• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2010

목 적: 상이한 치료장비를 이용하여 동일 부위에 중복하여 방사선치료 시 전산화치료계획장치간에 호환이 되지 않아 정상조직(Normal Tissue)의 총 흡수선량에 대한 평가의 한계점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 토모테라피(Tomotherapy)와 선형가속기(Linear accelerator)를 이용하여 동일 부위를 중복 치료할 때 환자가 받는 선량을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 인체모형팬텀(Anthropomorphic Phantom)을 대상으로 종양 및 정상조직을 묘사하여 선형가속기 치료계획장치 (Pinnacle 8.0: RTP)로 종양에 45 Gy 선량을 처방하고, 토모테라피 치료계획장치에서 종양에 15 Gy 선량을 처방하여 치료계획을 수립하였다. 토모테라피에서 수립된 치료계획을 통합가능 치료계획장치(Oncentra: RTP)에 전송한 후 동일한 조건으로 토모테라피 치료계획을 재현한 후 선형가속기에서 치료한 45 Gy를 합하여 총 선량 60 Gy의 치료계획을 구현하였다. 흡수선량 평가를 위해 두 개의 방사선 치료계획장치에서 얻어진 흡수선량(최소, 최대, 평균 선량) 및 관심 선량체적에 대해 서로 합(Total)한 값과 하나로 통합(Integration)하여 얻어진 값을 비교 분석하였다. 이를 바탕으로 본원에서 치료받은 환자 중 선형가속기와 토모테라피로 동일 부위에 치료 받은 5명(두경부 2명, 복부 1명, 골반부 2명)에 대하여 동일한 방법으로 종양 및 정상 조직의 흡수선량을 비교 분석하였다. 결 과: 인체모형팬텀에서 하나로 통합하여 얻어진 값과 서로 합한 값의 비교에서 최소선량은 비장(Spleen, 12.4%), 최대선량은 소장(Small bowl, 10.2%)과 척수(Spinal cord, 5.8%)에서 큰 차이를 나타냈다. 두경부 환자의 경우 최소선량은 구강(Oral cavity, 20.3%), 오른쪽 수정체(Rt lens, 7.7%)에서 큰 차이를 나타냈으며, 최대선량은 척수(22.5%), 뇌간(Brain stem; 12.0%), 시 신경교차(Optic chiasm; 8.9%), 오른쪽 수정체(11.5%), 하악골(Mandible bone, 8.1%), 뇌하수체(Pituitary gland, 6.2%)에서 뚜렷한 차이가 나타났다. 복부 환자의 경우 최대선량은 왼쪽 신장(Lt kidney, 20.3%), 위(Stomach, 8.1%)에서 큰 차이가 나타났고, 골반 부위 환자의 경우 최소 선량은 방광(Bladder, 15.2%), 최대선량은 소장(5.6%), 방광(5.5%)에서 큰 차이를 나타냈다. 또한 동일 부위 방사선치료계획 시 정량화되지 못했던 신장의 20 Gy를 받은 체적($V_{20}$)에서 37%, 간(Liver)의 25 Gy를 받은 체적($V_{25}$)에서 23%가 선량체적히스토그램(DVH)에서 나타났다. 결 론: 하나로 통합하여 얻어진 값과 서로 합한 값의 비교에서 최소선량은 높게, 최대선량은 낮게, 평균선량은 동일한 값으로 나타났다. 또한 관심장기의 선량 체적($V_{20}$)보다 낮은 선량을 처방했을 때 구현하지 못했던 종양 및 정상조직의 흡수선량에 대하여 평가를 할 수 있었다. 향후 상이한 치료 장치들을 이용한 동일 부위 치료 시 흡수선량의 통합 평가뿐만 아닌 정확한 선량분포를 구현할 수 있는 치료계획장치의 개발이 요구되어지며, 이에 관련된 연구가 진행되어져야 한다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.379-385
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• 2019

Radiation is used for various purposes such as cancer therapy, research of industrial and drugs. However, in case of radiation accidents such as terrorism, collapsing nuclear plant by natural disasters like Fukushima in 2011, very high radiation does expose to human and could lead to death. For this reason, many people are concerning about radiation exposures. Therefore, assessment and research of retrospective radiation dose to human by various path is an necessary task to be continuously developed. Radiation exposure for workers in radiation fields can be generally measured using a personal exposure dosimeter such as TLD, OSLD. However, general people can't be measured radiation doses when they are exposed to radiation. And even if radiation fields workers, when they do not in possession personal dosimeter, they also can't be measured exposure dose immediately. In this study, we conduct retrospective research on reconstruction of dose after exposure by using smart chip card of personal items through Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). The OSL signal of smart chip card shows linear response from 0.06 Gy to 15 Gy and results of fading rate 45 %, 48% for 24 and 48 hours due to the natural emission of radiation in sample, respectively. The minimum detectable limit (MDD) was 0.38 mGy. This values are expected to use as correction values for reconstruction of exposure dose.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2002

Purpose : In radiotherapy, various materials are used to located in treatment field unintentionally. It increases the dose delivered to the skin by interactions of the X-ray within the materials and occurs unwanted skin reaction.(due to the dose build-up effect) This aim of the this study is to measure the increase in skin dose when 13 materials are located in treatment field. Methods : Photon beam measurements were made using an plane-parallel chamber (Markus, PTW-Freiburg) in a polystyrene phantom. skin dose were measured using various overlaying 13 materials. a fixed geometry of a $10{\times}10cm$ field, a SSD=100cm and photon energy 4MV on Varian CLINAC 600C accelerator were used for all measurements. Results : There is an increase in skin dose for all materials($16.4{\sim}160.1\%$). As a percentage of maximum dose, the lowest skin dose were measured for the underwear with silk($43.2\%$) and the highest were measured for the 100m1 fluid-bag($96.6\%$) Conclusion : There is a significant increase in skin dose with 13 materials in the treatment field. a significant increase in skin dose can occur which could produce unwanted skin reaction. considerations for placement of 13 materials to be outside the treatment field whenever possible should be used to keep skin dose to a minimum level.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제30권
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• pp.5.1-5.8
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• 2015

Objectives We aimed to assess the radiation exposure for epidemiologic investigation in residents exposed to radiation from roads that were accidentally found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium-137 ($^{137}Cs$) in Seoul. Methods Using information regarding the frequency and duration of passing via the $^{137}Cs$ contaminated roads or residing/working near the roads from the questionnaires that were obtained from 8875 residents and the measured radiation doses reported by the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, we calculated the total cumulative dose of radiation exposure for each person. Results Sixty-three percent of the residents who responded to the questionnaire were considered as ever-exposed and 1% of them had a total cumulative dose of more than 10 mSv. The mean (minimum, maximum) duration of radiation exposure was 4.75 years (0.08, 11.98) and the geometric mean (minimum, maximum) of the total cumulative dose was 0.049 mSv (<0.001, 35.35) in the exposed. Conclusions An individual exposure assessment was performed for an epidemiological study to estimate the health risk among residents living in the vicinity of $^{137}Cs$ contaminated roads. The average exposure dose in the exposed people was less than 5% of the current guideline.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.526-530
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• 2018

Human fingernails were used to estimate the radiation dose via electron paramagnetic resonance measurements of radiation-induced radicals. The limiting factors in this research were mechanically induced electron paramagnetic resonance signals due to the mechanical stress during the preparation of the samples. Therefore, different treatment methods of fingernails were used to reduce the mechanically induced signals. The results demonstrate that the mechanically induced and radiation-induced signals have apparently different microwave power saturation behaviors. In addition, the mechanically induced signal shows a fading evolution over time and reaches a constant value. Chemical treatment using the different reagents showed that the minimum mechanically induced signal was obtained using the dithiothreitol reagent. The dose-response curves of the samples treated with dithiothreitol for 30 minutes demonstrated a greater linearity than those of samples treated for 5 minutes. Therefore, to find an unknown absorbed dose in a fingernail sample using a calibration curve, we recommend adopting the mentioned chemical treatment procedure to reduce the uncertainty.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.1065-1072
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• 2021

최근 복부 CT 검사 건수가 증가하고 있으며 이에 피폭선량을 감소시키기 위해 많은 노력이 요구되고 있다. 최근 도입된 반복적 재구성기법(Iterative Reconstruction, IR)을 복부 CT검사에 적용하여 기존 필터 보정 역투영법(Filtered Back Projection, FBP)과 화질 및 선량을 비교평가하여 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 반복적 재구성기법은 SIEMENS사의 ADMIRE, GE사의 ASIR-V를 이용하였고 화질평가를 위해 ACR phantom 영상을 이용하여 Noise, % Contrast, High contrast resolution를 측정하였다. 또한 선량평가는 CT장치에서 표시되는 CTDI_vol, DLP를 이용하였다. 필터 보정 역투영법과 반복적 재구성기법을 비교 평가한 결과 반복적 재구성기법 ADMIRE 2~5단계, ASIR-V 30, 50, 70, 90%를 적용한 경우, Noise가 ADMIRE에서 0.46~2.38, ASIR-V에서 0.51~2.5 감소하였다. % Contrast, High contrast resolution 유의한 차이가 없었다. 선량의 경우 반복적 재구성기법을 사용할 경우 ADMIRE에서 25.39%, ASIR-V에서 16.61% 감소시킬 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 결론적으로 복부 CT검사 시 반복적 재구성기법을 적용한다면 화질을 유지함과 동시에 선량을 감소시킬 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.313-321
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• 2016

