Abstract
This study used silicon that is similar to the density of the tissue of the human body to compensate for the uneven areas that are in contact with air in order to reduce susceptible artifacts. The subjects of the study were 16 normal people and the areas of the human body in which there are a lot of uneven areas with complicated structure and a lot of susceptible artifacts were formed since the surface area that comes into contact with the air is large were the areas that were chosen to be examined. A 3.0T superconducting magnetic resonance device was used as the test equipment and SPIR images that are sensitive to magnetic differences were obtained as sagittal planes on a line that extended the metatarsal and the phalanges, including the middle of the longitudinal arc and the 5 distal phalanxes. The method of analysis was to reduce the susceptibility between the tissue and the air to discover the reduction of susceptible artifacts by comparing the SNR and CNR before and after applying silicon. A statistical analysis was utilized for the sample matching T examination. The results of the study revealed that the susceptible artifacts were reduced in the images of the uneven areas that were compensated and applied with silicon. The SNR increased in significant amount in correlation from $3.91{\pm}1.33$ before application to $21.69{\pm}4.52$ after application and the CNR decreased in significant amount in correlation from $28.97{\pm}8.20$ before application to $4.88{\pm}2.14$. In conclusion, this study did not affect the voxel but it was an innovative method of improvement that compensated for the fundamental issue of the difference in susceptibility between the air and the body. The application is simple and the study has great significance in that it proposed a method to reduce susceptible artifacts in a low cost and highly efficient manner.
본 연구에서는 인체 조직밀도와 유사한 실리콘을 이용하여 공기와 맞닿은 굴곡진 부분을 보상함으로써 자화율 인공물을 줄이고자 하였다. 연구대상은 정상인 16명을 대상으로 하였으며, 인체 중 굴곡이 많고 구조가 복잡하며 공기와 접촉하는 표면적이 넓어 자화율 인공물이 많이 발생하는 발을 검사부위로 하였다. 실험장비는 3.0T 초전도 자기공명영상장치를 이용하였으며, 자화율 차이에 민감한 SPIR 영상을 종족궁의 가운데부터 5개의 말절골을 모두 포함하여 중족골 및 족지골을 연장한 선에 평행하게 시상면으로 얻었다. 분석방법은 조직과 공기간 자화율 차이를 줄임으로서 자화율 인공물의 감소를 알아보기 위하여 실리콘 적용 전 후의 SNR과 CNR을 비교하였으며, 대응표본 T검정을 이용하여 통계분석 하였다. 연구결과 굴곡진 부분을 보상한 실리콘 적용 후 영상이 적용 전 영상에 비해 자화율 인공물이 감소하였으며, SNR은 적용 전 $3.91{\pm}1.33$에서 적용 후 $21.69{\pm}4.52$로 유의한 양의 상관관계로 증가하였고, CNR은 적용 전 $28.97{\pm}8.20$에서 적용 후 $4.88{\pm}2.14$으로 유의한 음의 상관관계로 감소하였다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 체적소에 영향을 주지 않으면서 본질적인 문제인 공기와 인체의 자화율차이를 보상한 획기적인 개선방법으로, 적용이 용이하며 저비용 고효율로 자화율 인공물을 줄일 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다는 데에 커다란 의의가 있다.