title: Experimental testing of a method for on-line identification of the cerebrospinal fluid system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Sweden. ian.manchester@tfe.umu.se
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Manchester
authors.forename: Kennet S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eklund
authors.forename: Anton S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shiriaev
mesh_terms: D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology*