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Review
. 2022 Aug 5:13:948830.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.948830. eCollection 2022.

Application of DTI and fMRI in moyamoya disease

Xiaokuan Hao  1 , Ziqi Liu  1 , Shihao He  1   2 , Yanru Wang  1 , Yuanli Zhao  1   2   3 , Rong Wang  1   3
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Application of DTI and fMRI in moyamoya disease

Xiaokuan Hao et al. Front Neurol. .

Abstract

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic and progressive cerebrovascular stenosis or occlusive disease that occurs near Willis blood vessels. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are used to detect the microstructure of white matter and the function of gray matter, respectively. The damage of these structures will lead to the change of cognitive level in patients with moyamoya disease. In this paper, the principles of DTI and fMRI, their applications and challenges in moyamoya disease are reviewed.

Keywords: brain network; diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); functional MRI (fMRI); moyamoya disease (MMD); white matter fiber bundles.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Diffusion coefficients.
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Figure 2
Picture of white matter fiber bundle tracking results in patients with MMD by DTI.
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