Study progress of multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in classical trigeminal neuralgia
ZHANG Quan
YUAN Fei
Abstract：Classical trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is one of the most common diseases of cranial nerves and characterized by recurrent episodes of severe electric shock-like pain in the sensory supply areas of trigeminal nerve, without an established etiology. Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques can fully evaluate the neurovascular contact at cisternal segment of trigeminal nerve, morphological changes of trigeminal nerve, fiber integrity of trigeminal nerve, structural and functional alternations in related brain areas, which can help to understand the pathogenesis of TN, guide development of treatment strategy and predict outcome of microvascular decompression. In this article, the technological progress and current development of multimodal MRI in classical TN were reviewed.
Keywords：Trigeminal neuralgiaMagnetic resonance tomographic angiographyDiffusion tensor imagingMagnetic resonance spectroscopyFunctional magnetic resonance imaging
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 318-321 )