Transcranial color-coded duplex sonography of the carotid siphon: the coronal approach

Jurgita Valaikiene; Felix Schlachetzki; Thilo Hoelscher; Arne May; Ulrich Bogdahn

doi:10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00367-9

Transcranial color-coded duplex sonography of the carotid siphon: the coronal approach

Clin Imaging. 2002 Mar-Apr;26(2):81-5. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00367-9.

Authors

Jurgita Valaikiene¹, Felix Schlachetzki², Thilo Hoelscher², Arne May², Ulrich Bogdahn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Vilnius University Hospital, Santariskiu Klinikos, Santariskiu 2, 2600, Vilnius, Lithuania.
² Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany

PMID: 11852211
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00367-9

Abstract

Transcranial color-coded sonography can assist in the assessment of the carotid siphon segments C1 and C5 employing two standardized coronal image planes. In 32 volunteers mean velocities in the C1 and C5 were 41+/-16 and 30+/-10 (cm/s+/-S.D.), pulsatility indices (PI) 0.92+/-0.22 and 0.93+/-0.27, and resistance indices (RI) 0.58+/-0.08 and 0.55+/-0.12, respectively. Concluding, this technique is useful in assessing the carotid siphon with the most robust parameters being PI and RI requiring further validation by the "gold standard" angiography.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery, Internal / physiology
Feasibility Studies
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / methods*