Differences between proximal versus distal intraorbital optic nerve diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging properties in glaucoma patients

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4191-4196

  Bolacchi, Francesca ^a   Garaci, Francesco Giuseppe ^a,b   Martucci, Alessio ^a   Meschini, Alessandro ^a   Fornari, Maria ^a   Marziali, Simone ^a   Mancino, Raffaele ^a   Squillaci, Ettore ^a   Floris, Roberto ^a   Cerulli, Luciano ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a   Nucci, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866274883     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9345     Document Type: Article

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