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Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Signals from Diffusion Weighted Imaging using Compressed Sensitivity Encoding Technique (압축감도 부호화를 사용한 확산강조영상에서의 자기공명신호 분석)

  • Jang, ji-sung;Choi, kwan-woo;Jeong, mi-ae
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.231-232
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    • 2019
  • 최근 압축감도 부호화라는 새로운 기술의 개발로 인하여 기존보다 더 빠른 검사시간에 자기공명영상 검사가 가능하게 되었다. 감도 부호화를 이용한 터보 스핀 에코 확산강조 자기공명영상과 비교하였을 때, 압축감도 부호화를 사용한 확산강조영상에서 영상평가와 자기공명 신호 분석을 통해 적절한 영상품질을 유지하면서, 검사시간을 줄 일수 있어 확산강조영상에서에 유용하게 사용되리라 사료된다.

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Diffus ion-Weighted MR Imaging of Spinal Cord Infarction (척수경색의 확산강조자기공명영상)

  • 김윤정;서정진;임남열;정태웅;김윤현;박진균;정광우;강형근
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.166-172
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    • 2002
  • Purpose : To evaluate the usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging(DWI) and quantitative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps in the patients with spinal cord infarction. Materials and methods : We studied 6 patients presented symptoms with spinal cord infarction, retrospectively (3 men and 3 women). We obtained multi-shot echo planar-based, DWI using 1.5T MR scanner at 5.4 mean days after the onset of ischemic symptoms. In six patients, signal intensity was acquired at conventional b value $1000s/\textrm{mm}^2$). The ADC value for the normal spinal cord and for infarcted lesions was measured from the trace ADC maps by using regions of interest positioned over the spinal cord. We analyzed signal intensity of lesion on MRI and DWI, and compared with ADC values in infarcted lesions and normal site. Results : T1-weighted MR image showed isosignal intensity in four of six patients and low signal intensity in two of six. T2-weighted MR image demonstrated high signal intensity in all of six. All DWI were considered to be diagnostic. All of six depicted a bright signal intensity on DWI. ADC values of infarcted lesion were measured lower than that of normal spinal cord on ADC map. The differences in ADC values between infarcted and normal spinal cord were significantly different (p<0.05). Conclusion : It is possible to obtain DWI and ADC map of the spinal cord and DWI may be useful in the early diagnosis and localization of lesion site in patients with spinal cord infarction.

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Acute Cerebral Infarction in a Rabbit Model: Perfusion and Diffusion MR Imaging (가토의 급성 뇌경색에서 관류 및 확산강조 자기공명영상)

  • Heo Suk-Hee;Yim Nam-Yeol;Jeong Gwang-Woo;Yoon Woong;Kim Yun-Hyeon;Jeong Young-Yeon;Chung Tae-Woong;Kim Jeong;Park Jin-Gyoon;Kang Heoung-Keun;Seo Jeong-Jin
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.116-123
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    • 2003
  • Purpose : The present study was undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of cerebral diffusion (DWI) and perfusion MR imaging (PWI) in rabbit models with hyperacute cerebral ischemic infarction. Materials and Methods : Experimental cerebral infarction were induced by direct injection of mixture of Histoacryl glue, lipiodol, and tungsten powder into the internal cerebral artery of 6 New-Zealand white rabbits, and they underwent conventional T1 and T2 weighted MR imaging, DWI, and PWI within 1 hour after the occlusion of internal cerebral artery. The PWI scan for each rabbit was obtained at the level of lateral ventricle and 1cm cranial to the basal ganglia. By postprocessing using special imaging software, perfusion images including cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow (CBF), and mean transit time (MTT) maps were obtained. The detection of infarcted lesion were evaluated on both perfusion maps and DWI. MTT difference time were measured in the perfusion defect lesion and symmetric contralateral normal cerebral hemisphere. Results : In all rabbits, there was no abnormal signal intensity on T2WI. But on DWI, abnormal high signal intensity, suggesting cerebral infarction, were detected in all rabbits. PWI (rCBV, CBF and MTT map) also showed perfusion defect in all rabbits. In four rabbits, the calculated square of perfusion defect in MTT map is larger than that of CBF map and in two rabbits, the calculated size of perfusion defect in MTT map and CBF map is same. Any rabbits do not show larger perfusion defect on CBF map than MTT map. In comparison between CBF map and DWI, 3 rabbits show larger square of lesion on CBF map than on DWI. The others shows same square of lesion on both technique. The size of lesion shown in 6 MTT map were larger than DWI. In three cases, the size of lesion shown in CBF map is equal to DWI. But these were smaller than MTT map. The calculated square of lesion in CBF map, equal to that of DWI and smaller than MTT map was three. And in one case, the calculated square of perfusion defect in MTT map was largest, and that of DWI was smallest. Conclusion : DWI and PWI may be useful in diagnosing hyperacute cerebral ischemic infarction and in e-valuating the cerebral hemodynamics in the rabbits.

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The Principles of Diffusion MR

  • 장용민
    • Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.49-53
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    • 2003
  • 확산텐서영상(Diffusion Tensor Imaging)의 개념은 1980년대 중반 확산강조영상(Diffusion Weighted Imaging)의 개념이 도입되면서 거의 동시에 도입되었지만 MR 장비의 기계적 한계등으로 인해 최근에야 임상적으로 사용되기 시작했다. 확산텐서영상(DTI)과 확산강조영상(DWI)의 방법론적인 차이점은 단순히 확산강조영상의 경우 세 개의 다른방향 (X-, Y-, Z-축)으로 확산측정용 경사자장을 가하는 반면 확산텐서영상의 경우 이보다 많은 방향 (최소한 6 방향)으로 확산측정용 경사자장을 가한다는 점이다. 이러한 차이로부터 금방 알 수 있는 점은 확산강조영상은 확산텐서영상의 일부라는 점이다. 즉, 확산텐서영상의 경우 더 많은 방향으로 확산측정용 경사자장을 가했으므로 더 많은 정보를 획득할 수 있고 이중 세 개의 방향 (주로 X,Y,Z)에 대한 정보만을 이용하게 되면 확산강조영상이다. 이러한 이유로 확산텐서영상을 획득하면 확산강조영상에서 얻게 되는 방향별 확산강조영상, 등방성(isotropic) 확산강조영상, ADC (Apparent Diffusion Coefficient) map등도 기본적으로 얻게 되므로 추가로 확산강조영상을 획득할 필요가 없다. 본 강의에서는 이러한 확산(텐서)영상의 물리적 원리를 복잡한 수학적 설명보다는 개념 위주로 설명해 보고자 한다.

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MR Spectroscopy and Diffusion Weighted Imaging Findings of Primary Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Breast: Two Case Reports (유방에 발생한 일차성 비호지킨림프종의 자기공명 분광법 및 확산강조 영상: 2예)

  • Nam, Sang Yu;Yoo, Eun Young;Choi, Hye-Young
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.176-181
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    • 2014
  • Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of the breast is a very rare disease, and the mammographic and ultrasonographic findings of breast lymphoma are variable. There are several reports of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in patients with breast lymphomas; however, few reports have described the findings observed on MR spectroscopy or the features of diffusion weighted (DW) imaging. The authors report the findings of classical MR imaging, MR spectroscopy and DW imaging of a 48-year-old woman and a 40-year-old woman with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of breasts. Mammography and breast ultrasonography revealed a mass with circumscribed margin. The mass showed strong enhancement after contrast injection on MR imaging. DW imaging showed reduced diffusion and high-amplitude choline (Cho) peak at 3.22 ppm was detected by single voxel MR spectroscopy which was consistent with malignancy.

Detection of Hepatic Lesion: Comparison of Free-Breathing and Respiratory-Triggered Diffusion-Weighted MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system (국소 간 병변의 발견: 1.5-T 자기공명영상에서의 자유호흡과 호흡유발 확산강조 영상의 비교)

  • Park, Hye-Young;Cho, Hyeon-Je;Kim, Eun-Mi;Hur, Gham;Kim, Yong-Hoon;Lee, Byung-Hoon
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.22-31
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    • 2011
  • Purpose : To compare free-breathing and respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted imaging on 1.5-T MR system in the detection of hepatic lesions. Materials and Methods: This single-institution study was approved by our institutional review board. Forty-seven patients (mean 57.9 year; M:F = 25:22) underwent hepatic MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system using both free-breathing and respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) at a single examination. Two radiologists retrospectively reviewed respiratory-triggered and free-breathing sets (B50, B400, B800 diffusion weighted images and ADC map) in random order with a time interval of 2 weeks. Liver SNR and lesion-to-liver CNR of DWI were calculated measuring ROI. Results : Total of 62 lesions (53 benign, 9 malignant) that included 32 cysts, 13 hemangiomas, 7 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), 5 eosinophilic infiltration, 2 metastases, 1 eosinophilic abscess, focal nodular hyperplasia, and pseudolipoma of Glisson's capsule were reviewed by two reviewers. Though not reaching statistical significance, the overall lesion sensitivities were increased in respiratory-triggered DWI [reviewer1: reviewer2, 47/62(75.81%):45/62(72.58%)] than free-breathing DWI [44/62(70.97%):41/62(66.13%)]. Especially for smaller than 1 cm hepatic lesions, sensitivity of respiratory-triggered DWI [24/30(80%):21/30(70%)] was superior to free-breathing DWI [17/30(56.7%):15/30(50%)]. The diagnostic accuracy measuring the area under the ROC curve (Az value) of free-breathing and respiratory-triggered DWI was not statistically different. Liver SNR and lesion-to-liver CNR of respiratory-triggered DWI ($87.6{\pm}41.4$, $41.2{\pm}62.5$) were higher than free-breathing DWI ($38.8:{\pm}13.6$, $24.8{\pm}36.8$) (p value < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted MR imaging seemed to be better than free-breathing diffusion-weighted MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system for the detection of smaller than 1 cm lesions by providing high SNR and CNR.

Development of the Line Scan Diffusion Weighted Imaging at Low Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging System (저자장 자기공명영상시스템에서 선주사확산강조영상기법 개발)

  • Hong, Cheol-Pyo;Lee, Dong-Hoon;Lee, Do-Wan;Lee, Man-Woo;Paek, Mun-Young;Han, Bong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2008
  • Line scan diffusion weighted imaging (LSDI) pulse sequence for 0.32 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system was developed. In the LSDI pulse sequence, the imaging volume is formed by the intersection of the two perpendicular planes selected by the two slice-selective $\pi$/2-pulse and $\pi$-pulse and two diffusion sensitizing gradients placed on the both side of the refocusing $\pi$-pulse and the standard frequency encoding readout was followed. Since the maximum gradient amplitude for the MR system was 15 mT/m the maximum b value was $301.50s/mm^2$. Using the developed LSDI pulse sequence, the diffusion weighted images for the aqueous NaCl solution phantom and triacylglycerol solution phantom calculated from the line scan diffusion weighted images gives the same results within the standard error range (mean diffusivities = $963.90{\pm}79.83({\times}10^{-6}mm^2/s)$ at 0.32 T, $956.77{\pm}4.12({\times}10^{-6}mm^2/s)$ at 1.5 T) and the LSDI images were insensitive to the magnetic susceptibility difference and chemical shift.

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확산 텐서 자기공명영상의 임상적 응용

  • 이승구
    • Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.60-63
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    • 2003
  • 확산 텐서 영상은 기존의 x, y, z 세 방향으로 가해지는 화산 경사자장 외에 추가 자장을 걸어준 뒤 계산을 통하여 얻어지는데 기존의 세 방향 경사 자장을 이용한 확산 강조 영상만으로는 스핀의 방향성을 표현하는데 한계가 있고 이를 극복하기 위해 도입된 개념이다 (1-3). 최근 그 임상적 응용이 증가되고 있으며 그 분야는 허혈성 뇌질환에서부터 퇴행성 질환 및 선천성 이상에 이르기까지 광범위하게 적용되고 있으나 그 임상적 의미는 아직 불분명하며 활발한 연구가 이루어지고 있는 단계이다.

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MR Imaging of Anoperineal Tuberculous Abscess: A Case Report (항문회음부 결핵성 농양의 자기공명 영상소견: 증례 보고)

  • Kang, Woo-Young;Sung, Deuk-Jae;Han, Na-Yeon;Park, Beom-Jin;Kim, Min-Ju;Cho, Sung-Bum
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.184-188
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    • 2012
  • Anoperineal tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary form of the disease and may present as abscess. We report a case of anoperineal tuberculous abscess, which showed low signal intensity on T1-weighted images, high signal intensity on T2-weighted images and diffusion restriction on diffusion weighted images.