Can transcranial Doppler discriminate between solid and gaseous microemboli? Assessment of a dual-frequency transducer system

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1731-1734

  Markus, Hugh S ^a   Punter, Martin ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Embolism; Ultrasonography, Doppler, transcranial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 23244462315     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000173399.20127.b3     Document Type: Article

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