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Colour ultrasound technology using the Doppler shift for blood flow and tissue motion has reached maturity, with recent developments including colour vector Doppler, contrast agents, and 3D display.
This review summarizes the features and recent developments of autocorrelator-based colour ultrasound imaging for assessing blood flow and tissue motion.
Mature colour Doppler techniques may enhance vascular imaging; leaves open prospective outcome trials for vector Doppler and 3D applications.
Recent years have seen the introduction of a high quality imaging modality which uses the Doppler shift for the study of blood flow and tissue motion. Colour ultrasound technology has now reached a level of maturity and it is, therefore, timely to review its features and consider how colour techniques may develop. This review concentrates on autocorrelator based colour systems. Recent developments are described including colour vector Doppler, contrast agents, 3D display, tissue vascularity assessment and volume flow measurement.
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Hoskins et al. (1997) reported a review. Colour ultrasound imaging was evaluated. Colour ultrasound technology using the Doppler shift for blood flow and tissue motion has reached maturity, with recent developments including colour vector Doppler, contrast agents, and 3D display.
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