Jin Jeong

BACKGROUND: Ultrasound (US) is probably the standard imaging procedure in most centers, and US-guided fine needle aspiration can be added if suspicious lymph nodes are found. However, US-guided fine needle aspiration is an invasive method to diagnose a metastasis and has showed relatively low sensitivity. In general, diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an emerging technique for discriminating benign from malignant breast lesions in a short imaging acquisition time

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate optimal indication of thyroglobulin (Tg) measurement in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for detecting lateral metastatic lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of 241 lymph nodes of 220 patients who underwent ultrasound-guided FNA with Tg in FNA (FNA-Tg) washout fluid measurements for suspicious lymph nodes. RESULTS: On multivariate analysis, hyperechogenicity, cystic change, p

Doppler ultrasonography (US) is widely used for the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules, metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with thyroid cancer, and diffuse parenchymal disease, as well as for guidance in various US-guided procedures, including biopsy and ablation. However, controversies remain regarding the appropriate use and interpretation of Doppler US. Therefore, the Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology organized a taskforce to develop a consensus statement on the clinical use

PURPOSE: To establish our institutional guideline for IMRT delivery, we statistically evaluated the results of dosimetry quality assurance (DQA) measurements and derived local confidence limits using the concept confidence limit of |mean|+1.96σ. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From June 2006 to March 2009, 206 patients with head and neck cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, or brain tumor were treated using LINAC-based IMRT technique. In order to determine site specific DQA tolerances at a later stage,

BACKGROUND: Ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an accurate, reliable, and simple method to identify a thyroid nodule as benign or malignant. However, non-diagnostic cytology results for thyroid nodules are a major limitation of US-guided FNAC. PURPOSE: To investigate the incidence of thyroid cancer among cases with non-diagnostic results on FNAC and to provide suggestions for the management of thyroid nodules that are initially non-diagnostic by FNAC according to ul

SUMMARY: The embryonic tentorial sinus usually regressses during postnatal development, but its typical prenatal drainage patterns and intradural anastomoses can be depicted as various developmental phenotypic representations. Here, we tried to clarify the variant types of the superficial middle cerebral vein (SMCV) associated with the embryonic tentorial sinus. Total 41 patients and 82 hemispheres were included in this study. CT angiography was performed in all patients as screening for cerebro

SUMMARY: Plexiform vascular networks of the rete mirabile in humans are rare but can be observed in some vertebrates such as cobaye, cat, cow and sheep. Each set of embryonic arteries can be a potential source of these vascular networks which reconstitute the distal flows in segmental agenesis of internal carotid or vertebral arteries especially in patients with PHACE (posterior fossa malformation of the brain, facial hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, cardiac anomalies with coarctation of aorta,

BACKGROUND: Porphyromonase gingivalis (P. gingivalis) is a type of bacteria that causes periodontitis, which is strongly correlated with systemic diseases such as diabetes. However, the effect of hyperglycemia on periodontitis are unclear. The present study examined the effects of high glucose levels on the response to P. gingivalis infection. RESULTS: The expression of P. gingivalis-induced interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and inflammasomes increased as the glucose concentration increased. High glucose c

SWE provides additional information for the differential diagnosis of breast papillary lesions. Quantitative SWE features were helpful to differentiate breast papillary lesions.

The heat transfer in the turbocharger occurs due to the temperature difference between the exhaust gas and intake air, coolant, and oil. This heat transfer causes the efficiency of the compressor and turbine to be distorted, which is known to be exacerbated during low rotational speeds. Thus, this study proposes a method to mitigate the distortion of the test result data caused by heat transfer in the turbocharger. With this method, the representative compressor temperature is defined and the he