• 핵의학기술
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.10-14
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• 2013

Purpose: Due to developed simultaneous PET/MRI, it has become possible to obtain more anatomical image information better than conventional PET/CT. By the way, in the PET/CT, the linear absorption coefficient is measured by X-ray directly. However in case of PET/MRI, the value is not measured from MRI images directly, but is calculated by dividing as 4 segmentation ${\mu}-map$. Therefore, in this paper, we will evaluate the SUV's difference of attenuation correction PET images from PET/MRI and PET/CT. Materials and Methods: Biograph mCT40 (Siemens, Germany), Biograph mMR were used as a PET/CT, PET/MRI scanner. For a phantom study, we used a solid type $^{68}Ge$ source, and a liquid type $^{18}F$ uniformity phantom. By using VIBE-DIXON sequence of PET/MRI, human anatomical structure was divided into air-lung-fat-soft tissue for attenuation correction coefficient. In case of PET/CT, the hounsfield unit of CT was used. By setting the ROI at five places of each PET phantom images that is corrected attenuation, the maximum SUV was measured, evaluated %diff about PET/CT vs. PET/MRI. In clinical study, the 18 patients who underwent simultaneous PET/CT and PET/MRI was selected and set the ROI at background, lung, liver, brain, muscle, fat, bone from the each attenuation correction PET images, and then evaluated, compared by measuring the maximum SUV. Results: For solid $^{68}Ge$ source, SUV from PET/MRI is measured lower 88.55% compared to PET/CT. In case of liquid $^{18}F$ uniform phantom, SUV of PET/MRI as compared to PET/CT is measured low 70.17%. If the clinical study, the background SUV of PET/MRI is same with PET/CT's and the one of lung was higher 2.51%. However, it is measured lower about 32.50, 40.35, 23.92, 13.92, 5.00% at liver, brain, muscle, fat, femoral head. Conclusion: In the case of a CT image, because there is a linear relationship between 511 keV ${\gamma}-ray$ and linear absorption coefficient of X-ray, it is possible to correct directly the attenuation of 511 keV ${\gamma}-ray$ by creating a ${\mu}$map from the CT image. However, in the case of the MRI, because the MRI signal has no relationship at all with linear absorption coefficient of ${\gamma}-ray$, the anatomical structure of the human body is divided into four segmentations to correct the attenuation of ${\gamma}-rays$. Even a number of protons in a bone is too low to make MRI signal and to localize segmentation of ${\mu}-map$. Therefore, to develope a proper sequence for measuring more accurate attenuation coefficient is indeed necessary in the future PET/MRI.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2008

As medical insurance had been implemented for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) from January 1, 2005, this study investigated whether there had been any change in the amount of the medical care utilization of patients who undertook MRI before and after the insurance coverage, and was to examine factors affecting the amount of medical care utilization of MRI. Data were collected from patients who undertook MRI before and after the insurance coverage for a year at a general hospital in Kyeanggi-do. $X^2$ and t-test were used for the analysis of their general characteristics, the number of MRI, and its medical costs before and after the insurance coverage, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis for the factors affecting the amount of the medical care utilization of MRI. The results of this study were as follows. First, the number of MRI after the insurance coverage was significantly decreased. Second, there was no significant difference in the total medical costs of MRI after the insurance coverage, but a significant difference was found in patient's share of medical costs. Third, six variables were found to be affecting the amount of the medical care utilization of MRI, and the variables showed to lead the number of MRI decrease after the insurance coverage. These six factors explained 21.4% of the total number of MRI. As MRI had been covered by insurance, the use of MRI and patient's share of the costs were deceased, but the total medical costs were not affected. Reasons for that could be found in that MRI insurance, different from the case of CT insurance coverage, was allowed not to cover some items and the kinds of diseases subjected to the insurance coverage were extremely limited, lowering insurance prescription rate. In addition to that, the average medical cost of MRI was not changed after the insurance coverage. Therefore, as future measures for the MRI insurance, coverage, it should be considered to allow insurance coverage to no coverage items and to expand the scope of benefit coverage, or to lower patient's share of the costs. Furthermore, researches should be done to explore how recipients will act and how suppliers will react if the coverage is expanded, including expanding the scope of coverage and reducing patient's share of the costs, as well as to conduct research on its economic analysis according to case mix.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2022

최근 OECD 가입국 중에 MRI 보급률이 평균보다 높게 보급되고 있고, MRI 검사의 횟수도 증가하고 있다. MRI 검사는 다른 의료장비에 비해 검사시간이 길며, 환자의 움직임이 최소화되어야 한다. 그러므로 환자의 불편이 항상 뒤따른다. 이러한 불편한 환경에서 검사 시 정확한 검사가 어려우며 진단적 가치의 영상획득에는 어려움이 따른다. 기존 MRI 검사 시 MRI의 위험성과 협조를 구하기 위해 글로 되어있는 안내문을 제공 하였으나, 전문용어와 이해하기 어려운 문장들로 구성이 되어있어 이해도가 낮아졌다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제점을 보완하고 MRI 검사의 이해도를 높여 진단적 가치가 있는 영상획득에 도움이 되고자 하였다. 그리고 환자의 이해도와 만족도를 평가하여 리플릿 교육의 우수성을 평가하고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과에서 나타났듯이 리플릿 교육 전보다 교육 후의 이해도와 만족도의 점수는 각각 4.44±0.55 점, 4.85±0.37 점으로 높았으며, 학력에 따라 이해도의 차이는 유의함을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 MRI 검사 횟수는 차이가 없었다. 향후 MRI 검사에서 다양하고 이해하기 쉬운 리플릿 교육이 널리 보급되어 환자의 적극적인 검사 협조로 보다 질 좋은 영상을 획득할 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1123-1131
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• 2023

본 연구는 척추 MRI 검사 시 척추 유합술로 인한 금속 인공물을 효과적으로 억제하는 방법을 제시하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 척추 수술용 나사로 제작된 팬텀을 제작하여 금속 인공물을 재현하였다. 그리고 1.5T 그리고 3.0T MRI 장치로 영상을 획득하여 자기장 세기에 따른 금속 인공물의 변화를 평가하였다. 더불어 수신대역폭을 200, 400, 800 Hz/PX로 증가시키며 금속 인공물을 평가하였다. 그 결과 1.5T MRI 장치에서 획득한 영상에서 발생한 금속 인공물은 3.0T MRI 장치에서 획득한 영상과 비교하여 약 52.2% 감소하여 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 특히, 신호 감쇄 및 신호 누적 영역이 각각 약 52.81%, 42.71% 감소하여 금속 인공물 억제에 큰 효과가 있었다. 반면, 수신대역폭을 200에서 800 Hz/PX까지 증가시키며 영상을 획득한 경우는 1.5T MRI 장치의 경우 최대 8.93%, 3.0T MRI 장치의 경우 최대 10.98% 감소하여 유의미한 효과가 없었다(p>0.05). 본 연구의 결과, 수신대역폭의 증가는 신호 감쇄를 줄여 일부 금속 인공물을 줄였지만 신호 누적을 억제하지 못해 큰 효과가 없었다. 하지만 3.0T에서 1.5T로 자기장의 세기를 줄인 경우, 신호 감쇄와 신호 누적이 크게 감소해 금속 인공물을 효과적으로 개선할 수 있었다. 따라서 척추 유합술로 인한 금속 인공물을 억제하기 위해서는 저 자기장 MRI 장치에서 검사하는 것이 가장 효과적인 방법이라고 할 수 있다.

• Neurospine
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.383-387
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• 2018

Objective: Lower back pain (LBP) is a worldwide health problem, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a common modality used to aid in its diagnosis. Although specific guidelines for assessing the necessity of MRI usage exist, the use of MRI as the initial imaging method for LBP seems to be more common than necessary in general practice. Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of 313 patients who had undergone MRI of the lumbosacral spine during 2014-2015. We recorded and compared various factors, including age, sex, body mass index, current smoking status, race, symptoms, MRI findings, and progression to surgery within the next year. All rates were compared according to whether the MRI results showed radiographically significant findings (MRI-positive) or not (MRI-negative) using the chi-square or Fisher exact tests (if the expected cell count was <5). All analyses were performed using SAS version 9.4. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in the rates of each symptom between the MRI-positive and MRI-negative groups, which accounted for 58.5% (183 of 313) and 41.5% (130 of 313) of the MRIs, respectively. The difference in the rate of surgery in the next year (18% among MRI-positive patients and 8.5% among MRI-negative patients) was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Based on our findings, 41.5% of patients underwent lumbar MRI unnecessarily and 81% of patients with positive MRIs did not have surgery within the next year. Further physician training is needed to avoid unnecessary investigations and expenditures.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.261-271
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• 2021

