title: Neurosonology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. zgarami@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Garami
authors.forename: Andrei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Alexandrov
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial