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A Study on Indirect Attachment Method of Compensation Materials to Increase Signal Intensity in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

자기공명영상검사 시 신호강도를 높이기 위한 보상물질의 간접부착 방식에 관한 연구

  • 손순룡 (원광보건대학교 방사선과)
  • Received : 2017.03.20
  • Accepted : 2017.03.31
  • Published : 2017.07.28
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Abstract

Previously, studies on compensation material to increase the signal intensity have been conducted which does not affect the reading of images. However, the compensation material has a concern on patient infection as it is attached directly on the skin. Therefore, in this study, we tested an indirect attachment of the compensation material as an alternative method of the direct attachment. The silicon compensation material was fabricated in the form of a cylindrical bar and attached to each element of the 8 channel head coil. Then the signal intensities of the water phantom pre and post application of the silicon were measured. T1 and T2-weighted images were acquired using an 8-channel head coil and a 3.0T superconducting MRI. Signal intensities were measured by using an image measuring program. Paired t-test was used to verify if there were significant differences. The signal intensity before application of the silicon was significantly increased by 3.39% and 2.62% in T1 and T2 weighted images, respectively. Although the indirect attachment method had a limitation to completely replace the existing method, it was considered to be useful in patients with infectious diseases such as diabetic complications since it had a meaningful improvement in signal intensity based on the filling factor increase.

최근 자기공명신호를 형성시키지 않는 보상물질을 이용하여 신호강도를 높이려는 연구가 활발히 진행되면서 검사부위에 보상물질을 직접 부착함에 따른 환자감염의 우려가 나타나고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 발상의 전환으로 보상물질을 코일에 간접 부착함으로써 기존의 직접 부착방식을 대체할 수 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법은 보상물질인 실리콘을 원통형 bar의 형태로 제작하여 8채널 head 코일의 element에 부착한 후, 실리콘 부착 전 후 water phantom의 신호강도를 측정하였다. 영상획득은 3.0T 초전도 자기공명영상장치와 8채널 head 코일을 이용하여 T1, T2강조영상을 획득하였으며, 획득한 영상은 영상측정프로그램을 이용하여 신호강도를 측정한 후, 대응표본T검정을 이용하여 유의한 차이가 있는지 판단하였다. 부착 전 후 신호강도는 T1 강조영상은 3.39%, T2 강조영상은 2.62% 유의하게 증가하였다. 결론적으로 간접 부착방식은 증가율이 낮아 모든 환자를 대상으로 대체하기에는 한계가 있을 수 있지만, filling factor의 증가로 인한 신호강도의 의미있는 상승이 있으므로 당뇨병 등 감염성 질한 우려 환자에 적용 시 유용하리라 판단된다.

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