MRI的临床应用进展

磁共振成像(magnatic resonance imaging,MRI)是现代影像医学的重要组成部分之一。随着硬件和软件方面的不断改进和发展,MRI日益得到广泛的临床应用。MRI的临床应用主要有五个方面：磁共振水成像、磁共振血管成像、磁共振功能成像、磁共振波谱以及磁共振造影介入技术。MRI可提供病变组织在形态学改变和生理功能方面的信息,因此MRI已成为进行疾病诊断和鉴别诊断的重要工具,亦是介入技术导引的手段。由于MRI具有无创性和信息容量多等点,使其能在生物学医学领域内作深入的研究。MRI将提供生物化学的信息。总之,MRI是现代医学的新领域,代表着影像医学的发展方向。     

弥散加权成像及1H磁共振波谱在新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病中的诊断价值

目的:探讨弥散加权成像、1H磁共振波谱诊断新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病的应用价值。方法:以本院收治的缺氧缺血性脑病新生儿37例为研究组,另选择健康新生儿40例作为对照组,两组新生儿均接受弥散加权成像及1H磁共振波谱检查,观察研究组新生儿普通MRI与弥散加权成像检查结果,对比研究组和对照组新生儿的脑代谢化合物相对浓度。结果:与普通MRI检出率相比,研究组患儿的弥散加权成像信号明显升高,差异存在统计学意义(P0.05)。研究组NAA/Cr比值低于对照组,Cho/Cr、MI/Cr、Glu-Gln/Cr、Lac/Cr比值高于对照组,差异存在统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:临床上诊断新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病时,弥散加权成像与1H磁共振波谱的联合应用可提升诊断准确率,通过对代谢物浓度的分析有利于评价缺氧缺血导致脑组织损害的严重程度。     

1HMRS在定性诊断乙肝后早期肝硬化中的初步研究

目的:研究慢性乙型肝炎后早期肝硬化患者的氢质子磁共振波谱图像特点,旨在探讨~1HMRS成像技术诊断慢乙肝后早期肝硬化的可行性,为早期肝硬化的定性诊断提供新的方法。方法:首先,筛选出15例健康志愿者及15例慢乙肝后早期肝硬化患者,并将15例患者依据肝穿结果分为S2期、S3期和S4期三组;然后,对15例健康志愿者及15例慢乙肝后肝硬化组患者进行常规MRI扫描,包括三平面定位,横断面T1加权像(T1WI)、T2加权像(T2WI),于T2WI上选取感兴趣区进行单体素氢质子波谱扫描,分别采集各化合物峰,通过GE公司波谱分析软件校正,测量各波峰峰值和峰下面积,分析正常组和病例组各波峰和峰下面积变化特征。结果:正常组均得到谷氨酸和谷氨酰氨复合物(glumatic acid andglutamylamnnia complex,Glx)峰与胆碱/磷酸肌酸(choline/phosphoric creatine acid,Cho/Pcr)峰,病例组除上述两峰外,还得到乳酸(Lacrate,Lac)峰和脂质(Lipid,Lip)峰。经统计学分析正常组与病例组Glx、Cho/Pcr峰值及峰下面积无明显差异(P>0.05),而Lac、Lip峰值及峰下面积有差异统计学意义(P<0.05)。病例组内的S2、S3及S4期三组各自的Glx、Cho/Pcr、Lac、Lip峰值及峰下面积差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论:1H磁共振波谱成像技术是一种非创伤性定性检测慢乙肝后早期肝硬化的方法。     

