Abstract
In 1982, Aaslid was the pioneer in evaluating intracerebral arteries with TCD through an intact skull. This allowed a blind measure of cerebral blood flow velocities of the basal cerebral arteries and an indirect evaluation of the perfusion of the brain.
Technical improvements by using transcranial color-coded duplex sonography (TCCS) with low-frequency probes (2 MHz) have made possible the direct visualization of brain parenchyma and cerebral vessels. Direct visualization of the arteries allows for the correction of the insonation angle and a more accurate measurement of cerebral flow velocities. The orientation of blood flow in the vessels and the visual estimation of the blood flow velocities are possible due to color-coded Doppler.
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Rodríguez, C.N., Pugin, D. (2022). Neurosonology in ICU: Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography (TCCS) Protocol. In: Rodríguez, C.N., et al. Neurosonology in Critical Care . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81419-9_14
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