Demonstration of systematic variation in human intraorbital optic nerve size by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and histology

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1047-1051

  Karim, Shaheen ^a,b   Clark, Robert A ^a   Poukens, Vadims ^a   Demer, Joseph L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; AGED; ANATOMY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT;

EID: 2142652983     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1246     Document Type: Article

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