• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.17-18
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• 1999

최근까지 복부 자기공명영상은 간의 국소병변의 특성을 규명하는 데 가장 많이 사용되어 왔다고 할 수 있다. 그러나, 자기공명영상의 기법과 장비의 발달로 인해 그 적응증이 더욱 확대되어 가는 추세에 있고 , 특히 자기공명담췌관촬영술의 도입과 발전은 복부 자기공명영상의 적응증을 한층 넓히는 데 크게 기여하고 있다. 이와 함께, 2차원 또는 3차원 경사에코기법과 조영제를 병용하여 호흡정지 상태에서 자기공명혈관촬영상을 얻을 수 있게 되어 자기공명담췌관촬영술과 혈관촬영술을 복합하여 다양한 담췌관질환을 평가하는 데 이용하는 빈도가 증가하고 있다. 이 강의 에서는 최근에 널리 사용되는 자기공명담췌혈관촬영술 또는 역동적 역상과의 복합적 사용의 유용성을 돌아보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.25-34
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• 2001

복부의 자기공명영상(Magnetic resonance imaging； MRI)은 주로 간 질환의 검사에서 다른 영상검사로 해결되지 않은 궁금점을 풀기 위한 보조적인 검사로 주로 사용하였으나, 최근 들어서는 병변의 발견 및 감별진단에 직접적인 검사로도 자주 이용하고 있으며, 담췌관 질환이나 위장관 검사 등에도 적용범위가 넓어지고 있다. 이는 그간의 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어상의 발달로 인해, 위장관 연동운동이나 호흡에 따른 인공물을 억제하면서도 해부학적인 세부구조는 자세하게 나타낼 수 있는 우수한 영상을 얻을 수 있음으로써 가능하게 되었다. 고속영상은 영상의 질을 우수하게 할 뿐 아니라, 검사시간을 단축시켜서 더 많은 환자를 검사할 수 있게 하고, 한자가 검사에 더 잘 적응할 수 있게 하여준다. 단발(single-shot)기법의 고속 T2강조영상은 담췌관이나 위장관등 그간 MRI를 적용하기 어려웠던 부위에 대한 검사가 가능하게 하였으며, 고속의 3차원 T1강조 펄스대열(pulse sequence)은 단면에 따른 오기록(misregistration)이나 운동인공물이 적으면서도, 향상된 다평면적인 영상구성을 얻을 수 있게 하였다. ［l］. 본 강좌에서는 최근 수년간 복부 MRI의 응용을 증가할 수 있게 한 영상장치 및 펄스대열의 발전과 최근 국내에 시판이 허용되어 사용이 증가되고 있는 새로운 간자기공명조영제에 관해서 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.1138-1143
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• 2020

MRI scans in the abdominal area are difficult to achieve optimal images due to artificial respiration. Among 45 patients (male:female = 30:15) who underwent abdominal MRI examination, a metronome-based examination method was studied for patients whose breathing is difficult and difficult to examine. The images examined without using a metronome were divided into group A, and the images examined using a metronome were divided into group B. Image quality improvement (30%) and inspection time (approximately 50 seconds) were reduced in images using metronome. During abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (ABD MRI), the images examined using a metronome had differences in quality and examination time compared to the unused images. It is more effective to use a metronome brace that controls the patient's respiratory rate during abdominal magnetic resonance imaging under respiratory induction in patients with difficulty in respiratory-gated.

• Journal of The Korean Radiological Technologist Association
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.161-161
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.85 no.2
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• pp.345-362
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• 2024

MRI plays an important role in abdominal imaging because of its ability to detect and characterize focal lesions. However, MRI examinations have several challenges, such as comparatively long scan times and motion management through breath-holding maneuvers. Techniques for reducing scan time with acceptable image quality, such as parallel imaging, compressed sensing, and cutting-edge deep learning techniques, have been developed to enable problem-solving strategies. Additionally, free-breathing techniques for dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, such as extra-dimensional-volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination, golden-angle radial sparse parallel, and liver acceleration volume acquisition Star, can help patients with severe dyspnea or those under sedation to undergo abdominal MRI. We aimed to present various advanced abdominal MRI techniques for reducing the scan time while maintaining image quality and free-breathing techniques for dynamic imaging and illustrate cases using the techniques mentioned above. A review of these advanced techniques can assist in the appropriate interpretation of sequences.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.367-373
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• 2016

This study conducted an analysis to compare the differences in the properties of the magnetic field and the generation of artifacts because of the difference in the magnetic field between 1.5 T equipment and 3.0 T equipment, centering around four types of pulse sequences, mainly applied to the abdominal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). With data on 500 persons transmitted to the PACS, this study analyzed the SNR value, quantitatively and carried out a qualitative evaluation, dividing MSA, CSA, and DA into three steps. As a result of the quantitative evaluation, the SNR value was significantly higher in the 1.5 T equipment; however, there was a factor deteriorating the image quality, too, as artifacts were generated in the images. The 1.5 T equipment generated fewer artifacts than the 3.0 T equipment did, so it could compensate the image quality for 3.0 T. In conclusion, based on these findings, this study could understand the differences in the properties of the magnetic field and the generation of artifacts occurring because of the difference in the magnetic field and could provide a measure for them. This study would be guidelines for MRI users who directly examine the patients in abdominal MRI using the two types of equipment in the clinical setting in the future.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.253-257
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• 2014

Wandering spleen is a rare clinical condition caused by lax splenic suspensory ligaments. The laxity of ligaments causes torsion of splenic vascular pedicle. CT scan of a 7-year-old girl with abdominal pain showed a non-enhancing lobular mass in lower abdomen. Small bowel loops were located at the right-sided abdomen and colonic loops at the left-sided abdomen. MRI scan showed non-enhancing heterogeneous mass with twisted vascular pedicle. To our knowledge, only a few cases have been reported about wandering spleen diagnosed on MRI.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.72-78
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• 2014

The aim of the study is to test a hypothesis that quasi-breath-hold (QBH) biofeedback improves the residual respiratory motion management in gated 3D thoracic MR imaging, reducing respiratory motion artifacts with insignificant acquisition time alteration. To test the hypothesis five healthy human subjects underwent two gated MR imaging studies based on a T2 weighted SPACE MR pulse sequence using a respiratory navigator of a 3T Siemens MRI: one under free breathing and the other under QBH biofeedback breathing. The QBH biofeedback system utilized the external marker position on the abdomen obtained with an RPM system (Real-time Position Management, Varian) to audio-visually guide a human subject for 2s breath-hold at 90% exhalation position in each respiratory cycle. The improvement in the upper liver breath-hold motion reproducibility within the gating window using the QBH biofeedback system has been assessed for a group of volunteers. We assessed the residual respiratory motion management within the gating window and respiratory motion artifacts in 3D thoracic MRI both with/without QBH biofeedback. In addition, the RMSE (root mean square error) of abdominal displacement has been investigated. The QBH biofeedback reduced the residual upper liver motion within the gating window during MR acquisitions (~6 minutes) compared to that for free breathing, resulting in the reduction of respiratory motion artifacts in lung and liver of gated 3D thoracic MR images. The abdominal motion reduction in the gated window was consistent with the residual motion reduction of the diaphragm with QBH biofeedback. Consequently, average RMSE (root mean square error) of abdominal displacement obtained from the RPM has been also reduced from 2.0 mm of free breathing to 0.7 mm of QBH biofeedback breathing over the entire cycle (67% reduction, p-value=0.02) and from 1.7 mm of free breathing to 0.7 mm of QBH biofeedback breathing in the gated window (58% reduction, p-value=0.14). The average baseline drift obtained using a linear fit was reduced from 5.5 mm/min with free breathing to 0.6 mm/min (89% reduction, p-value=0.017) with QBH biofeedback. The study demonstrated that the QBH biofeedback improved the upper liver breath-hold motion reproducibility during the gated 3D thoracic MR imaging. This system can provide clinically applicable motion management of the internal anatomy for gated medical imaging as well as gated radiotherapy.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.619-625
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• 2017

The sudy was intended to evaluate the optimal equipment selection by quantitatively assessing the SNR(signal to noise ratio) and CNR(contrast to noise ratio) on the abdominal organ. This study performed on 1.5 T and 3.0 T MRI units focusing on HASTE, HASTE(f/s) and FFE(in of phase), FFE(out of phase) without using the contrast medium(Gadolinium). The data analysis was performed by randomly selecting on 1.5 T and 3.0 T abdominal MRI images. As a results, SNR and CNR values of 3.0 T is higher than 1.5 T at liver, kidney and spleen(p<0.05). Stomach, abdominal fat and pancreas was obtained a higher value at 1.5 T(p<0.05). On conclusion, the organs of outer part in the body showed generally a high value at 3.0 T, and the organs of inner part in the body including the gas showed a high value at 3.0 T because of a large difference on magnetic susceptibility.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.10
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• pp.4962-4969
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• 2013

The purpose of this experiment is to evaluate of optimized FS techniques for T2 weighted abdominal MRI compared of TSE-SPIR fat suppression and GE-PROSET fat suppression. All MR examinations were performed on a 1.5 T(Philips, Medical System, Achieva) scanner using 16 channel mult-coils. All images were performed in the axial plane using TSE-SPIR and GE-PROSET. The mean SNRs of the retroperitoneal and mesenteric fat for TSE-SPIR and GE-PROSET were 31.50, 4.15 and 32.39, 7.03. The mean CNRs of the bowel and retroperitoneal, mesenteric fat for TSE-SPIR and GE-PROSET were 52.69, 74.54 and 26.12, 68.78). The delineation of bowel wall margins with TSE-SPIR(2.4) and GE-PROSET(1.8) were significantly improved using TSE-SPIR. The delineation of pancreas wall with TSE-SPIR(1.90), GE-PROSET(2.80) were significantly improved using GE-PROSET. In conclusion, TSE-SPIR fat suppression was superior to GE-PROSET fat suppression in T2 WI FS abdominal MRI.