• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.194-203
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• 1982

In this investigation we undertook to evaluate the utility of radionuclide cardiac angiography in the detection of cardiac shunts before and after surgical correction. Time-activity curves of ventricles and lungs were evaluated after bolus intravenous injection of 99mTc-human serum albumin in 512 preoperative patients and 551 post-operative patients. Omitting 31 cases of technical failure due to poor bolus, we detected shunts in 459 cases of 481 preoperative evaluations, so the detectability was 95.4%. The cases which couldn`t be detected by this method had small amount of shunt. Also the degree of shunt detected by radioisotope methods were well correlated with oxymetry method. [r=0.89, p<0.01 ] In postoperative evaluations, 18 out of 411 patients with left to right shunt and 10 out of 140 right to left shunt were found to have remnant shunts with radionuclide cardiac angiography. Of the 28 cases with failed operation, 2 were confirmed in reoperation, 2 by cardiac catheterization, 2 by two -dimensional echocardiography. All except one .f these patients had membranous ventricular septal defects and those with left to right shunts had moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension and shunt amount. Also those had larger septal defects than control group. We consider that radionuclide cardiac angiography is a simple and noninvasive method which can show the preoperative diagnosis and postoperative follow up of cardiac shunts.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.101-103
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• 1985

Azygos system, one of the main collateral vessels which communicates superior vena cava with inferior vena cava, is well visualized by Xray angiography. This system is rarely demonstrated by radioisotope study. We report a case whose azygos system was shown during $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ renal scanning.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.337-338
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• 2007

A 20-year-old man underwent a Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocyte scan for the evaluation of an infection at the stump of an AK amputation, which was conducted due to an open communicated fracture of the left lower leg. Blood-flow and blood-pool images demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm with a focus of intense activity medial to the stump, and centered within a large photopenic defect by surrounding hematoma. Delayed image obtained at 3 hours post-injection showed persistent intense and slight increased activity, Contrast angiography confirmed the presence of a pseudoaneurysm arising from a branch of the left superficial femoral artery.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 1968

Technetium 99m pertechnetate brain scanning were performed in 3 cases of head injury (2 chronic subdural hematomas and 1 acute epidural hematoma), 2 cases of brain abscess and I case of intracerebral hematoma associated with arteriovenous anomaly. In all the cases brain scintigrams showed "hot areas." Literatures on radioisotope scanning of intracranial lesions were briefly reviewed. With the improvement of radioisotope scanner and development of new radiopharmaceuticals brain scanning became a safe and useful screening test for diagnosis of intracranial lesions. Brain scanning can be easily performed even to a moribund patient without any discomfort and risk to the patient which are associated with cerebral angiography or pneumoencephalography. Brain scanning has been useful in diagnosis of brain tumor, brain abscess, subdural hematoma, and cerebral vascular diseases. In 80 to 90% of brain tumors positive scintigrams can be expected. Early studies were done with $^{203}Hg$-Neohydrin or $^{131}I$-serum albumin. With these agents, however, patients receive rather much radiation to the whole body and kidneys. In 1965 Harper introduced $^{99m}Tc$ to reduce radiation dose to the patient and improve statistical variation in isotope scanning.

• 보험의학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.90-102
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• 1986

The gallbladder is a pear-shaped, thin walled sac located on the inferior surface of the liver between the right and quadrate lobe, in a recess called fossa vesicae felleae. It is 7.5cm-12.5 cm in length, 3.5 cm in the largest width, and has a volume of about 45 ml with a remarkable capacity for expansion. There are many kinds of diagnostic methods to evaluate diseases of biliary tract including gallbladder-Plain abdomen, Oral cholecystography. Intravenous cholangiography, Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography(PTC), Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography(ERCP), Operative or T-tube cholangiography, Ultrasonography, Radioisotope study, Computed tomography, and Angiography. Especially, ultrasonography is the most effective and noninvasive study in these days. Plain abdomen, oral cholecystography, intravenous cholangiography, and ultrasonography have been performed in our clinic. Methods and findings of above mentioned study are discussed with consideration of references.

