• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2013

고용량 옥소 치료 시 수평면, 수직면, 방위각에 따라 3차원적으로 방출되는 공간선량률을 측정하였다. 정확한 측정을 위해 기하학적 구조의 알루미늄 틀을 제작하여 100 cm 거리에서, 높이 (5 측정점), 방위각 (8 측정점), 시간적 간격 (6 측정점)을 각각 나누어서 분석하였다. 수직면상 공간선량률 분포는 $^{131}I$을 경구 투여 24 시간 후 환자로부터 거리 100 cm, 높이 100 cm 지점에서 환자군 평균 71.85 ${\mu}Sv/h$로 가장 높았다. 수분섭취를 통한 공간선량률 감쇠 정도를 두 그룹으로 나누어 실험하였다. $^{131}I$을 경구 투여 24시간 뒤 거리 100 cm, 높이 100 cm에서 공간선량률 분포가 A 실험군은 44.9 ${\mu}Sv/h$이고 B 실험군은 100.28 ${\mu}Sv/h$이다. A 실험군이 B 실험군과 비교하여 고용량 옥소 치료 시 수분섭취 정도에 따라 약 53 %의 피폭경감 효과를 확인하였다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.73-76
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• 2002

In order to evaluate the exposure to the radiologic technologists from patients who had been administrated with radiopharmaceuticals, we measured the spatial dose rates at 5 cm, 50 cm, and 100 cm from skin surface of patients using an proportional digital surveymeter, both 5 min after injection and right before the studies. In results, the exposure to the technologists in each procedure was small, compared nth the dose limits of the medical workers. However, the dose-response relationships in cancer and hereditary effects, referred to as the stochastic effects, have been assumed linear and no threshold models ; therefore, the exposure should be minimized. For this purpose, the measurements of spatial dose rate distributions were thought to be useful.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2009

Radioactive medicines are used a lot owing to the increase of a PET-CT examination using glucose metabolism useful for the early diagnosis of diseases. Therefore, the spatial dose that is generated from patients and their surroundings causes the patients' guardians and health professional to be exposed to radiation. However, they get unnecessarily exposed to radiation because medical institutions lack in space for isolation and recognition of the examination. This research intended to examine the spatial dose rates by measuring the dose emitted from the patient for 48 hours to whom F-18 FDG was administered. The spatial dose rates that were measured 100cm away from the patient's body after F-18 FDG was injected were $65.88{\mu}$Sv/hr at 60-minute point, $45.13{\mu}$Sv/hr at 90-minute point, $9.88{\mu}$Sv/hr at 6-hour point, and $1.24{\mu}$Sv/hr at 12-hour point. When the dose that the guardian and health professional got was converted into the annual(240-day working) accumulative dose, it was examined that the guardian received 81.56 mSv/yr and health professional received 49.36mSv/yr. In addition, the result has revealed that the dose that the patient received from one time of PET-CT examination was 3.75mSv/yr, which is 1.5 times more when compared with the annual natural radiation exposure dose.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.257-260
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• 2006

전신 PET/CT 검사에서 $^{18}F-FDG$의 방사성의약품을 투여한 환자가 방사선원이 되기에 환자로부터 종사자의 피폭선량 예측을 위한 PET 검사실에서 환자 주변의 공간선량률을 측정 분석하였다. 연간 개인피폭선량은 대학병원의 핵의학 분야에 근무하는 종사자가 방사선종양학과와 소규모병원의 진단방사선 분야에 비해 검사 중에 환자로부터 방출되는 공간선량률에 의하여 개인피폭선량이 높게 나타났다. 그리고 PET/CT 검사에서 $^{18}F-FDG$를 이용하는 경우에 $^{99m}Tc$ 보다 공간선량률이 $4{\sim}6$배 정도로 훨씬 높고, 촬영실 전체에 공간선량률이 분포함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 방사성의약품 투여 후 안정실이나 PET 검사 중에 촬영실 내에서는 항상 방사선 방어의 기본인 시간은 짧게, 거리는 멀리, 차폐를 고려하여 PET 검사를 수행하는 것이 매우 중요하고, 환자로부터의 공간선량률에 따른 종사자의 개인피폭선량을 줄이기 위한 최선의 노력이 필요하다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.667-674
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• 2019

Technegas를 사용한 검사는 단순 확산 누적을 통해 폐 영상을 이미지화하기 때문에 검사를 마친 후에 검사실이 오염될 수 있다. 따라서 방사선 작업 종사자와 검사를 기다리는 환자는 technegas 흡입으로 인한 내부 피폭의 영향을 받게 된다. 이에 중력환기 전후의 시간경과에 따른 공간선량율 분포를 비교, 분석함에 따라 방사선사, 의료진, 대기 환자의 피폭선량 저감화 방법을 모색하고자 한다. 중력환기 전후 환자의 호흡기 위치에서 거리별, 각도별로 공간선량율을 10분 동안 측정하고 평균값, 표준 편차 및 감소율을 계산하였다. 실험 결과, 중력 환기 전후 감소율은 최고 95.31%였고 가장 높은 감소율은 1 ~ 3분 사이에서 나타났다. 중력환기를 통해서 방사선 작업종사자, 대기환자, 환자 보호자 및 간호사의 피폭선량을 감소시킬 수 있다. 결론적으로 중력환기를 통한 피폭선량 감소 결과는 방호 최적화를 이루는 역할을 할 것이며 ICRP 103에서 권고한 의료 피폭 저감화에 부합된다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.146-155
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• 2016

As the probability of exposure to radiation increases due to an increase in the use of radioisotopes and radiation generators, the importance of a radiation safety management field is being highlighted. We intend to help radiation workers with exposure management by identifying the degree of radiation exposure and contamination to determine an efficient method of radiation safety management. The personal exposure doses of the radiation workers at the Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences measured every quarter during a five-year period from Jan. 1, 2011 till Dec. 31, 2015 were analyzed using a TLD (thermoluminescence dosimeter). The spatial dose rates of radiation-controlled areas were measured using a portable radioscope, and the level of surface contamination was measured at weekly intervals using a piece of smear paper and a low background alpha/beta counter. Though the averages of the depth doses and the surface doses in 2012 increased from those in 2011 by about 14%, the averages were shown to have decreased every year after that. The exposure dose of 27 mSv in 2012 increased from that in 2011 in radiopharmaceutical laboratories and, in the case of the spatial dose rate, the rate of decrease in 2012 was shown to be similar to the annual trend of the whole institute. In the case of the surface contamination level, as the remaining radiation-controlled area with the exception of the I-131 treatment ward showed a low value less than $1.0kBq/m^2$, the annual trend of the I-131 treatment ward was shown to be similar to that of the entire institute. In conclusion, continuous attention should be paid to dose monitoring of the radiation-controlled areas where unsealed sources are handled and the workers therein.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2024

Currently, with the development of technologies, X-ray examinations for medical examinations at hospital is increasing. This study was conducted to help reduce radiation exposure by measuring the exposure dose received by pediatric patients and the spatial dose of the X-ray room. Dosimeters were installed in the eyeball, thyroid gland, breast, gonads and 4 directions at a distance of 30 cm, 40 cm, 50 cm from the phantom. The dose was measured ten times each, before, and after the application of the bismuth shield under the examination conditions of the head, chest, and abdomen of pediatric patients. Under the condition of head examination, when a shielding was applied, the dose reduction rate was 68.58% for the eyeball, 72.88% for the thyroid, 84.2% for the breast, and 72.36% for the gonad. The chest examination showed reductions of 19.56% eyeball, 56.98% thyroid, 1.21% breast, and 0.68% gonad. The abdominal examination showed reduction rates of 2.6% eyeball, 10.67% thyroid, 19.85% breast, and 82.02% gonad. Spatial dose decreased by 62.25% at 30 cm, 61.16% at 40 cm, and 68.68% at 50 cm. When the bismuth shield was applied, there was a decrease in dose across all examinations, as well as a reduction in spatial dose. Continued research on the use of bismuth shields will help radiological technologists achieve their goal of dose reduction.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.509-516
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• 2016

