• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.151-157
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• 2018

Background: Nonunion of lateral humeral condyle fracture causes cubitus valgus deformity. Although corrective osteotomy or osteosynthesis can be considered, there are controversies regarding its treatment. To evaluate elbow joint biomechanics in non-united lateral humeral condyle fractures, we analyzed the motion of elbow joint and pseudo-joint via in vivo three-dimensional (3D) kinematics, using 3D images obtained by computed tomography (CT) scan. Methods: Eight non-united lateral humeral condyle fractures with cubitus valgus and 8 normal elbows were evaluated in this study. CT scan was performed at 3 different elbow positions (full flexion, $90^{\circ}$ flexion and full extension). With bone surface model, 3D elbow motion was reconstructed. We calculated the axis of rotation in both the normal and non-united joints, as well as the rotational movement of the ulno-humeral joint and pseudo-joint of non-united lateral condyle in 3D space from full extension to full flexion. Results: Ulno-humeral joint moved to the varus on the coronal plane during flexion, $25.45^{\circ}$ in the non-united cubitus valgus group and $-2.03^{\circ}$ in normal group, with statistically significant difference. Moreover, it moved to rotate externally on the axial plane $-26.75^{\circ}$ in the non-united cubitus valgus group and $-3.09^{\circ}$ in the normal group, with statistical significance. Movement of the pseudo-joint of fragment of lateral condyle showed irregular pattern. Conclusions: The non-united cubitus valgus group moved to the varus with external rotation during elbow flexion. The pseudo-joint showed a diverse and irregular motion. In vivo 3D motion analysis for the non-united cubitus valgus could be helpful to evaluate its kinematics.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2009

Purpose: Frontal sinus fractures are relatively less common than other facial bone fractures. They are commonly concomitant with other facial bone fractures. They can cause severe complications but the optimal treatment of frontal sinus fractures remains controversial. Currently, many principles of treatment were introduced variously. The authors present valid and simplified protocols of treatment for frontal sinus fractures based on fracture pattern, nasofrontal duct injury, and complications. Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on 36 cases of frontal sinus fractures between January, 2004 and January, 2009. The average age of patients was 33.7 years. Fracture patterns were classified by displacement of anterior and posterior wall, comminution, nasofrontal duct injury. These fractures were classified in 4 groups: I. anterior wall linear fractures; II. anterior wall displaced fractures; III. anterior wall displaced and posterior wall linear fractures; IV. anterior wall and posterior wall displaced fractures. Also, assessment of nasofrontal duct injury was conducted with preoperative coronal section computed tomographic scan and intraoperative findings. Patients were treated with various procedures including open reduction and internal fixation, obliteration, galeal frontalis flap and cranialization. Results: 12 patients are group I (33.3 percent), 14 patient were group II (38.8 percent), group III, IV were 5 each (13.9 percent). Frontal sinus fractures were commonly associated with zygomatic fractures (21.8 percent). 9 patients had nasofrontal duct injury. The complication rate was 25 percent (9 patients), including hypoesthesia, slight forehead irregularity, transient cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Conclusion: The critical element of successful frontal sinus fracture repair is precise diagnosis of the fracture pattern and nasofrontal duct injury. The main goal of management is the restoration of the sinus function and aesthetic preservation.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.268-273
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• 2001

Thymoma is the most common primary tumor of anterior mediastinum, accounting for 20% to 30% of all mediastinal tumors. The recurrence rate after total resection of the thymoma ranges 8% to 18%. We reported one patient of recurrent malignant thymoma imaged with Tc-99m MIBI, Tc-99m Tetrofosmin and Tc-99m (V) DMSA. Early and delayed Tc-99m MIBI and Tc-99m Tetrofosmin scintigraphies showed an increased uptake in the mediastinal area. Also, Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy revealed an increased uptake tn the corresponding area. Coronal SPECT images of Tc-99m MIBI, Tc-99m Tetrofosmin and Tc-99m (V) DMSA revealed increased uptake of each radiopharmaceutical in the tumor lesion corresponding to the mediastinal lesion on the chest CT. However, the normal blood pool activities of the heart and great vessels of Tc-99m (V) DMSA obscured the recurrent malignant thymoma. Although Tc-99m (V) DMSA is a useful tumor seeking agent, we recommend Tc-99m MIBI and Tc-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT rather than Tc-99m (V) DMSA to detect primary and recurrent malignant thymoma.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제14권1_2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 1992

This study was performed to define the anatomical position of the mandibular canal and the findings during the sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible. The mandibles of 20 adult Korean were used. The dimension of mandibular canal from the mandibular foramen to the 1st molar was measured at 4 specific coronal-sectional location by CT scan. The results were as follows ; 1. The distance from the mandibular canal to the medial aspect of the buccal cortical plate was greatest($4.5{\pm}1.1mm$) at 2nd molar area and was not significantly greater than at any other section. 2. Buccal cortex was thickest($3.8{\pm}0.9mm$) at 2nd molar and thinnest ($2.5{\pm}0.3mm$) mandibular foramen um 3. The distance from the mandibular canal to the medial aspect of the lingual cortical plate was not significant at any sections. 4. The distance from the mandible canal to the inferior border of mandible was greatest at the mandibular foramen($20.7{\pm}3.9mm$). The canal was located more closely to the inferior border at 1st, 2nd molar area 5. The diameter of the mandibular canal was between $2.5{\pm}0.3mm$ and $2.8{\pm}0.6mm$. 6. The total mandibular thickness was greatest($21.1{\pm}2.6mm$) at 2nd molar area and narrowest($17.2{\pm}3.2mm$) at mandibular foramen area.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.141-155
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• 2021

Purpose: To develop a 3D magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) method for application in high resolution knee cartilage PD, T₁, T₂ mapping. Materials and Methods: A novel 3D acquisition trajectory with golden-angle rotating radial in k_xy direction and interleaved echo planar imaging (EPI) acquisition in the k_z direction was implemented in the MRF framework. A centric order was applied to the interleaved EPI acquisition to reduce Nyquist ghosting artifact due to field inhomogeneity. For the reconstruction, singular value decomposition (SVD) compression method was used to accelerate reconstruction time and conjugate gradient sensitivity-encoding (CG-SENSE) was performed to overcome low SNR of the high resolution data. Phantom experiments were performed to verify the proposed method. In vivo experiments were performed on 6 healthy volunteers and 2 early osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Results: In the phantom experiments, the T₁ and T₂ values of the proposed method were in good agreement with the spin-echo references. The results from the in vivo scans showed high quality proton density (PD), T₁, T₂ map with EPI echo train length (N_ETL = 4), acceleration factor in through plane (R_z = 5), and number of radial spokes (N_spk = 4). In patients, high T₂ values (50-60 ms) were seen in all transverse, sagittal, and coronal views and the damaged cartilage regions were in agreement with the hyper-intensity regions shown on conventional turbo spin-echo (TSE) images. Conclusion: The proposed 3D MRF method can acquire high resolution (0.5 mm³) quantitative maps in practical scan time (~ 7 min and 10 sec) with full coverage of the knee (FOV: 160 × 160 × 120 mm³).

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.27.1-27.12
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• 2019

This case report describes a technique in which endodontic treatment and permanent indirect restoration were completed in the same clinical appointment with the aid of a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system. Two patients were diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis of the mandibular first molar. After access preparation, root canals were located, irrigation was performed until bleeding ceased, and the coronal tooth structure was prepared for indirect restoration. Then, utilizing an interim 3-mm build-up of the endodontic access cavity, a hemi-arch digital scan was performed with an intraoral scanner. Subsequent to digital scanning, restoration design was performed simultaneously with the endodontic procedure. The root canals were shaped using the Race system under irrigation with 2.5% sodium hypochlorite followed by root canal filling. The pulp chamber was subsequently filled with a 3-mm-thick composite resin restoration mimicking the interim build-up previously utilized to facilitate block milling in the CAD/CAM system. Clinical try-in of the permanent onlay restoration was followed by acid etching, application of a 5th generation adhesive, and cementation of the indirect restoration. Once the restoration was cemented, rubber dam isolation was removed, followed by occlusal adjustment and polishing. After 2 years of follow-up, the restorations were esthetically and functionally satisfactory, without complications.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2023

