• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2024

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry for a tooth from an individual exposed is well known as retrospective dosimetry in radiological accidents. A major constraint of the conventional X-band tooth-EPR dosimetry is the necessity to extract the tooth of the exposed patient for dose assessment. In this study, to conduct the dose assessments of exposed patients through part-extraction of tooth enamel, the minimum detectable dose (MDD) of the tooth enamel was evaluated based on the amount of mass. Further, a field test was conducted via intercomparison using various dose assessment methods to verify the feasibility of X-band tooth-EPR dosimetry using the minimum mass of tooth enamel. The intercomparison results demonstrated that effective dose determination via X-band tooth-EPR dosimetry is reliable. Consequently, it was determined that the minimum mass of tooth enamel required to evaluate an absorbed dose above 0.5 Gy is 15 mg. Thus, EPR dosimetry using 15 mg of tooth enamel can be applied in the triage and initial medical response stages for patients exposed during radiological accidents. This approach represents an advancement in managing radiological accidents by offering a more efficient and less invasive method of dose assessment.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2024

Background: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is essential for correcting and verifying patient position before radiation therapy. However, it poses additional radiation exposure during CBCT scans. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate radiological safety for the human body through dose assessment for CBCT. Materials and Methods: For CBCT dose assessment, the depth dose was evaluated using a cheese phantom, and the dose in the orbital area was evaluated using a human body phantom self-fabricated with a three-dimensional printer. Results and Discussion: The evaluation of radiation doses revealed maximum doses of 14.14 mGy and minimum doses of 6.12 mGy for pelvic imaging conditions. For chest imaging conditions, the maximum doses were 4.82 mGy, and the minimum doses were 2.35 mGy. Head imaging conditions showed maximum doses of 1.46 mGy and minimum doses of 0.39 mGy. The eyeball doses using a human body phantom model averaged at 2.11 mGy on the left and 2.19 mGy on the right. The depth dose ranged between 0.39 mGy and 14.14 mGy, depending on the change in depth for each imaging mode, and the average dose in the orbit area using a human body phantom was 2.15 mGy. Conclusion: Based on the experimental results, CBCT did not significantly affect the radiation dose. However, it is important to maintain a minimal radiation dose to optimize radiation protection following the as low as reasonable achievable principle.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.270-277
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• 2023

Exposure to ionizing radiation induces free radicals in human nails. These free radicals generate a radiation-induced signal (RIS) in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Compared with the RIS of tooth enamel samples, that in human nails is more affected by moisture and heat, but has the advantages of being sensitive to radiation and easy to collect. The fingernail as a biological sample is applicable in retrospective dosimetry in cases of localized hand exposure accidents. In this study, the dosimetric characteristics of fingernails were analyzed in fingernail clippings collected from Korean donors. The dose response, fading of radiation-induced and mechanically induced signals, treatment method for evaluation of background signal, minimum detectable dose, and minimum detectable mass were investigated to propose a fingernail-EPR dosimetry protocol. In addition, to validate the practicality of the protocol, blind and field experiments were performed in the laboratory and a non-destructive testing facility. The relative biases in the dose assessment result of the blind and field experiments were 8.43% and 21.68% on average between the reference and reconstructed doses. The results of this study suggest that fingernail-EPR dosimetry can be a useful method for the application of retrospective dosimetry in cases of radiological accidents.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.79-87
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• 1992

It is a matter of common knowledge that madical radiation is most accented for of radiation is doses applied to the whole of people, and of them the radation dose by radiography diagnosis is mainly prevalent. In applying X-rays to a certain man for radiography diagnosis a radiologyist will have to have an absolute sense of mission concerning the reduction and prevention of the patient's radiation dose as the radiologyist obligation. Accordingly, the radiography conditions of the patient's chest employed 197 medical facilites were surveyed and skin dose was computated by the IPH Bit system and examined. As a result, it was shown that the average skin dose was $288\;{\mu}Sv$, its minimum value was $1600\;{\mu}Sv$, which was over 32 times its minimum value. This shows that the appropriate radiography method has not been applied at applying X-ray to the patient. It comes from the performance of X-ray equipment, the choice of auxiliary equipment materials etc. But the most important thing is to master the appropriate radiography condition, and therefore this point will have to be kept in mind.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.249-253
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• 2001

Neutron dose assessment in criticality accidents using Whole Body Counter (WBC) was proved to be an effective method as rapid neutron dose estimation at the JCO criticality accident in Tokai-mura. The 1.36MeV gamma-ray of $^{24}Na$ in a body can be detected easily by a germanium detector. The Minimum Detectable Activity (MDA) of $^{24}Na$ is approximately 50Bq for 10miniute measurement by the germanium-type whole body counter at JNC Tokai Works. Neutron energy spectra at the typical shielding conditions in criticality accidents were calculated and the conversion factor, whole body activity-to-organ mass weighted neutron absorbed dose, corresponding to each condition were determined. The conversion factor for uncollied fission spectrum is 7.7 $[(Bq^{24}Na/g^{23}Na)/mGy]$.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2024

