Quantitative 3-T diffusion tensor imaging in detecting optic nerve degeneration in patients with glaucoma: Association with retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and clinical severity

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-498

  Wang, Mei Yun ^a   Wu, Ke ^a,b   Xu, Jun Min ^a   Dai, Jianping ^a   Qin, Wei ^d   Liu, Jiangang ^c   Tian, Jie ^c   Shi, Dapeng ^a  

^a HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^d XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Glaucoma; Optic nerve; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879690795     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1133-1     Document Type: Article

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