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Analytic Hierarchy Process for Prioritizing Radiation Safety Measures in Medical Institutions

  • Hyun Suk Kim;Heejeong Jeong;Hyungbin Moon;Sang Hyun Park
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.40-49
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    • 2024

  • Background: This study aimed to prioritize policy measures to improve radiation safety management in medical institutions using the analytic hierarchy process. Materials and Methods: It adopted three policy options-engineering, education, and enforcement-to categorize safety management measures, the so-called Harvey's 3Es. Then, the radiation safety management measures obtained from the current system and other studies were organized into action plan categories. Using the derived model, this study surveyed 33 stakeholders of radiation safety management in medical institutions and analyzed the importance of each measure. Results and Discussion: As a result, these stakeholders generally identified enforcement as the most important factor for improving the safety management system. The study also found that radiation safety officers and medical physicists perceived different measures as important, indicating clear differences in opinions among stakeholders, especially in improving quality assurance in radiation therapy. Hence, the process of coordination and consensus is likely to be critical in improving the radiation safety management system. Conclusion: Stakeholders in the medical field consider enforcement as the most critical factor in improving their safety management systems. Specifically, the most crucial among the six specific action plans was the "reinforcement of the organization and workforce for safety management," with a relative importance of 25.7%.

  • https://doi.org/10.14407/jrpr.2023.00654 인용 PDF

Status of Domestic and International Recommendations for Protection Design and Evaluation of Medical Linear Accelerator Facilities

  • Choi, Sang Hyoun;Shin, Dong Oh;Shin, Jae-ik;Kwon, Na Hye;Ahn, So Hyun;Kim, Dong Wook
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2021

  • Various types of high-precision radiotherapy, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), tomotherapy (Tomo), and stereotactic body radiation therapy have been available since 1997. After being covered by insurance in 2015, the number of IMRT cases rapidly increased 18-fold from 2011 to 2018 in Korea. IMRT, which uses a high-beam irradiation monitor unit, requires higher shielding conditions than conventional radiation treatments. However, to date, research on the shielding of facilities using IMRT and the current understanding of its status are insufficient, and detailed safety regulation procedures have not been established. This study investigated the recommended criteria for the shielding evaluation of facilities using medical linear accelerators (LINACs), including 1) the current status of safety management regulations and systems in domestic and international facilities using medical LINACs and 2) the current status of the recommended standards for safety management in domestic and international facilities using medical LINACs. It is necessary to develop and introduce a safety management system for facilities using LINACs for clinical applications that is suitable for the domestic medical environment and corresponds to the safety management systems for LINACs used overseas.

  • https://doi.org/10.14316/pmp.2021.32.4.83 인용 PDF KSCI

System Software Design of Computerized Tomography Radiation Dose Management (컴퓨터 단층촬영 방사선 노출 관리 시스템 소프트웨어 설계)

  • Yang, Yu Mi;Cho, Sang Wook;Lee, Kil Hung
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2014

  • This paper provides the design of system software for the management of radiation dose that is generated by using computerized tomography(CT). Recently, the radiation leakage incident of Japanese nuclear power plant was in the news internationally and there is a growing interest not only in nuclear power plant but in medical radiation exposure. In spite of the fact that currently safety management of radiation is under control only the workers of the radiation involved, now the exposure management of patients have been required. As surgery and inspections using the radiation have increased, this medical radiation exposure is increasing too. But it is a real situation that medical institutions don't know the level of radiation exposure applied to the patient. Therefore, a system for managing the radiation exposure of a patient from the medical institution is required. This paper proposes a design of a software program that manages the radiation exposure of CT which is a typical imaging tool to use the radiation in the medical institution. By check the amount of radiation dose and set the limit of dose, we would be of help to optimize the medical exposure of the patient.

  • https://doi.org/10.17662/ksdim.2014.10.3.041 인용 KSCI

Development of Electronic Medical Chart for Radiation Oncology (방사선종양학과에서의 전자의무기록 활용)

  • Cho, Sam-Ju;Shim, Su-Jung;Lee, Suk;Lee, Sang-Hoon;Cho, Kwang-Hwan;Huh, Hyun-Do;Lim, Sang-Wook;Choi, Jin-Ho;Choi, Jun-Young;Yun, Hyong-Geun;Shin, Dong-Oh
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.167-173
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    • 2009

  • As the radiotherapy technique development, the needs for using of medical electronic chart in the department of radiation oncology is growing. However, the complexity of affairs of radiation oncology make it difficult to develop a electronic medical chart. In this study, we introduce the electronic medical chart developed by domestic hospital. The function and example of electronic medical chart designed as radiation treatment progress was showed and the future study was presented.

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