Characterization of cyclic CSF flow in the foramen magnum and upper cervical spinal canal with MR flow imaging and computational fluid dynamics

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 997-1002

  Hentschel, S ^a   Mardal, K A ^a,b   Lovgren A E ^a   Linge, S ^a,c   Haughton, Victor ^d  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FLOW RATE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VOLUMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SYSTOLE;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SPINAL CANAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; SYSTOLE;

EID: 77953525660     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1995     Document Type: Review

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