A technique for evaluation of CSF shunt patency using telethermography.
Sixty-two operated hydrocephalic children have been tested in order to evaluate the functioning of CSF shunt using a telethermographic technique. The obtained results indicate that the thermal transfer due to CSF flow within the shunt may be utilized for detecting the patency of the inserted CSF shunt.
D000293:Adolescent; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*