• 제목/요약/키워드: Diagnostic Evaluation

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유방 X-선 촬영술에서 한국 여성의 적정 압박력에 대한 고찰과 촬영 조건 비교 (Evaluation of Compression Power for the Breast of Korean Woman during Mammogram)

  • 김영화;김긍식;권영갑
    • 대한방사선협회지
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2002
  • Purpose : For the woman, compression of breast during mammogram introduce pain that woman used to have fear for mammogram. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the adequate and minimized compression power for mammogram with maintaining th

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Guidance for the Evaluation Method of Drugs of Abused in vitro Diagnostic Devices

  • Kang, Shin-Jung;Choi, Hyun-Ceol;Kim, Ho-Jeong;Park, Sang-Aeh;Chug, Hee-Sun
    • 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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    • pp.291.1-291.1
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to provide KFDA's guidance for premarket notification submission and labeling for prescription use drugs of abuse in vitro diagnostic devices. To evaluate in vitro diagnostic devices the following performance characteristics should be described in detail within the submission: analytical sensitivity or minimum detection limit, cutoff concentration, specificity and cross reactivity, interference, precision, method comparison and stability. (omitted)

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X선관의 실효초점 측정에 관한 고찰 (Measurement of Focal Spot Size of Heavy Loaded X-ray Tubes)

  • 장광현;임오수;김형기;송창욱;정경모;정환
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제16권1호
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 1993
  • In order to assure safety of both patient and operator, and to provide uniform quality radiographs, it is necessary to perform periodic calibration of diagnostic X-ray equipment. A basic parameter of diagnostic equipment's and its image sharpness is the size(and shape the energy distribution) of the focal spot as viewed along the central X-ray beam. This size determines the resolution possible with the equipment and also determines the heat characteristics of an anode. A fine focus tube gives high resolution but causes high local heating of target. In past, the pin-hole and star pattern image measurement for evaluation of resolution have been widely used, but it produced blurring and inaccuracy of image. So newly inverted Ug-meter has advantage in more convenient measurement method and less out-put bias than other image measurement. The authors intended to compare measured focal size between Ug-meter and focal spot test tool, changed state from setting to now of units.

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진단검사의 특성 평가를 위한 Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) 곡선의 활용 (Application of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve for Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Performance)

  • 박선일;오태호
    • 한국임상수의학회지
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.97-101
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    • 2016
  • In the field of clinical medicine, diagnostic accuracy studies refer to the degree of agreement between the index test and the reference standard for the discriminatory ability to identify a target disorder of interest in a patient. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve offers a graphical display the trade-off between sensitivity and specificity at each cutoff for a diagnostic test and is useful in assigning the best cutoff for clinical use. In this end, the ROC curve analysis is a useful tool for estimating and comparing the accuracy of competing diagnostic tests. This paper reviews briefly the measures of diagnostic accuracy such as sensitivity, specificity, and area under the ROC curve (AUC) that is a summary measure for diagnostic accuracy across the spectrum of test results. In addition, the methods of creating an ROC curve in single diagnostic test with five-category discrete scale for disease classification from healthy individuals, meaningful interpretation of the AUC, and the applications of ROC methodology in clinical medicine to determine the optimal cutoff values have been discussed using a hypothetical example as an illustration.

작물 특성을 반영한 농가경영진단표 개발 (Development of Farm Management Diagnostic Checklist Reflecting Crop Characteristics)

  • 최돈우;임청룡
    • 농촌계획
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a farm management diagnostic checklist form, which can be applied to any crops. First, upper indexes and subordinate indexes were identified through survey with expert, and weighted values for each subordinate index were calculated through AHP analysis. Second, as a reuslt of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis, marketing management (0.276) was found to be the most important index of all upper indexes. In the case of subordinate indexes, reflecting management evaluation (0.252) of management consciousness, quality enhancement efforts (0.332) of production management, locating new sales outlets (0.323) of marketing management, agriculture accounting (0.300) of finance management, and adjusting shipping dates (0.274) of risk management were found to be the highest. Third, the interval division using weight of farm receiving prices was higher discrimination in comparison to equal interval division of weighted values for each index. The newly developed farm management diagnostic checklist can be applied to any crops, as it utilizes indexes such as management consciousness, production management, marketing management, financial management, risk management, etc. based on professional opinions. In addition, it allows an objective evaluation of farm management situations by utilizing the weighted value of farm receiving prices.

