Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy: Evaluation of the brain and optic pathway by conventional MRI and magnetisation transfer imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1669-1674

  Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a   Zikou, Anastasia K ^a   Tzovara, Ioanna ^a   Nikas, Alexios ^a   Blekas, Kostandinos ^b   Margariti, Persefoni ^a   Galatsanos, Nikolaos ^b   Asproudis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetisation transfer ratio; Non arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERITIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34250357592     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0506-9     Document Type: Article

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