Cardiac-gated intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the investigation of intracranial cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in the lateral ventricle: a feasibility study.
Eddie SurerCristina RossiAnton S BeckerTim FinkenstaedtMoritz C WurnigAntonios ValavanisSebastian WinklhoferPublished in: Neuroradiology (2018)
The fraction of fast diffusion from IVIM is feasible to detect a direction-dependent and cardiac-dependent pulsatile CSF flow within the lateral ventricles allowing for quantitative monitoring of CSF dynamics. This technique might provide opportunities to further investigate the pathophysiology of various neurological disorders involving altered CSF dynamics.
Keyphrases
- diffusion weighted
- contrast enhanced
- cerebrospinal fluid
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance
- minimally invasive
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- high resolution
- pulmonary artery
- high speed
- congenital heart disease
- brain injury