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Usefulness of Scan Position Change on Dual Time Point PET-CT in Pancreas Cancer (췌장암 Dual Time Point PET/CT 검사에서 Scan Position Change의 유용성 평가)

  • Chang, Boseok;Kim, Jae Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.299-305
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    • 2016
  • Despite of the development of medical equipments and technology. Pancreatic cancer has maked high false positive rate and low survival rate compared to other cancers. Therefore, early catch of pancreatic cancer is the only way to enhance the viability. It is important to find the exact location of the pancreas cancer in early stage. The method of optimum scan for early detection of pancreatic cancer on PET/CT exam is proposed. Examined the anatomical region that potentially can be missing from the supine position of ordinary pet/ct exam. The characteristics and usefulness of angle variation ($0^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$, $60^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$) of patients scan position is analyzed. The proposed scan method (named JJ-projection) is bringing advantage of anatomical discrimination by separating stomach, liver, gallbladder duodenum and pancreas. ROC curve analysis is shows to advantage of the JJ-Projection method. The sensitivity has increased 4.6% than the supine delay scan method, the results sensitivity has increased from 91% to 95.2%. The specificity has increased from 75.1% to 84%. Compared with the results observed in cancer by biological biopsy, The accuracy has increased from 86.8% to 94.1%.

Incidental Visualization of Hepatic Hemangioma by Tc-99m-HDP Bone Scan (골스캔에서 우연히 발견된 간혈관종)

  • Chung, Yong-An;O, Joo-Hyun;Kim, Jung-Ho;Yoo, Ie-Ryung;Kim, Sung-Hoon;Sohn, Hyung-Sun;Chung, Soo-Kyo
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.266-267
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    • 2005
  • Hepatic hemangioma is the most common benign liver tumor and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of other space occupying hepatic masses. A 54-year-old man was referred to evaluate bone metastases of lung adenocarcinoma. In our case, we thought that a focal hepatic uptake in the bore scan was a metastatic lesion, because of underlying lung adenocarcinoma. However, the findings of abdominal CT and Tc-99m RBC scan results were deemed to be characteristic of hepatic hemangioma. The biopsy of the lesion was not performed.

Evaluation of Hepatic Hemangioma by Tc-99m Red Blood Cell Hepatic Blood Pool Scan (간 혈관종의 Tc-99m 표지 적혈구 혈액풀 스캔)

  • Sohn, Myung-Hee
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.151-162
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    • 2005
  • Hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver, with a prevalence estimated as high as 7%. Tc-99m red blood cell (RBC) hepatic blood pool scan with single photon omission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging is extremely useful for the confirmation or exclusion of hepatic hemangiomas. The classic finding of absent or decreased perfusion and increased blood pooling ("perfusion/blood pool mismatch") is the key diagnostic element in the diagnosis of hemangiomas. The combination of early arterial flow and delayed blood pooling ("perfusion/blood pool match") is shown uncommonly. In giant hemangioma, filling with radioactivity appears first in the periphery, with progressive central fill-in on sequential RBC blood pool scan. However, the reverse filling pattern, which begins first in the center with progressive peripheral filling, is also rarely seen. Studies with false-positive blood pooling have been reported infrequently in nonhemangiomas, including hemangiosarcoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatic adenoma, and metastatic carcinomas (adenocarcinoma of the colon, small cell carcinoma of the lung, neruroendocrine carcinoma). False-negative results have been also reported rarely except for small hemagniomas that are below the limits of spatial resolution of gamma camera.

[ $^{99m}Technetium-Heat$ ] Damaged Erythrocyte Spleen Scan ($^{99m}Technetium$-가열처리 적혈구에 의한 비장스캔)

  • Choi, Chang-Woon;Park, Seok-Gun;Chung, June-Key;Lee, Myung-Chul;Cho, Bo-Youn;Koh, Chang-Soon;Chung, Soon-Il
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.39-43
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    • 1986
  • [ $^{99m}Technetium-Heat$ ] damaged erythrocyte were used as spleen scanning agents in 12 patients from July, 1985 to April, 1986. We used this scan to evaluate situs inversus, asplenia, accessory spleen, hypersplenism, splenic infarction, tumor staging and evaluation of therapy, especially when the $^{99m}Tc-tin$ colloid scans were not definite for diagnosis. The techniques applied to these scans were in vivo/in vitro-labeling method and heating-method to damage the erythrocytes. Liver-to-spleen uptake ratios were increased upto 100 : 1 and interference from the left lobe of the liver was eliminated. These scans were helpful to evaluate the spleen.

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Radiocolloid Uptake in the Pancreas Islet Cell Tumor: Case Report ($^{99m}Tc$-colloid 섭취를 보인 췌장의 도세포종 : 증례보고)

  • Yang, W.J.;Chung, S.K.;Yeon, S.K.;Shinn, K.S.;Bahk, Y.W.
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.145-147
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    • 1994
  • Colloid uptake in various hepatic conditions such as focal nodular hyperplasia, regenerating nodules in the cirrhotic liver, hamartoma, hemangioma and rarely hepatoma has been documented. Extrahepatic tumors may show colloid uptake and they include splenic hemangioma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, breast carcinoma and Kaposi's sarcoma. The mechanism of colloid uptake in those lesions is associated with phagocytic activity in or around the tumors. We report a pancreas islet cell tumor that showed colloid uptake on $^{99m}Tc$-phytate liver scan without histologic evidence of phagocytosis by tumor cells or infiltration of phagocytes in the tumor Microscopically the tumor was highly vascular and showed diffuse hemorrhage throughtout the tumor. We postulated that extravasation of the colloid into the tumor insterstitium caused nonspecific colloid uptake in this tumor. It is expected that hemorrhagic tumor may show nonspecific colloid uptake without phagocytosis in or about the lesion.

