MRI CSF Flowmetry in Differentiation between Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Involutional Brain Atrophy

Background: Phase contrast (PC) cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable method in estimating cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics that concerns several disease processes. The aim of this work was to estimate the usefulness cine- PC MRI CSF flowmetry patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and differentiate them from involutional brain atrophy.
 Methods: This prospective study included 30 overlapping symptoms NPH changes 10 healthy volunteers as controls no clinical results. Two planes were applied: one sagittal plane velocity encoded caudo-cranial direction for qualitative assessment & axial through-plane quantitative measurements.
 Results: Pathological flow NPH, peak systolic SV values greater than controls; these findings imply cases had hyper dynamic aqueductal flow. In cerebral atrophy, blood reduced; we reported lower compared participants, suggesting hypo circulation.
 Conclusion: shown be especially elderly, diagnosing differentiating it age associated atrophy where differentiation based on conventional radiological basis may complicated.