Accuracy, Precision, Sensitivity, and Specificity of Noninvasive ICP Absolute Value Measurements

Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2016:122:317-21. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22533-3_63.

Abstract

An innovative absolute intracranial pressure (ICP) value measurement method has been validated by multicenter comparative clinical studies. The method is based on two-depth transcranial Doppler (TCD) technology and uses intracranial and extracranial segments of the ophthalmic artery as pressure sensors. The ophthalmic artery is used as a natural pair of "scales" that compares ICP with controlled pressure Pe, which is externally applied to the orbit. To balance the scales, ICP = Pe a special two-depth TCD device was used as a pressure balance indicator. The proposed method is the only noninvasive ICP measurement method that does not need patient-specific calibration.

Keywords: Bland–Altman analysis; Noninvasive ICP absolute value method; ROC analysis; Regression analysis; Two-depth transcranial Doppler meter.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / complications
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / diagnostic imaging
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Head-Down Tilt
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / complications
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Hypertension / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
  • Intracranial Pressure*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Ophthalmic Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Polyneuropathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Prospective Studies
  • ROC Curve
  • Regression Analysis
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / methods