Does routine transcranial duplex ultrasound heat up the patient brain?

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Schlosser, Hans Georg ^a   Doepp, F ^a   Nolte, C H ^a   Brock, M ^a   Schreiber, S J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Safety; Transcranial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URINARY CATHETER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 63149152210     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027188     Document Type: Article

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