CT is a medical device that acquires medical images based on Attenuation coefficient of human organs related to X-rays. In addition, using this theory, it can acquire sagittal and coronal planes and 3D images of the human body. Then, CT is essential device for universal diagnostic test. But Exposure of CT scan is so high that it is regulated and managed with special medical equipment. As the special medical equipment, CT must implement quality control. In detail of quality control, Spatial resolution of existing phantom imaging tests, Contrast resolution and clinical image evaluation are qualitative tests. These tests are not objective, so the reliability of the CT undermine trust. Therefore, by applying an artificial intelligence classification model, we wanted to confirm the possibility of quantitative evaluation of the qualitative evaluation part of the phantom test. We used intelligence classification models (VGG19, DenseNet201, EfficientNet B2, inception_resnet_v2, ResNet50V2, and Xception). And the fine-tuning process used for learning was additionally performed. As a result, in all classification models, the accuracy of spatial resolution was 0.9562 or higher, the precision was 0.9535, the recall was 1, the loss value was 0.1774, and the learning time was from a maximum of 14 minutes to a minimum of 8 minutes and 10 seconds. Through the experimental results, it was concluded that the artificial intelligence model can be applied to CT implements quality control in spatial resolution and contrast resolution.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2009

현재는 PET/CT의 개발로 기능적인 영상에 해부학적인 정보를 추가함으로써 좀더 병변의 명확한 구별이 가능하게 되었으며, CT영상으로 감쇠보정하여 환자 검사시간을 단축시킬 수 있는 이점이 있다. 하지만 오랜 금식으로 위장이 수축되어 있고, 병변이 없는 경우에도 높은 생리적 섭취에 의해 종양으로 오인되는 경우가 있어 종종 추가 검사를 시행하고 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위하여 검사 직전에 물을 섭취하여 위장을 확장시켜 영상을 얻는 방법이 시도되었지만, 위장에서 짧은 시간에 배출되기 때문에 충분히 확장된 위장 영상을 획득하지 못하여 경우에 따라, 다시 물을 먹고 추가 검사를 하는 경우가 발생되었다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서는 칼로리, 단백질 함유, 탄수화물 정도에 따라 위장의 배출시간이 다르다는 생리적 특성에 착안하여 시중에서 비교적 구하기 쉬운 오렌지 주스를 이용하여 검사 중 위장 확장 정도와 영상의 유용성을 비교.평가하였다. 2008년 2월부터 10월까지 PET/CT를 시행한 150명의 환자로 섭취를 하지 않았을 때와 물과 오렌지 주스를 먹은 환자 각각 50명을 대상으로 하였다. 섭취를 하지 않고 검사를 시행한 환자는 남자 25명, 여자 25명으로 연령은 30~71세(평균 연령: 54세)이며, 물(400 cc)을 먹고 검사를 시행한 환자는 남자 25명, 여자 25명으로 연령은 28~71세(평균 연령: 54세)이고, 오렌지 주스(400 cc)를 먹고 검사를 시행한 환자는 남자 25명, 여자 25명으로 연령은 32~74세(평균 연령: 56세)이었다. 환자는 검사 전 6~8시간 금식을 하였고, 당뇨병이 없는 환자를 대상으로 하였다. $^{18}F$-FDG 370~555MBq를 정맥 주사 후 환자를 1시간 동안 안정된 자세로 유지하였으며, 그 후 영상을 획득하였다. 전신 검사 시작 전 각각 물, 오렌지주스를 섭취하고, 두개골 기저에서 대퇴부 중반까지 영상을 얻었으며, bed당 3분으로 방출영상을 획득하여, 영상을 재구성 하였다. 획득된 영상의 종축, 횡축의 길이를 측정하여 확장 정도를 확인 분석하였다. 위장의 확장된 정도는 관상면(Coronal)에서 섭취를 하지 않았을 때 종축이 $1.20{\pm}0.50\;cm$, 횡축이 $1.4{\pm}0.53\;cm$이고 물을 섭취하였을 때 종축이 $1.67{\pm}0.63\;cm$, 횡축이 $1.65{\pm}0.77\;cm$이었으며 오렌지 주스를 섭취하였을 때 종축이 $3.48{\pm}0.77\;cm$, 횡축이 $3.66{\pm}0.77\;cm$로 나타났다. 횡단면 (Transverse)에서 섭취를 하지 않았을 때 종축이 $2.03{\pm}0.62\;cm$, 횡축이 $1.69{\pm}0.68\;cm$이고 물을 섭취하였을 때 종축이 $5.34{\pm}1.62\;cm$, 횡축이 $2.45{\pm}0.72\;cm$이었으며, 오렌지 주스를 섭취 하였을 때 종축이 $7.74{\pm}1.62\;cm$, 횡축이 $3.57{\pm}0.77\;cm$로 나타났다. 물과 오렌지 주스의 관상면과 횡단면에서 종축과 횡축의 거리는 유의한 차이가 나타났다(p<0.001). 또한 SUV에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위하여 측정값은 섭취를 하지 않았을 때 Liver는 $2.52{\pm}0.42$, Lung $0.51{\pm}0.14$, 물을 섭취하였을 때 Liver에서 $2.47{\pm}0.38$, Lung은 $0.50{\pm}0.14$, 오렌지 주스를 섭취 하였을 때 Liver에서 $2.50{\pm}0.45$, Lung은 $0.51{\pm}0.13$으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p=0.759). 오렌지 주스를 섭취했을 때와 물을 섭취했을 때의 SUV의 차이가 크게 없었으며, 검사 중 위장의 확장 정도는 섭취를 하지 않았을 때와 물보다 오렌지 주스에서 충분히 확장된 영상을 획득하였다. 그러므로 검사 전 오렌지주스를 섭취하여 불필요한 위장의 추가 검사를 시행하지 않아 불필요한 환자의 불편을 줄이고, 오랜 금식으로 인한 환자분들의 불만을 최소화할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.381-386
