Research Article
Early Inflammatory Response following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rabbits Using USPIO- and Gd-Enhanced MRI
Table 2
Changes of sizes of edema and contrast-enhancement during dynamic monitoring.
| Number of groups | Number of rabbits | 24 h after TBI | 48 h after TBI | 72 h after TBI | 120 h after TBI | T2WI | Gd-T1WI | USPIO-T1WI | T2WI | Gd-T1WI | USPIO-T1WI | T2WI | Gd-T1WI | USPIO-T1WI | T2WI | Gd-T1WI | USPIO-T1WI |
| 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.55 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.04 | 0.68 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0.6 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 2.4 | 1.86 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 1 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.15 | 0.16 | — | — | — | 2 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0.59 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.82 | 0.46 | 0.32 | — | — | — | 3 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.2 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 | 0.21 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.28 | — | — | — | 5 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0.96 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.02 | 0.78 | 0.8 | — | — | — |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.26 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.39 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.37 | 1.1 | 0.21 | 0.56 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.81 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.02 | 0.6 | 0.22 | 1.3 | 0.12 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.81 | 0.21 | 0 | 1.62 | 0.41 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 5 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0.72 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.59 | 0.06 | 0.3 |
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