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Assessment of Entrance Surface Dose and Image Distortion in Accordance with Abdominal Obesity in the Chest Radiography

흉부 X-선 검사에서 복부비만에 따른 입사표면선량과 영상 왜곡도 평가

  • Kim, Boo Soon (Department of Radiologic Technology, Daegu Health College) ;
  • Park, Jeong Kyu (Department of Radiologic Technology, Daegu Health College) ;
  • Kwon, Soon Mu (Department of Radiologic Technology, Daegu Health College)
  • 김부순 (대구보건대학교 방사선과) ;
  • 박정규 (대구보건대학교 방사선과) ;
  • 권순무 (대구보건대학교 방사선과)
  • Received : 2015.11.05
  • Accepted : 2015.12.25
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

Abdominal obesity is one of the most influential index to predict of insulin resistance syndrome/metabolic syndrome in social demographic characteristics. It is matter of fact that radiation dose are increasing with development of medical treatment and device. In this study, we estimated distortion between reference image and entrance surface dose when take a chest radiography forward chest phantom assumed abdominal obesity. When angle of chest phantom incline $5^{\circ}$ forward, thoracic transverse and longitudinal diameter increase 1.22% and 0.44% each. Also cardiac transverse diameter increase 1.01% and cardio-throracic ratio (CTR) decrease 0.27% in the same situation of incline to $5^{\circ}$ forward. Thoracic transverse diameter shows the largest increase, and CTR was decreased. But entrance surface dose to phantom increase significantly 6.12% when angle of chest phantom incline $5^{\circ}$ forward. In conclusion, we have to pay attention to accurate positioning, to prevent a distortion of image through incline, and make patients not to expose to additional radiation.

사회 인구학적 특성을 보정 하였을 때 대사 증후군의 예측에 가장 높은 연관이 남녀 모두에서 비만-복부 비만군이라고 보고되고 있으며, 의료기기의 발전과 더불어 방사선에 대한 피폭선량이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 이에 흉부 X선 검사에서 복부의 비만정도를 가정하여 흉부팬텀에서 앞쪽방향(forward)으로 각도를 부여한 후 기준영상과 비교하여 입사표면선량과 영상의 왜곡 정도를 평가하였다. 흉부팬텀의 각도가 앞쪽방향으로 $5^{\circ}$ 증가할 때 마다 폐의 가로직경은 1.22%, 세로직경은 0.44% 증가하였다. 심장직경은 앞쪽방향으로 $5^{\circ}$ 증가할 때 마다 1.01% 증가, CTR은 0.27% 감소가 관찰되었다. 그 중 폐의 가로직경이 가장 큰 증가, 폐의 세로직경이 가장 작은 증가를 보였고 CTR은 작은 감소를 보였다. 그러나 팬텀에 입사하는 표면선량 측정의 경우, 흉부팬텀의 각도가 앞쪽방향으로 $5^{\circ}$ 증가할 때 마다 6.12%의 비교적 큰 증가를 보였다. 임상에서 흉부 X-선 후전방향촬영을 시행하는 경우, 복부비만 등으로 인해 흉부의 각도가 기울어짐에 따라 영상의 왜곡뿐만 아니라 환자에게 노출되는 선량이 증가되고 재촬영으로 추가적인 방사선 피폭이 발생될 수 있으므로 올바른 위치잡이에 주의를 기울여 환자의 방사선피폭 감소에 노력을 해야 할 것이다.

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