• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.381-397
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• 2009

현대 측지학은 전례 없는 정밀도로 지구의 물리 기하학적 형상과 운동, 특히 이의 변화를 감시하고 있다. 이는 우주시대의 지구관측을 위한 정확하고 통일된 기준좌표계를 제공할 뿐만 아니라, 학제적 연구를 통해 지구형상과 운동의 변화를 일으키는 원인을 규명함으로써 궁극적으로는 지구시스템의 정확한 이해에 기여하고 있다. 국제측지연맹에서는 다양한 측지학적 도구들을 통합하고자 지구측지관측시스템(GGOS)을 구축하고, 전지구관측시스템(GEOSS)의 주요 파트너로서 지구환경변화에 대응하려는 인류의 노력에 기여하고 있다. 여기서는 지구측지관측시스템을 중심으로 측지학이 전지구관측시스템 및 지구과학의 여러 영역과 어떤 관계를 가지는지를 살펴보고, 학제적 연구의 동기 부여를 촉진하고자 한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.1925-1928
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• 2015

Background: To investigate whether CT findings can predict the invasiveness of persistent cancerous pure ground glass opacity (pGGO) by correlating the CT imaging features of persistent pGGO with pathological changes. Materials and Methods: Ninety five patients with persistent pGGOs were included. Three radiologists evaluated the morphologic features of these pGGOs at high resolution CT (HRCT). Binary logistic regression was used to assess the association between CT findings and histopathological classification (pre-invasive and invasive groups). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of diameters. Results: A total of 105 pGGOs were identified. Between pre-invasive (atypical adenomatous hyperplasia, AAH, and adenocarcinoma in situ, AIS) and invasive group (minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, MIA and invasive lung adenocarcinomas, ILA), there were significant differences in diameter, spiculation and vessel dilatation (p<0.05). No difference was found in air-bronchogram, bubble-lucency, lobulated-margin, pleural indentation or vascular convergence (p>0.05). The optimal threshold value of the diameters to predict the invasiveness of pGGO was 12.50mm. Conclusions: HRCT features can predict the invasiveness of persistent pGGO. The pGGO with a diameter more than 12.50mm, presences of spiculation and vessel dilatation are important factors to differentiate invasive adenocarcinoma from pre-invasive cancerous lesions.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권1호
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• pp.139-151
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• 2021

목적 경증의 임상 소견을 보이는 coronavirus disease 2019 (이하 COVID-19) 환자들의 흉부 CT 소견에 대하여 후향적으로 평가하고자 한다. 대상과 방법 경증의 임상 소견(발열 < 38℃, 호흡 곤란 없음)을 보이는 87명의 COVID-19 환자의 흉부 CT 소견을 평가하였다. 결과 39명(44.8%)의 환자는 정상 CT 소견을 보였으며, 48명(55.2%)은 비정상 CT 소견을 보였다. 폐 실질 병변이 있는 48명의 환자 중 17명(35.4%)이 일측성 분포 보였으며, 31명(64.6%)이 양측성 분포를 보였다. 1명(2.1%)의 환자는 흉막하 분포를 보였고, 9명(18.8%)은 기관지 혈관 주위 분포를 보였으며, 38명(79.2%)은 흉막하 및 기관지 혈관 주위 분포를 보였다. 22명(45.8%)의 환자는 경화 없는 순수 간유리 음영 병변을 보였고, 17명(35.4%)은 간유리 음영이 우세한 혼합 밀도의 병변을 보였고, 9명(18.8%)은 경화가 우세한 혼합 밀도의 병변을 보였다. 간유리 음영 없는 경화 병변을 보인 환자는 없었다. 결론 경증의 임상 소견을 보이는 COVID-19 환자의 가장 흔한 CT 소견은 흉막 하 및 기관지 혈관 주위 분포를 보이는 양측성 다발성 간유리 음영 우세 병변이었다. 경증의 임상 소견을 보이는 COVID-19 환자의 거의 절반의 초기 흉부 CT상 폐 실질 병변을 보이지 않았다. 경증의 COVID-19는 상대적으로 중증의 COVID-19과 비교하여 일측성 병변의 비율이 높고, 순수 간유리 음영이나 간유리 음영 우세 병변의 비율이 높으며, 공기기관지 음영의 비율은 낮다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권2호
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• pp.203-206
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• 2012

Cystic lesions or progressive cystic changes in adenocarcinoma of the lung have rarely been reported. We report a case of lung adenocarcinoma that progressed from ground-glass opacities (GGOs) and consolidations or nodules to extensive cystic lesions during 12 months in a young adult patient. A 29-year-old male was initially diagnosed with primary lung adenocarcinoma by transbronchial lung biopsy of the right lower lobe and lung to lung metastasis in both lungs according to imaging findings. The initial chest computed tomography (CT) scans showed multifocal GGOs, consolidations, and nodules in both lungs. Despite treatment with palliative chemotherapy, the patient's follow-up CT scans showed multiple, cystic changes in both lungs and that the lesions had progressed more extensively. He died of hypoxic respiratory failure one year after his diagnosis.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.362-370
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• 2023

Objective: To report the clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with underlying B-cell lymphoma and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showing migratory airspace opacities on serial chest computed tomography (CT) with persistent COVID-19 symptoms. Materials and Methods: From January 2020 to June 2022, of the 56 patients with underlying hematologic malignancy who had undergone chest CT more than once at our hospital after acquiring COVID-19, seven adult patients (5 female; age range, 37-71 years; median age, 45 years) who showed migratory airspace opacities on chest CT were selected for the analysis of clinical and CT features. Results: All patients had been diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma (three diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and four follicular lymphoma) and had received B-cell depleting chemotherapy, including rituximab, within three months prior to COVID-19 diagnosis. The patients underwent a median of 3 CT scans during the follow-up period (median 124 days). All patients showed multifocal patchy peripheral ground glass opacities (GGOs) with basal predominance in the baseline CTs. In all patients, follow-up CTs demonstrated clearing of previous airspace opacities with the development of new peripheral and peribronchial GGO and consolidation in different locations. Throughout the follow-up period, all patients demonstrated prolonged COVID-19 symptoms accompanied by positive polymerase chain reaction results from nasopharyngeal swabs, with cycle threshold values of less than 25. Conclusion: COVID-19 patients with B-cell lymphoma who had received B-cell depleting therapy and are experiencing prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistent symptoms may demonstrate migratory airspace opacities on serial CT, which could be interpreted as ongoing COVID-19 pneumonia.