다중채널코일과 병렬영상기법 이용 시 두영역측정법을 사용한 신호대잡음비 측정의 문제점
A study on Evaluating Validity of SNR Calculation Using a Conventional Two Region Method in MR Images Applied a Multichannel Coil and Parallel Imaging Technique
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본 연구는 다중채널코일과 병렬영상기법 이용 시 관행적으로 사용하고 있는 두영역측정법을 사용한 신호대잡음비 측정의 문제점을 알아보고자 하였다. 두영역측정법 사용 시 3가지 전제 조건에 만족하는 단일채널구상코일을 이용한 기준 SNR을 산출한 후, 다중채널코일과 병렬영상기법 이용 시 공신력 있는 기관에서 권고하는 방법과 전제 조건을 고려하지 않고 사용되어 문제가 되는 두영역측정법을 사용하여 SNR을 산출한 후 비교하였다. 다중채널코일과 병렬영상기법 이용 한 두영역측정법이 가장 높은 상대표준편차를 보여 낮은 정밀도를 나타내었고, ROI 위치에 따른 SNR 차이도 매우 높아 공간적으로 잡음의 분포가 균일하지 않음을 알 수 있었다. Blend-Altman plot 통한 95% 신뢰구간 간격도 가장 넓어 기준이 되는 단일채널구상코일을 이용한 두영역측정법 대비 일치도가 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구는 동일한 영상획득조건에서 자기공명영상장치 성능평가 시험의 표준이 되는 AAPM 방법과, 신호 영역 내에서 잡음 레벨을 정확히 결정할 수 있는 NEMA 방법, 그리고 자기공명영상장치의 제조사가 권고하는 방법을 직접적으로 비교함으로써, 연구자들이 간과할 수 있는 전제조건을 만족하지 않는 다중채널코일과 병렬영상기법 이용 시, 두영역측정법을 사용한 신호대잡음비의 부정확한 문제점을 정량적으로 증명하였다는데 큰 의의가 있다.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems of a signal to noise ratio measurement using a two region measurement method that is conventionally used when using a multi-channel coil and a par-allel imaging technique. As a research method, after calculating the standard SNR using a single channel head coil of which coil satisfies three preconditions when using a two region measurement method, we made comparisons and evaluations after calculating an SNR by using a two region measurement method of which method is problematic because it is used without considering the methods recommended by rep-utable organizations and the preconditions at the time of using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique. We found that a two region measurement method using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique shows the highest relative standard deviation, and thus shows a low degree of precision. In addition, we found out that the difference of SNR according to ROI location was very high, and thus a spatial noise distribution was not uniform. Also, 95% confidence interval through Blend-Altman plot is the widest, and thus the conformity degree with a two region measurement method using the standard single channel head coil is low. By directly comparing an AAPM method, which serves as a standard of a performance evaluation test of a magnetic resonance imaging device under the same image acquisitionconditions, an NEMA method which can accuratelydetermine the noise level in a signal region and the methods recommended by manufacturers of a magnetic resonance imaging device, there is a sig-nificance in that we quantitatively verified the inaccurate problems of a signal to noise ratio using a two region measurement method when using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique of which method does not satisfy the preconditions that researchers could overlook.
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