• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.407-413
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• 2017

Medical radiation offers significant benefits in diagnosing and treating patients, but it also generates unnecessary radiation exposure to those nearby. Accordingly, the objective of the present study was to analyze spatial dose rate according to types of radiation source term in multi-bed hospital rooms occupied by patients and general public. MCNPX was used for geometric simulation of multi-bed hospital rooms and radiation source terms, while the radiation source terms were established as whole body bone scan patients and imaging using a portable X-ray generator. The results of simulation on whole body bone scan patients showed $3.46{\mu}Sv/hr$ to another patient position, while experimental results on imaging using a portable X-ray generator showed $1.47{\times}10^{-8}{\mu}Sv/irradiation$ to another patient position in chest imaging and $2.97{\times}10^{-8}{\mu}Sv/irradiation$ to another patient position in abdomen imaging. Multi-bed hospital room, unnecessary radiation generated in the surrounding patients, while legal regulations and systematic measures are needed for radiation exposure in multi-bed hospital rooms that are currently lacking in Korea.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2016

This study is therefore aimed at measuring the surface dose rate and the spatial dose rate in and outside the radionuclide facility in order to ensure safety of the patients, radiation workers and family care-givers in their use of such equipment and to provide a basic framework for further research on radiation protection. The study was conducted at 4 restrooms in and outside the radionuclide facility of a general hospital in Incheon between May 1 and July 31, 2014. During the study period, the spatial contamination dose rate and the surface contamination dose rate before and after radiation use were measured at the 4 places-thyroid therapy room, PET center, gamma camera room, and outpatient department. According to the restroom use survey by hospitals, restrooms in the radionuclide facility were used not only by patients but also by family care-givers and some of radiation workers. The highest cumulative spatial radiation dose rate was 8.86 mSv/hr at camera room restroom, followed by 7.31 mSv/hr at radioactive iodine therapy room restroom, 2.29 mSv/hr at PET center restroom, and 0.26 mSv/hr at outpatient department restroom, respectively. The surface radiation dose rate measured before and after radiation use was the highest at toilets, which are in direct contact with patient's excretion, followed by the center and the entrance of restrooms. Unsealed radioactive sources used in nuclear medicine are relatively safe due to short half lives and low energy. A patient who received those radioactive sources, however, may become a mobile radioactive source and contaminate areas the patient contacts-camera room, sedation room, and restroom-through secretion and excretion. Therefore, patients administered radionuclides should be advised to drink sufficient amounts of water to efficiently minimize radiation exposure to others by reducing the biological half-life, and members of the public-family care-givers, pregnant women, and children-be as far away from the patients until the dose remains below the permitted dose limit.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 한국환경과학회 2000년도 정기총회 및 봄 학술발표회
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• pp.255-256
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• 2000

1. 병실의 온도는 여름과 겨울에 각각 전체 산술평균 27.2$^{\circ}C$, 24.9$^{\circ}C$이었고, 환자들의 인식은 공히 보통인 편이었다. 습도는 각각 62.1%, 26.4%이었고 환자들의 인식은 역시 보통인 편이었다. 2. 병실의 공기상태에 대한 환자들의 인식은 여름과 겨울 공히 보통이었고, 색채도 역시 공히 보통인 편이었다. 3. 병실의 조도환경은 여름과 겨울에 각각 전체 산술평균 304lux, 301lux이었고, 환자들의 인식은 보통보다 다소 높은 편이었다. 4. 병실의 소음환경은 여름과 겨울에 각각 전체 산술평균 55.1dB, 57.7dB이었고, 환자들의 인식은 공히 보통인 편이었다. 공간에 대한 인식도 보통인 편이었다. 5. 병실의 보호자 식당 위생상태에 대한 보호자의 인식은 여름과 겨울 공히 보통인 편이었다. 병실 쓰레기 처리는 여름과 겨울 공히 보통보다 다소 안 되는 편이었다. 6. 병실의 심리적 환경은 여름과 겨울 공히 보통보다 다소 높았다. 7. 온열환경, 조도환경, 소음환경, 심리환경, 위생환경 요인간에 상관분석한 결과 양의 상관관계를 보였으나 상관관계는 아주 낮았다.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2017

Delayed eruption disorders caused by systemic or local conditions are mostly found during childhood and can be treated with orthodontic forced eruption. When the disorder is not found nor treated during childhood, however, orthodontic eruption might become a difficult option while prosthodontic restoration can be considered as an another option. Considerations for the prosthodontic treatment plan include the extent of tooth loss, interdental mesio-distal space and interarch space, and age of the patient. In this case report, oral rehabilitation of the patient with delayed eruption disorder through zirconia partial fixed prostheses for both maxilla and mandible was performed.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• 제5권8호
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• pp.63-70
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• 1999

