کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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504041 | 864262 | 2015 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• A planar map of intracranial cerebrospinal fluid distribution is presented.
• Useful for fluid distribution analysis in hydrocephalus cases.
• Characterize fluid distributions of (non-)pathological cases.
• Study fluid networks of (non-)pathological cases.
Cerebrospinal fluid imaging plays a significant role in the clinical diagnosis of brain disorders, such as hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease. While three-dimensional images of cerebrospinal fluid are very detailed, the complex structures they contain can be time-consuming and laborious to interpret. This paper presents a simple technique that represents the intracranial cerebrospinal fluid distribution as a two-dimensional image in such a way that the total fluid volume is preserved. We call this a volumetric relief map, and show its effectiveness in a characterization and analysis of fluid distributions and networks in hydrocephalus patients and healthy adults.
Journal: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - Volume 44, September 2015, Pages 26–40