• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.4461-4475
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• 2017

Recently, introduction of the hospital information system has remarkably improved the efficiency of health care services within hospitals. Due to improvement of the hospital information system, the issue of integration of medical information has emerged, and attempts to achieve it have been made. However, as a preceding step for integration of medical information, the problem of searching the same patient should be solved first, and studies on patient identification algorithm are required. As a typical case, similarity can be calculated through MPI (Master Patient Index) module, by comparing various fields such as patient's basic information and treatment information, etc. but it has many problems including the language system not suitable to Korean, estimation of an optimal weight by field, etc. This paper proposes a method searching the same patient using MRI information besides patient's field information as a supplementary method to increase the accuracy of matching algorithm such as MPI, etc. Unlike existing methods only using image information, upon identifying a patient, a highest weight was given to physical information of medical image and set as an unchangeable unique value, and as a result a high accuracy was detected. We aim to use the similarity measurement result as secondary measures in identifying a patient in the future.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.295-303
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• 2023

Whole-body counters are widely used to assess internal contamination after a nuclear accident. However, it is difficult to determine radioiodine activity due to limitations in conventional calibration phantoms. Inhaled or ingested radioiodine is heterogeneously distributed in the human body, necessitating time-dependent biodistribution for the assessment of the internal contamination caused by the radioiodine intake. This study aims at calculating counting efficiencies considering the biodistribution of ¹³¹I in whole-body counting measurement. Monte Carlo simulations with computational human phantoms were performed to calculate the whole-body counting efficiency for a realistic radioiodine distribution after its intake. The biodistributions of ¹³¹I for different age groups were computed based on biokinetic models and applied to age- and gender-specific computational phantoms to estimate counting efficiency. After calculating the whole-body counting efficiencies, the efficiency correction factors were derived as the ratio of the counting efficiencies obtained by considering a heterogeneous biodistribution of ¹³¹I over time to those obtained using the BOMAB phantom assuming a homogeneous distribution. Based on the correction factors, the internal contamination caused by ¹³¹I can be assessed using whole-body counters. These correction factors can minimize the influence of the biodistribution of ¹³¹I in whole-body counting measurement and improve the accuracy of internal dose assessment.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.202-229
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• 1995

In Korea, Resource-Based Relative Value Scale(RBRVS) is suggesting to the alternative of Korean Medical Fee Schedule. This study developed to methodology of RBRVS applicable to Korean situation and applied to services of internal medicine and general surgery. Our methodology of RBRVS is basically same to Hsiao's. But there are some differences between our method and H냐매's because Korean medical situation differs to American. The first difference is method of measurement of work. The Unit of work in our study is total work including intra-servic work and pre-/post-service work. Secondly, in extrapolation, we use primary data gathered to small group of physician. Tertially, in measurement of practice cost, we directly survey to budget data of hosptials and analyse practice costs by service. Some results are presented in a companion article.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2010

Recent development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment enables interventional radiology (IVR) as diagnosis and treatment under MRI usage. In this paper, a new methodology for magnetic resonance (MR) scanner to apply not only diagnostic equipment but for treatment one is discussed. The temperature measuring procedure under MR is to measure phase shift of $T_1$, which is the longitudinal relaxation time of proton, for the position inside a sample material with the application of pulsed RF for heating inside the sample as artificial dielectrics. The result shows the possibility to apply MR as temperature measuring equipment and as a heating equipment for applying such as hyperthermia heating modality.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.151-153
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• 1996

The purpose of this paper is the development of Integrated Bio-signal Management System(IBMS) using the network. IBMS is the system to manage the medical signals that measured from the each independent medical measurement system module. Each has a LAN. We developed the file-server network using Novell Netware. Also, we developed the Graphic User Interface software for IBMS using Visual C++ at Windows 3.1.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.624-633
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• 2021

