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MRI research progress of vasogenic edema after traumatic brain injury
DING Xing  ZHANG Jing  CHEN Fen  CHEN Yang  ZHOU Changning  CHEN Kuntao 

Cite this article as: Ding X, Zhang J, Chen F, et al. MRI research progress of vasogenic edema after traumatic brain injury[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(6): 143-146. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.06.030.


[Abstract] Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common life-threatening disease, while cerebral edema is the main factor affecting the mortality and subsequent functional recovery of TBI. Different types of edema usually require different clinical treatments, and vasogenic edema is the main form. Conventional magnetic resonance sequences are limited in their ability to identify the type and extent of edema. With the increasing innovation of MRI functional sequences, various functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have their own unique characteristics in the study of vasogenic brain edema after TBI. Relevant studies have applied fMRI sequences such as diffusion weighted imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, free water diffusion tensor imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging, and achieved satisfactory results. Other fMRIs, such as magnetization transfer and susceptibility imaging, have also shown their due role in this field. This article concludes and summarizes the MRI research progress of vasogenic brain edema after TBI, in order to provide an updated and more comprehensive theoretical basis and examination methods for the prevention, treatment and prognosis of vasogenic brain edema after TBI.
[Keywords] traumatic brain injury;cerebral edema;vasogenic edema;magnetic resonance imaging;functional magnetic resonance imaging

DING Xing1, 2   ZHANG Jing1   CHEN Fen1, 2   CHEN Yang1, 2   ZHOU Changning1, 2   CHEN Kuntao1*  

1 Department of Radiology, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai 519110, China

2 Second Clinical School, Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai 519110, China

Chen KT, E-mail: chenkunt2021@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Science and Technology Fund Project of Guizhou Provincial Health Commission (No. gzwkj2021-375); Guangdong Medical Science and Technology Research Foundation Project (No. B2022144); Doctoral Research Startup Fund of Zunyi Medical University (No. BS2021-03).
Received  2022-03-29
Accepted  2022-05-27
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.06.030
Cite this article as: Ding X, Zhang J, Chen F, et al. MRI research progress of vasogenic edema after traumatic brain injury[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(6): 143-146. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.06.030.

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