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가상쐐기와 기존쐐기의 물리적 특성 비교 (Physical Characteristics Comparison of Virtual Wedge Device with Physical Wedge)

  • 최동락;신경환;이규찬;김대용;안용찬;임도훈;김문경;허승재
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.78-83
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    • 1999
  • 목적 : 지멘스사의 가상쐐기의 임상적용을 위하여 물리적 특성을 조사하고 기존쐐기의 특성과 비교하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 6 그리고 15MV x-선(Siemens PRIMUS)을 사용하여 각각의 명목상의 쐐기각(15, 30, 45, 그리고 60$^{\circ}$)에 대해서 가상쐐기와 기존쐐기에 대한 측정이 수행되었다. 쐐기인자는 조사면의 크기와 측정 깊이를 변화시키면 서 물속에서 전리함을 이용하여 측정되었으며 가상쐐기의 경우 빔이 조사되는 동안 upper jaw가 움직이기 때문에 쐐기각도는 일정시간 동안 방사선을 조사하여 누적된 값을 기록하였다. 쐐기각도는 조사면의 크기가 15cm${\times}$ 20cm이고 측정깊이가 10cm일 때 전리함을 물 속에 위치시킨 후 빔의 중심 축에 대해서 수직인 방향으로 off-axis 상에서 측정되었다. 쐐기의 사용으로 인한 표면선량의 변화를 조사하기 위하여 쐐기를 사용하지 않은 경우와 가상쐐기와 기존쐐기를 각각 사용하였을 때 팬톰 표면과 특정깊이에 각각 평판형 전리함(Markus chamber, PTW 23343, Freiburg, Germany)과 파머형 전리함(NE2571, Nucleal Enterprise, England)을 빔의 중심축 상에 위치시킨 후 방사선량을 동시에 측정하였다. 이때 조사면의 크기는 15cm${\times}$20cm이었고 폴리스티렌 팬톰을 사용하였다. 결과 : 가상쐐기와 기존쐐기의 조사면의 크기에 따른 쐐기인자의 변화량은 각각 최대 2.1${\times}$와 3.9${\times}$이었으며 깊이에 따른 변화량은 각각 최대 1.9${\times}$와 2.9${\times}$ 였다. 가상쐐기와 기존쐐기의 l0m 깊이에서의 명목상의 쐐기각에 대해 모두 정확하게 일치하였다. 기존쐐기를 사용했을 때 표면선량이 가상쐐기나 쐐기를 사용하지 않은 경우에 대해 최대 20${\times}$ 정도(x-선 에너지 : 6-MV, 명목상의 쐐기각:45$^{\circ}$, SSD:80cm) 감소하였다. 결론 : 지멘스사의 가상쐐기와 기존쐐기의 특성을 측정결과를 근거로 비교하였다. 가상쐐기는 기존쐐기에 비해 쐐기인자의 깊이 의존성이 적었으며 조사면의 크기 의존성에는 별 차이가 없었다. 쐐기각도의 정확성은 가상쐐기와 기존쐐기 모두 명목상의 쐐기각과 잘 일치하였다. 가상쐐기와 쐐기를 사용하지 않은 경우에 비해서 기존쐐기를 사용한 경우가 표면선량을 줄이는데 효과적이었다.

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산란전자선을 이용한 강내측방조사기구의 제작과 특성 (Fabrication of Backscatter Electron Cones for Radiation Therapy)

  • 추성실;서창옥;김귀언
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2001
  • 목적 : 강내에 발생된 종양치료용 원통형 전자선 조사기구(Electron cone)는 기하학적으로 강내벽에 위치한 종양치료에 부적당하므로 후방 또는 측면방향으로 산란되는 전자선을 이용하여 체강 내벽점막 등에 발생된 종양을 효과적으로 치료할 수 있는 산란전자선 치료방법을 개발하고자 한다. 강내조사기구내에 전자선 입사방향에 수직 또는 일정한 각도의 산란판을 배치하여 측면방향으로 산란전자선을 방출시키는 강내 측면조사기구를 제작하고 산란판의 제원과 전자선 에너지에 따라 산란방출된 산란선의 특성과 조직내 선량분포를 측정 평가하였다. 새상 미 방법 : 외부조사용 전자선조사기구(Electron cone) 대신에 강내 삽입용 전자산란선 조사통(Intracavitary backscatter electron cone)과 이를 콜리메이터와 연결시킬 수 있는 차폐연결기구(Shielded electron device)를 고안하였다. 산란전자선 조사기구는 직경이 $2\~3\;cm$이고 길이가 25 cm인 금속(내식강)원통을 이용하였으며 입구에서 20 cm위치에 산란판을 부착시키고 원통 측면에 직경 $1\~2\;cm$의 산란선 방출구를 제작하였다. 산란판은 $2\~10\;mm$의 연판을 사용하였으며, 오제전자와 특성 엑스선을 제거하기 위하여 주석, 구리, 알루미늄판 등을 부착시켰으며 종양위치를 관찰할 수 있도록 표면을 처리하였다. 고에너지 방사선치료용 선형가속기(Clinac 2100C/D)에서 발생된 $6\~12\;MeV$ 에너지의 전자선을 이용하였으며 선량측정은 평행평판형 전리상(Markus chamber, PTW 23343)을 조직등가 팬텀(Polystyrene)에 삽입하여 측정하였다. 전자산란선의 에너지분포는 Monte Carlo (EGS4) 계산으로 예측하였으며 조직내 선량분포는 필름 흑화도(X-Omat V, Wellhofer 700i)에 의하여 측정하였다. 결과 : 전자선 입사에너지가 6 MeV일 때 전자산란선의 평균 에너지는 약 1.5 MeV 이었으며 산란각이 클수록 에너지는 줄어들었다. 입사 전자선 에너지 6 MeV 에서 산란판의 각도 $30^{\circ},\;45^{\circ}$ 에 따른 최대선량지점은 산란선 방출구의 중심에서 각각 5 mm 및 -10 mm지점의 표면에서 발생되며 입사전자선에 대한 전자산란선의 선량비는 약 $8.5\%$ 내외로 측정되었다. 입사전자선에너지 6 MeV에서 산란판각도 $45^{\circ},\;60^{\circ}$에 의한 $50\%$의 심부선량분포는 각각 6 mm와 7 mm 깊이에 도달하였으며 입사에너지 증가에 비례하였다. 결론 : 전자선 후방산란의 특성을 연구하고 이를 인체 강내 측방 점막부위에 발생한 종양을 효과적으로 치료할 수 있는 강내 전자산란선 조사통을 고안 제작 하였다. 시험용으로 제작한 전자산란선 조사기구를 이용하여 전자선 에너지와 산란판의 각도에 따른 산란선의 선량비율과 심부율을 측정하였다. 구강, 자궁, 직장 등 강내측벽 점막 등에 발생된 악성종양의 모양과 깊이에 가장 적당한 입사 에너지, 산란판의 각도, 산란창구 및 조사각도를 선택함으로서 방사선치료방법을 향상시킬 수 있을 것이라고 기대된다.

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정보시스템의 지속적 사용에서 경험의 역할에 대한 분석 (An Analysis of the Roles of Experience in Information System Continuance)

  • 이웅규
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2011
  • The notion of information systems (IS) continuance has recently emerged as one of the most important research issues in the field of IS. A great deal of research has been conducted thus far on the basis of theories adapted from various disciplines including consumer behaviors and social psychology, in addition to theories regarding information technology (IT) acceptance. This previous body of knowledge provides a robust research framework that can already account for the determination of IS continuance; however, this research points to other, thus-far-unelucidated determinant factors such as habit, which were not included in traditional IT acceptance frameworks, and also re-emphasizes the importance of emotion-related constructs such as satisfaction in addition to conscious intention with rational beliefs such as usefulness. Experiences should also be considered one of the most important factors determining the characteristics of information system (IS) continuance and the features distinct from those determining IS acceptance, because more experienced users may have more opportunities for IS use, which would allow them more frequent use than would be available to less experienced or non-experienced users. Interestingly, experience has dual features that may contradictorily influence IS use. On one hand, attitudes predicated on direct experience have been shown to predict behavior better than attitudes from indirect experience or without experience; as more information is available, direct experience may render IS use a more salient behavior, and may also make IS use more accessible via memory. Therefore, experience may serve to intensify the relationship between IS use and conscious intention with evaluations, On the other hand, experience may culminate in the formation of habits: greater experience may also imply more frequent performance of the behavior, which may lead to the formation of habits, Hence, like experience, users' activation of an IS may be more dependent on habit-that is, unconscious automatic use without deliberation regarding the IS-and less dependent on conscious intentions, Furthermore, experiences can provide basic information necessary for satisfaction with the use of a specific IS, thus spurring the formation of both conscious intentions and unconscious habits, Whereas IT adoption Is a one-time decision, IS continuance may be a series of users' decisions and evaluations based on satisfaction with IS use. Moreover. habits also cannot be formed without satisfaction, even when a behavior is carried out repeatedly. Thus, experiences also play a critical role in satisfaction, as satisfaction is the consequence of direct experiences of actual behaviors. In particular, emotional experiences such as enjoyment can become as influential on IS use as are utilitarian experiences such as usefulness; this is especially true in light of the modern increase in membership-based hedonic systems - including online games, web-based social network services (SNS), blogs, and portals-all of which attempt to provide users with self-fulfilling value. Therefore, in order to understand more clearly the role of experiences in IS continuance, analysis must be conducted under a research framework that includes intentions, habits, and satisfaction, as experience may not only have duration-based moderating effects on the relationship between both intention and habit and the activation of IS use, but may also have content-based positive effects on satisfaction. This is consistent with the basic assumptions regarding the determining factors in IS continuance as suggested by Oritz de Guinea and Markus: consciousness, emotion, and habit. The principal objective of this study was to explore and assess the effects of experiences in IS continuance, with special consideration given to conscious intentions and unconscious habits, as well as satisfaction. IN service of this goal, along with a review of the relevant literature regarding the effects of experiences and habit on continuous IS use, this study suggested a research model that represents the roles of experience: its moderating role in the relationships of IS continuance with both conscious intention and unconscious habit, and its antecedent role in the development of satisfaction. For the validation of this research model. Korean university student users of 'Cyworld', one of the most influential social network services in South Korea, were surveyed, and the data were analyzed via partial least square (PLS) analysis to assess the implications of this study. In result most hypotheses in our research model were statistically supported with the exception of one. Although one hypothesis was not supported, the study's findings provide us with some important implications. First the role of experience in IS continuance differs from its role in IS acceptance. Second, the use of IS was explained by the dynamic balance between habit and intention. Third, the importance of satisfaction was confirmed from the perspective of IS continuance with experience.

모니터링 기능에 대한 인식이 효과적인 BPMS 도입에 미치는 영향 (An Empirical Study on the Impact of the Perception of the Monitoring Function on Effective BPMS Adoption)

  • 채명신;박진석;이병태
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.105-130
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    • 2007
  • Recently, there is a substantial interest in implementing Business Process Management System(BPMS) among enterprises with the purpose of business process innovation. BPMS redesigns and coordinates business processes in terms of both automated steps and human involvement in order to maximize the value of both involved people and systems. The reason why BPMS is getting attention from top managers is that it has the possibility to optimize the business processes by cycling the process of modeling, execution, monitoring, evaluation, and redesigning work processes. Thus, it has created high expectations about not only productivity improvement but also business process innovation. However. having an innovative nature, which is used for process innovation, BPMS implementation has great potential to stir up employee resistance. The analysis and the discussion about the prevention of the resistance against IS(Information Systems) is important because IS change the way people work and also alter the power structure within the organization, in general. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that have an impact on the effective adoption of BPMS at the enterprise level. To find out these factors, this study considers two characteristics of BPMS: First. BPMS shares some characteristics with other enterprise-wide IS such as ERP. Second, it has special BPMS-specific characteristics. Due to the lack of previous research on BPMS adoption, interviews were carried out with IT-consultants and CIOs who conducted BPMS projects previously to find out BPMS-specific features that would make BPMS unique when compared to other enterprise-wide IS. As a result, the monitoring function was chosen as the main BPMS-specific factor. Thus, this paper reviewed studies both on enterprise-wide IS adoptions, which applied Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and secondly on computer based monitoring to find out factors that would influence the employees' perception on the monitoring function of BPMS. Based on the literature review, the study suggested three factors that would have an impact on the employee's perception of the monitoring function: fairness of enterprise evaluation system, fairness of the boss, and self-efficacy of their work. Three factors that would impact the enterprise-wide IS adoption were also set: the shared belief in the benefit of BPMS, training, and communication. Then, these factors were integrated with TAM. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses, out factors that would impact the employees' perception on the monitoring function of BPMS. Based on the literature review the study suggested three factors that would have an impact on the employee's perception of the monitoring function: fairness of enterprise evaluation system, fairness of the boss, and self-efficacy of their work. Three factors that would impact the enterprise-wide IS adoption were also set: the shared belief in the benefit of BPMS, training, and communication. Then, these factors were integrated with TAM. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. The data analysis results showed that two among three monitoring function related factors - enterprise evaluation system and fairness of the boss - were significant. This implies that employees would worry less about the BPMS implementation as long as they perceive the monitoring results will be used fairly for their performance evaluation. However, employees' high self-efficacy on their job was not a significant factor in their perception of the usefulness of BPMS. This is related to cases that showed employees resisted against the information systems because they automated their works (Markus, 1983). One specific case was an electronic company, where the accounting department workers were requested to redefine their job because their working processes were automated due to BPMS implementation.