Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging and cranial ultrasound are the most frequently implemented imaging methods for investigating the infantile hydrocephalic brain. A general and reliable measurement index that can be equally applied in both imaging methods to assess dimension of ventricular dilatation is currently not available. For this purpose, a new parameter called the frontal and temporal horn ratio – determinable in coronal slices of the brain – was developed and evaluated in a comparative volumetric retrospective study: Statistical analyses of 118 MRIs of 46 different shunt-treated pediatric patients revealed a good linear correlation between the new index and the actual ventricular volume.
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Antes, S., Welsch, M., Kiefer, M., Gläser, M., Körner, H., Eymann, R. (2013). The Frontal and Temporal Horn Ratio to Assess Dimension of Paediatric Hydrocephalus: A Comparative Volumetric Study. In: Katayama, Y., Maeda, T., Kuroiwa, T. (eds) Brain Edema XV. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 118. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1434-6_39
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