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간혈관종의 검사기법과 영상소견 (Examination Techniques and Imaging Findings of Hepatic Hemangioma)

  • 구창회;금종완;석지은;최동철;최윤호;한만석;전민철
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.375-384
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    • 2023
  • 간혈관종은 우리 몸에서 흔하게 발생하는 간병변 중 하나이다. 대부분 간혈관종은 증상이 없고 크기도 작기에 병리학적 검사로는 발견하기 어렵다. 따라서 간혈관종의 초기 발견 및 진단을 하기 위해서는 방사선 진단은 필수이다. 본 연구는 간혈관종에 대한 방사선진단인 전산화단층촬영, 자기공명영상, 핵의학, 초음파 검사의 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 전산화단층촬영에서는 조영제를 이용한 삼중시기 기법, 자기공명영상 검사에서는 T1, T2 강조영상, 조영제를 이용한 동적 자기공명영상, 초고속 자기공명 영상기법, 확산강조영상의 방법, 핵의학에선 99mTc 표지 적혈구를 사용한 혈액풀 스캔방법, 초음파에선 색조도플러의 방법에 대해 연구하였다. 대부분의 간혈관종은 양성종양이기에 간세포암 등과 같은 악성 종양과 혼동하지 않게 주의하여 불필요한 시술을 방지해야 한다. 그러므로 정확한 진단을 하기 위해서는 간혈관종의 영상소견을 정확히 숙지하여 검사를 시행하는 것이 중요하다.

Size Measurement of Radioactive Aerosol Particles in Intense Radiation Fields Using Wire Screens and Imaging Plates

  • Oki, Yuichi;Tanaka, Toru;Takamiya, Koichi;Osada, Naoyuki;Nitta, Shinnosuke;Ishi, Yoshihiro;Uesugi, Tomonori;Kuriyama, Yasutoshi;Sakamoto, Masaaki;Ohtsuki, Tsutomu
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제41권3호
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    • pp.216-221
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    • 2016
  • Background: Very fine radiation-induced aerosol particles are produced in intense radiation fields, such as high-intensity accelerator rooms and containment vessels such as those in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP). Size measurement of the aerosol particles is very important for understanding the behavior of radioactive aerosols released in the FDNPP accident and radiation safety in high-energy accelerators. Materials and Methods: A combined technique using wire screens and imaging plates was developed for size measurement of fine radioactive aerosol particles smaller than 100 nm in diameter. This technique was applied to the radiation field of a proton accelerator room, in which radioactive atoms produced in air during machine operation are incorporated into radiation-induced aerosol particles. The size of $^{11}C$-bearing aerosol particles was analyzed using the wire screen technique in distinction from other positron emitters in combination with a radioactive decay analysis. Results and Discussion: The size distribution for $^{11}C$-bearing aerosol particles was found to be ca. $70{\mu}m$ in geometric mean diameter. The size was similar to that for $^7Be$-bearing particles obtained by a Ge detector measurement, and was slightly larger than the number-based size distribution measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer. Conclusion: The particle size measuring method using wire screens and imaging plates was successfully applied to the fine aerosol particles produced in an intense radiation field of a proton accelerator. This technique is applicable to size measurement of radioactive aerosol particles produced in the intense radiation fields of radiation facilities.

일차성 간림프종: 자기공명영상과 병리소견의 연관 (Primary Hepatic Lymphoma: MR Imaging and Pathologic Correlation)

  • 김한나;신유리;나성은;정은선;오순남;최준일;정승은;이영준
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.151-155
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    • 2010
  • 일차성 간림프종은 전체 림프절외장기를 침범하는 림프종의 1% 미만에서 나타나는 매우 드문 질환이다. 저자들은 수술로 확진된 일차성 간림프종의 자기공명영상과 병리 소견의 특징을 보고한다. 간세포 특이 조영제를 주입하여 얻은 역동적 조영증강 영상에서 점차적으로 조영증강되어 간내담관암과 유사하게 보였다. 그러나 20분 지연 후 얻은 간담관기 영상과 확산강조영상에서 서로 다른 신호강도를 보이는 세 층의 띠모양의 병변이 특징적으로 보였으며 이는 병리적으로 외층의 생존 종양, 중간층의 괴사된 종양, 및 종양에 둘러싸인 중앙부의 괴사된 간 실질과 일치되는 소견을 보였다.

Correlation of serum S100B levels with brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in children with status epilepticus

  • Gunawan, Prastiya Indra;Saharso, Darto;Sari, Dian Purnama
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제62권7호
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    • pp.281-285
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: To evaluate the association between elevated S100B levels with brain tissue damage seen in abnormalities of head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; diffusion tensor imaging [DTI] sequence) in patients with status epilepticus (SE). Methods: An analytical observational study was conducted in children hospitalized at Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, from July to December 2016. The patients were divided into 2 groups: SE included all children with a history of SE; control included all children with febrile seizure. Blood samples of patients were drawn within 24 hours after admission. SE patients also underwent cranial MRI with additional DTI sequencing. The Mann-Whitney test and Spearman test were used for statistical analysis. Results: Fifty-three patients were enrolled the study. In the 24 children with SE who met the inclusion criteria, serum S100B and cranial MRI findings were assessed. Twenty-two children admitted with febrile seizures became the control group. Most patients were male (66.7%); the mean age was 35.8 months (standard deviation, 31.09). Mean S100B values of the SE group ($3.430{\pm}0.141{\mu}g/L$) and the control group ($2.998{\pm}0.572{\mu}g/L$) were significantly different (P<0.05). A significant difference was noted among each level of encephalopathy based on the cranial MRI results with serum S100B levels and the correlation was strongly positive with a coefficient value of 0.758 (P<0.001). Conclusion: In SE patients, there is an increase of serum S100B levels within 24 hours after seizure, which has a strong positive correlation with brain damage seen in head MRI and DTI.

Comparing Initial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings to Differentiate between Krabbe Disease and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy in Children

  • Koh, Seok Young;Choi, Young Hun;Lee, Seul Bi;Lee, Seunghyun;Cho, Yeon Jin;Cheon, Jung-Eun
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: To identify characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features to differentiate between Krabbe disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in young children. Materials and Methods: We collected all confirmed cases of Krabbe disease and MLD between October 2004 and September 2020 at Seoul National University Children's Hospital. Patients with initial MRI available were included. Their initial MRIs were retrospectively reviewed for the following: 1) presence of white matter signal abnormality involving the periventricular and deep white matter, subcortical white matter, internal capsule, brainstem, and cerebellum; 2) presence of volume decrease and signal alteration in the corpus callosum and thalamus; 3) presence of the tigroid sign; 4) presence of optic nerve hypertrophy; and 5) presence of enhancement or diffusion restriction. Results: Eleven children with Krabbe disease and 12 children with MLD were included in this study. There was no significant difference in age or symptoms at onset. Periventricular and deep white matter signal alterations sparing the subcortical white matter were present in almost all patients of the two groups. More patients with Krabbe disease had T2 hyperintensities in the internal capsule and brainstem than patients with MLDs. In contrast, more patients with MLD had T2 hyperintensities in the splenium and genu of the corpus callosum. No patient with Krabbe disease showed T2 hyperintensity in the corpus callosal genu. A decrease in volume in the corpus callosum and thalamus was more frequently observed in patients with Krabbe disease than in those with MLD. Other MRI findings including the tigroid sign and optic nerve hypertrophy were not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion: Signal abnormalities in the internal capsule and brainstem, decreased thalamic volume, decreased splenial volume accompanied by signal changes, and absence of signal changes in the callosal genu portion were MRI findings suggestive of Krabbe disease rather than MLD based on initial MRI. Other MRI findings such as the tigroid sign could not help differentiate between these two diseases.

급격하게 진행한 급성 괴사성 뇌병증 환자의 연속 자기공명영상 소견: 증례 보고 (Fulminant Course of Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy Followed by Serial MRI: A Case Report)

  • 이지영;이경미;연응구;이은혜;김의종
    • 대한영상의학회지
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    • 제82권5호
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    • pp.1274-1280
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    • 2021
  • 급성 괴사성 뇌병증은 드물지만 특징적인 인플루엔자 관련 뇌병증으로, 시상을 포함한 영역의 좌우 대칭의 다발성 병변을 특징으로 한다. 급성 괴사성 뇌병증의 정확한 발병 기전은 아직까지 불분명하나, 사이토카인 과분비에 의한 혈액뇌장벽의 파괴가 가장 널리 받아들여지는 가설이다. 저자들은 급격하게 진행한 10세 남아의 급성 괴사성 뇌병증 증례를 확산강조영상과 자화강조영상을 포함한 연속 자기공명영상 소견과 함께 보고하고자 한다. 연속 자기공명영상에서 나타나는 뇌병변의 시간적 변화는 임상경과 및 병태생리학적 변화와 일치되는 소견을 보였다. 본 증례는 연속 자기공명영상 소견을 통해 급성 괴사성 뇌병증 뇌병변의 발생 기전을 명확히 하였으며, 더 나아가 빠른 면역조절치료를 통해 뇌 손상의 정도를 줄일 수 있음을 시사하였다.

Analysis of Image Distortion on Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Weighted Imaging

  • Cho, Ah Rang;Lee, Hae Kag;Yoo, Heung Joon;Park, Cheol-Soo
    • 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.

가토의 급성 뇌경색에서 관류 및 확산강조 자기공명영상 (Acute Cerebral Infarction in a Rabbit Model: Perfusion and Diffusion MR Imaging)

  • 허숙희;임남열;정광우;윤웅;김윤현;정용연;정태웅;김정;박진균;강형근;서정진
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.116-123
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    • 2003
  • 목적 : 가토 모델을 이용한 급성 허혈성 뇌경색에서 확산강조 자기공명영상과 관류자기공명영상의 유용성에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 여섯 마리의 순계 가토의 경동맥에 히스토아크릴글루와 리피오돌 및 텅스텐 파우더를 동맥내 주입하여 뇌경색을 유발한 후 1시간 내에 고식적인 T1 및 T2 강조영상, 그리고 확산강조 자기공명영상과 관류자기공명영상을 획득하였다. 관류자기공명영상은 측내실 수준과 대뇌기저핵의 1cm 상방에서 각각 얻었고, 이 영상을 특수 영상 소프트웨어로 후처리하여 뇌혈류 용적 , 뇌혈류양 및 평균 조영제 통과시간을 포함한 관류 영상을 획득하였다. 뇌경색 부위는 각각의 관류 지도와 확산강조 자기공명영상으로 평가하였다. 뇌경색 부위와 반대편 정상 부위에서 조영제 평균 통과시간 차이를 측정하였다. 결과 : 모든 가토에서 T2 강조영상상 비정상 신호강도는 없었으나 확산강조 자기공명영상에서 고신호강도의 뇌경색 병변을 확인할 수 있었다. 상대적 뇌혈류용적, 뇌혈류양 및 평균 조영제 통과시간을 포함한 관류자기공명영상에서 모두 관류 결손을 인지할 수 있었다. 뇌혈류양과 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도에서 관류결손지역으로 나타난 면적의 비교는 6예 중 4예에서 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도가 뇌혈류양 지도보다 면적이 크게 나왔으며, 2예는 같았다. 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도의 관류결손 면적이 뇌혈류양 지도보다 작게 나온 경우는 없었다. 또한 뇌혈류양 지도에서 병변의 면적은 확산강조 자기공명영상에서의 병변의 면적보다 3예에서 넓게 나타났고, 3예에서 같게 나타났다. 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도에서 병변의 면적은 확산강조 자기공명영상에서의 병변의 면적보다 모두 크게 나타났다. 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도에서 병변의 면적이 뇌혈류양 지도에서 병변의 면적보다 크면서 확산강조 자기공명영상에서와 같은 경우가 3예, 뇌혈류양 지도에서 병변의 면적이 확산강조 자기공명영상에서와 같으며 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도에서 병변의 면적보다 작은 경우가 3예, 그리고 평균 조영제 통과시간 지도에서 병변의 면적이 뇌혈류양 지도의 병변의 면적보다 크면서 확산강조 자기공명영상에서의 면적이 가장 적은 경우가 1예 있었다. 결론 : 확산강조 자기공명영상과 관류자기공명영상은 가토에서 초급성 뇌경색을 진단하고 뇌혈류 역학상태를 평가하는데 유용한 기법이라고 생각된다.

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Investigations on aerosols transport over micro- and macro-scale settings of West Africa

  • Emetere, Moses Eterigho
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2017
  • The aerosol content dynamics in a virtual system were investigated. The outcome was extended to monitor the mean concentration diffusion of aerosols in a predefined macro and micro scale. The data set used were wind data set from the automatic weather station; satellite data set from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer aerosol index and multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer; ground data set from Aerosol robotic network. The maximum speed of the macro scale (West Africa) was less than 4.4 m/s. This low speed enables the pollutants to acquire maximum range of about 15 km. The heterogeneous nature of aerosols layer in the West African atmosphere creates strange transport pattern caused by multiple refractivity. It is believed that the multiple refractive concepts inhibit aerosol optical depth data retrieval. It was also discovered that the build-up of the purported strange transport pattern with time has enormous potential to influence higher degrees of climatic change in the long term. Even when the African Easterly Jet drives the aerosols layer at about 10 m/s, the interacting layers of aerosols are compelled to mitigate its speed to about 4.2 m/s (macro scale level) and boost its speed to 30 m/s on the micro scale level. Mean concentration diffusion of aerosols was higher in the micro scale than the macro scale level. The minimum aerosol content dynamics for non-decaying, logarithmic decay and exponential decay particulates dispersion is given as 4, 1.4 and 0 respectively.

Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Go, Seung Je;Mun, Yun Su;Bang, Seung Ho;Cha, Yong Han;Sul, Young Hoon;Ye, Jin Bong;Kim, Jae Guk
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • 제34권2호
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    • pp.126-129
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    • 2021
  • Fat embolism syndrome is a rare, but serious condition that occurs in patients with fractures of the long bones or who undergo orthopedic surgery. The main clinical features of fat embolism syndrome are an altered mental status, hypoxia, and petechial rash. Cerebral fat embolism is the most severe manifestation of fat embolism syndrome because it can lead to an altered mental status. The diagnosis of cerebral fat embolism is clinical, but brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) is helpful. There is usually an interval until symptoms, such as an altered mental status, develop after trauma. We report a case of cerebral fat embolism in which the patient's mental status deteriorated several hours after trauma and the initial findings were negative on diffusion-weighted MRI.