Abstract
The techniques of medical Doppler are spectral Doppler (contiuous-wave (CW) and pulse-wave (PW) Doppler) and color flow imaging (Color Doppler and Power Doppler). All are based on the fact that the frequency of an echo from a moving reflecting particle will be altered by a characteristic frequency shift determined by its velocity in relation to the source/detector. The CW Doppler will only detect flow within a pre-defined depth and will not be guided by an image, whereas the PW Doppler is carried out with B-mode guidance (Duplex doppler). The so derived curves permit to assess the temporal distribution of flow velocities and directions and flow disturbances as well. In the case of color flow imaging, a part of the interrogated tissue section is mapped for Doppler signals and then color-coded, resulting in a dynamic color map of flow, where the colors encode characteristic flow parameters (e. g. mean flow velocity plus direction). This article describes the technical and physical basics of medical Doppler techniques.
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