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The Effects of Reducing a Dose on the Genital Gland at a CT Scan on the Whole Abdomen According to the Shielding Material

Whole Abdomen CT촬영 시 차폐 재료에 따른 생식선 선량 감쇠 효과

  • Gang, Eun Bo (Department of Radiological Science, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology) ;
  • Park, Cheol Woo (Department of Radiological Science, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology)
  • 강은보 (동의과학대학교 방사선과) ;
  • 박철우 (동의과학대학교 방사선과)
  • Received : 2016.08.12
  • Accepted : 2016.10.30
  • Published : 2016.10.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to produce a shielding material to reduce a dose on the genital gland, one of the superficial organs, at a CT scan on the whole abdomen and hardly affect picture quality and examine its utility. This research made 22 mm silicone and 7.3 mm aluminum having the similar material quality and effect of previous bismuth. By using the non-shield, bismuth, 22 mm silicone, and 7.3 mm aluminum shielding materials, this author conducted a comparative experiment measuring the decay rate of the genital gland's exposure to radiation, change of the CT number and noise in the image, and the CT number, noise, and uniformity in the AAPM phantom. According to the results, exposure to radiation is reduced in bismuth as 29.96%, silicone 22 mm as 13.10%, and 7.3 mm aluminum as 18.27%. In bismuth, however, the image's CT number varies a lot, and uniformity is measured to be inappropriate in the AAPM phantom scan; therefore, it indicates great change in terms of picture quality in superficial organs like the genital gland. Concerning superficial organs like the genital gland, if 22 mm silicone and 7.3 mm aluminum are used as shielding materials, it will be helpful in reducing variation in picture quality and also decreasing radiation exposure to radiation.

whole abdomen CT촬영에서 표재성 장기에 해당하는 생식선 부위의 선량을 줄이고 화질에 영향을 적게 주기 위한 차폐재를 제작하여 유용성을 확인하였다. 기존의 bismuth 재질과 비슷한 효과를 가지는 silicone 22 mm, aluminum 7.3 mm를 제작하였다. non shield, bismuth, silicone 22 mm, aluminum 7.3 mm 차폐재를 이용하여 생식선의 피폭 선량 감쇠, 영상의 CT number와 noise 변화, AAPM 팬텀에서 CT number, noise, uniformity를 측정하여 비교 실험하였다. 결과에서 bismuth 29.96%, silicone 22 mm 13.10%, aluminum 7.3 mm 18.27%로 피폭 선량이 감소되었다. 그러나 bismuth 재질의 경우 영상의 CT number 변화가 크고, AAPM 팬텀 영상검사 uniformity 항목에서 부적합으로 측정되어 생식선과 같은 표재성 장기에서 화질 변화가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 생식선과 같은 표재성 장기의 경우 silicone 22 mm, aluminum 7.3 mm의 차폐재를 사용한다면 화질 변화를 줄이면서 방사선 피폭을 줄이는데 도움이 될 것이라 판단된다.

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