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<title><![CDATA[The value of predicting the PR expression status of meningiomas based on MRI features]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.001</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore whether preoperative MRI features can distinguish the expression status of progesterone receptor (PR) in meningiomas, and provide preoperative prediction basis for meningioma with positive PR expression. Materials and Methods: The preoperative MRI data of 210 patients with meningioma who were confirmed by surgery and pathology and whose PR expression status was determined from June 2020 to December 2021 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. According to PR expression, they were divided into PR positive (+) group and PR negative (-) group. Univariate analysis was performed on the preoperative MRI images of the two groups of patients, and the independent predictors of PR positive expression in meningiomas were screened by logistic multivariate regression analysis. According to the parameters with statistically significant differences, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the participants was drawn, and the area under the curve (AUC) was calculated to evaluate the effectiveness in predicting PR expression status. Results: Among the 210 meningiomas, 79 were PR (+) and 131 were PR (-). Univariate analysis showed that between the two groups had statistical differences in the location of meningioma, cystic change and enhancement pattern (P＜0.05). There was no statistical difference in gender, age, maximum tumor diameter, tumor-brain interface, peritumoral edema, dural tail sign, and ADC value (P＞0.05); logistic multivariate regression analysis showed that tumor location, enhancement method were independent predictors of PR positive expression in meningiomas. ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC values of tumor location and enhancement method for predicting PR positive expression were 61.9% and 62.4%, respectively. Conclusions: MRI features can predict the PR expression status of meningiomas before surgery; meningiomas located in the skull base and uniform enhancement of the tumor can indirectly express PR positive.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The value of predicting the subtype of IDH mutation combining with MGMT promoter methylation in lower grade gliomas by radiomics based on preoperative MRI]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.002</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To develope a radiomics model to predict the subtype of isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation (IDH-mut) combining with O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase promoter methylation (MGMT meth) in LGGs (lower grade gliomas). Materials and Methods: Preoperative MRI images, clinical and genetic information of 158 patients from the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi People<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s Hospital and the TCGA/TCIA (The Cancer Genome Atlas and The Cancer Imaging Archive) common dataset were retrospectively collected. The above three data sets were integrated, their images were resampling and normalized, and then randomly divided into the training set and the test set in a ratio of 7∶3. A total of 1702 radiomics features of the post-contrast enhanced T1-weighted sequence (CE-T1) and the T2-weighted fluid attenuation inversion recovery sequence (T2-FLAIR) were extracted from preoperative MRI images. Feature selection was performed by single-factor logistic regression (LR), and then performed by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO). In order to solve the shortage of minority samples and improve the universality of the model, the synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) was used to balance the training set, and then multi-factor LR was used for modeling. Finally, the performance and goodness of fit of the model was verified using receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and calibration curve, and a nomogram was established for visual risk prediction. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in the clinical characteristics of the two subtypes in the training set and test set (P＜0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) of the radiomics model in the training set and the test set were 0.842 and 0.935, respectively, and the F-Measure were 0.965 and 0.942, respectively. The P value of the Hosmer-Lemeshow test of the calibration curve of the training set was 0.1393. Conclusions: The preoperative MRI radiomics model can predict the subtype of IDH mutation combined with MGMT promoter methylation in LGGs, thus providing auxiliary guidance value for LGGs in molecular subtype diagnosis, temozolomide (TMZ) treatment decision-making and survival prediction.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed,20 Jul 2022 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Application of synthetic diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluating the grading of glioma]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.003</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To evaluate the value of synthetic diffusion-weighted imaging (synthetic DWI) in the evaluation of high and low grade gliomas. Materials and Methods: The patients with gliomas were analyzed retrospectively, who underwent brain MRI (GE Signa Architect 3.0 T) one week before operation. Finally, 72 patients were included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria (30 low-grade gliomas and 42 high-grade gliomas). Two neuroimaging diagnostic physicians used the double-blind method to evaluate and outline the region of interest (ROI) of the lesions on synthetic DWI. The signal intensity of DWI images with different b values was analyzed and compared with the final pathological results. Independent sample t test was used to compare between the two groups. Logistic regression and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) analysis were used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of high and low grade gliomas. Results: For differentiating high and low grade gliomas, the synthetic DWI b values were 500, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2000, 2200 and the signal intensity values corresponding to 2500 s/mm2 were statistically significant (P＜0.001). When b value was 2500 s/mm2, the diagnostic efficiency of differentiating high and low grade gliomas was the highest, AUC was 0.935, the sensitivity was 98%, and the specificity was 87%. Conclusions: A single scan of synthetic DWI can obtain the corresponding signal intensity value under any b values from 0 to 2500 s/mm2, and with the increasing of b values, the diagnostic efficiency of glioma grading is higher.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Value of MRI histogram in the differential diagnosis of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor and diffuse astrocytoma]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.004</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore the value of the MRI histogram analysis in differential diagnosis of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) and diffuse astrocytoma (DA). Materials and Methods: The general clinical data and imaging findings of 21 patients with DNET and 35 patients with DA who underwent surgery and were confirmed by pathological biopsy in the Department of Neurosurgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from December 2014 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The conventional imaging features of the two groups were first analyzed, and then the tumors in their preoperative MRI T2 fluid attenuated inversion recovery axial images were outlined and subjected to histogram analysis, and histogram parameters such as mean, median, standard deviation, heterogeneity, kurtosis, skewness and entropy of the tumors were extracted, and the histogram parameters of DNET and DA were compared and statistically analyzed to observe and compare the function of each parameter for disease diagnosis. Results: General information such as age, gender and tumor site of DNET and DA patients were compared, and the differences were not statistically significant (P＞0.05). The inverted triangle sign imaging sign was statistically significant for differential diagnosis between the two groups of patients (P＜0.05). The difference between the mean, median and kurtosis of DNET and DA was found to be statistically significant (P＜0.05), with kurtosis having the greatest univariate differential diagnostic value, with an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.690 for the receiver operating characteristic curve and sensitivity and specificity of 68.6% and 66.7%, respectively. The AUC of mean combined with kurtosis was the highest, and the AUC, sensitivity and specificity were 0.721, 66.7% and 77.1%, respectively. Therefore, the differential diagnostic efficacy of mean combined with kurtosis was higher than that of individual histogram analysis parameters. The differential diagnostic efficacy of combining the inverse triangle sign with the histogram analysis parameters was significantly improved, and the mean, median, and kurtosis combined with the inverse triangle sign had the best differential diagnostic efficacy, with an AUC value of 0.830, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 85.7%, 74.3%, and 78.6%, respectively. Conclusions: For DNET and DA, which are difficult to distinguish on preoperative MRI, the histogram analysis technique combined with the inverted triangle sign can provide a more accurate differential diagnosis of the two.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed,20 Jul 2022 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Differentiating salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma from basal cell adenoma based on multimodal magnetic resonance imaging radiomics]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.005</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore the value of radiomics models based on ADC, T1WI and T2WI in differentiating salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma (PA) from basal cell adenoma (BCA). Materials and Methods: The MR images of 129 cases with PA and 48 cases with BCA from Jining First People<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s Hospital from January 2015 to October 2021 were retrospectively analyzed, and then these data were randomly divided into training sets (n=141) and test sets (n=36) at a ratio of 8∶2. The three-dimensional volume region of interest of the tumor was manually delineated on the axial ADC, T1WI and T2WI images, and radiomics features were extracted; the variance threshold method, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) based on 5-fold cross validation were used to single out the most valuable radiomic features, and these selected features were combined with two classifiers, logistic regression (LR) and support vector machine (SVM), for training the models, and then the models were verified in the test sets. ROC curve was drawn to evaluate the efficacy of LR and SVM models in differentiating PA from BCA. In addition, the Delong Test was used to compare the models, and the decision curve and calibration curve were used to evaluate the models. Results: A total of 15, 3, 15 and 23 optimal features were obtained from ADC, T1WI, T2WI and combined sequence (ADC+T1WI+T2WI) image respectively. In the training set, the area under the curve (AUC) of the LR and SVM models constructed based on the ADC map, T1WI map, T2WI map, and joint model were 0.955, 0.961, 0.812, 0.813, 0.939, 0.949, 0.994, 0.995, respectively. The AUC values of the LR model constructed based on ADC, T1WI, T2WI and combined sequence image for differential diagnosis of PA and BCA were 0.906, 0.780, 0.868 and 0.972, respectively, and the AUC values of the SVM model were 0.924, 0.783, 0.847 and 0.959, respectively. In the training sets, the combined sequence models were better than the T1WI or T2WI-based radiomics models (P＜0.05), and there was no significant difference between the combined sequence models and the ADC-based radiomics models (P＞0.05), the accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the combined sequence models were 98.6%-98.7%, 96.4%-98.4%, 98.8%-99.4% respectively, the accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the ADC radiomics models were 91.4%-91.8%, 75.0%-79.7%, 95.7%-98.1% respectively. In the test sets, there was no significant difference in AUC between the models (P＞0.05). Conclusions: The combined sequence models and ADC-based radiomics models were better than the T1WI and T2WI-based radiomics models in differentiating pleomorphic adenoma and basal cell adenoma. Compared with ADC-based radiomics models, the combined sequence models had higher accuracy, sensitivity and specificity.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Histogram features of quantitative parameters from synthetic MRI and ADC map in predicting the expression of Ki-67 in breast cancer]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.006</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To evaluate the value of the histogram features of quantitative parameters from synthetic MRI and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in predicting the expression of Ki-67 in breast cancer. Materials and Methods: The clinical and imaging data of 146 patients with breast cancer confirmed by pathology in our hospital from December 2019 to March 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent MRI routine sequence imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and synthetic MRI sequence scan imaging before biopsy or surgery. The histogram features of the quantitative parameters T1、T2、proton density (PD) of synthetic MRI and ADC values were extracted by PyRadiomics software. According to the expression of Ki-67, breast cancer patients were divided into high expression group (≥30%) and low expression group (＜30%). The χ2 test, independent sample t-test or Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare the differences of clinical and pathological characteristics, the histogram features of synthetic MRI quantitative parameter maps (T1-mapping, T2-mapping, PD-mapping) and ADC map between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the expression status of Ki-67 in breast cancer and quantitative parameters of MRI, and drawn the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calculated the area under curve (AUC) to compare the predictive efficacy of each histogram feature in predicting the expression status of Ki-67. Results: Univariate logistic analysis showed that there were no significant differences in the histogram characteristics of ADC map, clinical and pathological characteristics between the high and low expression groups of Ki-67 (age, P=0.13; maximum diameter, P=0.09; shape, P=0.94; border, P=0.23; reinforcement mode, P=0.13; fibrous gland type, P=0.26). There was statistically significant difference in T1- mean, T1-10th percentile, T2- mean, T2-10th percentile, PD-entropy, and PD-kurtosis between the high and low expression groups Ki-67 in breast cancer (P＜0.01). Multivariate logistic analysis showed that T1-10th percentile and T2-10th percentile were independent predictors for Ki-67 expression states. The AUC of predicting Ki-67 expression by the model constructed by the two parameters was 0.809, with the sensitivity of 64.8%, the specificity of 87.5% and the accuracy of 72.8%. Conclusions: The quantitative parameters of synthetic MRI can help predict the expression of Ki-67 in breast cancer and provide an effective auxiliary diagnosis method for preoperative non-invasive evaluation of tumor proliferation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The reproducibility of liver stiffness from magnetic resonance elastography under confounding factors in patients with chronic liver disease]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.007</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To investigate the reproducibility and stability of liver stiffness (LS) from magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in the background of chronic liver disease (CLD). Materials and Methods: From April 2019 to June 2020, sixty patient cases with CLD had liver MRE twice on the same day at our hospital were enrolled, and LS was measured by two observers. The multi-echo Dixon sequence was applied to detect R2* and proton density fat fraction (PDFF) to assess whether a patient had hepatic iron overload or steatosis. High BMI was defined as a BMI of higher than 25 kg/m2. Patients were divided into groups based on whether or not they had hepatic iron overload, steatosis, or a high BMI. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman method were used to analyze the intra-observer, inter-observer, and short-term re-examination reproducibility and stability of LS in each group. Results: The intra-observer, inter-observer and short-term re-examination ICCs for LS values were: 0.987, 0.981 and 0.982 for the hepatic iron overload group; 0.994, 0.990 and 0.987 for the steatosis group; and 0.958, 0.948 and 0.926 for the high BMI group. The Bland-Altman plots show that most of the LS differences between intra-observer, inter-observer, and short-term re-examinations were within the 95% limits of agreement, and the mean values (upper, lower) of the differences were: hepatic iron overload group 0.02 (-0.10, 0.13), 0.00 (-0.14, 0.15), 0.04 (-0.09, 0.16); steatosis group 0.01 (-0.09, 0.11), 0.00 (-0.13, 0.13), 0.04 (-0.10, 0.17); high BMI group 0.00 (-0.10, 0.11), -0.01 (-0.13, 0.11), 0.03 (-0.09, 0.16). After excluding potential confounding factors, the intra-observer, inter-observer and short-term re-examination ICCs for LS values were: 0.978, 0.984 and 0.918 for the hepatic iron overload group; 0.996, 0.996 and 0.990 for the steatosis group; and 0.907, 0.968 and 0.957 for the high BMI group. Conclusions: MRE measures of liver stiffness in CLD patients with hepatic iron overload, steatosis, or a high BMI are highly reproducible and stable.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Predictive value of MRI T2WI texture analysis for lymph node metastasis in rectal cancer]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.008</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To construct a prediction model based on T2WI texture features and clinical indicators to predict preoperative lymph node metastasis before rectal cancer. Materials and Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed T2WI images, serum tumor markers and basic clinical data of 112 patients who underwent radical resection and lymph node dissection of rectal cancer because of pathological diagnosis of rectal cancer. All patients were randomly divided into training group and validation group with a ratio of 7∶3 to train and validate prediction models, respectively. Region of interest (ROI) of rectal cancer lesions and target lymph nodes were manually delineated on T2WI images. The texture parameters used to identify lymph node metastasis were automatically extracted using artificial intelligence software logistic regression analyses were used to construct two prediction models based on tumor tissue texture parameters and target lymph node texture parameters, a clinical prediction model based on patient clinical indicators, and a combined prediction model combining texture parameters and clinical indicators, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUCs) curves were used to evaluate the diagnostic performances of different models. The DeLong tests were used to compare the AUC differences between prediction models. The net clinical benefit of each prediction model was evaluated by decision curve analysis (DCA). Statistical significance was set at P＜0.05. Results: Four hundred and one texture features were extracted from the T2WI images of each ROI. After screening, 7 texture parameters of tumor tissue and 6 texture parameters of the target lymph node were selected for model building. The AUC of the target lymph node texture analysis prediction model in the training group was 0.881, with a sensitivity of 86.67% and a specificity of 81.25%; the AUC of the validation group was 0.795, with a sensitivity of 92.31% and specificity of 66.67%. The AUC of the tumor tissue texture analysis prediction model in the training group was 0.844, with a sensitivity of 80.00%and a specificity of 79.17%; the AUC of the validation group was 0.897, with a sensitivity of 84.62% and a specificity of 90.48%. The combined prediction model constructed by combining texture parameters, the ratio of short to long diameter of the target lymph nodes and the serum CA19-9 level of the patients gets the best performance among the models (AUC of the training group was 0.978 with the sensitivity and specificity were 93.33% and 91.67%, respectively, and the AUC of the validation group was 0.897 with the sensitivity was 84.62%, the specificity was 90.48%, P＜0.05). Conclusions: The texture features of rectal T2WI images combined with clinical indexes can be used to construct an effective model for predicting lymph node metastasis and provide help for clinical individualized treatment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinical application of whole-volume apparent diffusion coefficient histogram parameters of histological grading rectal adenocarcinoma]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.009</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore the role of whole-lesion histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in discriminating histological grades of rectal carcinoma. Materials and Methods: Altogether, 121 patients with rectal cancer were enrolled in this retrospective study. All patients received preoperative 3.0 T MRI scan. The regions of interest (ROIs) were drawn by FireVoxel software and histogram analysis was carried out. The parameters, which include ADCmin, ADCmax, ADCmean, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th percentiles, skewness, and kurtosis, and were compared between different histological grades of rectal cancer by variance analysis. The Spearman correlation test was used to analyze correlations between histological grade and histogram parameters. Logistic regression was used to find out the optimal combination model. The diagnostic performance of individual parameters for distinguishing different differentiated tumors was assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results: There were significant differences for ADCmean, 75th, 90th percentiles, skewness, and kurtosis of diffusion weighted imaging sequence between well, moderately, and poorly differentiated rectal cancers (P＜0.05). Significant correlations were noted between histological grades and the above histogram parameters (r=0.548, 0.568, 0.563, -0.555, -0.760, respectively, P＜0.05). Among the histogram parameter, kurtosis achieved the highest area under the curve (AUC) of 0.918 with an optimal cutoff value of 2.045 in distinguishing poorly from well/moderately differentiated rectal cancers. The combination of ADCmean, 75th percentile, 90th percentile, skewness and kurtosis yielded the highest AUC of 0.928. Conclusions: Quantitative whole-lesion ADC histogram analysis parameters, which include ADCmean, 75th, 90th percentiles, skewness, and kurtosis, could help differentiate histological grades of rectal cancer. The combination of ADCmean, 75th percentile, 90th percentile, skewness and kurtosis may be the best choice.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Differentiation of borderline and malignant epithelial tumors based on MRI-T2WI radiomics nomogram]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.010</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To develop and validate a radiomics nomogram that was based on MRI-T2WI to distinguish between borderline epithelial ovarian tumors (BEOTs) and malignant epithelial ovarian tumors (MEOTs). Materials and Methods: The clinical and imaging data of 192 patients with epithelial ovarian tumors confirmed by pathology from January 2016 to May 2021 were retrospectively analyzed in the Affiliated Huaian First People<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, including EBOTs (n=72) and MEOTs (n=153) were enrolled. According to the ratio of 8∶2,all cases were randomly divided into the training group (n=153) and validation group (n=39). We used T2WI to manually delineated ROI and extract radiomics features. Mann-Whitney U test, correlation and LASSO regression were used to select features, and then constructed radiomics model by these features, used to calculate Radscore. Combining Radscore with clinic factors, we used multiple logistic regression to construct radiomics nomogram. ROC curve, calibration curve and decision curve analysis and correction were used to evaluate the clinical value of radiomics nomogram. Results: We reserved 10 radiomics features after the feature was filtered. The AUC of the radiomics nomogram which combined HE4 with Radscore in the training group and validation group (training group: 0.947, validation group: 0.914) were higher than those of the single radiomics model (training group:0.925, validation group:0.819). ROC and DCA results showed that the radiomics nomogram had higher reliability. Conclusions: The radiomics nomogram combined radiomics feature based on T2WI and clinical factors is able to distinguish between BEOTs and MEOTs intuitively and accurately and provide guidance for the next clinical decision.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Preoperative predicting lymphov-ascular space invasion in endometrial carcinoma by nomogram based on mpMRI radiomics]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.011</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To investigate the value of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) radiomics in predicting lymphatic vascular space invasion (LVSI) in endometrial cancer (EC). Materials and Methods: The clinical data of 202 patients with EC confirmed by surgery and pathology were retrospectively collected. All patients underwent pelvic mpMRI before operation, and randomly divided into training set and testing set according to ratio of 7∶3. Using the open-source ITK-SNAP software draw the outline of region of interest (ROI). EC radiomics features were extracted by the Pyradiomics software from mpMRI images. The association of clinicopathological characteristics and radiomics features with LVSI were evaluated by univariate analysis. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression was used to screen the radiomics features and calculate rad-score. Multivariate logistic regression was used to screen for independent risk factors for LVSI. Using the R language for modeling and drawing the nomograms, and the prediction efficiency of the model was evaluated by C-index. To compare the prediction efficacy of the radiomics and the nomogram model for LVSI. Results: Thirteen radiomics features were selected from 321 by LASSO regression, and calculated Rad-score. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses found that the independent risk factors of LVSI were age, pathological grade, and Rad-score. The C-index of the nomogram that was constructed with the combined LVSI risk factors was 0.871 (95% CI: 0.803-0.940) and 0.810 (95% CI: 0.698-0.917) in the training set and the validation set, respectively. The C-index of the radiomics model in the training set and verification set was 0.854 (95% CI: 0.784-0.925) and 0.756 (95% CI: 0.619-0.892) respectively. Both the nomogram and the radiomics model had a good prediction efficiency for LVSI, and the nomogram was higher than the radiomics model. Conclusions: The radiomics nomogram based on mpMRI can achieve a high diagnostic efficacy in preoperative evaluation of EC LVSI.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Development and assessment of a novel nomogram based on multiple parameters MRI for predicting the risk of reintervention after high intensity focused ultrasound treatment of uterine leiomyoma]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.012</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore the risk factors of reintervention after high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of uterine leiomyoma based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) multiple parameters, and establish a novel nomogram for predicting the reintervention rate. Materials and Methods: Patient cases with uterine leiomyoma treated with HIFU from March 2016 to December 2017 in our hospital were retrospectively investigated. Their MRI and clinical characteristics were noted. The reintervention treatment information of patients after HIFU was understood by telephone follow-up. Independent risk factors for reintervention after HIFU treatment of uterine leiomyoma were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis. A nomogram model for predicting the probability of no further intervention 3 and 5 years after HIFU was established through R software. Meanwhile, its predictive performance is verified. Results: A total of 191 patients with uterine leiomyoma who were treated with HIFU were recruited and the postoperative reintervention rate was 23.6% (45/191). Univariate analysis showed that age, leiomyoma volume, T2WI signal type, T1WI enhancement degree, Standard apparent diffusion coefficient value (StandardADC) and Slow ADC value (SlowADC) were potential risk factors. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that age, T2WI signal type, T1WI enhancement degree and SlowADC were independent prognostic factors for uterine leiomyoma treated with HIFU. The C-index of constructed nomogram is 0.745 (95% confidence interval: 0.672-0.818). The area under the curve (AUC) of 3-year and 5-year receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were 0.833 and 0.749. The calibration curve also confirms that the nomogram is in good agreement with the actual reintervention situation. Conclusions: The nomogram model which combine MRI multi-parameters can be used to evaluate the reintervention of uterine leiomyoma 3 and 5 years after HIFU and may provide a reference basis for clinical personalized treatment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uncoupling between functional connectivity density and amplitude of low frequency fluctuation in childhood absence epilepsy]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.013</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To observe the changes of amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and functional connectivity density (FCD) in childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), which would assist to elucidate the its clinical and pathophysiological mechanism. Materials and Methods: Thirty-seven CAE patients and fifty age-and sex-matched healthy controls underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) scanning, the clinical data were collected. The whole brain mappings of ALFF, FCD and ALFF-FCD were calculated and two-sample t-tests were employed to detect significant differences of these index. Across-voxel correlation analysis was used to calculate the correlation between the brain areas with significant differences for ALFF, FCD and ALFF-FCD. Additionally, correlation analysis was performed between these index and the duration of the disease in CAE patients. Results: Compared with the control group, the CAE group showed a reverse change pattern of ALFF and FCD in specific brain areas: the increased ALFF and decreased FCD in bilateral thalamus, while the ALFF of default mode network such as precuneus and bilateral inferior parietal lobules decreased and the FCD increased (GRF correction, voxel-P＜0.01, cluster-P＜0.05). Correlation analysis revealed that in CAE, the correlation coefficient of ALFF and FCD in thalamus (r=0.374, P=0.022) decreased compared with control group (r=0.448, P=0.001), and there was a significant difference (t=-2.095, P=0.020); In addition, the index of amplitude subtracting connectivity (ALFF-FCD value) in thalamus was negatively correlated with the duration of disease (r=-0.473, P＜0.001). Conclusions: The thalamus and default mode brain regions showed significant functional changes by different rs-fMRI indexes, reflecting that they are important brain regions involved in the pathophysiological mechanism of childhood absence epilepsy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Preliminary study on brain network of patients with somatic symptom disorder based on probabilistic fiber tracking]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.014</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: Based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), probabilistic fiber tracking was carried out to construct the brain structural network, and the network topological properties were calculated to explore whether the patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) are abnormal in the brain structural network. Materials and Methods: Thirty right-handed SSD patients and 30 healthy controls were recruited to participate in magnetic resonance scanning to obtain DWI and T1 weighted high-resolution structural images. DTI metrics were calculated and the brain structural network was constructed by the probabilistic fiber tracking method, taking 90 regions of the AAL 90 template as nodes. The clustering coefficient, characteristic path length, small-worldness, global efficiency, local efficiency, and degree centrality of each node of the structural network were calculated. Two sample t-test was used to compare the differences between groups, and the correlation between the network topological parameter and the disease duration, scales was analyzed. Results: The results demonstrated that both SSD patients and heathy controls had small-world topology in white matter (WM) network. Further analysis revealed that SSD patients<sup><sup>,</sup></sup> local and global efficiency were significantly and the clustering coefficient were significantly lower than that of healthy controls (P＜0.05), and the characteristic path length was significantly higher than that of healthy controls (P＜0.05). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the small-worldness. Conclusions: We revealed the abnormal topological organization of WM network in SSD, suggesting that the brain<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s ability to integrate information and the interconnection between local regions were weakened, which may be related to the abnormality of self-perception and body perception function in patients with SSD. This study may improve our understanding of the neural mechanism of SSD from the WM topological organization level.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abnormal degree centrality values in the frontotemporal lobe, cerebellum and sensorimotor regions are associated with gait freezing in Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s patients]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.015</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes of degree centrality (DC) in Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease (PD) patients with freezing of gait (FOG) by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and to explore the pathological mechanism of FOG. Materials and Methods: A total of 17 patients with PD with FOG (FOG+ ), 36 patients with PD without FOG (FOG-), and 44 healthy controls (HC) were recruited. All subjects underwent rs-fMRI scanning. Calculate the DC values of FOG+, FOG-and HC from the resting-state data. The brain regions with statistically significant difference among the three groups were obtained by F test. Two sample t-test was used to compare the differences among FOG+, FOG- and HC. The results were assigned thresholds at P＜0.001 (voxel level) and Familywise error rate (FWE) corrected to P＜0.05 at the cluster level and cluster size＞20. The DC values of brain regions with statistically significant differences among groups were extracted and correlated with the scores of 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17) and FOG questionnaire. Results: The results showed that the main effects among the three groups were in the right anterior central gyrus, the right posterior central gyrus, the right insula, the right medial frontal gyrus, the right superior parietal lobule, and the right frontal lobe sub-gyral. Further two-sample analysis showed that compared with the HC group, DC value in the FOG+ group significantly decreased in the right medial frontal gyrus, left precentral gyrus, and right superior temporal gyrus; However, in the left superior frontal gyrus and the right superior frontal gyrus, there was a significant increase. Compared with the HC group, DC value in the FOG group increased significantly in the left superior frontal gyrus, right cerebellar Ⅸ lobule area, and decreased significantly in the right central posterior gyrus, left central posterior gyrus, right superior frontal gyrus, left central anterior gyrus and left external nucleus. In addition, the correlation analysis showed that the FOG questionnaire score of the FOG+ group was positively correlated with the DC values of the left precentral gyrus and the right superior temporal gyrus (r=0.574, P=0.020; r=0.506, P=0.046); HAMD-17 score was positively correlated with right medial frontal gyrus (r=0.547, P=0.028). Conclusions: The abnormal DC values of the frontal lobe, anterior central gyrus, posterior central gyrus, temporal lobe, and cerebellum in PD patients may be closely related to the brain dysfunction of FOG+.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brain complexity in the patients of Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease with depression: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.016</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To investigate the change of brain regions complexity by permutation entropy (PE), and to explore the imaging markers of characteristics in the patients of Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease (PD) with depression. Materials and Methods: Forty-five PD patients [twenty-two Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease with depression (PD-Dep) patients, twenty-three Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease patients without depression (PD-NDep) patients] and twenty-three healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled prospectively from 2020 to 2021 in the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. All participants underwent resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) scan. The progression of disease of patients was measured by 24-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-24) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) following each MRI scan. Permutation entropy (PE) was used to explore the complexity of various brain regions in the three groups. At the same time, the correlation between PE value and scale<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s score in PD-Dep group were analyzed. Results: Age, gender, education and MMSE score showed no significant differences among the three groups (P＞0.05). HAMD score in the PD-Dep group was significantly higher than that in the other two groups (P＜0.01). PE value showed significant differences in the right inferior temporal gyrus, left anterior cingulate and right median cingulate gyrus among the three groups. PE values of PD-Dep group were increased in the right median cingulate gyrus than those of PD-NDep group (P=0.007). PE values of PD-Dep group were increased in the right inferior temporal gyrus than those of HCs group (P=0.022). PE values of PD-Dep group were decreased in the left anterior cingulate gyrus than those of HCs group (P=0.007). PE values of PD-NDep group were increased in the right inferior temporal gyrus than those of HCs group (P=0.004). The PE values of PD-NDep group were decreased in the left anterior cingulate and right median cingulate gyrus than those of HCs group (P＜0.01, P=0.019). In addition, the HAMD score was significantly correlated with the PE value of the right median cingulate gyrus (P＜0.01, r=0.790). Conclusions: Permutation entropy can reflect the pathophysiological process of brain complexity changes in patients with PD-Dep. PE value in the right median cingulate gyrus may be an important indicator for evaluating disease progression. Permutation entropy may help provide reference information for early diagnosis, treatment and curative effect evaluation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application value of T2WI-Dixon water fat separation sequence in the evaluation of muscle fat infiltration and edema in patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.017</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: This study aimed to compare image quality of T2-weighted imaging water-fat separation (T2WI-Dixon) sequence with conventional sequence [T1WI and T2WI-SPAIR (spectral attenuated inversion recovery) sequence] and the consistency in evaluating the degree of fatty infiltration and edema in the gluteal and leg muscles of patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and to investigate the value of T2WI-Dixon as a single sequence in assessing the gluteal and leg muscles of patient with DMD. Materials and Methods: A total of 71 patient with DMD were prospectively enrolled for 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging scanning of the hip and thigh. The scanning sequences included T2WI-Dixon fast spin echo sequence, T1WI sequence and T2WI-SPAIR sequence. The image quality of each sequence was comprehensively evaluated by combining subjective (Likert 4-point scale, including image artifacts, fat suppression ability, and overall quality) with objective [quantitative measurement of image SNR (signal-noise ratio) and CNR (contrast-to-noise ratio)] methods. The degree of muscle fatty infiltration and edema were scored using the Mercuri grading scale and the Kim grading scale to assess consistency between methods. Inter-observer and intra-observer subjective score consistency were also assessed. Results: In terms of subjective evaluation of image quality, the artifact and overall image quality score of T2WI-Dixon-fat were higher than those of T1WI (P＜0.001). The fat suppression uniformity, artifact and overall image quality scores of T2WI-Dixon-water images were also higher than those of T2WI-SPAIR images (P＜0.001). In objective evaluation, CNR of T2WI-Dixon-fat images were significantly higher than that of T1WI, while SNR were significantly lower than that of T1WI (P＜0.001). SNR and CNR of T2WI-Dixon-water images were higher than those of T2WI-SPAIR (P＜0.001). T2WI-Dixon-fat showed excellent consistency with T1WI in evaluating the degree of muscle fat infiltration (Kappa=0.95, P＜0.001). T2WI-Dixon-water and T2WI-SPAIR also had excellent consistency in evaluating the degree of muscle edema (Kappa=0.84, P＜0.001). The intra-observer and inter-observer subjective scores were moderate-excellent consistent, with Kappa values of 0.42-0.86, all P＜0.001. Conclusions: T2WI-Dixon sequence has good consistency with conventional sequence in the evaluation of muscle fat infiltration and edema, and can significantly shorten the scanning time and improve image quality, which has good application value in the evaluation of gluteal and leg muscle injury in patient with DMD.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A study of the correlation between the compression location and the painful region in classical trigeminal neuralgia by MRN]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.018</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To evaluate the correlation between the compression site and the pain region in patients with classical trigeminal neuralgia by magnetic resonance neuroimaging. Materials and Methods: Seventy-seven cases of classical trigeminal neuralgia were retrospectively analyzed. The neurovascular compression sites were divided into upper and lower sides, which were classified by two senior radiologists, and the agreement evaluation was performed using the Kappa test. The odds ratio (OR) between the compression location and the painful region was calculated using the χ2 test. Results: The Kappa value of classification in the two groups was＞0.75, with good consistency. The OR of ophthalmic branch regional pain was 1.53 for compression from the upper side of the nerve compared with compression from the lower side of the nerve, 95% CI was 1.13-2.07, P＜0.05. Conclusions: Compression from the upper side of the trigeminal nerve root is more likely to be the cause of pain in the region innervated by the ophthalmic branch. When imaging reveals that the location of compression is not consistent with the distribution of pain, surgical treatment of patients is avoided. At this point, imaging of the trigeminal nerve branches and a detailed clinical history are required to rule out secondary trigeminal neuralgia.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The application value of MTP synthetic sequence in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.019</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore the application value of multiple parametric (MTP) synthetic sequence in acute ischemic stroke. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 51 patients with acute ischemic stroke. Conventional sequence and MTP synthetic sequence were scanned respectively. The differences in overall image quality, image signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and lesion detection efficiency were compared. Results: In terms of subjective score of overall image quality, compared with conventional sequence, MTP synthetic sequence has no statistical significance in T1WI and susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) sequence (Z=-1.89, -0.45; P=0.06, 0.66), and has statistical significance in T2WI and T2WI-fluid attenuated inversion recovery (T2WI-FLAIR) sequence (Z=-3.64, -4.16; P＜0.001). The image quality of conventional sequence is better than MTP synthetic sequence. In terms of image brain tissue SNR, MTP synthetic sequence was superior to conventional sequence in brain tissue SNR of T1WI, proton density weighted image (PDWI), T2WI-FLAIR and SWI (Z=-4.78; P＜0.001). There was no statistical significance between MTP synthetic sequence and conventional sequence in the display efficiency of cerebral infarction lesions and the detection rate of microbleeding lesions (χ2=0.54, 0.16; P=0.77, 0.92). Conclusions: The application of MTP synthetic sequence can shorten the examination time of patients and obtain routine and quantitative MRI images. It has good clinical application value for the imaging diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scanning parameters optimization of MSDE sequence for intracranial vascular wall imaging]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.020</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To investigate the effect of motion-sensitized driven-equilibrium (MSDE) sequence on the image quality of intracranial vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging. Materials and Methods: Sixty-five subjects were randomly selected for brain MRI using MSDE sequence before and after optimization. The overall image, lumen and wall image quality of main intracranial artery segments were evaluated subjectively, and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of white matter, gray matter and cerebrospinal fluid were measured objectively before and after optimization. The differences between the two groups of images before and after optimization were compared. Results: The scanning time of MSDE sequence is shortened from 4 min 4 s to 2 min 29 s after parameter optimization. SNR and CNR values of white matter, gray matter and cerebrospinal fluid after optimization were higher than those before optimization with significant differences (P＜0.05). Overall image quality, right vertebral artery V4 segment, basilar artery, right internal carotid artery C1 segment, bilateral internal carotid artery C4 segment, bilateral posterior cerebral artery P2 segment after optimization was better than that before optimization with significant difference (P＜0.05). Conclusions: The MSDE sequence with optimized parameters can significantly shorten the scanning time, improve the image quality and clearly display the intracranial vascular wall, which meets the diagnostic requirements.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Value of multi-parameter MRI combined with immune inflammatory markers in predicting axillary lymph node metastasis of breast cancer]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.021</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To investigate the value of multi-parameter MRI combined with immune inflammatory markers in axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) of breast cancer. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective analysis, 52 breast cancer patients were divided into lymph node metastasis group and non-metastasis group according to the pathological results. The relationship between clinical, pathological, immune inflammatory markers, multi-parameter MRI features and axillary lymph node metastasis was evaluated by univariate analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to screen clinical and MRI risk factors to establish clinical prediction model, MRI prediction model and combined model. The correlation between immune inflammatory markers, immunohistochemical factor expression and multi-parameter MRI features were analyzed by spearman rank correlation analysis. Evaluate model effectiveness by drawing receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and calibration curve. The predictive performance of different models was compared and verified by the Delong test and decision curve analysis (DCA). Results: Logistic regression analysis showed that Ki-67 expression, platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), tumor size, the peritumoral maximum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADCpmax), the ratio of peritumoral tumor ADC (ADCratio) and MRI lymph node characteristics were statistically significant (P＜0.05). PLR was positively correlated with ADCpmax and ADCratio (P＜0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) of the clinical prediction model (Ki-67+PLR) was 0.722, the AUC of the multi-parameter MRI prediction model (tumor length+ADCpmax+ADCratio+MRI lymph node characteristics) was 0.898, and the AUC of the combined prediction model was 0.914. DCA showed that the clinical value of the combined model was higher than that of the clinical prediction model. Conclusions: Multi-parameter MRI combined with immune inflammatory index PLR can be used to predict the status of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients non-invasively before surgery, and provide a reference for clinical diagnosis and prognosis evaluation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VI-RADS based on multi-parametric MRI for the prediction of muscle-invasion in bladder cancer and MRI findings of muscle-invasion in bladder cancer located in ureteral orifice]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.022</link>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To explore the performance of Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) score based on multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) in predicting muscle invasion in bladder cancer, and to analyze MRI findings of muscle invasion in bladder cancer occurring at ureteral orifice. Materials and Methods: A total of 87 patients with 122 lesions diagnosed as bladder cancer by pathology were enrolled, and all the patients who had undergone mp-MRI were analyzed retrospectively. The two groups of radiologists, who were blinded to pathology and clinical data, reviewed and scored each lesion separately according to VI-RADS. The interobserver agreement of VI-RADS score was assessed by Kappa statistics. The predictive efficiency of detection of muscle invasion in bladder cancer was evaluated by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve. The relationship between bladder cancer located around ureterovesical orifice and ureter was also analyzed. Results: Interobserver agreement of VI-RADS score between the two groups of radiologists was good [Kappa value=0.727, P＜0.001, the area under the ROC curve were 0.880 (95% confidence interval: 0.808-0.932) and 0.905 (95% confidence interval: 0.838-0.950)].With regard to ROC analysis, the best cutoff-point was 3 for the detection of muscle invasion. The Youden index was 67.8%, with a sensitivity of 76.7%, specificity of 91.1%, positive predictive value of 82.5% and negative predictive value of 87.8%. Twenty-nine lesions were located in the ureterovesical orifice. The 7 lesions of 29 lesions appeared as pedicle embedding the ureteral orifice, and 85.7% (6/7) were non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. The other 22 lesions showed blurred boundary with ureterall orifice, and 95.5% (21/22) were muscle invasive bladder cancer. Conclusions: Multi-parametric MRI-based VI-RADS exhibited a high agreement between different radiologists, and can effectively predict the muscle invasion of bladder cancer. In the case of the bladder cancer located in the bilateral ureteral orifice, further review on the association between pedicle of tumour or tumour tissue and ureteral orifice is required.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Current situation of imaging diagnosis for IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.026</link>
<description><![CDATA[IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) is the manifestation of IgG4-related disease involving the bile duct system. Patients with IgG4-SC show extrahepatic and/or intrahepatic bile duct stenosis and dilatation in the imaging examination, higher serum IgG4 level in the laboratory test, frequently associated with autoimmune pancreatitis type 1. Pathological examination reveals lymphoplasmacytic infiltration, storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis. IgG4-SC responds well to steroid therapy. Because most patients are older and have obstructive jaundice at the initial diagnosis, the diagnosis need to be differentiated from other diseases that cause the bile duct stricture and jaundice, such as cholangiocellular carcinoma and pancreatic cancer. This article introduces the imaging features, diagnostic criteria, main differential diagnoses and disease recurrence of IgG4-SC based on radiologic findings.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advances in MRI study of brain structure and function changes and related factors of metabolic disorders in Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.027</link>
<description><![CDATA[Parkinson<sup><sup>,</sup></sup>s disease (PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system, characterized by brain structural change and loss of function caused by neurodystrophy. Metabolic syndrome (MS) refers to a group of interrelated cerebrovascular disease risk factors that lead to insulin resistance. In recent years, more and more studies have shown that metabolic disorders can seriously affect the induction and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. MRI is a non-invasive technique to evaluate the changes of brain structure and function. This article reviews the progress of MRI research on changes in brain structure and function and metabolic disorders in patients with PD.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advances of brain network and endophenotypes in fMRI in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.028</link>
