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Quantitative Mapping of Ocular Oxygenation Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Author(s) -
Berkowitz Bruce A.,
Wilson Charles A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910330419
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , oxygenation , blood oxygenation , hypoxia (environmental) , blindness , retinal , medicine , functional magnetic resonance imaging , ophthalmology , radiology , oxygen , optometry , chemistry , organic chemistry
Abstract Retinal hypoxia is hypothesized to initiate angiogenesis, a leading cause of blindness in developed countries. Attempts to test this hypothesis suffer from the need to use highly invasive oxygen electrodes. In this communication, noninvasive and quantitative mapping of ocular oxygenation using magnetic resonance imaging is demonstrated for the first time.