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to improve diagnostic efficiency of clinical study by setting up guidelines for more precise examination with a comparative analysis of signal intensity and image distortion depending on the location of X axial of object when performing magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging (MR DWI) examination. We arranged the self-produced phantom with a 45 mm of interval from the core of 44 regent bottles that have a 16 mm of external diameter and 55 mm of height, and were placed in 4 rows and 11 columns in an acrylic box. We also filled up water and margarine to portrait the fat. We used 3T Skyra and 18 Channel Body array coil. We also obtained the coronal image with the direction of RL (right to left) by using scan slice thinkness 3 mm, slice gap: 0mm, field of view (FOV): $450{\times}450mm^2$, repetition time (TR): 5000 ms, echo time (TE): 73/118 ms, Matrix: $126{\times}126$, slice number: 15, scan time: 9 min 45sec, number of excitations (NEX): 3, phase encoding as a diffusion-weighted imaging parameter. In order to scan, we set b-value to $0s/mm^2$, $400s/mm^2$, and $1,400s/mm^2$, and obtained T2 fat saturation image. Then we did a comparative analysis on the differences between image distortion and signal intensity depending on the location of X axial based on iso-center of patient's table. We used "Image J" as a comparative analysis programme, and used SPSS v18.0 as a statistic programme. There was not much difference between image distortion and signal intensity on fat and water from T2 fat saturation image. But, the average value depends on the location of X axial was statistically significant (p < 0.05). From DWI image, when b-value was 0 and 400, there was no significant difference up to $2^{nd}$ columns right to left from the core of patient's table, however, there was a decline in signal intensity and image distortion from the $3^{rd}$ columns and they started to decrease rapidly at the $4^{th}$ columns. When b-value was 1,400, there was not much difference between the $1^{st}$ row right to left from the core of patient's table, however, image distortion started to appear from the $2^{nd}$ columns with no change in signal intensity, the signal was getting decreased from the $3^{rd}$ columns, and both signal intensity and image distortion started to get decreased rapidly. At this moment, the reagent bottles from outside out of 11 reagent bottles were not verified from the image, and only 9 reagent bottles were verified. However, it was not possible to verify anything from the $5^{th}$ columns. But, the average value depends on the location of X axial was statistically significant. On T2 FS image, there was a significant decline in image distortion and signal intensity over 180mm from the core of patient's table. On diffusion-weighted image, there was a significant decline in image distortion and signal intensity over 90 mm, and they became unverifiable over 180 mm. Therefore, we should make an image that has a diagnostic value from examinations that are hard to locate patient's position.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2008

