Alexander Christian Bunck1, Jan-Robert
Krger1, Alena Jttner1, Angela Brentrup2,
Barbara Fiedler3, Gerard R. Crelier4, Wolfram Schwindt1,
Walter Heindel1, Thomas Niederstadt1, David Maintz1
1Department of Clinical
Radiology, University Hospital of Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 2Department
of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 3Department
of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 4Institute
for Biomedical Engineering, ETH & University of Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
4D phase contrast imaging allows for a detailed analysis of alterations in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in patients with Chiari malformation type I. Typical flow patterns are identified and related to symptoms and presence of concomitant syrinx.