• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.551-560
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• 2003

Particle deposition in human lungs was investigated theoretically by using asymmetric five-lobe lung model. The volumes of each of the five lobes were different, thereby forming an asymmetric lung structure. The tidal volume and flow rate of each lobe were scaled according to lobar volume. The total and regional deposition with various breathing patterns were calculated by means of tracking volume segments and accounting for particle loss during inhalation and exhalation. The deposition fractions were obtained for each airway generation and lung lobe, and dominant deposition mechanisms were investigated for different size particles. Results show that the tidal volume and flow rate have a characteristic influence on particle deposition. The total deposition fraction increases with an increase in tidal volume for all particle sizes. However, flow rate has dichotomous effects: a higher flow rate results in a sharp increase in deposition for large size particles, but decreases deposition for small size particles. Deposition distribution within the lung shifts proximally with higher flow rate whereas deposition peak shifts to the deeper lung region with larger tidal volume. Deposition fraction in each lobe was proportional to its volume. Among the three main deposition mechanisms, diffusion was dominant for particles < 0.5 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ whereas sedimentation and impaction were most influential for larger size particles. Impaction was particularly dominant for particles> 8 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. The results may prove to be useful for estimating deposition dose of inhaled pollutant particles at various breathing conditions.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2008

화재에 의한 흡입연기의 중장기 인체 유해성은 흡입연기가 폐에 침착되는 양과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 연기의 폐 내 침착량을 구하기 위해서는 인체 실험이 불가능한 만큼 폐모델을 이용한 실험이 필요하나 실제 폐형태에서 나타나는 연속적으로 감소되는 분지관의 제작상 어려움으로 인하여 하위 세대에서는 모델실험을 통한 침착 연구가 힘들다. 본 문제를 해결하기 위하여 이 연구에서는 아래로 갈수록 직경이 단계적으로 감소하는 구형 충전층을 이용한 폐모델을 개발하고 이를 폐침착 실험에 적용하였다. 실험장치는 각 입자크기별 호흡 패턴 변화에 따른 입자의 침착량을 측정하도록 구성되었으며 표준입자에 대한 실험 값을 실제 폐에 대한 결과와 비교함으로써 개발된 폐모델의 타당성을 검증하였다. 이 폐모델은 화재시 발생하는 여러 가지 연기입자의 흡입에 의한 인체 피해 연구에 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.229-236
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• 1990

Perfusion and ventilaion imagings of the lung are well established procedure for diagnosing pulmonary embolism, differentiation it from chronic obstructive lung disease, and making an early detection of chronic obstructive lung disease. To evaluate the usefulness of radioaerosol inhalation imaging (RII) in chronic obstructive lung disease, especially pulmonary emphysema, we analyzed RIIs of five normal adult non-smokers, five asymptomatic smokers (age 25-42 years with the mean 36), and 21 patients with pulmonry emphysema (age 59-78 years with the mean 67). Scintigrams were obtained with radioaerosol produced by a BARC nebulizer with 15 mCi of Tc-99m-phytate. Scanning was performed in the anterior, posterior, and lateral projections after five to 10-minute inhalation of the radioaerosol on sitting position. The scans were analyzed and correlated with the results of pulmonary function studies and chest radiographs. Also lung perfusion scan with $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ was performed in 12 patients. In five patients, we performed follow-up scans for the evaluation of the effects of a bronchodilator. Based on the X-ray findings and clinical symptoms, pulmonary emphysema was classified into four types: centrilobular (3 patients), panlobular (4 patients), intermediate (10 patients), and combined (4 patients). RII findings were patternized according to the type, extent, and intensity of the aerosol deposition in the central bronchial and bronchopulmonary system and lung parenchyma. 10 controls, normal five non-smokers and three asymptomatic smokers revealed homogeneous parenchymal deposition in the entire lung fields without central bronchial deposition. The remaining two of asymptomatic smokers revealed mild central airway deposition. The great majority of the patients showed either central (9/21) or combined type (10/21) of bronchopulmonary deposition and the remaining two patients peripheral bronchopulmonary deposition. Parenchymal aerosol deposition in pulmonary emphysema was diffuse (6/21), discrete(6/21), intermediate (3/21), or combined (6/21). In 12 patients studied also with perfusion scans, perfusion defects matched closely with ventilation defects in location and configuration. But the size of the ventilation defects was generally larger than the perfusion defects. In all four patients treated with bronchodilators, the follow-up study demonstrated decrease in abnormal of radioaerosol deposition in the central airway with improvement of ventilation defects. RII was useful technique for the evaluation of regional ventilatory abnormality and the effects of treatment with bronchodilators in pulmonary emphysema.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.2277-2288
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• 2021

To regulate the safety protocols in nuclear facilities, radioactive aerosols have been extensively researched to understand their health impacts. However, most measured particle-size distributions remain at low resolutions, with the particle sizes ranging from nanometer to micrometer. This study combines the high-resolution detection of 500 size classes, ranging from 6 nm to 10 ㎛, for aerodynamic diameter distributions, with a regional lung deposition calculation. We applied the new approach to characterize particle-size distributions of aerosols generated during the plasma arc cutting of simulated non-radioactive steel alloy wastes. The high-resolution measured data were used to calculate the deposition ratios of the aerosols in different lung regions. The deposition ratios in the alveolar sacs contained the dominant particle sizes ranging from 0.01 to 0.1 ㎛. We determined the distribution of various metals using different vapor pressures of the alloying components and analyzed the uncertainties of lung deposition calculations using the low-resolution aerodynamic diameter data simultaneously. In high-resolution data, the changes in aerosols that can penetrate the blood system were better captured, correcting their potential risks by a maximum of 42%. The combined calculations can aid the enhancement of high-resolution measuring equipment to effectively manage radiation safety in nuclear facilities.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.245-246
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• 2000

공기중의 오염 입자가 인체에 얼마나 많은 영향을 미치는가는 흡입된 입자 (inhaled particles) 중에서 얼마나 많은 양이 폐 (lung)에 침전되는가와 밀접한 관계가 있다. 또한 정상 및 비정상 (diseased) 폐에서, 흡입된 입자의 침전 위치와 침전양 (deposition site and dose)은 입자의 크기와 호흡 양식(breathing pattern)에 따라 큰 차이를 보이며, 이런 차이는 흡입오염입자 (inhaled pollutant particles)에 의한 건강 위험도 평가 (health risk assessment) 및 흡입용 약물 (inhaled drug aerosols)의 치료효과(therapeutic effects) 평가 등에 큰 영향을 미친다. (중략)

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.307-312
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• 1995

기관지 폐색은 임상적으로 진단이 어려운 경우가 있는데 특히 대엽 이하나 소엽 기관지에 폐색이 일어날 경우엔 그 변화가 미미하기 때문에 더욱 그러하다. 저자들은 여러가지 원인에 의해 기관지 폐색과 협착을 일으킨 8예에서 연무흡입 폐환기스캔을 시행하여 폐환기스캔 소견을 분석하였고 진단적 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 8예중 7예는 기관지 폐색이었고 1예는 기관지 협착이었다. 연무흡입 폐환기스캔은 $^{99m}Tc$-phytate를 BARC nebulizer를 이용하여 시행하였다. 스캔 소견을 단순 흉부X선, 기관지조영술, CT, 그리고 기관지경 소견과 비교하였다. 전예에서 특징적으로 기관지 폐색 또는 협착 근위부에 짧고 약간 확장된 기관지 분절에 강한 연무침착 소견을 보였다. 또한 원위부에서는 폐실질의 환기결손 소견을 보였다. 이러한 소견은 기관지 폐색과 협착의 감수적이고 특이한 소견이며, 연두흡입 폐환기스캔은 특히 폐색부가 대엽 이하나 소엽 기관지일 경우에 더욱 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.402-415
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• 1989

Extracorporeal circulation leads to functional disorder and structural damage of organs, especially hematologic and pulmonary system, mainly by sequestration of neutrophils and deposition of macrophages at lung. Then, proteases are secreted, which insult vascular basement membrane of pulmonary capillary and alveolar septa of the lung. Among these, the most important protease at lung is elastase, because major component of lung is elastin. For prevention of lung injury, inactivators or antidotes to elastase should be necessary and Alpha 1-Proteinase Inhibitor is the elastase inactivator. Clinical experimental study was carried out to investigate the immediate postoperative change of serum Alpha 1-PI level following cardiopulmonary bypass for 20 heart cases [congenital 16 cases, acquired 4 cases] and 10 control [subtotal gastrectomy] cases. Also preliminary study was performed for 31 cases of open heart patients. The results were as follows: l. Immediate postoperative serum levels of Alpha 1-PI was significantly decreased at open heart surgery group [P< 0.005], but not decreased at control group. 2. There were no significant difference in change of serum Alpha 1-PI level between and membrane and bubble oxygenator group.Z 3. There were no significant difference in changes of serum Alpha 1-PI level between CHD and AHD. Alpha 1-PI is consumed at lung during cardiopulmonary bypass and increase after operation compensatedly and protect multiple organic damage especially lung. Therefore, Alpha 1-PI can be indicator for evaluation of prevention and treatment of pump-lung syndrome.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2010

Titania nanomaterials are widely used as cosmetics and dyes, however the impacts on human health are uncertain, We investigated the biodistribution of inhaled titania nanoparticles in rats, Methods Eight weeks-old SD rats were intubated and inhaled with 3 mg titania nanoparticles, twice a week, for 2 weeks, After inhalation, the rats were sacrificed and tissues or heart, lung. intestine, brain, and liver were obtained, We investigated the tissues with optical microscope (OM), transmission electron microscope (EM), scanning EM, And to analyze titania concentration of each tissue, we lysed the tissues with radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RlPA) lysis buffer or acid. Results Granulation tissues in lung were confirmed on the optical microscope, however the other organs had no abnormalities in OM images, In EM images, the rats which inhaled titania nanoparticles showed calcium deposition at heart, brain, and intestine, Titania concentration in lung was increased on the inhaled rat sacrificed I month after last exposure. Conclusion Inhaled titania nanoparticles is thought to be deposited and make inflammatory reaction in lung, and the deposition was not efficiently cleared over a month. However inhaled titania nanoparticles may rarely pass through the alveolus-blood barrier and distribute to other organs of the bod.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 12th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
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• pp.66.1-66.1
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• 2008

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 12th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
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• pp.66.2-66.2
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• 2008