Conference Proceedings
Using numerical model to predict hydrocephalus based on MRI images
X Shen, G Narsilio, H Wang, D Smith, G Egan
Proc of 2007 Joint Meet of the 6th Int Symp on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the Int Conf on Functional Biomedical Imaging Nfsi and Icfbi 2007 | IEEE | Published : 2007
Abstract
Abnormal flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may lead to a hydrocephalus condition as a result of birth defects, accident or infection. In this paper we use raw MRI data to work out the "Tissue Classification Segmentation" image and then import this realistic brain geometry into a finite element software so as to simulate CSF velocity and pressure distributions throughout the brain tissue in hydrocephalus. Such procedure is summarized using a 2D case-study. © 2007 IEEE.