• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2015

This study investigated the accuracy of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) in terms of reflecting the actual vascular length. Three-dimensional time of flight (3D TOF) MRA, 3D contrast-enhanced (CE) MRA, volume-rendering after CTA and maximum intensity projection were investigated using a flow model phantom with a diameter of 2.11 mm and area of $0.26cm^2$. 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla devices were used for 3D TOF MRA and 3D CE MRA. CTA was investigated using 16 and 64 channel CT scanners, and the images were transmitted and reconstructed by volume-rendering and maximum intensity projection, followed by conduit length measurement as described above. The smallest 3D TOF MRA measure was $2.51{\pm}0.12mm$ with a flow velocity of 40 cm/s using the 3.0 Tesla apparatus, and $2.57{\pm}0.07mm$ with a velocity of 71.5 cm/s using the 1.5 Tesla apparatus; both images were magnified from the actual measurement of 2.11 mm. The measurement with the 16 channel CT scanner was smaller ($3.83{\pm}0.37mm$) than the reconstructed image on maximum intensity projection. The images from CTA from examination apparatus and reconstruction technique were all larger than the actual measurement.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.248-253
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• 2023

Metal fixation systems for cranial bone flaps cut by a drill are convenient devices for cranioplasty, but cause several complications. We use modified craniotomy using a fine diamond-coated threadwire saw (diamond T-saw) to reduce the bone defect, and osteoplasty calcium phosphate cement without metal fixation. We report our outcomes and tips of this method. A total of 78 consecutive patients underwent elective frontotemporal craniotomy for clipping of unruptured intracranial aneurysms between 2015 and 2019. The follow-up periods ranged from 13 to 66 months. The bone fixation state was evaluated by bone computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional CT (3D-CT). The diamond T-saw could minimize the bone defect. Only one wound infection occurred within 1 week postoperatively, and no late infection. No pain, palpable/cosmetically noticeable displacement of the bone flap, fluid accumulations, or other complications were observed. The condition of bone fixation and the cosmetic efficacy were thoroughly satisfactory for all patients, and bone CT and 3D-CT demonstrated that good bone fusion. No complication typical of metal fixation occurred. Our method is technically easy and safety, and achieved good mid-term bone flap fixation in the mid-term course, so has potential for bone fixation without the use of metal plates.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2000

Objective: To compare the clinical utility of the different imaging techniques used for the evaluation of tracheobronchial diseases. Materials and Methods: Forty-one patients with tracheobronchial diseases [tuberculosis (n = 18), bronchogenic carcinoma (n = 10), congenital abnormality (n = 3), post-operative stenosis (n = 2), and others (n = 8)] underwent chest radiography and spiral CT. Two sets of scan data were obtained: one from routine thick-section axial images and the other from thin-section axial images. Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) and shaded surface display (SSD) images were obtained from thin-section data. Applying a 5-point scale, two observers compared chest radiography, routine CT, thin-section spiral CT, MPR and SSD imaging with regard to the detection, localization, extent, and characterization of a lesion, information on its relationship with adjacent structures, and overall information. Results: SSD images were the most informative with regard to the detection (3.95±0.31), localization (3.95±0.22) and extent of a lesion (3.85±0.42), and overall information (3.83±0.44), while thin-section spiral CT scans provided most information regarding its relationship with adjacent structures (3.56±0.50) and characterization of the lesion (3.51±0.61). Conclusion: SSD images and thin-section spiral CT scans can provide valuable information for the evaluation of tracheobronchial disease.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2006

Purpose : To evaluate clinical usefulness of facial soft tissue thickness measurement using 3D computed tomographic images. Materials and Methods : One cadaver that had sound facial soft tissues was chosen for the study. The cadaver was scanned with a Helical CT under following scanning protocols about slice thickness and table speed; 3 mm and 3 mm/sec, 5 mm and 5 mm/sec, 7 mm and 7 mm/sec. The acquired data were reconstructed 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 mm reconstruction interval respectively and the images were transferred to a personal computer. Using a program developed to measure facial soft tissue thickness in 3D image, the facial soft tissue thickness was measured. After the ten-time repeation of the measurement for ten times, repeated measure analysis of variance (ANOVA) was adopted to compare and analyze the measurements using the three scanning protocols. Comparison according to the areas was analyzed by Mann-Whitney test. Results : There were no statistically significant intraobserver differences in the measurements of the facial soft tissue thickness using the three scanning protocols (p>0.05). There were no statistically significant differences between measurements in the 3 mm slice thickness and those in the 5 mm, 7 mm slice thickness (p>0.05). There were statistical differences in the 14 of the total 30 measured points in the 5 mm slice thickness and 22 in the 7 mm slice thickness. Conclusion : The facial soft tissue thickness measurement using 3D images of 7 mm slice thickness is acceptable clinically, but those of 5 mm slice thickness is recommended for the more accurate measurement.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.248-251
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• 2002

The intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with a multileaf collimator (MLC) requires the conversion of a radiation fluence map into a leaf sequence file that controls the movement of the MLC during radiation treatment of patients. Patient dose verification is clinically one of the most important parts in the treatment delivery of the radiation therapy. The three dimensional (3D) reconstruction of dose distribution delivered to the target helps to verify patient dose and to determine the physical characteristics of beams used in IMRT. A new method is presented for the pretreatment dosimetric verification of two dimensional distributions of photon intensity by means of Beam Intensity Scanner System (BISS) as a radiation detector with a custom-made software for dose calculation of fluorescence signals from scintillator. The scintillator is used to produce fluorescence from the irradiation of 6MV photons on a Varian Clinac 21EX. The BISS reproduces 3D- relative dose distribution from the digitized fluoroscopic signals obtained by digital video camera-based scintillator(DVCS) device in the IMRT. For the intensity modulated beams (IMBs), the calculations of absorbed dose are performed in absolute beam fluence profiles which are used for calculation of the patient dose distribution. The 3D-dose profiles of the IMBs with the BISS were demonstrated by relative measurements of photon beams and shown good agreement with radiographic film. The mechanical and dosimetric properties of the collimating of dynamic and/or step MLC system alter the generated intensity. This is mostly due to leaf transmission, leaf penumbra and geometry of leaves. The variations of output according to the multileaf opening during the irradiation need to be accounted for as well. These phenomena result in a fluence distribution that can be substantially different from the initial and calculative intensity modulation and therefore, should be taken into account by the treatment planning for accurate dose calculations delivered to the target volume in IMRT.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.139-144
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• 2012

본 연구는 CBCT(Cone-beam computed tomography)영상에서 미맹출 치아 크기 측정의 재현성과 정확성을 평가하기 위해 시행되었다. 매복치를 주소로 부산대학교 치과병원 소아치과에 내원한 혼합치열기 환자 중 진단 목적으로 CBCT 채득에 동의한 환자의 미맹출 견치 및 소구치 69개를 대상으로 하였다. CBCT 영상에서 측정한 미맹출 치아의 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치와 동일한 치아가 구강 내로 완전히 맹출한 후 채득한 석고 모형에서 대상 치아를 digital caliper로 측정한 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치를 비교하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. CBCT 영상에서 미맹출 치아를 계측하는 방법은 재현성이 높다(ICC=0.91). 2. CBCT 영상에서 측정한 미맹출 치아의 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치와 석고 모형에서 측정한 대상 치아의 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치는 높은 상관 관계가 있었다(r=0.91). 3. CBCT 영상에서 측정한 미맹출 치아 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치와 석고 모형에서 측정한 대상 치아의 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다($p$ <0.05). CBCT 영상에서 측정한 미맹출 치아 최대 근원심 폭경의 계측치가 석고 모형에서 측정한 대상 치아의 최대 근원심 폭경 계측치보다 평균 0.2 mm 작게 측정되었다. 그러나 이러한 차이는 임상적으로 수용 가능한 수준이라 생각된다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 세종시 우주측지관측센터에 위치한 VLBI 안테나를 대상으로 모바일폰 카메라의 캘리브레이션을 수행하고, 촬영된 스테레오 영상으로부터 3차원 위치좌표를 산출하였다. 모바일폰에 탑재된 카메라의 캘리브레이션을 위한 초기값으로 DLT방법과 상용 수치사진측량시스템인 PhotoModeler $Scanner^{(R)}$ ver. 6.0을 활용하였다. DLT와 PhotoModeler방법으로 산출한 표정결과를 초기값으로 사용하여 광속조정을 통해 카메라 내 외부 표정요소를 계산하고, 두 결과의 정확도를 비교하였다. 두 가지 방법으로 산출한 표정결과는 상당한 편차가 발생하지만, 비선형의 공선조건식을 이용한 광속조정계산으로 두 가지 방법의 최종 표정결과가 거의 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 두 가지 방법으로 결정된 카메라 내 외부 표정요소들을 이용하여 VLBI 안테나 특징점에 대한 3차원 좌표를 계산하고 토탈스테이션을 통해 측정된 기준좌표들과 비교하였다. 그 결과, 두 가지 방법 모두 표준편차가 $X=0.004{\pm}0.010m$, $Y=0.001{\pm}0.015m$, $Z=0.009{\pm}0.017m$로서, cm급의 높은 정확도를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과를 통해 정밀 사진측량의 목적이 아닌 허용오차의 범위가 상대적으로 큰 다양한 사진측량 분야에 모바일폰 카메라를 활용할 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

