SynthesisEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2022
Dynamic sleep MRI in obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Obstructive sleep apnea and attention deficits: A systematic review of magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers and neuropsychological assessments.Brain and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- The Pharyngeal Resistance Index-A Promising Diagnostic Tool in OSA.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Effects of incremental mandibular advancement on upper airways morphology and anatomical structures: a preliminary CT scan study on body donors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Analysis of Upper Airway Morphology Using Four-Dimensional Dynamic MRI With Active Deep Learning-Based Automatic Segmentation.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026Article
- Role of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): A Comprehensive Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Telemedicine-delivered myofunctional therapy remodels upper airway anatomy in obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective controlled study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on patients with post-stroke insomnia: a randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Posterior airway space following mandibular reconstruction using microvascular free flaps in oral cancer patients in relation to radiotherapy: a single-center study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Predictive modeling of obstructive sleep apnea using pharyngeal magnetic resonance imaging radiomics and clinical data.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- The Impact of Diagnostic Imaging on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Feedback from a Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A flexible catheter-based sensor array for upper airway soft tissues pressure monitoring.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Clinical Significance of Upper Airway Dynamic Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- The effect of including dynamic imaging derived airway wall motion in CFD simulations of respiratory airflow in patients with OSA.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Microstructural Changes in the Cerebral White Matter After 12 Months of CPAP Treatment for Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A TBSS Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2024Article
- Current Trends in Orthognathic Surgery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Characteristics and Mechanism of Upper Airway Collapse Revealed by Dynamic MRI During Natural Sleep in Patients with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Nature and science of sleep · 2023Article
- Hyoid bone position as an indicator of severe obstructive sleep apnea.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe objective of this study is to systematically review the international literature for dynamic sleep magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic tool in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), to perform meta-analysis on the quantitative data from the review, and to discuss its implications in future research and potential clinical applications. STUDY
designA comprehensive review of the literature was performed, followed by a detailed analysis of the relevant data that has been published on the topic.
methodsClinical key, Uptodate, Ovid, Ebscohost, Pubmed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Dynamed, Web of Science and The Cochrane Library were systematically searched. Once the search was completed, dynamic sleep MRI data were analyzed.
resultsNineteen articles reported on 410 OSA patients and 79 controls that underwent dynamic sleep MRI and were included in this review. For meta-analysis of dynamic sleep MRI data, eight articles presented relevant data on 160 OSA patients. Obstruction was reported as follows: retropalatal (RP) 98%, retroglossal (RG) 41% and hypopharyngeal (HP) in 5%. Lateral pharyngeal wall (LPW) collapse was found in 35/73 (48%) patients. The combinations of RP + RG were observed in 24% and RP + RG + LPW in 16%. If sedation was used, 98% of study participants fell asleep compared to 66% of unsedated participants.
conclusionsDynamic sleep MRI has demonstrated that nearly all patients have retropalatal obstruction, retroglossal obstruction is common and hypopharyngeal obstruction is rare. Nearly all patients (98%) who are sedated are able to fall asleep during the MRI. There is significant heterogeneity in the literature and standardization is needed.
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