Magnetic resonance imaging-based measurements of cerebrospinal fluid and blood flow as indicators of intracranial compliance in patients with Chiari malformation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Alperin, Noam ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, Anusha ^b   Lichtor, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid flow; Chiari malformation; Intracranial compliance; Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24944494967     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.1.0046     Document Type: Article

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