Assessment of the biomechanical state of intracranial tissues by dynamic MRI of cerebrospinal fluid pulsations: A phantom study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1043-1048

  Chu, D ^a   Levin, D N ^a   Alperin, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain biomechanics; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cranial phantom; Dynamic MRI; Flow imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; FORAMEN MAGNUM; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLIANCE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032442646     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00142-8     Document Type: Article

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