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의료기사 등에 관한 법률에서 '의사 또는 치과의사의 지도' 문구에 대한 법률 개정 요구도 (Requirement for Amendment of the Law on the Phrase 'Instruction of Physicians or Dentists' in Medical Service Technologist, etc Act)

  • 임우택;임청환;주영철;홍동희;정홍량;김은혜;윤용수;정영진;최지원
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제44권5호
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    • pp.503-512
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to check the extent to which "instruction of physician or dentist" defined in the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act is applied in relation to radiography examination procedures for radiological technologists. In addition, it is intended to present basic data on the requirement to revise the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act in the radiological technologist's duty area and scope of work, The subjects of this study were radiological technologists with license, and the response data were collected after sending the questionnaire link written on the online questionnaire form. The final number of respondents were 1,018, and the response rate was 6.8%. Most of the negative responses were "I have never received 'instruction' for radiologic examination by a physician or dentist, including a radiologist in a medical environment." There were a high perception that "the professionalism in radiation examination on radiological technologists are higher than that of a physician or dentist." They answered that the current continuing education has a great impact on maintaining and continuing professionalism and learning new knowledge in the radiology field. In addition, the radiological technologists provide a very high level of education in areas related to radiography procedure ethics such as patient care, patient safety, and patient privacy protection, as well as specialized fields such as radiation-related examination methods, radiography examination dose, and patient exposure dose. Radiological technologists replied that they were receiving it consistently. In conclusion, in the current medical environment, the 'instruction' of a physician or dentist cannot be seen as being realistically performed. The phrase 'instruction' of a physician or dentist as defined in the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act is considered inappropriate in respect of the fact that the state recognizes the qualifications of the medical service technologist through a license. It is thought that revision to a new term suitable for the current medical environment is necessary.

전산화단층촬영검사실 방사선사의 방사선피폭 방어행위에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석 (Factors Influencing Protective Behavior against Radiation Exposure of Radiological Technologist in Computed Tomography Examination Room)

  • 김기정;정홍량;홍동희
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제41권6호
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    • pp.581-586
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    • 2018
  • This study was conducted to analyze factors Influencing Protective Behavior against Radiation Exposure using questionnaires for 231 radiological technologists working in Computed Tomography(CT) examination room with high radiation dose in diagnostic radiology field. Statistical analysis of the collected data revealed that the reasons for partially shielding the examination part in the CT scan were the lack of protective equipment, securing of radiation justification, being annoying and maybe not being harm to adults in order. It was also revealed that the variables influencing the protective behavior were protective behavior against radiation harm, self-efficacy, protective environment, organization culture, protective knowledge and protective instrument in order. The higher the radiological protective environment(${\beta}=0.245$) and the lower the radiological protective knowledge(${\beta}=-0.034$), the more influential the protective behavior against radiation harm was. In this study, it was shown that non examination parts were not shielded in the CT scan. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the level of protective environment, to cultivate knowledge to improve the protective behavior against radiation harm and to have an intervention strategy for concrete action.

담배연기와 담뱃잎 내 함유된 방사능 농도분석 및 위해도 평가 (Analysis of Radioactivity Concentrations in Cigarette Smoke and Tobacco Risk Assessment)

  • 이세령;이상복;김정윤;김지민;방예진;이두석;조형준;김성철
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제44권5호
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    • pp.489-494
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    • 2021
  • In this study, radioactivity quantitative analysis was performed on radon contained in cigarette, and the effective dose was calculated using the result value to determine the amount of exposure caused by smoking. A total of 5 types of cigarettes were sampled. Cigarette smoke was collected by using activated carbon, and tobacco were measured by homogenizing for quantitative analysis. For each sample, Bi-214 and Pb-214 were subjected to gamma nuclide analysis to observe the uranium-based radioactive material contained in cigarette, and a measurement time of 30,000 seconds was set for the sample based on the results of previous studies. As a result of measuring the radioactivity of tobacco, a maximum of 0.715 Bq/kg was derived, and in the case of cigarette smoke measured using activated carbon, a maximum of 3.652 Bq/kg was derived. Using this measurement, the average effective dose to the lungs is 0.938 mSv/y, and it was found that there is a possibility of receiving exposure up to 1.099 mSv/y depending on the type of tobacco. It was found that the exposure dose due to cigarette occupies a large proportion of the annual effective dose limit for the general public. Therefore, more diverse studies on radioactive substances in cigarette are needed, and measures to monitor and reduce the incidental exposure to radon should be established.

A Numerical Study of Different Types of Collimators for a High-Resolution Preclinical CdTe Pixelated Semiconductor SPECT System

  • Jeong, Hyun-Woo;Kim, Jong Seok;Bae, Se Young;Seo, Kanghyen;Kim, Seung Hun;Kang, Seong Hyeon;Shin, Dong Jin;Lee, Chang-Lae;Kim, Kyuseok;Lee, Youngjin
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • 제20권6호
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    • pp.663-668
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    • 2016
  • In single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) with a pixelated semiconductor detector (PSD), not only pinhole collimators but also parallel-hole collimators are often used in preclinical nuclear-medicine imaging systems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare pinhole and parallel-hole collimators in a PSD. For that purpose, we paired a PID 350 (Ajat Oy Ltd., Finland) CdTe PSD with each of the four collimators most frequently used in preclinical nuclear medicine: (1) a pinhole collimator, and (2) low-energy high-resolution (LEHR), (3) low-energy general-purpose (LEGP), and (4) low-energy high-sensitivity (LEHS) parallel-hole collimators. The sensitivity and spatial resolution of each collimator was evaluated using a point source and a hot-rod phantom. The highest sensitivity was achieved using LEHS, followed by LEGP, LEHR, and pinhole. Also, at a source-to-collimator distance of 2 cm, the spatial resolution was 1.63, 2.05, 2.79, and 3.45 mm using pinhole, LEHR, LEGP, and LEHS, respectively. The reconstructed hot-rod phantom images showed that the pinhole collimator and the LEHR parallel-hole collimator give a fine spatial resolution for preclinical SPECT with PSD. In conclusion, we successfully compared different types of collimators for a preclinical pixelated semiconductor SPECT system.

CT 영상에서 뇌출혈의 자동인식 (Intracerebral Hemorrhage Auto Recognition in Computed Tomography Images)

  • 최석윤;강세식;김창수;김정훈;김동현;예수영;고성진
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.141-148
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    • 2013
  • CT 검사 시 뇌출혈의 부위는 심각한 정도에 따라 인지하기 어려운 경우도 있으며, 응급상황에서 숙련이 되지 않은 의료진에게는 부담을 준다. 응급상황에서 검사와 동시에 뇌출혈부위를 자동으로 빨리 파악하고 정량적인 정보를 제공하는 보조적인 역할은 필요하며, 컴퓨터를 이용한 자동 검출 및 인식 시스템은 출혈부위 진단에 매우 큰 도움을 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 출혈부위를 문턱치값 처리, 모폴로지 연산, 원형률 계산을 접목하여 뇌 출혈부위의 자동검출에 성공하였고 검출 후보군에서 잘 못 선정된 영역을 판정하기위한 주성분분석을 이용한 분류기 개발에 성공하였다. 개발된 시스템을 응급상황의 뇌출혈 환자에게 적용한다면 의료진에게 수술계획을 위한 유용한 정보가 될 것으로 사료된다.