Purpose To quantitatively evaluate the severity of brain damage in the acute phase of CO poisoning using intravoxel incoherent motion imaging.Materials and Methods MRI scans were performed in 26 patients with CO intoxication of acute stage and 18 healthy controls with matched age and gender.The difference of D value,D* value and f value in different ROIs between the poisoning and the control groups were compared,and the best cut-off values were determined.The correlation between the consciousness state and the D value as well as f value in the vulnerable area of the brain (globus pallidus) was analyzed.Results Compared with control group,the D and F value of the poisoning group were decreased in multiple ROIs,of which statistical significance was observed in the f values in the centrum semiovale,globus pallidus and thalamus,and the D values in the centrum semiovale,lateral ventricle,globus pallidus and corpus callosum splenium (P＜0.05).The best cut-off value,sensitivity and specificity were as follows:fcs=51％,77％,73％;fga=61％,77％,83％;ft=80％,85％,64％;D,=0.69×10-3 mm2/s,85％,83％;Dlv=0.65× 10-3 mm2/s,73％,89％;Dga=0.68× 10-3 mm2/s,62％,83％;Dccs=0.70× 10-3mm2/s,81％,89％.The disturbance of consciousness was positively correlated with decrease of D value and f value (rD=0.828,rf=0.745,P＜0.05).Conclusion The D and f values of intravoxel incoherent motion imaging can quantitatively evaluate the brain damage severity in acute CO poisoning.

Objective To discuss the protective effects ofGuiqi YiyuanOintment on damages caused by heavy ion radiation induced bystander effects; To explore the possible mechanism.Methods Totally 42 Wistar male rats were randomly divided into blank control group, pure radiation group andGuiqi Yiyuan Ointment group. TheGuiqi Yiyuan Ointment group was givenGuiqi Yiyuan Ointment by gavage for two weeks in advance. Later the right lungs of the rats in the pure radiation group andGuiqi Yiyuan Ointment group were radiated once by 2 Gy12C6+, while the blank control group received no radiation. 6, 12, 24 h after radiation all groups of rats were executed. Peripheral hemogram and the levels of IL-6, TGF-β1 and IL-1β in serum of the rats were examined. The changes of lung tissue pathology morphology in the rats were observed by HE staining.Results Compared with the blank control group, the contents of IL-6, TGF-β1 and IL-1β in serum of the pure radiation group increased obviously at 12 h after radiation (P<0.01), and the amount of leukocyte, erythrocyte, blood platelet and hemoglobin distinctly declined at 12 h after radiation (P<0.01); HE staining showed that the alveolar wall was thickened at 24 h after radiation, and there were exudate and inflammatory cell infiltration in the alveolar cavity. Compare with the pure radiation group at 12 h after radiation, the levels of IL-6, TGF-β1 and IL-1β inGuiqi Yiyuan Ointment group decreased significantly at 12 h after radiation (P<0.01). Indexes of blood routine significantly increased (P<0.01), and the pathological changes of lung tissue in rats improved (P<0.01). ConclusionGuiqi Yiyuan Ointment can protect damages caused by heavy ion radiation induced bystander effects.