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Computed Tomography Examinations

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The rapid development seen in the last 20–25 years in neuroimaging had the largest effect perhaps on neuro-ophthalmologic diagnostics. The main purpose of this chapter is to select the methods that give reliable answers from the various available examinations in neuroimaging in the field of neuro-ophthalmology to questions rising during a thorough preliminary clinical examination. Primarily, data collected with CT examination will be discussed, but other examinations will be mentioned regarding indications. Examination of the following anatomical areas may be performed regarding visual disorders in a broader sense:

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Kenéz, J. (2016). Computed Tomography Examinations. In: Somlai, J., Kovács, T. (eds) Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28956-4_30

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