MKP DOPPLER - keywords
different Doppler methods (with colour overlay)
color Doppler Imaging
power Doppler Imaging (PDI)
(spectral Doppler)
directional power Doppler
ICV internal cerebral vein
BVR basal vein of Rosenthal
B Flow ®
microflow Imaging ®
SMI – superb microvascular Imaging ®
optimisation of Doppler imaging
gain in B mode to a low level
-> no echogenicity within the
vessels
avoid blooming
color Gain in Doppler mode
adjusted so that the vessels are
filled with color, but no color
outside their wall -> to avoid
„blooming“
Nicolaides et al.
correction for the angle between the direction of blood flow
and the ultrasound beam: ideal 0°, 1-40° reliable correction,
> 60° high rate of error
avoid aliasing
adjust PRF according to the
vessels you want to visualize
(arteries: 20-200 cm/s; veins
2-20 cm/s) -> to avoid „aliasing“
ghost basilar artery
colour box as small as possible ->
to reduce artefacts
mirror artifacts: when a highly reflective surface is
distal to an object, a ghost can bee generated by
multiple reflections of an object: ghosting can be
avoided by scanning from a different angle
ultrasound physics: postprocessing and velocities
calculation of velocity of moving scatterers (amplitude coded)
sound waves are compressed between a moving listener and/
or object; this compression shifts the returned sound
frequency
C=1560m/sec at 37°C, speed of sound in tissue
V=(C x Fr)/(2 x F0 x cosø)
Fr= shift in frequency
F0= emitted frequency
ø= angle between vessel and insonating beam
the shift in frequency depends on reflector speed and on
ultrasound frequency
the angle of insonation with the vessel
investigated must be as close to 0°as possible
the cosine of the angle of insonation vis-a-vis the vessel flow
direction, is applied to measure the correct velocity; with
angles below 40°, a 5°-angulation error causes a velocity
error of less than 10 %
the maximum velocity detectable depends on
- depth of the vessel
- US frequency
(in the diagram left the angle of insonation is zero)
ultrasound energy and doppler: limitations of use
-
ultrasound travels through brain in
0,00006493506494 sec = in 0,065 msec
thermal
index
< 0.7
only one % is reflected to the probe, the rest is
lost in tissue by attenuation
-
ultrasound is attenuated by scattering, but the
main attenuation is by absorption of the waves
by tissue, which is then converted to heat
recommended maximum time for transcranial and spinal scanning
colour doppler
power (spectral) doppler
physical
principle
moving RBC shift doppler
frequency
moving scatterers
between pulse trains
angle
dependency
yes, unreliable velocities
> 20° (> 6% error), no
visualisation at angle 90°
not
unlimited
0,7 - 1
60 minutes
1 - 1.5
30 minutes
1.5 - 2
15 minutes
2 - 2.5
4 minutes
2.5 - 3
1 minute
≥3
not recommended
caution
-
during contrast agent
application thermal index
above 0.7 not advised
higher sound pressures
energy
TI value on machine may understimate biological temperature
change
TI of 1 means you heat the interrogated tissue up with 1°C after
about 120 seconds
artefacts
heating effect is largest near bone
5 minutes in static B mode scanning may heat brain surface by up to
4 °C
- practice: doppler scanning no longer than 15
minutes and not fixing a probe on one vessel
continuously for more than 1 minute, especially
during spectral doppler imaging
-
need for research with advancing technique;
safety provided by limiting scan duration
-
caution in use of contrast agents
(about double of colour
doppler)
more sensitive to low
velocities but also to
motion artefacts
perfusion indices and vascular reactivity
angle of insonation < 15°
= reduction fault < 4%
ø
regional intracranial pressure
pO2
pCO2
glycaemia
haematocrit
viscosity
diameter
flow
flow velocity
vessel wall strength
platelet and (anti)coagulant
function and quality of
interaction with endothelium
arteriole
V=(CxFd)/(2xFtxcosø)
vasopressin
AT2
ACholine
PGs
pericyte function
OSympathic nerves
open ductus/steal
parabolic flow prophile
capillary
venule
C=1560m/sec at 37°C, speed of sound in tissue
Fd= shift in frequency
Ft= emitted frequency
ø= angle between vessel and insonating beam
artery
indomethacin
theofyllin
cocaine
barbiturates
in ml/min
V=average velocity in cm/sec
R=radius of vessel in cm
vein
jugular pressure
thoracic pressure (ventilation)
mediators
or
Flow=SV x heartrate
SV = stroke volume
VTI= velocity time integral or stroke length
subcallosal ACA flow profile and indices
RI= S-D/S
PI= S-D/Vmn
S= Vp
arterial indices
D= EDV
RI= resistance index (Pourcelot) = S-D/S is angle independent
PI= pulsatility index (Gosling) = S-D/M is angle dependent
FVI=AUVC velocity integral
S
M
D
average velocities in ICA in cm/sec
average maximum velocity in internal carotid arteries
100
S
92
80
60
60
40
43
20
22
32
10
M
50
D
25
14
0
32w
40w
3mo
S equals about 2M
M equals about 2D
RI lower (~0.6) and D closer to M in
lateral striate arteries with S around
15 and M around 10 cm/sec
for large arteries: RI drop from 0.8 to
0.7 between 32 and 40 weeks
the major cerebral arteries and the circle of Willis
olfactory nerve
ACoA
optic nerve
anterior perforated substance
ACA
MCA
MCA
PCA
SCA
insula
ACA
AChA
ICA
basilar a.