Purpose: Total scalp irradiation (TSI) is a rare but challenging indication. We previously reported that non-coplanar intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) was superior to coplanar IMRT in organ-at-risk (OAR) protection and target dose distribution. This consecutive treatment planning study compared IMRT with volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Materials and Methods: A retrospective treatment plan databank search was performed and 5 patient cases were randomly selected. Cranial imaging was restored from the initial planning computed tomography (CT) and target volumes and OAR were redelineated. For each patients, three treatment plans were calculated (coplanar/non-coplanar IMRT, VMAT; prescribed dose 50 Gy, single dose 2 Gy). Conformity, homogeneity and dose volume histograms were used for plan. Results: VMAT featured the lowest monitor units and the sharpest dose gradient (1.6 Gy/mm). Planning target volume (PTV) coverage and homogeneity was better in VMAT (coverage, 0.95; homogeneity index [HI], 0.118) compared to IMRT (coverage, 0.94; HI, 0.119) but coplanar IMRT produced the most conformal plans (conformity index [CI], 0.43). Minimum PTV dose range was 66.8%-88.4% in coplanar, 77.5%-88.2% in non-coplanar IMRT and 82.8%-90.3% in VMAT. Mean dose to the brain, brain stem, optic system (maximum dose) and lenses were 18.6, 13.2, 9.1, and 5.2 Gy for VMAT, 21.9, 13.4, 14.5, and 6.3 Gy for non-coplanar and 22.8, 16.5, 11.5, and 5.9 Gy for coplanar IMRT. Maximum optic chiasm dose was 7.7, 8.4, and 11.1 Gy (non-coplanar IMRT, VMAT, and coplanar IMRT). Conclusion: Target coverage, homogeneity and OAR protection, was slightly superior in VMAT plans which also produced the sharpest dose gradient towards healthy tissue.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.387-392
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• 1994

Purpose : This study was done to confirm the reference point variation according to variation in applicator configuration in each fractioation of HDR ICR. Materials and Methods : We analyzed the treatment planning of HDRICR for 33 uterine cervical cancer patients treated in department of therapeutic radiology from January 1992 to February 1992. Analysis was done with respect to three view points-Interfractionation A point variation, interfractionation bladder and rectum dose ratio variation, interfractionation treatment volume variation. Interfractionation A point variation was defined as difference between maximum and minimum distance from fixed rectal point to A point in each patient. Interfractionation bladder and rectum dose ratio variation was defined as difference between maximum and minimum dose ratio of bladder or rectum to A point dose in each patient, Interfractionation treatment volume variation was defined as difference between miximum and minimum treatment volume which absorbed over the described dose-that is, 350 cGy or 400 cGy-in each patient. Results The mean of distance from rectum to A point was 4.44cm, and the mean of interfractionation distance variation was 1.14 cm in right side,1.09 cm in left side. The mean of bladder and rectum dose ratio was $63.8\%$ and $63.1\%$ and the mean of interfractionation variation was $14.9\%$ and $15.8\%$ respectively. With fixed planning administration of same planning to all fractionations as in first fractionation planning-mean of bladder and rectum dose ratio was $64.9\%$ and $72.3\%$.and the mean of interfraction variation was $28.1\%$ and $48.1\%$ reapectively. The mean of treatment volume was $84.15cm^3$ and the interfractionation variation was $21.47cm^2$. Conclusion : From these data, it was confirmed that there should be adapted planning for every fractionation ,and that confirmation device installed in ICR room would reduce the interfractionation variation due to more stable applicator configuration.

• 대한두경부종양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한두경부종양학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.195-195
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• 2009

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2012

This study derived measures to reduce exposure doses by identifying factors which affect the external radiation dose rate of patients treated with radiopharmaceuticals for PET-CT tests. The external radiation dose rates were measured on three parts of head, thorax and abdomen at a distance of 50cm from the surface of 60 PET-CT patients. It showed there are changes in factors affecting the external radiation dose rate over time after the administration of F-18 FDG. The external radiation dose rate was lower in the patients with more water intake than those with less water intake before the injection of radiopharmaceuticals at all three points: right after the injection of radiopharmaceuticals (average 4.17 mins), after the pre-PEET-CT urination step (average 77.47 mins), and right after the PET-CT test (average 114.15 mins). The study also found there is a need to increase the amount of water intake before the injection of radiopharmaceuticals in order to maintain a low external radiation dose rate in patients. This strategy is only possible under the assumption that the quality of the video has not changed after conducting this study on the relations between the image and quality. This study also found a need to use radiopharmaceuticals with the minimum amount needed for each patient because F-FDG doses affects the external radiation dose rate at the point right after the injection of radiopharmaceuticals. Urination frequency was the most significant factor to affect the external radiation dose rates at the point right after the PET-CT test and the point after the pre-PET-CT urination step. There is a need to realize the strategy to increase the urination frequency of patients to maintain the external radiation dose rate low (average 77.47 mins) before and after the injection of radiopharmaceuticals. In addition, at this point, there is a need to take advantage of personal strategies because the external radiation dose rate is lower if the fasting time is shorter, the contrast medium is used, and the amount of water intake is increased after the administration of radiopharmaceuticals. Finally this study found the need to be able to generalize these findings through an in-depth research on the factors affecting the external radiation dose rate, which includes radiopharmaceutical dose, urination frequency, the amount of water intake, fasting time and the use of contrast medium.