목적: 장력부하기법과 자가 아킬레스건을 이용하여 이식한 전방십자인대의 자기공명영상 소견을 분석하고 이를 정상전방십자인대의 자기공명영상 소견과 비교 평가하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1995년 1월부터 1996년 11월까지 장력부하기법과 자가 아킬레스건을 이용하여 전방십자인대 재건술을 시행 받은 환자 중 추시 자기공명영상을 검사한 21명 21예(그룹 A)의 자기공명영상을 분석하였다. 대조군(그룹 B)은 반월상 연골 파열로 관절경적 수술을 받은 환자 중 관절경적 소견상 정상 전방십자인대가 확인된 50명으로 구성되었다. 자기공명영상의 시상면 및 관상면에서 이식건의 위치를 측정하여 이를 정상 십자인대와 비교하였다. 결과: 그룹 A의 평균 전방십자인대 시상면 각도($55.7^{\circ}{\pm}5.6^{\circ}$, 범위, $47.2{\sim}68.8^{\circ}$)는 그룹 B의 각도($58.7^{\circ}{\pm}3.8^{\circ}$, 범위, $50.4{\sim}67.5^{\circ}$)보다 작았다(p=0.036). 그러나 평균 전방십자인대-Blumensaat 선 사이의 각도(그룹 A: $8.1^{\circ}{\pm}4.9^{\circ}$, 범위, $1.7{\sim}22.0^{\circ}$, 그룹 B: $8.6^{\circ}{\pm}3.6^{\circ}$, 범위, $2.6{\sim}18.1^{\circ}$)와 평균 전방십자인대 관상면 각도(그룹 A: $64.9^{\circ}{\pm}9.1^{\circ}$, 범위, $46.9{\sim}76.4^{\circ}$, 그룹 B: $65.9^{\circ}{\pm}4.4^{\circ}$, 범위, $57.7{\sim}75.2^{\circ}$)는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(p=0.88) (p=0.62). 시상면에서 그룹 A의 평균 경골 터널 위치($31.9{\pm}7.1%$, 범위, $22.4{\sim}47.9%$)는 그룹 B의 위치($37.0{\pm}4.9%$, 범위, $18.5{\sim}44.7%$)보다 더 앞쪽에 위치하였다(p=0.005). 하지만 관상면에서의 위치는 두 군(그룹 A: $46.3{\pm}2.8%, 범위, $42.1{\sim}52.5%, 그룹 B: $45.7{\pm}2.8%, 범위, $41.0{\sim}49.1%) 사이에 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(p=0.392). 결론: 장력부하기법과 자가 아킬레스건을 이용하여 전방십자인대 제건술을 시행하였으며 추시 자기 공명 영상 검사를 통해 이식건이 정상 전방십자인대와 비슷하게 위치하였음을 확인할 수 있었다.