^1HMRS在定性诊断乙肝后早期肝硬化中的初步研究

目的：研究慢性乙型肝炎后早期肝硬化患者的氢质子磁共振波谱图像特点,旨在探讨^1HMRS成像技术诊断慢乙肝后早期肝硬化的可行性,为早期肝硬化的定性诊断提供新的方法。方法：首先,筛选出15例健康志愿者及15例慢乙肝后早期肝硬化患者。并将15例患者依据肝穿结果分为S2期、S3期和S4期三组;然后,对15例健康志愿者及15例慢乙肝后肝硬化组患者进行常规MRI扫描,包括三平面定位,横断面T1加权像（T1WI）、T2加权像（T2WI）,于T2WI上选取感兴趣区进行单体素氢质子波谱扫描。分别采集各化合物峰,通过GE公司波谱分析软件校正,测量各波峰峰值和峰下面积,分析正常组和病例组各波峰和峰下面积变化特征。结果：正常组均得到谷氨酸和谷氨酰氨复合物（glumatic acid and glutamylamnnia complex,GIX）峰与胆碱／磷酸肌酸（choline／phosphoric creatine acid,Cho／Pcr）峰,病例纽除上述两峰外,还得到乳酸（Lactate,Lac）峰和脂质（Lipid,Lip）峰。经统计学分析正常组与病例组Glx、Cho／Pcr峰值及峰下面积无明显差异（P〉0．05）,而Lac、Lip峰值及峰下面积有差异统计学意义（P〈0.05）。病例组内的S2、S3及S4期三组各自的Glx、Cho／Pcr、Lac、Lip峰值及峰下面积差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。结论：1H磁共振波谱成像技术是一种非创伤性定性检测慢乙肝后早期肝硬化的方法。     

磁共振成像对乳腺肿瘤的诊断价值

乳腺癌是危及女性健康的常见恶性肿瘤之一,病死率较高,且发病年龄呈年轻化趋势。目前临床对乳腺疾病的检查方法很多,既往检查主要包括钼靶、超声等,因价格便宜、操作方便,已成为常规的乳腺疾病检查方法,但两者的敏感性和特异性较低并有自身的局限性。CT软组织分辨率较高,但检查过程中的X线剂量较大,并且动态增强时间较长,故作为乳腺钼靶的补充检查手段。这些检查方法对乳腺疾病均有不同的诊断意义,在当前众多诊断乳腺疾病方法中,具有无辐射,较高软组织分辨力及可多方位多层面成像的乳腺磁共振(MRI)成像有其独到的优势,某些方面能弥补超声和钼靶检查的局限性,乳腺磁共振可提供病灶形态学和增强血流动力学表现,可用于常规检查方法不能确诊病灶的鉴别诊断。乳腺肿瘤MRI成像对临床诊断、鉴别诊断及手术方案的选择有着极其重要的作用。本文就乳腺MRI影像技术、MRI影像学表现及其临床应用予以综述,探讨MRI在乳腺肿瘤中的应用。     

3.0T MR波谱成像与扩散结合在前列腺中央腺体癌诊断中的价值

目的:探讨3.0T磁共振波谱成像(MRSI)结合扩散加权成像(DWI)在前列腺中央腺体癌中的诊断价值。方法:回顾性分析术前MRSI与DWI结合诊断为前列腺中央腺体癌的患者共18例,术后确诊为前列腺癌16例、前列增生1例、前列腺增生伴前列腺中度到重度炎症1例。其中3例已经确诊中央腺体癌为激素治疗后行MRI检查。比较患者癌区与对侧非癌区两组间的(胆碱+肌酸)/枸橼酸盐(CC/C)值。结果:无任何治疗的13例中央腺体癌区158个体素的CC/C值均值为2.684±1.7,非癌区196个体素的CC/C均值为0.49±0.08。(T值为2.778,P值均=0.0170.05),中央腺体癌区与对侧非癌区之间的CC/C值差异有统计学意义。3例激素去势治疗后癌区的CC/C均值为1.18±0.95,非癌区22个体素CC/C均值为0.46±0.255。(T值为1.196,P值均=0.3540.05)。激素治疗后中央腺体癌区与对侧非癌区之间的CC/C值差异无统计学意义。结论:MRSI结合DWI显著提高前列腺中央腺体癌的诊断。     

弥散加权成像联合磁共振波谱分析在脑梗死中的应用研究

目的探讨脑梗死弥散加权成像（DWI）和磁共振波谱分析（MRS）的特点和影响因素,及二者对评估脑梗死的临床价值。方法采用Philips Achieva 1.5T双梯度超导磁共振扫描仪,对72例临床疑是脑梗死患者行常规T1WI、T2WI、FLAIR、DWI、MRS检查,在工作站上测定梗死核心区、内缘区、外缘区、周围区和镜像区的ADC值和代谢物Lac、NAA、Cr、Cho、NAA/Cr、Lac/Cr、Lac/NAA值。结果 DWI显示的梗死灶范围较常规MRI像更加准确、清晰;超急性期、急性期、亚急性期和慢性期梗死核心区的Lac/Cr值和Lac/NAA值高于对侧镜像区,ADC值和NAA/Cr值低于对侧镜像区,存在统计学差异（P〈0.05）;DWI的影响因素有b值、扩散系数、T2穿透效应和各向异性等,MRS的影响因素有磁场均匀性、压水压脂性能、体素、TE与TR、组织代谢物浓度和波谱采集链等。结论 DWI结合MRS能更加全面地评估缺血半暗带,更精确地对脑梗死进行分期和定位。     

磁共振功能成像在监测乳腺癌新辅助化疗中的应用和进展

近年来,新辅助化疗在原发乳腺癌治疗中运用越来越广泛。影像学手段在评价新辅助化疗疗效、指导临床治疗方案的制定中发挥重要作用。磁共振功能成像的引入,可以加深对恶性乳腺肿瘤的病理生理活动及分子生物学特性的了解,监测化疗疗效,提高早期预测的准确性。本文总结功能学MRI(磁共振成像)探测乳腺癌患者生物标志物的研究现状及发展情况,描述各种生物学标志物特性,评价其潜在的临床应用价值和局限性。以下将对动态增强磁共振成像、弥散加权成像、血氧水平依赖成像以及波谱成像等几种磁共振功能学成像方法的原理进行描述,重点对其在监测乳腺癌新辅助化疗中的应用进行综述。     

产前胎儿磁共振成像的临床应用及研究进展

出生缺陷已经成为影响我国人口素质的重要卫生问题,产前诊断是减少患儿出生缺陷的有效预防手段和措施。作为产前超声诊断重要补充的手段,胎儿MRI检查具有多方位、多参数、高质量、大视野成像的特点。尤其在中枢神经系统方面具有US无法比拟的优势,随着宫内治疗技术的开展和提高,其潜在的价值和应用前景越来越明显。近年来,随着各种快速MR成像方法的应用,胎儿MRI研究有了很大进步,不仅能有效地评估胎儿的正常解剖、发育变异及病理改变,而且功能MRI也正积极尝试用于胎儿正常发育及疾病的研究中。正硝地解释胎儿MRI的影像学表现仍是今后一段时间内胎儿MRI研究的方向。客观地认识MRI在产前检查中的优势与劣势、合理地应用不同的成像序列,有利于更准确地检出病变。     

3.0T 1H-MRS对脑胶质瘤及脑转移瘤的鉴别诊断

目的：利用3.0T氢质子磁共振波谱对胶质瘤和转移瘤的肿瘤组织区、瘤周水肿区进行细胞代谢物水平的检测,试图找出胶质瘤和脑转移瘤的鉴别诊断的依据,以及胶质瘤高、低级别组间的差别。方法：对经病理证实的20例高级别胶质瘤组、16例低级别胶质瘤组和19例脑转移瘤组患者,先行MRI平扫及增强扫描,波谱均在增强扫描的基础上获得,使用MR点分辨波谱序列,检测肿瘤组织区、瘤周水肿组织区NAA/Cr、Cho/Cr、NAA/Cho、NAA、Cho、Cr、Lip/Lac等值,进行比较。结果：（1）高级别胶质瘤与转移瘤在肿瘤组织区NAA/Cr代谢物浓度的比值有统计学意义。（2）高、低级别胶质瘤肿瘤组织内Cho/Cr比值有统计学意义。（3）转移瘤与高、低级别胶质瘤在瘤周水肿区NAA/Cr,以及低级别胶质瘤与转移瘤Cho/Cr代谢物浓度的比值有统计学意义;高级别胶质瘤与转移瘤瘤周区NAA代谢物浓度有明显差异。（4）胶质瘤高、低级别组间在肿瘤周围区NAA峰、Cho峰及NAA/Cho Cho/Cr代谢物浓度比值有统计学意义。（5）高级别胶质瘤和转移瘤分别与低级别胶质瘤在肿瘤组织区及瘤周水肿区Lip/Lac有显著性差异（P〈0.01）。结论：利用氢质子波谱可对胶质瘤和转移瘤进行鉴别诊断;Cho/Cr及NAA/Cho比值可对胶质瘤进行分级;Lip/Lac峰的出现与肿瘤的恶性度呈正相关,但不特异。     

fMRI与DTI在神经科学研究中的联合应用

功能磁共振成像(fMRI)和扩散张量成像(DTI)是近年来磁共振成像领域出现的两种新的成像技术,它们各具特色。功能磁共振成像能对人脑相关任务激活区进行准确的功能定位并提供相关皮层区域的磁共振信号改变特征信息,但时于脑白质相关改变则不能提供任何信息;扩散张量成像则是目前能够在体呈现人脑解剖连接的唯一手段,采用它能对人脑组织,包括灰质和白质的扩散特性进行定量研究,并且能够形象显示人脑生理或病理状态下的纤维束形态、走行等,但扩散张量成像不能提供皮层功能情况信息。功能磁共振成像和扩散张量成像技术具有很强的互补性,二者联合在神经科学研究中具有广阔的应用前景。目前也正成为神经科学研究领域的热点之一。本文从功能磁共振成像和扩散张量成像的原理、特点,二者结合应用的具体方法以及目前二者在神经科学各基础及临床学科结合应用的研究进展进行了综述。     

Brain Magnetic Resonance in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Mitochondrial Encephalopathies

Brain MR imaging techniques are important ancillary tests in the diagnosis of a suspected mitochondrial encephalopathy since they provide details on brain structural and metabolic abnormalities. This is particularly true in children where non-specific neurologic symptoms are common, biochemical findings can be marginal and genetic defects may be not discovered. MR imaging modalities include conventional, or structural, imaging (MRI) and functional, or ultrastructural, imaging (spectroscopy, MRS; diffusion, DWI-ADC; perfusion, DSCI––ASL). Among them MRI and MRS are the main tools for diagnosis and work up of MD, and this review will focus mainly on them. The MRI findings of MD are very heterogeneous, as they depend on the metabolic brain defects, age of the patient, stage and severity of the disease. No correlation has been found between genetic defects and neuroimaging picture; however, some relationships between MR findings and clinical phenotypes may be identified. Different combinations of MRI signal abnormalities are often encountered but the most common findings may be summarized into three main MR patterns: (i) non-specific; (ii) specific; (iii) leukodystrophic-like. Regarding the functional MR techniques, only proton MRS plays an important role in demonstrating an oxidative metabolism impairment in the brain since it can show the accumulation of lactate, present as a doublet peak at 1.33 ppm. Assessment of lactate should be always performed on brain tissue and on the ventricular cerebral spinal fluid. As for MRI, metabolic MRS abnormalities can be of different types, and two distinct patterns can be recognized: non-specific and specific. The specific metabolic profiles, although not frequent to find, are highly pathognomonic of MD. The un-specific metabolic profiles add value to structural images in allowing to define the lesion load and to monitor the response to therapy trials.     

