• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.121-122
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• 2002

The main principle of radiation therapy is to deliver optimum dose to tumor to increase tumor cure probability while minimizing dose to critical normal structure to reduce complications. RTP system is required for proper dose plan in radiation therapy treatment. The main goal of this research is to develop dose model for photon, electron, and brachytherapy, and to display dose distribution on patient images with optimum process. The main items developed in this research includes: (l) user requirements and quality control; analysis of user requirement in RTP, networking between RTP and relevant equipment, quality control using phantom for clinical application (2) dose model in RTP; photon, electron, brachytherapy, modifying dose model (3) image processing and 3D visualization; 2D image processing, auto contouring, image reconstruction, 3D visualization (4) object modeling and graphic user interface; development of total software structure, step-by-step planning procedure, window design and user-interface. Our final product show strong capability for routine and advance RTP planning.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.79-82
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• 1997

Image-based three dimensional radiation treatment planning(3D RTP) has a potential of generating superior treatment plans. Advances in computer technology and software developments quickly make 3D RTP a feasible choice for routine clinical use. However, it has become clear that an evaluation of a 3D plan is more difficult than a 2D plan. A number of tools have been developed to facilitate the evaluation of 3D RTP both qualitatively and quantitatively. For example, beam's eye view(BEV) is one of the most powerful and time-saving method as a qualitative tools. Dose-volume histogram(DVH) has been proven to be one of the most valuable methods for a quantitative tools. But it has a limitation to evaluate several different plans for biological effects of the tissue and critical organ. Therefore, there is a strong interest in developing quantitative models which would predict the likely biological response of irradiated organs and tissues, such as tumor control probability(TCP) and normal tissue complication probability(NTCP). DVH and NTCP of hepatoma were evaluated for three dimensional conformal radiotherapy(3D CRT). Also, 3D RTP was analysed as a dose optimization based on beam arrangement and beam modulation.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.99-103
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• 2011

Radiation Therapy has been used in the treatment of breast cancer for over 80 years. Technically, it should include a part or all of such areas as chest wall or breast, axilla, internam mammary nodes and supraclavicular nodes. The purpose of this study is treated breast cancer patient to use 6 MV, 10 MV with bolus so that we observe changing of skin dose and evaluate those usefulness. Using woman's phantom, after CT simulate scanning, Through RTP system to make treatment plan, select three any place. And then, we measure that dose rate. After moving the phantom to linac, we put for TLD to three point same as RTP system which we put on the phantom. We exposed 6 MV, 10 MV with bolus and without so that it is measured dose by TLD device(4000 Harshaw). As a reult expose 6 MV,10 MV, it differences 10%, 15% according to bolus and withoout bolus where lateral point from RAO, LPO beam, other one is 20% where the furthest from both beams. To use bolus in the hospital is material to include closely part at skin among tissue of breast cancer. Acquired skin dose from RTP system is uncertainity. So it has to test another system likely TLD or other dosimetry system. Also exposed field of breast cancer is included inhomogeneity such as lung, bone and so on. Therefore it has to be accomplished a dose calculating of inhomogeneity part from treatment plan.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2002

Introduction : It is essential to input patients external contour in 3D treatment plan. We would like to see changes in depth and dose when 3D RTP is operating auto contouring when windows value (Width/Level) differs in this process. Material & Methode : We have analyzed the results with 3D RTP after CT Scanning with round CT Phantom. We have compared and analyzed MU values according to depth changes to Isocenter changing external contour and inputting random Window value. We have watched change values according to dose optimization in 4 directions(LAO, LPO, RAO, RPO), We plan 100 case for exact analyzation. We have results changing window value random to each beam in 100 cans. Result : It showed change between minimum and maximum value in 4 beam is Depth 0.26mm, MU $1.2\%$ in LAO. It showed LPO-Depth 0.13mm, MU $0.9\%$, RAO-Depth 0.2mm MU $0.8\%$, RPO-Depth 0.27mm, MU $1.1\%$ Conclusion : Maximum change in depth 0.27 mm, MU error rate is $0.12\%$ according to Window change. As we can see in these results, it seems Window value change doesn't effect in treatment. However, it seems there needs to select appropriate Window value in precise treatment.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2002

