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Dose Reduction of the Adolescent Female Breast during Scoliosis Radiography

청소년기 여성의 척추측만증 검사에서 유방입사선량 저감효과

  • Received : 2018.05.20
  • Accepted : 2018.06.30
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate quantitative data on the difference in breast entrance surface dose with changes in focus-film distance, patient posture (anteroposterior-posteroanterior), thoracic wall thickness, rib bone thickness, lung tissue thickness, tube voltage, and high-voltage rectification method in Whole Spine Scanography, which is necessary for the treatment of scoliosis patients. Given a tube voltage of 90 kVp, kerma of 0.1 mGy, focus-film distance of 260 cm, tube voltage ripple rate of 0, filter thickness of 3.5 mm, and thickness of patient's thoracic wall of 120 mm as an X-ray exposure condition, from the simulation results using the Simulation of X-ray Spectra program to confirm the reduction effect of breast entrance surface dose according to the patient's posture (AP and PA), there was a dose reduction effect in aluminum filter thickness of 2.6 times at 3.5 mm, 25.7 times the thoracic wall thickness at 120 mm, 1.43 times higher tube voltage, and 0 to 1.14 times the tube voltage ripple rate. The total dose reduction effect was about 109 times. In order to confirm the dose reduction effect of RANDO phantom posture (AP and PA), from the results of the measurements taken under the conditions that the focus-film distance was 260 cm, the tube voltage was 90 kVp, the tube current was 270 mA, the exposure time was 0.31 sec, and the tube voltage ripple rate of X-ray generators was 0, the entrance surface dose reduction effect of the breast in the PA position was found to be 20.56 times lower than that of the AP position.

본 논문에서는 척추측만증 환자의 진료를 위하여 필요한 Whole Spine Scanography 검사에서 촬영거리, 환자자세(전후 후전 방향), 흉부벽두께, 갈비뼈두께, 폐조직두께, 관전압, 고전압정류방식의 변화에 따른 유방의 입사선량의 차이에 대한 정량적인 자료를 제시하고자 하였다. 환자의 자세(전후방향과 후전방향)에 따른 유방 입사선량의 저감효과를 확인하기 위하여 관전압 90 kVp, 커마 0.1 mGy, 촬영거리 260 cm, 관전압의 리플율이 0인 인버터정류방식, 필터의 두께 3.5 mm, 환자의 흉벽의 두께 120 mm를 조건으로 Simulation of X-ray Spectra program을 이용하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 그 결과 알루미늄 필터 두께 3.5 mm에서 2.6배, 흉벽의 두께 120 mm에서 25.7배, 고 관전압에서 1.43배, 관전압 리플율 0에서 1.14배의 선량 저감효과가 있었다. 각각의 입사 선량저감효과의 총합은 약 109배이었다. RANDO phantom의 자세(전후방향과 후전방향)에 따른 선량 저감효과를 확인하기 위하여 촬영거리 260 cm, 관전압 90 kVp, 관전류 270 mA, 촬영시간 0.31 sec, 관전압의 리플율이 0인 인버터정류방식, 필터의 두께 3.5 mm을 조건으로 측정한 결과 유방의 입사선량은 전후 방향에 비하여 후전방향이 평균 20.56배의 선량 저감효과가 있었다.

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