Multi-Point Velocity Encoding for Simultaneous Assessment of
Arterial, Venous and Cerebrospinal Flow
Verena Knobloch1, Christian Binter1,
Peter Boesiger1, Sebastian Kozerke1
1Institute for Biomedical Engineering,
University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
The acquisition
of arterial and venous blood flow to the cranium as well as flow of
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the spinal canal are the main input parameters
for modeling cerebrospinal dynamics. The acquisition of all three components
requires high sensitivity to a large range of velocities. This work aimed at
simultaneous measurement of arterial, venous and CSF flow in the neck using a
multi-point variable-density velocity encoded 3D sequence with spatiotemporal
undersampling.
