Abstract
Introduction: Inside the craniospinal system, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) interactions occurring through volume exchanges are still not well understood. We built a physical model of this global hydrodynamic system. The main objective was to study, in controlled conditions, CSF–blood interactions to better understand the phenomenon underlying pathogenesis of hydrocephalus.
Materials and methods: A structure representing the cranium is connected to the spinal channel. The cranium is divided into compartments mimicking anatomical regions such as ventricles or aqueduct cerebri. Resistive and compliant characteristics of blood and CSF compartments can be assessed or measured using pressure and flow sensors incorporated in the model. An arterial blood flow input is generated by a programmable pump. Flows and pressures inside the system are simultaneously recorded.
Results: Preliminary results show that the model can mimic venous and CSF flows in response to arterial pressure input. Pulse waveforms and volume flows were measured and confirmed that they partially replicated the data previously obtained with phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. The phantom shows that CSF oscillations directly result from arteriovenous flow, and intracranial pressure measurements show that the model obeys an exponential relationship between pressure and intracranial volume expansion.
Conclusion: The phantom will be useful to investigate the hydrodynamic hypotheses underlying development of hydrocephalus.
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This work was supported by European Community Grant Interreg (inter-regional cooperation between university hospitals of Amiens and Cambridge).
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Bouzerar, R., Czosnyka, M., Czosnyka, Z., Balédent, O. (2012). Physical Phantom of Craniospinal Hydrodynamics. In: Aygok, G., Rekate, H. (eds) Hydrocephalus. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 113. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0923-6_14
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