• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2019

In modern times, X-ray imaging has become a necessary tool for early diagnosis, quality control, nondestructive testing, and security screening. X-ray imaging equipment generally comprises an X-ray generator and an image sensor. Most commercially available X-ray generators employ filament-thermionic electron-based X-ray tubes, thus demonstrating typical analog behavior, such as slow response and large stray X-rays. Furthermore, digital X-ray sources, which have been studied extensively using field electron emitters manufactured from nanometer-scale materials, provide fast and accurately controlled ultra-shot X-rays. This could usher in a new era of X-ray imaging in medical diagnosis and nondestructive inspections. Specifically, digital X-ray sources, with reduced X-ray dose, can significantly improve the temporal and spatial resolution of fluoroscopy and computed tomography. Recently, digital X-ray tube technologies based on carbon nanotubes, developed by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, have been transferred to several companies and commercialized for dental imaging for the first time.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2022

Purpose Since 1985, the Korean society of nuclear medicine technology (KSNMT) has been engaged in academic activities related to nuclear medicine imaging. From 2017 to 2021, the papers published in the journal were classified by the specific fields to examine the trends in the research and the direction of nuclear medicine in comparison with the papers submitted to the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (KSNM) during the same period. Materials and Methods From 2017 to 2021, papers submitted to KSNMT and KSNM were classified and databaseization using the Excel program by submission type, examination equipment, and examination field. Through this data, the number of papers published in journals by year, the number of papers submitted by detailed fields, and key words by era were analyzed and compared. Results The papers included by journal was 57 KSNMT and 280 KSNM. The major large classification of equipment, PET, Planar and SPECT was 26.3%, 21.1%, 19.3% in the KSNMT, KSNM was 49.6%, 6.4%, and 9.3%, with 66.7% and 65.3%, respectively. the major medium classification of equipment, industrial safety, urogenital system, nervous system, and quality control accounted for 54.4% of the total papers of the total ratio in the KSNMT, while the medium classification of oncology, endocrine system, urogenital system, therapy, and nervous system accounted for 61.1% of KSNM. In the major small classification of image acquisition, improvement effect, and exposure management accounted for 70.2% in KSNMT, while the items of image acquisition, report, and improvement effect accounted for 60.7% in KSNM. The major keywords except for equipment-related keywords such as PET/CT, PET/MR, and SPECT were SUV, Planar Image, and Respiration Gating Method in KSNMT and Ga68, Thyroid, and Lymphoma in the KSNM. Conclusion When checking the last 5 years of submissions, we can see that KSNMT is mainly concerned with image acquisition using existing radiotracers, while KSNM has focused on new radiotracers such as ⁶⁸Ga, ¹⁷⁷Lu, etc., and new medical technologies of theranostic. It has been confirmed that more PET-related papers than other examination equipment will account for a greater number of papers, and it is believed that future submissions will also account for a higher proportion of PET-related papers than other equipment.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the convenience and image quality of patients with acute lumbar pain patients at a general hospital in Daejeon using ancillary devices for postural changes and correction. The results of the study are summarized as follows. First, the Turbo S pin Echo technique(TS E) using ancillary equipment has the highest image evaluation rating with an average score of 4.440, which is highly valuable on a diagnosis. Second, the average score for patient the questionnaire 'When using ancillary equipment, I feel that my body is calibrated to side without bias.' was shown as 4.440, which is very useful for the correction of the patient's body when using ancillary equipment. Finally, Breath Hold technique(BH) is very effective in shortening test time of acute lumbar pain patients, because it can reduce test time 86.4% faster than Turbo Spin Echo technique(TSE). The results of the study showed that the use of ancillary equipment to perform the test through the side lying postures helped to reduce the pain and control the patient's breathing, and the diagnostic value of the image was high.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.139-144
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• 2011

The purpose of this report is recommending a standard indicator which reflects the radiation exposure that is incident on a detector after every exposure event and that reflects the noise levels present in the image data. The experiment was performed with mobile digital X-ray unit and used a acrylic phantom for exposure index measurement. Exposure modality was kVp, mAs, SID. After every exposure, make a data sheet for characteristic curve of detector response. The equipment performed Mobile digital X-ray unit provide the user with values ralated to the incident exposure(air kerma)to the digital detector. They are showed as a logarithmic function shaped. As a result, DEI means a relative measure of exposure to the detector, as compared to the expected exposure for a particular anatomical view. Radiographic technique is the combination of factors used to exposure an anatomical part to produce a high quality radiography and technique charts used most commonly by radiographers to produce consistently exposure level which patient dose can be kept acceptably low.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.785-792
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• 2023

Because hyperspectral imaging provides detailed spectral information across a broad range of wavelengths, it can be utilized in numerous applications, including environmental monitoring, food quality inspection, medical diagnosis, material identification, art authentication, and crime scene analysis. However, hyperspectral images often contain various types of distortions due to the environmental conditions during image acquisition, which necessitates the proper removal of these distortions through a data preprocessing process. In this study, a preprocessing method was investigated to effectively correct the distortion caused by artificial light sources used in indoor hyperspectral imaging. For this purpose, a halogen-tungsten artificial light source was installed indoors, and hyperspectral images were acquired. The acquired images were then corrected for distortion using a preprocessing that does not require complex auxiliary equipment. After the corrections were made, the results were analyzed. According to the analysis, a statistical transformation technique using mean and standard deviation with reference to a reference signal was found to be the most effective in correcting distortions caused by artificial light sources.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.13-29
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• 2022

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, characterized by excessive accumulation of fat in the liver, is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. The current standard for the detection of hepatic steatosis is liver biopsy; however, it is limited by invasiveness and sampling errors. Accordingly, MR spectroscopy and proton density fat fraction obtained with MRI have been accepted as non-invasive modalities for quantifying hepatic steatosis. Recently, various quantitative ultrasonography techniques have been developed and validated for the quantification of hepatic steatosis. These techniques measure various acoustic parameters, including attenuation coefficient, backscatter coefficient and speckle statistics, speed of sound, and shear wave elastography metrics. In this article, we introduce several representative quantitative ultrasonography techniques and their diagnostic value for the detection of hepatic steatosis.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.816-825
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• 2022

Nondestructive testing, which can monitor a product's interior without disassembly, is becoming increasingly essential for industrial inspection. Computed laminography (CL) is widely used in this application, as it can reconstruct a product, such as a printed circuit board, into a three-dimensional (3D) high-magnification image using X-rays. However, such high-magnification scanning environments can be affected by minute vibrations of the CL device, which can generate motion artifacts in the 3D reconstructed image. Since such vibrations are irregular, geometric corrections must be performed at every scan. In this paper, we propose a geometry calibration method that can correct the geometric information of CL scans based on the image without using geometry calibration phantoms. The proposed method compares the projection and digitally reconstructed radiography images to measure the geometric error. To validate the proposed method, we used both numerical phantom images at various magnifications and images obtained from real industrial CL equipment. The experiment results confirmed that sharpness and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were improved.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2023

CT is a medical device that acquires medical images based on Attenuation coefficient of human organs related to X-rays. In addition, using this theory, it can acquire sagittal and coronal planes and 3D images of the human body. Then, CT is essential device for universal diagnostic test. But Exposure of CT scan is so high that it is regulated and managed with special medical equipment. As the special medical equipment, CT must implement quality control. In detail of quality control, Spatial resolution of existing phantom imaging tests, Contrast resolution and clinical image evaluation are qualitative tests. These tests are not objective, so the reliability of the CT undermine trust. Therefore, by applying an artificial intelligence classification model, we wanted to confirm the possibility of quantitative evaluation of the qualitative evaluation part of the phantom test. We used intelligence classification models (VGG19, DenseNet201, EfficientNet B2, inception_resnet_v2, ResNet50V2, and Xception). And the fine-tuning process used for learning was additionally performed. As a result, in all classification models, the accuracy of spatial resolution was 0.9562 or higher, the precision was 0.9535, the recall was 1, the loss value was 0.1774, and the learning time was from a maximum of 14 minutes to a minimum of 8 minutes and 10 seconds. Through the experimental results, it was concluded that the artificial intelligence model can be applied to CT implements quality control in spatial resolution and contrast resolution.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2013

방사선 치료 시 보다 정확한 환자자세 및 종양위치 확인을 위해 다양한 형태의 방사선영상장치들이 사용되면서 이에 따른 환자 피폭 관리의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 진단영상의학 분야에서는 의료방사선 이용의 급격한 증가로 인해 이에 의한 2차 암발생률 증가에 대한 보고들이 사회적인 반향을 일으켰고, 투시촬영 및 CT 등에 의한 과다 피폭 사례가 밝혀지면서 이를 막기 위해 image gently, image wisely 캠페인이 수년전부터 미국을 중심으로 확산되고 있다. 반면에 방사선 종양학 분야에서는 방사선치료로 받는 선량에 비해 영상선량은 무시할 수준이어서 아직까지 이에 대한 관심이 상대적으로 작은 게 사실이다. 하지만 암의 조기 발견, 방사선치료 성적의 향상 등으로 환자의 기대수명이 증대되고 있고, 특히 소아의 경우 상대적으로 높은 방사선 민감도 및 기대 수명을 고려할 때 방사선장해방어를 위해 ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) 원칙에 입각하여 영상유도 방사선치료에 수반되는 영상선량의 적절한 관리가 필요하다고 사료된다. 하지만 영상유도기법으로 인해 방사선치료의 정확도를 높이고 고 선량이 피폭되는 치료범위를 더 작게 할 수도 있기 때문에 단순한 최소화가 아닌 최적화가 이루어져야 하겠다. 이러한 맥락에서 본 가이드라인에서는 (1) 영상유도기술 및 수반되는 영상선량에 대해 정리하고, (2) 영상유도 장비 및 이용실태에 대한 국내 현황을 파악, (3) 적절한 영상유도를 위한 최적화 방안들을 모색하여 권고안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2014

건강에 대한 관심의 증대로 의료영상이 빠르게 증가하고 있으며, 컴퓨터 기술의 발전으로 의료영상의 디지털화가 빠르게 진전되어 PACS가 의료현장에 도입되었다. 이러한 현상에 의한 의료영상 생산의 증가는 의료영상을 판독하여야 하는 영상의학과 전문의의 업무량을 증가하게 하였다. 이러한 추세에 따라 컴퓨터를 이용한 보조 진단의 필요성이 대두되어 의료영상 판독 분야에 CAD라는 용어가 생겨나게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 디지털 X-선 유방촬영장치에 의하여 획득된 영상의 판독을 위한 CAD 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안된 알고리즘을 Visual C++로 프로그램하여 실험하였다. 본 연구에 사용한 일곱 샘플영상을 CAD 알고리즘으로 실행한 결과 다섯 샘플의 결과는 양성종양 및 유방암으로 확인되었고 두 샘플 영상은 error처리 되었다. 본 연구에서 제시한 알고리즘과 이를 구현한 프로그램을 이용한다면 판독업무에 많은 도움이 될 것이며, 유방암의 조기발견에 크게 기여할 것으로 사료된다.