caudate tail
PCoA
AICA
PICA
PCA P1
PCA P2
ICA
ASA
SCA
paramedian branches I
basilar a.
short circumferential branches I
AICA
vertebral a.
vertebral a.
anterior spinal communicating artery
PICA
posterior spinal a.
anterior spinal a.
adapted from Smith and van der Kooy 1985
cervical radiculomedullary a.
large pial cerebral arteries
8
MCA middle cerebral artery
(1) temporopolar a.
(2) anterior temporal a.
(3) lateral orbitofrontal a.
(4) posterior trunk
(5) anterior trunk
(6) prefrontal a.
(7) precentral a.
(8) central a.
(9) anterior parietal a.
(10) posterior temporal a.
(11) posterior parietal a.
(12) angular a.
7
9
11
6
12
5
3
4
10
2
1
17
PCA posterior cerebral a.
1 perforators
2 quadrigeminal a.
3 thalamogeniculate aa.
4 lateral posterior choroidal a.
5 hippocampal aa.
6 medial posterior choroidal a.
7 temporopolar a.
8 anterior - middle - posterior inferior temporal aa.
9 posterior pericallosal a.
10 parieto-occipital a.
11 calcarine a.
ACA arteria cerebri anterior
12 orbital a.
13 frontopolar a.
14 callosomarginal a.
15-17 anterior - middle - posterior internal frontal aa.
18 paracentral a.
19 pericallosal a.
20 anterior pericallosal a.
21-22 anterior - posterior internal parietal a. (precuneal a.)
23 Heubner’s artery
16
15
18
14
21
22
20
19
9
23
10
6
13
1
12
8
2
5
7
adapted from Smith and van der Kooy 1985
3 4 5
8
11
cerebral veins
10
cascades of venous confluence:
A candelabra of medullary veins
B palmate area of ependymal collector
veins
C ependymal veins at the transition from
terminal to internal cerebral vein
D internal cerebral and basal veins to
great cerebral vein
E straight and transverse sinus to
superior sagittal sinus
F deep and superfical Sylvian veins
13
SSS
A
5
terminal vein from
internal cerebral vein
B
4
F
6
3
1
8
1 internal cerebral vein
2 basal vein
3 terminal (thalamo-striate) vein
4 septal vein
5 longitudinal caudate vein
6 middle- posterior caudate veins
7 superior thalamic vein
8 direct lateral vein
9 straight sinus
10 superior sagittal sinus
11 great cerebral vein
12 vein of Labbé
13 vein of Trolard
14 sigmoid sinus
7
2
D
direct lateral vein
from internal
cerebral vein
ICVs
C
inferior
ventricle vein
from basal vein
6
12
11
14
perfusion of para-ventricular white
matter near the atrium (frontal view)
9
E
10
SMCV
SSS
DMCV
connecting veins between SMCV
(superficial middle cerebral veins)
and deep middle cerebral (Sylvian)
veins (DMCV) draining via the basal
vein of Rosenthal BVR
to BVR
L
SR
R
typical torcular variations: SSS draining preferentially to the right is most common
SR straight sinus (sinus rectus)
SSS superior sagittal sinus
motor and language areas in relation to convexity veins and arteries
SSS
premotor
cortex
sensorimotor
Trolard v.
cortex
variations of convexity pial veins
Wernicke
speech
sensory area
frontal
eye field
Broca speech
motor area
MCA
Labbé v.
SMCV
SMCV= superficial middle
cerebral vein(s)
typical
SSS
*
contralateral isolated arm/hand
motor symptoms due to parasagittal
cortical injury near SSS thrombosis
T
L
T vein of Trolard
L vein of Labbé
SSS superior sagittal sinus
pial large anastomosing veins drain with an acute angle in SSS (*)
visualisation of both veins of Labbé
deep cerebral veins in superolateral 3D view and the pericentral circulatory loop from MCA and central artery to terminal and internal cerebral vein
8
6
7
8
6
5
8
2
10
1
3
5
17
1
9
11
8
16
2
4
9
15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
internal cerebral vein
basal vein
terminal (thalamo-striate) vein
septal vein
middle- posterior13caudate veins
superior thalamic vein
superior sagittal sinus
8 great cerebral vein
9 vein of Trolard
10 ICA
11 MCA
12 ACA A2
13 thalamic perforator
14 pial medullary centripetal artery
7
17
4
9
12
14
2
14
12
16
5
4
13
11
3
1
6
2
15
PG
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
internal cerebral vein
basal vein
terminal (thalamo-striate) vein
medial atrial vein
superior choroidal vein
septal vein
longitudinal caudate vein
middle- posterior caudate veins
superior thalamic vein
13
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
anterior thalamic vein
direct lateral vein
sigmoid sinus
superior sagittal sinus
inferior sagittal sinus
vein of Trolard
vein of Labbé
Sylvian veins
8
10
flow visualisation depends on sampling frequency (prf)(spectral Doppler)
2
1
internal cerebral (1) and terminal vein (2) with stepping up prf
transverse sinus flow in a preterm with stepping up prf
large vessels with high velocity are depicted with a convex low frequency probe (spectral Doppler)
sagittal
sagittal
parasagittal at insula
2
10
5
7
3
8
12
9
4
1
10
11
coronal
axial
sagittal
2
14
6
4
6
1
4
3
15
1 internal carotid artery
2 anterior cerebral artery
3 anterior choroidal artery
4 basilar artery
5 Heubner’s artery
6 posterior communicating artery
7 internal cerebral vein
8 great cerebral vein of Galen
9 straight sinus
10 central artery (of insula and cerebrum)
11 posterior trunk of the middle cerebral artery
12 tuberothalamic artery
13 lateral striate MCA perforator artery
14 middle cerebral artery M1
15 posterior cerebral artery
13
12
14
1
small vessels with low velocity are depicted with a linear high frequency probe (spectral Doppler, low pulse repetition frequency)
1 pial vein
2 pial artery
3 periventricular vein
1 cm
1
0.7 cm
2
0.5 cm
1 cm
3
frontal power doppler
posterior temporal power doppler
broader periventricular deep venous drainage in frontal than posterior temporal lobe
2
2
2
1
1
a. centralis
1,9 mm
regular spacing of branches of the central artery in microdoppler mode
1
1
1
parasagittal pareventricular vascular detail
1 palmate zone: lateral ependymal collectors
2 candelabra zone
perforators from anterior MCA and ACA (1)
mixed with inferior striate veins (2)
Doppler images of large pial arteries
coronal
axial via temporosquamosal
suture: circle of willis
sagittal
carotid arteries
MCA
ACA
PCA
ICV
ACA
ACA
PCA
MCA
ICA
basilar artery
basilar artery
posterior communicating artery
MCA and branches
PCoA with x-flow
Esaote my lab twice
MCA
MCA perforators
MCA
PCoA axial approach
MCA
MCA
ICA
mastoid view: superior cerebellar artery
PCoA and PCA perforators to thalamus (angio mode spectral Doppler)
anterior coronal
tuberothalamic a.
posterior coronal
P2 PCA medial posterior choroidal a.
P1 PCA perforator a.
P2 PCA thalamogeniculate aa.
ICV
ICV
P1 PCA perforator a.
P2 PCA thalamogeniculate aa.
parasagittal
ACA and MCA perforators (spectral Doppler)
Heubner’s artery
coronal
parasagittal
medial striate MCA
coronal
lateral striate MCA
parasagittal
lateral posterior choroidal
artery perforators from PCA
parasagittal
anterior MCA and ACA perforators
coronal
inferior striate vein to basal vein of Rosenthal
spectral Doppler impression of the deep arterial perforators and medullary vessels
not directional sensitive
spectral microdoppler: deep
medullary venous cnfluence
V
A
A
V
“watershed” area between
deep perforators and
centripetal pial arteries
A
A
upper maximum reach
of perforator arteries
A artery
V vein
stenosis and flow velocity change in the great cerebral vein
normal aspect via the anterior fontanelle
high resolution images via the posterior fontanel
4
2
1
5
3
6
1 tectum
2 splenium
3 sulcus parieto-occipitalis
4 internal cerebral vein
5 great cerebral vein (Galen)
6 straight sinus
basal vein
proximal to stenosis
at stenosis
developing brain veins
transverse sinus
middle plexus
internal cerebral vein and superior
choroidal vein
posterior plexus
pineal gland
straight sinus
mesencephalic vein
superior sagittal
sinus
basal vein of
Rosenthal in
formation
anterior
plexus
marginal sinus (primitive transverse
sinus)
tentorial
sinus
inferior striate vein
jugular
foramen
superior
petrosal sinus
dorsal metencephalic
vein (posterior
cerebellar vein)
superficial middle
cerebral vein
petrosquamosal
sinus
anterior cerebral
vein
primary head vein
trigeminal nerve
ophtalmic vein
superior petrosal sinus
and great anterior
cerebellar vein
tentorial sinus
15 mm stage (~day 42)
sigmoid sinus
ventral diencephalic
vein, inferior
choroidal vein
prootic sinus
occipital vein
middle meningeal
sinus
emissary veins
(mastoid,
condyloid)
straight sinus
superior sagittal sinus
anterior plexus
supraorbital
vein
posterior auricular
vein
internal cerebral vein
transverse sinus
opthalmic veins
jugular vein
tentorial sinus
posterior plexus
superior petrosal sinus
cavernous sinus, pterygoid
plexus, sphenoid emissary
vein
common facial
vein
vertical deep cervical
vein
facial veins
emissary
vein
superior petrosal sinus
transverse deep
cervical vein
lingual vein, superficial temporal
vein
ophtalmic vein
cavernous sinus
inferior petrosal sinus
50 mm stage (early
fetal period, week 9)
adapted from Streeter 1915
jugular
foramen
cephalic vein
left innominate vein
inferior petrosal sinus and ventral
myelencephalic vein
80 mm stage, early
second trimester
external jugular vein
lateral thoracic vein
adapted from Padget 1957
axillary vein
subclavian vein
superior intercostal
vein
developing brain arteries
1 anterior division
2 posterior division
3 ventral aorta
4 dorsal aorta
5 ICA (internal carotid artery)
6 c … cervical segmental arteries
7 trigeminal artery
8 suboccipital (proatlantal) artery
9 vertebral artery
10 basilar artery
11 midbrain plexus
12 external carotid artery
13 longitudinal neural artery
14 posterior communicating artery
15 middle cerebral artery
16 anterior cerebral artery
17 posterior cerebral artery
18 superior cerebellar artery
19 hypoglossal artery
11
2
otic
placode
n. V
11
13
13->10
5
1
17
7
19
1
1
19
12
c1
3
11
15
10
16
c1
12
18
14
8
5
3
9
c6
24d
28d
29-33d
54d
variation of the circle of Willis (with Doppler ultrasound)
embryonic type (large) PCoA
high prf
term equivalent preterms 50 %
adulthood 10-40 %
A1 hypoplasia
PCoA normal caliber
4 preterms now at PMA 37w
coronal
axial
axial, linear high frequency probe
RICA
ACA
RPCA
MCA
RICA
mesencephalon
LPCA
LICA
LICA
bilateral infraoptic low origin of
both A1 parts
vessel from left ICA to “interrupted basilar a.” inserts ecccentric
(below the sagittal plane)
asymmetric caliber PCoA
antenatal diagnosis: vein of Galen malformation confirmed by day 1 ultrasound
enlarged carotid arteries
enlarged basilar artery
large, patent falx sinus
circle of Willis, axial
feeding ACA
vein of Galen malformation with progressive brain damage due to recurrent steal of flow
before
embolisation
pial artery with steal
after
embolisation
pial artery without steal
MCA steal
MCA without steal
SSS with intermittent backflow
normal forward SSS flow
readmission
pial vein with arterialised flow
destruction within MCA territory,
mainly posterior trunk area
pulsatile backflow in superior sagittal sinus
