• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.88-100
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• 2022

Purpose: Cerebral microbleeds are more susceptible than surrounding tissues and have been associated with a variety of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders that are indicative of an underlying vascular pathology. We investigated relaxivity changes and microvascular indices in the presence of microbleeds in an imaging voxel by evaluating those before and after contrast agent injection. Methods: Monte Carlo simulations were run with a variety of conditions, including different magnetic field strengths (B₀), different echo times, and different contrast agents. ΔR2^* and ΔR2 and microvascular indices were calculated with varying microvascular vessel sizes and microbleed loads. Results: As B₀ and the concentration of microbleeds increased, 𝜟R2^* and 𝜟R2 increased. 𝜟R2^* increased, but 𝜟R2 decreased slightly as the vessel radius increased. When the vessel radius was increased, the vessel size index (VSI) and mean vessel diameter (mVD) increased, and all other microvascular indices except mean vessel density (Q) increased when the concentration of microbleeds was increased. Conclusions: Because patients with neurodegenerative diseases often have microbleeds in their brains and VSI and mVD increase with increasing microbleeds, microbleeds can be altered microvascular signals in a voxel in the brain of a neurodegenerative disease at 3T magnetic resonance imaging.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권6호
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• pp.1477-1492
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• 2021

목적 Dedicated breast CT (이하 DBCT)는 유방 압박의 고통이 없는 영상 진단 기법으로 최근 주목받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 DBCT 영상에서 약하게 조영증강된 작은 병변의 검출률을 높이기 위해 피사체의 기하학적 정보를 이용하여 최적의 영상 문턱값을 제공하는 adaptive image rescaling (이하 AIR) 기법을 제안하였다. 대상과 방법 5개의 동일 크기의 구멍과 서로 다른 크기의 구멍을 가지는 두 개의 디스크를 각각 제작하고, 이를 60 kVp와 100 kVp로 스캔하여 single-energy CT (이하 SECT), dual-energy CT (이하 DECT), 그리고 AIR 영상을 생성하였다. 전임상 평가를 위해 돼지 조직 영상도 획득하였다. Image contrast (이하 IC)와 contrast-to-noise ratio (이하 CNR)로 화질을 평가하였으며, student's t test를 이용하여 영상 간 화질의 차이를 검증하였다. 결과 AIR의 평균 IC (0.70)는 DECT (0.94)의 74.5%로 나타났으며, SECT (0.22) 보다 318.2% 높았다. 또한 AIR의 평균 CNR (5.08)은 SECT (14.30)의 35.5%로 나타났고 DECT (2.28) 보다 222.8% 높게 측정되었다. 돼지 조직의 전임상 평가 결과도 비슷한 양상을 보였다. 결론 AIR은 SECT보다 높은 영상 대조도를 가지며, 50% 선량만으로도 DECT에 비견할 만한 화질 성능을 제공할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 AIR은 DBCT 영상에서 약하게 조영증강된 병변의 검출률을 개선할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.75.1-75
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• 2003

Barely yellow mosaic(BaYMV) and barely mild mosaic (BaMMV) bymoviruses are both transmitted by the soil-inhabiting fungus Polymyxa gramnis, and are responsible for economic losses in barley crops in Asia and Europe. Because chemical control of the vector is ineffective, the losses can only be prevented by growing resistant barley cultivars. The objective of this study is to produce resistant barley plants by transformation with viral coat protein(cp) genes. Resistance tests of T1 plants transformed with the BaYMV CP gene showed that at least four independent lines had clear resistance to BaYMV but two other lines were highly susceptible with severe symptoms. The CP gene was detected in all resistant T1 plants by genomic PCR. Most of T2 progenies derived from the resistant T1 lines also showed resistance. In contrast, only one out of 21 independent T2 lines transformed with the BAMMV CP gene tested showed clear resistance to BaMMV, and others were very susceptible. Further analyses of resistance and CP gene expression are in progress.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2012

고해상도 경동맥 자기공명영상(MRI)을 이용하여 경화판 특성을 파악할 수 있다. MRI는 경화판의 활동성 염증이나 경화판내 출혈을 비침습적으로 진단할 수 있는 능력이 있다. 3T MRI는 1.5T MRI에 비해 신호 대 잡음비와 대조도 대 잡음비가 높다. 동맥벽의 면적이나 표준화된 동맥벽 면적을 MRI로 측정하면 약물 치료 후 반응을 평가할 수 있다. 결론적으로 고행상도 MRI는 일과성 허혈이나 뇌졸중을 발생하기 쉬운 경화판의 진단과 치료 후 평가에 유용하다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2001

목적 : 자성 자기공명조명제의 효율을 결정하는데는 상자성물질의 물분자 결합위치에 구속되어 있는 물분자와 자유 물분자사이의 물분자 교환율이 매우 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 $^{17}O-NMR$기법을 사용하여 현재 상용화 되어 있는 Gd 자기공명조영제 및 최근 간특이성 자기공명조영제로 제안되고 있는 Gd-EOB-DTPA의 물분자 교율을 측정하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 본 연구에 사용된 조영제는 Gd-DTPA, Gd-DTPA-BMA, Gd-DOTA, Gd-EOB-DTPA 이며 여기에 Isotech 사의 5% $^{17}O$로 치환된 증류수를 혼합하여 사용하였다. 결과적인 시료의 pH는 buffer용액을 사용하여 pH=7로 고정하였으며 다양한 온도에서 Bruker-600 (14.1 T, 81.3 MHz)모델의 NMR장비를 사용하여 측정하였다. 에코열 24개의 Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) 펄스 시권스를 사용하여 $^{17}O$의 스핀-스핀 이완시간(T2)을 측정하고 이렇게 얻어진 T2 데이터는 최소자승법을 이용하여 Solomon-Bloembergen방정식에 fitting시켜서 최종적으로 각 조명제의 물분자 교환율을 계산하였다. 결과 : 측정된 각 조영제의 물분자 교환시간은 300k의 온도에서는 Gd-DTPA의 경우 0.427, Gd-DTPA-BMA의 경우 $1.99{\;}{\mu}s$, Gd-DOTA의 경우 $0.27{\;}{\mu}s$, Gd-EOB-DTPA의 경우 $0.11{\;}{\mu}s$로 나타났으며 이러한 물분자 교환시간은 온도에 따라 변화함을 알았다. 물분자 교환시간의 온도 의존성은 모든 조영제에서 지수함수의 형태로 나타났으나 조영제에 따라 온도가 올라감에 따라 물분자 교환시간이 감소하는 감소율에서는 차이를 나타내었다. 결론 : 상자성 조영제의 relaxation enhancement 기전을 이해하는데는 물분자 교환율에 대한 정보가 매우 중요하며 이러한 물분자 교환율을 정확히 측정하는데는 $^{17}O-NMR$기법이 매우 유용함을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.209-216
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• 1995

Recently, a new tailored RF gradient echo (TRFGE) sequence was reported. This technique not only enhances the magnetic susceptibility effect but also allows us to measure local changes in brain oxygenation. In this study, a phantom and cat brain experiments were performed on a 4.7 Tesla BIQSPEC (BRUKER) instrument with a 26 cm gradient system. We have demonstrated that the signal intensity (SI) of the TRFGE sequence varies according to the concentration of susceptibility contrast agent. Three capillary tubes with different concentrations of Gd-DTPA (0.01, 0.05, 0.1 mMOI/l) were placed at the middle of a cylindrical water phantom. Using both TRFGE and conventional gradient echo (CGE) sequences, phantom images of the slices which contain all three tubes were obtained. For the animal experiment, cats were anesthetized and ventilated using halotane (0.5%) and a $N_2O/ O_2$ mixture (2:1), and blood pressure and heart rate were monitored and kept normal. For the observation of tue first pass of Gd- DTPA, imaging was started at t = 0. At t = 8 ~ 12s, 0.2 mMol/Kg Gd-DTPA was manually injected in the femoral vein. The imaging parameters were TRITE = 25/10 msec, flip angle = $30^{\circ}$, FOV = 10cm, image matrix size = $128{\times}128$ with 64 phase encodings and the image data acquisition window was 10 msec. SI-time curves were then obtained from a series of 30 images which were collected at 2 sec intervals using both CGE and TRFGE pulse sequences before, during, and following the contrast injection.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제67권6호
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• pp.407-414
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• 2023

The present study uses quasi-classical trajectory procedures to examine the vibrational relaxation and dissociation of the methyl and ring C-H bonds in excited methylpyrazine (MP) during collision with either N₂ or O₂. The energy-loss (-ΔE) of the excited MP is calculated as the total vibrational energy (E_T) of MP is increased in the range of 5,000 to 40,000cm^-1. The results indicate that the collision-induced vibrational relaxation of MP is not large, increasing gradually with increasing E_T between 5,000 and 30,000 cm^-1, but then decreasing with the further increase in E_T. In both N₂ and O₂ collisions, the vibrational relaxation of MP occurs mainly via the vibration-to-translation (V→T) and vibration-to-vibration (V→V) energy transfer pathways, while the vibration-to-rotation (V→R) energy transfer pathway is negligible. In both collision systems, the V→T transfer shows a similar pattern and amount of energy loss in the ET range of 5,000 to 40,000cm^-1, whereas the pattern and amount of energy transfer via the V→V pathway differs significantly between two collision systems. The collision-induced dissociation of the C-H_methyl or C-H_ring bond occurs when highly excited MP (65,000-72,000 cm^-1) interacts with the ground-state N₂ or O₂. Here, the dissociation probability is low (10^-4-10^-1), but increases exponentially with increasing vibrational excitation. This can be interpreted as the intermolecular interaction below E_T = 71,000 cm^-1. By contrast, the bond dissociation above E_T = 71,000 cm^-1 is due to the intramolecular energy flow between the excited C-H bonds. The probability of C-H_methyl dissociation is higher than that of C-H_ring dissociation.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.43-46
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• 2012

In this study, comprehensive two dimension gas chromatography (2D GC-MS) and 15 T Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (15T FT-ICR MS) connected to atmospheric pressure photo ionization (APPI) have been combined to obtain detailed chemical composition of a diesel oil sample. With 2D GC-MS, compounds with aliphatic alkyl, saturated cyclic ring(s), and one aromatic ring structures were mainly identified. Sensitivity toward aromatic compounds with more than two aromatic rings was low with 2D GC-MS. In contrast, aromatic compounds containing up to four benzene rings were identified by APPI FT-ICR MS. Relatively smaller abundance of cyclic ring compounds were found but no aliphatic alkyl compounds were observed by APPI FT-ICR MS. The data presented in this study clearly shows that 2D GC-MS and 15T FT-ICR MS provides different aspect of an oil sample and hence they have to be considered as complementary techniques to each other for more complete understanding of oil samples.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 1983

We considered the tunneling effect on the rate constants calculated from transition-state theory for the H + $D_2$ and D + $H_2$ reactions. A method for evaluating the important parameter Ec (potential barrier height) was proposed. A tunnel-effect correlation factor (TECF) ${\Gamma}_{t}exp{\theta}_t$ was estimated from experimental data, and compared with the corresponding values obtained from many theoretical methods. According to our results, the tunneling effect cannot be negligible around $800^{\circ}$K where the TECF value is ca. 0.8 whereas the factor approaches to unity at T > $2400^{\circ}$K where the tunneling completely disappears. In addition to the above fact, we also found that the TECF for the D + $H_2$ reaction is greater than that of the H + $D_2$ reaction in agreement with Garrett and Truhlar's result. In contrast to our result, however, Shavitt found that the order is reversed, i.e., TECF for (D + $H_2$) is greater than that for (H + $D_2$). We discussed about the Shavitt's result.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.195-198
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• 2009

무결석 출혈성 담낭염은 높은 사망률을 보이는 급성 담낭염의 드문 합병증이다. 저자는 담낭의 내강에 혈종을 동반한 무결석 출혈성 담남염의 자기공명영상소견을 보고하고자 한다. 자기공명영상에서 팽대된 담낭과 담낭 내강의 혈종이 관찰되었고, 혈종은 T1과 T2강조영상에서 담낭 내강의 저신호강도의 종괴로 보였다. 자기공명영상은 우수한 조직 대조성을 가지므로 출혈성 담낭염에서 담낭내강에 혈종을 검출하는데 유용하다.