title: Intraoperative color-flow Doppler imaging of AVM's and aneurysms.
abstract: The use of intraoperative color-flow Doppler sonography to image cerebral and spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) and a giant aneurysm is reported in 10 patients. The technique is a useful adjunct in localizing vascular lesions, identifying feeding or draining vessels, and confirming intraoperative surgical excision of AVM's or ligation of giant aneurysms. Imaging of lesions deeper than 4 to 5 cm is, however, limited with the equipment design now commercially available.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McGillicuddy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*