• Title/Summary/Keyword: Contrast agent

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PC-NC기반 Machine Agent System에 관한 연구 (A Study on PC-NC based Machine Agent System)

  • 정병수;강무진;정순철;배명한;김성환
    • 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.636-640
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    • 2002
  • In contrast to conventional CNC, PC-NC opens a new era for machine tools to be more intelligent. For instance, machine tool with PC-NC can be a machine agent system with capability of reacting autonomously to changing operating conditions. This paper introduces a concept of intelligent machine agent system, composed of machine agent and cell manager. Machine agent performs the functions such as process monitoring, diagnosis, maintenance management, condition assessment and schedule negotiation, while cell manager coordinates the negotiation process among multiple machine agents.

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Investigation of the Characteristics of New, Uniform, Extremely Small Iron-Based Nanoparticles as T1 Contrast Agents for MRI

  • Young Ho So;Whal Lee;Eun-Ah Park;Pan Ki Kim
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • 제22권10호
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    • pp.1708-1718
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    • 2021
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the magnetic resonance (MR) characteristics and applicability of new, uniform, extremely small iron-based nanoparticles (ESIONs) with 3-4-nm iron cores using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Materials and Methods: Seven types of ESIONs were used in phantom and animal experiments with 1.5T, 3T, and 4.7T scanners. The MR characteristics of the ESIONs were evaluated via phantom experiments. With the ESIONs selected by the phantom experiments, animal experiments were performed on eight rabbits. In the animal experiments, the in vivo kinetics and enhancement effect of the ESIONs were evaluated using half-diluted and non-diluted ESIONs. The between-group differences were assessed using a linear mixed model. A commercially available gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) was used as a control. Results: All ESIONs showed a good T1 shortening effect and were applicable for MRA at 1.5T and 3T. The relaxivity ratio of the ESIONs increased with increasing magnetic field strength. In the animal experiments, the ESIONs showed peak signal intensity on the first-pass images and persistent vascular enhancement until 90 minutes. On the 1-week follow-up images, the ESIONs were nearly washed out from the vascular structures and organs. The peak signal intensity on the first-pass images showed no significant difference between the non-diluted ESIONs with 3-mm iron cores and GBCA (p = 1.000). On the 10-minutes post-contrast images, the non-diluted ESIONs showed a significantly higher signal intensity than did the GBCA (p < 0.001). Conclusion: In the phantom experiments, the ESIONs with 3-4-nm iron oxide cores showed a good T1 shortening effect at 1.5T and 3T. In the animal experiments, the ESIONs with 3-nm iron cores showed comparable enhancement on the first-pass images and superior enhancement effect on the delayed images compared to the commercially available GBCA at 3T.

The Investigation of Rheological Properties Development for Polymer Matrix Including Foaming Agent

  • Lee, Seung Hak;Kim, Dong Gun;Lim, Sung Wook;Park, Eun Young;Park, Tae Sun;Hyun, Kyu
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • 제51권1호
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2016
  • Sole in the footwear usually modified with foaming agent on the polymer resin to improve the lightweightness and crush-cushion effect. In this study, we investigated rheological properties for polymer resin filled with the different type and concentration of foaming agent, capsule type foaming agent and organo-chemical foaming agent, under the time sweep test. Curing times of each polymer resin with different kind of foaming agent are delayed than reference material (epoxy resin with curing agent). In case of adding capsule type foaming agent, however, there is appropriate concentration to reduce the curing time, relatively. When foaming agent is activated, foaming force inflates the sample in contrast to condensation force of curing and then axial normal force develop to the (+) direction. Interestingly, by increase concentration of foaming agent, there is a specific point to break down the axial normal force development. The reason for this phenomenon is that coalescence of foams induce the blocking of axial normal force development.

PET/MRI에 있어 MRI 조영제가 PET에 미치는 영향 (Effect of MRI Media Contrast on PET/MRI)

  • 김재일;김인수;이홍재;김진의
    • 핵의학기술
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2014
  • PET/MRI에서는 MRI의 진단적 가치를 높이기 위해 T1 조영제를 사용하고 있다. PET의 감쇠 보정을 위해 T1 시컨스 계열인 VIBE DIXON은 조영제에 직접적으로 영향을 미치지만, 실제 ${\mu}-map$과 감쇠 보정된 PET 영상에는 큰 변화가 없었다. 그러므로 PET/MRI 검사시 조영제 사용은 PET 데이터 얻기 전 후 언제든 사용할 수 있을 것이다.

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Principles of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques

  • Shin, Taehoon
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.209-217
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    • 2021
  • Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) plays an important role in accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment planning for patients with arterial disease. Contrast-enhanced (CE) MRA is fast and robust, offering hemodynamic information of arterial flow, but involves the risk of a side effect called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Various non-contrast-enhanced (NCE) MRA techniques have been developed by utilizing the fact that arterial blood is moving fast compared to background tissues. NCE MRA is completely free of any safety issues, but has different drawbacks for various approaches. This review article describes basic principles of CE and NCE MRA techniques with a focus on how to generate angiographic image contrast from a pulse sequence perspective. Advantages, pitfalls, and key applications are also discussed for each MRA method.

