Imaging in blood stasis. The role of imaging techniques in defining the causes, presence, and effects of blood stasis.
There have been considerable developments in the ability to image blood vessels and blood flow using ultrasound, CT, and MR imaging. The effects of vascular pathology in causing changes in the blood leading to thrombus formation now can be seen clearly because of these developments. In particular, new ultrasound MR imaging techniques allow more precise assessment of vessel walls and flow than has ever been possible before using conventional techniques, such as angiography. MR imaging has a unique potential for noninvasively demonstrating the natural history of developing vascular disease and the effects of this on blood flow and progression to thrombosis.
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Cardiovascular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ghartnel@rad.jhu.edu
D000792:Angiography; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography