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Intrathecal Application of a Fluorescent Dye for the Identification of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Cochlear Malformation
Published on: February 29, 2020
Experimental testing of a method for on-line identification of the cerebrospinal fluid system
Ian R Manchester1, Kennet S Andersson, Anders Eklund
1Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Sweden. ian.manchester@tfe.umu.se
Abstract:
Accurate estimates of the compliance and out-flow resistance of the human cerebrospinal fluid system are important for diagnosis of a medical condition known as hydrocephalus. In this paper we present a system which provides simultaneous on-line estimates of the outflow resistance and compliance. It's performance is experimentally verified using the same apparatus used to perform actual patient diagnoses and a specially designed physical model of the human cerebrospinal fluid system.

