高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

目的 分析高功能孤独症患儿的全脑白质纤维的完整性.方法 对18例高功能孤独症患儿(病例组)以及10名年龄、性别、智商与病例组相匹配的健康儿童(对照组)进行全脑弥散张量成像(DTI)测量;应用基于体素的分析方法,比较两组全脑各向异性分数(FA)的差异.使用Spearman相关分析,分析病例组各感兴趣区FA值与儿章期孤独症评定表(CARS)总分及各项目之间的关系.结果 与对照组相比,病例组右侧额下回、左侧额中回及右侧颞下回邻近白质的FA值低(分别为0.67±0.10、0.57±0.09、0.50 ±0.12),左顶上小叶邻近白质的FA值高(0.55±0.15;P<0.001).病例组左额中回邻近白质的FA值与CARS中的与非生命物体的关系的得分呈负相关(r=-0.63,P=0.005).结论 高功能孤独症患儿多个部位的脑白质纤维的完整性受到破坏.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

高功能孤独症患儿全脑白质纤维的弥散张量成像研究

Objectlve To analysis the changes of white matter fiber in autistic disorder.Methods Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)data were obtained from 18 autistic children and 10 age-,sex-and intelligent quotient matched normal controls.Voxel-based analysis Was applied to assess the fractional anisotropy(FA)in cerebral tissues.Results Compared with the controls,the FA values in autistic children were significantly decreased in the white matter of right inferior frontal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus and right inferior temporal gyms,and increased in the white matter of left superior parietal lobule(P＜0.001).Furthermore.the white matter changes on left middie frontal gyrus were significandy correlated with the scores of Childhond Autism Rming Scale(CARS)in autistic children(r=-0.63,P=0.005).Conclusion The white matter integrity is probably disconnected in many brain regions in children with autistic disorder.     

精神分裂症首次发病患者的脑扩散张量成像研究

目的 利用磁共振扩散张量成像(DTI)技术研究未经药物治疗的精神分裂症首次发病(以下简称首发)患者主要脑区白质纤维束的异常.方法 选取26例首发精神分裂症患者(患者组)和20名健康志愿者(对照组)行脑DTI扫描(两组均为右利手),测量胼胝体膝部、压部、双侧额叶白质、扣带束前部及海马头的部分各向异性(FA)值.结果 (1)对照组左侧扣带束FA值(0.428±0.067)大于右侧(0.375±0.079;P＜0.05).(2)患者组两侧相对应感兴趣区FA值差异均无统计学意义(P＞0.05).(3)患者组左右侧胼胝体压部FA值(均为0.734±0.085)、左右侧扣带束前部FA值(0.300±0.068和0.306 4±0.062)均低于对照组(0.785±0.045,0.428±0.067,0.375±0.079;均P＜0.05).结论 首发精神分裂症患者存在双侧扣带束、胼胝体压部白质纤维束的受损,支持脑内连接异常假说.     

首次发病未用药老年抑郁症患者脑白质完整性的弥散张量成像研究

目的 使用弥散张量成像探讨首次发病未用药老年抑郁症患者的脑白质完整性.方法 15例首次发病未用药的老年抑郁症患者和15例正常对照组接受脑弥散张量成像扫描,用基于体素的分析方法对脑内所有体素的各向异性分数(FA)逐一进行组间比较.结果 与正常对照组相比,首次发病未用药老年抑郁症患者左侧前扣带(丛集体积=106体素,t=3.21)、右侧前扣带(丛集体积=60体素,t=2.71)、右侧膝下扣带(丛集体积=63体素,t=3.37)、左侧脑干(丛集体积=62体素,t=3.25)白质FA值显著降低(检验水准为未校正的单侧P＜0.01,体素集阈值＞50体素).结论 老年抑郁症发病早期存在双侧前扣带及右侧膝下扣带白质完整性下降,经由该脑区的神经通路损害可能与老年抑郁症的病理机制有关.     

磁共振扩散张量成像技术在外伤性视神经病中应用研究

目的 探讨磁共振扩散张量成像技术在评价外伤性视神经病中的作用. 方法选择6例单侧外伤性视神经病患者,采用磁共振扩散张蛩成像技术检测双侧视神经.应用DTV2和Volume One 1.44软件测量视神经的部分各向异性值、平均表观扩散系数,并进行损伤眼和正常眼的自身对比;应用神经白质纤维柬追踪技术显示视神经的空间完整性和连续情况.结果 所有患者眶内段视神经显示良好,2例患者双侧管内段显示欠佳.6例患者损伤眼眶内段视神经部分各向异性平均值较正常眼明显下降,分别为0.244±0.067和0.452±0.053,差异有统计学意义(P=0.000);平均表观扩散系数平均值较正常眼明显上升,分别为(1.417±0.121)×10<'-3>mm<'2>/s和(1.087±0.118)×10<'-3>mm<'2>/s,差异有统计学意义(P=0.003).4例患者可以获得用于评估双侧视神经空间连接情况的扩散张量纤维束成像图,损伤眼和正常眼之间存在明显差异.结论磁共振扩散张量成像技术能够为评估外伤性视神经病的视神经纤维病理情况提供有价值的信息.     

