Diagnostic imaging in neuro-ophthalmology

• Published in: Radiologia Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 190 - 207
• Main Authors: Vela Marín, A C, Seral Moral, P, Bernal Lafuente, C, Izquierdo Hernández, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Spain 01-05-2018
• Subjects: Eye Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Optic Nerve Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Órbita; Orbit; Visual pathways; Vías visuales; Técnicas de imagen oftalmológicas; Enfermedades oculares; Ophthalmologic imaging techniques; Ocular diseases
• ISSN: 1578-178X; 2173-5107
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2017.11.005

Neuro-ophthalmology is a field combining neurology and ophthalmology that studies diseases that affect the visual system and the mechanisms that control eye movement and pupil function. Imaging tests make it possible to thoroughly assess the relevant anatomy and disease of the structures that make up the visual pathway, the nerves that control eye and pupil movement, and the orbital structures themselves. This article is divided into three sections (review of the anatomy, appropriate imaging techniques, and evaluation of disease according to clinical symptoms), with the aim of providing useful tools that will enable radiologists to choose the best imaging technique for the differential diagnosis of patients' problems to reach the correct diagnosis of their disease.