Abstract #4376

CSF and Cerebral Blood Flows in Paediatric: Evaluation with Phase Contrast MRI

Olivier Baldent¹, Vronique Courtois², Batrice Krepjowicz², Julie Schauvliege³, Anthony Fichten⁴, Guy Kongolo⁵, Roger Bouzerar¹, Catherine Gondry-Jouet³

¹image processing, university hospital, Amiens, Picardie, France, Metropolitan; ²Ecole suprieure d'ostopathie et de biomcanique, Paris; ³radiology, university hospital, Amiens, Picardie, France, Metropolitan; ⁴image processing, neurosurgery, Amiens, Picardie, France, Metropolitan; ⁵pediatry, university hospital, Amiens, Picardie, France, Metropolitan

The purpose of this study is to quantify with PC-MRI, CSF and cerebral vascular flows maturation in paediatric population and demonstrate how altered flows in children with hydrocephalus can be pointed. 36 children (5days-8years) were defined as a paediatric control group. 6 newborns (9days-6weeks) with ventricular dilation associated to intra ventricular haemorrhage (IVH) were individually studied. Arterial, venous, cervical CSF and aqueductal CSF flows were presented function of age. The 6 IVH newborn presented alterations of their cerebral flows. Quantitative assessments of CSF and blood flows indicate the potential usefulness of PC-MRI in paediatric hydrocephalus.