脑梗死的MRI弥散张量成像

目的 用MRI弥散张昼成像(DTI)分析腩梗死的弥散张量改变,探讨脑梗死的DTI表现及其临床意义.方法 采用肓法分析临床及常规MRI和(或)CT确诊的69例脑梗死患者的DTI图像.分析脑梗死的DTI信号改变,测量病变区域的各向同性(ADCiso)值和各向异性(FA)值,并与健侧相应正常解剖区域进行比较.结果 根据ADCiso图和FA图上病变区的信号改变和定量测量,总结归纳出69例脑梗死病例分以下4种类型:I型(8例):病变区ADCiso值降低,FA值升高:ADCiso图表现为低信号,FA图表现为高信号.Ⅱ型(23例):病变区ADCiso值和FA值均降低,但病变周围区域ADCiso值降低.FA值升高;ADCiso图为低信号,FA图呈中央低信号,周围高信号改变.Ⅲ型(7例):病变区ADCiso值和FA值均降低;ADCiso图和FA图上均为低、等信号.Ⅳ型(31例):病变区ADCiso值升高,FA值降低;ADCiso图表现为高信号,FA图表现为低信号.以上病变区弥散张量参数与健侧镜像区比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05).结论 DTl定性、定量分析有可能更好地揭示脑梗死病变的病理生理过程,有望为临床提供更精确的影像学分期,成为指导临床诊疗、监测病情进展和评定预后等的客观指标.     

复发-缓解型多发性硬化患者丘脑扩散张量成像研究

目的 通过扩散张量成像研究复发-缓解型多发性硬化患者常规MRI表现正常的丘脑扩散参数异常,以及与临床残疾程度和认知损害间的相关性.方法 24例复发-缓解型多发性硬化患者和与之性别、年龄相匹配的健康志愿者分别接受常规MRI和扩散张量成像检查,利用兴趣区法测量影像正常的丘脑扩散参数,比较两组受试者丘脑平均扩散率和部分各向异性间的差异性,并评价患者丘脑扩散参数与临床相关评分及病灶体积之间的相关关系.结果 复发-缓解型多发性硬化组患者丘脑平均扩散率[(85.34+14.68)x10-3mm2/s]低于正常对照组[(98.42±13.10)×10-3mm2/s],组间差异具有统计学意义(t=-3.257,P=0.002);丘脑部分各向异性(0.40±0.04)高于正常对照组(0.36±0.05),差异亦有统计学意义(t=3.163,P=0.003).复发-缓解型多发性硬化组患者丘脑平均扩散率与同步听觉连续加法测验评分呈显著正相关(r= 0.711,P=0.000).结论 对常规MRI表现正常的复发-缓解型多发性硬化患者,扩散张量成像可以发现丘脑异常.而且丘脑扩散异常与患者认知损害存在相关性,提示扩散张量成像作为评价临床功能的重要指标,具有很好的应用前景.     

纹状体梗死患者黑质弥散变化的弥散张量研究

目的 观察纹状体梗死后黑质的弥散变化,探讨纹状体梗死后黑质的继发性损害及其意义.方法 收集首次发病、单侧纹状体梗死、非纹状体梗死、病程在3个月以上的患者各20例分别作试验组和临床对照组,募集健康志愿者20名作对照研究.研究对象均进行1次弥散张量成像(DTI),试验组与临床对照组进行改良Rankin量表(mRS)、Barthol指数(BI)的评分,评估患者脑梗死的预后以及日常生活能力,同时对部分有类似帕金森病症状的患者采用统一帕金森病综合评分量表(Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale,UPDRS)的第Ⅲ分量表评价其严重程度.结果 DTI的参数分析显示:分别与临床对照及健康对照比较,试验组梗死灶同侧黑质的平均弥散量(mean diffusion,MD)值分别升高30.86%(t=40.07,P=0.000)及31.42%(t=42.64,P=0.000),临床对照组梗死灶同侧黑质的MD值与健康对照组比较差异无统计学意义.与没有帕金森病样症状的患者比较,试验组患者中4例出现帕金森病样症状患者梗死灶同侧黑质的MD值升高22%(t=18.03,P=0.01),同时患侧黑质的MD值的上升与其帕金森病样症状的严重程度呈正相关(r=0.97,P=0.03).结论 纹状体梗死可以导致同侧黑质的继发性损害,而且这种继发性损害可能是部分帕金森综合征的发病原因.     

