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The Relationship between Status of Medical Knowledge of Medical Consumers and Satisfaction of Medical Service (의료 소비자의 의학적 지식 유무와 의료서비스만족도 관계)

  • Choi, Hyung-Seok;Kim, Gyoo Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.367-372
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    • 2018
  • The supply of medical services using high-priced medical equipment is increasing due to the medicalization of medical science. The level of medical knowledge of medical consumers and the ability to select medical institutions are required to provide high quality medical services because of the popularization of medical information. As the attitudes of medical consumers toward medical institutions change, medical institutions also need to change their perception to improve customer satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to analyze the difference of medical service satisfaction according to the medical knowledge about the utility of PET / CT in order to change the consciousness structure of medical service. The results of this study showed that both medical satisfaction and environmental satisfaction were high in those who had medical knowledge about their own illness and the usefulness of PET / CT. Therefore, medical institutions will need a practical medical service countermeasures to provide medical information by noticing the changes in perception of the medical knowledge of medical consumers, rather than providing formal medical services.

SW Convergence Strategy in Manufacturing/Service Industry : Software and Systems Product Line(SSPL) (제조/서비스 산업의 소프트웨어 융복합 전략 : 소프트웨어 및 시스템 프로덕트라인(SSPL))

  • Lee, Jihyun;Kee, Chang Jin;Kim, Deogtae;Kim, Changsun;Choi, Jongsup;Lee, Danhyung
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.295-308
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    • 2012
  • Software and Systems Product Line(SSPL) is a paradigm that has been developed and applied by European Union(EU) to achieve the productivity and competitiveness of EU industries on the world market. It is not just a simple system or software development methodology, but a sophisticated technology requiring capabilities for a high level of mass customization, platforms, processes and convergence of software and systems. EU has applied SSPL for the five selected industrial sectors including aerospace, automobile, medical equipment, consumer electronics and telecommunication equipment since 1990s and led the way to other industry sectors to stimulate the application of SSPL from 2006. In order for Korea to secure competitiveness in the manufacturing and service industries in the competitive borderless market, it is essential to gain the high level of capabilities for software development and convergence of software and systems. SSPL can be a powerful means to achieve this end. This paper discusses the paradigmatic concept of SSPL, how EU's major industries and companies have secured competitiveness through SSPL, key capabilities that are necessary for successful institutionalization of SSPL in Korea, and finally suggestions on core strategies to materialize the benefits of SSPL for Korea.

The Perception Level of Seafarers for the Marine Telemedicine Assistance System (선박승무원들의 해양원격의료 지원 제도에 대한 인식도)

  • KIM, Jae-Ho;JEON, Yeong-Woo
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.1508-1516
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    • 2016
  • This research intended to analyse the perception level of seafarers in order to propose enhancement of health management for seafarers and improvement of marine telemedicine assistance system. To this end, questionnaire survey was conducted for 422 seafarers in relation to current status of utilizing Emergency Medical Advice by radio(EMAR). By trading area, experience of benefiting EMAR by coastal seafarers was higher than that of ocean-going seafarers. By kinds of ships the rate of utilizing EMAR by fisherman was higher than that of seafarers of merchant ships. The level of satisfaction on the EMAR was 14.9% and regarded to be very low while the answering rate of necessity and urgency toward introducing marine telemedicine assistance system for the future through utilizing telemedicine equipment what is called U-helath including motion pictures information was very high. The answering rate of willingness to provide their personal health information positively when introducing marine telemedicine system was very high(97.4%). It is thus necessary to permit marine telemedicine service system, establish service model of marine telemedicine through conducting demonstration projects, promote marine telemedicine actively at the level of government, etc.

