Sandro
Romanzetti1, Petra Stoerig2, Ana Maria Oros-Peusquens1,
N. Jon Shah1,3
1Institute
of Neuroscience and Medicine 4, Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum
Juelich, Juelich, Germany; 2Institut fr Experimentelle
Psychologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universitt, Duesseldorf, Germany; 3Faculty
of Medicine, Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Many
ophthalmological and neurological pathologies affect the optic nerve which
provides the brain with retinal information.
Revealing their manifestations with isotropic, high-resolution imaging
of the optic nerve, the orbit and the chiasm may allow early and direct
diagnosis of diseases that result in loss of visual function, partial or
complete blindness. In this pilot
study, we present isotropic, high-resolution optic nerve images which may be
suitable for clinical applications.