• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 2009

This study examined the change in the attenuation of X-rays with the ROI (Region of Interest) in DR (Digital Radiography) according to the stomach contents by manufacturing a tissue equivalent material phantom to simulate real stomach tissue based on the assumption that there is some attenuation of X-rays and a difference in imaging quality according to the stomach contents. The transit dosage by the attenuation of X-rays decreased with increasing protein thickness, which altered the average ROI values in the film and DR images. A comparison of the change in average ROI values of the film and DR image showed that the image in film caused larger density changes with varying thickness of protein than the image by DR. The results indicate that NPO (nothing by mouth) is more important in film system than in DR system.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 1983

A somewhat detailed energy spectra in terms of the track length resulting from coupled electron-photon slowing down are calculated throughout the ICRU standard tissue with uniformly distributed gamma sources of $^{60}Co\;and\;^{137}Cs$, respectively. The calculation was accomplished by utilizing the latest available cross-section data as input to a carefully optimized computer code. In this report, the calculational method is described in detail. Furthermore, results of calculations are given in graphical form. The results show that the energy spectrum defined in terms of differential track length has about same shape although the energies of gamma source are different. The discontinuity in the energy spectrum appears at the energy of $T=(1/T_0+2/m_0c^2)^{-1}$, because a primary photon can not be degrade to a point below this energy.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.681-686
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• 2022

In this study, a scintillation resin for 3D printing was fabricated with 1.0 wt% of PPO organic scintillator, 5.0 wt% of MMA, and commercial acrylic resin. Using the scintillation resin, 3D-shaped plastic scintillator radiation sensors were successfully fabricated quickly and inexpensively with a commercial 3D DLP printer. The 3D printed plastic scintillator has a good dose-output linearity of R-square 0.998 was obtained in the range of 1 to 10 nA of beam current of the 45 MeV proton beam. The developed 3D plastic scintillator has low light output, so there is a limit to its use in low-dose-rate gamma-ray or X-ray dosimetry. However, it was confirmed that the tissue equivalent material could be usefully used for measuring high energy or high dose rates radiation, such as proton beams and ultra-high dose rate beams.

• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.75-80
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• 2006

Purpose: In radiation therapy, precise calculation of dose toward malignant tumors or normal tissue would be a critical factor in determining whether the treatment would be successful. The Radiation Treatment Planning (RTP) system is one of most effective methods to make it effective to the correction of dose due to CT number through converting linear attenuation coefficient to density of the inhomogeneous tissue by means of CT based reconstruction. Materials and Methods: In this study, we carried out the measurement of CT number and calculation of mass density by using RTP system and the homemade inhomogeneous tissue Phantom and the values were obtained with reference to water. Moreover, we intended to investigate the effectiveness and accuracy for the correction of inhomogeneous tissue by the CT number through comparing the measured dose (nC) and calculated dose (Percentage Depth Dose, PDD) used CT image during radiation exposure with RTP. Results: The difference in mass density between the calculated tissue equivalent material and the true value was ranged from $0.005g/cm^3\;to\;0.069g/cm^3$. A relative error between PDD of RTP and calculated dose obtained by radiation therapy of machine ranged from -2.8 to +1.06%(effective range within 3%). Conclusion: In conclusion, we confirmed the effectiveness of correction for the inhomogeneous tissues through CT images. These results would be one of good information on the basic outline of Quality Assurance (QA) in RTP system.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.269-278
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• 2012

Aquaplast Thermoplastic (AT) is a tissue-equivalent oral compensator that has been developed to improve dose uniformity at the common boundary and around the treated area during radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. In order to assess the usefulness of AT, the degree of improvement in dose distribution and physical properties were compared to those of oral compensators made using paraffin, alginate, and putty, which are materials conventionally used in dental imprinting. To assess the physical properties, strength evaluations (compression and drop evaluations) and natural deformation evaluations (volume change over time) were performed; a Gafchromic EBT2 film and a glass dosimeter inserted into a developed phantom for dose verification were used to measure the common boundary dose and the beam profile to assess the dose delivery. When the natural deformation of the oral compensators was assessed over a two-month period, alginate exhibited a maximum of 80% change in volume from moisture evaporation, while the remaining tissue-equivalent properties, including those of AT, showed a change in volume that was less than 3%. In a free-fall test at a height of 1.5 m (repeated 5 times as a strength evaluation), paraffin was easily damaged by the impact, but AT exhibited no damage from the fall. In compressive strength testing, AT was not destroyed even at 8 times the force needed for paraffin. In dose verification using a glass dosimeter, the results showed that in a single test, the tissue-equivalent (about 80 Hounsfield Units [HU]) AT delivered about 4.9% lower surface dose in terms of delivery of an output coefficient (monitor unit), which was 4% lower than putty and exhibited a value of about 1,000 HU or higher during a dose delivery of the same formulation. In addition, when the incident direction of the beam was used as a reference, the uniformity of the dose, as assessed from the beam profile at the boundary after passing through the oral compensators, was 11.41, 3.98, and 4.30 for air, AT, and putty, respectively. The AT oral compensator had a higher strength and lower probability of material transformation than the oral compensators conventionally used as a tissue-equivalent material, and a uniform dose distribution was successfully formed at the boundary and surrounding area including the mouth. It was also possible to deliver a uniformly formulated dose and reduce the skin dose delivery.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.49-56
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• 2003

