Essays about: "cardiac pulsation"

Found 2 essays containing the words cardiac pulsation.

1. 1. Real-time imaging of cerebrospinal fluid flow physiology at 7T

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

   Author : Olle Haglund; [2019]
   Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Background The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is involved in several diseases and patho- physiological states, such as Alzheimer’s disease and hydrocephalus. Previous studies CSF dynamics in the brain show that the flow of the CSF depends on cardiac pulsation, time of day and respiration. READ MORE

3. 2. Detecting Cardiac Pulsatility and Respiration using Multiband fMRI

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : Joakim Jonsson; [2018]
   Keywords : fMRI; multiband; cardiac pulsation; respiration; correlation analysis; neuroimaging;

   Abstract : Purpose: Arterial stiffening poses an increased risk of cerebrovascular diseases, cognitive impairments, and even dementia as cardiac pulsations reach further into the brain causing white matter hyperintensities and microbleeds. Therefore it is of interest to obtain methods to estimate and map cardiac related pulsatility in the brain. READ MORE