Dynamic measurement of the flow rate in cerebrospinal fluid shunts in hydrocephalic patients

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 888-893

  Hidaka, Mitsuru ^a   Matsumae, Mitsunori ^a   Ito, Kaoru ^a   Tsugane, Ryuichi ^a   Suzuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow rate; Hydrocephalus; Programmable valve; Radioisotope; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TELLURIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0034925483     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100547     Document Type: Article

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