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doppler sonography/ultrasonography (DUS)
A diagnostic instrument that emits an ultrasonic beam into the body, based on the principle of doppler effect.
Doppler ultrasound:
- used to visualize moving blood within blood vessels & to measure its velocity
Color doppler ultrasound:
- allows red & blue colors to be superimposed on the standard grayscale images
Specific
doppler sonography abdomen/pelvis/retroperitoneum
doppler sonography aorta/IVC/iliac
doppler sonography arteries, extremity
doppler sonography extracranial arteries
doppler sonography intracranial arteries; transcranial doppler ultrasonography (TCD)
doppler sonography penis
doppler sonography veins, extremity
doppler sonography, kidney
doppler sonography, middle cerebral artery
doppler sonography, umbilical artery
saline infusion sonohysterography
US doppler breast vessels
US doppler aortic arch
US doppler aortic root
US doppler aortic valve
US doppler artery
US doppler blood velocity
US doppler extremity vessel
US doppler fetus
US doppler uterus & fallopian tubes
General
ultrasound (US, UTZ)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999.
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