Doppler ultrasound

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Doppler ultrasound is a medical imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to measure and visualize blood flow within vessels and the heart.

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instanceOf medical imaging technique
ultrasound modality
advantage bedside applicability
real-time imaging
relatively low cost
appliedTo blood vessels
heart
assesses direction of blood flow
pattern of blood flow
velocity of blood flow
basedOn Doppler effect NERFINISHED
canBeCombinedWith B-mode ultrasound NERFINISHED
M-mode ultrasound
doesNotUse ionizing radiation
hasSubtype color Doppler
continuous-wave Doppler
power Doppler
pulsed-wave Doppler NERFINISHED
spectral Doppler
tissue Doppler imaging
interpretedBy cardiologist
radiologist
limitation angle dependence of velocity measurements
limited penetration in obese patients
operator dependence
measures blood flow
nonInvasive true
performedBy sonographer
provides color flow map
quantitative velocity measurements
waveform display
usedIn cardiology
emergency medicine
gynecology
nephrology
neurology
obstetrics
vascular medicine
usedToAssess cardiac output
fetal well-being
placental blood flow
portal hypertension
renal artery stenosis
usedToDiagnose carotid artery stenosis
congenital heart disease
deep vein thrombosis
peripheral arterial disease
valvular heart disease
venous insufficiency
uses high-frequency sound waves
usesContrastAgents sometimes
visualizes blood flow

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Doppler effect usedIn Doppler ultrasound