DocumentCode
706615
Title
A dynamic model of the cerebrospinal fluid system for the study of hydrocephalus
Author
Anile, C. ; Fravolini, M.L. ; Ficola, A. ; La Cava, M.
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Sci. Chirurgiche, Univ. di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
fYear
1999
fDate
Aug. 31 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Firstpage
1699
Lastpage
1704
Abstract
In this paper a dynamic model of the cerebrospinal fluid system is proposed. Starting from clinical observations a new pathogenetic hypothesis is introduced, which explains some kind of hydrocephalic pathologies. The pathogenetic agent is an alteration of the amplitude of the pulsing pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid. Simulations show that the model based on this hypothesis gives reason of the main experimental observations about hydrocephalus pathology.
Keywords
biological fluid dynamics; brain; genetics; medical disorders; cerebrospinal fluid system; dynamic model; hydrocephalic pathologies; hydrocephalus; pathogenetic agent; pulsing pressure; Absorption; Arteries; Blood; Brain modeling; Extracellular; Fluids; Mathematical model; CSF fluid system; dynamic model; hydrocephalus;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control Conference (ECC), 1999 European
Conference_Location
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN
978-3-9524173-5-5
Type
conf
Filename
7099559
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