• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.212-223
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 방사선치료용 선형가속기의 갠트리 회전에 따른 온-보드 영상장치(on-board imager, OBI)의 회전중심점의 위치 정확도 확인을 위해 제조사에서 제공된 고객인수시험절차서(customer accetpance procedure, CAP)상에서 명시된 방법을 비롯하여 OBI 선원 위치 $0^{\circ},\;90^{\circ},\;180^{\circ},\;270^{\circ}$에서 획득된 영상, 갠트리 각도 $10^{\circ}$ 간격으로 촬영된 영상, 콘빔 CT 재구성을 위한 미처리 투사영상 등에 디지털 영상처리 기법을 적용하여 자동으로 오차를 계산하는 새로 제안된 세 가지의 방법들을 각기 적용하여 그 오차를 평가하고 각 방법의 효용성에 대하여 검증하였다. 갠트리 회전에 따른 OBI 회전중심점의 오차 변화 양상 확인을 위해서는 $10^{\circ}$ 간격으로 영상 촬영 후 5차 다항식을 이용하여 조정함수(fitted function)를 구하는 방법이 적절하지만 정도관리 목적으로 최대 오차만을 구하고자 할 경우에는 $0^{\circ},\;90^{\circ},\;180^{\circ},\;270^{\circ}$ 등 네 방향에서 촬영된 영상을 이용하여 계산하는 것으로도 충분하였다. 각 방법을 적용하여 오차를 구한 결과 OBI 선원의 위치가 $90^{\circ}$부터 $180^{\circ}$ 사이일 경우 가장 크게 나타났으며 최대값은 0.44 mm였다. 또한 기간에 따른 OBI 회전중심점의 변화 양상은 최대 0.6 mm 이내로 안정적으로 유지되고 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 방법이 주기적인 정도관리에 적용된다면 간단하면서도 비교적 정확하게 평가를 수행할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.519-525
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• 2004

Air pollution from the Daegu industrial complex (Die) in Korea has been a common nuisance and cause of complaints for nearby residents. The current study measured the indoor and outdoor levels of six VOC (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and three isomeric xylenes) at two residential areas with a different proximity to the ODIC, plus the ambient levels at two industrial areas within the boundary of the DDIC. The QA/QC program included the range of correlation coefficient (0.94-0.99) for calibration curves, within the permissible range. Toluene was the most abundant VOC in the ambient air both in residential and industrial areas. Both indoor and outdoor air concentrations of all target VOC except benzene were higher in residential area near the DIC compared to that further away from the DIC. Moreover, the ambient air concentrations of all target VOC except benzene for two industrial sites (A and B) were significantly higher than the outdoor or indoor air concentrations in the two residential areas. The findings further suggested that VOC ambient levels measured in a residential area near the DIC be used as a potential indicator of odor-causing unidentified air pollutants transported from the DIC. Moreover, it was found that the elevated ambient toluene levels outweighed the indoor sources with respect to the environmental exposure of residents nearby the DIC. However, in the residential area further away from the DIC, the toluene indoor sources outweighed the outdoor sources.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.174-183
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• 1997

Background : Medical records thought to be reflecting the quality of medicine. By this ground, examination of medical records can be served to evaluate, and to improve the quality of medical care. To examine the medical records, we need some standards or checklists which can be used to sort out the problems. Methods: We developed checklists for medical records evaluation. We studied 1,677 medical records about its completeness using this checklists in one educational hospital. Survey was completed by 5 well trained staffs of medical record department. Results are analyzed. SPSS/PC+ program was used for statistics. Results : 13.8% of discharge summary was incomplete. Recording of the demographic information was also poor in incomplete medical records compared to complete ones. Progress note was recorded average 4.16 times during 11.9 hospital days. After 4th hospital day, recording rate of progress note dropped sharply. Rate of professor's signature on operation records was poor(27%). He or she who described the discharge summary well also wrote progress note well. Conclusions: Fill-up of demographic date should be stressed during medical record education program. Strategy to create the environment emphasizing the responsibility of professor on quality medical record should be made. We suggest new index (number of records/hospital stay) for the evaluation of completeness of progress note.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.311-324
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• 1997

General citizens can be a valuable resource for various types of environmental monitoring when they are well-trained and managed. Successful use of volunteer monitors depends on understanding that citizens are partners sharing expanded roles as the guardians of their local environment. Citizen volunteer monitoring programs are developed for three reasons: 1) to supplement environmental data collected by professional staffs in governmental agencies and scientific institutions; 2) to educate the public about local environmental problems; 3) to build a constituency of citizen to practice sound environmental management at a local level and build public support for environmental protection. All three goals can be achieved with a well-organized program which provides useful and credible data. Initial step in planning a successful volunteer monitoring project is to clearly identify the use to be made of the data. Technical advice from the identified potential user groups should be convened early in the planning stage to refine the program objectives and determine if volunteers can provide the level of expertise required. Data users must have confidence in the representativeness, consistency, and accuracy of data collected by volunteers. Effective quality assurance and quality control(QA/QC) procedures are essential to ensure the utility of environmental monitoring data. Volunteers must be trained in advance to carry out specific environmental monitoring tasks. Another components of successful volunteer monitoring programs is to give the volunteers praise and feedback as well as to encourage experienced volunteers to impose increased responsibilities. The increase of volunteer monitoring programs in Korea will play a major role in developing a participatory system in which the people are "empowered" to make decisions and make a difference.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2011

Star-shot 영상을 이용한 선형가속기의 방사선중심점(radiation isocenter)에 대한 정도관리를 정량적으로 할 수 있는 방법을 개발하고 이를 컴퓨터 프로그램으로 구현하였다. 구현한 프로그램의 정확도를 검증하고 프로그램을 사용하여 2008년 6월부터 2010년 12월 사이에 수행한 선형가속기 Clinac 21EX (Varian, USA)의 방사선중심점의 정도관리 정보로부터 방사선중심점의 크기를 측정하여 어떤 변화가 있는지 분석하였다. 개발한 방법은 먼저 star-shot 영상의 빔(ray)들 각각의 중심선 위에 있는 두 개의 점들을 찾아서 모든 중심선들의 방정식을 구하고 구한 방정식을 이용하여 중심선들을 모두 가로지르는 원의 최소의 직경을 찾아 방사선중심점의 크기를 구하는 것이다. 프로그램은 중심선의 x-절편과 y-절편을 0.084 mm 이하의 정확도로 찾아냈고 방사선중심점의 크기는 0.053 mm의 정확도로 구하여 검증에 사용한 영상의 해상도 0.085 mm보다 작았다. Clinac 21EX의 radiation isocenter의 크기는 콜리메이터, 갠트리, 테이블 각각 $0.33{\pm}0.27mm$, $0.71{\pm}0.36mm$, $0.50{\pm}0.16mm$였고 측정 기간 동안 2.0 mm보다 작게 나와 모두 허용한도를 만족하였다. 개발한 프로그램은 충분한 정확도로 방사선중심점의 크기를 계산해주어 정기적인 정도관리에 많은 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2018

This paper describes the clinical use of the dose verification of multileaf collimator (MLC)-based CyberKnife plans by combining the Octavius 1000SRS detector and water-equivalent RW3 slab phantom. The slab phantom consists of 14 plates, each with a thickness of 10 mm. One plate was modified to support tracking by inserting 14 custom-made fiducials on surface holes positioned at the outer region of $10{\times}10cm^2$. The fiducial-inserted plate was placed on the 1000SRS detector and three plates were additionally stacked up to build the reference depth. Below the detector, 10 plates were placed to avoid longer delivery times caused by proximity detection program alerts. The cross-calibration factor prior to phantom delivery was obtained by performing with 200 monitor units (MU) on the field size of $95{\times}92.5mm^2$. After irradiation, the measured dose distribution of the coronal plane was compared with the dose distribution calculated by the MultiPlan treatment planning system. The results were assessed by comparing the absolute dose at the center point of 1000SRS and the 3-D Gamma (${\gamma}$) index using 220 patient-specific quality assurance (QA). The discrepancy between measured and calculated doses at the center point of 1000SRS detector ranged from -3.9% to 8.2%. In the dosimetric comparison using 3-D ${\gamma}$-function (3%/3 mm criteria), the mean passing rates with ${\gamma}$-parameter ${\leq}1$ were $97.4%{\pm}2.4%$. The combination of the 1000SRS detector and RW3 slab phantom can be utilized for dosimetry validation of patient-specific QA in the CyberKnife MLC system, which made it possible to measure absolute dose distributions regardless of tracking mode.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.238-256
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• 1998

Background : There have been many studies and efforts about quality management in health services, but these were not focused on the thinking ability of the personnel. In this study, We planned to define the relationship between Quality Management(QM) and thinking skill, and analyzed critical thinking skill and problem solving ability of the nurses for QM in healthcare. Methods : We surveyed 260 nurses in 3 hospitals by using questionnaires about thinking skills and QM from November 18 to 28, 1998. The response rate was 76.9%. We described and analyzed the data by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and non-parametric Friedman test using SPSS Win 7.5. Results : This study revealed that 1) understanding level of QM concepts was very low and insufficient, 2) willingness to practice QM in healthcare was relatively high and affirmative, but the positive attitude taking part in the program of QM is very low(4.5%), 3) even though the necessity of QM was recognized, actual application of critical thinking skills and problem solving abilities is lacking, 4) the production of idea for QM was the most insufficient, and so the next of the problem solving process(QA cycle) was the same. Conclusion : Based on the above results, we can conclude that understanding the concepts of QM is very important to solve problems about QM in healthcare. For development of thinking skill to promote critical problem solving ability for QM in healthcare, it is necessary to improve curriculum of nursing education and teaching-learning methods of QM strategy and technique.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.74-89
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• 2002

Background : The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of unplanned endotracheal extubation and to identify the influencing factor of unplanned extubation in ICUs for providing baseline data in developing prevention strategies and administrative standards. the medical records and hospital information system. In order to analyze factors related to unplanned extubation, the subjects of this study were divided by unplanned extubation group and planned extubation group and were matched by its sex, age, and disease groups in a ratio of one to two. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, ${\chi}^2$- test, t-test, Fisher's exact test, and logistic regression analysis with SPSSWIN 10.0 program. Result : 1) Forty-seven(4.99%) of 942 intubated patients experienced unplanned extubation 65 times during the twelve-month period. Thirtyfour( 72.34%) of 47 unplanned extubated patients required reintubation, whereas thirteen patients(27.66%) did not. 2) About half of unplanned extubation(46.8%) occurred during the night shift. 3) As for the nursing activity, respiratory nursing activity score(P=.0.06) and total nursing activity score(P=.011) showed statistically significant differences between unplanned extubation group and planned extubation group. 4) As for the patient status, unplanned extubation group showed more lower consciousness level(P=.000), more irritable or agitated behavior(P=.000), and had more applied physical restraints(P=.000) than planned extubation group. 5) As for the intubation related variables, unplanned extubation group revealed more intubated with respiratory failure(P=.000), more dependent on mechanical ventilation(P=.015) than planned extubation group. 6) Factors affecting unplanned extubations in intensive care unit patients were irritable or agitated behavior(odds ratio=13.757), night shift(odds ratio=7.166), and mechanical ventilation(odds ratio=6.257) from conditional logistic regression analysis. Conclusion : The most affecting factor of unplanned extubation was agitated or irritable behavior. Therefore the results of this study could be helpful to ICU nurses for meticulous care, decision making, timely intervention, and development of intervention strategies for preventing unplanned extubation.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2019

Background: The mid-term performance of clinical linear accelerator (LINAC) during volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment period is not performed in clinical practice and usually replaced with one-time plan quality assurance (QA). In this research we aim to monitor daily reproducibility of VMAT delivery from tracking individual leaf movement error and dosimetric error to evaluate the mid-term quality of the machine used. Materials and Methods: First, multileaf collimator (MLC) information was imported into MATLAB program to determine which of the MLC leaves in the leaf bank had the maximum RMS position error (maxRMS). We estimated where the maximum positional errors (maxPE) of the chosen leaf occur along its path length and tracked its daily variations over the entire treatment period. Secondly, picture information of dosimetric error from portal dosimetry was imported into MATLAB where representative high gamma index region (HGR) was determined as HGR with length of > 1 cm and their centers were daily tracked. Results and Discussion: The maxPEs in the brain and tongue cases were distributed broader than in other cases, but all data were found located within ${\pm}0.5mm$. From first day to last day all of five cases show the similar visual pattern of HGRs and Centers of the longest HGRs remained within ${\pm}1mm$ of that in first day. These findings prove excellent mid-term performance of the LINAC used in VMAT treatments over a full course of treatment. Conclusion: Tracking the daily location changes of leaf movement and dosimetric error can be a good indicator of predicting the daily quality like stability and reproducibility of beam delivering in VMAT treatment.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.197-203
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• 2012

목 적: 본원을 내원한 인공심장박동기를 이식한 유방암 환자에 대해 장비위치이전수술, 차폐 또는 빔 정형 등을 고려하여 방사선치료를 시행한 사례의 전반적인 과정을 고찰해보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 본원을 내원한 유방암환자 중 좌측 흉부에 인공심장박동기를 이식한 54세 여성 환자를 대상으로 방사선치료를 시행하였다. 환자의 방사선치료 시행이 결정된 후, 인공심장박동기로의 선량 유입을 최소화하기 위해 순환기내과와의 협의를 통해 환자 좌측 흉부에 이식되어있던 기기를 우측 흉부로 이동시키는 수술을 시행하였다. 총 선량 5,040 cGy, 일일선량 180 cGy, 28회, 치료 조건으로 광자선 에너지 10 MV, 조사야 크기 0/$9.5{\times}20$ cm를 사용하여 Half beam 대향이문조사치료를 시행하기 위한 방사선치료계획을 하였다. 방사선 치료계획 시 적합한 차폐체의 두께를 정하기 위하여 Solid water phantom($30{\times}30{\times}7$ cm)에 Farmer-type chamber (TN30013, PTW, Germany)를 이용해 차폐체(납, Pb $28{\times}27{\times}0.1$ cm)를 사용하였을 경우와 사용하지 않았을 경우 기기에 유입될 예상선량을 산출하였다. 전산화치료계획장비(Eclipse, Varian, USA)를 사용해 치료계획을 시행하고, 두께 2 mm의 차폐체를 사용하였을 경우와 사용하지 않았을 경우에 기기에 유입될 예상선량을 산출해내었다. 치료 첫 날, MOSFET Dose Verification System (TN-RD-70-W, Medical Canada Ltd., Canada)을 이용하여 인공심장박동기에 유입되는 선량을 측정하였다. 결 과: 차폐체 두께산정 실험에서 인공심장박동기가 위치한 B 지점에서 차폐체 2 mm일 경우, 105.265 cGy, 처방선량의 2.09%로 산출되어, 적합한 차폐체의 두께를 정할 수 있었다. 전산화치료계획장비에서 2 mm 차폐 시 총 치료기간 동안 11.5에서 38.2 cGy까지 기기에 유입될 수 있음이 나타났으며, DVH 최대값은 77.3 cGy로 나타났다. 환자의 첫 치료 시 MOSFET 측정 결과 4.3 cGy로 측정되어, 총 치료기간동안 120.4 cGy, 처방선량의 2.39%의 선량이 유입될 것으로 예상되었다. 환자는 치료기간동안 그리고 치료받은 후 어떠한 부작용도 일으키지 않았으며, 인공심장박동기는 치료시작 전과 후에 순환기내과에서 기능측정을 받은 결과 아무런 이상을 보이지 않았다. 결 론: 현재 인공심장박동기가 이식된 암 환자의 방사선 치료에 대한 공신력 있는 기관의 권고안이 노후화되어, 새로운 장비들에 대한 데이터가 부족한 상황에서 우리는 타과와 원활한 협업, 철저한 치료계획과 정밀한 QA, 지속적인 in-vivo dosimetry와 monitoring 등을 통하여 이러한 환자들의 방사선치료를 성공적으로 해낼 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.