Doppler ultrasound and digital vascular imaging.
There have been many major advances in imaging techniques over the last decade. Of these, intravenous digital vascular imaging (IV DVI) and duplex Doppler ultrasound allow the outpatient investigation of many types of vascular disease which previously could only be studied by more hazardous angiographic methods requiring admission to hospital. This article compares the uses of these techniques in the outpatient investigation of vascular diseases.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D014781:Viscera