CHEN Tao, YANG Tao, CHENG Jing-liang, LIU Kang-yong, GU Jing-hua, ZHANG Chun-yan, ZHANG Ye. The Application of DTI and SWI for Substantia Nigra in Early Primary Parkinson's Disease[J]. CT Theory and Applications, 2018, 27(5): 635-641. DOI: 10.15953/j.1004-4140.2018.27.05.10
Citation:
CHEN Tao, YANG Tao, CHENG Jing-liang, LIU Kang-yong, GU Jing-hua, ZHANG Chun-yan, ZHANG Ye. The Application of DTI and SWI for Substantia Nigra in Early Primary Parkinson's Disease[J]. CT Theory and Applications, 2018, 27(5): 635-641. DOI: 10.15953/j.1004-4140.2018.27.05.10
CHEN Tao, YANG Tao, CHENG Jing-liang, LIU Kang-yong, GU Jing-hua, ZHANG Chun-yan, ZHANG Ye. The Application of DTI and SWI for Substantia Nigra in Early Primary Parkinson's Disease[J]. CT Theory and Applications, 2018, 27(5): 635-641. DOI: 10.15953/j.1004-4140.2018.27.05.10
Citation:
CHEN Tao, YANG Tao, CHENG Jing-liang, LIU Kang-yong, GU Jing-hua, ZHANG Chun-yan, ZHANG Ye. The Application of DTI and SWI for Substantia Nigra in Early Primary Parkinson's Disease[J]. CT Theory and Applications, 2018, 27(5): 635-641. DOI: 10.15953/j.1004-4140.2018.27.05.10
1. Department of Imaging, Dongfeng General Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
2. a). Department of Imaging, b). Department of neurology, Zhoupu Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China;
3. Department of MRI, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Objective: To investigate the application of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) in the changes of substantia nigra in patients with early primary Parkinson's disease. Methods: Conventional sequence, DTI, and SWI scans were performed on 13 patients with early primary Parkinson's disease and 13 volunteers as controls using a 3 T magnetic resonance imaging system. The FA and ADC values of the substantia nigra of the two groups and the size of the substantia nigra pars compacta were measured. Results: The FA values of bilateral substantia nigra were reduced in the PD group compared with the control group, the difference was statistically meaning (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the ADC values of the substantia nigra between the two groups (P>0.05). The size of the substantia nigra pars compact in the PD group was smaller than that in the control group, the difference was statistically meaning (P<0.05). Conclusions: The FA value of the substantia nigra and the size of the substantia nigra pars compacta contribute to the early diagnosis of PD. DTI and SWI have a synergistic effect and may provide valuable clues for the early diagnosis of PD.