• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2013

목적: 이 연구의 목적은 뇌량 팽대에 일과성 병변을 보이는 환자의 영상 소견과 임상 양상의 연관성을 연구하는 데 있다. 대상과 방법: 2006년 11월부터 2011년 4월까지 일과성 뇌량 팽대 병변을 보인 총 7명의 환자 (남성: 여성 = 4:3, 연령 11-38세, 평균연령 25.5세)를 대상으로 하였다. 모든 환자의 자기 공명 영상 소견과 임상 소견을 후향적으로 검토하였다. 자기 공명 영상에서는 병변의 위치, 신호 강도, 확산 제한, 조영 증강과 추적 검사에서의 병변의 가역성에 대하여 평가하였다. 증상과 증후, 치료 및 결과에 대한 임상 소견도 후향적으로 검토하였다. 결과: 모든 환자에서 병변은 뇌량 팽대에 국한되었다. 모든 병변은 확산 강조 영상에서 고신호 강도를 보였으며 6명의 환자는 겉보기 확산 계수 영상에서 확산 제한을 보였다. 한 명의 환자에서는 겉보기 확산 계수 영상을 얻지 못하였다. 모든 환자(7명)는 T2 강조 영상에서 고신호 강도를 보였다. 5명 (71.4%)의 환자는 추적 검사 영상 (범위 7-34일) 중 확산 강조 영상과 겉보기 확산 계수 영상에서 고신호 강도와 확산 제한의 완전한 회복이 있었으며 T2 강조 영상에서도 완전한 회복을 보였다. 모든 병변에서 조영제 주입 후 조영 증강은 보이지 않았다. 모든 병변은 항결핵제를 포함한 다양한 원인으로 젊은 환자에서 발생하였고 보존적 치료로 7일 이상의 시간 뒤에는 회복되었다. 결론: 모든 일과성 뇌량 팽대 병변은 최초 확산 강조 영상과 겉보기 확산 계수 영상에서 확산 제한과 같은 비특이적 영상 소견을 보였다. 그렇지만 젊은 환자에서 호발한 점과 7일 이상의 시간 뒤에 가역적인 변화를 보인다는 것은 일과성 뇌량 팽대 병변의 특징이 될 수 있다. 또한, 영상의학과 의사뿐 아니라 임상의사는 항결핵제를 포함한 다양한 원인이 이러한 병변을 일으킬 수 있다는 것을 명심해야 한다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.539-547
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• 2022

Objective: To investigate the association between functional tumor burden of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) derived from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and overall survival in patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma (OC). Materials and Methods: This prospective study was approved by the local research ethics committee, and informed consent was obtained. Fifty patients (mean age ± standard deviation, 57 ± 12 years) with stage III-IV OC scheduled for primary or interval debulking surgery (IDS) were recruited between June 2016 and December 2021. DWI (b values: 0, 400, and 800 s/mm²) was acquired with a 16-channel phased-array torso coil. The functional PC burden on DWI was derived based on K-means clustering to discard fat, air, and normal tissue. A score similar to the surgical peritoneal cancer index was assigned to each abdominopelvic region, with additional scores assigned to the involvement of critical sites, denoted as the functional peritoneal cancer index (fPCI). The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of the largest lesion was calculated. Patients were dichotomized by immediate surgical outcome into high- and low-risk groups (with and without residual disease, respectively) with subsequent survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier curve and log-rank test. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate the association between DWI-derived results and overall survival. Results: Fifteen (30.0%) patients underwent primary debulking surgery, and 35 (70.0%) patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by IDS. Complete tumor debulking was achieved in 32 patients. Patients with residual disease after debulking surgery had reduced overall survival (p = 0.043). The fPCI/ADC was negatively associated with overall survival when accounted for clinicopathological information with a hazard ratio of 1.254 for high fPCI/ADC (95% confidence interval, 1.007-1.560; p = 0.043). Conclusion: A high DWI-derived functional tumor burden was associated with decreased overall survival in patients with advanced OC.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.136-145
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• 2023

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a severe neuropsychiatric abnormality in patients with either acute or chronic liver failure. Typical brain magnetic resonance imaging findings of HE are bilateral basal ganglia high signal intensities due to manganese deposition in chronic liver disease and hyperintensity in T2, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, or diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with hemispheric white matter changes including the corticospinal tract. Low values on apparent diffusion coefficient mapping of the affected area on DWI, indicating cytotoxic edema, can be observed in acute HE. However, neuropsychological impairment in HE ranges from mild deficits in psychomotor abilities affecting quality of life to stupor or coma with higher grades of hepatic dysfunction. In particular, the long-lasting compensatory mechanisms for the altered metabolism in chronic liver disease make HE imaging results variable. Therefore, the clinical relevance of imaging findings is uncertain and differentiating HE from other metabolic diseases can be difficult. The recent introduction of concepts such as "acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)," a new clinical entity, has led to a change in the clinical view of HE. Accordingly, there is a need to establish a corresponding concept in the field of neuroimaging diagnosis. Herein, we review HE from a historical and etiological perspective to increase understanding of brain imaging and help establish an imaging approach for advanced new concepts such as ACLF. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide an understanding of HE by reviewing neuroimaging findings based on pathological and clinical concepts of HE, thereby assisting in neuroimaging interpretation.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.278-283
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• 2011

Objective : The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FOG-PET) can be used to assess the therapeutic response of brain abscess. Methods : A study was conducted on 10 consecutive patients with brain abscess, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffuse-weighted imaging (DWI) was performed at 3 and 6 weeks after surgical treatment and intravenous antibiotics therapy and FOG-PET at 6 weeks after treatment. The extent of the abscess, signal changes on MRI, and FOG-PET standardized uptake values were analyzed and correlated with the response to therapy. Results : Aspiration or craniotomy with excision of the abscess followed by intravenous antibiotics for 6-8 weeks resulted in good recovery with no recurrence. In 10 patients, two had low signal intensity on the DWI; one had no uptake on FOG-PET imaging after 6 weeks antibiotics and discontinued intravenous treatment, but the other patient had diffuse, increased uptake on FOG-PET imaging after 6 weeks antibiotics and underwent an additional 2 weeks of intravenous antibiotics. The remaining eight patients had high signals on the DWI. Four had no uptake on FOG-PET imaging and the treatment period varied from 6 to 8 weeks (mean, 6.75 weeks). Among the other four patients, FOG was accumulated in a diffuse or local area corresponding to a high signal area within the DWI and 2 weeks of intravenous antibiotics was added. Conclusion : MRI plus FOG-PET improved the accuracy of assessing therapeutic responses to antibiotics treatment of brain abscess and aided in optimizing therapy.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2007

대부분의 임상용 자기공명영상 장치에서 확산텐서(difiusion tensor) 영상을 얻기 위하여 에코플렌(EPI) 스핀에코(spin-echo) 시퀀스를 사용한다. 하지만 이 영상법은 자화감수성에 매우 예민한 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 자화감수성에 의해 발생하는 영상의 변질을 최소화하면서 확산텐서를 한번에 얻을 수 있는 시퀀스를 개발하는데 있다. 모든 확산 텐서 성분을 한번에 얻기 위하여 다편(multi-slice) 8에코 스핀에코 시퀀스(MePGSE)가 개발되었다. 모든 180도 펄스는 기존에 사용된 방법과는 달리 선택된(slice selective) 경사자장을 이용하였다. 처음 7개의 에코 영상은 확산텐서 영상을 위하여 사용하였고, 마지막 에코 영상에서는 영상을 얻는 경사자장은 사용하지 않고 남아있는 자화를(residual magnetization) 최소화하기 위하여 삼차원 경사자장(crusher gradients)만을 사용하였다. 따라서 6개의 텐서 성분을 단 한번의 실험에 의하여 얻을 수 있었다. 이 시퀀스를 사용하여 물과 수박을 이용하여 실험을 하였으며 물에서의 확산 값이 기존에 출판된 값과 유사하게 나타나 본 연구에서 MePGSE 시퀀스의 신뢰를 가질 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2775-2780
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• 2016

Background: Precise staging of lung cancer is usually evaluated by PET-CT and brain MRI. Recently, however, whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (WB-DWI) has be applied. The aim of this study is to determine whether the diagnostic performance of lung cancer staging by WB-DWI is superior to that of PET-CT+brain MRI. Materials and Methods: PET-CT + brain MRI and WB-DWI were used for lung cancer staging before surgery with 59 adenocarcinomas, 16 squamous cell carcinomas and 6 other carcinomas. Results: PET-CT + brain MRI correctly identified the pathologic N staging in 67 patients (82.7%), with overstaging in 5 (6.2%) and understaging in 9 (11.1%), giving a staging accuracy of 0.827. WB-DWI correctly identified the pathologic N staging in 72 patients (88.9%), with overstaging in 1 (1.2%) and understaging in 8 patients (9.9%), giving a staging accuracy of 0.889. There were no significant differences in accuracies. PET-CT + brain MRI correctly identified the pathologic stages in 56 patients (69.1%), with overstaging in 7 (8.6%) and understaging in 18 (22.2%), giving a staging accuracy of 0.691. WB-DWI correctly identified the pathologic stages in 61 patients (75.3%), with overstaging in 4 (4.9%) and understagings in16(19.7%), giving a staging accuracy of 0.753. There were no significant difference in accuracies. Conclusions: Diagnostic efficacy of WB-DWI for lung cancer staging is equivalent to that of PET-CT + brain MRI.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.859-862
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• 2010