치매 환자에서 기능 영상법의 역할 (The Role of Functional Imaging Techniques in the Dementia)

  • 유영훈
    • 대한핵의학회지
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    • 제38권3호
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    • pp.209-217
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    • 2004
  • Evaluation of dementia in patients with early symptoms of cognitive decline is clinically challenging, but the need for early, accurate diagnosis has become more crucial, since several medication for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer' disease are available. Many neurodegenerative diseases produce significant brain function alteration even when structural imaging (CT or MRI) reveal no specific abnormalities. The role of PET and SPECT brain imaging in the initial assessment and differential diagnosis of dementia is beginning to evolve vapidly and growing evidence indicates that appropriate incorporation of PET into the clinical work up can improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy with respect to Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia in the geriatric population. in the fast few years, studios comparing neuropathologic examination with PET have established reliable and consistent accuracy for diagnostic evaluations using PET - accuracies substantially exceeding those of comparable studies of diagnostic value of SPECT or of both modalities assessed side by side, or of clinical evaluations done without nuclear imaging. This review deals the role of functional brain imaging techniques in the evaluation of dementias and the role of nuclear neuroimaging in the early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

산호부종의 중증도 평가 기준 마련을 위한 기초 연구 (Basic Research to Provide Severity Evaluation Criteria of Postpartum Edema)

  • 최민선;김동일
    • 대한한방부인과학회지
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.207-217
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: To provide Diagnostic Criteria and Severity Evaluation Criteria of postpartum edema mainly complained by women directly after delivery. Methods: We analyzed Edema Index(ECF/TBW) analyzed by Body Composition Analyzer(InBody720) of 103 women directly after delivery who were delivered in Ob & Gy of Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital. Results: Mean value for Edema Index of 103 participants was 0.3527$\pm$0.0102, Minimum was 0.336, Maximum 0.388. From this Mean value and Edema Index distribution of participants, We suggest that we can diagnose more than 0.35 of Edema Index as Postpartum Edema, more than 0.35 and less than 0.36 as postpartum edema grade 1, more than 0.36 and less than 0.37 as grade 2, more than 0.37 as grade 3. Conclusion: This research is the first step for diagnostic criteria of postpartum edema, we suggest that diagnostic criteria of postpartum edema is more than 0.35 of Edema Index score. But this suggestion must be revaluated by additional research.

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Pre-Operative Evaluation of Ovarian Tumors by Risk of Malignancy Index, CA125 and Ultrasound

  • Arun-Muthuvel, Veluswamy;Jaya, Vijayaraghavan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권6호
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    • pp.2929-2932
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic performances of risk of malignancy index (RMI), CA-125 and ultrasound score in differentiating between benign and borderline or malignant ovarian tumors and find the best diagnostic test for referral of suspected malignant ovarian cases to gynaecologic oncologists. Materials and Methods: This prospective study covered 467 women with pelvic tumors scheduled for surgery at our hospital between July 2011 and July 2013. The RMI was obtained from ultrasound score, CA125 and menopausal status. The diagnostic values of each parameter and the RMI were determined and compared using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences Version 14.0.1. Results: In our study, 61% of ovarian tumors were malignant in the post-menopausal age group. RMI with a cut-off 150 had sensitivity of 84% and specificity of 97% in detecting ovarian cancer. CA-125>30 had a sensitivity of 84% and a specificity of 83%. An ultrasound score more than 2 had a sensitivity of 96% and specificity of 81%. RMI had the least false malignant cases thus avoiding unnecessary laparotomies. Ultrasound when used individually had the best sensitivity but poor specificity. Conclusions: Our study has demonstrated the RMI to be an easy, simple and applicable method in the primary evaluation of patients with pelvic masses. It can be used to refer suspected malignant patients to be operated by a gynaecologic oncologist. Other models of preoperative evaluation should be developed to improve the detection of early stage invasive, borderline and non-epithelial ovarian cancers.