자기공명 견관절조영검사 시 고함유량 가돌리늄 조영제의 유용성 (The usefulness of the contrast agent high in gadolinium for the magnetic resonance shoulder arthrography)

  • 나사라;김윤신;최관우;이호범;손순룡;민정환;이주아;마상철;이종석;유병규
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.2199-2206
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구는 자기공명 견관절조영검사 시 단위 부피당 가돌리늄 함유량이 2배 많은 1mmol/mL 조영제를 이용하여 T1 단축효과를 높임으로서 진단적 가치가 높은 영상을 얻을 수 있는 방법을 증명하고자 하였다. 2012년 1월부터 2013년 8월까지 0.5mmol/mL 함유량을 가진 기존의 조영제를 사용한 20명과 1mmol/mL 함유량을 가진 새로운 조영제를 사용한 21명 등 총 41명의 환자를 연구대상으로 하였다. 연구방법은 가돌리늄 함유량에 따른 대조도 차이를 알아보기 위하여, 견관절의 관절공간과 인접한 근육조직인 극상근, 그리고 상완골두의 신호강도를 각각 측정한 후 신호대잡음비와 대조도대잡음비를 비교하였다. 연구 결과, 가돌리늄 함유량이 높은 1mmol/mL 조영제가 0.5mmol/mL 조영제에 비해 SNR이 모두 높았으며(관절공간 38.01%, 극상근 8.40%, 상완골두12.78%), CNR도 가돌리늄 함유량이 높은 1mmol/mL 조영제가 높았다(관절공간과 극상근 48.96%, 관절공간과 상완골두 42.00%). 결론적으로 T1 단축효과를 높이는 다양한 방법 중 현실적으로 구현하기 용이한 가돌리늄 함유량이 높은 1mmol/mL 조영제를 이용하면 효율적으로 T1 단축효과를 높여 진단적 가치가 높은 영상을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Large-scale Synthesis of Uniform-sized Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Medical Applications

  • Hyeon, Taeg-Hwan
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.1-1
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    • 2011
  • We developed a new generalized synthetic procedure, called as "heat-up process," to produce uniform-sized nanocrystals of many transition metals and oxides without a size selection process. We were able to synthesize uniform magnetite nanocrystals as much as 1 kilogram-scale from the thermolysis of Fe-oleate complex. Clever combination of different nanoscale materials will lead to the development of multifunctional nano-biomedical platforms for simultaneous targeted delivery, fast diagnosis, and efficient therapy. In this presentation, I would like to present some of our group's recent results on the designed fabrication of multifunctional nanostructured materials based on uniform-sized magnetite nanoparticles and their medical applications. Uniform ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles of <3 nm were synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron-oleate complex in the presence of oleyl alcohol. These ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles exhibited good T1 contrast effect. In in vivo T1 weighted blood pool magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), iron oxide nanoparticles showed longer circulation time than commercial gadolinium complex, enabling high resolution imaging. We used 80 nm-sized ferrimagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals for T2 MRI contrast agent for tracking transplanted pancreatic islet cells and single-cell MR imaging. We reported on the fabrication of monodisperse magnetite nanoparticles immobilized with uniform pore-sized mesoporous silica spheres for simultaneous MRI, fluorescence imaging, and drug delivery. We synthesized hollow magnetite nanocapsules and used them for both the MRI contrast agent and magnetic guided drug delivery vehicle.

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Supramolecular Micelle from Amphiphilic Mn(III)-porphyrin Derivatives as a Potential MRI Contrast Agent

  • Choi, Kwang-Mo;Lee, Do-Hyung;Jang, Woo-Dong
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제31권3호
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    • pp.639-644
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    • 2010
  • Amphiphilic porphyrin derivatives have been synthesized and characterized by $^1H$ NMR and MALDI-TOF-MS. All porphyrin derivatives showed very high solubility to aqueous medium as well as hydrophobic organic solvent. The UV-vis absorption of the porphyrin derivatives showed significant broadness and decrease of maximum intensity of absorption in aqueous solution. SEM experiment showed the formation of spherical micellar structure. The $T_1$ relaxation time of aqueous medium was drastically decreased in the presence of Mn(III)-porphyrin derivative, indicating that the supramolecular micelle has strong possibility to use as a $T_1$ contrast agent.

개의 신장결석에 의한 근위요관파열의 1예 (A Rupture of Proximal Ureter Caused by Renal Calculi in a Dog)

  • 최민철;허진영;장동우;김완희;홍연정;윤정희;윤화영;권오경;이기창
    • 한국임상수의학회지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.243-246
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    • 2000
  • A 3-year old female Poodle dog was presented with a history of anorexia, vomiting, abdominal pain and depression for 2 days. After physical and blood examination, excretory urogram(EU) and ultrasonography of the abjomen were conducted. On radiographs and ultrasonographs, dilation of diverticulum, sinus, proximal ureter of right kidney and mild dilation of left renal medullar were found. And there was some leakage of contrast agent in the proximal ureter area of right kidney. So this was diagnosed as a rupture of right proximal ureter. This dog was undertaken a surgery of nephrectomy of right kidney. On surgery, dilation of right kidney and hemorrhage, adhesion were found at the proximal ureter and some calculi were also found in the pelvis of right kidney. There were no complications after surgery.

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