ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021
Application of Evans Index in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients: A Mini Review.
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- Anatomical and surgical factors associated with postoperative hydrocephalus after central neurocytoma resection: a large single-center cohort study.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of fetal frontal lobe development and Evans index in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective comparative observational study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- Beyond Ventricular Enlargement: Multimodal MRI Assessment Improves Surgical Decision-Making in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Fully Automated Deep Learning-Based Pipeline for Evans Index Measurement from Raw 3D MRI.Neuroscience informatics · 2026Article
- Preliminary assessment of an MRI-based grading system for leptomeningeal disease: an exploratory prognostic framework.Neuroradiology · 2026Article
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- Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: validation of the DESH score in the Capital Region of Denmark.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Article
- Impaired Glymphatic-Meningeal Lymphatic Function in Patients with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Translational stroke research · 2026Article
- Comparison of Anterior Lateral Ventricular Index with Evans Index, Callosal Angle, and Disproportionately Enlarged Subarachnoid-space Hydrocephalus in Postoperative Evaluation of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2026Article
- Ventricular Anatomy Across CT and MRI in Hydrocephalus: A Retrospective Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Stability of Codman Hakim programmable valve pressure settings during 0.23 T portable magnetic resonance imaging: a prospective observational study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Assessing CT-based volumetric analysis via deep learning for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Fully Automated Deep Learning-Based Pipeline for Evans Index Measurement from Raw 3D MRI.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Dynamic multi-scale deep learning with mixture of experts for differentiating iNPH and PSP using MRI.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025Article
- Portable Bedside Low-Field MRI for Assessment of Ventricular Size.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025Article
- Diagnostic performance of black tent sign on 3D T2 SPACE in the diagnosis of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus.Japanese journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Imaging biomarkers for detection and longitudinal monitoring of ventricular abnormalities from birth to childhood.World journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Sex-related differences and associated transcriptional signatures in the brain ventricular system and cerebrospinal fluid development in full-term neonates.Biology of sex differences · 2025Article
- Morphometric analysis of ventricular indexes and intracranial cerebrospinal fluid spaces in the brain using magnetic resonance imaging healthy in Van cats.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
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Abstract
With an ever-growing aging population, the prevalence of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is increasing. Clinical symptoms of NPH include cognitive impairment, gait disturbance, and urinary incontinence. Surgery can improve symptoms, which leads to the disease's alternative name: treatable dementia. The Evans index (EI), defined as the ratio of the maximal width of the frontal horns to the maximum inner skull diameter, is the most commonly used index to indirectly assess the condition of the ventricles in NPH patients. EI measurement is simple, fast, and does not require any special software; in clinical practice, an EI >0.3 is the criterion for ventricular enlargement. However, EI's measurement methods, threshold setting, correlation with ventricle volume, and even its clinical value has been questioned. Based on the EI, the z-EI and anteroposterior diameter of the lateral ventricle index were derived and are discussed in this review.
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