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Abstract #12010 Published in IGR 7-1

Limitations of color Doppler sonography in the imaging of ocular vessels

Ustymowicz A; Obuchowska I; Krejza J; Mariak Z
European Journal of Ophthalmology 2004; 14: 584-587


PURPOSE: To describe a case where detection of blood flow in the central retinal artery and the central retinal vein was limited by an artifact evoked by the optic disc drusen. METHODS Case report. RESULTS: During color Doppler sonography, examination of optic disc drusen may generate an artifact - the so-called twinkling artifact - which can simulate blood flow and make evaluation of the central retinal vessels impossible. CONCLUSIONS: Twinkling artifact does not allow evaluation of color Doppler sonography in the imaging of ocular vessels.

Dr. A. Ustymowicz, Department of Radiology Bialystok Medical Academy, Bialystok, Poland. ambau@yahoo.com


Classification:

6.11 Bloodflow measurements (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)



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