Determination of cranio-spinal canal compliance distribution by MRI: Methodology and early application in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1397-1404

  Tain, Rong Wen ^a   Bagci, Ahmet M ^a   Lam, Byron L ^b   Sklar, Evelyn M ^a   Ertl Wagner, Birgit ^c   Alperin, Noam ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

cranio spinal compliance; CSF and blood flows; intracranial pressure; lumped parameter modeling; phase contrast; spinal canal compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 81755163079     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22799     Document Type: Article

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