Evidence for widespread structural brain changes in glaucoma: A preliminary voxel-based MRI study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5880-5887

  Williams, Alice L ^a   Lackey, John ^b   Wizov, Sheryl S ^a   Chia, Tao Ming Thomas ^b   Gatla, Srinivas ^a   Moster, Mark L ^a   Sergott, Robert ^a   Spaeth, George L ^a   Lai, Song ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Structural MRI; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

GLAUCOMA; STRUCTURAL MRI; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84883252615     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11776     Document Type: Article

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