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The principle of oscillating gradient spin echo in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and its application in gliomas
LU Jue  WANG Jing 

Cite this article as: LU J, WANG J. The principle of oscillating gradient spin echo in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and its application in gliomas[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(6): 185-189. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.06.029.


[Abstract] Gliomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumors in adults with high mortality rate and strong invasiveness. The tumor grading and genetic phenotype heterogeneity of gliomas will affect the formulation of treatment plans and prognosis inference. Post-treatment efficacy evaluation and early diagnosis of tumor recurrence can help improve patient survival. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging based on oscillatory gradient spin echo (OGSE) is a novel diffusion MRI technique that has broad application prospects in the imaging diagnosis of gliomas by detecting microstructure features, such as cell diameter, cell density, intracellular and extracellular volume fraction. This paper reviewed the technical principles of OGSE imaging, research progress in classification, prediction of molecular type, response evaluation and differential diagnosis of brain glioma and limitations of OGSE imaging applications, providing a new perspective for preoperative diagnosis and postoperative evaluation of glioblastoma.
[Keywords] glioma；oscillating gradient spin echo；diffusion magnetic resonance imaging；magnetic resonance imaging；microstructure imaging；tumor grading；molecular typing prediction；response evaluation

LU Jue1, 2   WANG Jing1, 2*  

1 Department of Radiology, Union hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China

2 Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430030, China

Corresponding author: WANG J, E-mail: xhwangjing@hust.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2024-03-08
Accepted  2024-06-03
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.06.029
Cite this article as: LU J, WANG J. The principle of oscillating gradient spin echo in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and its application in gliomas[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(6): 185-189. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.06.029.

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