• 대한약침학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2012

Background and Objectives: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents approximately 80% of all lung cancers. Unfortunately, at their time of diagnosis, most patients have advanced to unresectable disease with a very poor prognosis. The oriental herbal medicine HangAm-Plus (HAP) has been developed for antitumor purposes, and several previous studies have reported its therapeutic effects. In this study, the efficacy of HAP was evaluated as a third-line treatment for advanced-stage IIIb/IV NSCLC. Methods: The study involved six patients treated at the East- West Cancer Center (EWCC) from April 2010 to October 2011. Inoperable advanced-stage IIIb/IV NSCLC patients received 3,000 or 6,000 mg of HAP on a daily basis over a 12-week period. Computed tomography (CT) scans were obtained from the patients at the time of the initial administration and after 12 weeks of treatment. We observed and analyzed the patients overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Results: Of the six patients, three expired during the study, and the three remaining patients were alive as of October 31, 2011. The OS ranged from 234 to 512 days, with a median survival of 397 days and a one-year survival rate of 66.7%. In the 12-week-interval chest CT assessment, three patients showed stable disease (SD), and the other three showed progressive disease (PD). The PFS of patients ranged from 88 to 512 days, the median PFS being 96 days. Longer OS and PFS were correlated with SD. Although not directly comparable, the OS and the PFS of this study were greater than those of the docetaxel or the best supportive care group in other studies. Conclusion: HAP may prolong the OS and the PFS of inoperable stage IIIb/IV NSCLC patients without significant adverse effects. In the future, more controlled clinical trials with larger samples from multi-centers should be conducted to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of HAP.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.171-181
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• 2009

훼이스 마스크(Face mask)를 사용하여 상악을 견인하였을 때, 두개안면 복합체의 생역학적 반응을 이해하는 것은 임상적으로 매우 중요하다. 이 연구의 목적은 face mask를 사용하여 상악 제 1 소구치와 제 1 대구치에서 상악을 전방으로 견인하였을 때 두개봉합구조에 발생하는 응력 분포를 분석하는 것이다. 13세 6개월 된 남자 환자의 유한요소분석을 위하여 전산화단층사진 촬영으로 얻은 DICOM 영상정보를 개인용 컴퓨터로 옮긴 후 3차원 영상프로그램인 $Mimics^{(R)}$(Materialise, Germany)를 사용하여 얻은 24개의 물성으로 이루어진 상악모델과, 제1소구치와 제1대구치, RME의 협측부, RME의 설측부의 4가지 구성요소를 각기 Nastran 파일형식인 "out"으로 저장하고 Patran에서 합체한 두개안면 복합체의 3차원적 유한요소모델을 생성하였다. 생성된 모델은 제1소구치에서 FH 평면의 45도 하방으로, 제 1 대구치에서 FH 평면의 20도 하방으로 500g의 전방견인력을 주었다. 상악 제1소구치에서 45도 하방으로 견인하였을 때 x축에서는 대구치부위의 확장과 소구치부에서의 협착을 보였고 최대변위량은 0.00011mm였다. y축에서는 전반적으로 전방이동을 보였으며 최대 0.00030mm의 변위와 소구치부위의 변형이 컸다. z축에는 소구치부위에서 하방으로 최 0.00036mm 이동했고, 상악복합체가 전하방으로 이동하였다. 제 1 대구치에서의 20도 하방견인 하였을 때, x축에서는 대구치부위의 협착과 lateral nasal wall의 확장을 보이며 최대 변위는 0.001mm였다. y축에서는 전체적인 전방이동을 보이며, 최대변위는 0.004mm였다. z축에서는 소구치와 대구치 중간부위를 중심으로 ANS는 상방으로 pterygoid plate는 하방으로 반시계방향의 회전양상을 보였으며 최대변위는 0.002mm였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제70권4호
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• pp.347-351
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• 2011

