• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.779-783
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• 2019

골다공증은 골절의 위험도가 증가하는 질환으로, 본 연구에서는 이중에너지 엑스선 흡수계측법(DXA)을 이용하여 허리뼈의 회전과 기울기에 따른 골밀도를 비교 분석하였다. 실험 결과 허리뼈의 회전에 따른 골밀도는 감소하지만 허리뼈의 기울기 변화에서는 그 결과는 예측할 수 없었다. 이러한 이유는 허리뼈의 기울기 변화가 허리뼈 1번과 4번사이 일부분에서 겹침으로 인하여 뼈의 전체 면적과 골밀도가 변화한 결과로 판단되어진다. 즉, 방사선사는 정확한 골밀도 결과 값을 얻기 위하여 허리뼈의 회전방지와 기울기에 따른 겹침을 방지하기 위한 노력이 필요할 것으로 판단되어진다.

• Clinical Pain
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.131-134
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• 2021

We report a rare case of anti-viral agent induced hypophosphatemic osteomalacia presented with localized and radicular pain. A 51-year-old man, who had been taking adefovir for chronic hepatitis, had experienced low back pain radiating to his right thigh for 2 years. With impression of lumbar disc herniation, he underwent magnetic resonance imaging and found multi-level disc herniation with facet joint synovial cysts. He received transforaminal epidural steroid injections, however, symptoms did not improve. To find other possible causes, additional tests were performed. Blood tests revealed hypophosphatemia and increased serum alkaline phosphatase, and osteoporosis was noted in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry with multiple hot uptakes in bone scan. After replacement of adefovir to entecavir and supplement of phosphate and vitamin D, phosphate level and the clinical symptoms were improved. This is the first to report the presentation of osteomalacia due to anti-viral agent as radicular low back pain with facet synovial cysts.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2023

Bone densitometry is a disease in which bones are easily broken due to metabolic bone disease, and DXA is used as a clinical standard test. Although DXA is a good method with good accuracy and reproducibility, it is frequently subject to test errors in testing and result analysis and analysis. Therefore, it is important to recognize the error issues that radiologists should basically be aware of when performing bone density tests, prevent erroneous diagnoses and treatments resulting from the results, and reduce the unnecessary costs associated with them. aim. The inspection must be carried out if the quality control of the equipment is basically continuously performed well before the inspection. Before starting the examination, the patient's age, sex, race, weight, pregnancy status, and any foreign objects that can be removed should be checked, and the examination should be performed in the correct posture. In addition, it is important to analyze results consistently. Radiologists, who play the most important role in ensuring accurate examinations, need to be aware of the potential for errors in advance and develop the ability to deal with the potential for errors in each examination. For that reason, regular education is considered essential.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2024

PURPOSE: Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a clinical condition that combines sarcopenia and obesity. This study examined the frequency of SO in young Korean females between 20 and 29 years of age. METHODS: The study involved 1,000 participants. The height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, skeletal muscle mass index, fasting glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol levels, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, alcohol consumption, and smoking status were the research variables. The skeletal muscle mass index was calculated as appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) divided by the BMI. The ASM was assessed using dual X-ray absorptiometry. Complex sampling analysis and multiple logistic regression were used for analysis. RESULTS: A .74(.30-1.80) frequency of SO was observed. The statistically significant risk factors in females were height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, skeletal muscle mass index, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure (p < .05). CONCLUSION: Young Korean adults with SO have a .74(.30-1.80) frequency of occurrence that is linked to specific risk factors. Hence, primary care clinicians and health care professionals should consider these factors when patients require a referral for early detection and treatment. Healthcare professionals and clinicians can identify potential SO patients by acknowledging these risk factors.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2017

