• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.341-344
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• 2002

Neurodegenerative disorders, like Alzheimer's disease, are often accompanied by reduced brain perfusion (cerebral blood flow). Using the intrinsic magnetic properties of water, arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging (ASLMRI) can map brain perfusion without injection of radioactive tracers or contrast agents. However, accuracy in measuring perfusion with ASL-MRI can be limited because of contributions to the signal from stationary spins and because of signal modulations due to transient magnetic field effects. The goal was to optimize ASL-MRI for perfusion measurements in the aging human brain, including brains with Alzheimer's disease. A new ASL-MRI sequence was designed and evaluated on phantom and humans. Image texture analysis was performed to test quantitatively improvements. Compared to other ASL-MRI methods, the newly designed sequence provided improved signal to noise ratio improved signal uniformity across slices, and thus, increased measurement reliability. This new ASL-MRI sequence should therefore provide improved measurements of regional changes of brain perfusion in normal aging and neurodegenerative disorders.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.243-252
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• 2021

Objective: To compare and correlate the findings of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and arterial spin labeling (ASL) imaging in characterizing parotid gland tumors. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 56 patients with parotid gland tumors evaluated by MR imaging. The true diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D^*), and fraction of perfusion (f) values of IVIM imaging and tumor-to-parotid gland signal intensity ratio (SIR) on ASL imaging were calculated. Spearman rank correlation coefficient, chi-squared, Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal-Wallis tests with the post-hoc Dunn-Bonferroni method and receiver operating characteristic curve assessments were used for statistical analysis. Results: Malignant parotid gland tumors showed significantly lower D than benign tumors (p = 0.019). Within subgroup analyses, pleomorphic adenomas (PAs) showed significantly higher D than malignant tumors (MTs) and Warthin's tumors (WTs) (p < 0.001). The D^* of WTs was significantly higher than that of PAs (p = 0.031). The f and SIR on ASL imaging of WTs were significantly higher than those of MTs and PAs (p < 0.05). Significantly positive correlation was found between SIR on ASL imaging and f (r = 0.446, p = 0.001). In comparison with f, SIR on ASL imaging showed a higher area under curve (0.853 vs. 0.891) in discriminating MTs from WTs, although the difference was not significant (p = 0.720). Conclusion: IVIM and ASL imaging could help differentiate parotid gland tumors. SIR on ASL imaging showed a significantly positive correlation with f. ASL imaging might hold potential to improve the ability to discriminate MTs from WTs.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2011

본 연구는 급성 허혈성 뇌경색 환자에서 동맥스핀표지 관류자기공명영상의 임상적 유용성을 평가하고자 하였다. 급성 허혈성 뇌경색 증상으로 응급실로 내원한 환자 중 확산강조영상(DWI)의 병변의 크기가 3 cm 이상이고 역동적 자화율대조 조영증강 관류자기공명(DSC)영상, 동맥스핀표지 관류자기공명(ASL)영상을 모두 시행한 22명과 정량적 분석을 위한 정상대조군 36명을 대상으로 하였다. 사용된 장비로는 Siemens Magnetom Verio 3.0 T이고 12 Chanel Head Coil을 사용하였다. 정성적 평가는 rMTT, TTP, rCBF, rCBV, ASL지도의 병변 인지도평가와 확산강조영상과 병변의 크기 비교평가를 하였고 정량적 평가는 각 관류영상의 평균 상대값을 Mann-Whitney U test를 사용하여 병변 그룹과 정상군 그룹의 유의성을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 병변의 인지도평가에서 TTP(95.5%), rCBF(95.5%), 지도가 가장 높았고, 둘째, 최종 뇌경색부위 연관성은 rCBV와 rCBF지도가 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 정량적 분석에서는 병변그룹의 평균 상대값은 유의하게 나타났다(p<0.05). 동맥스핀표지 관류자기공명(ASL)영상은 높은 병변의 인지율을 보여 임상에서 적용가능하다 생각되며, 정량적 상대값은 제시하기 어렵지만 참고적 자료로 사용될 수 있을 것이며 향후 지속적 연구를 한다면 뇌경색의 조기진단, 허혈성 반영부의 존재여부와 범위, 혈류역동학적평가가 가능함으로써 치료방침을 정하고 예후를 파악하는데 ASL영상이 유용할 것으로 사료된다.