• 대한심미치과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.35-49
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• 2016

최근 심미성에 대한 요구가 점점 증가함에 따라, 이제는 임플란트 수복에 있어서도 기능적인 면 뿐만 아니라 심미적인 면이 더욱 강조되고 있다. 상악 전치부 임플란트 수복은 임상가들에게 항상 도전적인 과제로 다가오는데 그 이유는 다음의 세 가지 요소를 모두 필요로 하기 때문이다. 첫째, 충분한 경조직이 필요하고 둘째, 충분한 연조직이 필요하며 그리고 셋째, 심미적인 수복물이 필요하다. 연조직의 심미성은 그 하부에 있는 경조직에 의존하게 되는데 그 이유는 하부의 경조직의 골격적인 지지가 있어야만 그것을 바탕으로 그 위에 건강하고 심미적인 연조직이 안정적으로 유지될 수 있기 때문이다. 그러므로, 경조직 재건은 심미적인 임플란트 수복에 있어서 첫번째 단계이며, 특히 3차원적으로 적절한 임플란트의 식립 위치 설정은 심미성 있는 최종 수복물을 얻기 위해서 가장 중요한 단계라고 할 수 있다. 그 다음으로 두번째 단계가 순측으로 충분한 두께의 연조직을 얻기 위한 수술 기법이며, 마지막 세번쨰 단계가 적절한 출현외곽을 갖는 임시 수복물을 통해서 얻어진 심미적인 최종 수복물이다. 본 임상 증례 보고는 순측의 골 열개 결손에서의 골 증대술 과정과 전치부 영역에 주로 사용되는 VIP-CT 라고 일컫는 유경 판막술을 이용한 연조직 증대술, 그리고 임시 수복물을 통한 연조직 형태 만들기와 맞춤형 인상 코핑을 이용한 인상채득법 등을 소개함으로써 경조직, 연조직, 수복물의 세 가지 요소가 심미적인 최종 수복물을 위해 서로 어떻게 조화를 이루어내는지 알아보고자 한다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.99-109
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• 2023

Purpose: CT scan makes up for the weak point of the nuclear medicine image having a low resolution and also were used for attenuation correction on image reconstruction. Recently, many studies try to make use of CT images additionally, one of them is to measure the bone mineral density(BMD) using Quantitative CT(QCT) software. BMD exams are performed to scan lumbar and femur with DXA(Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry) in order to diagnose bone disease such as osteopenia, osteoporosis. The purpose of this study is to identify the usefulness of QCT_BMD analyzed with low dose CT images on L-spine Bone SPECT/CT comparing with DXA_BMD. Materials and Methods: Fifty five women over 50 years old (mean 66.4 ± 9.1) who took the both examinations(L-spine Bone SPECT/CT with SIEMENS Intevo 16 and DXA scan with GE Lunar prodigy advance) within 90 days from April 2017 to July 2022, BMD, T-score and disease classification were analyzed. Three-dimensional BMD was analyzed with low dose CT images acquired on L-spine Bone SPECT/CT scan on Mindways QCT PRO^TM software and two-dimensional BMD was analyzed on DXA scan. Basically, Lumbar 1-4 were analyzed and the patients who has lesion or spine implants on L-spine were excluded for this study. Pearson's correlation analysis was performed in BMD and T-score, chi-square test was performed in disease classification between QCT and DXA. Results: On 55 patients, the minimum of QCT_BMD was 18.10, maximum was 166.50, average was 82.71 ± 31.5 mg/cm³. And the minimum of DXA-BMD was 0.540, maximum was 1.302, average was 0.902 ± 0.201 g/cm², respectively. The result shows a strong statistical correlation between QCT_BMD and DXA_BMD(p<0.001, r=0.76). The minimum of QCT_T-score was -5.7, maximum was -0.1, average was -3.2 ± 1.3 and the minimum of DXA_T-score was -5.0, maximum was 1.7, average was -2.0 ± 1.3, respectively. The result shows a statistical correlation between QCT T-score and DXA T-score (p<0.001, r=0.66). On the disease classification, normal was 5, osteopenia was 25, osteoporosis was 25 in QCT and normal was 10, osteopenia was 25, osteoporosis was 20 in DXA. There was under-estimation of bone decrease relatively on DXA than QCT, but there was no significant differences statistically by chi-square test between QCT and DXA. Conclusion: Through this study, we could identify that the QCT measurement with low dose CT images QCT from L-Spine Bone SPECT/CT was reliable because of a strong statistical correlation between QCT_BMD and DXA_BMD. Bone SPECT/CT scan can provide three-dimensional information also BMD measurement with CT images. In the future, rather than various exams such as CT, BMD, Bone scan are performed, it will be possible to provide multipurpose information via only SPECT/CT scan. In addition, it will be very helpful clinically in the sense that we can provide a diagnosis of potential osteoporosis, especially in middle-aged patients.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 1996

목적 : 선형가속기의 광자선을 이용한 두개내 소병변의 방사선수술에서 다중회전조사와 횡다중회전조사를 병용한 방사선 수술방법을 개발하고, 컴퓨터단층영상을 재구성한 방사선수술계획을 통해 선량분포를 비교하여 병변이외 정상조직의 선량을 줄이기 위한 선량변수를 구하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 선형가속기 6 MV 광자선을 이용하여 치료대 각과 선원지지체 회전 및 환자체위변위를 이용한 입체적 다중 및 횡다중회전조사를 조사하여 선량분포를 비교하였다. 입체적 선량분포와 횡단면, 시상면 및 관상면 치료대 영상재구성의 선량분포는 본 대학에서 개발한 방사선수술기구 및 소프트웨어 (Photon Knife)를 통해 이루어졌다. 입체적 다중회전조사에 의해 얻은 선량은 치료대 각이 20, 50, 120, 160 도, 각각의 선원지지체 회전각은 20-160도이며, 다중회전조사의 치료대각 30, 150도와 횡다중회전조사의 치료대각 30, 150도에 선원 회전각 20-160도를 입체조사하여 비교하였다. 결과 : 선형가속기를 이용한 방사선수술선량분포는 동일 콜리메이터에서도 치료대와 선원지지체 각에 따라 크게 변하였다. 입체횡다중회전조사를 시행한 경우 표적을 중심으로 전후방향의 선량분포는 다중회전조사만을 사용한 경우보다 선량기울기가 증가하여 정상뇌조직의 손상을 더 감소시킬 수 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 병변주위의 치명장기 위치에 따라 방사선 회전 방향을 적절히 정할 수 있다. 방사선수술의 입체선량과 주위 장기 및 표적의 On-Target 입체화는 방사선수술의 정확성, 복수개의 표적중심결정과 주위정상장기의 선량포함범위를 비교적 정확하게 보여줌을 알 수 있다. 결론 : 방사선수술선량계획의 입체화는 선량과 표적 및 주위장기의 선량범위를 입체적으로 정할 뿐만 아니라, 표적의 모양이 불규칙형일 때는 복수개의 표적중심결정에 필수적임을 알 수 있었다. 다중회전조사와 횡다중회전조사를 병합한 방사선수술은 표적주위의 치명정상장기의 손상을 줄이기 위해 총회전각의 변화없이 치명장기에 도달될 선량을 줄일 수 있으며, 25 mm 직경의 콜리메이터를 사용한 선량분포는 $80-50\%$의 간격이 $1.1\~3.0 mm$, $90\~50\%$는 $2.0\~3.0mm$를 나타내었다.