Abstract
Volume averaging, relatively slight differences in the mean attenuation coefficients of CSF and white/grey matter, and the irregular contours of the human ventricular system have so far seriously limited the accuracy of CT estimation of ventricular volume. Taking advantage of the high attenuation of metrizamide-containing CSF, we have developed three methods for computing ventricular volume after metrizamide CT ventriculography; these methods depend upon computer analysis of X-ray absorption data obtained from contiguous CT brain slices. All three methods were validated by CT scanning a formalin-fixed cadaver brain containing an apoxy-resin cast of the ventricular system. Calculated ventricular volumes were compared with the actual measured volume of the ventricular cast.
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