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Research progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging in minimal hepatic encephalopathy
GE Yansong  WANG Peiyuan 

Cite this article as: Ge YS, Wang PY. Research progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging in minimal hepatic encephalopathy[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(5): 99-102. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.05.024.


[Abstract] Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is one of the common and serious complications of decompensated cirrhosis, which causes serious damage to the central nervous system. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is a subtype of HE. Early diagnosis and intervention have important clinical significance in preventing MHE from developing into overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) and its prognosis. With the continuous development of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), fMRI can not only clearly show the changes of brain morphological structure, but also make the researchers fully understand the changes of brain function and metabolism, and play an important role in the early diagnosis of mild hepatic encephalopathy. In this paper, the application progress of fMRI in MHE is reviewed.
[Keywords] liver；hepatic encephalopathy；cirrhosis；minimal hepatic encephalopathy；functional magnetic resonance imaging

GE Yansong   WANG Peiyuan*  

Department of Medical Radiology, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264100, China

Wang PY, E-mail: wangpeiyuan1640@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This article is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2018MH034).
Received  2020-12-09
Accepted  2021-03-25
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.05.024
Cite this article as: Ge YS, Wang PY. Research progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging in minimal hepatic encephalopathy[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(5): 99-102. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.05.024.

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