Haiyang Zhang, Yuting Liu, Mengda Jiang, Feiyang Shen, Tianyi Zhu, Duojin Xia, Jipeng Li, Sijie Fang, Yinwei Li, Jing Sun, Xuefei Song, Huifang Zhou, Xianqun Fan
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the pathological interplay between immunity and the visual processing system (VPS) in thyroid eye disease (TED). METHODS: A total of 24 active patients (AP), 26 inactive patients (IP) of TED, and 27 healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled. Orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) were conducted for each participant. Multiple MRI parameters of the intraorbital optic nerve (ON) were assessed. The amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and regional homogeneity (ReHo) were calculated...
December 19, 2023: European Radiology