Experimental testing of a method for on-line identification of the cerebrospinal fluid system.
Accurate estimates of the compliance and out-flow resistance of the human cerebrospinal fluid system are important for diagnosis of a medical condition known as hydrocephalus. In this paper we present a system which provides simultaneous on-line estimates of the outflow resistance and compliance. It's performance is experimentally verified using the same apparatus used to perform actual patient diagnoses and a specially designed physical model of the human cerebrospinal fluid system.
Manchester
Ian R
IR
Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Sweden. ian.manchester@tfe.umu.se
Andersson
Kennet S
KS
Eklund
Anders
A
Shiriaev
Anton S
AS
D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology*