Transcranial ultrasonography of cerebral veins and sinuses

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 59-72

  Schreiber, S J ^a   Stolz, E ^b   Valdueza, Jose M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracranial veins; TCCS; TCD; Venous flow signals

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS;

TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER (TCD);

ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CIRCULATION TIME; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

EID: 2242429819     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(02)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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