Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy: Evaluating Microstructural Changes of Extraocular Muscles and Optic Nerves Using Readout-Segmented Echo-Planar Imaging-Based Diffusion Tensor Imaging.
Huan Huan ChenHao HuWen ChenDai CuiXiao-Quan XuFei Yun WuTao YangPublished in: Korean journal of radiology (2020)
rs-EPI-based DTI is promising in assessing microstructural changes of EOMs and optic nerves and can help to indicate the disease activity of TAO, especially through the MD of medial EOMs.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- white matter
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- optical coherence tomography
- ankylosing spondylitis
- optic nerve
- high resolution
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- multiple sclerosis
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- mass spectrometry
- photodynamic therapy
- fluorescence imaging