Glaucoma severity affects diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters of the optic nerve and optic radiation

Sidek S 1 , Ramli N 2 , Rahmat K 3 , Ramli NM 4 , Abdulrahman F 4 , Tan LK 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya, Research Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia; Medical Imaging Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya, Research Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya, Research Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia. Electronic address: katt_xr2000@yahoo.com
  • 4 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eur J Radiol, 2014 Aug;83(8):1437-41.
PMID: 24908588 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.05.014

Abstract

To evaluate whether MR diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the optic nerve and optic radiation in glaucoma patients provides parameters to discriminate between mild and severe glaucoma and to determine whether DTI derived indices correlate with retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness.

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