• 치과방사선
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.133-140
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• 1995

The arteriovenous malformation, an uncommon lesion, is a direct communication between an artery and a vein that bypasses the intervening capillary bed. The authors experienced two cases of arteriovenous malformation in 17-year-old and 18-year-old female patients who had suffered from mandibular pain and gingival bleeding. As a result of careful analysis of clinical and angiographic radiological examinations, we diagnosed them as arteriovenous malformations, and the results were as follows : 1. Main clinical symptoms were dull pain and gingival bleeding on the mandibular body area, and reddness, pain on palpation, thrill and palpitation in the lesional sites were also observed. 2. Radiographically, well-defined radiolucent lesions with multiple osteolytic defects were observed. In radio-nuclide scan, increased uptakes of radioisotope were observed in the lesional sites. 3. Increased venous shunt supplied by the facial, lingual and inferior alveolar arteries was observed in angiography. After embolotherapy was performed, no recurrence was reported during 3 to 6 months follow up.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.191-197
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• 1987

39 patients with focal hepatic lesions were evaluated by $^{99m}Tc-RBC$ liver scan. The diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions were made by percutaneous needle biopsy, angiography, surgery, or clinical courses. Thses diagnoses included 24 cases of hemangioma, 7 hepatomas, 6 metastatic disease, 1 abscess, and 1 cyst. 19 hemangiomas showed focal hot activity on delayed static planar images. 3 small deep seated hemangiomas were diagnosed by SPECT that would have been missed by planar images alone. 2 large hemangiomas had no radioisotope uptake within the lesions on delayed images and at surgery cavernous hemangioma with thrombosis, calcification, and fibrosis were found. For hepatic hemangiomas in our series, the sensitivity was 91.7% and the specificity was 100%. The remaining 15 patients including hepatomas, metastatic lesions, cyst and abscess showed cold defect on delayed blood pool images. It is concluded that $^{99m}Tc-RBC$ liver scan should be the choice of primary diagnostic procecure for clinically suspected hepatic hemangioma since it's inexpensive, non-invasive, and readly available.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2003

목적: 정상 군에서 휴식 Tl-201/약제 부하 Tc-99m MIBI 심근 게이트 SPECT를 시행하여 정상 좌심실 용적과 구혈률의 기준 값을 만들고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 총 70명을 대상으로 휴식 Tl-201/약제 부하 Tc-99m MIBI 심근 게이트 SrECT를 촬영하였다. 게이트 관류 SPECT를 재구성하고 Cedars 소프트웨어로 좌심실 용적과 구혈률을 측정하였다. 성별과 사용한 동위원소에 따른 좌심실의 구혈률과 용적의 차이점을 평가하고 기준 값을 확립하였다. 결과: 사용한 동치원소에 따라 좌심실 구혈률은 유의하게 다르지 않았다(Tl-201: $63%{\pm}8%$ vs Tc-99m MIBI: $62%{\pm}7%$). 그러나 사용한 동위원소에 따른 좌심실 용적의 비교시 Tc-99m MIBI ($EDV;\;82{\pm}25mL,\;ESV;\;32{\pm}15mL$)보다 Tl-201 ($EDV;\;74{\pm}23mL,\;ESV;\;28{\pm}14mL$)의 좌심실 용적이 유의하게 작았다(p<0.05). 여자의 좌심실 용적은 남자의 값보다 유의하게 작았고(p<0.05) 이는 두 동위원소 모두에서 관찰되었다. 그러나 Tl-201을 이용하였을 때만 여자의 좌심실 구혈률($65%{\pm}7%$)이 남자($60%{\pm}8%$)보다 유의하게 높았고(p<0.05), Tc-99m MIBI의 경우에는 성별에 따른 좌심실 구혈률의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 결론: 이 연구에서 우리는 게이트 SPECT로 측정한 정상 좌심실 용적과 구혈률의 기준 값을 확립하였다. 그리고 이 기준 값은 향 후 연구되는 게이트 SPECT 연구의 기본 자료로서 유의하게 쓰일 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.