• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.183-191
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• 2001

Objective: To document the signal characteristics of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) at evolving stages on diffusion-weighted images (DWI) by comparison with conventional MR images. Materials and Methods: In our retrospective study, 38 patients with ICH underwent a set of imaging sequences that included DWI, T1-and T2-weighted imaging, and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR). In 33 and 10 patients, respectively, conventional and echo-planar T2^* gradient-echo images were also obtained. According to the time interval between symptom onset and initial MRI, five stages were categorized: hyperacute (n=6); acute (n=7); early subacute (n=7); late subacute (n=10); and chronic (n=8). We investigated the signal intensity and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of ICH and compared the signal intensities of hematomas at DWI and on conventional MR images. Results: DWI showed that hematomas were hyperintense at the hyperacute and late subacute stages, and hypointense at the acute, early subacute and chronic stages. Invariably, focal hypointensity was observed within a hyperacute hematoma. At the hyperacute, acute and early subacute stages, hyperintense rims that corresponded with edema surrounding the hematoma were present. The mean ADC ratio was 0.73 at the hyperacute stage, 0.72 at the acute stage, 0.70 at the early subacute stage, 0.72 at the late subacute stage, and 2.56 at the chronic stage. Conclusion: DWI showed that the signal intensity of an ICH may be related to both its ADC value and the magnetic susceptibility effect. In patients with acute stroke, an understanding of the characteristic features of ICH seen at DWI can be helpful in both the characterization of intracranial hemorrhagic lesions and the differentiation of hemorrhage from ischemia.

• Brain Tumor Research and Treatment
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.92-96
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• 2018

A 59-year-old patient with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma presented with decreased consciousness and left hemiparesis. A rim-enhanced mass lesion without diffusion restriction was observed in contrast-enhanced MRI including diffusion-weighted imaging. Based on these findings, metastatic brain tumor was suspected. However, brain abscess (BA) was diagnosed after multiple bacterial colonies were observed in aspiration biopsy. Initial conventional antibiotic treatment including vancomycin had failed, so linezolid was used as second-line therapy. As a result, infection signs and clinical symptoms were resolved. We report a case with atypical imaging features and antibiotic susceptibility of a BA in an immunocompromised patient undergoing chemotherapy.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2016

Purpose: To evaluate the added value of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) to computed tomography (CT) for detecting pancreatic abnormality in patients with clinically suspected acute pancreatitis (AP). Materials and Methods: 203 patients who underwent abdomen CT and subsequent DWI to do a workup for epigastric pain were analyzed. Two blinded radiologists independently performed an interval reading based on CT image sets first, then based on combined CT and DWI image sets. The diagnostic criterion on DWI was the increased signal intensity in the pancreas to that of the spleen. For quantitative analysis, the third radiologist measured ADC value of the pancreas in each patient. Results: For AP (n = 43), the sensitivity for detecting pancreatic abnormality increased, from 42% to 70% for reader 1 (P < 0.05) and from 44% to 72% for reader 2 (P < 0.05). For borderline pancreatitis (n = 42), the sensitivity also increased, from 10% to 26% for reader 1 (P < 0.05) and from 7% to 29% for reader 2 (P < 0.05). The mean ADC values (unit, ${\times}10^{-3}mm^2/s$) were significantly different among the three groups (for AP, $1.09{\pm}0.16$; for borderline pancreatitis, $1.28{\pm}0.2$; for control, $1.46{\pm}0.15$, P < 0.05). Conclusion: Sensitivity for detecting pancreatic abnormality increased significantly after adding DWI to CT in patients with clinically suspected AP.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권1호
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• pp.29-48
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• 2021

