Open AccessLocal Deformation of Extraocular Muscles during Eye Movement
Author(s) -
Marco Piccirelli,
Roger Luechinger,
Veit Sturm,
Peter Boesiger,
Klara Landau,
Oliver Bergamin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.08-3182
Subject(s) - extraocular muscles , anatomy , eye movement , magnetic resonance imaging , lateral rectus muscle , deformation (meteorology) , movement (music) , physics , medicine , ophthalmology , radiology , meteorology , acoustics
To study extraocular muscle (EOM) function, the local physiologic contraction and elongation (deformation) along human horizontal EOMs were quantified by using motion-encoded magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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