鼻咽癌放疗后双侧颞叶白质及海马结构早期损伤的扩散峰度成像研究

目的基于扩散峰度成像(diffusion kurtosis imaging,DKI)技术探讨鼻咽癌(nasopharyngealcarcinoma,NPC)患者放疗后双侧颞叶白质及海马微观结构的早期改变。材料与方法对29例NPC患者在治疗前及放疗后3个月、20例正常对照被试(normal controls,NC)行DKI序列扫描。获取两组被试DKI的相关参数图,测量两组被试双侧颞叶白质及海马DKI相关参数,分析两组DKI参数值的差异,分析NPC组放疗前后各参数值的变化情况、及其差异参数值的变化与蒙特利尔认知评估量表评分、与放疗剂量间的相关关系。结果 NPC组治疗前与NC组之间各DKI参数值无显著统计学差异(P>0.05);与NPC治疗前比较,NPC组放疗后3个月双侧颞叶白质的各向异性分数(fractional anisotropy,FA)(右:P=0.009;左:P=0.001)、平均峰度(mean kurtosis,MK)(右:P=0.027;左:P=0.034)、径向峰度(radialkurtosis,Kr)(右:P=0.007;左:P=0.007)值显著减低,右侧海马的MK(P=0.033)、Kr(P=0.031)值显著升高。NPC组左侧颞叶放疗前后MK (r=0.407,P=0.044)、Kr值(r=0.530,P=0.006)的改变分别与左侧颞叶最大剂量呈显著正相关。结论 DKI能够反映鼻咽癌放疗后双侧颞叶白质及海马早期隐匿性的微观结构变化,为早期放射性颞叶损伤发现提供客观影像学证据。

A diffusion kurtosis imaging study of early injury on the white matter of the bilateral temporal lobes and the hippocampus after radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

CHEN Hong;HE Haoqiang;LU Xiaofei;HAN Lujun;YANG Yadi;Li Jing;WEN Ge(Medical Imaging Center,Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University,GuangZhou 510050,China;Department of Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology,Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China,Guangzhou 510060,China)