1.Reliability and correlation of in vivo heptic shimming of liver and water suppression with 3.0T proton MRS
Li XU ; Changhong LIANG ; Zaiyi LIU ; Zhenjun ZHAO ; Biao HUANG ; Qiongxin ZENG ; Yuanqiu XIAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2009;25(7):1208-1210
Objective To assess the reliability of auto-shimming line width (LW) and water suppression rate (WS), and the correlation between them. Methods GE Signa Excite HD 3.0T system and eight-channel torso phased-array coils with PRESS sequence were performed in 38 volunteers. Liver spectra were collected with TR of 1500 ms, TE of 30 ms, VOI of 2 cm×2 cm×2 cm, NSA of 64 times. Spectroscopy routine auto-shimming pre-scanning program was executed and the values of LW and WS were recorded. Then another spectroscopy routine auto-shimming pre-scanning program was performed repeatedly and 38 groups of data were obtained totally. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC), coefficient of variation (CV) and significance test were conduced on 38 groups of LW and WS data. Spearman rank correlation analysis was used to assess the correlation of LW and WS. Results ①The ICC of LW and WS was 0.862 and 0.961 (both P<0.0001), respectively, while the value of CV was 0.20, 0.18, 0.09 and 0.08, respectively. Significant difference was not observed; ②The value of correlation coefficient was -0.659, -0.485 (both P<0.0001), respectively. Conclusion ①The reliability is excellent for in vivo liver 3.0T 1H-MRS and WS appears relatively stable; ②Indexes of LW correlate with WS moderately, and it seems the smaller the value of LW is, the easier to achieve higher WS.
2.Analysis of non-targeted variants by invasive prenatal diagnosis for pregnant women undergoing preimplantation genetic testing
Si LI ; Ziyi XIAO ; Chenyu GOU ; Xiaolan LI ; Yijuan HUANG ; Yuanqiu CHEN ; Shujing HE ; Zhiqiang ZHANG ; Zi REN ; Song GUO ; Weiying JIANG ; Yu GAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2024;41(11):1283-1289
Objective:To compare the results of invasive prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) and explore the underlying mechanism.Methods:Clinical data of pregnant women undergoing PGT and invasive prenatal diagnosis at the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from January 2019 to December 2022 were collected. The results of PGT and invasive prenatal diagnosis were compared, and the outcomes of pregnancies were followed up. This study has been approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (No. 2022SLYEC-491).Results:A total of 172 couples were included in this study, and 26 non-targeted variants were discovered upon prenatal diagnosis, including 10 cases (38.5%) by chromosomal karyotyping, 15 (57.7%) by chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA), and 1 (3.8%) by whole exome sequencing. The 10 karyotypic anomalies had included 6 chromosomal polymorphisms, 2 chromosomal mosaicisms, 1 paternally derived translocation, and 1 missed maternal chromosomal inversion. CMA has identified 15 copy number variations (CNVs), which included 11 microdeletions and microduplications, 3 loss of heterozygosity, and 1 low-level mosaicism of paternal uniparental disomy. One CNV was classified as pathogenic, and another one was likely pathogenic, whilst the remaining 13 were classified as variants of uncertain significance. Therefore, 8.7% of CNVs was detected by invasive prenatal diagnosis after PGT. 92.3% (24/26) of the non-targeted variants have been due to technological limitations of next-generation sequencing (NGS).Conclusion:Invasive prenatal diagnosis after PGT can detect non-targeted variants, which may further reduce the incidence of birth defects.
3.Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units Scale
Aiping HU ; Jia WANG ; Qimin ZHOU ; Yuanqiu HUANG ; Shuang YANG ; Yuqi SHEN ; Mingfang XIANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2024;38(8):686-692
Objective:To translate the perceived stressors in intensive care units Scale into Chinese version,and to validate its validity and reliability and in intensive healthcare professionals.Methods:The Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units Scale was translated according to the Brislin translation model.After cultural adjustment,495 ICU healthcare professionals were selected to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale,and univariate analysis was conducted on the scores of the Scale with different characteristics.Results:The Chinese version of the scale re-tained 40 items,and 6 common factors were extracted after exploratory factor analysis.The cumulative variance contribution rate reached 58.21%.Confirmatory factor analysis showed a basic fit of the model(x2/df=2.85,CFI=0.93,TLI=0.93,RMSEA=0.09).The total Cronbach coefficient of the scale was 0.940 and the split-half relia-bility was 0.87.The retest reliability after 2 weeks was 0.92.The item-level content validity index of the Chinese version of The Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units Scale was 0.83~1.00,the scale-level content validity index was 0.93,and the average content validity was 0.98.Comparison of the total scores of scale among ICU healthcare professionals with different occupations,professional titles,marital status and working years showed sta-tistically significant differences(P<0.05).Conclusion:The Chinese version of the Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units Scale is proved to be a good instrument with acceptable validity and reliability.