A quantitative approach to measuring the cerebrospinal fluid space with CT.
A method for measuring the subarachnoid space by using an independent CT evaluation unit is described. The normal values have been calculated for patients, according to age, and three examples are presented demonstrating reversible decrease of brain volume in patients suffering anorexia nervosa and chronic alcoholism.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed