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Research progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging in radiation-induced brain injury after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
SONG Xiaohan  YANG Jinrong  WANG Lijun 

Cite this article as: Song XH, Yang JR, Wang LJ. Research progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging in radiation-induced brain injury after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(1): 96-99. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.01.022.


[Abstract] Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is treated primarily by radiotherapy. Despite the continuous improvement of radiotherapy technology, radiotherapy of NPC will inevitably cause varying degrees of damage to normal tissues. Brain injury resulting from radiotherapy is one of the most common complications in patients with NPC following radiotherapy, which affects the life quality of patients seriously. Therefore, the early diagnosis of radiation-induced brain injury is particularly important. And the rapid development of functional MRI provides new methods for the early diagnosis of brain injury after radiotherapy of NPC.
[Keywords] nasopharyngeal carcinoma；brain injury after radiotherapy；magnetic resonance imaging；functional magnetic resonance imaging

SONG Xiaohan   YANG Jinrong   WANG Lijun*  

Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China

*Corresponding author: Wang LJ, E-mail: wanglj345@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  This article is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province No. 20180550719 The Teaching Reform Project of Dalian Medical University No. DYLX19046
Received  2020-09-16
Accepted  2020-11-28
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.01.022
Cite this article as: Song XH, Yang JR, Wang LJ. Research progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging in radiation-induced brain injury after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(1): 96-99. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.01.022.

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