Hu Jinqun, Xiong Jian, Jiang Jing, Wei Ying, Ling Fayang, Luo Shichun, Chen Jiao, Su Chengguo, Wang Xiao, Qi Wenchuan, Liang Fanrong
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China, 610075.
Sichuan Clinical Medicine Research Center of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China, 610075.
Curr Med Imaging. 2024;20:e15734056274864. doi: 10.2174/0115734056274864231227071026.
Currently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to remain in the pandemic stage, leading to severe challenges in the global public healthcare system. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods have played an important role in the diagnosis of COVID-19 and the structural evaluation of the affected organs. Reviewing and summarizing the application of MRI has significant clinical implications for COVID-19.
The study aimed to analyze literature related to the application of MRI in COVID-19 using bibliometric tools, to explore the research status, hotspots, and developmental trends in this field, and to provide a reference for the application of MRI in the clinical diagnosis and evaluation of COVID-19.
We used the Web of Science Core Collection database to search and collect relevant literature on the use of MRI in COVID-19. The authors, institutes, countries, journals, and keyword modules of the bibliometric analysis software CiteSpace and VOSviewer were used to analyze and plot the network map.
A total of 1506 relevant articles were shortlisted through the search; the earliest study was published in 2019, showing an overall upward trend every year. The research was mainly presented as published articles. Clinical neurology was found to be the primary discipline. The United States had the highest publication volume and influence in this field. Countries around the world cooperated more closely. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science was the main periodical to publish articles. Institutes, such as Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic, and Massachusetts General Hospital, have published a large number of papers. Some of the high-frequency keywords were "COVID-19", "SARS-CoV-2", "magnetic resonance", "myocarditis", and "cardiac magnetic resonance imaging". The keyword clustering study showed that the current research mainly focuses on five "hot" directions.
There is a need to strengthen cross-teamwork and multidisciplinary collaboration in the future to completely explore the positive role of MRI in COVID-19 and to discover breakthroughs for the challenges in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.
目前，2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）仍处于大流行阶段，给全球公共卫生保健系统带来严峻挑战。磁共振成像（MRI）方法在COVID-19的诊断以及受影响器官的结构评估中发挥了重要作用。回顾和总结MRI的应用对COVID-19具有重要的临床意义。
本研究旨在利用文献计量学工具分析与MRI在COVID-19中的应用相关的文献，探讨该领域的研究现状、热点和发展趋势，为MRI在COVID-19临床诊断和评估中的应用提供参考。
我们使用Web of Science核心合集数据库搜索并收集关于MRI在COVID-19中应用的相关文献。利用文献计量分析软件CiteSpace和VOSviewer的作者、机构、国家、期刊和关键词模块进行分析并绘制网络图。
通过检索共筛选出1506篇相关文章；最早的研究发表于2019年，且每年总体呈上升趋势。研究主要以发表的文章形式呈现。临床神经学是主要学科。美国在该领域的发文量和影响力最高。世界各国之间的合作更加紧密。《Cureus医学科学杂志》是发表文章的主要期刊。哈佛医学院、梅奥诊所和麻省总医院等机构发表了大量论文。一些高频关键词有“COVID-19”“严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2”“磁共振”“心肌炎”和“心脏磁共振成像”。关键词聚类研究表明，当前研究主要集中在五个“热点”方向。
未来需要加强跨团队和多学科合作，以充分探索MRI在COVID-19中的积极作用，并为COVID-19临床诊断和治疗中的挑战找到突破点。