Objective: To evaluate the reliability of CT measurements of muscle quantity and quality using variable CT parameters. Materials and Methods: A phantom, simulating the L2-4 vertebral levels, was used for this study. CT images were repeatedly acquired with modulation of tube voltage, tube current, slice thickness, and the image reconstruction algorithm. Reference standard muscle compartments were obtained from the reference maps of the phantom. Cross-sectional area based on the Hounsfield unit (HU) thresholds of muscle and its components, and the mean density of the reference standard muscle compartment, were used to measure the muscle quantity and quality using different CT protocols. Signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) were calculated in the images acquired with different settings. Results: The skeletal muscle area (threshold, -29 to 150 HU) was constant, regardless of the protocol, occupying at least 91.7% of the reference standard muscle compartment. Conversely, normal attenuation muscle area (30-150 HU) was not constant in the different protocols, varying between 59.7% and 81.7% of the reference standard muscle compartment. The mean density was lower than the target density stated by the manufacturer (45 HU) in all cases (range, 39.0-44.9 HU). The SNR decreased with low tube voltage, low tube current, and in sections with thin slices, whereas it increased when the iterative reconstruction algorithm was used. Conclusion: Measurement of muscle quantity using HU threshold was reliable, regardless of the CT protocol used. Conversely, the measurement of muscle quality using the mean density and narrow HU thresholds were inconsistent and inaccurate across different CT protocols. Therefore, further studies are warranted in future to determine the optimal CT protocols for reliable measurements of muscle quality.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1998년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.181-182
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• 1998

In previous study for correlation between P-wave Signal Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG) and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (PAF) subjects, we showed that the duration of P-wave in subjects is longer than in controls. In this respect, the P-wave SAECG is a new method proving to be an accurate and independent noninvasive marker for the risk of PAF. To prove this suggestion, accurate detection and alignment of P-wave are indispensible. In previous study, we measured P-wave duration by manual. So it was not accurate and consistent. To measure the P-wave duration accurately and automatically, we have developed an automatic algorithm for P-wave duration measurement. We showed that the duration of P- wave in the subjects is longer than in controls with this algorithm.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2012

X선은 방사선 진단과 치료 분야에 있어서 다양하고 광범위하게 이용되고 있으며, 최근에는 방사선 치료용 초소형 X선관이 개발되었다. 초소형 X선관은 조사 목적 부위에 직접 삽입하여 사용되므로 제작 시준기에 따라 다양한 각도로 X선 조사가 가능하고, 검사 목적 외의 환자 피폭선량을 최소화한다. 이러한 초소형 X선관의 장점을 이용해서 X선 영상을 획득하는데 적용한다면 X선 진단 분야의 새로운 장을 열 것으로 기대된다. 하지만 초소형 X선관은 본래 치료용으로 설계되었기 때문에 진단용 장비에 적합한 시준기, 필터(added filter) 등이 필요하다. 따라서 자체 제작한 시준기와 필터를 적용하여 초소형 X선관의 빔 특성이 진단용에 적합한지 평가 하였고, 이를 위해서 다이오드 검출기를 이용하여 반가층을 측정하고 측정의 가능성을 평가하였다. 본 연구에서는 Si PIN Photodiode type인 Piranha 검출기(Piranha, RTI, Sweden)를 사용하여 필터 적용 유무에 따른 초소형 X선관의 반가층을 측정하고, 알루미늄 필터를 사용한 측정을 통하여 Piranha 검출기의 반가층 측정의 정확성을 평가하였다. 측정 결과에 따르면 초소형 X선관의 반가층은 필터의 장착에 따라 약 1.9배 증가하여 진단용 방사선 발생 장치의 적합성을 확인하였다. Piranha 검출기의 반가층 자동 측정값은 필터를 미장착한 경우에 실제 반가층 측정값에 비해 50% 높게 측정되어 적용이 불가능하나, 필터를 장착한 경우에는 실제 반가층 측정값과 약 15%의 차이로 감소되었다. 따라서 진단용 필터를 적용했을 경우는 Piranha 검출기의 반가층 자동측정이 가능하여 kV-X선 특성평가를 수월하게 수행할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.231-232
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• 2002

We have been developing microvolume LET counter in order to measure the three-dimensional LET distribution of the therapeutic heavy ion radiation volumes in the water phantom. With help of the technique of cathode induced carhge readout, this detector has a rectangular (box-shape) sensitive volume of which size is about 1 mm$^2$ and 2mm (depth).

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.917-918
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• 2005