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A Transcranial Doppler is a test used to test blood flow velocity as is flows through the brains blood vessels. Through emitting a high pitched sound, an ultrasound probe is able to measure the velocity of the blood flow.

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What is the purpose of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography?

Doppler ultrasonography uses what is called the Doppler effect to measure the rate and direction of blood flow in the vessels.


What is transcranial Doppler ultrasonography?

Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography is a noninvasive method of analyzing blood flow in the brain.


What has the author A Harders written?

A. Harders has written: 'Neurosurgical applications of transcranial Doppler sonography' -- subject(s): Blood Flow Velocity, Blood-vessels, Brain, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Methods, Physiopathology, Surgery, Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography, Ultrasonic Diagnosis


What precautions need to be taken when using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography?

Ultrasonography procedures are safe, noninvasive, and painless. No special precautions are necessary.


What care should a patient receive after a transcranial Doppler ultrasonography?

The gel is washed off with soap and water. No other after care is needed.


How should patients be prepared for a transcranial Doppler ultrasonography?

No special preparation is needed. The patient should remove contact lenses, and may wish to avoid the use of eye makeup, since the gel is likely to smear it.


What characteristics does a normal transcranial Doppler ultrasonography have?

TCD produces an audible sound that varies with the heartbeat. It also varies depending on the direction and rate of flow through the vessel being examined. Each of the vessels in the brain has a characteristic direction of flow.


What risks exist for the patient in undergoing a transcranial Doppler ultrasonography?

TCD is noninvasive and has no risks. A compression test is occasionally, though very rarely, hazardous for a patient with narrowed arteries (atherosclerosis ), since the increased pressure may dislodge a piece of the substance.


What characteristics does an abnormal transcranial Doppler ultrasonography have?

Lack of flow indicates a vessel has been completely blocked (although absence of a signal may also be due to absorption of sound waves by bone). If blood flows in the wrong direction or alternates between normal and reverse flow.


What is the name of of the ultrasonic documentation that records velocity mapping and imaging?

Doppler echocardiography Doppler echocardiography Doppler echocardiography Doppler echocardiography


What is the change in frequency of a sound due to motion of the source?

The change in frequency is caused by the Doppler Effect


What is immediate decompression?

Immediate decompression is Traumatic Retrobulbar Hemorrhage via transcranial.