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2023

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102
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42774
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7600
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Byung Ihn Choi is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Hepatology. Over their career, they have contributed to research spanning several subfields including Hepatology, Epidemiology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics center around liver-related conditions and their diagnosis and treatment. This includes work on:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Their publication record includes papers in renowned journals that focus on ultrasound and liver disease diagnostics. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver-Update 2020 WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS" (2020, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology)
  • "Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver - Update 2020 - WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS" (2020, Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound)
  • "Quantification of Liver Fat Content with Ultrasound: A WFUMB Position Paper" (2021, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology)
  • "Accuracy of Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography and Attenuation Imaging for Evaluation of Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis" (2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
  • "The AFSUMB Consensus Statements and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound using Sonazoid" (2020, ULTRASONOGRAPHY)

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborations primarily within hepatology and ultrasound research, including:

  • Jae Young Lee (13 co-authored works)
  • Dong Ho Lee (9 co-authored works)
  • Fuminori Moriyasu (7 co-authored works)
  • R. Graham Barr (6 co-authored works)
  • Katsutoshi Sugimoto (6 co-authored works)

Byung Ihn Choi publishes regularly in venues specializing in ultrasound techniques and clinical hepatology such as:

  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology (3 publications)
  • ULTRASONOGRAPHY (3 publications)
  • Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound (2 publications)
  • Radiology (2 publications)
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the liver - update 2012: A WFUMB-EFSUMB initiative in cooperation with representatives of AFSUMB, AIUM, ASUM, FLAUS and ICUS.

    Michel Claudon;Christoph F. Dietrich;Byung Ihn Choi;David O. Cosgrove

  • Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the liver - Update 2012

    M. Claudon;C. F. Dietrich;B. I. Choi;D. O. Cosgrove

  • Image-guided Tumor Ablation: Standardization of Terminology and Reporting Criteria—A 10-Year Update

    Muneeb Ahmed;Luigi Solbiati;Christopher L. Brace;David J. Breen

  • Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver consensus recommendations on hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Masao Omata;Laurentius A. Lesmana;Ryosuke Tateishi;Pei Jer Chen

  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology.

    Tsuyoshi Shiina;Kathryn R. Nightingale;Mark L. Palmeri;Timothy J. Hall

  • WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 2: Breast

    Richard G. Barr;Kazutaka Nakashima;Dominique Amy;David Cosgrove

  • Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver-Update 2020 WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS.

    Christoph F Dietrich;Christian Pállson Nolsøe;Richard G Barr;Annalisa Berzigotti

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnostic Performance of Multidetector CT and MR Imaging—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Yoon Jin Lee;Jeong Min Lee;Ji Sung Lee;Hwa Young Lee

  • Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria--a 10-year update.

    Muneeb Ahmed;Luigi Solbiati;Christopher L. Brace;David J. Breen

  • Liver Ultrasound Elastography: An Update to the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Guidelines and Recommendations.

    Giovanna Ferraioli;Vincent Wai Sun Wong;Laurent Castera;Annalisa Berzigotti

  • Hepatic tumors: predisposing factors for complications of transcatheter oily chemoembolization.

    Jin Wook Chung;Jae Hyung Park;Joon Koo Han;Byung Ihn Choi

  • Detection of hypervascular nodular hepatocellular carcinomas: value of triphasic helical CT compared with iodized-oil CT

    Byung Ihn Choi;Hak Jong Lee;Joon Koo Han;Dae Seob Choi

  • Locally advanced rectal cancer: added value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the evaluation of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemo- and radiation therapy.

    Seung Ho Kim;Jeong Min Lee;Sung Hyun Hong;Gi Hyeon Kim

  • How to perform Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS).

    Christoph F. Dietrich;Michalakis Averkiou;Michael Bachmann Nielsen;Richard G. Barr

  • Uterine cervical carcinoma: comparison of CT and MR findings.

    S H Kim;B I Choi;H P Lee;S B Kang

  • Hepatic tumors: contrast agent-enhancement patterns with pulse-inversion harmonic US.

    Tae Kyoung Kim;Byung Ihn Choi;Joon Koo Han;Hye Suk Hong

  • Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma as First-Line Treatment: Long-term Results and Prognostic Factors in 162 Patients with Cirrhosis

    Dong Ho Lee;Jeong Min Lee;Jae Young Lee;Se Hyung Kim

  • Thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases: a position paper by an international panel of ablation experts, the interventional oncology sans frontières meeting 2013

    Alice Gillams;Nahum Goldberg;Muneeb Ahmed;Reto Bale

  • Cholangiocarcinoma: pictorial essay of CT and cholangiographic findings.

    Joon Koo Han;Byung Ihn Choi;Ah Young Kim;Su Kyung An

  • Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Differentiating Small Hepatocellular Carcinomas (≤2 cm in Diameter) From Arterial Enhancing Pseudolesions: Special Emphasis on Hepatobiliary Phase Imaging

    Hye Young Sun;Jeong Min Lee;Cheong Ii Shin;Dong Ho Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Joon Koo Han
Joon Koo Han Seoul National University Hospital
Jeong Min Lee
Jeong Min Lee Seoul National University
Jae Hyung Park
Jae Hyung Park Sungkyunkwan University
Masatoshi Kudo
Masatoshi Kudo Kindai University
Jung-Hwan Yoon
Jung-Hwan Yoon Seoul National University Hospital
Myeong-Jin Kim
Myeong-Jin Kim Yonsei University
Fabio Piscaglia
Fabio Piscaglia University of Bologna
Woo Kyung Moon
Woo Kyung Moon Seoul National University Hospital
Christoph F. Dietrich
Christoph F. Dietrich Hirslanden Private Hospital Group
Hye Seung Lee
Hye Seung Lee Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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