Diffusion Tensor Imaging Detects Rarefaction of Optic Radiation in Glaucoma Patients

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-769

  Engelhorn, Tobias ^a   Michelson, Georg ^a   Waerntges, Simone ^a   Struffert, Tobias ^a   Haider, Sultan ^b   Doerfler, Arnd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DTI, cerebral microangiopathy; Glaucoma; Transneuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA;

AGED; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955607329     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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