Table 4 Statistics from pulsatile flow computations in the patient-specific geometries.

From: Respiratory influence on cerebrospinal fluid flow – a computational study based on long-term intracranial pressure measurements

PatID

Cardiac PVF (mL/s)

Respiratory PVF (mL/s)

ASV (μL)

ARV (μL)

PVF ratio (A1/A0)

Ratio ASV/ARV

11

0.14

0.18

28.8

127.1

0.81

0.23

13

0.32

0.27

82.4

266.8

1.17

0.31

21

0.39

0.51

98.6

530.4

0.76

0.19

Avg.

0.29 ± 0.13

0.32 ± 0.17

69.9 ± 36.6

308.1 ± 204.8

0.92 ± 0.23

0.24 ± 0.06

  1. The last row shows average and standard deviation of average values from each individual geometry. All values in the table have been rounded after as exact computations as possible. PVF: peak volumetric flow rate. ASV: aqueductal stroke volume. ARV: aqueductal respiratory volume.
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