1.Application of Magnetic Resonance Elastography in the Evaluation of Common Intracranial Tumor Stiffness
Jingyi LIN ; Jing ZHAO ; Tianyu HU ; Manshi HU ; Minfen LIU ; Dingxiang XIE
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2026;47(1):143-151
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical potential of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for assessing the stiffness of common intracranial tumors. MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 47 patients with brain tumors who underwent surgical treatment at The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between April 2023 and September 2024. The cohort included 10 cases of glioma, 12 cases of vestibular schwannoma, and 25 cases of meningioma. All patients underwent multiparameter MRI and MRE preoperatively. After co-registering MRE images with contrast-enhanced 3D T1-weighted images, three regions of interest (ROIs) were placed in the areas of maximum and minimum tumor stiffness respectively to measure the shear stiffness values, and the mean was calculated as the average shear stiffness. Additionally, one ROI was placed in the white matter and one in the grey matter of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle at the basal ganglia level to obtain normal reference values. A neurosurgeon, blind to the MRE results, graded the intraoperative tumor stiffness based on surgical videos using a 5-point scale (1: soft; 5: hard). Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to assess inter-observer consistency. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and nonparametric tests were employed to compare the differences of shear stiffness values between groups. Spearman correlation analysis was used to examine the correlation between elasticity values and clinicopathological parameters. The discriminatory efficacy of shear stiffness values for tumor types was evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. ResultsThe ICCs for elasticity values measured by two physicians in the hardest and softest tumor areas were 0.868 and 0.831, respectively (both P< 0.01). The maximum, minimum, and average shear stiffness values of meningiomas[(1.91±0.28) m/s, (1.66±0.25) m/s, (1.78±0.26) m/s, respectively] were significantly higher than those of gliomas[(1.59±0.23) m/s, (1.42±0.23) m/s, (1.50±0.22) m/s, respectively (P<0.05)]. The shear stiffness values of vestibular schwannomas[(1.70±0.30) m/s, (1.51±0.23) m/s, (1.61±0.26) m/s, respectively) were lower than those of meningiomas and higher than those of gliomas, but these differences were not statistically significant (both P>0.05). The shear stiffness values of white matter were significantly higher than that of grey matter[(1.63±0.08) m/s vs. (1.39±0.12) m/s, P<0.05)]. In the overall sample, the maximum, minimum, and average shear stiffness values were significantly positively correlated with the intraoperative hardness grade (rs = 0.591, rs = 0.541, rs = 0.571, respectively; all P<0.001), negatively correlated with WHO grade (rs = -0.458, rs = -0.458, rs = -0.480, respectively; all P<0.01), but showed no correlation with Ki-67 (all P>0.05). ConclusionMRE can be used to assess the stiffness of intracranial tumors and to some extent differentiate between tumor types, which aids in formulating more individualized preoperative surgical plans.
2.Effect of family education methods and parental rearing or not on the psychological problem tendency of primary school students
Qingju HU ; Weiming LIANG ; Xuexian ZHANG ; Manshi CHEN ; Yanlin ZHANG ; Liang XING ; Shaoxia ZHANG ; Xiumei TAN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2018;27(12):1123-1126
Objective To explore the impact of family education methods and parental rearing or not on the psychological problem tendency of primary school students.Methods The mental health test (MHT) was used on getting mental health data of the 2 838 primary school students from Dongguan city.Results (1) The results of MHT showed that 94.28% of primary school students had no psychological problems,the tendency rate of psychological problems was 4.29%,and 1.43% of them were suffering from serious psychological problems.Learning anxiety,physical symptoms and allergy tendency were more prominent.(2) The total MHT scores of primary school students with authoritarian,democratic,permissive and neglected family education methods were (34.84±14.58),(31.04±13.60),(35.19±12.82) and (41.19±13.10)respectively.There was no statistically significant difference in the terrorist tendency dimension scores of primary school students with different education methods (F=2.33,P=0.054),and the differences in the MHT total score and other dimensions were statistically significant (F=4.35-16.88,P<0.01).(3) There were statistically significant differences in the scores of the total score of psychological problem tendency,dimensions of learning anxiety,anxiety to people,allergy tendency and impulse tendency of primary school students who were parental rearing or not (t=2.09-3.67,P<0.05).However,there was no statistically significant difference in the dimensions of loneliness tendency,self-accusation tendency,physical symptoms and terrorist tendency (P>0.05).Conclusion Family education methods and parenting styles has a impact on the mental health of primary school students.

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