目的:采用基于体素内不相干运动(IVIM)的影像技术来探讨缺血性卒中患者病灶内表观弥散系数(ADC)信号不均质的可能原因。方法:回顾性分析2014年6月至2015年7月在浙江大学医学院附属第二医院神经内科收治的20例起病第3—7天缺血性卒中患者的弥散加权成像(DWI)和IVIM扫描数据。IVIM技术经过图像处理得到慢弥散系数(D)、快弥散系数(D^*)和灌注分数(f),其中D和D^*分别反映脑实质内血管外和血管内水分子弥散速度,f反映微循环灌注改变。在DWI序列上分割出信号强度高于正常侧两倍标准差的感兴趣区域(ROI),在此范围内以ADC值0.55×10^-3mm^2/s为界限,将DWI高信号区分为核心梗死区(ADC≤0.55×10^-3mm^2/s)和核心周围区(ADC〉0.55×10^-3mm^2/s),然后镜像至非梗死侧得到正常侧ROI,然后分别计算这些ROI内的ADC值和IVIM参数(包括D值、D^*值和f值)。校正ADC值定义为rADC:核心梗死区ADC彬对侧镜像ADC值,同理得核心梗死区的rD值、rD^*值和rf值以及核心周围区的rADC值、rD值、rD^*值和rf值。结果:核心梗死区的ADC值、D值、f值较正常侧分别降低45%(P〈0.001)、42%(P〈0.001)和32%(P〈0.001);核心周围区的ADC值、D值、f值较正常侧分别降低22%(P〈0.001)、32%(P〈0.001)和8%(P=0.009)。同样,核心梗死区的rADC值(P〈0.001)、rD值(P〈0.001)和ff值(P〈0.001)低于核心周围区。Pearson相关分析结果提示核心周围区的rADC值和rf值呈正相关(r=0.467,P=0.038)。结论:亚急性期缺血性卒中的DwI高信号病灶中,核心周围区相对于核心梗死区有反映微结构的水分子弥散速度的D值增加以及反映微循环血容量灌注的f值增加,这些改变反映了ADC值不均质可能与细胞水肿消退以及微血管代偿引起血容量增加有关。
Objective: To investigate the cerebral lesions of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) hyperintensity in patients with subacute stroke with intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) technique. Methods: The clinical data of 20 patients with ischemic stroke (3 to 7 d after onset) who underwent DWI and IVIM scanning between June 2014 and July 2015, were retrospectively analyzed. The parameters from IVIM including slow diffusion coefficient (D), fast diffusion coefficient (D * ) and perfusion fraction (f) were processed. DWI hyperintensity was segmented by its signal intensity greater than the mean + 2 standard deviations of the value in the homologous contralateral region. Then, DWt hyperintensity was classified into two regions of interest (ROIs) : infarction core and peri-core with the ADC threshold of 0. 55 ×10^-3mm^2/s. The mirrored ROIs of infarction core and peri-core were also obtained. Then, we measured the values of ADC and D, D ^* and f in these ROIs. The ratios of ADC (rADC), D (rD), D^* (rD^*) and f (rf) were also calculated (e. g., rADC = ADCinfarction core/ADCmirrored region). Results: Compared with mirrored region, ADC, D and f in the infarction core region decreased by 45% ( P 〈 0. 001 ), 42% (P 〈0. 001 ) and 32% (P 〈0. 001 ), respectively; while ADC, D and f in the peri- core region decreased by 22% (P 〈0.001), 32% (P 〈0.001) and 8% (P= 0. 009 ), respectively. The values of rADC, rD, rD ^* and rf in the infarction core region were significantly lower than those in the peri-core region (all P 〈 0. 001 ). Pearson analysis showed that rADC was positively correlated with rf in the peri-core region ( r = 0. 467, P = 0. 038 ). Conclusion: During subacute stage of stroke, compared to the infarction core region within DWI hyperintensity, D and f increase in the peri-core region of DWI hyperintensity, reflecting the increased water diffusion in microstructure and perfusion volume in microvasculature. This