title: Successful application of three-dimensional transcranial power Doppler imaging in two stroke patients.
abstract: We applied a new technique of three-dimensional (3-D) transcranial power Doppler imaging to demonstrate the middle cerebral artery (MCA) in the 2 stroke patients. In the first patient, the 3-D power Doppler study clearly showed the horizontal portion, bifurcation, proximal portion of the upper and lower trunks, and the major branches of the lower trunk of the MCA. In the second patient, the 3-D power Doppler clearly revealed the proximal bifurcation of the left MCA. The 3-D transcranial power Doppler seems to be useful in making clear 3-D images of the MCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otsubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagatsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial