title: Cerebrospinal fluid flow imaging by using phase-contrast MR technique.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces include ventricles and cerebral and spinal subarachnoid spaces. CSF motion is a combined effect of CSF production rate and superimposed cardiac pulsations. Knowledge of CSF dynamics has benefited considerably from the development of phase-contrast (PC) MRI. There are several disorders such as communicating and non-communicating hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, syringomyelic cyst and arachnoid cyst that can change the CSF dynamics. The aims of this pictorial review are to outline the PC MRI technique, CSF physiology and cerebrospinal space anatomy, to describe a group of congenital and acquired disorders that can alter the CSF dynamics, and to assess the use of PC MRI in the assessment of various central nervous system abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. bilbat_23@yahoo.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocaoglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bulakbasi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Husmen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuba Sanal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tayfun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media