Transient magnetic resonance (MR) signal changes in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC) arise from many different conditions, including encephalopathy or encephalitis caused by infection, seizures, metabolic derangements, and asphyxia. Few case reports exist on reversible SCC lesions associated with rotavirus infection. A benign convulsion with mild gastroenteritis (CwG) is frequently associated with rotaviral infections. This entity is characterized by normal laboratory findings, electroencephalogram, neuroimaging, and good prognosis. We report a case of a 2.5-year-old Korean girl with rotavirus-associated CwG demonstrating a reversible SCC lesion on diffusion-weighted MR images. She developed 2 episodes of brief generalized tonic-clonic seizure with mild acute gastroenteritis without any other neurologic abnormality. Stool test for rotavirus antigen was positive. Brain MRI done on the day of admission showed a linear high signal intensity and decreased apparent diffusion coefficient values on the SCC. The lesion completely disappeared on follow-up MRI 6 days later. The patient fully recovered without any sequelae.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제81권1호
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• pp.81-100
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• 2020

말초신경병증의 진단을 위해 MR neurography의 사용이 점차 증가하고 있다. 고대조도와 고해상도로 말초신경을 직접 영상화한 MR 영상을 MR neurography라고 하고, 지방억제 T2 강조영상과 확산강조영상이 흔히 사용되는 시퀀스이다. 작은 직경, 복잡한 해부학적 구조를 가진 말초신경을 합리적 시간 안에 영상화하기 위해서 최신의 isotropic 3차원 기법, 다양한 고속영상기법, post-processing 영상 기법 등이 사용된다. 이런 발전들로 인해 MR neurography가 유용하게 사용되지만 항상 적절한 MR neurography 영상을 얻을 수 있는 것은 아니다. 적절한 MR neurography 영상을 얻기 위해 영상의학과 의사가 고려해야 할 다음의 몇 가지 쟁점들이 있다. 이에는 적절한 표준 프로토콜의 선책, 지방억제 기법의 선택, 해상도와 field of view와 slice thickness 간의 상호 관계의 이해, 적절한 post-processing 영상 기법의 적용, 2차원 영상획득 기법과 3차원 영상획득 기법의 장단점, 근위부 말초신경과 말단부 말초신경의 T2 대조도의 차이, 말초신경에 인접한 정맥이 MR neurography에 미치는 영향, 확산강조영상에서 기하학적 왜곡의 발생과 적절한 b value의 선택 등이다. 이런 쟁점들을 잘 이해하는 것이 경험이 적은 영상의학과 의사가 적절한 MR neurography 영상을 얻고, 말초신경병증을 정확히 평가하는 데 많은 도움이 될 것이다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.200-203
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• 2018

Metronidazole is an antimicrobial agent widely used for the treatment of anaerobic infection or antibiotics-associated diarrhea. It is generally thought to be safe, but can induce reversible toxic encephalopathy in the case of excessive or cumulative over-dose. Metronidazole-induced encephalopathy generally demonstrates the characteristic features of typical lesion location and bilaterality on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We report a case of metronidazole-induced encephalopathy with the involvement of asymmetric white matter. To our knowledge, only a few cases have been reported with respect to white matter lesion characteristics on MRI with diffusion-weighted images.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2021

Paraganglioma is a rare tumor of paraganglia, derived from neural crest cells in sympathetic or parasympathetic ganglions. It can be widely distributed from the skull base to the bottom of the pelvis. The pancreas, however, is a rare location of this neoplasm, and only a limited number of cases have been reported in the English literature, especially with gadoxetic-acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted images (DWI). We herein report a case of pathologically proven paraganglioma in the pancreas head with a literature review on endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), computed tomography (CT), gadoxetic-acid-enhanced MRI, and DWI sequence.