확산강조영상은 유방암의 진단과 스크리닝에 있어 독립적 검사 방법으로서의 기대되는 결과를 보여주는 빠른 비조영증강 검사 방법이다. 현재까지의 연구 결과 유방암 진단에 있어 독립적 검사 방법으로서 확산강조영상의 민감도는 역동적 조영증강 검사보다는 낮으나 유방촬영술보다는 높으며, 이로써 유방암 스크리닝에 대한 유용한 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 보인다. 확산강조영상의 표준화된 영상 획득과 판독을 통해 영상 화질이 개선될 수 있고, 판독 결과의 다양성도 감소할 것으로 기대된다. 또한, 최신 기법과 후처리 기법을 사용한 고해상도 확산강조영상을 시행함으로써 1 cm 미만의 작은 암의 발견율을 증가시킬 수 있고, 가음성 및 가양성 결과를 감소시킬 것으로 보인다. 현재 한국에서 진행 중인 고위험군 여성에서의 확산강조영상 스크리닝에 대한 다기관 연구 결과가 나온다면 독립적 검사로서의 확산강조영상의 사용을 촉진시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.120-132
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• 2014

목적: 원발성 뇌종양환자에서 방사선 치료 후 추적 자기공명영상에서 새로 생긴 조영증강 뇌병변에 대해 종양재발과 지연성 방사선치료연관변화의 감별에 있어서 확산강조영상 (DWI), 역동적조영관류영상 (DSC PWI), 자화율강조영상 (SWI)의 진단적 가치를 서로 비교하고자 한다. 대상과 방법: 원발성 뇌종양으로 이전에 방사선치료를 받았던 환자 중, 방사선치료 종료 최소 1년 이후에 추적 자기공명영상에서 새롭게 조영증강 되는 병변을 가진 24명의 환자를 대상으로 연구하였다. 새롭게 조영증강 되는 병변은 14명의 종양재발과 10명의 방사선치료연관변화로 확인되었다. 종양재발과 방사선치료연관변화 두 환자 군의 여러변수들은 비대응표본 t 검정을 실시하여 비교 분석하였다. 다중변수 로지스틱 회귀 분석을 이용하여 DWI, DSC PWI, SWI 각 영상의 정량 분석을 통해 얻은 apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), normalized cerebral blood volume (nCBV), proportion of dark signal intensity (proSWI) 값 중 두 군을 감별해 내는 최상의 예측 변수 (best predictor)를 정하였다. 이후 수신자 조작 특성 (Receiver operating characteristics, ROC) 분석을 통하여 best predictor의 정확도, 민감도, 특이도를 평가하였다. 결과: 방사선치료연관변화 군과 비교하여 종양재발 군에서 평균 nCBV 값이 유의하게 높았고 (P=.004), 평균 proSWI 값은 유의하게 낮았다 (P<.001). 반면, 평균 ADC 값은 두 군간에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 다중변수 로지스틱 회귀 분석 결과 proSWI 값만이 통계적으로 유의한, 감별 가능한 독립변수였으며, 민감도, 특이도, 정확도는 각각 78.6% (11 of 14), 100% (10 of 10), 87.5% (21 of 24) 였다. 결론: 뇌종양 환자에서 방사선치료 종료 최소 1년 이후에 새로 보이는 조영증강 병변의 감별에 있어 proSWI 값이 가장 중요한 변수인 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한자기공명의과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자기공명의과학회 2006년도 제11차 학술대회
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• pp.70-70
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• 2006

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.4487-4491
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• 2014

Objective: To explore the clinical manifestations and imaging characteristics of gliomatosis cerebri to raise the awareness and improve its diagnostic accuracy for patients. Materials and Methods: Clinical data, imaging characteristics and pathological examination of 12 patients with GC from Jan., 2008 to Jan., 2012 were analyzed retrospectively. Results: Patients with GC were clinically manifested with headache, vomiting, repeated seizures, fatigue and unstable walking, most of whom had more than 2 lesions involving in parietal lobe, followed by temporal lobe, frontal lobe, periventricular white matter and corpus callosum. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed diffuse distribution, T1-weighted images (T1WI) with equal and low signals and T2-weighted images (T2WI) with bilateral symmetrical high diffuse signals. There was no reinforcement by enhancement scanning and signals were different in diffusion-weighted images (DWI). The higher the tumor staging, the stronger the signals. Pathological examination showed neuroastrocytoma in which tumor tissues were manifested by infiltrative growth in blood vessels and around neurons. Conclusions: In clinical diagnosis of GC, much attention should be paid to the diffuse distribution of imaging characteristics, incomplete matching between clinical and imaging characteristics and confirmation by combining with histopathological examination.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2024

