ABSTRACT
@#Objective To investigate the microstructure changes of brain regions of interest in patients with Parkinson disease with dysosmia using diffusion kurtosis imaging.Methods DKI scanning was performed in 16 patients with dysosmia and 21 patients without dysosmia.Supramarginal gyrus,postcentral gyrus,heschl gyrus and inferior temporal gyrus were selected as regions of interest.Results The values of FA,KFA,AK and RK in the region of interest in the Parkinson disease group with dysosmia were significantly lower than those without dysosmia (P<0.05);the values of AD,MD and RD in the region of interest in the Parkinson disease group with dysosmia were significantly higher than those without dysosmia (P<0.05);There was a close correlation between the olfactory score and the right supramarginal gyrus,postcentral gyrus,inferior temporal gyrus,bilateral heschl gyrus in the Parkinson disease group with dysosmia (P<0.05).Conclusion DKI parameters can be used as biomarkers for early diagnosis of dysosmia in Parkinson disease.