Processing

 

-  Interpret the images on the computer screen or in the printouts.

-  Note brain ventricles reflux and size.

-  For CSF leak, compare weighted normalized cotton pledget / plasma ratio to normal values.

 

 

1  Thom AF et al. Medicina Nuclear en la Hidrocefalia del Adulto, p: 491-497 in: Medicina Nuclear Aplicaciones Clínicas. Eds: I. Carrio - P. González. Editorial Masson, Barcelona España, 2003.

2  Boles MA, Cerebrospinal Fluid Imaging, in Henkin RE et al. Nuclear Medicine. Mosby St Louis 1996, p 1313-1330.

 

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