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Abstract #4292

4D Flow Characteristics of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics at the Craniocervical Junction & the Cervical Spinal Canal in Patients with Chiari Malformation Type I

Alexander Christian Bunck1, Jan-Robert Krger1, Alena Jttner1, Angela Brentrup2, Barbara Fiedler3, Gerard R. Crelier4, Wolfram Schwindt1, Walter Heindel1, Thomas Niederstadt1, David Maintz1

1Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 2Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 3Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 4Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH & University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


4D phase contrast imaging allows for a detailed analysis of alterations in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in patients with Chiari malformation type I. Typical flow patterns are identified and related to symptoms and presence of concomitant syrinx.