Radiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Partain, C. L.
Right arrow Articles by Johnston, R. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Partain, C. L.
Right arrow Articles by Johnston, R. E.

Radiology, Vol 127, 705-711, Copyright © 1978 by Radiological Society of North America

ARTICLES

A multiregional kinetics model for cerebrospinal fluid

CL Partain, HP Wu, EV Staab and RE Johnston

A mathematical model was developed to describe the multiregional flow of intrathecal indium-111 DTPA, and hence indirectly the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, in sequential spinal and cerebral CSF images. The model provides for an arbitrary input function, transport delay between appropriate compartments, transmeningeal and transependymal transport, and for bidirectional flow between most compartments. Two- and eight- compartment models were evaluated. The set of eight nonlinear differential equations was solved using numerical techniques. This model provides a quantitative basis for the interpretation of CSF kinetics.




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
RADIOLOGY RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE
Copyright © 1978 by the Radiological Society of North America.