Kyu Sung Choi
Seoul National University · Medicine
About the Lab
Professor Kyu Sung Choi's research lab specializes in radiogenomics and medical image analysis, focusing on leveraging advanced deep learning and quantitative MRI techniques to predict molecular and clinical outcomes in neurological disorders. The lab investigates glioma classification through perfusion MRI and glymphatic system function in neuroinflammatory diseases like multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. A key focus is developing interpretable AI models that enhance diagnostic reliability and reproducibility in neuroimaging, particularly for predicting MGMT methylation status, IDH genotype, and hematoma expansion. The lab also explores mental health prediction using multimodal data, including questionnaires and graph neural networks.
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15BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to predict isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genotypes of gliomas using an interpretable deep learning application for dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion MRI. METHODS: Four hundred sixty-three patients with gliomas who underwent preoperative MRI were enrolled in the study. All the patients had immunohistopathologic diagnoses of either IDH-wildtype or IDH-mutant gliomas. Tumor subregions were segmented using a convolutional neural network followed b
O6-methylguanine-DNA methyl transferase (MGMT) methylation prediction models were developed using only small datasets without proper external validation and achieved good diagnostic performance, which seems to indicate a promising future for radiogenomics. However, the diagnostic performance was not reproducible for numerous research teams when using a larger dataset in the RSNA-MICCAI Brain Tumor Radiogenomic Classification 2021 challenge. To our knowledge, there has been no study regarding the
OBJECTIVE: The glymphatic system is a glial-based perivascular network that promotes brain metabolic waste clearance. Glymphatic system dysfunction has been observed in both multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), indicating the role of neuroinflammation in the glymphatic system. However, little is known about how the two diseases differently affect the human glymphatic system. The present study aims to evaluate the diffusion MRI-based measures of the glymphat
Background Pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters obtained from dynamic contrast agent-enhanced (DCE) MRI evaluates the microcirculation permeability of astrocytomas, but the unreliability from arterial input function (AIF) remains a challenge. Purpose To develop a deep learning model that improves the reliability of AIF for DCE MRI and to validate the reliability and diagnostic performance of PK parameters by using improved AIF in grading astrocytomas. Materials and Methods This retrospective study in
PURPOSE: To predict hematoma growth in intracerebral hemorrhage patients by combining clinical findings with non-contrast CT imaging features analyzed through deep learning. METHODS: Three models were developed to predict hematoma expansion (HE) in 572 patients. We utilized multi-task learning for both hematoma segmentation and prediction of expansion: the Image-to-HE model processed hematoma slices, extracting features and computing a normalized DL score for HE prediction. The Clinical-to-HE mo
Precise remote evaluation of both suicide risk and psychiatric disorders is critical for suicide prevention as well as for psychiatric well-being. Using questionnaires is an alternative to labor-intensive diagnostic interviews in a large general population, but previous models for predicting suicide attempts suffered from low sensitivity. We developed and validated a deep graph neural network model that increased the prediction sensitivity of suicide risk in young adults (n = 17,482 for training
BACKGROUND: To investigate the prognostic value of spatial features from whole-brain MRI using a three-dimensional (3D) convolutional neural network for adult-type diffuse gliomas. METHODS: In a retrospective, multicenter study, 1925 diffuse glioma patients were enrolled from 5 datasets: SNUH (n = 708), UPenn (n = 425), UCSF (n = 500), TCGA (n = 160), and Severance (n = 132). The SNUH and Severance datasets served as external test sets. Precontrast and postcontrast 3D T1-weighted, T2-weighted, a
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether DWI provides additional value to conventional MRI with MRCP (MRI-MRCP) in the characterization of perihilar biliary strictures and in the evaluation of the longitudinal extent of perihilar cholangiocarcinomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred fourteen patients with perihilar strictures (81 malignant and 33 benign) underwent gadobutrol-enhanced MRI-MRCP and DWI using 10 b values (0-1000 s/mm(2)). Two readers independently reviewed a co
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Purpose To determine the yield of follow-up abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) in detecting extragastric recurrence after curative endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancers (EGCs) that meet the expanded criteria. Materials and Methods Institutional review board approval was obtained for this retrospective study, and the requirement to obtain informed consent was waived. Patients who underwent curative ESD for EGCs that met the expanded criteria between November 2005 a
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate an extremely small pseudoparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (ESPIO), KEG3, as a potential blood pool agent in 3 T coronary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in canine models and compare its efficacy to that of a gadolinium-based contrast agent. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nine mongrel dogs were subjected to whole-heart coronary MRA in 2 separate sessions at 7-day intervals with a 3 T scanner using the FLASH sequence with either gadoterate meglumin
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the predictive value of the quantitative T2-FLAIR mismatch ratio (qT2FM) with fully automated tumor segmentation in adult-type diffuse lower-grade gliomas (LGGs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 218 consecutive patients (mean age, 47 years ± 15 [SD]; 125 males) diagnosed with adult-type diffuse LGG. The cohort was classified into IDH wild-type (IDHwt), IDH-mutant with 1p/19q-codeletion (IDHmut-Codel), and IDH-mutant without 1p/19q-codeletion (I
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