<description><![CDATA[Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a lifelong disorder that begins in adolescence. Cognitive decline and abnormal network connectivity are thought to be responsible for cognitive dysfunction in JME patients. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have achieved remarkable results in revealing abnormalities of brain functional network and cognitive dysfunction in JME patients, and have significant potentialities to elucidate the physiopathology of JME. Functional network connectivity studies elucidate alterations in brain network of JME patients and help understand the neural mechanisms of JME. Non-traditional electroencephalography-functional magnetic resonance imaging (EEG-fMRI) studies blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) activities associated dynamic network of EEG, sheding new light on the neural mechanisms of JME. Endophenotypes studies of JME in fMRI help provide a link between clinical features and underlying genetic characteristics. In this article, we will review the advance of brain network, BOLD activities associated dynamic network of EEG and endophenotypes of JME in fMRI.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Research progress of magnetic resonance imaging in predicting the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.029</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stroke is characterized by high incidence rate, high recurrence rate, high disability rate and high mortality rate, it has become the main cause of death and disability in China. How to improve the prognosis of patients is a global problem. In recent years, with the continuous progress of imaging means and stroke research work, we have been able to do some prediction for the prognosis of the patients with stroke, accurately predict the prognosis of stroke patients has important clinical significance, can not only help the clinical estimation development, and help to optimize the early individualized rehabilitation. This paper reviews the value of MRI in prognosis prediction to ischemic stroke patients, aiming to provide objective reference for clinical decision making. In general, the diagnosis and treatment of stroke still faces severe challenges, and research in related fields needs to be carried out.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Progress of three-dimensional high resolution MRI technology in the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.030</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a common disease in the elderly. It is a unique form of neuropathic pain, seriously affect the life and work of patient. Neurovascular compression/contact (NVC) is the main cause of TN. Preoperative identification of NVC has an impact on the determination of appropriate treatment for TN. Currently, microvascular decompression (MVD) is considered the most effective treatment for patients with TN. The key to the success of MVD is closely related to the accuracy of responsibility vessel determination. The conventional MRI sequences can not clearly depict the relationship between the trigeminal nerve and adjacent vessels. However, with the rapid development and the popularity of high resolution (HR) MRI technology, HR MRI sequences, such as three-dimensional (3D) steady-state sequences, can be used to assess most of the characteristics of NVC in TN patients. At the same time, multimodal imaging combined with HR MRI sequences, hemodynamic assessment and diffusion tensor imaging can improve the accuracy of diagnosis, which provides a powerful guarantee for the clinical development of MVD. This paper reviews the progress of 3D HR MRI technology in TN diagnosis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application progress of functional magnetic resonance imaging technology in traumatic brain injury]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.031</link>
<description><![CDATA[A series of complex pathophysiological reactions will occur in the brain tissue after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The usage of current medical diagnostic technology to evaluate this change is of great significance for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients. Functional MRI (fMRI) is currently the most effective examination method for in vivo imaging, and it has a deeper and more extensive application in TBI. fMRI technology clearly observe the changes of brain tissue structure, metabolism and function after TBI, which is particularly important for the early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of patients with TBI. This article reviews and sorts out relevant domestic and foreign literature in recent years, and summarizes the application of MRI technology in TBI.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Research status of application of artificial intelligence technology based on magnetic resonance imaging in pituitary adenomas]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.032</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pituitary adenoma is a common benign intracranial tumor, but it can show high invasiveness and recurrence rate, and the incidence rate is increasing year by year. Radiomics and deep learning are important research directions of artificial intelligence in the field of medical imaging. They are widely used in tumor imaging research, and play an important role in the heterogeneous diagnosis, efficacy evaluation, and prognosis prediction of pituitary adenomas. This article reviews the application and research progress of radiomics and deep learning in pituitary adenomas.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Research progress of focal cortical dysplasia with FLAIR-negative of magnetic resonance imaging]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.033</link>
<description><![CDATA[Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is one of the common causes of drug refractory epilepsy. Type Ⅰ accounts for 38.3% of the FCD lesions, while type Ⅱ accounts for 61.7%. Surgery is an effective way for the treatment of FCD. Preoperative detection and accurate localization of the lesions are important factors affecting the mode of operation and prognosis. At present, the diagnosis of FCD mainly depends on MRI. However, up to 40% of type Ⅱ FCD and 85% of type Ⅰ FCD lesions are negative on conventional MRI, which brings great difficulty to diagnosis and operation. With the development of MRI hardware, software and post-processing technology, the negative detection rate of FCD in conventional MRI is greatly improved (overall diagnostic gain rate 31%). Which is great significance for accurate location of lesions, guiding surgery and reducing postoperative seizures. Therefore, this paper reviews the research progress of improving the detection methods of FCD negative on conventional MRI.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application progress of MRI-T2 mapping in tumor]]></title>
<link>http://med-sci.cn/cgzcx/en/en_articlexml.asp?doi=10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.07.034</link>
<description><![CDATA[MRI is of important value to the diagnosis of tumor diseases due to its multiple planes, multiple sequences, high resolution, etc. With the precision of tumor diagnosis and treatment, quantitative evaluation of tumor image has gradually become a research focus. T2 mapping is a method for quantitative analysis of T2 values in tissues at the voxel level. Color maps corresponding to space can be generated through post-processing which reflect the T2 values in different colors to improve the objectivity and intuition of observation. The changes of T2 value can be caused by the density of benign and malignant tumor tissues, edema and necrosis during tumor treatment. Therefore, T2 mapping has high clinical application value. This article reviews the progress about quantitative research of T2 mapping in tumors.]]></description>
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