The patient characters in medical emergency facilities is in emergent situation and very wide medical area. So, the spatial composition of this facilities should be more efficient than general medical ones. For this reason, patient who visit medical emergency center should be triaged by each property of patient. And then the clinical space is to be composed in response to flow of each patient group that triaged. Therefore this study aims to find method of the spatial composition and architectural details of medical emergency center.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to find out the design guideline for women's hospital focusing on the patient needs. This study is performed the literature review of the performance evaluation & spatial satisfaction. And then, the spatial characteristics of selected women's hospitals, which were recently built in Korea, were analyzed. This study is suggested in the spatial satisfaction evaluation model in order to the spatial evaluation performance elements of the patient needs. The evaluation model of space efficiency derived from this study is expected to be used for the actual guide to architecture of women's hospitals as substantial materials. Finally, the model is used to for the planning & design for the future women's hospital.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 한국멀티미디어학회 2000년도 추계학술발표논문집
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• pp.73-76
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• 2000

본 논문은 의료 영상 검색 시스템에서 뇌 MRI 이미지 데이터베이스에서 사용자의 질의를 만족하는 질의 결과 집합에 대한 시각화 방안을 제안한다. 한 환자의 뇌 MRI 이미지를 검색 결과로 제시할 경우 종류별, 방향별로 다양하고 여러 환자의 경우에는 그 양이 더욱 방대해진다. 이러한 뇌 MRI 이미지를 공간 제약적인 화면에 표현하는데는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 질의 결과를 제시할 대 유사도가 높은 순서로 나열하고, 사용자 요구에 따른 관련 이미지를 종류와 방향별로 제시하여 이미지 조작을 가능하게 한다. 도한, 제시된 뇌 MRI 이미지를 효율적으로 브라우징할 수 있도록 3차원 블록 메타포어를 이용한 시각화 인터페이스를 통하여 공간 활용도의 향상과 사용자 인터페이스의 편의성 및 인지도를 증진한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2013년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.213-214
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• 2013

본 연구는 밀폐된 공간과 다른 검사보다 시간이 오래 걸리는 자기공영상(MRI)검사 장비에서 환자와의 접촉이 많은 Head coil, Block, 밀폐된 공간인 Bore 등의 세균오염도를 측정 및 세균의 종류를 파악하고, 설문을 통하여 감염관리 실태를 파악하고 자기공명영상(MRI)장비의 소독 상태를 파악함으로써 환자의 병원감염에 대한 인식의 개선과 소독의 중요성을 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 한국정보처리학회 2014년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.226-229
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• 2014

편측무시는 뇌졸중 환자에게서 나타나는 지각 손상중의 하나로 말초 운동 및 감각 신경의 손상과 상관없이 손상된 대뇌반구의 반대편의 공간과 신체의 지각이 감소된 상태로 양방향에서 동시에 주어지는 자극에 대해서 한쪽 자극만을 지각하며 뇌손상 반대편의 신체 움직임의 인식 부족과, 무시된 공간쪽으로의 적은 눈 움직임을 보인다. 이와 같은 편측무시를 측정하는 기존 방법으로는 Albert Test, Line bisection Test, Star Cancellation Test 등이 있다. 하지만, 기존 편측무시 평가 방식에는 여러 가지 단점들이 발생한다. 항상 새로운 평가용지가 필요, 검사시간이 오래 소모되고, 모든 작업을 수작업으로 진행, 종이로 데이터를 관리, 수작업이므로 인력낭비 발생한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 아날로그 방식에서 나오는 문제점들을 누구나 사용하고 있는 스마트 디바이스를 이용해 디지털방식으로 전환하여 기존의 비효율적이던 방식을 개선시키고자 평가시스템을 개발하고자 한다.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.39-51
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• 1996

Design scheme drawings of the two major corporate hospitals - Asan Medical Center and Samsung Medical Center - are analysed in the aspect of floor area distributions and their proportions for various users and user-functions. Primary users of hospitals are categorized into three ; patients, employees and others. Then, patient spaces are subdivided into patient private, patient/medical, patient/support staff, patient/nursing, patient/guardian, patient common ; employee spaces into doctors, trainees, doctors common, nurses, support staffs, non-medical staffs, employee common ; others spaces into subcontractors, general publics, non-living, and internal circulation. The purpose of this research is to develop a user-focused insight into hospital spaces and a new method of hospital programming and design.