Color Doppler Ultrasound of Carotid and Vertebral Vessels: Anatomy, Technique and Reporting

Authors

  • Mehrzad Lotfi Department of radiology, medical imaging research center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v5i.589

Keywords:

Color Doppler Sonography, Carotid, Vertebral, Stroke, Stenosis

Abstract

Color Doppler study of carotid and vertebral arteries is a non-invasive, reliable and also easily available, cost-effective method for screening and follows up of patients at risk of stroke to differentiate patients need surgery or intervention from whom could be followed by medical management. I   reviewed anatomy of cervical arteries and different techniques such as B- mode or gray scale scanning, color flow mapping and spectral analysis for evaluation of both carotid and vertebral arteries.

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2016-05-24

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Vol. 5 (2016): Special Issue: 2nd International and the 8th National Iranian Stroke Congress : Shiraz, Iran

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