T2?值在健康成年人脑铁含量与年龄的相关性分析

目的：采用3.0T ESWAN 定量测量健康成年人额叶白质区及灰质核团的 T2?值,探讨额叶白质区及灰质核团与年龄的相关性。方法收集年龄20~85岁的157例健康成年人进行 MRI 常规及 ESWAN 扫描,按其年龄段分为6组。A 组：20~29岁；B 组：30~39岁；C 组：40~49岁；D 组：50~59岁；E 组：60~69岁；F 组：≥70岁。经后处理在 T2?图像上分别测量左右侧额叶白质区、红核、黑质网状带、黑质致密带、尾状核头、壳核、苍白球和丘脑的 T2?值,分析 T2?值与年龄的相关性。结果健康成年人在黑质网状带、苍白球的T2?值最低,额叶白质区的T2?值最高。红核、壳核、苍白球、尾状核头和丘脑的T2?值在部分年龄段间有统计学意义(P <0.05),有一定规律性。而黑质网状带、黑质致密带、额叶白质区的 T2?值在不同年龄段间差异无统计学意义(P >0.05)。红核、黑质网状部、黑质致密部、壳核、苍白球、尾状核头的 T2?值与年龄呈明显负相关(r 值=-0.258、-0.229、-0.231、-0.584、-0.320、-0.437, P 值均<0.001),而丘脑、额叶白质区的 T2?值与年龄呈正相关(r 值=0.319、0.161,P <0.001及0.05)。结论ESWAN 能清晰显示脑内核团的结构,准确评估脑内的铁含量和随年龄变化的规律。

The research of age-related iron deposition in the brain using T2 * value

Objective To analyze quantitatively the iron deposition in deep brain gray nucleus and frontal white matter in healthy population and to explore its correlation with age using ESWAN with 3.0 Tesla scanner.Methods 157 healthy subjects (age 20 to 85)had been manned with routine sequences and ESWAN sequences.The subjects were divided into 6 groups according to their ages:Group A (age 20-29),Group B (age 30-39),Group C (age 40-49),Group D (age 50-59),Group E (age 60-69)and Group F (age ≥70).T2 ?value was measured in both sides of the frontal white matter,red nucleus,substantia nigra pars reticulate,substantia nigra pars compacta,putamen,globus pallidus,head of caudate nucleus and thalamus,and the correlations between the T2 ? value and age were also analyzed.Results The T2 ? value of globus pallidus and substantia nigra pars reticulata were the lowest.The highest T2 ?value was observed in the frontal white matter.The difference of T2 ? value among some age groups had statistical significance in red nucleus putamen,globus pallidus,head of caudate nucleus and thalamus (P <0.05).Obvious negative correlations between age and T2 ? value was shown in red nucleus (r=-0.258),substantia nigra pars reticulate (r=-0.229),substantia nigra pars compacta (r=-0.231), putamen(r=-0.584),globus pallidus (r=-0.320),and head of caudate nucleus (r=-0.437,P <0.001),while positive correlation was displayed in thalamus (r=0.31 9),frontal white matter (r=0.161,P <0.05 ).Conclusion ESWAN can clearly display the morphology of cerebral nuclei,evaluate the brain iron content accurately and present the age-related iron concentration changes.