저선량 장시간(15초 내외) X선을 조사하는 치과 파노라마 촬영장치는 교육 목적의 사용에는 원자력안전법의 규제를 받으며, 이에 따라 방사선안전 설비(경보장치, 인터록)를 설치해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 치과 파노라마 촬영에서 방사선량 및 공간선량률을 측정하여 방사선안전 설비의 실효성을 확인하고 방사선작업종사자 및 수시출입자 등의 방사선방호를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 치과 파노라마 전용팬텀의 직접 피폭부위인 치아와 간접 피폭부위인 수정체와 갑상선에서 유리선량계 소자(GD-352M)를 부착한 후 X선을 3회 반복 조사하여 형광유리선량계 시스템으로 선량을 판독하였다. 팬텀 절치부를 중심으로 한 수평면을 $45^{\circ}$ 각도로 분류하여 7방향으로 구획하여 각 방향마다 30, 60, 90, 120 cm의 거리에서 공간선량률을 측정하였다. 직접 피폭부위는 최대 $984.5{\mu}Gy$가 측정되었다. 공간선량률은 30 cm에서 가장 높게 나타났으며, 120 cm로 거리가 증가할수록 선량이 감소하였다. 방향에 따라서는 30 cm 거리에서 회전 시작부위의 공간선량률이 $3,840{\mu}Sv/h$로 가장 낮은 부위인 $778{\mu}Sv/h$에 비해 4배 차이가 났다. 방사선작업종사자가 위치할 수 있는 60 cm 거리에서의 공간선량률은 평균 $408{\mu}Sv/h$로 측정되었다. 보수적인 관점에서 방사선관리구역 내에 의도하지 않은 피폭이 발생하는 경우를 대비하여 피폭선량 예측이 가능하도록 공간선량률에 대한 방사선안전 교육이 필요하지만, 현재 의료법에 의해 의료기관에서는 설치하지 않아도 되는 인터록 등의 설비는 교육용 치과 파노라마 촬영실의 공간선량률이 낮은 것을 감안할 때 원자력안전법에서 의무화 되어 있는 것은 과한 규제로 사료된다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.128-148
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• 2019

Massive environmental monitoring has been conducted continuously since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power accident in March of 2011 by different monitoring methods that have different features together with migration studies of radiocesium in diverse environments. These results have clarified the characteristics of radiological environments and their temporal change around the Fukushima site. At three months after the accident, multiple radionuclides including radiostrontium and plutonium were detected in many locations; and it was confirmed that radiocesium was most important from the viewpoint of long-term exposure. Radiation levels around the Fukushima site have decreased greatly over time. The decreasing trend was found to change variously according to local conditions. The air dose rates in environments related to human living have decreased faster than expected from radioactive decay by a factor of 2-3 on average; those in pure forest have decreased more closely to physical decay. The main causes of air dose rate reduction were judged to be radioactive decay, movement of radiocesium in vertical and horizontal directions, and decontamination. Land-use categories and human activities have significantly affected the reduction tendency. Difference in the air dose rate reduction trends can be explained qualitatively according to the knowledge obtained in radiocesium migration studies; whereas, the quantitative explanation for individual sites is an important future challenge. The ecological half-lives of air dose rates have been evaluated by several researchers, and a short-term half-life within 1 year was commonly observed in the studies. An empirical model for predicting air dose rate distribution was developed based on statistical analysis of an extensive car-borne survey dataset, which enabled the prediction with confidence intervals. Different types of contamination maps were integrated to better quantify the spatial data. The obtained data were used for extended studies such as for identifying the main reactor that caused the contamination of arbitrary regions and developing standard procedures for environmental measurement and sampling. Annual external exposure doses for residents who intended to return to their homes were estimated as within a few millisieverts. Different forms of environmental data and knowledge have been provided for wide spectrum of people. Diverse aspects of lessons learned from the Fukushima accident, including practical ones, must be passed on to future generations.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2007

진단용 방사선발생장치에서의 X선 에너지와 $^{99m}Tc$-MDP, $^{18}F$-FDG의 감마선 에너지 대한 apron 0.25, 0.5 mmPb에 대한 차폐율을 측정하였다. X선 에너지는 관전압 $40{\sim}120\;kVp$ 범위 내에서 부가여과판 0, 2 mmAl을 사용 한 경우에 실효에너지가 $26.2{\sim}45.6\;keV$로 측정되었으며, 이때 apron 0.5 mmPb은 0.25 mmPb보다 최대 선질에서 5.5% 정도 차폐율이 증가하였다. 또한 두 종류의 apron은 직접선과 공간선량률에 대하여 90% 이상의 높은 차폐율을 나타내었다. 그리고 $^{99m}Tc$-MDP의 140 keV에서 0.25, 0.5 mmPb apron을 사용할 경우 $30{\sim}53%$ 정도의 차폐효과가 있었으며, $^{18}F$-FDG의 511 keV의 높은 에너지에서는 $1.3{\sim}3.6%$로 apron의 차폐효과가 매우 적었다.