Open AccessThe influence of lumbar spinal drainage on diffusion parameters in patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus using 3T MRI
Author(s) -
M Reiss-Zimmermann,
Michael Scheel,
Markus Dengl,
Matthias Preuß,
Dominik Fritzsch,
KarlTitus Hoffmann
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta radiologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.579
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1600-0455
pISSN - 0284-1851
DOI - 10.1177/0284185113502334
Subject(s) - medicine , normal pressure hydrocephalus , diffusion mri , fractional anisotropy , white matter , corpus callosum , lumbar , cerebrospinal fluid , hydrocephalus , radiology , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , dementia , disease
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) has been an ongoing and challenging field of research for the past decades because two main issues are still not fully understood: the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying ventricular enlargement and prediction of outcome after surgery.
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