• 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.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.89-100
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• 2022

Objective: To improve the N biomarker in the amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration system by radiomics and study its value for predicting cognitive progression in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Materials and Methods: A group of 147 healthy controls (HCs) (72 male; mean age ± standard deviation, 73.7 ± 6.3 years), 197 patients with MCI (114 male; 72.2 ± 7.1 years), and 128 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (74 male; 73.7 ± 8.4 years) were included. Optimal A, T, and N biomarkers for discriminating HC and AD were selected using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. A radiomics model containing comprehensive information of the whole cerebral cortex and deep nuclei was established to create a new N biomarker. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers were evaluated to determine the optimal A or T biomarkers. All MCI patients were followed up until AD conversion or for at least 60 months. The predictive value of A, T, and the radiomics-based N biomarker for cognitive progression of MCI to AD were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier estimates and the log-rank test. Results: The radiomics-based N biomarker showed an ROC curve area of 0.998 for discriminating between AD and HC. CSF Aβ42 and p-tau proteins were identified as the optimal A and T biomarkers, respectively. For MCI patients on the Alzheimer's continuum, isolated A+ was an indicator of cognitive stability, while abnormalities of T and N, separately or simultaneously, indicated a high risk of progression. For MCI patients with suspected non-Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology, isolated T+ indicated cognitive stability, while the appearance of the radiomics-based N+ indicated a high risk of progression to AD. Conclusion: We proposed a new radiomics-based improved N biomarker that could help identify patients with MCI who are at a higher risk for cognitive progression. In addition, we clarified the value of a single A/T/N biomarker for predicting the cognitive progression of MCI.

• 암석학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.315-336
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• 2009

경상분지 북동부 일대의 제3기 결정질 응회암에서 발달하는 미세균열의 빈도수, 길이 및 밀도에 대한 분포특성을 도출하였다. 포항시 흥해읍 지역에서 채취한 3개 암석시료의 수평면 상에서 발달하는 134조의 미세균열은 박편의 확대사진을 통하여 구별하였다. 채취지점의 고도를 달리하는 3개 암석시료에 대한 미세균열의 길이-빈도 히스토그램에 대한 형태의 변화성을 도출하였다. 히스토그램들의 분포형태는 암석시료의 고도와 비례하여 음의 지수함수의 분포형에서 대수-정규의 분포형으로 점변한다. 다른 암석시료보다 고도가 낮은 암석시료 1의 분포형태는 넓은 길이분포를 보여주며, 다른 암석시료에 비하여 평균길이와 중앙값, 그리고 표준 편차가 높은 것이 특징이다. 한편 이와 같은 분포특성은 하부 경상누층군의 퇴적암에서 발달하는 절리의 길이분포와 부합한다. $N0{\sim}10^{\circ}W$의 방향을 중심으로 하여 NW 및 NE의 양쪽 방향으로 갈수록 보다 길이가 짧은 미세균열의 출현빈도수는 증가하며, $N80{\sim}90^{\circ}W$ 및 $N80{\sim}90^{\circ}E$의 방향에서 각각 우세하다. 이러한 분포특성은 미세균열 조들 사이의 생성시기의 상대적인 차이 그리고 보다 짧은 미세균열의 신규 발생을 의미한다. 한편 $N60{\sim}70^{\circ}W$(최대길이:1.18 mm) 및 $N0{\sim}10^{\circ}W$(최대길이:0.80 mm)의 방향에서는 길이가 가장 긴 미세균열을 볼 수 있으며, 이러한 유형의 미세균열은 빈도수에 비하여 숫적으로 매우 제한적이다. 방향각($\theta$)-빈도수(N), 총길이($L_t$), 평균길이($L_m$) 및 밀도($\rho$)의 종합 분포도의 전 영역은 상관곡선의 형태에 의거, 5개의 구간으로 분류할 수가 있다. 분포도에서 밀도곡선은 서북서-동남동($N70{\sim}80^{\circ}W$), 남-북~북북동-남남서($N0{\sim}10^{\circ}W/N10{\sim}20^{\circ}E$), 동북동-서남서($N50{\sim}60^{\circ}E$) 그리고 거의 동-서($N80{\sim}90^{\circ}E$)의 방향에서 각각 5개의 뚜렷한 정점을 보여준다. 특히 단층의 주방향은 밀도가 높은 방향각과 부합한다. 결과적으로 밀도곡선의 이러한 분포형태는 기존의 연구에서 시사한 대표적인 최대 주응력 방향을 반영한다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.140-151
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• 2002

Object and Method:Minor physical anomalies(MPAs) are frequently seen in patients with schizophrenia. MPAs are considered to arise from the anomalous development of ectoderm-originated tissues in the developing fetus. Since the central nervous system originates from ectoderm, MPAs can be regarded as externally observable and objective indicators of the aberrant development which might have taken place in the central nervous system. To investigate whether MPAs are more frequent in schizophrenic patients, the frequencies of MPAs were compared between schizophrenic patients and normal controls. Total 245 schizophrenic patients diagnosed with DSM-IV(male : 158, female : 87), and 418 normal control subjects(male : 216, female : 202) were included in this study. The MPAs were measured using the modified Waldrop scale with fifteen items in six bodily regions; head, eye, ear, mouth, hand, and foot. Result:The total scores of Waldrop scale were $4.40{\pm}1.93$($mean{\pm}standard$ deviation) in patients and $3.43{\pm}1.68$ in controls for females, and for males, $4.58{\pm}1.75$ in patients and $4.28{\pm}1.59$ in controls. For females, the excess of MPAs in schizophrenic patients was statistically significant(t-test : p<0.001). For males, schizophrenic patients also showed more MPAs than normal controls, but this tendency did not reach statistical significance (t-test : p=0.094). When the modified Waldrop total scores excluding head circumference were compared, the total scores in schizophrenic patients were significantly higher for both male and female subjects(t-test : male p<0.001, female p=0.001). The individual anomaly items included in Waldrop scale were also investigated. The items of epicanthus, hypertelorism, malformed ears, syndactylia were significantly more frequent in schizophrenic patients. In contrast, the items of adherent ear lobes, asymmetric ears, furrowed tongue, curved fifth finger, single palmar crease and big gap between toes did not show any differences in frequency between schizophrenic patients and normal controls. Since a lot of statistical analyses showed different results between male and female subjects, it seems to be necessary to consider gender as an important controlling variable for the analysis, however only the item of head circumference showed statistically significant gender-related difference according to log-linear analysis. Conclusion:With a relatively large sample size, the frequencies of MPAs enlisted in Waldrop scale were compared between schizophrenic patients and normal controls in this study. MPAs were more frequently seen in schizophrenic patients and, especially, several specific items in the Waldrop scale showed prominent excess in schizophrenic patients. Although definite conclusions cannot be drawn due to the inherent limitation of the study using Waldrop scale, these results seem to support the possibility that aberrant neurodevelopmental process might be involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia in some of the patients.