Advances in neuroimaging of the visual pathways and their use in glaucoma

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-177

  Garaci, Francesco Giuseppe ^a,b   Cozzolino, Valeria ^a   Nucci, Carlo ^a   Gaudiello, Fabrizio ^a   Ludovici, Andrea ^a   Lupattelli, Tommaso ^c   Floris, Roberto ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; functional MR imaging; glaucoma; MRI; tractography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLAUCOMA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 53049088738     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)01112-6     Document Type: Review

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