Research progress of brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

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XUE Qi GUO Lantian ZHANG Jingyue

Cite this article as: Xue Q, Guo LT, Zhang JY. Research progress of brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(11): 97-100. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.11.024.

Abstract

[Abstract] As a kind of common sleep disorders, obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) may cause multi-system injury especially the central nervous system and seriously affect the prognosis of patients. The main clinical manifestations of OSAHS are fragmented sleep and chronic intermittent hypoxia. The application and research progress about magnetic resonance quantitative technology of brain injury in OSAHS patients were described, so as to improve the further understanding of the disease, provide objective basis for clinical diagnosis, guide clinical intervention as soon as possible, and reduce various complications.

[Keywords] obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome；magnetic resonance imaging；central nervous system injury；cognitive function；artificial intelligence

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XUE Qi^{1,
2}   GUO Lantian^{1,
2*}   ZHANG Jingyue^{1,
2}

¹ Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou 256603, China

² School of Medical Imaging, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, China

Guo LT, E-mail: byfyglt@163.com

Conflicts of interest None.

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Received 2021-04-21

Accepted 2021-08-06

DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.11.024

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