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Analysis of Signal Intensity in Choroid Plexuses by Diffusion Weighted Imaging

확산강조영상의 검사기법에 따른 맥락얼기의 신호강도 분석

  • Oh, JongKap (Department of Radiology, Cheomdan medical center)
  • 오종갑 (첨단종합병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2013.06.28
  • Accepted : 2013.08.25
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

This report aims at picturing out the clinical usefulness by analyzing the signal intensity in choroid plexuses which produce cerebrospinal fluids by diffusion weighted imaging. At first, subjects were chosen among the patients who showed high in signal intensity by diffusion weighted imaging. The subjects were taken another test by fluid attenuated inversion recovery diffusion weighted echo planer image(FLAIR-DW-EPI) the signals of fluid attenuation. And it was found that there are differences between the signal intensities of the two methods, which showed that the signal intensity in FLAIR-DW-EPI is equal to or low than, that in the Brain. By this, it is felt that it is helpful to diagnose the disease in choroid plexus by testing another more with FLAIR-DW-EPI methods the patients who showed high in signal intensity in choroid plexus by $T2^*$ diffusion weighted echo planer image($T2^*$-DW-EPI).

뇌척수액을 생산하고 있는 choroid plexuse를 확산강조영상 검사기법에 따라 신호강도를 분석하여 임상적인 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. $T2^*$-DW-EPI 기법을 적용하여 choroid plexus가 고 신호 강도를 보이는 대상자를 추가적으로 FLAIR-DW-EPI 기법을 적용하여 영상을 얻었다. 두 기법으로 얻은 확산강조영상을 가지고 choroid plexus의 신호강도와 확산계수를 구하여 비교하였다. 그 결과 FLAIR-DW-EPI 기법에서는 choroid plexus의 신호가 뇌 실질과 같거나 저 신호로 나타나 두 기법간의 신호강도의 차이가 있음을 확인하였다. 이는 $T2^*$-DW-EPI 확산강조영상에서 choroid plexus가 고 신호를 보인 환자의 경우 FLAIR-DW-EPI 기법을 추가로 검사하여 정보를 제공함으로서 choroid plexus의 질병 유무를 진단하는데 도움이 될 것으로 생각한다.

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