Orbital and intracranial effects of microgravity: Findings at 3-T MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 819-827

  Kramer, Larry A ^a   Sargsyan, Ashot E ^b   Hasan, Khader M ^a   Polk, James D ^c   Hamilton, Douglas R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MICROGRAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DIAMETER; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE SHEAT DIAMETER; ORBIT DISEASE; PITUITARY STALK; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ASTRONAUTS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PITUITARY GLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84862500034     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111986     Document Type: Article

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