磁共振弥散张量成像在原发全面性癫痫中的初步应用

目的原发全面性癫痫(idiopathic generalized epilepsy,IGE)患者的脑部常规磁共振成像常难以发现异常显示。文中采用磁共振弥散张量成像(diffusion tensor imaging,DTI)技术观察IGE患者的脑微观的异常结构,探讨其对IGE的神经病理生理学发生机制的意义。方法30例IGE患者为研究对象,30例健康成人为对照组。用1.5Tesla MR扫描仪行DTI数据采集。分别计算平均弥散系数(mean diffusivity,MD)图及部分各向异性(fractional anisotropy,FA)图,采用SPM2软件对2组受试者的MD和FA图进行随机效应分析的两样本t检验,观察患者与正常人相比校正后的MD值及FA值有显著性改变(P<0.01)的脑区。结果与正常人相比,IGE患者双侧丘脑、颞叶、岛叶、枕叶及中脑等脑区MD值降低。内侧前额叶MD值升高。双侧丘脑及双侧扣带回后部FA值升高。双侧内侧前额叶、双侧颞叶等区域FA值降低。结论DTI是一种敏感的影像学技术,可发现IGE患者脑内广泛的微观结构异常区域,可用于癫痫脑网络结构的研究,有助于对原发全面性癫痫病理生理学发生机制的了...

Application of diffusion tensor imaging to idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Objective Patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) has no abnormal presentation in routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this article, we explored the neural pathological mechanism of IGE by observing micro-structural abnormalities of the brain using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Methods Thirty IGE patients and 30 healthy adult controls underwent conventional MRI and DTI with the GE signal 1.5T MR scanner. The mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) maps were compared by vox...