To minimize the cumulative radiation dose, various path-finding approaches for single agent have been proposed. However, for emergence situations such as nuclear power plant accident, these methods cannot be effectively utilized for evacuating a large number of workers because no multi-agent method is valid to conduct the mission. In this study, a novel algorithm for solving the multi-agent path-finding problem is proposed using the conflict-based search approach and the objective function redefined in terms of the cumulative radiation dose. The proposed method can find multi paths that all agents arrive at the destinations with reducing the overall radiation dose. To verify the proposed method, three problems were defined. In the single-agent problem, the objective function proposed in this study reduces the cumulative dose by 82% compared with that of the shortest distance algorithm in experiment environment of this study. It was also verified in the two multi-agent problems that multi paths with minimized the overall radiation dose, in which all agents can reach the destination without collision, can be found. The method proposed in this study will contribute to establishing evacuation plans for improving the safety of workers in radiation-related facilities.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2012

2002년 1월 1일부터 2011년 6월 30일까지 지방의 C 대학병원 방사선 관계 종사자 의사, 간호사, 방사선사 및 기타 323명에 대한 개인피폭 선량 측정결과 4419건을 비교 분석하였다. 연도별로는 2003년도 수치가 가장 높았고, 2007년도 수치가 낮게 나타났다. 성별로는 남성이 여성에 비해 높고 연령대는 30대가 높았으며 직종별로는 의사, 간호사, 방사선사 순으로 나타났다. 근무부서별 평균피폭선량은 심혈관 센터, 인터벤션실, 영상의학과(의사), 투시촬영실 순으로 높은 수치를 나타냈다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 ICRP에서 권고하는 허용선량 기준치(20mSv/년)를 초과하지 않는 범위의 피폭을 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 평균치와 달리 선량의 개인편차가 심하기 때문에 피폭의 최소화를 위해서 방사선 관련 종사자들이 개인별 피폭관리에 최선을 다해야 할 것이다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.181-188
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• 1973

For the bulk sterilization, there are two traditional methods of autoclaving and exposure to ethylene oxide. However, autoclaving involves high temperatures and pressures and ethylene oxide is chemically highly reactive, so these methods are radiation, we have carried out sterility and safety tests on some medical products irradiated at varying radiation levels. The results obtained were as follows ; 1) The minimum dose of radiation for the sterilization of medical products was 2.5 Mrad. 2) The radiosterilization dose varied depending on the initial population of microorganisms. 3) In transfusion sets, a level of radiation of 2.5Mrad at room temperature produced no pyrogen and they remained bacteriologically sterile.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2009

In operation room, the use of the C-arm unit is increasing. So, the radiation dose of the person who work in operation room was even more increased than before. Thus, this study is shown the measurement of expose dose and the way for decrease of the radiation dose by using the C-arm unit. The experiment was performed with the C-arm unit and used a phantom which is similar to tissue of the human body and fluoro-glass dosimeter for dose measurement. The expose dose were measured by the tube position(over tube, under tube) of the C-arm unit, distance(50, 100$\sim$200cm), direction(I, II, III, IV), runtime(1min, 3min), wearing of the apron. The radiation dose was decreased twice and three times at under tube rather than over tube. The I direction was measured 20$\sim$30% more than the others. The biggest expose dose is 50cm from center on distance. The expose dose is decreased to far from center. In case of Wearing of the apron, the radiation dose was decreased 60$\sim$90% by the distance. But there weren't change of the radiation dose by C-arm tube position. In present, by increasing the usage of the C-arm unit, the radiation dose is inevitable. So, this study recommends us to use the under tube of the C-arm unit. Also, Wearing of the apron is required for minimum of the radiation exposure.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.613-620
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• 2017

방사선치료 시 치료계획 선량의 정확한 전달이 중요하다. 뿐만 아니라 정확한 자세 잡이도 필요하다. 하지만 정확한 자세 잡이를 위해서는 자세촬영을 실시하여야 하며 이에 따른 추가적인 방사선 피폭이 발생하게 된다. 이에 자세촬영 주기에 따른 선량분포의 변화를 분석하고자 한다. 팬텀 내 45개 지점에 대해 OSLD를 이용하여 6MV와 10MV 광자선, 그리고 온보드이미지촬영과 콘빔전산화단층촬영에 대한 선량을 측정하였다. 그리고 각 지점에 대한 자세확인촬영이 치료선량에 합산될 경우의 차이값을 비교하였다. 또한 차이값이 미국의학물리협회에서 권고하는 5%를 만족하는 촬영 주기를 제시하고자 하였다. 그 결과 6MV에서는 최소 45.27 cGy에서 최대 98.6 cGy, 10MV에서는 최소 53.34 cGy에서 최대 99.66 cGy, 온보드이미지촬영의 경우 최소 0.19 cGy에서 최대 2.64 cGy, 콘빔전산화단층촬영의 경우 최소 0.54 cGy에서 최대 17.18 cGy가 측정되었다. 치료선량에 대한 자세확인촬영 방사선량의 비율은 2차원 영상의 경우 치료 1회당 최대 3.49%, 3차원 영상의 경우 치료 1회당 최대 22.65%의 오차가 발생된다. 따라서 2차원 영상은 1일 1회, 3차원 영상은 1주 1회까지 허용된다. 향후 추가연구 시 실제 임상적용 시에는 환자자세촬영 종류의 병행에 대한 분리계산이 필요하리라 사료된다.