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Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging using Image Co-registration in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (정위방사선수술시 영상공동등록을 이용한 자기공명영상 유용성 평가)

  • Jin, Seongjin;Cho, Jihwan;Park, Cheolwoo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to confirm the safety of the clinical application of image co - registration in steteotactic radiosurgery by evaluating the 3D positioning of magnetic resonance imaging using image co-registration. We performed a retrospective study using three-dimensional coordinate measurement of 32 patients who underwent stereotactic radiosurgery and performed magnetic resonance imaging follow-up using image co-registration. The 3 dimensional coordinate errors were $1.0443{\pm}0.5724mm$ (0.10 ~ 1.89) in anterior commissure and $1.0348{\pm}0.5473mm$ (0.36 ~ 2.24) in posterior commissure. The mean error of MR1 (3.0 T) was lower than that of MR2 (1.5 T). It is necessary to minimize the error of magnetic resonance imaging in the treatment planning using the image co - registration technique and to confirm it.

Anisotropy Measurement and Fiber Tracking of the White Matter by Using Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging: Influence of the Number of Diffusion-Sensitizing Gradient Direction (확산텐서 MR 영상을 이용한 백질의 비등방성 측정 및 백질섬유 트래킹: 확산경사자장의 방향수가 미치는 영향)

  • Jun, Woo-Sun;Hong, Sung-Woo;Lee, Jong-Sea;Kim, Sung-Hyun;Kim, Jae-Hyoung
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2006
  • Purpose : Recent development of diffusion tensor imaging enables the evaluation of the microstructural characteristics of the brain white matter. However, optimal imaging parameters for diffusion tensor imaging, particularly concerning the number of diffusion gradient direction, have not been studied thoroughly yet. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the number of diffusion gradient direction on the fiber tracking of the white matter. Materials and methods : 13 healthy volunteers (ten men and three women, mean age 30 years, age range 23-37 years) were included in this study. Diffusion tensor imaging was performed with different numbers of diffusion gradient direction as 6, 15, and 32, keeping the other imaging parameters constant. The imaging field ranged from 1 cm below the pons to 2-3 cm above the lateral ventricle, parallel to the anterior commissure-posterior commissure line. FA (fractional anisotropy) maps were created via image postprocessing, and then FA and its standard deviation were calculated in the genu and the splenium of the corpus callosum on each of FA maps. Fiber tracking of the corticospinal tract in the brain was performed and the number of the reconstructed fibers of the tract was measured. FA, standard deviation of FA and the number of the reconstructed fibers were compared statistically between the different diffusion gradient directions. Results : FA is not statistically significantly different between the different diffusion gradient directions. By increasing the number of diffusion gradient direction, standard deviation of FA decreased significantly, and the number of the reconstructed fibers increased significantly. Conclusion : The higher number of diffusion gradient direction provided better quality of fiber tracking.

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