Current Issue
March, 2023

  • Vol. 27 No. 01
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  • Femoral Metastasis in Bone Mineral Densitometry

    Han-Kyung Seo, Do-Cheol Choi, Cheol-Min Shim, Jin-Hyeong Jo


    A 50-year-old female patient referred by the Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery was recommended for orthopedic surgery because a lesion-like herniation pit was found in the left proximal femur in bone mineral densitometry (BMD) ...

  • Femoral Cystic Lesion in Bone Mineral Densitometry

    Han-Kyung Seo, Do-Cheol Choi, Cheol-Min Shim, Jin-Hyeong Jo


    A 78-year-old woman referred by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology was recommended for orthopedic surgery because a cystic lesion in the left femoral proximal area was found ...

Case Report
  • Splenic Absorption of Radiopharmaceutical in Systemic Bone Scans Performed after Liver Transplantation

    Sang-Hyeong Kil, Kyung-Nam Jo and Yung-Hyun Lim


    A 50-year-old female patient referred by the Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery was recommended for orthopedic surgery because a lesion-like herniation pit was found in the left proximal femur in bone mineral densitometry (BMD) ...

Review article
  • Application of Carbon Materials for the Development of Medical Devices

    Yeong-Gon Kwak


    Carbon materials are widely used in many areas of our lives. A fiber having a carbon content of 90% or more obtained by heating an organic fi ber precursor ...

  • The Pitfalls Medical Radiological Technologists Should Consider in Bone Densitometry

    Ho-Sung Kim


    Bone densitometry is a disease in which bones are easily broken due to metabolic bone disease, and DXA is used as a clinical standard test. Although DXA ...

Original article
  • Evaluation of Variation Method to Improve the Sensitivity of Immunoradiometric Assay

    Won-Hyun Kwon, Mi-Ji Kang, Ji-Sol Park, Jung-In Kim, and Kyung-Jae Lee


    Purpose: The concentration of PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) after radical prostatectomy in prostate cancer patients is a predictor of biochemical recurrence, and the AUA ...

  • Evaluation of Image for Phantom according to Normalization, Well Counter Correction in PET-CT

    Choong-Woon Lee, Yeon-Wook You, Jong-Woon Mun, and Yun-Cheol Kim


    Purpose: PET-CT imaging require an appropriate quality assurance system to achieve high efficiency and reliability. Quality control is essential for improving the quality ...

  • Consideration for Setting Reference Range for Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Test according to Blood Collection Time

    Ji-Hye Park, Jin-Ju Choi, Soo-Yeon Lim, Seon-Hee Yoo, and Sun-Ho Lee


    Purpose: The reference range described in Adrenocorticotropic Hormone reagent used in our laboratory is 10-60 pg/mL at 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and 6-30 pg/mL ...

  • A Discussion on Glucose Loading Method in 18F-FDG PET/CT for Cerebral Gliomas

    Yong-Hoon Choi, Min-Soo Park, Han-Sang Lim, and Jae-Sam Kim


    Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether the glucose loading method (GLM)is useful in the differentiation of cerebral gliomas by comparing it with fasting ...

  • Result Analysis according to Population Distribution Trends when Reagents are Changed

    Hye-Mi Park, Soo-Yeon Lim, Sun-Hee Yoo, and Sun-Ho Lee


    Purpose: In this study, the monthly population distribution was calculated for statistical verification of 10 tests (CA19-9, CA15-3, testosterone, PTH, calcitonin, AFP, CEA, CA72-4, PSA, estradiol) with ...

  • Investigation of Personal Dosimeter Loss Case and Measures to Prevent Loss

    Seong-Woo Park, Hyeon-Sik Park, Yeong-Jae Park, Geong-Jae Lee, Gi-Baek Oh, Seong-Ha Lee, Min-Seok Kim, Ju-Eon Park, and Moon-Hui Won


    Purpose: It is intended to improve the management efficiency of personal dosimeters by analyzing and sharing personal dosimeter loss cases and loss prevention measures ...

  • Long-Term Extrinsic Uniformity Analysis of Gamma Cameras

    Yoon-Jae Kim, Woo-Young Jung, and Dong-Hoon Lee


    Purpose: The long-term trend of extrinsic uniformity by type of gamma camera was analyzed, and the factors aff ecting uniformity were investigated. Based on this, the purpose ...