• 대한근전도전기진단의학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2018

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been a gold standard for investigating central motor pathways in humans. Diffusion tensor imaging with fiber tractography (DTI FT) is known for its usefulness in detecting white matter lesion in vivo. We investigated the clinical usefulness of elucidating the integrity and continuity of corticospinal tract (CST) by combined use of TMS and DTI FT in this study. We report two cases who have presented with left hemiparesis and evaluated by both TMS and DTI FT; 10-year-old boy with Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episode syndrome and 20-year-old woman with traumatic brain injury. Combined use of TMS and DTI FT successfully led to localize the brain lesion that might cause motor impairment in patients with abnormal signal intensities in MRI. The results of this study suggest that TMS and DTI FT might provide the detailed information between function and anatomy of the CST, complementarily.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.553-563
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• 2023

Objective: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging-derived tractography (DTI-t) contribute to the localization of language areas, but their accuracy remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance of preoperative fMRI and DTI-t obtained with a simultaneous multi-slice technique using intraoperative direct cortical stimulation (DCS) or corticocortical evoked potential (CCEP) as reference standards. Materials and Methods: This prospective study included 26 patients (23-74 years; male:female, 13:13) with tumors in the vicinity of Broca's area who underwent preoperative fMRI and DTI-t. A site-by-site comparison between preoperative (fMRI and DTI-t) and intraoperative language mapping (DCS or CCEP) was performed for 226 cortical sites to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of fMRI and DTI-t for mapping Broca's areas. For sites with positive signals on fMRI or DTI-t, the true-positive rate (TPR) was calculated based on the concordance and discordance between fMRI and DTI-t. Results: Among 226 cortical sites, DCS was performed in 100 sites and CCEP was performed in 166 sites. The specificities of fMRI and DTI-t ranged from 72.4% (63/87) to 96.8% (122/126), respectively. The sensitivities of fMRI (except for verb generation) and DTI-t were 69.2% (9/13) to 92.3% (12/13) with DCS as the reference standard, and 40.0% (16/40) or lower with CCEP as the reference standard. For sites with preoperative fMRI or DTI-t positivity (n = 82), the TPR was high when fMRI and DTI-t were concordant (81.2% and 100% using DCS and CCEP, respectively, as the reference standards) and low when fMRI and DTI-t were discordant (≤ 24.2%). Conclusion: fMRI and DTI-t are sensitive and specific for mapping Broca's area compared with DCS and specific but insensitive compared with CCEP. A site with a positive signal on both fMRI and DTI-t represents a high probability of being an essential language area.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

목적 : 최근 확산텐서영상(diffusion tensor imaging)의 발전으로 뇌백질의 미세 구조적 특성을 평가할 수 있게 되었다. 그러나 확산텐서영상을 얻기 위한 적절한 영상촬영조건 중 확산 강조 경사자장의 적정한 방향 수에 대하여 충분히 연구되지 않은 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 뇌백질의 트래킹(tracking)을 수행하는 데에 있어 확산강조 경사자장의 방향 수가 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 건강한 남녀 13명 (남: 10, 여: 3, 평균나이: 30세, 연령분포: 23-37) 을 대상으로 하였다. 확산텐서영상은 모든 영상촬영조건을 동일하게 유지하면서 확산강조 경사자장의 방향 수를 6-방향, 15-방향, 32-방향으로 변화시키면서 시행하였다. 영상 범위는 뇌교 하방 1 cm부터 측뇌실 상방 2-3 cm까지 포함하였으며 전교련-후교련 연결선에 평행하게 하였다. 영상후처리를 통해 FA (fractional anisotropy, 분할 비등방성) map을 만든 후, 뇌량의 무릎과 팽대에서 FA의 평균값과 표준편차를 각 FA map에서 구하였다. 그리고 뇌의 피질척수로에서 트래킹을 시행하여 트래킹된 백질 섬유의 수를 측정하였다. 얻어진 FA, FA의 표준편차, 트래킹된 피질척수로의 섬유 수를 통계적 방법으로 6-방향, 15-방향, 32-방향사이에서 비교하였다. 결과 : FA는 확산강조 경사자장의 방향 수에 따라 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 경사자장의 방향 수가 증가함에 따라 FA의 표준편차는 유의하게 감소하였고, 트래킹된 피질척수로의 섬유 수는 유의하게 증가하였다. 결론 : 확산텐서영상에서 확산강조 경사자장의 방향 수를 증가시킬수록 더 우수한 백질의 트래킹이 가능하였다.