Echoenhancers and Transcranial Color Duplex Sonography

With Transcranial color sonography (TCCS), developed at the end of the eighties, the sonographic diagnostic spectrum for the central nervous system could be extended considerably. In intensive care and emergency situations an overview of the cerebral vascular system can be obtained extremely quickly. Preface;.

Contributors;.

Part A: Basic Principles.

1. Historical Development of Transcranial Color-Coded Tomography;.

2. Physics of Sonographic Imging, Ultrasound- Tissue Interacctions and Safety Issues 3.Transducer Technology 4.Signal Processing in Functional and Morphological Ultrasound Imaging;.

5.Techniques of Doppler Sonography and Color Duplex Sonography;.

6. Power Doppler Imaging;.

7. Technical Aspects of the Clinical Examination;.

8. Artefacts;.

9. #-D Sonography - Technical Aspect;.

10. Three-Dimensional Transcranial Duplex Sonography with and without Contrast Enhancement;.

11. Ultrasound Contrast Agents;.

12. Galactose- Based Echo Contrast Agents in Diagnostic Ultrasound;.

13. Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion Using Echo Contrast Agents;.

14. Harmonic Imaging;.

15. Transient Responnse Imaging (TRI);.

16. New Concepts in Ultrasound Contrast Imaging;.

Part B: Clinical Applications;.

17. Examination Techniques;.

18. Parenchymal Anatomy;.

19. Vascular Anatomy and Flow Velocity;.

20. Abnormalities of the Intracranial Artery;.

21. Intracranial Veins;.

22. (Arteriovenous) Intracranial Malformations;.

23. Detection of Cerebral Aneurysms by TCCS and its Clinical Consequences;.

24. Diagnosis of Acute Stroke;.

25. Diagnosis of Craniocerebral Trauma;.

26. Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation Disorders;.

27. Intracranial Tumors;.

28. Intracranial Tumor Vascularization;.

29. Pathological Findings in Neuropsychiatric Disease;.

30. Findings in Extrpyramidal Movement Disorders;.

31. Functional Imaging

Ulrich Bogdahn and Georg Becker are the authors of Echoenhancers and Transcranial Color Duplex Sonography, published by Wiley. With Transcranial color sonography (TCCS), developed at the end of the eighties, the sonographic diagnostic spectrum for the central nervous system could be extended considerably. In intensive care and emergency situations an overview of the cerebral vascular system can be obtained extremely quickly.