Abstract #4292

4D Flow Characteristics of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics at the Craniocervical Junction & the Cervical Spinal Canal in Patients with Chiari Malformation Type I

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.