• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.142-147
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• 1998

Retained wooden foreign bodies following penetrating trauma are a difficult diagnostic problem. However, penetrating wooden foreign bodies of head and neck have the potential for misinterpretation or failure to detect such foreign bodies on CT. Given the likelihood that such a miss will result in an abscess or neurovascular injury, we present the method with higher window settings, they had a higher attenuation with a unique striated internal architecture and different Hounsfield numbers readily differentiate air and non-air hypodense material such as fat, or possibly wood. Being aware of the potential appearance of wood, we may also find CT useful in excluding small retained fragments in postoperative patients with persistent symptoms. This article presents two cases in which wooden foreign bodies of head and neck were present with CT evaluation.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2021

Background: This paper aims to evaluate the clinical utility and radiation dosimetry, for the mobile X-ray imaging of patients with known or suspected infectious diseases, through the window of an isolation room. The suitability of this technique for imaging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is of particular focus here, although it is expected to have equal relevance to many infectious respiratory disease outbreaks. Materials and Methods: Two exposure levels were examined, a "typical" mobile exposure of 100 kVp/1.6 mAs and a "high" exposure of 120 kVp/5 mAs. Exposures of an anthropomorphic phantom were made, with and without a glass window present in the beam. The resultant phantom images were provided to experienced radiographers for image quality evaluation, using a Likert scale to rate the anatomical structure visibility. Results and Discussion: The incident air kerma doubled using the high exposure technique, from 29.47 µGy to 67.82 µGy and scattered radiation inside and outside the room increased. Despite an increase in beam energy, high exposure technique images received higher image quality scores than images acquired using lower exposure settings. Conclusion: Increased scattered radiation was very low and can be further mitigated by ensuring surrounding staff are appropriately distanced from both the patient and X-ray tube. Although an increase in incident air kerma was observed, practical advantages in infection control and personal protective equipment conservation were identified. Sites are encouraged to consider the use of this technique where appropriate, following the completion of standard justification practices.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권1A호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2010

본 논문은 무선망 환경에서 패킷의 지연 제어를 위한 트래픽 관리 방안을 제시한다. 전송 노드의 버퍼에서 서비스 순서를 결정짓는 방안으로 EDD(Earliest Due Date) 스케쥴링 정책을 적용하여 각 패킷의 긴급성에 근거한 서비스 제어가 이루어지도록 하였다. 또한 채널 공유 제어를 위한 MAC 파라미터인 contention window 값은 MAC의 non-work conserving 특성을 최소화하여 지연을 감소시킬 수 있도록 시스템 상태에 따라 적응적으로 설정하는 방안을 제시하였다. 이 방안은 트래픽 클래스와는 무관하게 각 패킷별 지연 제어가 이루어지므로 클래스 단위의 파라미터 설정이 필요 없게 된다. 이러한 구현의 간편성 이외에 기능 및 성능의 타당성을 확인하기 위하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, IEEE 802.11e와 같은 클래스 단위의 큐 운용 방식에 비해 지연 감소 및 지연 요구 충족률이 높은 것을 확인하였다.