International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2015;(5):392-395

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165.2015.05.014

Blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment

Zhenjie TENG ; Peiyuan LYU

Keywords

Cognition Disorders; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Functional Neuroimaging; Oxygen

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

The significance of the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment(VCI)is able to do early intervention and delay or even prevent its progress. How ever, due to the limitations of diagnostic methods and standards, the patients w ith mild VCI often can not get timely and accurate diagnosis. Recent studies have show n that blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) may provide objective indicators for the diagnosis of VCI. This article review s the application of BOLD-fMRI in the diagnosis of VCI.