Ultrasound diagnostics is now a widely used tool in patient care. It allows the clinical user to identify causes of disease quickly and directly. This didactically homogeneous standard work provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of vascular diagnostics of the brain-supplying arteries, including the associated clinical aspects. Techniques not relevant in everyday life have been deliberately omitted.

The modular structure enables rapid orientation and ensures excellent handling. Beginners can easily become familiar with the systematics of Doppler and duplex sonography with the help of the methodological section. Experienced users can place their sonographic findings together with other imaging examinations in the clinical context of cerebrovascular diseases. Numerous case examples serve as practical learning aids.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence(machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

I Basics: 1 Anatomical basics

2 Physiological basics
3 Basics of ultrasound technique
4 Basics of sonographic flow detection
5 Flow assessment using Doppler spectrum
6 Flow assessment using color coding
II Examination technique
7 Extracranial Doppler sonography
8 Extracranial duplex sonography
9 Transcranial Doppler sonography
10 Transcranial duplex sonography
11 Assessment of intracranial collateral pathways
12 Cerebrovascular reserve capacity.III Doppler/and duplex findings in stenoses and occlusions
13 Stenoses and occlusions of the extracranial carotid artery
14 Stenoses and occlusions of the basilar cerebral arteries
15 Stenoses and occlusions in the vertebrobasilar vasculature
IV Constellations of findings in special problems
16 Arteriosclerotic vascular disease
17 Inflammatory vascular disease
18 Dissections
19 Other vascular diseases
20 Vascular anomalies and malformations
21 Acute stroke
22 Vasospasm
23 Cerebral pressure/braindeath
24 Revascularizing interventions
25 Cardiac right-to-left shunt
26 Orbits and eyes
27 Glossary of sonographic terms
28 Normal values.