A framework for voxel-based morphometric analysis of the optic radiation using diffusion tensor imaging in glaucoma

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1076-1087

  El Rafei, Ahmed ^a   Engelhorn, Tobias ^a   Wärntges, Simone ^a   Dörfler, Arnd ^a   Hornegger, Joachim ^a   Michelson, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Glaucoma; Optic radiation; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MYELINATED NERVE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80052624696     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.02.034     Document Type: Article

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