• 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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• 제24권3호
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• pp.235-246
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• 2023

Objective: It is difficult to predict the treatment response of tissue after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) because radiation necrosis (RN) and tumor recurrence can coexist. Our study aimed to predict tumor recurrence, including the recurrence site, after SRS of brain metastasis by performing a longitudinal tumor habitat analysis. Materials and Methods: Two consecutive multiparametric MRI examinations were performed for 83 adults (mean age, 59.0 years; range, 27-82 years; 44 male and 39 female) with 103 SRS-treated brain metastases. Tumor habitats based on contrast-enhanced T1- and T2-weighted images (structural habitats) and those based on the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) images (physiological habitats) were defined using k-means voxel-wise clustering. The reference standard was based on the pathology or Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncologycriteria for brain metastases (RANO-BM). The association between parameters of single-time or longitudinal tumor habitat and the time to recurrence and the site of recurrence were evaluated using the Cox proportional hazards regression analysis and Dice similarity coefficient, respectively. Results: The mean interval between the two MRI examinations was 99 days. The longitudinal analysis showed that an increase in the hypovascular cellular habitat (low ADC and low CBV) was associated with the risk of recurrence (hazard ratio [HR], 2.68; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.46-4.91; P = 0.001). During the single-time analysis, a solid low-enhancing habitat (low T2 and low contrast-enhanced T1 signal) was associated with the risk of recurrence (HR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.01-2.35; P = 0.045). A hypovascular cellular habitat was indicative of the future recurrence site (Dice similarity coefficient = 0.423). Conclusion: After SRS of brain metastases, an increased hypovascular cellular habitat observed using a longitudinal MRI analysis was associated with the risk of recurrence (i.e., treatment resistance) and was indicative of recurrence site. A tumor habitat analysis may help guide future treatments for patients with brain metastases.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.139-156
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• 2021

이미지 분류에서 딥러닝 모형을 사용하는 가장 큰 이유는 이미지의 전체적인 정보에서 각 지역 특징을 추출하여 서로의 관계를 고려할 수 있기 때문이다. 하지만 이미지의 지역 특징이 없는 감정 이미지 데이터는 CNN 모델이 적합하지 않을 수 있다. 이러한 감정 이미지 분류의 어려움을 해결하기 위하여 매년 많은 연구자들이 감정 이미지에 적합한 CNN기반 아키텍처를 제시하고 있다. 색깔과 사람 감정간의 관계에 대한 연구들도 수행되었으며, 색깔에 따라 다른 감정이 유도된다는 결과들이 도출되었다. 딥러닝을 활용한 연구에서도 색깔정보를 활용하여 이미지 감성분류에 적용하는 연구들이 있어왔으며, 이미지만을 가지고 분류 모형을 학습한 경우보다 이미지의 색깔 정보를 추가로 활용한 경우가 이미지 감성 분류 정확도를 더 높일 수 있었다. 본 연구는 사람이 이미지의 감정을 분류하는 기준 중 많은 부분을 차지하는 색감을 이용하여 이미지 감성 분류 정확도를 향상시키는 방안을 제안한다. 이미지의 RGB 값에 K 평균 군집화 방안을 적용하여 이미지를 대표하는 색을 추출하여, 각 감성 클래스 별 해당 색깔이 나올 확률을 가중치 식으로 변형 후 CNN 모델의 최종 Layer에 적용하는 이-단계 학습방안을 구현하였다. 이미지 데이터는 6가지 감정으로 분류되는 Emotion6와 8가지 감정으로 분류되는 Artphoto를 사용하였다. 학습에 사용한 CNN 모델은 Densenet169, Mnasnet, Resnet101, Resnet152, Vgg19를 사용하였으며, 성능 평가는 5겹 교차검증으로 CNN 모델에 이-단계 학습 방안을 적용하여 전후 성과를 비교하였다. CNN 아키텍처만을 활용한 경우보다 색 속성에서 추출한 정보를 함께 사용하였을 때 더 좋은 분류 정확도를 보였다.