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Vaginal Doppler Techniques

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The Doppler effect, named for the Austrian physicist Christian Johann Doppler, is based on the fact that all wave phenomena, including sound and light, undergo a change of frequency and wavelength when the source of the wave and the observer are moving relative to each other. In acoustics, the number of sound vibrations that reach the listener per unit time change according to whether the sound source is moving toward or away from the listener. The original basis on which Doppler formulated his law — the color change observed in distant, receding stars (Doppler 1843) — applies with equal validity to acoustic waves (Buys Ballot 1845).

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  1. II. Universitäts-Frauenklinik Wien, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    Univ.-Doz. Dr. Gerhard Bernaschek & Dr. Josef Deutinger

  2. Allgemeines öffentliches Krankenhaus der Kurstadt Baden, Wimmergasse 19, A-2500, Baden, Gemany

    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Kratochwil

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Bernaschek, G., Deutinger, J., Kratochwil, A. (1990). Vaginal Doppler Techniques. In: Endosonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74111-1_22

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