Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Esin Karahan

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• Research Article
  Structural and Functional Evaluation of Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration from Eye to Visual Cortex using 1.5T MR Imaging: A Pilot Study
  Author(s): Kaya N Engin, Bulent Yemişci, Sibel Toreyen Bayramoglu, Nurten Turan Guner, Onur Ozyurt, Esin Karahan, Cengizhan Ozturk and Penbe CagatayKaya N Engin, Bulent Yemişci, Sibel Toreyen Bayramoglu, Nurten Turan Guner, Onur Ozyurt, Esin Karahan, Cengizhan Ozturk and Penbe Cagatay
  
  Aim: Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy and glaucomateus damage proceeds from retinal ganglion cells to brain. A better understanding of retrobulbar damage will enable us to develop more efficient strategies and a more accurate understanding of glaucoma. We evaluated retrobulbar glaucomatous damage with favorable techniques for 1.5T MR imaging.Material and methods: Five glaucoma cases and one healthy subject are included. Diffusion tensor MR imaging and functional MR images were taken with 1.5T MR. Correlation of optic nerve and corpus geniculatum laterale diffusion tensor MR parameters with eye findings were statistically evaluated.Results: Optic nerve damage and cortical hypofunction were shown with diffusion tensor MR and functional MR imaging, respectively. Correlations of the apparent diffusion coefficient with mean devi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000341

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