골다공증 검사의 표준검사법은 이중 에너지 X선 흡수율(DEXA) 차이를 이용한 방식이고, 임상에서는 유사한 방식의 이중 에너지 X선 전산화단층영상장치(DECT)가 사용되고 있다. 본 논문의 목적은 기존 방식의 DEXA와 DECT 장비를 활용하였을 때 골밀도 차이를 확인하고 DECT 활용의 유용성을 알아보고자 한다. 기존 방식의 DEXA (QDR 4500W, Hologic)와 DECT (750 HD, GE Healthcare system) 장비를 이용하여 동일한 부위의 허리척추 팬텀 대상으로 검사 시행과 측정을 하였고, 1개월 내 기존 DEXA와 DECT 검사를 동일하게 허리 척추 검사를 시행한 환자 50명을 대상으로 골밀도를 측정 분석하였다. 허리척추 팬텀 대상 골밀도 측정 결과 두 영상장비 간에 통계적으로 높은 상관성(r=0.93, p<0.05)을 나타냈고, 사람을 대상으로 하였을 때도 비교적 높은 상관성(r=0.635, p<0.05; ${\tau}=0.46$, p<0.05)을 나타냈다. DECT를 이용한 골다공증 검사는 일반적으로 시행한 CT 영상 정보를 추가로 분석하여 골밀도 값을 얻는 것으로 추가적인 방사선 노출 없이 유용한 골밀도 정보를 제공해줄 수 있다는 유용성이 있다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.285-293
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• 2022

Background: This study was conducted to analyze the effects of low skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) and obesity on aging-related osteoarthritis (OA) in the Korean population. Methods: A total of 16,601 participants who underwent a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and 3,976 subjects with knee X-rays according to the modified Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) system were enrolled. Knees of ≥KL grade 2 were classified as radiologic OA. The severity of joint space narrowing (JSN) was classified by X-rays as normal, mild-to-moderate, and severe JSN in radiologic OA. The subjects were grouped as normal SMI (SMI of ≥-1 standard deviation [SD] of the mean), low SMI class I (SMI of ≥-2 SDs and <-1 SD), and low SMI class II (SMI of <-2 SDs). Obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥27.5 kg/m². Results: The modified KL grade and JSN severity were negatively correlated with the SMI and positively correlated with BMI and age. The SMI was negatively correlated with age. JSN severity was significantly associated with a low SMI class compared to a normal SMI, which was more prominent in low SMI class II than class I. Obesity was significantly associated with more severe JSN, only for obesity with a low SMI class. Furthermore, patients with a low SMI class, regardless of obesity, were prone to having more severe JSN. Conclusion: This study suggested that a low SMI class was associated with aging and that an age-related low SMI was more critically related to the severity of JSN in OA.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.70-77
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• 2010

