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Abstract #2448

Role of FMRI and DTI in Assessing the Efficacy of Visual Neurorehabilitation. Preliminary Data

Matteo Bendini1, Ingrid Inches1, Marissa Barabas2, Massimo Prior3, Monica Ronzon1, Stefano Curtolo1, Davide Canonico4, Carlo Alberto Marzi2, Francesco Di Paola1

1Neuroradiology Department, Ca' Foncello Hospital Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Italy; 2Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences, University of Verona, Italy; 3Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua, Italy; 4Department of Physics, Ca' Foncello Hospital Treviso, Italy


Aim: Establish if f-MRI and DTI are valid (objective) tools to evaluate postchiasmatic damage. Materials and methods: 7 patients with HVFDs underwent to a neuro-psycological evaluation. A f-MRI and DTI sequences were applied to study the visual activation and the optic radiation. Two patients underwent to a visual rehabilitation treatment. Results: In all patients did not show an activation in the visual cortex ipsilateral to the injury. The contralateral visual area showed a normal pathway of activation. In the two patients treated, higher activation in the contralateral visual areas was observed. Conclusions: F-MRI and DTI are valid tools to study HVFDs.