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A Study on the Types of Work Values of Radiologic Technology Students (방사선과 학생의 직업가치관 유형에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hark-Sung
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.271-280
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    • 2007
  • The objectives of this study were to identify the types of work values of radiological technology students and to verify the characteristics of them. The population of this study was the radiological technology students from 7 colleges randomly chosen in the whole country. data collected from 791 subjects were used. Types of work values were identified through the factor analysis and t-test between variables was used to determine the characteristics of the students. The research instrument used in this study was the Maryland Work Value Inventory(MWVI) designed by Meitus, R. The findings of this study were as follows ; 1. The types of work values of radiological technology students can be classified into 6 categories ; social contribution, achievement, capability, work interest, social status, economic reward. 2. Social contribution, achievement, capablity and work interest were classified as 'internal work values', while social status and economic reward as 'external work values'. 3. Work values of the radiological technology students were economic reward, social status, achievement, capablity, work interest, social contribution in order. 4. External work values of the radiological technology students got higher grade than internal work values.

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Fabrication of Virtual Frisch-Grid CdZnTe ${\gamma}$-Ray Detector (가상 Frisch-그리드를 이용한 CdZnTe 감마선 소자 제작)

  • Park, Chansun;Kim, Pilsu;Cho, PyongKon;Choi, Jonghak;Kim, Jungmin;Kim, KiHyun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.253-259
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    • 2014
  • Large volume of $6{\times}6{\times}12mm^3$ CdZnTe ${\gamma}$-ray detector was fabricated with CdZnTe single crystals grown by Traveling Heater Method (THM) to evaluate the energy resolution of 662 keV in $^{137}Cs$. Hole tailing effect which originated from the large mobility difference in electron and hole degrade energy resolution of radiation detector and its effects become more severe for a large volume detectors. Generally, single carrier collection technique is very useful method to remove/minimize hole tailing effect and thereby improvement in energy resolution. Virtual Frisch-grid technique is also one of single charge collection method through weighting potential engineering and it is very simple and easily applicable one. In this paper, we characterized CZT detector grown by THM and evaluated the effectiveness of virtual Frisch-grid technique for a high energy gamma-ray detector. The proper position and width of virtual Frisch-grid was determined from electric field simulation using ANSYS Maxwell ver. 14.0. Energy resolution of 2.2% was achieved for the 662 keV ${\gamma}$-peak of $^{137}Cs$ with virtual Frisch-grid CdZnTe detector.

Development of Unmatched System Model for Iterative Image Reconstruction for Pinhole Collimator of Imaging Systems in Nuclear Medicine (핀홀콜리메이터를 사용한 핵의학영상기기의 순환적 영상 재구성을 위한 비동일 시스템 모델 개발)

  • Bae, Jae-Keon;Bae, Seung-Bin;Lee, Ki-Sung;Kim, Yong-Kwon;Joung, Jin-Hun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.353-360
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    • 2012
  • Diverse designs of collimator have been applied to Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) according to the purpose of acquisition; thus, it is necessary to reflect geometric characteristic of each collimator for successive image reconstruction. This study carry out reconstruction algorithm for imaging system in nuclear medicine with pinhole collimator. Especially, we study to solve sampling problem which caused in the system model of pinhole collimator. System model for a maximum likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) was developed based on the geometry of the collimator. The projector and back-projector were separately implemented based on the ray-driven and voxel-driven methods, respectively, to overcome sparse sampling problem. We perform phantom study for pinhole collimator by using geant4 application for tomographic emission(GATE) simulation tool. The reconstructed images show promising results. Designed iterative reconstruction algorithm with unmatched system model effective to remove sampling problem artefact. Proposed algorithm can be used not only for pinhole collimator but also for various collimator system of imaging system in nuclear medicine.

A Study on the Continuing Education of Radiologic Technologists : Focused on Current Status and Satisfaction of Continuing Education (방사선사의 보수교육에 관한 연구 : 보수교육 현황 및 만족도를 중심으로)

  • Min, Hye-Lim;Choi, In-Seok;Nam, So-Ra;Kim, Hyun-Ji;Yoon, Yong-Su;Her, Jae;Han, Seong-Gyu;Kim, Jung-Min;Ahn, Duck-Sun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2014
  • In this study, we surveyed the current status, satisfaction and demand of radiologic technologist continuing education for 93 radiologic technologists who participated in the continuing education. To understand the current status and general evaluation and to find out the improvement direction, survey was conducted on 3 categories: participation, satisfaction and demand of continuing education. In addition, we analyzed the continuing education implementation status and the management system by collecting related regulations. As a result, the education completion rates of radiologic technologists from 2010 to 2012 were respectively 42.6%, 43.4% and 34.2%; the rates were similar to other medical technician's average education completion rates. According to the survey, in case of participation, the most frequent answer was 'more than five times less than 10 times per year' with 48.4% and in satisfaction section, the most common answer was 'Average(3)' with 34.4%. In demand of continuing education section, 32.8% of the respondents chose 'Clinical skill training in major field'. In the results of this research, continuing education needs to be managed in the direction of helping radiologists improve their personal ability and self development. Furthermore, to meet the demand of radiologists, the quality of continuing education should be improved to satisfy the educatee.

Development of a Spectrum Analysis Software for Multipurpose Gamma-ray Detectors (감마선 검출기를 위한 스펙트럼 분석 소프트웨어 개발)

  • Lee, Jong-Myung;Kim, Young-Kwon;Park, Kil-Soon;Kim, Jung-Min;Lee, Ki-Sung;Joung, Jin-Hun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2010
  • We developed an analysis software that automatically detects incoming isotopes for multi-purpose gamma-ray detectors. The software is divided into three major parts; Network Interface Module (NIM), Spectrum Analysis Module (SAM), and Graphic User Interface Module (GUIM). The main part is SAM that extracts peak information of energy spectrum from the collected data through network and identifies the isotopes by comparing the peaks with pre-calibrated libraries. The proposed peak detection algorithm was utilized to construct libraries of standard isotopes with two peaks and to identify the unknown isotope with the constructed libraries. We tested the software by using GammaPro1410 detector developed by NuCare Medical Systems. The results showed that NIM performed 200K counts per seconds and the most isotopes tested were correctly recognized within 1% error range when only a single unknown isotope was used for detection test. The software is expected to be used for radiation monitoring in various applications such as hospitals, power plants, and research facilities etc.

Relationship of Admission Type, College-Life Satisfaction and College Student Academic Achievement of Radiologic Science(Technology) Students (방사선(학)과 학생들의 대학입학유형, 학업성취도, 대학생활만족도의 상관관계에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Young-Kwon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.124-131
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    • 2016
  • This study was conducted to serve as a basis for education by identifying the correlation of college admission type, college-life satisfaction and academic achievement of radiologic science students. Data were collected from 2 universities and 2 colleges located in Gyeonggi Provice, North Chungcheong Province, North Gyeongsang Province. A total of 371 questionnaires were collected, 363 of which were included in this study. The results showed that there were no differences in academic achievement according to the type of college admission. It could be able to interpret that since department of radiologic science is popular, students with high academic records applies the department of radiologic science and there are less deviation of academic records among students. A correlation analysis of academic achievement showed learning attitude is a statistically valid factor. Learning attitudes can be changed by exposure to the environment. This will require a variety of program development for improving learning attitudes. In addition, academic achievement of radiologic science students is associated with license acquisition. It need to be made together research on determinants and development of learning method to improve the learning attitude.

Ultrastructure of Spermatozoa of the Slender Catfish, Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (Teleostei, Bagridae) with Phylogenetic Considerations (꼬치동자개 (Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) 정자의 미세구조와 계통적 고찰(경골어류, 메기목, 동자개과))

  • KIM Kgu Hwan;LEE Joon Il
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.480-485
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    • 2003
  • Morphology of the spermatozoa from the testes of the catfish (Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) was studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The spermatozoa of P. brevicorpus are approximately $82.25\pm0.06\;{\mu}m$ in length and relatively simple cells composed of a spherical head, a short midpiece and a tail as in most teleost fish, The nucleus measuring about $2.00\pm0.02\;{\mu}m$ in length is depressed with a deep nuclear fossa of about $1.05\pm0.03\;{\mu}m$ in length three fifths of the nuclear length. The nuclear fossa contains the proximal and distal centrioles. The two centrioles are oriented approximately $150^{\circ}$ to each other. The mitochondria are arranged in two layers and their number is 12 or more. They are separated from the axoneme by the cytoplasmic canal. The axoneme is the 9+2 microtubular pattern and has inner but no outer dynein arms as in other bagrids. The axonemal fins were the closed to axonemal doublet 3 and 8. The axonemal fins and lost outer dynein arm are shared in Bagridae and the deep nuclear fossa is shared in Siluriformes. The axonemal fins observed in Bagridae and Amblycipitidae of Siluriformes might be the apomorphic character in Ostariophysi.

Radiological Evaluation of CT Contrast Medium Extravasation (CT 조영제 혈관외유출의 방사선학적 고찰)

  • Kweon, Dae-Cheol;Park, Chang-Hee;Jeong, Jae-Ho;Kang, Hui-Doo;Song, Woon-Heung
    • Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2008
  • Extravasation of contrast material is a not infrequent complication of enhanced imaging studies and large volume extravasation may result in severe damage. Subcutaneous extravasation of the radiographic contrast medium is one of the complications of the contrast medium-enhanced procedures. Automated power injectors enable the contrast material to be delivered at a uniform high-flow-rate and as a nonfragmented bolus, and this is essential for many contrast material enhanced CT(computed tomography) applications. The major risk associated with the use of automated power injectors is the well known complication of contrast material extravasation at the injection site. Automated injection of CT contrast material can produce the compartment syndrome. Selection of the nonionic contrast material after careful evaluation of the intravenous administration site and monitoring of the patient during the use of a mechanical power injector may help minimize or prevent extravasation injuries. Early identification is important and conservative management is effective in most cases. Prevention of these injuries with the education of radiological technologist remains the ultimate aim.

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