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The progress and status of MRI in post concussion syndrome
YAN Jiahao  HUANG Wenjing  ZHANG Jing 

Cite this article as: YAN J H, HUANG W J, ZHANG J. The progress and status of MRI in post concussion syndrome[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(2): 202-207. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.02.033.


[Abstract] Post concussion syndrome (PCS) is the most common chronic sequelae after brain injury. At present, the mechanism of injury of PCS involves a variety of neuropathophysiological processes and is still unclear. More and more MRI techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), perfusion weighted imaging (PWI), hydrogen proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) have being used to explore the relationship between neuropathophysiological changes and clinical symptoms of PCS from acute to chronic phase. In this review, in order to gain a deeper understanding of their underlying neuropathological mechanisms from different perspectives, we using various MRI methods in PCS to serve the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of diseases by the different stages of patient injury and the severity of symptoms.
[Keywords] post concussion syndrome；magnetic resonance imaging；structural magnetic resonance imaging；functional magnetic resonance imaging；multimodal magnetic resonance imaging；pathophysiology

YAN Jiahao1, 2, 3   HUANG Wenjing1, 2, 3   ZHANG Jing1, 2, 3*  

1 Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 730030, China

2 Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

3 Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China

Corresponding author: ZHANG J, E-mail: lztong2001@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2023-08-23
Accepted  2024-02-05
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.02.033
Cite this article as: YAN J H, HUANG W J, ZHANG J. The progress and status of MRI in post concussion syndrome[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(2): 202-207. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.02.033.

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