• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2017

The lumbar sympathetic ganglion block (LSGB) is widely used for diagnosing and treating sympathetically maintained pain disorders. The LSGB has been conventionally carried out under fluoroscopy or computed tomography guidance. However, as ultrasound technology improved, ultrasound-guided interventions have been expanding their territory to deeper structures. Ultrasound guidance provides many benefits including protecting vascular injection, shortening procedure time in some cases, and reducing the emission of radiation. In this report, we describe a successful case of a US-guided LSGB without major complications. We expect that US-guided LSGBs can be implemented and furnished in the daily outpatient clinical setting by highly trained pain physicians.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.573-584
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• 2012

유방이나 전립선과 같은 연조직에서 발생하는 암이나 종양은 주위 조직보다 단단한 경향을 가진다. 하지만 초음파 B-mode 영상을 보면 암은 주위 조직과 거의 비슷하여 구별하기 어렵다. 따라서 조직의 단단한 정도를 영상화하면 더 정량적인 정보를 제공해 진단에 도움을 줄 수 있다. 초음파탄성영상은 측정하고자 하는 연조직에 기계적인 힘을 가하고 변형된 정도를 측정하여 영상화 한다. 탄성영상은 기존의 초음파 영상 진단기법과 더불어 종양을 진단하는 유용한 방법으로 자리매김하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 지금까지 발표된 다양한 탄성영상 방법을 분류하고 각 방법의 원리, 특성 등을 살펴본다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2008

Background: Shoulder joint injection is currently performed under fluoroscopic or computed tomography scan guidance. We performed this study to determine if an ultrasound guided shoulder joint injection through rotator cuff interval would have clinical usefulness. Methods: A total of 17 volunteers [12 women, 5 men; mean age 28 yr (23-32 yr)] received shoulder joint injection under multilinear ultrasound (5-10 MHz). Volunteers were positioned supinely on a table with their arm in a neutral position. The anterior shoulder region of the patient was sterilized using povidone iodine. A 24 gauge needle was introduced and directly visualized in real time as it passed obliquely from the skin surface to the inferior space of the biceps tendon. If there was little or no resistance to the injection, a contrast media (omnipaque) was injected and checked fluoroscopically. Results: Ultrasound guided shoulder joint injection through rotator cuff interval was successful in all cases. The average time taken for the procedure was $27.5{\pm}16.5sec$. The vertical distance from skin to the inferior space of the biceps tendon was $1.6{\pm}0.4cm$ and the distance of needle from the skin to the inferior space of biceps tendon was $2.8{\pm}0.6cm$. The procedure was well tolerated by all volunteers. Conclusions: Ultrasound guided shoulder joint injection through rotator cuff interval is an effective, rapid, and easy-to-perform injection technique. Ultrasound guided injection enables exact needle placement and avoids the use of both ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast material.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2002

This study is to enhance drug penetration via skin and investigate anti-inflammation effect following adoption of ultrasound. For this goal gel containing triamcinolone was prepared and the skin penetration rate and the change effects of blood plasma ingredients and serum enzyme were investigated. Using Franz type diffusion cell and the skin of hairless mouse, the permeation enhancing effect of ultrasound was tested. After the injury by direct trauma, the blood test was performed by measuring WBC, lymphocyte, and neutrophyl, and by analyzing CPK and LDH. The ultrasound transducer whose technical specification is geometric area(GA) $1.4\;cm^2$, effective radiation area(ERA) $0.8\;cm^2$, and beam non-uniformity ratio(BNR) 6.0 max was used. The influence of frequency having an effect on skin permeation rate was higher in the case of using 1MHz and continuous treatment. The temperature of receptor phase was not influenced in skin permeation by phonophoresis. Skin permeation increase attended by intensity of ultrasound, the permeation of triamcinolone was accelerated at $2.5\;w/cm^2\;than\;1.0\;w/cm^2$. Following muscle injury phonophoretic group the number of WBC, neutrophil and lympholyte were decreased significantly as compared with both control group and ultrasound group. The result of variation of serum CPK and LDH activity conformed to the phonophoretic effect as same pattern with the variation of WBC, neutrophil and lymphocyte.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.461-465
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• 2007

Purpose: Nasal bone fracture may be the most common fracture among facial trauma. However, diagnosis and treatment tend to be overlooked while the reduction and maintenance of fragments remain complicated. Thus, the results are plagued with high rate of nasal deformity which leads cosmetic and functional discomfort. We took advantage of the fact that the nasal bone is one of the thinnest facial bone while at the same time being located close to the skin and utilized ultrasound in performing reduction of nasal bone. Methods:This method was performed on 25 patients with nasal bone fracture. The CL 15-7 linear array transducer (10-15MHz) ultrasound which provides a total of 7 views (3 axial views and 4 transverse views) of the elevator under the bony fragments was enough for the surgeon to accurately perform the reduction. Results: In our class, an accurate and precise reduction has been made possible by real time images before, during, and after the procedure with the help of ultrasound while reducing the exposure to radiation. Conclusion: Compared to previous methods, satisfaction of patients has increased in the nasal tip, minimal fracture of the side wall and secondary reduction cases. Therefore, the incorporation of ultrasound in the closed reduction of nasal bone may prove to be a useful method.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제8권
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• pp.65-70
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• 1988

The intensity of ultrasound in liquid is calculated by improved analytic method. Helmholtz equation or Rayleigh's proposition does not offer the analytic solution. Considering a bounded medium, the use of the image source method in electromagnetic thoery gives a new way of calculating the total ultrasonic intensity in liquid. Some methods of measuring the intensities are also mentioned.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2008

목 적: 전립선암 환자의 방사선 치료 시 전립선의 위치 변화 및 비뇨기계 부작용을 줄이기 위해 방광의 체적을 일정하게 유지하도록 한 후 초음파를 이용하여 방광의 체적 변화를 측정 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2002년 12월부터 2007년 8월 까지 이대 목동병원에서 전립선 암으로 진단받고 근치적 목적의 방사선 치료를 받은 환자 26명을 대상으로 하였다. 13명의 실험군 환자는 방광의 체적을 일정하게 유지하기 위하여 모의조사, CT 스캔, 및 치료 1시간 전에 450 cc의 물을 마시도록 하였다. 나머지 13명의 대조군 환자에 대해서는 특별한 지시를 하지 않았다. 각 환자의 CT영상에서 방광의 체적을 측정하였다. 3차원 입체 조형 치료 계획이 설계되었고 처방선량 70.2 Gy 조사할 경우 방광과 직장의 유효체적을 계산 하였다. 실험군에 속해 있는 환자에 대해 방사선 치료 전 방광의 체적을 초음파를 이용하여 6-8주 간 매주 측정하였고 방광의 체적 변화를 분석하였다. 결과: CT상에서 측정 한 방광의 평균 체적 및 표준 오차는 실험군의 경우 $283.5{\pm}114.0\;cc$ (40%) 이고 대조군의 경우 $181.2{\pm}120.1\;cc$ (66%) 이다. 실험군의 경우 CT 상의 방광 체적과 CT scan 전에 획득한 초음파 영상상의 방광 체적은 통계적으로 유의하지 않으나 상관관계가 있는 것으로 보이고 초음파를 이용하여 측정한 방광의 체적은 CT상에서의 체적의 평균 62% 이다. 실험군에 있어서 초음파 시스템을 이용하여 주간 측정한 방광의 체적의 변화는 상당히 컸으며 최소 33%에서 최대 75%까지 변화 하였다. 결론: CT 스캔 전에 일정한 양의 물을 마시도록 지시한 실험군의 환자들의 경우 대조군대비 평균 방광의 체적을 크게 유지할 수 있었다. 그러나 일정한 양의 물을 마시도록 지시하더라도 6-8주간의 치료 기간 중에 방광의 체적을 일정히 유지 하는데는 어려움이 있었다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2011

Purpose: The present study compared the difference between intraoperative transrectal ultrasound (iTRUS)-based prostate volume and preplan computed tomography (CT), preplan magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based prostate volume to estimate the number of seeds needed for appropriate dose coverage in permanent brachytherapy for prostate cancer. Materials and Methods: Between March 2007 and March 2011, among 112 patients who underwent permanent brachytherapy with $^{125}I$, 60 image scans of 56 patients who underwent preplan CT (pCT) or preplan MRI (pMRI) within 2 months before brachytherapy were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-four cases among 30 cases with pCT and 26 cases among 30 cases with pMRI received neoadjuvant hormone therapy (NHT). In 34 cases, NHT started after acquisition of preplan image. The median duration of NHT after preplan image acquisition was 17 and 21 days for cases with pCT and pMRI, respectively. The prostate volume calculated by different modalities was compared. And retrospective planning with iTRUS image was performed to estimate the number of $^{125}I$ seed required to obtain recommended dose distribution according to prostate volume. Results: The mean difference in prostate volume was 9.05 mL between the pCT and iTRUS and 6.84 mL between the pMRI and iTRUS. The prostate volume was roughly overestimated by 1.36 times with pCT and by 1.33 times with pMRI. For 34 cases which received NHT after image acquisition, the prostate volume was roughly overestimated by 1.45 times with pCT and by 1.37 times with pMRI. A statistically significant difference was found between preplan image-based volume and iTRUS-based volume (p<0.001). The median number of wasted seeds is approximately 13, when the pCT or pMRI volume was accepted without modification to assess the required number of seeds for brachytherapy. Conclusion: pCT-based volume and pMRI-based volume tended to overestimate prostate volume in comparison to iTRUS-based volume. To reduce wasted seeds and cost of the brachytherapy, we should take the volume discrepancy into account when we estimate the number of $^{125}I$ seeds for permanent brachytherapy.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.397-401
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• 2000

화력발전 플랜트의 터빈 블레이드(blade) 재료인 12Cr 합금강의 고속 열화 시편에 대한 레일리(Rayleigh) 표면탄성파의 산란과 속도의 주파수 의존특성을 액체/고체 경계 면에서 표면파의 발생기구에 의해 나타나는 후방복사 초음파 세기의 입사각 의존성으로 간접 평가하고 부식피로 특성과 비교 분석하였다. 후방복사 현상이 발생하는 입사각 폭은 부식온도와 반비례하였으며 이는 효과적 부식층의 두께 증가로 설명되었다. 이 프로파일의 폭은 피로시험에서 균열성장 관계식인 파리스(Paris) 법칙의 지수 m과 선형적으로 반비례하여 열화시편의 부식 피로 특성의 비파괴적 평가에 있어 후방복사된 초음파를 이용한 기술이 매우 유용함을 보여 보여주었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.241-250
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• 1997

액체/고체 경계면에서 후방 복사된 초음파의 주파수 분석에 의해 Si layer/mesh Au/Si substrate 시편에 존재하는 표면 탄성파의 주파수 의존성이 측정되었다. 사용된 광역 탐촉자(2, 5, 10MHz)의 주파수에 따라 다르게 나타난 후방 복사의 입사각 의존성은 이 현상이 표면 지역에 발생된 표면파로부터의 에너지 복사에 의한 것임을 보여주었다. 후방 산란된 초음파의 입사각 의존성을 연속적으로 측정하기 위한 초음파 각도계가 제작되었고 다른 비율의 구리 분말이 섞인 에폭시에 의해 접착된 Ni layer/Al substrate 시편에 대해 후방복사 세기의 입사각 의존성이 측정되었다. (5MHz) 후방 복사의 폭과 패턴은 표면파 속도의 주파수 의존성, layer 접합의 질 그리고 표면 지역의 구조 등 여러 정보를 가지고 있음이 밝혀졌다.