Publications by authors named "Su Bin Chon"
Objective: To determine whether visually stratified CT findings and pulmonary function variables are helpful in predicting mortality in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE).
Methods: We retrospectively identified 113 patients with CPFE who underwent high-resolution CT between January 2004 and December 2009. The extent of emphysema and fibrosis on CT was visually assessed using a 6- or 5-point scale, respectively.
Article Synopsis
- - The study found that 3.1% of asymptomatic male smokers have combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) based on CT scans of over 2,000 smokers.
- - Follow-up results showed that 72.7% of smokers who continued to smoke experienced worsening fibrosis, with disease progression significantly faster in current smokers compared to those who quit.
- - Monitoring CPFE through serial CT scans over a 3.5-year period is suggested to effectively track disease progression in these patients.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the hepatic dome with CT-guided extrathoracic transhepatic approach.
Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients with 15 HCCs (size range: 0.8-4 cm, mean size: 1.
Objective: The objective of our study was to compare the diagnostic performance of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MRI with that of 16-MDCT for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.
Materials And Methods: Thirty-one patients with 53 hepatocellular carcinomas underwent gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced dynamic MRI and multiphasic CT using 16-MDCT within a mean interval of 5 days (range, 3-9 days). The dynamic MRI examination was performed using 3D fat-saturated volumetric interpolated imaging and sensitivity encoding on a 1.