A simple approach for three-dimensional mapping of baseline cerebrospinal fluid volume fraction

• Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 385 - 391
• Main Author: Qin, Qin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.02.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Brain; Brain - anatomy & histology; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebrospinal Fluid - physiology; Cortex; CSF volume fraction; GRASE; Humans; Image processing; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Middle Aged; N.M.R; Segmentation; T2 prep; Ventricle
• ISSN: 0740-3194; 1522-2594; 1522-2594
• DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22705

A simple method of measuring baseline cerebrospinal fluid volume fraction (VCSF) in three‐dimensional is proposed that used the characteristic of cerebrospinal fluid with very long T2. It is based on the fitting of monoexponential decay of only cerebrospinal fluid signal, using a nonselective T2 pre...