The purposes of this study are to improve the ultrasound resolution of various nylon and metallic mono-filament wires, therefore, it was tested that it analyze on nylon mono-filament wire of 0.1 mm in A Co.'s ultrasonic phantom and synthesis of C15 g tissue mimicking materials(TMM), analyze resolution of nylon and metallic mono-filament wires in water and TMM. The results obtained were summarized as follows: 1. Metallic mono-filament wire of 0.1 mm and nylon mono-filament wire of 0.12 mm, 180 denier showed that it cleared dot echo pattern. 2. Metallic and nylon mono-filament wire of 0.2 mm showed that it cleared comet tail echo by reverberation artifact. 3. Nylon and metallic mono-filament wire of 0.1 mm showed that it can used for dead zone and axial resolution test. 4. Nylon mono-filament wire compared with metallic mono-filament wire showed that it satisfy elasticity and construction. 5. Degree of hardness of na not changed mono-filament's echo textures.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.2278-2284
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• 2012

Exposure-dose reducing effect was measured by using bolus, a tissue-equivalent material as a shield to obtain useful diagnostic images while minimizing the radiation exposure of thyroid which is highly sensitive to radiation during panoramic radiography. The experiment was performed within the period of 1 June 2001 through 30 June 2011 by measuring entrance surface dose and deep dose at the thyroid-corresponding site of a head and neck phantom. As a result, the entrance surface dose in the thyroid for using no shield was 43.84 ${\mu}Gy$ on the average, and the thyroid shield of bolus 10 mm in thickness reduced the dose by 15.45 ${\mu}Gy$(35.24%) to 28.39 ${\mu}Gy$ on the average. The use of a 20 mm thyroid shield resulted in the dose of 25.38 ${\mu}Gy$ on the average, a 18.46 ${\mu}Gy$(42.10%) drop from 43.84 ${\mu}Gy$ for using no shield. On the site 20 mm below the surface, a thyroid shield 10 mm in thickness had no dose-reducing effect, while a 20 mm thyroid shield reduced the dose by 0.06 mSv(20%).

• Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.45-49
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• 2005

목적 : 기존 구내 방사선 촬영에서 사용되었던 Film에서의 노출선량과 Digital Sensor를 이용한 구내 디지털 촬영에서의 노출선량을 비교하여 현재 광범위 하게 사용 되어지고 있는 Digital Sensor가 환자의 피폭선량을 감소하는데 기여하는 정도를 알아본다. 대상 및 방법 : 치아 우식증이 없는 5개의 구치부 치아를 선택하여 석고 블럭에 매식한 후 교합면과 인접면에 우식병소들을 형성하였다. 이를 필름(Kodak Insight; IS, Kodak Co, USA)과 Digital Sensor(Kodak RVG 6000; Kodak Co, USA)에 XCP Instrument(Rinn Co, USA)를 사용하고, 전면에는 조직등가물질인 Acrylic Resin Block 20mm를 설치하였다. Acrylic Resin Block의 관구 측면 에서는 조사선량계를 부착하여 단계별로 변화시키는 노출조건에 대한 조사선량을 측정하였다. 그리고 이렇게 얻어진 영상을 3명의 방사선학 전공의와 1명 의 보존과 전공의가 평가를 하였다. 결과 : Film과 Digital Sensor를 가지고 촬영한 영상을 분석한 결과 노출선량에서도 Digital Sensor는 Film 노출선량과 비슷한 결과를 도출해 낼 수 있었다. 그러나 Digital Sensor로 촬영된 영상의 경우에는 Film 경우보다 좀더 효과적으로 조사선량을 판단 할 수 있었으며, 또한 영상 판독시 필름보다 폭 넓게 응용 할 수 있었다. 결론 : 본 연구에서는 선량 변화에만 의존하는 것이 아니라 Digital Sensor로 촬영시 영상 조절을 병행한다면 좀더 정확하고 효과적인 진단 활동에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.241-246
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• 2019

Among the 4th Industrial Revolution technologies, evaluated bolus applicability through dose assesment according to the materials of 3D printing technology. Dose assesment was using MCNPX which was applied Monte Carlo method and 3D print materials were ABS, PC and PLA. Thus, the thickness with the same effect as the bolus 10 mm was found to be ABS 10 mm, PC 9 mm and PLA 9 mm for the 6 MeV electron. For 6 MV X-ray, ABS 11 mm, PC 10 mm and PLA 9 mm were shown. This study showed that tissue equivalent materials made from 3D printer materials can replace bolus.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.51-62
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• 2003

We carried out studies on develop of the ultrasound tissue mimicking materials(TMM) by synthesis of polymer urethane(C, CCR, $TiO_2$, tungsten, graphite, silver type). The major finding were as follows; (1) C type TMM was shown good homogeneity, penetration, gray scale like as liver tissue and propagated speed 1,540 m/s, attenuation $0.5{\sim}0.7\;dB/cm/MHz$. (2) $TiO_2$ type TMM was shown heterogeneous dot echo pattern. (3) Silver type TMM was appear good homogeneous echo pattern like as echo texture of thyroid gland. Therefor, C type TMM will be useful for ultrasound Q/A phantom materials and previous phantom materials.