We report here an unusual case of pericardial tuberculoma that was misdiagnosed as thymic carcinoma on an imaging study. A 48-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of an anterior mediastinal mass. Computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest displayed cystic masses mimicking thymic carcinoma at the anterior mediastinum. Pericardiotomy and surgical drainage of the cystic masses were done, and pathologic examination of the excised pericardial specimen showed a chronic granulomatous inflammation with necrosis, compatible with tuberculosis. Acid-fast bacilli were also identified in the specimen. After treatment with anti-tuberculosis drugs and steroids, the patient showed clinical improvement. Although tuberculous pericarditis usually presents as pericardial effusion or constrictive pericarditis, it can also present as a pericardial mass mimicking thymic carcinoma on CT. Therefore, we suggest that tuberculous pericardial abscess should be included in the differential diagnosis of a mediastinal mass in Korea, with intermediate tuberculosis prevalence.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.351-360
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• 2015

Human influence on soil formation has dramatically increased with human civilization and industry development. Increase of anthropogenic soils induced researches on the anthropogenic soils; classification, chemical and physical characteristics of anthropogenic soils and plant growth from anthropogenic soils. However there have been no comprehensive analyses on soil pore or physical properties of anthropogenic soils from 3 dimensional images in Korea. The objectives of this study were to characterize physical properties of anthropogenic paddy field soils by depth and to find differences between natural and anthropogenic paddy field soils. Soil samples were taken from two anthropogenic and natural paddy field soils; anthropogenic (A_c) and natural (N_c) paddy soils with topsoil of coarse texture and anthropogenic (A_f) and natural (N_f) paddy soils with topsoil of fine texture. The anthropogenic paddy fields were reestablished during the Arable Land Remodeling Project from 2011 to 2012 and continued rice farming after the project. Natural paddy fields had no artificial changes or disturbance in soil layers up to 1m depth. Samples were taken at three different depths and analyzed for routine physical properties (texture, bulk density, etc.) and pore properties with computer tomography (CT) scans. The CT scan provided 3 dimensional images at resolution of 0.01 mm to calculate pore radius size, length, and tortuosity of soil pores. Fractal and configuration entropy analyses were applied to quantify pore structure and analyze spatial distribution of pores within soil images. The results of measured physical properties showed no clear trend or significant differences across depths or sites from all samples, except the properties from topsoils. The results of pore morphology and spatial distribution analyses provided detailed information of pores affected by human influences. Pore length and size showed significant decrease in anthropogenic soils. Especially, pores of A_c had great decrease in length compared to N_c. Fractal and entropy analyses showed clear changes of pore distributions across sites. The topsoil layer of A_c showed more degradation of pore structure than that of N_c, while pores of A_f topsoil did not show significant degradation compared with those of N_f. These results concluded that anthropogenic soils with coarse texture may have more effects on pore properties than ones with fine texture. The reestablished paddy fields may need more fundamental remediation to improve physical conditions.

• Investigative and Clinical Urology
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• 제59권6호
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• pp.357-362
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• 2018

Purpose: Classic angiomyolipoma (AML) is common benign kidney tumor. However, some studies have claimed that epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) has malignant potential. We compared the patient characteristics and prognosis of EAML and classic AML to demonstrate predicting factors and poorer prognosis of EAML. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 231 patients who were diagnosed with EAML (n=27, 11.7%) or classic AML (n=204, 88.3%), were reviewed. All patients underwent computed tomography (CT) scans before operation or needle biopsy. We assessed the age, sex, tumor size, body mass index, comorbidities, and Hounsfield unit (HU) according to each CT phase. We defined the unfavorable group as patients with recurrence, metastasis and death due to tumor progression. Logistic regression analysis was used to predict EAML. Results: EAML patients were younger (41.2 years vs. 49.1 years, p=0.001), predominantly male (55.6% vs. 28.4%, p=0.005), and had a larger tumor (7.5 cm vs. 4.2 cm, p<0.001). The median pre-contrast HU was not significantly different between EAML and classic AML ($29.9{\pm}23.7$ vs. $14.7{\pm}41.0$, p=0.071). In multivariable analysis, younger age (odds ratio [OR], 0.96; p=0.032), male sex (OR, 3.33; p=0.013), and tumor larger than 4 cm (OR, 3.8; p=0.009) were significant predictive factors. Five patients (18.5%) had unfavorable outcomes, two patients had lymph node metastasis, and three patients had lung metastasis. Conclusions: Patient and tumor characteristics can be helpful in determining the type of AML preoperatively. Younger age, male sex, and larger tumor mass may increase the possibility of diagnosing EAML. EAML has malignant potential and requires careful follow-up.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.801-806
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• 2018

게르마늄 결정은 검출에 유용하지 않지만, 광자를 강하게 약화하기 때문에 효율성 저하를 일어키는 불감층을 가지고 있다. 따라서 제조업체가 제공하는 데이터를 검출기 시뮬레이션 모델에 사용하면 계산된 효율성과 측정된 효율성 사이에 약간의 큰 차이가 나타난다. 고순도 게르마늄(HPGe) 검출기의 모양과 치수는 CT 스캔을 통해 몬테카롤롤 시뮬레이션을 위해 형상을 정확하게 형상화하였다. 이 결과 불감층 두께 증가가 효율 감소과정에 미치는 영향을 연구하고자 한다. 불감층의 조정은 50 - 1500 keV의 에너지 범위에서 측정 효율과 시뮬레이션 효율 사이의 ${\pm}3%$의 상대편차와 함께 좋은 일치임을 확인하였다. 불감층 두께에 변화를 주어 시뮬레이션 데이터를 비교하였다. 몬테카롤로 시뮬레이션 결과를 실험 결과와 비교하여 새로운 불감층 두꼐를 얻었다. 1.4와 1.6 mm 두께의 End Cap 시뮬레이션 모델에서 1.5mm 두께의 End Cap시뮬레이션 모델에 대한 불감층 두꼐 결과의 차이는 End Cap 치수의 정확성으로 인한 체계적인 오류였다. 통계적 오류와 체계적 오류를 고려한 후, 검출기의 불감충 두께는 $1.02{\pm}0.14mm$로 도출되었다. 따라서 불감층 두께의 증가는 효율성 감소에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.42-51
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• 2022

상악 전치부 임플란트 같이 심미성이 요구되는 부위의 보철수복은 임플란트 몸체의 식립각도에 영향을 많이 받는다. 순측으로 식립된 임플란트의 각도 때문에, 비심미적인 보철물의 결과가 예상되는 경우 치료에 앞서 환자와 임플란트 보철수복의 한계점을 논의하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 환자에게 치료의 한계점을 시각화하여 보여주기 위해 얼굴스캔 데이터와, CT 파일, 그리고 구내스캔을 중첩하여 디지털진단왁스업을 시행하여 환자에게 제시하였다. 환자는 순측으로 돌출된 보철물의 디자인에 불만족하였다. 환자의 의견을 반영하기 위해 3D 데이터를 이용하여 사고로 인해 이미 근관치료된 인접치를 포함한 새로운 디자인을 제시하고, 기공실팀과 함께 환자의 의견이 반영된 보철물을 제작하였다. 환자는 자신의 의견이 반영된 보철물에 심미적 및 기능적으로 만족하였다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.423-431
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• 2023

본 연구의 목적은 환자의 신체정보와 인공지능 기법을 활용하여 부작용에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 분석하고 조영제 부작용의 정도를 예측하여 이를 완화하는 기초자료로 활용되고자 한다. 연구에 사용한 데이터는 서울 소재 종합병원의 검진을 시행한 CT 검사 58,000건 중 조영제 부작용이 발생한 1,235건 중 과거력 조사에서 조영제 부작용이 없었던 606명의 검사자를 대상자로 하였다. 606개 샘플 중 70%는 훈련 셋으로 사용하고 나머지 30%는 검증을 위한 테스트 셋으로 사용하였다. 나이, BMI(Body Mass Index), GFR(Glomerular Filtration Rate), BUN(Blood Urea Nitrogen), GGT(Gamma Glutamyl Transgerase), AST(Aspartate Amino Transferase,), and ALT(Alanine Amiono Transferase)의 feature를 독립변수로 조영제 중증도를 목표변수로 사용하였다. AdaBoost, Tree, Neural network, SVM, Random foest 알고리즘을 통해 AUC(Area under curve), CA(Classification Accuracy), F1, Precision, Recall을 파악하였다. 분류 예측에 사용된 알고리즘 중 가장 높은 평가지표를 나타내 것은 AdaBoost와 Random Forest이다. 모든 모델의 예측에서 가장 큰 요인은 GFR, BMI, GGT 이였다. 이는 신장 여과 기능, 비만에 따라 주입되는 조영제 양의 차이와 대사증후군의 여부에 따라 조영제 부작용 중증도에 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.384-394
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• 2024

