Young Seo Cho

Liver biopsy is the gold standard for evaluating the degree of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. However, due to the many limitations of liver biopsy, there has been much interest in the use of noninvasive techniques for this purpose. Among these techniques real-time two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) has the advantage of measuring tissue elasticity with the guidance of B-mode images. Recently, many studies have been conducted on the application of 2D-SWE in pa

Sonazoid, a second-generation ultrasound contrast agent, was introduced for the diagnosis of hepatic nodules. To clarify the issues with Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the Korean Society of Radiology and Korean Society of Abdominal Radiology collaborated on the guidelines. The guidelines are de novo, evidence-based, and selected using an electronic voting system for consensus. These include imaging protocols, diagnostic criteria fo

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the success rate of spleen stiffness measurement and factors that affect measurement success and to determine the spleen stiffness value of normal individuals by 2-dimensional shear wave elastography. METHODS: The spleen and liver stiffnesses of 313 consecutive patients were measured with SWE. The body mass index, abdominal wall thickness, spleen size, and liver stiffness of the patients were evaluated to identify factors associated with successful measurement of splee

OBJECTIVES: To compare the diagnostic performance for advanced hepatic fibrosis measured by 2D shear-wave elastography (SWE), using either the coefficient of variance (CV) or the interquartile range divided by the median value (IQR/M) as quality criteria. METHODS: In this retrospective study, from January 2011 to December 2013, 96 patients, who underwent both liver stiffness measurement by 2D SWE and liver biopsy for hepatic fibrosis grading, were enrolled. The diagnostic performances of the CV

PURPOSE: Recently, Colecchia et al. reported that by adding a spleen stiffness (SS) criterion sequentially to the Baveno VI criteria, screening endoscopy could be safely avoided. We aimed to compare the Baveno VI criteria, SS values and a sequential combination of the Baveno VI and SS values, measured by supersonic shear imaging (SSI), as approaches for safely avoiding screening endoscopy for high-risk varices (HRV). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between April 2017 and July 2018, we enrolled 274 compen

ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to evaluate the predictive value of spleen stiffness-spleen size-to-platelet ratio risk score (SSPS) as a noninvasive predictor of esophageal varices (EVs) and to compare it with others.In this retrospective study, from April 2017 to October 2018, a total of 65 patients with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis who underwent the liver and spleen stiffness (LS, and SS) measurements by 2 dimensional-shear wave elastography and endoscopic evaluation for EVs were en

Therapeutic case series, Level IV.

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the prognostic impacts of body composition components measured by computed tomography (CT) in patients with liver cirrhosis. METHODS: A total of 160 cirrhotic patients who underwent CT and hepatic venous pressure gradient measurements were retrospectively enrolled. Cross-sectional areas of skeletal muscle, visceral and subcutaneous fat, and mean CT attenuation of trabecular bone of the fourth lumbar vertebral level (L4HU) were measured. RESULTS: Multivariate analysis show

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Both hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) and liver stiffness (LS) are useful tools for predicting mortality in patients with cirrhosis. We investigated the combined effect of HVPG and LS on long-term mortality in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS: We retrospectively collected data from 103 patients with cirrhosis, whose HVPG and LS were measured between November 2009 and September 2013. The patients were divided into four groups according to the results of the HVPG and LS mea

High-resolution rectal MRI plays a crucial role in evaluating rectal cancer by providing multiple prognostic findings and imaging features that guide proper patient management. Quality reporting is critical for accurate effective communication of the information among multiple disciplines, for which a systematic structured approach is beneficial. Existing guides on reporting of rectal MRI are divergent on some issues, largely reflecting the differences in overall management of rectal cancer pati

Incorporating LSM values obtained by 2D-SWE improved the diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement of grayscale US for hepatic fibrosis.

Compared with guidelines, supersonic shear imaging liver stiffness dual threshold values of less than 7 kPa and greater than 12 kPa were close to target sensitivity and specificity for compensated advanced chronic liver disease in high-risk patients.

The synthesis and in vitro synergies of 2 beta-alkenyl and oxyiminopenam sulfone derivatives are described. Most of the compounds synthesized exhibited good inhibitory activities and synergistic antibacterial activities with piperacillin and ceftriaxone, respectively, against several beta-lactamase producing strains. Particularly the 2 beta-alkenylpenam sulfone derivatives. 1e and 1g, showed good synergistic activity with ceftriaxone against Citrobacter freundi NIH 10018-68 and Proteus vulgaris

목적: 성별과 체형에 따른 복부-골반 CT의 평균 관전류를 구한 후, 이를 적용한 팬텀 실험에서 단일 및 이중 에너지 CT의 가중 CT 선량지수를 비교하고자 하였다. 대상과 방법: 신장 검사를 위한 역동적 복부-골반 CT를 받은 환자 중 성별과 체질량 지수에 따라 5명씩 여섯 그룹 30명의 CT를 대상으로 하였다. 복부와 골반으로 나누어 평균 관전류의 그룹별 평균을 구하였고, 각각 CT 영상의 영상잡음을 구하였다. CT 선량지수 팬텀과 이온 챔버를 사용하여 각 평균 관전류를 적용한 단일, 이중 에너지 CT 스캔의 가중 CT 선량지수를 구한 후 비교하고, CT 스캐너 자체의 계산으로 얻어진 추정 CT 선량지수를 조사하여 각각 비교하였다. 또한 이중 에너지와 단일 에너지 CT의 방사선량의 비(D/S비)가 그룹 간 차이가 있는지 알아보았다. 통계적 방법으로 student t-test와 analysis of variance를 이용하였다. 결과: 이중 에너지와 단일 에너지 CT 간의 영상잡음