• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2006

I made inquires about mammographic equipments and circumstances of mammography rooms in the 64 medical facilities in areas of Seoul and Kyong Gi Do. Moreover I had experments about exposure dose with patients and radiologic technologists. so there is the data indicated follows. 1. There are inclined to improve in quality and function of mammographic equipments, it has been proven that s/f system exchanged to DR system. 2. It is certain that the number of examinations are becoming increasingly significant. 3. The Space Scattered Dose of mammography rooms are much more larger than portable equipments. 4. I worry about the affection of expose dose about Space Scattered Dose of mammography room. 5. There is need of study how to cope with the situation about increasing exposure dose of radiologic technologists in small space and numeruous number of examinations.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.78-90
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• 2013

Recently, the interest on exposure to radiation is rising. The radiation exposure of mammography is higher in absorbed dose than of X-ray, therefore unnecessary exposure needs to be reduced, and higher image quality is needed. Generally, ray quality of the radiation imaging is an important factor that determines image quality and the amount of ray exposure, and they are affected by tube voltage and added filter. The X-ray energy that is exposed from mammography device is generally a continuous spectrum, which includes low energy that has minute influence on the image quality, and high energy that hinders contrast on image. Currently, molybdenum (Mo) and rhodium (Rh) are the most used added filters for mammography device, and they are used differently according to the energy region of X-ray. This study aims to find out the degree of reduction in exposure dose according to the thickness of aluminum (Al), and to study the changes in image quality and dose when the added filter plates that are made with niobium (Nb) or zirconium (Zr) are used, other than molybdenum (Mo) and rhodium (Rh), the two most used added filters that have similar atomic number and K-absorption regions as Nb and Zr. In this study, single-added filters of molybdenum (Mo), niobium (Nb), and zirconium (Zr) are used, and in some cases, Aluminum (Al) is combined with the single filters. In this case, image quality is considered to be improved depending on the type of added filters, and by using Aluminum (Al) filter together with the others, unnecessary X-ray of low energy would be absorbed, therefore the dose is expected to decrease without any influence when the concentration level becomes identical.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.49-54
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• 2004

Purpose : To valuate the usefulness of mammographic image by using phantom 1,2 to controls the enhancement of image quality. Procedure : Set up same equipments for experiment (all the qualification must be the same). Control group and 4 other experiment the developing mammographys by using the image system with film/intensifying screen and distribute marks on each test objects of phantom 1, 2. Result : The results of the experiment using phantom 1, 2 on control group and 4 others are : 1. phantom 1's valuation with 3 items. - control group received 29 out of 32 - group A received 25 - group B received 16 - group C received 11.5 - group D received 28.5 The evaluation shows that the system has proved to display excellent image quality except group B and C. 2. Phantom 2's valuation with 4 items. - control group received 38 out of 38 - group A received 30 - group B received 16 - group C received 12.5 - group D received 38 Even with phantom 2, group B and C has displayed poor image quality. Conclusion : Both experiments using phantom 1 and 2 have shown that the most strong factor that control and influence the image quality are the filming equipments. Especially, the developing system has most powerful influence above all.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 2012

Of this study, it was found that there were 250 mammographic units in total installed and used in the areas for this study, and 36 units were used in general hospitals, 53 units in hospitals and 116 units in clinics. That is, the units in clinics accounted for 50% out of the whole units. As for the image acquisition method, it was found there were 131 units using F/S, 67 units using CR and 7 units using DR respectively. At present, F/S system was mainly used in the areas. As for the materials of target/filter, it was found that Mo/Mo was mostly used (66%), followed by Mo/Rh (25%). As for the size of focus, both 0.1 mm for small focus and 0.3 mm for large focus were mainly used for the units.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

Breast shooting performance management and quality control of the generator is applied to the amount of current IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission) 60601-2-45 tube voltage and tube current are based on standards that were proposed in the analysis of the test results were as follows. Tube voltage according to the value of the standard deviation by year of manufacture from 2001 to 2010 as a 42-3.15 showed the most significant, according to the year of manufacture by tube amperage value of the standard deviation to 6.38 in the pre-2000 showed the most significant, manufactured after 2011 the standard deviation of the devices, the PAE(Percent Average Error) was relatively low. This latest generation device was manufactured in the breast of the tube voltage and tube diagnosed shooting the correct amount of current to maintain the performance that can be seen. The results of this study as the basis for radiography diagnosed breast caused by using the device's performance and maintain quality control, so the current Food and Drug Administration "about the safety of diagnostic radiation generator rule" specified in the test cycle during three years of self-inspection radiation on a radiation generating device ensure safety and performance of the device using a coherent X-ray(constancy) by two ultimately able to keep the radiation dose to the public to reduce the expected effect is expected.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.1132-1137
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• 2020

In order to reduce unnecessary exposure doses generated when mammography is performed using a mammography device, a shielding ratio analysis was performed when a self-made shielding body made of bismuth was applied to the breast opposite to the imaging site. In order to determine the scattering dose of uncompressed breasts during CC and MLO tests when the right and left are compressed, the experiment is divided into when bismuth is not shielded (Not used: NU group) and when shielded (Used: U group). Proceeded. The average dose of the NU group was 9.568μSv, and the average dose of the U group was 1.038μSv. The average measured dose before and after the use of the bismuth shield was reduced by 89.15%. The use of a bismuth shield for mammography can shield scattered radiation and keep exposure to radiation to a minimum.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.339-344
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• 2014

The quality control items of mammography devices in South Korea do not include the linearity, which is required by international standards. The linearity is a requirement for the adjustment of radiation dose and radiation quality. This study tested the linearity, which was suitable for the IEC 60601-2-45 standard, of the 5 mammography devices. All showed adequate results. Consistent measurement management is required for more developed quality control in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.8 no.7
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• pp.429-433
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• 2014

In this study, the morphology and the x-ray quantum efficient of mercury oxide (HgO) and lead oxide (PbO) sensors derived by particle sedimentation method were discussed. In the pursuit of this purpose, we investigated the electrical characteristics and the x-ray quantum efficiency of various thicknesses of HgO and PbO films in mammographic x-ray energy. We have therefore developed a particle-in-binder sedimentation method of fabricating large area polycrystalline films onto transparent glass substrates coated with indium tin oxide. We are currently optimizing the growth method to improve the quantum efficiency with the ultimate goal of obtaining as quantum efficiency close to that of single crystal performance. Our future efforts will concentrate on optimization of large area film growth techniques specifically for deposition on a-Si:H flat panel readout arrays.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.183-190
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• 2013

Recently, the photoacoustic imaging system has been widely and intensively developed, and has been shown the possibility of diagnosis for early stage cancer. In this study, we developed a photoacoustic tomography imaging system with a commercial ultra sound device and a linear array probe. A tube phantom and a chicken breast phantom was made for the possibility of a system as a breast cancer detection. A moving average filter and a band pass filter with 3~6 MHz bandwidth were developed for background noise elimination before delay-and-sum beamforming algorithm was used for image reconstruction. As a result, we showed that some signal processing procedure before beamforming was effective for the photoacoustic image reconstruction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.51-51
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• 2003

국민건강보험재정건전화특별법 (제정 2002.1.19 법률 제 6620호)은 건강보험의 재정적자를 조기에 해소하고 재정수지의 균형을 이루도록 함으로써 건강보험제도의 발전과 국민건강 증진 도모를 그 목적으로 하며, 제14조(특수의료장비의 설치ㆍ운영)에서 의료기관은 보건복지부장관이 고시한 특수의료장비를 설치ㆍ운영하고자 하는 때에는 보건복지부령이 정하는 바에 따라 이를 등록하여야 하며 설치 인정 기준에 적합하게 설치ㆍ운영하여야 하고 정기적인 품질관리를 받아야한다고 명시하였다. 특수 의료장비의 설치 및 운영에 관한 규칙 (제정 2003.1.14 보건복지부령 제235호)은 국민건강보험재정건전화특별법이 제정됨에 따라 특수의료장비의 적정 한 설치와 활용을 위하여 의료기관에서 설치ㆍ운영하는 특수의료장비의 등록절차 설치인정기준 및 품질관리 절차 등을 정하고 특수의료장비에 대한 관리체계를 확립하려는 것이다. 특수의료장비의 설치 및 운영에 관한 규칙의 주요 골자는 가. 의료기관에서 특수장비를 설치ㆍ운영하고자 하는 경우 보건복지부장관 또는 시ㆍ도 지사에게 등록하도록 하였는바, 이 등록에 대한 절차와 특수의료장비의 설치인정기준을 정함, 나. 특수의료 장비에 대한 정기적인 품질관리검사를 서류검사와 정밀감사로 구분하여 서류검사는 1 년마다, 정밀검사는 3 년마다 받도록 함, 다. 품질관리검사기관의 장은 특수의료장비품질관리검사성적서를 신청인에게 교부하고, 보건복지부 또는 시ㆍ도지사 및 건강보험심사평가위원장에게 검사결과를 통보하도록 함, 라. 특수의료정비를 설치ㆍ운영하는 의료기관의 개설자 또는 관리자 및 품질관리검사기관의 장이 작성ㆍ비치ㆍ보존하여야할 서류를 정함이다. 보건복지부장관에게 등록하여야할 특수의료장비는 자기공명영상촬영장치와 전산화단층촬영 장치이며, 시ㆍ도지사에게 등록하여야할 특수의료장비는 유방촬영용장치이다. 본 발표에서는 특수의료장비의 설치 및 운영에 관한 규칙에 대한 개요와 연세의료원 세브란스병원에서 시행하고 있는 특수의료장비의 정도관리 검사, 팬텀영상검사, 그리고 임상영상검사를 소개하고자한다.