Objective: To evaluate the image quality of novel dark-blood computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging combined with deep learning reconstruction (DLR) compared to delayed-phase CTA images with hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR), to visualize the cervical artery wall in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK). Materials and Methods: This prospective study continuously recruited 53 patients with TAK (mean age: 33.8 ± 10.2 years; 49 females) between January and July 2022 who underwent head-neck CTA scans. The arterial- and delayed-phase images were reconstructed using HIR and DLR. Subtracted images of the arterial-phase from the delayed-phase were then added to the original delayed-phase using a denoising filter to generate the final-dark-blood images. Qualitative image quality scores and quantitative parameters were obtained and compared among the three groups of images: Delayed-HIR, Dark-blood-HIR, and Dark-blood-DLR. Results: Compared to Delayed-HIR, Dark-blood-HIR images demonstrated higher qualitative scores in terms of vascular wall visualization and diagnostic confidence index (all P < 0.001). These qualitative scores further improved after applying DLR (Dark-blood-DLR compared to Dark-blood-HIR, all P < 0.001). Dark-blood DLR also showed higher scores for overall image noise than Dark-blood-HIR (P < 0.001). In the quantitative analysis, the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) values between the vessel wall and lumen for the bilateral common carotid arteries and brachiocephalic trunk were significantly higher on Dark-blood-HIR images than on Delayed-HIR images (all P < 0.05). The CNR values were significantly higher for Dark-blood-DLR than for Dark-blood-HIR in all cervical arteries (all P < 0.001). Conclusion: Compared with Delayed-HIR CTA, the dark-blood method combined with DLR improved CTA image quality and enhanced visualization of the cervical artery wall in patients with TAK.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.464-475
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• 2021

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the tumor doubling time of invasive lung adenocarcinoma according to the International Association of the Study for Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) histologic classification. Materials and Methods: Among the 2905 patients with surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma, we retrospectively included 172 patients (mean age, 65.6 ± 9.0 years) who had paired thin-section non-contrast chest computed tomography (CT) scans at least 84 days apart with the same CT parameters, along with 10 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (mean age, 70.9 ± 7.4 years) for comparison. Three-dimensional semiautomatic segmentation of nodules was performed to calculate the volume doubling time (VDT), mass doubling time (MDT), and specific growth rate (SGR) of volume and mass. Multivariate linear regression, one-way analysis of variance, and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were performed. Results: The median VDT and MDT of lung cancers were as follows: acinar, 603.2 and 639.5 days; lepidic, 1140.6 and 970.1 days; solid/micropapillary, 232.7 and 221.8 days; papillary, 599.0 and 624.3 days; invasive mucinous, 440.7 and 438.2 days; and squamous cell carcinoma, 149.1 and 146.1 days, respectively. The adjusted SGR of volume and mass of the solid-/micropapillary-predominant subtypes were significantly shorter than those of the acinar-, lepidic-, and papillary-predominant subtypes. The histologic subtype was independently associated with tumor doubling time. A VDT of 465.2 days and an MDT of 437.5 days yielded areas under the curve of 0.791 and 0.795, respectively, for distinguishing solid-/micropapillary-predominant subtypes from other subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma. Conclusion: The tumor doubling time of invasive lung adenocarcinoma differed according to the IASCL/ATS/ERS histologic classification.