I. 목적 : 방사선 치료 시 최적화된 체내 선량분포를 얻는 것은 정상조직의 장애를 줄이고 종양선량을 높여 치료 효율을 극대화하는데 매우 중요하다. 본원에서는 병변 부위가 한쪽으로 치우친 head&neck 환자 치료 시 정상조직(tongue)을 보호하기 위해 tongue displacer를 만들어 사용한다. 이에 본 저자는 tongue displacer사용의 치료 유용성을 평가 하고자 한다. II. 대상 및 방법 : head & neck 치료 환자 중 병변 부위가 인체의 정중선(MSP)을 기준으로 한쪽으로 치우친 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 사용된 실험재료로는 C-T (high speed advantage, GE,US), RTP System (3D RTP system, prowess, US), 치과용 인상제 주입기(caulk system, quixx, japan), tongue displacer 등이 있다. 실험 방법은 모의 치료나 planning C-T를 시행하기 전에 치료 환자에게 사용할 개인용 tongue displacer를 치과용 인상제로 자체 제작하였다. 제작 후 모의 치료를 시행하고 3D plan을 하기 위해 planning C-T를 촬영하게 되는데 이때 tongue displacer사용 유. 무에 따라 각각 촬영을 하였다. 촬영된 두 가지의 CT영상을 prowess를 이용하여 3D plan을 하게 되는데 이때의 plan parameter나 beam direction등 plan에서의 모든 조건은 모두 동일시하고 선량 분포 및 DVH(dose volume histogram)값을 비교하였다. III. 결과 : tongue displace의 사용 유. 무에 따른 3D plan상의 DVH 비교 결과 tumor volume 주위의 다른 organ들은 모두 비슷한 양상의 DVH를 보였으나 tongue에 있어서 큰 변화를 보였다. tongue displacer를 사용 시, 미 사용시 보다 tongue의 위치를 변화시켜 치료 부위 외의 tongue에 받는 방사선 피폭 면적을 줄일 수 있었고 그 결과 DVH상의 $50\%$ volume이 $16\%$ 정도 줄어드는 것이 확인되었다. IV. 결론 : tongue에 방사선을 조사하면 방사선 부작용으로 mucositis, ulcer, hemorrhage등의 pain(동통)이 수반되므로 치료환자의 음식물 섭취불량으로 체증감소 등 전신 쇠약으로 이어질 수 있다. head & neck 환자 중에서 병소 위치가 한쪽으로 치우쳐서 있을 경우 인상제를 이용하여 tongue displacer를 만들어서 사용하면 tongue 의 위치를 변화시켜 방사선 조사 야에서 제외시켜준다. 그러므로 방사선 치료 시 tongue의 부작용을 최소화 할 수 있고 환자의 방사선 치료 만족도를 높일 수 있다고 사료된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2012

Purpose: To develop the dose volume histogram (DVH) management software which guides the evaluation of radiotherapy (RT) plan of a new case according to the biological consequences of the DVHs from the previously treated patients. Materials and Methods: We determined the radiation pneumonitis (RP) as an biological response parameter in order to develop DVH management software. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of lung cancer patients treated with curative 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT). The biological event was defined as RP of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) grade III or more. Results: The DVH management software consisted of three parts (pre-existing DVH database, graphical tool, and $Pinnacle^3$ script). The pre-existing DVH data were retrieved from 128 patients. RP events were tagged to the specific DVH data through retrospective review of patients' medical records. The graphical tool was developed to present the complication histogram derived from the preexisting database (DVH and RP) and was implemented into the radiation treatment planning (RTP) system, $Pinnacle^3$ v8.0 (Phillips Healthcare). The software was designed for the pre-existing database to be updated easily by tagging the specific DVH data with the new incidence of RP events at the time of patients' follow-up. Conclusion: We developed the DVH management software as an effective tool to incorporate the phenomenological consequences derived from the pre-existing database in the evaluation of a new RT plan. It can be used not only for lung cancer patients but also for the other disease site with different toxicity parameters.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2002

목적 : 세기조절 방사선치료(IMRT) 환자에 적합한 Quality Assurance (QA) 항목을 찾아내고 평가 항목의 유용성 및 타당성을 검토하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 3단계, 16항목으로 구성된 IMRT 환자 QA program을 만들어 9환자 12예의 다양한 IMRT 환자에 대해 적용하고 그 방법의 타당성을 검토하였다. 3단계 OA 항목은 전산화치료계획시스템(RTP) QA, 치료 정보의 전달 QA, 치료 전달 과정 OA 등으로 구성되었다. RTP QA는 다시 organ constraint의 검토, 그리고 점선량 및 선량 분포의 타당성 평가 등으로 세분화하였다. 치료 정보의 전달 QA에서는 leaf sequence pattern 작성, 치료 전달용 MLC file 생성 프로그램에서 작성된 IMRT field 용 MLC file의 정확성의 평가와 이 file로 만든 치료 조사면의 dry run 결과를 MLC simulation image와 비교하였다. 치료 전달 과정 QA는 환자의 set-up QA와 IMRT field delivery의 확인, Record and Verify 시스템의 확인 등으로 나누어 실시하였다. 결과 : 점선량 평가 결과, 총 12예 중 10예에서 측정값과 RTP 계산값이 $3\%$ 이내의 일치를 보였고, $3\%$ 이상 및 $5\%$ 이상이 각각 1예씩 발견되었다. RTP에서 설계한 MLC leaf 위치와 Dry run에서 나타난 실제 MLC leaf 위치를 비교하였을 때 2 mm 이상의 차이를 보이는 예는 없었다. 필름에 의한 선량 분포는 치료 계획 선량 분포와 정성적으로 일치함을 알 수 있었으나, 필름의 특성상 정량적인 비교를 할 수는 없었다. Leaf sequence에서 MLC file을 생성하는 프로그램은 오차 없이 구동하였다. 결론 : 본원에서 실시한 IMRT 환자 QA program이 유용하고 필요한 항목임을 보일 수 있었다. 특히 처음 IMRT를 시작할 때는 제시된 모든 항목에 대한 QA를 실시하여야 하나 계속 이 program을 유지하기에는 절차가 복잡하고 긴 시간이 소요되는 과정이라는 문제가 있다. 지속적으로 IMRT를 실시하는 기관을 위해 실용적이며 필수적인 QA 항목을 제시할 수 있었다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2001

Purpose : The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of tissue inhomogeneities when appling to contrast medium among Homogeneous, Batho and ETAR dose calculation method in RTP system. Method and Material : We made customized heterogeneous phantom it filled with water or contrast medium slab. Phantom scan data have taken PQ 5000 (CT scanner, Marconi, USA) and then dose was calculated in 3D RTP (AcQ-Plan, Marconi, USA) depends on dose calculation algorithm (Homogeneous, Batho, ETAR). The dose comparisons were described in terms of 2D isodose distribution, percent depth dose data, effective path length and monitor unit. Also dose distributions were calculated with homogeneous and inhomogeneous correction algorithm, Batho and ETAR, in each patients with different clinical sites. Results : Result indicated that Batho and ETAR method gave rise to percent depth dose deviation $1.5{\sim}2.7\%,\;2.3{\sim}3.5\%$ (6MV, field size $10{\times}10cm^2$) in each status with and without contrast medium. Also show that effective path lengths were more increase in contrast status (23.14 cm) than Non-contrast (22.07 cm) about $4.9\%$ or 10.7 mm (In case Hounsfield Unit 270) and these results were similary showned in each patient with different clinical site that was lung. prostate, liver and brain region. Concliusion : In conclusion we shown that the use of inhomogeneity correction algorithm for dose calculation in status of injected contrast medium can not represent exact dose at GTV region. These results mean that patients will be more irradiated photon beam during radiation therapy.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2004

