The REVERT Kick-Off Meeting

We held our hydrocephalus round table on 25 June 2021.

We have uploaded many of the video recordings of the event and you’ll find them below.

This round table event marked the official start of the REVERT project. It is aimed at health care professionals, doctors and nurses involved in the care of dementia and particularly hydrocephalus patients, but it is equally intended to reach out to those at the very centre of this debilitating disease: the patients and their carers.

It is divided into four sections: a brief introduction, a ‘scientific’ section, a practical section and a section where the REVERT partners talk about their roles in the project. All the talks are delivered in English at a level accessible to non-specialists. Simultaneous translation into French is provided.

Introduction

Chair: Dr Olivier Balédent (University of Picardie Jules Verne)

Agi Musset (Joint Secretariat of Interreg): The EU Interreg Programme

Dr Peter Smielewski (University of Cambridge): REVERT Project Introduction

The scientific session (invited speakers)

Chair: Professor John D. Pickard (Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge)

Prof. John D. Pickard (University of Cambridge): Pathophysiology of Cerebro-Spinal Fluid circulation in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Prof. Noam Alperin (University of Miami): The origin of the CSF pulsation and early application of non-invasive intracranial pressure estimation using MRI in hydrocephalus

Prof. Anders Eklund (University of Umeå): Pressure dynamics in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Dr Eric Schmidt (University of Toulouse): Dementia and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in ageing

The practical perspective

Chair: Professor Romuald Seizeur (University Hospital of Brest)

An NPH patient: A patient perspective

Mr Alexis Joannides (Cambridge University Hospitals): A clinical perspective

Presentations by the REVERT project team members

Chair: Professor Marek Czosnyka (University of Cambridge)

Dr Olivier Balédent (University of Picardie Jules Verne): Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PC-MRI) based Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus diagnostics in clinical practice

Michael Martin (Obex Technologies Ltd): Hydrocephalus referral system and the Shunt Registry

Dr Cyrille Capel (CHU Amiens): How to implement infusion studies in a Hydrocephalus clinic

Dr Zofia Czosnyka (University of Cambridge): Hydrocephalus shunt testing in-vivo

Dr Olivier Peltre (University of Artois): The place for Artificial Intelligence in Hydrocephalus diagnostics