Color Doppler ultrasonography/Definition

From Citizendium
< Color Doppler ultrasonography
Revision as of 10:27, 11 September 2009 by imported>Howard C. Berkowitz
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Medical ultrasonography based on the Doppler effect, with the superposition of blood or other fluid flow information, as colors, on a gray scale in a real-time image; well-suited for localizing high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region