골다공증 환자를 대상으로 이중 에너지 X선 흡수(DEXA) 방법을 이용한 골밀도 영상에서는 T-score를 측정하고 자기공명영상 기법 중 확산강조영상에서는 신호대 잡음비와 현성 확산 계수를 측정한 다음 T-score변화에 따라 신호대 잡음비와 현성 확산 계수가 어떻게 변화하는지 알아보았다. 골다공증이 없는 건강한 사람 30명과 2009년 1월부터 2009년 12월까지 허리 통증으로 내원한 환자 중 단순 방사선 촬영에서 골다공증 소견이 보이는 환자 30명을 대상으로 Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)를 이용하여 척추 L1-L4부위의 T-score를 측정 후 각각의 척추에 대해서 골감소증, 골다공증으로 분류하였다. 1.5T MR scanner를 이용하여 b value를 $400\;s/mm^2$으로 획득한 확산강조영상에서는 L1-L4 네 부위에서 신호 강도(signal intensity)측정을 하였고 현성 확산 계수(apparent diffusion coefficient; ADC) map 영상에서는 현성 확산 계수를 측정하였다. 정량적 분석방법으로 관심영역의 T-score와 신호대 잡음비(signal to noise ratio)와 ADC를 구하고 평균화 하여 관심영역에서 T-score변화에 따른 신호대 잡음비와 현성확산계수의 변화를 비교하였고 T-score에 의해 골감소증, 골다공증으로 분류하여 그룹별로 신호대 잡음비와 현성확산계수의 변화도 비교하였다. 정성적인 분석방법은 육안적으로 건강한 그룹과 골감소증, 골다공증그룹의 T1강조 시상면 영상에서 요추체중 L4 부위에서의 신호강도 차이를 알아보았다. 정량적 분석에서 골감소증 그룹과 골다공증그룹은 T-score가 감소함에 따라 확산강조영상에서의 신호대 잡음비가 감소하여 나타났으며 골다공증 그룹에서 신호대 잡음비가 가장 크게 감소하였다. ADC map영상에서는 골감소증그룹과 골다공증 그룹은 T-score가 감소함에 따라 현성 확산 계수는 감소해서 나타났고 건강한 그룹과 골감소증 및 골다공증 그룹의 경우 현성 확산 계수 차이는 골다공증 그룹에서 현성 확산 계수가 가장 낮게 나타났다. 정성적 분석에서는 건강한 그룹과 골감소증 및 골다공증 그룹에서 L4 부위의 신호강도는 건강한 그룹에서 가장 낮게 나타났고 골다공증그룹에서 높게 나타났다. 골다공증이 진행 될수록 신호대 잡음비와 현성 확산계수는 감소하고 T1강조 영상에서는 신호강도가 증가 하는 결과를 얻었고 자기공명검사가 골다공증 진단에 유용함을 알 수 있었다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.41-51
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• 1995

Bone mass accretion during puberty appears to be critical in the development of peak bone mass. Although bone density of females in Korea has been studied, only a few studies have related bone mass with anthropometric patterns or puberty in the pubescent girls. This study was conducted as part of a study of major determinants of bone development during puberty. Subjects were aged 14∼16 yr(mean 14.97), and had no history of disorders or dedication use likely to influence bone or calcium metabolism. Bone mineral density and content were measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry using a Lunar DPX+Scanner (Lunar Madison, WI). Also, total body fat, and total lean body mass were assessed using a Lunar DPX dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer, Pubertal status was assessed according to the Marshall and Tanner guidelines. Serum levels of osteocalcin was measured by RIA using a commercial kit assay. Skinfold measurements were taken with a skinfold caliper(Lange Caliper, USA). Data were analyzed using the regression and GLM procedure of the statistical package SAS. The results indicated that the observed means for lumbar spine BMD and femoral BMD correspond to approximately 91% and 96% of the means for young adult females, respec tively. All subjects were menarchal, with the majority being in the middle to end stages of pubertal development. Total body BMD was positively related to fat mass(P<0.001), lean body mass and time since menarche, and negatively related to urine pyridinoline, serum alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin. The data indicate that girls who reported lower age for menarche had significantly higher bone densities than girls who reported higher age for menarche. Attaining peak skeletal bone mass during puberty may reduce the incidence of osteoporosis in later life. this finding suggests that early menarche may augment peak bone mass, influencing the extent of bone loss later in adulthood. The results suggest that good nutrition in childhood appears to be needed not for growth and development, but possibly also to assure an optimal peak of bone mass and thus greater latitude for the maintenance or skeletal integrity in the face of bone losses. Troeps skinfold thickness was a better predictor of total BMD and total BMC than was any other skinfold thickness. The study did not find a relationship between total BMD and body fat %, but total fat was significantly positively related to total BMD(r=0.49) and total BMC(r=0.60). It supports earlier report that there was a significant correlation between TBMD and body weight. Conclusively, total fat, lean body mass and pubertal development could influence BMD in pubescent girls. Clearly, longitudinal studies are required to assess the effect of puberty on peak bone mass, and to define further the potential determinants of peak bone mass.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2018