Special quality research about action output waveform change by gap (1.0mm and 1.6mm) difference of $CO_2$ laser for skin disease (피부질환을 위한 $CO_2$ 레이저의 공극 (1.0mm 및 1.6mm)차이에 따른 동작출력 파형변화에 관한 특성연구)

  • Kim, Whi-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.04c
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    • pp.156-158
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    • 2007
  • Laser wave length can have evaporation effect by absorption because outer skin or tissue of focus is consisted of water almost though absorption of water occurs more than 90% almost in formation thickness of very thin floor Can operate outer skin, steam by floor and correct incision of formation is available. Suture surgical operation is avaliable to vein or lymph system and surgical operation region can dry and see as eye and radish bleeding surgical operation is avaliable Specially, stability of tube both end output about pulse by weight very, this research can cause various curative effect because can reduce bulk and control easily current wave style of medical laser using electric power conversion device of high frequency way. If introduce ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) or ZVZCS (Zero Voltage and Zero Current Switching), is more profitable because can reduce switching damage Because electric power department of proposed medical laser can do stable soft-switching in wide subordinate extent introducing ZVZCS technique by the first help and control department composes microcontroller, output current waveform user have free form make. Result that experiment because design and manufacture, brought result that improve of 20% than existing equipment, and will be bought to get into superior result if supplement as systematic late.

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Special quality research about action output waveform change by gap (1.0mm and 1.6mm) difference of $CO_2$ laser for skin disease (피부질환을 위한 $CO_2$ 레이저의 공극차이에 따른 동작출력 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Whi-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.52-54
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    • 2007
  • Laser wave length can have evaporation effect by absorption because outer skin or tissue of focus is consisted of water almost though absorption of water occurs more than 90% almost in formation thickness of very thin floor. Can operate outer skin, steam by floor and correct incision of formation is available. Suture surgical operation is available to vein or lymph system and surgical operation region can dry and see as eye and radish bleeding surgical operation is available. Specially, stability of tube both end output about pulse by weight very, this research can cause various curative effect because can reduce bulk and control easily current wave style of medical laser using electric power conversion device of high frequency way. If introduce ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) or ZVZCS (Zero Voltage and Zero Current Switching), is more profitable because can reduce switching damage. Because electric power department of proposed medical laser can do stable soft-switching in wide subordinate extent introducing ZVZCS technique by the first help and control department composes microcontroller, output current waveform user have free form make. Result that experiment because design and manufacture, brought result that improve of 20% than existing equipment, and will be bought to get into superior result if supplement as systematic late.

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Development of The Physical Pressure Monitoring System to Prevent Pressure Ulcers (욕창 방지를 위한 체압 모니터링 시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Ah-Ra;Jang, Kyung-Bae
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.209-214
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    • 2011
  • This study suggests a Healthcare System for elderly and disabled who have mobility impairment and use a wheelchair for long time. Seating long time in a wheelchair without reducing pressure causes high risk of developing pressure sores. Pressure sores come with great deal of pain and often lead to develop complication. Not only it takes time and effort to treat pressure sores but also increases medical expenses. Therefore, we will develop a device to help to prevent pressure sores by measuring pressure distribution while seating in a wheelchair and wirelessly send information to user device to check pressure distribution in real time. The equipment to measure body pressure is composed of FSR sitting mat which is a sensor measuring part and an user terminal which is a monitoring part. The designed mat is matrix formed FSR sensor to measure pressure. The sensor send measured data to the controller which is connected to the end of the mat, and then the collected data are sent to an user terminal through a bluetooth. Developing a pressure monitoring system will help to prevent those who have mobility impairment to manage pressure sores and furthermore relieve their burden of medical expenses.

A low noise, wideband signal receiver for photoacoustic microscopy (광음향 현미경 영상을 위한 저잡음 광대역 수신 시스템)

  • Han, Wonkook;Moon, Ju-Young;Park, Sunghun;Chang, Jin Ho
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.507-517
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    • 2022
  • The PhotoAcoustic Microscopy (PAM) has been proved to be a useful tool for biological and medical applications due to its high spatial and contrast resolution. PAM is based on transmission of laser pulses and reception of PA signals. Since the strength of PA signals is generally low, not only are high-performance optical and acoustic modules required, but high-performance electronics for imaging are also particularly needed for high-quality PAM imaging. Most PAM systems are implemented with a combination of several pieces of equipment commercially available to receive, amplify, enhance, and digitize PA signals. To this end, PAM systems are inevitably bulky and not optimal because general purpose equipment is used. This paper reports a PA signal receiving system recently developed to attain the capability of improved Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Contrast to Noise Ratio (CNR) of PAM images; the main module of this system is a low noise, wideband signal receiver that consists of two low-noise amplifiers, two variable gain amplifiers, analog filters, an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), and control logic. From phantom imaging experiments, it was found that the developed system can improve SNR by 6.7 dB and CNR by 3 dB, compared to a combination of several pieces of commercially available equipment.

