Relationships between baseline R2*of BOLD-MRI and Semi-quantitative parameters of DCE-MRI in cervical cancer / 局解手术学杂志

Objective To investigate the relationships between baseline R2? of blood oxygenation level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging(BOLD-MRI) and Semi-quantitative parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(DCE-MRI) in cervical cancer,to lay a foundation for the further development of assessing tumor hypoxia techniques. Methods Twenty-four patients with cervical cancer were subjected to DCE-MRI and BOLD-MRI before treatment,Semi-quantitative parameters(SI-I、MER、Tmax、IAUC) of DCE-MRI and the baseline R2?of BOLD-MRI produced by special post-processing softwares,the relationships between baseline R2?of BOLD-MRI and Semi-quantitative parameters of DCE-MRI were analyzed. Results Significant positive correlations were observed between baseline R2?and Tmax(r=0.423,P=0.014),there were no correlation between baseline R2? and SI-I、MER or IAUC(P>0.05). Conclusion Semi-quantitative parameters of DCE-MRI and baseline R2? of BOLD-MRI respectively reflected the oxygenation of tumor in different principle. The combined use of the above parameters is expected to improve the performance for defining tumor hypoxia.

The diagnostic value of thick-slab single-shot turbo spin-echo T2 *-weighted sequence in fetal MRI / 实用放射学杂志

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of thick-slab single-shot turbo spin-echo (SSTSE)T2 ?-weighted sequence in magnetic resonance fetography (MRF)for fetal abnormalities.Methods 328 of 1 990 pregnant women with the diagnosis of fetal congenital defects on prenatal ultrasound screening or chromosome examination were randomly selected,and 338 fetuses were ob-tained.These fetuses were scanned by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)and MRF.The diagnostic results from the two MR methods were compared.Results Six hundred and twenty-four lesions were detected by MRF.The primary diagnosis based on conventional MRI was changed for 14 lesions (2.2%).New findings were identified for 48 fetal lesions (8.4%)and 66 ma-ternal lesions.However,78 fetal lesions could not to be identified by MRF.MRF could increase the diagnostic confidence for fetal lesions with high water content (56.1% of the lesions).Conclusion MRF can yield more precise information for fetal extremities, fluid-filled cavities,pathological hydrops and cystic lesions.As an additional aid to the conventional multi-slice T2-weighted se-quence.