Flow patterns in the jugular veins of pulsatile tinnitus patients

• Published in: Journal of biomechanics Vol. 52; pp. 61 - 67
• Main Authors: Kao, Evan, Kefayati, Sarah, Amans, Matthew R., Faraji, Farshid, Ballweber, Megan, Halbach, Van, Saloner, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 08.02.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Bulbs; Computational fluid dynamics; Geometry; Humans; Hydrodynamics; Jugular Veins - diagnostic imaging; Jugular Veins - physiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mathematical analysis; Medical imaging; Morphology; Patients; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Pulsatile tinnitus; Sinuses; Sound generation; Studies; Tinnitus; Tinnitus - diagnostic imaging; Tinnitus - physiopathology; Veins; Veins & arteries; Vortices; Computational fluid dynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulsatile tinnitus

Pulsatile Tinnitus (PT) is a pulse-synchronous sound heard in the absence of an external source. PT is often related to abnormal flow in vascular structures near the cochlea. One vascular territory implicated in PT is the internal jugular vein (IJV). Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on...