeding modes. On the basis of this survey, feeding education problem for mothers of infants need to be developed. In the education, sitting-embracing posture of feeding, mother's breast feeding, and prohibition of children's lying posture feeding at night need to be emphasized.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2020

후쿠시마 원전사고의 교훈으로 사고단계별 다양한 방사선 탐사 수단을 이용하여 포괄적인 환경방사선을 측정하는 것이 효율적인 사고대응과 위험관리를 위하여 바람직하다. 본 연구에서는 드론 등의 무인기를 이용한 환경방사선 탐사 기술 현황으로 분광분석이 가능한 고분해능의 방사선 검출기 2대를 활용한 환경방사선 탐사시스템을 개발하고, 이를 무인기에 장착하여 직접 사고현장에 적용함으로써 그 성능을 평가하였다. 최종적으로 다양한 비행고도에서의 탐사결과를 지상 1m 높이에서의 선량률로 환산하기 위한 보정인자를 도출함으로써 성공적인 현장 적용성 평가 결과를 도출할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.50-63
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• 1985

농축인자법(濃縮因子法)(Concentration Factor Method)을 이용(利用)하여 결정피폭경로(決定被曝經路)를 분석(分析)한 후(後) 표준원전(標準原電)의 기체상방사성대기방출물(氣體狀放射性大氣放出物)에 대한 유도방출한도(誘導放出限度)(Derived Release Limits, DRL's)를 계산(計算)하였다. 이 방출한도(放出限度)는 핵시설(核施設) 주변(周邊)의 결정군구성개인(決定群構成個人)에 대(對)한 방사선(放射線) 피폭(被曝)을 관련피폭한도이하(關聯被曝限度以下)로 유지(維持)시키는 양(量)이다 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 1985년(年) 초(初) 미국(美國)의 환경보호청(環境保護廳)(EPA)에서 새로 권고(勸告)한 피폭한도(被曝限度)를 채택(採擇)하여 계산(計算)을 수행(遂行)하였다. 유도방출한도(誘導放出限度)(DRL)의 계산(計算)은 미국(美國)의 원자력(原子力) 규제위원회(規制委員會)(USNRC)가 규제지침(規制指針)(Reg. Guide) 1.109에서 제시(提示)하고 있는 선양평가(線量評價)모델을 표준(標準)모델로 사용(使用)하여 수행(遂行)하였으나, 동(同) 모델의 피폭경로분석(被曝經路分析)에서 우유(牛乳) 및 육류(肉類)의 섭취경로(攝取經路)는 국내(國內)의 현실상(現實狀) 무시가능(無視可能)한 것으로 고려(考慮)하여 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서 제외(除外)시켰다. 계산(計算)에서 고려(考慮)한 방출선원항(放出線源項)은 희유기체(稀有氣體), 요오드, 입자상원소(粒子狀元素) 및 삼중수소기체(三重水素氣體)였으며, 방출원(放出源)에서 북(北)쪽으로 1.3 km 거리에 위치(位置)하고 있는 주민영구거주지역(住民永久居住地域)을 대상(對象)으로 계산(計算)을 수행(遂行)하였다. 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 표준원전(標準原電)의 대상(對象)으로 고리원전(古里原電) 1호기(號機)를 선정(選定)하여 동원전(同原電)의 연간방출(年間放出)에 대(對)한 유도한도(誘導限度)를 계산(計算)하였으며, 1982년도(年度)의 실방출률(實放出率)과 비교(比較) 검토(檢討)하였다. 검토결과(檢討結果), 고리원전(古里原電) 1호기(號機)의 1982년도(年度)의 실방출률(實放出率)은 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서 구(求)해진 유도방출한도(誘導放出限度)보다 낮았으며, 방출물(放出物)에 의한 시설주변(施設周邊) 개인(個人)의 년간피폭선량(年間被曝線量)은 EPA에서 권고(勸告)하는 피폭한도이하(被曝限度以下)로 유지(維持)되었음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서 가장 결정적(決定的)인 피폭경로(被曝經路)는Co-60와 Cs-137과 같은 입자상침적방사핵종(粒子狀沈積放射核種)으로 오염(汚染)된 토양(土壤)에 의한 전신외부(全身外部) 피폭경로(被曝經路)였다.