목적 : 방사선 치료에서 환자와 근무자에 의한 setup error등은 치료성적이 결정될 수 있는 중요한 요인이라고 볼 수 있다. 이에 환자와 근무자에 의한 SET-UP ERROR가 환자치료에 미치는 영향에 대하여 비교 분석하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 실험은 human phantom을 이용하여 C-T scan시 Left방향의 Lateral Level을 0mm, 3mm, 5mm, 7mm, 10mm, 15mm, 20mm로 변화시켜 SET-UP ERROR를 유발하였고, 각각에 대하여 C-T scan을 시행하였고, SET-UP ERROR가 유발된 각각의 C-T image를 얻어 RTP장비를 이용하여 임상에서 많이 사용되는 plan을 사용하여 7개의 C-T image에 각각의 plan-대향이문조사plan, Box-4문조사plan, 3Dimension plan-3개를 시행하여 총 21개의 plan을 실시하였다. (CTV+1cm margin, CTV+0.5cm margin, CTV+0.3cm margin = PTV) 이렇게 얻어진 plan을 이용하여 SET-UP ERROR가 유발이 안된 0mm image의 plan 3개와 SET-UP ERROR가 있는 6개 image의 총 18개의 plan을 대향이문조사plan, Box4문조사plan, 3Dimension plan으로 나누어 선량분포와 DVH를 이용하여 비교 분석하였다. 결과 : SET-UP ERROR를 유발시킨 3mm, 5mm, 7mm C-T image에서는 대향이문조사plan을 제외하고는 모든 plan에서 충분히 치료에 영향을 미칠만한 변화가 나타났으며, Box4문조사plan에서는 SET-UP ERROR에 의한 CTV가 Field 밖으로 빠짐으로 선량분포와 DVH가 나빠지는 현상이 나타났다. 결론 : 환자의 움직임, CTV 3차원형태, CTV margin등이 치료에 영향을 미친다. 이러한 영향을 줄이기 위해서는 환자의 긴장감과 움직임을 줄일 수 있는 환자교육과 정확한 환자setup능력이 치료의 승패를 좌우한다고 생각된다. 또한 재현성과 움직임을 줄일 수 있는 accessory 개발과 보급이 중요하다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.129-132
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• 2002

The practical virtual compensator, which uses a dynamic multi-leaf collimator (dMLC) and three-dimensional radiation therapy planning (3D RTP) system, was designed. And the feasibility study of the virtual compensator was done to verify that the virtual compensator acts a role as the replacement of the physical compensator. Design procedure consists of three steps. The first step is to generate the isodose distributions from the 3D RTP system (Render Plan, Elekta). Then isodose line pattern was used as the compensator pattern. Pre-determined compensating ratio was applied to generate the fluence map for the compensator design. The second step is to generate the leaf sequence file with Ma's algorithm in the respect of optimum MU-efficiency. All the procedure was done with home-made software. The last step is the QA procedure which performs the comparison of the dose distributions which are produced from the irradiation with the virtual compensator and from the calculation by 3D RTP. In this study, a phantom was fabricated for the verification of properness of the designed compensator. It is consisted of the styrofoam part which mimics irregular shaped contour or the missing tissues and the mini water phantom. Inhomogeneous dose distribution due to the styrofoam missing tissue could be calculated with the RTP system. The film dosimetry in the phantom with and without the compensator showed significant improvement of the dose distributions. The virtual compensator designed in this study was proved to be a replacement of the physical compensator in the practical point of view.