title: Anterior chamber configuration in patients with glaucoma: MR gonioscopy evaluation with half-Fourier single-shot RARE sequence and microscopy coil.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine the accuracy of half-Fourier single-shot rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement high-spatial-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging performed with a microscopy coil in the diagnosis of narrow anterior chamber angle in patients with glaucoma. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy served as the reference standard. The institutional review board approved this study, and written informed consent was obtained from the 20 recruited patients. There was excellent agreement between MR gonioscopy and slit-lamp biomicroscopy in the classification of anterior chamber angles as narrow or open (kappa = 0.89 [95% confidence interval: 0.69, 1.10]). MR gonioscopy has substantial potential as a technique used to evaluate glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, 3-1-36 Futabanosato, Higashiku, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan. tntrad@ms1.megaegg.ne.jp
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanitame
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uyama
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumida
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: Katsuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006068:Gonioscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged