High Periventricular T1 Relaxation Times Predict Gait Improvement After Spinal Tap in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Ilko L MaierMarielle HeideSabine HoferPeter DechentIngo Fiss Christian von der Brelie Veit Rohde Jens Frahm Mathias Bähr Jan Liman

Published in: Clinical neuroradiology (2022)

In iNPH-patients, periventricular T1 relaxation times are increased compared to age-matched controls and predict gait improvement after CSF-TT. T1 mapping might enrich iNPH work-up and might be useful to indicate permanent shunting.

Keyphrases

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