- A Study on Safety of the Radiation Exposure Dose Optimization at Chest B-ray Examinations -

사업장 단체검진 시 흉부촬영의 방사선피폭 최적화 및 안전에 대한 고찰

  • 임재동 (명지대학교 산업시스템 공학부) ;
  • 강경식 (명지대학교 산업시스템 공학부)
  • Published : 2004.09.01

Abstract

The National Health Insurance Act, the Industrial Health Act and the School Health Act require chest radiography at least once a year. In chest radiographic examination, most group examinations use indirect X-ray primarily aiming at diagnosing diseases and enhancing people's health. This study purposed to minimize radiation exposure dose by comparing it between direct and indirect chest X-ray studies. According to the result of comparing and analyzing radiation exposure dose, the average incident dose and penetrating dose were 0.929μGy and 0.179μGy respectively in direct chest X-ray and 6.807μGy and 1.337μGy in indirect chest X-ray In order to minimize radiation exposure dose at direct and indirect chest X-ray, indirect X-ray should be excluded from group examination if possible. Moreover, it is necessary to control the quality of equipment (Q/A & Q/C) systematically and to avoid using unqualified equipment in order to reduce radiation exposure dose.

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