Objective: To evaluate the added value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)-based quantitative parameters to distinguish uterine sarcomas from atypical leiomyomas on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods: A total of 138 patients (age, 43.7 ± 10.3 years) with uterine sarcoma (n = 44) and atypical leiomyoma (n = 94) were retrospectively collected from four institutions. The cohort was randomly divided into training (84/138, 60.0%) and validation (54/138, 40.0%) sets. Two independent readers evaluated six qualitative MRI features and two DWI-based quantitative parameters for each index tumor. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify the relevant qualitative MRI features. Diagnostic classifiers based on qualitative MRI features alone and in combination with DWI-based quantitative parameters were developed using a logistic regression algorithm. The diagnostic performance of the classifiers was evaluated using a cross-table analysis and calculation of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Results: Mean apparent diffusion coefficient value of uterine sarcoma was lower than that of atypical leiomyoma (mean ± standard deviation, 0.94 ± 0.30 10^-3 mm²/s vs. 1.23 ± 0.25 10^-3 mm²/s; P < 0.001), and the relative contrast ratio was higher in the uterine sarcoma (8.16 ± 2.94 vs. 4.19 ± 2.66; P < 0.001). Selected qualitative MRI features included ill-defined margin (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 17.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.41-503, P = 0.040), intratumoral hemorrhage (aOR, 27.3; 95% CI, 3.74-596, P = 0.006), and absence of T2 dark area (aOR, 83.5; 95% CI, 12.4-1916, P < 0.001). The classifier that combined qualitative MRI features and DWI-based quantitative parameters showed significantly better performance than without DWI-based parameters in the validation set (AUC, 0.92 vs. 0.78; P < 0.001). Conclusion: The addition of DWI-based quantitative parameters to qualitative MRI features improved the diagnostic performance of the logistic regression classifier in differentiating uterine sarcomas from atypical leiomyomas on preoperative MRI.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제85권3호
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• pp.607-617
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• 2024

목적 최근 확산강조 자기공명신경조영(diffusion-weighted MR neurography; 이하 DW MRN)이 신경근 평가에 도움이 된다고 보고되었다. 본 연구는 1.5T MR에서 단일방향 경사자장을 사용한 DW MRN의 요추 신경근 평가의 유용성을 확인하고자 한다. 대상과 방법 앞뒤 방향 경사자장의 DW MRN을 포함한 64요추 MR을 후향적으로 분석했다. 제3 요추에서 제1 천추까지 총 512개 요추 신경근의 변화를 T2 강조영상, 조영증강 T1 강조영상, 그리고 DW MRN에서 평가하고 일치도와 상관관계 분석을 했다. 결과 T2 강조영상에서 78개의 신경근 압박이 있었고, 조영증강 T1 강조영상에서 52개 신경근이 조영증강되었다. DW MRN에서 67개 신경근의 부종과 고신호강도가 있었다. 조영증강 T1 강조영상과 DW MRN 모두 신경근의 변화가 나타난 경우는 42개였다. DW MRN과 조영증강 T1 강조영상, T2 강조영상 간에 중간 또는 상당한 일치도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다(κ = 0.59-0.65, ρ = 0.600-0.653). 결론 앞뒤 단일방향을 사용한 DW MRN은 척추 신경근의 변화 평가에 도움이 되며, 가돌리늄 조영증강을 대체 또는 보완하는 역할을 할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권6호
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• pp.1354-1359
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• 2022

글루포시네이트 암모늄은 세계적으로 널리 사용되는 제초제로서, 글루포시네이트 암모늄을 함유하는 제초제의 사용이 증가하면서 그에 따른 급성중독 사례도 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 이에 저자들은 글루포시네이트 암모늄 중독 후 발견되는 뇌 확산자기공명영상 소견에 대해 보고하고자 한다. 증례에서 환자는 양측 속섬유막, 중간소뇌다리, 뇌량팽대에서 세포독성부종 소견을 보였다.