Studies

ShuntCheck Studies

Madsen et al 2020 Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Invasive Thermal Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Flow in Shunt Malfunction: A Prospective, Multi-Site, Operator-Blinded Study

Frim – Madsen AANS ’16 Plenary Expanded Abstract – Thermal Flow Detection Improves Diagnostic Accuracy of Shunt Malfunction – Prospective, Multicenter, Operator-Blinded Study

Boyle PAS 2017 Abstract – ShuntCheck versus Neuroimaging for Diagnosing Ventricular Shunt Malfunction in the Emergency Dept

Hameed – Madsen 2018 Noninvasive Thermal Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Patency and Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Using a Flow Enhancing Device

Madsen 2010 Evaluation of ShuntCheck Noninvasive Thermal Technique for Shunt Flow Detection in Hydrocephalus Patients

Marlin – Gaskill 2011 The Use of Transcutaneous Thermal Convection Analysis to Assess Shunt Function in the Pediatric Population

Abazi – Madsen 2009 Evaluation of CSF flow in shunts using a non-invasive thermal technique

Madsen 2009 Changes In Thermal Flow Determinations With Changes In Valve Settings In Shunted Hydrocephalic Patients

Madsen 2009 Intermittency of VP Shunt Flow in an Asymptomatic Subject During Day-to-Day Activities

Jallo 2009 ShuntCheck, A Non-invasive Device to Assess Ventricular Shunt Flow – One Institution’s Early Experience

Swoboda 2013 A new method for CSF shunt patency assessment

Stein 2008 Evaluation of Shunt Flow Through a Hydrocephalic Shunt – A Contrilled Model of Evaluation of the Performance Using ShuntCheck

Stein 2007 Validation of a Noninvasive Test of CSF Shunt Function

Neff 2005 Measurement of flow of cerebrospinal fluid in shunts by transcutaneous thermal convection

Shunt Flow Studies

CSF Shunt Flow Rate Research

Measurement of Cerebrospinal Fluid Output through External Ventricular Drainage in One Hundred Infants and Children: Correlation with Cerebrospinal Fluid Production

Dynamic measurement of the flow rate in cerebrospinal fluid shunts in hydrocephalic patients

CSF Shunt Physics: factors influencing inshunt CSF flow

Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Dynamics in Children with External Ventricular Drains

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Flow Measurements with MRI Imaging

Dynamic Changes of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Flow in Patient’s Daily Life

Factors Affecting Cebrebrospinal Fluid Flow in a Shunt

Quantitative Evaluationof Cerebrospinal FluidShunt Flow

Cerebrospinal Shunt Flow in Adults: Radionuclide Quantitation with Emphasis on Patient Position

Shunt Failure Diagnostic Procedures Studies

Shunt Patency Test Performance

Predicting shunt failure on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs in children

Emergency Department Evaluation of Ventricular Shunt Malfunction

Radiographic evaluation for suspected cerebrospinal fluid shunt obstruction

Evaluation of Shunt Malfunction Using Shunt Site Reservoir

Cerebrospinal Shunt Flow in Adults: Radionuclide Quantitation with Emphasis on Patient Position

ShuntCheck CSF Shunt Model Test Results

Hydrocephalus Studies

Stein, et al, A mathematical model of survival in a newly inserted ventricular shunt, J Neurosug (6 Suppl Pediatrics) 107;448-454, 2007

Patwardhan, et al, Implanted Ventricular Shunts in the United States: The Billion-dollar-a-year Cost of Hydrocephalus Treatment, Neurosurgery 56:139-145, 2005