Quantifying brain-wide cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics using slow-flow-sensitized phase-contrast MRI
Zijing Dong, Fuyixue Wang, Amelia Strom, Korbinian Eckstein, Beata Bachrátá, Simon Robinson, Bruce Robert Rosen, Lawrence L. Wald, Laura D. Lewis, Jon̈athan R. Polimeni
This paper introduces a phase-contrast MRI technique to quantify slow cerebrospinal fluid flow in the human brain, showing cardiac pulsation drives brain-wide flow more than respiration.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2025 · PreprintBioengineering