A Study for Establishment of Diagnostic Reference Level of Patient Dose in Skull Radiography

우리나라의 두부 엑스선검사에서의 환자선량 권고량

  • Lee, Jung-Eun (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Jeong, Jin-Baek (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Koo (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Lim, Chun-Il (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Son, Hye-Kyung (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Jin, Hyun-Mi (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Woo (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Yang, Hyun-Kyu (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Kim, Hyeog-Ju (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Sup (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Lee, Kwang-Yong (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation)
  • Received : 2010.07.03
  • Accepted : 2010.09.14
  • Published : 2010.09.30

Abstract

Ionizing radiation is most widely used for X-Ray examination among all artificial radiation exposure, it takes up the largest proportion. Even in Korea, the medical exposure by diagnostic X-Ray examination takes up 17.4% of all radiation exposure. It takes up 92% even in artificial radiation exposure. There were 111,567 cases X-Ray radiography for skull diagnosis in 2007, which is 3% annual increase since 2004. Thus, It is need to establish the diagnostic reference level and the medical facilities as a diagnostic reference level to optimize radiation protection of the patients and to reduce the doses of X-ray. In this paper, we survey patient dose on skull radiography - collected from 114 medical facilities nationwide by using human phantom and glass dosimeter. When the patient dose for the skull radiography was measured and evaluated to establish the diagnostic reference level, 2.23 mGy was established for posterior-anterior imaging and 1.87 mGy for lateral imaging was established. The posterior-anterior skull radiography entrance surface dose of 2.23 is less than the guidance level of 5 mGy from the global organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and 1.87 mGy for the lateral skull imaging is less than the guidance level of 3 mGy, which is guided by the global organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

진단을 위한 엑스선검사는 의료분야에서 전리방사선을 가장 많이 사용하고 있으며 인공 방사선피폭중 가장 높은 비율을 차지하고 있다. 우리나라에서도 진단 엑스선검사에 의한 의료피폭은 전체 방사선 피폭 중 17.4%를 차지하고 있으며 인공방사선피폭 중에서는 92%를 차지하고 있다. 두부진단을 위한 엑스선 촬영 횟수도 2007년의 경우에는 111,567건으로서 2004년 이후 매년 3% 정도의 증가 추세를 나타내고 있다. 따라서 환자선량 권고량을 국내의료기관 실정에 맞도록 설정하여 두부촬영시 환자가 받는 방사선량을 줄이고 환자의 방사선 방어를 최적화 하는 것이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 전국 114개 의료기관에서의 두부 촬영시 피폭되는 방사선량을 인체팬텀과 유리선량계를 사용하여 측정하고 환자선량권고량(DRL, Diagnostic Reference Level)을 확립하였다. 이 결과에 따라 두부 후전면 촬영에서의 환자선량 권고량은 2.23 mGy이며, 이는 세계보건기구, 국제원자력기구 등 국제기구가 권고하는 선량 5 mGy 보다 낮았으며, 두부 측면찰영에서의 환자선량 권고량인 1.87 mGy는 국제기구가 권고하는 선량 3mG 보다 낮았다.

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