• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.811-817
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 손목관절 CT 검사에서 환자 자세를 X-축, Y-축으로 변화시키고 CT 검사장치의 channel 변화에 따른 MTF 평가를 하는 것이다. CT 장치와 손목 팬텀을 이용하여 isocenter를 중심으로 X-축으로 0(일치), 5, 10, 15 cm 이동시켜 검사하고, Z-축은 반시계 방향으로 -20°, -40° 회전하여 검사하였다. 검사는 16, -40, 64 channel을 이용하여 channel 별 차이가 있는지도 확인하고자 하였다. 검사한 영상은 자뼈와 좌우측 노뼈의 MTF 값을 측정하여 비교하였다. isocenter를 중심으로 X-축으로 이동시킨 실험에서 이동 거리가 커질수록 MTF 값은 감소하였고, 이때 MTF 값은 channel과는 무관한 것으로 확인되었다. Z-축에서 반시계 방향으로 -20°, -40° 손목관절을 회전시킨 실험에서 회전정도와 MTF는 무관한 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 channel과도 무관하였다. 결론적으로 손목관절 CT 검사에서 손목은 X-축 방향으로 이동을 최대한 억제시키고, Z-축으로의 회전은 검사 대상자의 환경에 따라 변화하여도 영상의 MTF에는 큰 영향을 주지 않을 것이라 사료된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.105-108
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• 2011

Purpose: An extensive knowledge of the arterial anatomy of the upper extremity and its variations is indispensable to the hand surgeon. We report a patient with anomalous radial artery, superficial course of two radial arteries, encountered during the excision of volar wrist ganglion. Methods: The patient was a 53-year-old man who had a painful mass on the left volar wrist for 1 year. Under general anesthesia, a curved incision was made around the mass. With the skin flaps retracted, the dome of the cyst was identified. Particular care was taken to identify and protect the radial artery, which was intimately attached to the wall of the ganglion. Two radial arteries completely encircled the ganglion. The pedicle was traced to the volar joint capsule, radiocarpal ligament. The joint was open and the capsular attachments were excised. Results: The patient made an uneventful recovery. There were two arterial pulsations at the volar side of the wrist joint. Compressing this site revealed that the major arterial contributor to blood supply in the hand was the ulnar artery. At angioCT, an anomaly of the radial artery was found with a duplication. The pathway of this aberrant artery was superficial to the original radial artery. It changed its course subcutaneously at the level of the tendon of the brachioradialis muscle, and crossing the wrist lateral to the original radial artery and ending in the deep palmar arch. Conclusion: Authors experienced a case of bifurcating radial artery encountered during the excision of ganglion on the volar of the wrist. Because these duplicated radial arteries make strong contributions to the thumb and index finger as well as to the deep palmar arch, when they are present there may be probably less blood supply to the hand from the ulnar artery. If the radial artery is palpated superficially on the brachioradialis muscle, it is important to remember the kind of anomaly.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.332-337
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• 2007

In the early twenty-first century, minimally invasive surgery is the mainstay of various kinds of surgical fields. Surgeons gave percutaneously surgical treatment of the screw directly using a fluoroscopic view in the past. The latest date, they began to operate the fractured carpal bone surgery using Computerized Tomography (CT). Carpal bones composed of wrist joint consist of eight small bones which have hexahedron and sponge shape. Because of these shape, it is difficult to grasp the shape of carpal bones using only CT image data. Although several image segmentation studies have been conducted with carpal bone CT image data, more studies about carpal bone using CT data are still required. Especially, to apply the software implemented from the studies to clinical fIeld, the outcomes should be user friendly and very accurate. To satisfy those conditions, we propose modified multi-seed region growing segmentation method which uses simple threshold and the canny edge detector for finding edge information more accurately. This method is able to use very easily and gives us high accuracy and high speed for extracting the edge information of carpal bones. Especially, using multi-seed points, multi-bone objects of the carpal bone are extracted simultaneously.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.176-181
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• 2009

Synovial chondromatosis is a rare, benign, monoarticular arthropathy that is characterized by the development of highly cellular, metaplastic cartilaginous nodules in the synovial membrane. It commonly affects larger joints such as the knee, elbow, wrist, shoulder, and hip. Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint(TMJ) is rare. Moreover, the temporal involvement of synovial chondromatosis without connection with joint is greatly rare. A 44-year-old women had experienced pain of the right TMJ area and limitation of mouth opening. MRI and CT revealed multiple calcified loose bodies and widening in right upper joint space of TMJ and osteolytic lesion in right temporal bone. Treatment consisted of removal of multiple loose bodies, resection of the osteolytic lesion through the preauricular approach. She was diagnosed with primary transitional synovial chondromatosis of TMJ with involvement of temporal bone. In spite of remaining of the loose bodies, pain and mouth opening improved and there have been no recurrence of signs and symptoms for 5 years follow up.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.121-127
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• 2007

최근 요통의 원인을 밝히기 위한 노력의 일환으로 의료 영상 자료를 이용하는 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있는 실정이나 의료 영상 장비들은 사용 비용이 고가라는 점, 인체에 침습적이라는 점 그리고 추간판의 크기를 측정하기 위해서는 이를 구현할 수 있는 소프트웨어가 필요하다는 점 등의 제한점으로 인해 연구 환경에서는 그 사용이 제한적으로 이루어지고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 비교적 신뢰도가 높으면서 신체 계측 자료를 이용하여 간단한 추정식에 의해 추간판의 크기를 추정할 수 있는 Colombini 등의 방법과 이를 수정하여 보다 발전시킨 Turk와 Celan의 방법을 소개하고 이들의 방법에 의해 추정된 추간판의 크기가 의료 영상 자료에 의한 실계측치와 유의한 상관성이 있는가를 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 본 연구는 근골격계 질환이 없는 20대의 정상 성인을 대상으로 신체 계측을 통해 구해진 자료를 Colombi의 추정식과 Turk와 Celan의 추정식으로 처리한 후 이를 통해 구해진 L4-5, L5-S1 추간판의 크기를 CT 영상을 통해 구해진 실계측치와 비교하는 방식으로 진행되었다. 본 연구 결과 L4-5와 L5-S1 추간판의 크기는 Colombi 추정식에 의해 구해진 값이 Turk와 Celan 추정식으로 구한 값이나 CT 영상을 통해 얻어진 실계측치 보다 약간 큰 것으로 나타났으나 Turk와 Celan의 값과 CT에 의한 실계측치 사이에는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 따라서 신체 계측을 통한 추간판 크기의 추정 방법인 Turk와 Celan의 공식이 CT 실계측과 매우 높은 상관성을 가진다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2008

Henoch-Sch$\ddot{o}$nlein purpura (HSP) is a leukocytoclastic vasculitis of small vessels with deposition of IgA, commonly resulting in skin, joint, gastrointestinal, and kidney involvement. HSP is an uncommon disorder in adults and accounts for 0.6% to 2% of adult nephropathy. We report a case of HSP with acute renal failure successfully treated with corticosteroid. In this case, the patient presented with vasculitic purpuric rash on lower extremity, arthralgia in the wrist, abdominal pain, hematochezia, oliguria and azotemia. Abdominal CT showed wall thickening of the small and large bowels. Skin biopsy revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Percutaneous renal biopsy showed no crescent formation, but mesangial IgA and $C_3$ deposits were observed by immunofluorescence. The patient was treated with corticosteroid (1mg/kg per day) and hemodialysis. After treatment, renal function improved and purpuric lesion, arthralgia and abdominal pain disappeared. Thus, when adults present with purpuric rash and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), HSP should be a diagnostic consideration.