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A Study of Liver Scan using $^{113m}In$ Colloid ($^{113m}In$ 교질(膠質)에 의(依)한 간주사(肝走査)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Koh, Chang-Soon;Rhee, Chong-Heon;Chang, Ko-Chang;Hong, Chang-Gi D.
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.83-99
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    • 1969
  • There have been reported numberous cases of liver scanning in use of $^{198}Au$ colloid by many investigators, however, one in use of $^{113m}In$ colloid has not been reported as yet in this country. The dose of $^{113m}In$ for high diagnostic value in examination of each organ was determined and the dignostic interpretability of liver scanning with the use of $^{113m}In$ was carefully evaluated in comparison with the results of the liver scanning by the conventionally applied radioisotopes. The comparative study of both figures of liver scannings with the use of $^{113m}In$ colloid and $^{198}Au$ colloid delivered following results: 1. The liver uptake rate and clearance into peripheral blood were accentuated more in case of $^{113m}In$ colloid than in case of $^{198}Au$ colloid. 2. The interpretability of space occupying lesion in liver scanning with $^{113m}In$ was also superior to one with $^{198}Au$. 3. The figure of liver scanning with $^{113m}In$ colloid corresponds not always to the figure with $^{198}Au$. This difference can be explained by differences of phagocytic ability of reticuloendotherial system within liver. 4. In the liver scanning with $^{113m}In$ colloid, the spleen is also visualized even in normal examinee. 5. In the cases of disturbed liver function, uptake is more decreased in use of $^{113m}In$ colloid than in $^{198}Au$, in the spleen, however, the way is contrary. 6. With use of $^{113m}In$ colloid, the time required for scanning could be shortened in comparison with $^{198}Au$. 7. The filtration of $^{113m}In$ colloid for scanning prior to human administration gives an expectation for better scanning figure.

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The methods of distinguishing between HCC and HH in Liver CT scan (Liver CT 영상에서 간세포암과 간혈관종 구별에 대한 연구)

  • Hwang, In-gil;Ko, Seong-Jin;Choi, Seok-Yoon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.173-174
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    • 2015
  • 간에서 발생하는 악성종양과 양성종양의 대표적 질환 으로는 간세포암(Hepatocelluar carci- noma, HCC)과 간혈관종(Hepatic hemangioma, HH)이다. CT검사를 이용한 진단에 있어서 두 질환은 시간변화에 따른 조영증강양상 차이가 나타난다. Liver 3-phase computed tomography검사를 시행하여 시간별 조영증강 양상을 알아보았다. 본 연구는 조영제 주입전, 동맥기(35sec), 문맥기(70sec), 지연기(180sec)에 대한 Enhan -cement Pattern 변화와 HU(Hounsfield unit)값 변화, pixel값 변화의 관찰로서 검증하였다. 실험결과 HU를 사용한 방법에서 의미있게 구분되었고 임상적용 시 판독에 도움을 줄 것으로 생각한다.

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The study on Standard Uptake Value(SUV) change according to time input difference in PET/CT scan (PET/CT 검사에서 시간 입력 차이에 따른 표준화섭취계수(SUV) 변화에 대한 고찰)

  • Kim, Kyung-Sik;Lee, Ju-Young;Jung, Woo-Young;Kim, Jung-Sun
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.21-25
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: $^{18}F$-FDG Fusion Whole Body PET scan is performed approximately 1 hour after injecting $^{18}F$-FDG. At this point in the injection procedure, as a tool of the criteria of time input, time of clocks or computers can be used and in the scan procedure, time of workstation can be used. In case that synchronized time input is not done in the injection and scan procedures for PET scan, time error from injection to scan can occur. This time error may affect Standard Uptake Value (SUV) being used as quantitative assessment. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed the change of SUV according to time input difference and necessity of time synchronization. Materials and Methods: The analysis was performed to 30 patients ($54.8{\pm}15.5$ years old) who examined $^{18}F$-FDG Fusion Whole Body PET scan in Department of nuclear medicine, Asan Medical Center from December 2009 to February 2010. To observe the change of SUV according to time input difference, the image was reconstructed and analyzed by artificially changing time difference of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 min against the same patients based on 60 minutes. Result: SUV of the image that reconstructed the images of 30 patients by giving intervals of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 min respectively and the image that entered original time was compared and analyzed through paired t-test. Based on 0 minute, mean SUV of aorta was changed by 0.3, 1.1, 1.4, 3.2, 4.7, 12.5% respectively and there was no statistically significant difference in 1, 2 minutes (p>0.05) but there was significant difference in 3, 5, 10, 20 min (p<0.05). The changes of $SUV_{avg}$ of liver were 1.6, 2.5, 3.0, 4.2, 6.6, 12.8% in 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 min respectively and the changes of $SUV_{max}$ of primary lesion were 1.0, 1.5, 2.2, 3.5, 6.6, 12.8% respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion: Errors may occur in the process of measuring or recording variables affecting SUV such as height and weight of patients, $^{18}F$-FDG dose, Emission scan start time etc. and as these errors are more, the accurate assessment of SUV is interfered. Therefore, in order to assess SUV more accurately, it is thought that efforts to minimize these errors should be made. Of these efforts, time synchronization will be a cornerstone for accurate scanning.

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