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ArticleNeuroradiology2019

Dynamic cerebellar herniation in Chiari patients during the cardiac cycle evaluated by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging.

M Tietze, A Schaumann, U Thomale, Ph Hofmann, A Tietze

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Article in Neuroradiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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M TietzePediatric Neurosurgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
A SchaumannPediatric Neurosurgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
U ThomalePediatric Neurosurgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ph HofmannDepartment of Physics and Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
A TietzeInstitute of Neuroradiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. anna.tietze@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2601-9055
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEAarhus University · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCerebellar herniation in Chiari patients can be dynamic, following the cerebrospinal fluid pulsatility during the cardiac cycle. We present a voxel intensity distribution method (VIDM) to automatically extract the pulsatility-dependent herniation in time-resolved MRI (CINE MRI) and compare it to the simple linear measurements. The degree of herniation is furthermore compared on CINE and static sequences, and the cerebellar movement is correlated to the presence of hydrocephalus and syringomyelia.

methodsThe cerebellar movement in 27 Chiari patients is analyzed with VIDM and the results were compared to linear measurements on an image viewer (visual inspection, VI) using a paired t test. Second, an ANOVA test is applied to compare the degree of herniation on static 3D MRI and CINE. Finally, the Pearson's correlation coefficient is calculated for the correlation between cerebellar movement and the presence of hydrocephalus and syringomyelia.

resultsVIDM showed significant movement in 85% of our patients. Assuming that movement < 1 mm cannot be detected reliably on an image viewer, VI identified movement in 29.6% of the patients (p = 0.002). The herniation was greater on static sequences than on CINE in most cases, but this was not statistically significant. The cerebellar movement was not correlated with hydrocephalus or syringomyelia (Pearson's coefficient < 0.3).

conclusionsVIDM is a sensitive method to detect tissue movement on CINE MRI and could be used for Chiari patients, but also for the evaluation of cyst membranes, ventriculostomies, etc. The cerebellar movement appears not to correlate with hydrocephalus and syringomyelia in Chiari patients.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, CineArnold-Chiari MalformationCerebellumChildFemaleHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleRetrospective StudiesBalanced steady-state gradient echo MRIChiari malformationsPulsatility-dependent cerebellar herniation

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