Abstract
The transtemporal approach of the transcranial Doppler method [1, 4] is based on the existence of thin regions in the temporal or sphenoid bones just above the zygomatic arch. These ’ultrasonic windows’ provide a Doppler view on the basal cerebral arteries including the circle of Willis. The transorbital [2] or transforamenal [3, 4] approaches also exploits gaps or thin regions in the cranial bone structures to obtain Doppler signals from intracranial arteries proximal to the circle of Willis. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the transcranial Doppler method and its use for diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease.
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Aaslid, R. (1987). Transcranial Doppler diagnosis. In: Spencer, M.P. (eds) Ultrasonic Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4305-6_16
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