Average life expectancy is getting longer due to medical developments and improvements in living standards. So much so that the elderly have an increased risk of developing osteoporosis. Therefore, it is important to prevent, diagnose, and treat the senile disease at an early stage through a bone density test. Bone density is measured by dual energy X-ray absorption (DXA). In this study, while using DXA, in cases when the measurements for both the lumbar and the femur could not be taken simultaneously, the correlation between both measurements were known, and the measurement of one area was used to make a clinical inference for the value of the other. Measurements were taken using Lunar Prodigy Advance (GE) for 43 participant with clinically significant fractures. Statistical calculations were produced and analysed regarding bone density. In case of T-score, lumbar spine produced a statistical result of $-2.112{\pm}1.836$ and femur neck was $-1.716{\pm}1.565$. In case of Z-score lumbar spine produced a statistical result of $-0.151{\pm}1.513$, and femur neck $-0.026{\pm}1.283$. It is indicated that the pearson correlation coefficient of T-score between lumbar spine and femur neck is high at 0.699, and the pearson correlation coefficient of Z-score is considered relatively high at 0.503. The correlation of bone density between lumbar spine and femur neck is shown to be statistically meaningful in T-score's p-value at 0.000 and Z-score's p-value at 0.001. In conclusion, it seems to have clinical usefulness that we can infer the result of one measurement through that of the other part tested, based on the knowledge of the correlation coefficients between lumbar spine and femur neck.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2008

목적: 이중 에너지 X선 흡수 계측(DEXA, Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry)을 이용한 골다공증 진단 시 부위 별로 골다공증에 대한 진단 불일치도를 파악하고, 연령의 증가에 따른 골다공증 진단 일치 여부를 조사하여 골절 예방과 치료에 대한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 연구대상 및 방법: 골절 및 정형외과적 수술이 없는 여성 220명을 대상으로 요추부 $1{\sim}4$번과 고관절의 대퇴경부, Ward's triangle 그리고 전완부의 Ultra digital 부위의 골밀도를 측정하였다. 요추부와 대퇴경부, 전완부의 진단 일치 여부를 위해 각 부위 별 골감소증, 골다공증을 구별하여 분석하였고, 연령의 증가에 따른 진단의 불일치도를 파악하였다. 통계처리는 전완부와 대퇴 경부, 요추부 골밀도의 상관분석을 하였고, 각 부위 T-score 비교는 $x^2$-test를 사용하여 유의성 검정을 하였고, p < 0.05인 경우를 유의한 차이로 판정하였다. 결과: 대상자의 요추부 골밀도는 정상이 57명(25.9%), 골감소증군 86명(39.1%), 골다공증군은 77명(35.0%)이었다. 요추 4번에서는 골다공증군이 78명(35.5%)이었고, Ward's triangle은 126명(57.3%)에서 골다공증으로 진단되어 Ward's triangle에서 골밀도가 가장 낮았다. 요추부와 대퇴경부의 진단불일치율은 57%였고, 요추부와 전완은 43%, 전완과 대퇴경부는 51%로 나타났다. 정상군, 골감소증군, 골다공증군의 진단불일치율은 각각 39%, 63%, 42%로 나타나, 골감소증군에서 진단불일치율이 가장 높았다. 요추부가 정상일 때 불일치도는 30대, 40대, 50대, 60대, 70대에서 각각 25%, 23%, 11%, 65%, 86%로 나타나 60대 이후 불일치도가 급격히 높아졌다. 요추부가 골감소증이나 골다공증일 때는 30대, 40대, 50대, 60대, 70대에서 각각 62%, 55%, 36%, 20%, 9%로 나타나 연령이 높아질수록 불일치도는 낮아졌다. 결론: 골밀도는 연령증가에 따라 변화되고 부위에 따라 서로 차이가 있으므로 골밀도 검사는 요추와 대퇴경부, 전완을 각각 측정하여 차이를 살펴보는 것이 바람직하다. 진단의 불일치 정도가 60대와 70대, 그리고 골다공증군에서 가장 현저하였으며, 이는 두 부위 이상에서 불일치가 일어날 가능성이 있으므로 골절 위험 한계치의 측정에 각 부위별 골밀도 측정이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.