Age-Related Diffusion Changes in The Corpus Vitreum And Aqueous Humor of The Ocular Bulb

Abstract

The bulbus oculi consists of two main fluid-containing anatomical structures: the aqueous humor (AH) at the anterior and the vitreous humor (VH) at the posterior. In this study, we investigated the diffusion changes that occur due to aging in these two structures with different biochemical contents using magnetic resonance imaging. VH and HA diffusion values were calculated in the eyes of a total of 128 patients divided into 8 different groups according to their ages. The results obtained were compared according to age, gender and right-left distinction. There was no statistically significant difference in the diffusion values obtained for both VH and HA between genders (p=0.397, p=0.383) and between right and left eyes (p>0.568, p>0.717). However, the first decade age group had the lowest diffusion values for both structures (p