精神分裂症早发患者脑白质的弥散张量成像研究

目的 分析发病年龄<18岁的早发精神分裂症(early-onset schizophrenia,EOS)患者脑结构连接的变化.方法 对26例EOS患者(患者组)和23名健康对照(对照组)全脑进行磁共振弥散张量成像,2组图像经过DTIstudio软件和统计参数图5(SPM5)软件包进行标准化、平滑等预处理后,再以SPM5软件包对2组全脑白质分数各向异性(FA)值图像进行两样本t检验.结果 (1)患者组脑白质FA值较对照组显著降低的脑区有:胼胝体体部及相邻双侧前扣带[蒙特利尔脑科学研究所(MNI)坐标:3、16、23;体素集合=1003体素]、左侧颞叶区域(MNI坐标:-28、28、30;体素集合=170体素)、左侧前额叶区域(MNI坐标:-28、28、30;体素集合=99体素)、右侧前额叶区域(MNI坐标:48、-10、54;体素集合=81体素).(2)未发现患者组有脑区白质FA值高于对照组.结论 早发精神分裂症患者存在胼胝体、扣带、前额叶和颞叶白质结构连接异常,可能与精神分裂症的发病机制有关.

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Objective To investigate the changes of the brain structural connectivity in patients with early-onset schizophrenia (EOS, the onset of psychotic symptoms occurs before 18 years of age).Methods The subjects were 26 patients with EOS and 23 healthy controls (age, sex and years of received education were no significantly different from those of patients). Diffusion weighted images of the whole brains were acquired with a single-shot echo planar imaging (EPI) sequence aligned to the straight axial plane. After preprocessed with DTI-studio and Statistical Parametric Mapping-V (SPM5) software, the fractional anisotropy (FA) images of the two groups underwent two-sample t-test with the methods of voxel-based analysis (VBA) using SPM5 software package. Symptoms were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Results EOS patients had significantly reduced FA of white matter in the truncus corporis callosi (MNI: 3,16,23; cluser = 1003 voxels) , left temporal lobe (MNI:-28,28,30;cluser = 170 voxels) , left prefrontal lobe (MNI:-28,28,30; cluser = 99 voxels) and right prefrontal lobe (MNI:48,-10,54; cluser =81 voxels) , compared with the healthy controls. Conclusions There is structural disconnectivity of white matter in several brain regions. These abnormal changes may be involved in the neuropathology of schizophrenia.     

Diffusion tensor imaging in the study of language and aphasia

Background: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an emerging research technique that is used to map and characterise white matter tracts in the healthy and damaged brain.

Aims: The aim of this paper is to familiarise the readers with DTI while giving the tools to understand and evaluate recent developments in aphasia research that use DTI methodology.

Main Contribution: Principles of DTI technology as well as its main caveats are described. An overview of studies that used DTI to explore the language system and aphasia is given. Future directions and the potential contribution of DTI to the understanding of aphasia diagnosis and recovery are highlighted.

Conclusions: DTI is an emerging technology, increasingly being applied to further our understanding of aphasia and its recovery. So far it has contributed to our knowledge in four areas of research. In the area of brain anatomy it is used to redefine the borders between various parts of the cortex based on their structural connectivity, to acquire a more accurate map of the tracts connecting the various parts of the language system, and to measure hemispheric asymmetry. Future studies might be able to further our understanding of language anatomy and relate hemispheric asymmetry to recovery potential. Second, DTI can help in relating structure to function. So far many studies focused on repetition deficits and conduction aphasia. Future studies can explore the anatomy of other language deficits. Third, DTI has been used in the study of brain damage and recovery. Studies have documented the damage that occurs to white matter following stroke and other insults, and the spontaneous reorganisation that follows. In the future DTI might contribute to the debate about the role of the right hemisphere in recovery from aphasia. Lastly, in the area of aphasia rehabilitation there is great lack of data. The studies reviewed here have shown that rehabilitation potential is dependent on white matter integrity and that white matter changes can occur as a result of therapy. Future studies should further our understanding of the role of white matter integrity in recovery, therefore contributing to the question of why some patients show good recovery while others do not. Future studies should also try and map white matter changes that are associated with successful versus unsuccessful rehabilitation, and with different stages of recovery.     

高功能孤独障碍患儿胼胝体和额叶纤维的对照研究

目的 对照分析高功能孤独障碍患儿与正常儿童胼胝体及额叶纤维结构的差异.方法 选取18例高功能孤独障碍患儿(病例组)和16名年龄、性别、智商、身高、体质量与之相匹配的正常儿童(对照组),进行头部弥散张量成像(diffusion tensor imaging,DTI)扫描.使用DTIStudio软件进行图像处理,计算并比较2组胼胝体各亚区及左、右额叶的各向异性分数(fractional anisotropy,FA)、表面扩散分数(apparent diffusion coefficient,ADC)、纤维数目及平均长度的差异.结果 与对照组相比,病例组胼胝体前1/3部的纤维数目显著下降[(839±193)条vs(630±203)条;F=9.419,P=0.004];纤维的平均长度、FA值的差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05);病例组胼胝体前1/3部纤维的ADC值显著增大[(0.88±8.56)×10-3 mm2/s vs(0.94±6.98)×10-3 mm2/s;F=5.739,P=0.023].左、右大脑额叶长、短纤维的FA值均较对照组显著减小(F=10.109,P=0.003;F=9.186,P=0.005),长程纤维的ADC值显著增加(F=6.154,P=0.019;F=6.814,P=0.014).结论 高功能孤独障碍儿童胼胝体前1/3部纤维减少最明显,额叶与其他脑区之间呈现低连通性.