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Volume of brain ventricles in man determined by computer tomography

  • Neuroradiology of Vascular and Atrophic Lesions in the Geriatric Age
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In order to measure the absolute ventricular volumes in ml we developed a method using the numerical prints of CT (EMI, CT 1000) on which — by comparing with corresponding Polaroid photos — the margin between brain tissue and ventricles was drawn. For further evaluation, a curve digitizer and a digital computer were used. In 51 patients without any abnormal findings in CT, we studied the volume of single ventricles. The mean value of the whole ventricular system was 30.9±5.7 ml. Reproducibility by this method is within a range of 5%.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University of Hamburg, FRG

    F. Brassow & K. Baumann

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Brassow, F., Baumann, K. Volume of brain ventricles in man determined by computer tomography. Neuroradiology 16, 187–189 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00395246

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