Background: In 2018, the government increased the fee for the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image deciphering services of the external hospital to discourage the redundant MRI scan and to induce appropriate use of the MRI services. It is important to evaluate the effect of the policy to provide the basis for establishing other MRI-related policies. Methods: The healthcare data of the patients who had brain MRI scans were organized by episode and analyzed using the panel study in order to find out the effect of the MRI-related policy on the substitution effect and the medical expenses. Results: As a result of the increase in the fee of deciphering the MRI image, there has been an uplift in deciphering the MRI scan of the external hospital. It implies that more hospitals chose to use the MRI scan taken by other clinics or hospitals, rather than the MRI scan taken at their own facilities. Conclusion: The research results imply that a policy that facilitates the exchange of the medical image data between the hospitals is needed in order to establish an efficient management system of the healthcare resources. Such improvement is expected to reduce the social cost and contribute to the stability in the finance of national health insurance.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.201-205
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• 2011

아급성기 발목염좌 환자의 진단에 임상에서 주로 이용되는 방법으로 내.외반 스트레스 검사(ankle stress-varus, valgus) 및 전방 당김 검사(anterior-draw)와 MRI 검사에 의한 연부 조직과 근육, 인대의 질환이 진단가치가 높다라는 관점에서 주로 이용하고 있다. 진단적 가치에 대한 부분의 차이점은 적으나 MRI 검사의 경우 시간적 경제적 부담이 큰 만큼 두 가지의 대표적 검사를 비교 하여 (특정 병원의 환자 그룹을 대상으로 연구를 진행) 단순방사선 검사에 의한 족근골 질환의 진단이 MRI 검사에 비하여 유용성과 효율성이 낮지 않다는 결과를 도출 할 수 있었다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2017

Purpose: To describe technical methods for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study with arterial spin labeling (ASL) compared to blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) technique and discuss the potential of ASL for research and clinical practice. Materials and Methods: Task-based (n = 1) and resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) (n = 20) were performed using ASL and BOLD techniques. Results of both techniques were compared. Results: For task-based fMRI with finger-tapping, the primary motor cortex of the contralateral frontal lobe and the ipsilateral cerebellum were activated by both BOLD and ASL fMRI. For rs-fMRI of sensorimotor network, functional connectivity showed similar results between BOLD and ASL. Conclusion: ASL technique has potential application in clinical and research fields because all brain perfusion imaging, CBF measurement, and rs-fMRI study can be performed in a single acquisition.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.948-958
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• 2010

MRI 시스템이 수집하는 인체신호는 매우 미약하기 때문에 영상화 과정을 거치면서 외부 잡음이나 시스템 불안정성에 의한 영향을 쉽게 받을 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 저 자장 MRI시스템에서 RF 수신코일의 디자인적 요소에 의해 발생되는 불균일성을 분석하여 영상의 균일도 향상 기법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 MRI영상의 신호강도 불균일성을 보정하기 위한 방법 중에서 팬텀 데이터를 이용하여 확장된 크기를 갖는 3차원 bias 볼륨 데이터를 획득하기 위한 방법을 제안함으로써 다양한 크기를 갖는 영상의 보정이 가능하도록 하였다. 제안된 bias 데이터의 최적화 기법을 적용하여 실험을 수행한 결과 단일 bias 데이터의 사용으로 다양한 영상법에 의한 영상을 효과적으로 보정할 수 있음을 확인 하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.571-584
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• 2004

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most advanced imaging techniques in clinical and research medicine. However, clinical application of MRI to the lung or thorax has been limited due to various drawbacks. Low signal intensity of the lung and cardiac and respiratory movements are the most serious problems with MRI in thorax. Nevertheless, MRI is superior to CT in some selected patients with thoracic diseases. The role of clinical MRI in thoracic disease has been widened with improvement of MR equipments and development of new pulse sequences. Otherwise, functional assessment of lung by MRI has been studied for the last decade. These include perfusion MRI with or without contrast enhancement and ventilation MRI with oxygen-enhancement or hyperpolarized noble gas, $^3He$ and $^{129}Xe$.