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Research progress of multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of glioblastoma and brain metastases
HAO Zhiyue  GAO Yang  WU Qiong 

Cite this article as: Hao ZY, Gao Y, Wu Q. Research progress of multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of glioblastoma and brain metastases[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(8): 125-129. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.08.028.


[Abstract] Glioblastoma and brain metastases are two common malignant diseases of the central nervous system. The two diseases show similar image features in conventional image sequences, and conventional image examination can not differentiate them accurately, especially for single metastasis without medical history support. Correct preoperative differential diagnosis is of great significance for the formulation of clinical treatment and the analysis of survival prognosis. Multimodal MRI has shown high clinical value in differentiating glioblastoma from brain metastases. However, the accuracy and specificity of each MRI model in differentiating the two lesions are different. The combined use of multiple MRI models can effectively improve the diagnostic efficiency. Due to the difference of edema formation mechanism between the two diseases, the parameters of peritumoral edema area have higher diagnostic efficiency in differentiating the two diseases. This paper reviews the research progress of multimodal MRI techniques such as dynamic susceptibility contrast, dynamic contrast enhanced, diffusion tensor imaging and blood oxygen level dependent functional MRI in the differential diagnosis of glioblastoma and brain metastases, and extends some other magnetic resonance models that may be used to solve this clinical problem in the future, such as a mean apparent propagator-MRI, neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging and diffusion microstructure imaging, in order to provide reference ideas for follow-up research.
[Keywords] multimodal magnetic resonance imaging；perfusion imaging；diffusion magnetic resonance imaging；glioblastoma；brain metastasis

HAO Zhiyue   GAO Yang*   WU Qiong  

Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010050, China

Gao Y, E-mail: 1390903990@qq.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Plan Project (No. 2019GG047).
Received  2022-04-08
Accepted  2022-06-02
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.08.028
Cite this article as: Hao ZY, Gao Y, Wu Q. Research progress of multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of glioblastoma and brain metastases[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(8): 125-129. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.08.028.

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