Neurosonology.
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is called the "doctor's stethoscope for the brain," and the use of TCD with portable carotid and vertebral duplex scanning provides structural and physiologic imaging extension of the neurologic examination. Ultrasound expands the ability of clinicians to detect, localize, and quantify disease and to evaluate hemodynamic responses, thus providing tools for a neurovascular examination at bedside.
Garami
Zsolt
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Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. zgarami@yahoo.com
Alexandrov
Andrei V
AV
D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial