Lockwood A H, Weissenborn K, Butterworth R F
Center for PET, VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo NY 14215, USA.
Curr Opin Neurol. 1997 Dec;10(6):525-33. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199712000-00016.
As imaging techniques have advanced from those that are based on tissue density and hence are strictly anatomical in nature, to include those based on physiologic and biochemical factors, the expectation has grown that imaging will be used to evaluate patients with diseases that are caused by disordered metabolism. In this review, recent advances in neuroimaging are discussed that have led to new insights into the pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy, a common condition that is caused by the failure of the liver to remove metabolic wastes from the blood.
随着成像技术从基于组织密度(因此本质上严格属于解剖学范畴)的技术发展到包括基于生理和生化因素的技术,人们越来越期望成像技术能够用于评估患有由代谢紊乱引起的疾病的患者。在这篇综述中,将讨论神经成像的最新进展,这些进展为肝性脑病的病理生理学带来了新的见解,肝性脑病是一种常见病症,由肝脏无法从血液中清除代谢废物所致。