A Study on the Setting of Examination Limits for Radiographers in Medical Institutions (의료기관 내 방사선사의 검사 한도 설정에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong-Ho Kim;Gap-Jung Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.401-410
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    • 2023
  • A radiographer is a job in charge of diagnostic imaging equipment, and must contribute to the promotion of public health by suggesting an appropriate level of work. To this end, we intend to present an appropriate level of work through evaluation of human harm according to work, statistical evaluation through questionnaires, and domestic and international trends. In the case of human harm evaluation, considering radiation exposure, 42.6%, shield work, 69.7%, and in the case of magnetic resonance imaging, the maximum length of stay in the examination room should be adjusted to 15 minutes and not exceed 30 times. According to the survey statistics, it was confirmed that the physical and mental burden increased due to the high workload and difficulty compared to working hours. Based on domestic and international trends, it is necessary to adjust the examination standards for domestic radiographers to 36.8% to promote national health through qualitative improvement of radiological examinations. something to do.

Radiologic Equipment and Technicians according to the Distribution of the Population (인구 분포에 따른 방사선 장비 및 종사자에 관한 고찰)

  • Yoon, Chul-Ho;Choi, Jun-Gu
    • The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide basic data in order to systemize the management of demand and supply of radiologic technicians, to pursue a fair regional distribution of educational institutions, and furthermore to keep reasonable medical treatment and fee. This research was carried out through the investigation of radiologic equipments and technicians according to the distribution of the population. Materials and Methods: We compared and analyzed the correlation between regional population, the number of clinics and hospitals, the number of medical imaging devices, and the number of radiologists and radiologic technicians in 5 cities without "Gu" administrative units in 2008. Results: 27,317 radiologic technicians have been produced since the administration of the national qualifying exam for radiologic technicians. About 18,000 radiologic technicians are currently working. There are 39 colleges or universities with Departments of Radiology and the admission quota is 2,120 students excluding one college. The ratio of radiologic equipments to radiologic technicians is 2.6 to 1. Conclusion: There is a dilemma in which some radiologic technicians fail to find appropriate jobs while some clinics or hospitals are in need of radiologic technicians. This dilemma is due to unreasonable regional discrepancies in pay system and welfare situation, and excessive profit-oriented recruiting system of clinics and hospitals. The increase of students of Radiologic Departments and approval of additional departments will end up with producing superfluous high academic degree holders, which is on the contrary to the government policy to produce more job opportunities. So the policy of increasing Radiologic Departments should be reconsidered.

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Special quality research about action output waveform change by gap (1.0mm and 1.6mm)difference of skin excessive expense $CO_2$ Laser (피부과용$CO_2$ 레이저의 공극(1.0mm및 1.6mm)차이에 따른 동작출력 파형변화에 관한 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Whi-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 2007
  • Laser wave length can have evaporation effect by absorption because outer skin or tissue of focus is consisted of water almost though absorption of water occurs more than 90% almost in formation thickness of very thin floor. Can operate outer skin, steam by floor and correct incision of formation is available. Suture surgical operation is available to vein or lymph system and surgical operation region can dry and see as eye and radish bleeding surgical operation is available. Specially, stability of tube both end output about pulse by weight very, this research can cause various curative effect because can reduce bulk and control easily current wave style of medical laser using electric power conversion device of high frequency way. If introduce ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) or ZVZCS (Zero Voltage and Zero Current Switching), is more profitable because can reduce switching damage. Because electric power department of proposed medical laser can do stable soft-switching in wide subordinate extent introducing ZVZCS technique by the first help and control department composes microcontroller, output current waveform user have free form make Result that experiment because design and manufacture, brought result that improve of 20% than existing equipment, and will be bought to get into superior result if supplement as systematic late.

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