Maggio 2000 - Volume XIX - numero 5
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Servizio di Radiologia, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste
In low-weight new-borns with hydrocephalus, neither the pressure of liquor nor the size of intraventricular diameters provides reliable information to proceed to a precise calculation the amount of liquor to be removed in case of emergency without any danger for the patient. By using a CT GE proSpeed program together with a 3D software and by choosing proper threshold values to visualise liquor and encephalon, we obtained directly from the program the data relative to the volume of liquor and, hence, the amount of liquor to be removed. In our opinion, this sensitive and non-invasive technique is suitable to solve similar situations.
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