Effect of tonsillar herniation on cyclic CSF flow studied with computational flow analysis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1474-1481

  Linge, Svein O ^a,b   Haughton, V ^b,c   Lovgren A E ^b   Mardal, K A ^b   Helgeland, A ^b,d   Langtangen, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; HEART CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSIL HERNIA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 80052884594     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2496     Document Type: Article

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