Comparison of 4D Phase-Contrast MRI Flow Measurements to Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Cerebrospinal Fluid Motion in the Cervical Spine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Yiallourou, Theresia I ^a   Kröger, Jan Robert ^b   Stergiopulos, Nikolaos ^a   Maintz, David ^c   Martin, Bryn A ^a,d   Bunck, Alexander C ^b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS MODEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84871350217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052284     Document Type: Article

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