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Abstract #22892 Published in IGR 11-1
Clinical application of MRI in ophthalmology
Townsend KA; Wollstein G; Schuman JSNMR in Biomedicine 2008; 21: 997-1002
MRI has long been applied to clinical medical and neurological cases for the structural assessment of tissues as well as their physiological and functional needs and processes. These uses are at a variety of developmental stages in ophthalmology, from common use of clinical structural assessment for neuro-ophthalmology and evaluation of space-occupying lesions to the beginning stages of experimentally measuring functional activation of specific layers within the retina and measurement of physiological oxygen responses. New MRI methodologies, such as the use of orbital coils and Gd-DTPA image enhancement, have been researched, developed, and validated in the eye, opening new possibilities for this technology to enter the clinic. This review aims to summarize the clinical ophthalmological uses of MRI, focusing on the current use of the technology and future applications.
Dr. J.S. Schuman, UPMC Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. schumanjs@upmc.edu
Classification:
6.9.5 Other (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis)
2.15 Optic nerve (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