Machine learning in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Image reconstruction

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays a vital role in diagnosis, management and monitoring of many diseases. However, it is an inherently slow imaging technique. Over the last 20 years, parallel imaging, temporal encoding and compressed sensing have enabled substantial speed-ups in the acquisition of MRI data, by accurately recovering missing lines of k-space data. However, clinical uptake of vastly accelerated acquisitions has been limited, in particular in compressed sensing, due to the time-consuming nature of the reconstructions and unnatural looking images. Following the success of machine learning in a wide range of imaging tasks, there has been a recent explosion in the use of machine learning in the field of MRI image reconstruction.A wide range of approaches have been proposed, which can be applied in k-space and/or image-space.Promising results have been demonstrated from a range of methods, enabling natural looking images and rapid computation.In this review article we summarize the current machine learning approaches used in MRI reconstruction, discuss their drawbacks, clinical applications, and current trends.     

Derivatives of thiocolchicine and its applications to CEM cells treatment using F Magnetic Resonance ex vivo

It was shown, that cultured ex vivo human T-Lymphoblastoid (CEM) cells respond to synthesized thiocolchicine and fluorine thiocolchicine derivatives. The preparation of derivatives with substitution at C-3 and C-7 is described. All compounds were used at concentration from 1 nM to 1000 nM. Inhibitory effects of these compounds were examined in the three-dimensional (3-D) culture and cells morphology during treatment was monitored using 9.4 T MRI system. We performed studies of these compounds in CEM cells ex vivo using ¹H and ¹⁹F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ¹⁹F Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled with Ultra Violet (HPLC-UV) and Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry (EIMS). The results of the multi-technique approach are consistent with the fact that the new derivatives are more efficient than colchicine and thiocolchicine ex vivo.     

乳腺导管上皮内瘤变32例影像诊断分析

目的：探讨全数字化乳腺X线摄影与磁共振成像检查相结争对乳腺导管上皮内瘤变（DIN）的诊断价值。方法：对32例经乳腺平板数字X线摄影及磁共振检查并且病理证实为乳腺导管上皮内瘤变的病例进行回顾性分析。结果：32例DIN中,普通导管上皮增生（UDH）17例,DIN1A2例;DIN1B1例;乳腺导管原位癌（DIN1C--DIN3）12例。采用全数字化X线乳腺摄影与MRI相结合诊断乳腺增生18例,乳腺导管原位癌11例,3例未能明确诊断。结论：平板数字X线乳腺摄影及磁共振成像综合诊断,对乳腺导管原位癌的旱期发现具有重要意义．显著提高患者的生存质量。     

Development and sexual dimorphism of the pituitary gland

The pituitary gland plays a central role in sexual development and brain function. Therefore, we examined the effect of age and gender on pituitary volume in a large sample of healthy children and adults. Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was conducted in one hundred and fifty four (77 males and 77 females) healthy participants. Males were between the ages of 7 to 35 years (16.91+/-5.89 years) and females were 7 to 35 years of age (16.75+/-5.75 years). Subjects were divided into subgroups of age (7 to 9, 10 to 13, 14 to 17, 18 to 21, 22 and older) and sex (male/female). Pituitary gland volume differed between sexes when comparing the age groups (F=3.55, df=2, 143, p=0.03). Females demonstrated larger pituitary glands than males in the age 14 to 17 year old groups (p=0.04). Young (19 years and under) and old (20 years and older) females demonstrated a correlation between pituitary volume and age. Males did not show this relationship. These findings provide additional evidence for gender differences in the normative anatomy of the pituitary and may have relevance for the study of various childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorders in which pituitary dysfunction has been implicated.     

脑囊虫的MRI 表现

目的:探讨脑囊虫不同分期、分型的磁共振表现及应用价值。方法:收集脑囊虫病例127例,行MR轴、矢、冠位扫描及增强扫描。结果:脑囊虫分型:单发小囊型44例,单发大囊型6例,多发小囊型34例,脑实质钙化型18例;脑室型11例;蛛网膜下腔型7例;混合型7例。脑囊虫分期:活动期32例,退变死亡期49例,钙化期18例,混合期28例。结论:磁共振扫描能够清晰显示各种细节,是诊断脑囊虫的有力手段。     

特发性急性横贯性脊髓炎临床及MRI特征分析

目的 探讨特发性急性横贯性脊髓炎（IATM）的临床特征及MRI特点,提高对其诊断准确性。方法 对41例首次发病并住院诊治的IATM患者的临床资料及MRI图像进行回顾性分析。结果 （1）临床症状：首发症状为肢体麻木无力共28例（68.29%）;截瘫12例（29.27%）,尿便障碍/失禁25例（60.98%）。查体所有患者均有感觉障碍并伴有明确的感觉平面,其中39例（95.12%）表现为痛觉减退,2例（4.88%）表现为痛觉过敏。（2）MRI特征：41例患者中38例（92.68%）MRI显示异常,表现为T2WI条片状高信号,其中颈髓11例（28.95%）,胸髓22例（57.89%）,颈胸髓1例（2.63%）,胸髓及马尾4例（10.53%）;脊髓肿胀11例（28.95%）。21例患者行增强扫描检查,13例（61.90%）轻-中度强化。结论 肢体麻木无力、尿便障碍及确切感觉平面以下的痛觉减退为IATM较主要的临床表现。临床表现与MRI特征相结合,有利于IATM的诊断。     

Multi-parametric MRI lesion heterogeneity biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis

PurposeTo identify intra-lesion imaging heterogeneity biomarkers in multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI) for breast lesion diagnosis.MethodsDynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) and Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) of 73 female patients, with 85 histologically verified breast lesions were acquired. Non-rigid multi-resolution registration was utilized to spatially align sequences. Four (4) DCE (2^nd post-contrast frame, Initial-Enhancement, Post-Initial-Enhancement and Signal-Enhancement-Ratio) and one (1) DWI (Apparent-Diffusion-Coefficient) representations were analyzed, considering a representative lesion slice. 11 1^st-order-statistics and 16 texture features (Gray-Level-Co-occurrence-Matrix (GLCM) and Gray-Level-Run-Length-Matrix (GLRLM) based) were derived from lesion segments, provided by Fuzzy C-Means segmentation, across the 5 representations, resulting in 135 features. Least-Absolute-Shrinkage and Selection-Operator (LASSO) regression was utilized to select optimal feature subsets, subsequently fed into 3 classification schemes: Logistic-Regression (LR), Random-Forest (RF), Support-Vector-Machine-Sequential-Minimal-Optimization (SVM-SMO), assessed with Receiver-Operating-Characteristic (ROC) analysis.ResultsLASSO regression resulted in 7, 6 and 7 features subsets from DCE, DWI and mpMRI, respectively. Best classification performance was obtained by the RF multi-parametric scheme (Area-Under-ROC-Curve, (AUC) ± Standard-Error (SE), AUC ± SE = 0.984 ± 0.025), as compared to DCE (AUC ± SE = 0.961 ± 0.030) and DWI (AUC ± SE = 0.938 ± 0.032) and statistically significantly higher as compared to DWI. The selected mpMRI feature subset highlights the significance of entropy (1^st-order-statistics and 2^nd-order-statistics (GLCM)) and percentile features extracted from 2^nd post-contrast frame, PIE, SER maps and ADC map.ConclusionCapturing breast intra-lesion heterogeneity, across mpMRI lesion segments with 1^st-order-statistics and texture features (GLCM and GLRLM based), offers a valuable diagnostic tool for breast cancer.     

使用非侵入的神经影像方法解码人类思维

随着神经影像技术的发展,“读脑机器”在不久的将来可能会变成现实。在众多实现“读脑机器”的技术中,使用基于血氧水平依赖的脑功能磁共振技术的神经解码方法则是非常有希望的一种技术。在本报告中,我们结合我们实验室最近开展的两个研究工作,说明了使用功能磁共振技术进行神经解码的一般方法及其应用。本领域的发展很快,所有的这些工作让我们对发明“读脑机器”充满了期待。但是,与此同时,我们也应该看到目前还存在着很多技术的局限和挑战。本报告的最后,我们也对这些局限和挑战进行了一些讨论。