AVM proximal to the vein of Galen, dilated inferior sagittal sinus
coronal
dilated inferior
sagittal sinus
dilated vein
of Galen
ACA
PCA
ICA
sagittal
dilated inferior
sagittal sinus
dilated ICA and ACA as well as PCA
dilated vein
of Galen
enlarged circle of Willis arteries
infratentorial AVM with arterial fistula from the posterior inferior cerebellar artery
term infant with “asphyxia”
day 3 MRI
large transverse sinus
mastoid view
large straight sinus
characteristic Doppler findings of rare neonatal vascular anomalies : dural AVM and choroidal AVM
sagittal
antenatal cavity in the back
of the brain (no doppler
images): dural AVM with
spontaneous postnatal
regression without sequelae
coronal
relatively high flow in a sigmoid sinus
posterior interhemispheric “cavity”
T1
T2
MRV
visualisation of arteries feeding a choroidal AVM at
very high prf (only high velocity arteries visible)
term, day one apnoe and
seizures; one artery of the
AVM was embolised in early
infancy, the other artery
regressed spontaneously
cavernoma
coronal
mastoid
mastoid
PMA 30w
day 21
day 60
ELBW 26w, unchanging asymptomatic findings up to term age
coronal
parasagittal
axial temporal
T1
T2
hydrocephalus due to brainstem vascular anomaly, courtesy E Valverde, Madrid
T1 + contrast
enhancement may suggest
haemangioma rather than
cavernoma
frontal paracingular developmental venous anomaly (DVA)
the draining vein
anterior coronal
coronal power doppler
coronal high freq. detail
R
L
the draining
vein
coronal @ Monro
coronal micro doppler
parasagittal
coronal SSWI
the caput
medusae
parasagittal micro doppler
35w no RDS, mild IUGR, asymptomatic
posterior temporal developmental venous anomaly (DVA) with haemorrhage
power doppler, non-directional
neonatal MRI day 5
18 months control MRI
sinus pericranii
MRV
term infant with pulsatile mass overlying the anterior
fontanel: sinus pericranii with scalp to intracranial drainage
T1 MRI
mass
mass
MRV
large transverse
sinus
mass
arterial feeder
(facial artery)
coronal
sagittal
sagittal
mass
enlarged superior sagittal sinus
sagittal
normal velocities in adjacent ACA branch
high flow velocity in superior sagittal sinus
mass
focal vascular dysplasia with adjacent cortical anomalies
coronal
parasagittal
coronal T2
asymmetrical insular gyration
L
vascular haemorrhagic type of lesion
R
conspicuous right internal cerebral vein with high velocity flow (normal < 10 cm/sec)
normal aspect of carotid arteries and basilar artery
multiple prenatal brain
lesions, images day 1 and
2 after term delivery
wide superior sagittal sinus at the posterior fontanelle
wide right transverse sinus
abnormal Doppler findings in unusual vascular conditions
aneurysm
subarachnoid haematoma
after coiling
1 month old, seizures, anaemia and retino-subarachnoid haemorrhage
prenatal hydrocephalus with plexus papilloma
preterm 35w, chance finding of plexus carcinoma
PHACES syndrome
lenticulostriate arteriopathy
asymmetric cerebellar hypoplasia
courtesy dr Steggerda; LUMC Leiden
asymmetric cerebellar hypoplasia
smaller left MCA and supraclinoid ICA
absence of left posterior communicating artery; left PCA elongated and tortuous
courtesy dr Blesia; Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona
genetic small artery disorders
infant with progressive microcephaly, psychomotor retardation, spasticity and feeding problems,
recurrent seizures; normal platelet count, normal liver enzymes: Aicardi-Goutières syndrome
disseminated hnyperechoic lesions
newborn with persistent
hyperplastic vitreum, cerebral
arteriopathy: Norrie disease
protein mutations excluded
calcified pial artery
12
choroid plexus hyperplasia
near term, mild hypothermia, chance finding
PRF 4.0 KHz
PRF 1.0 KHz
PRF 1.0 KHz
anaplastic glioma
high velocities in ICA R
strong right TS drainage
abnormal perfusion in tumor margin
normal velocities in ICA L and
basilar a.
internal carotid artery thrombosis
coronal
axial
total occlusion
right ICA
normal ICA images
normal patency in
both ICAs
partial occlusion
right ICA
lower velocities
preterm infant, incidental finding
three ECMO patients, all different
aspects of the ICA after the procedure
arterial ischaemic stroke: absence of flow, luxury perfusion or normal anatomic Doppler signal
no flow in affected lateral striate perforator artery
large draining vein near left posterior truncal MCA stroke
bilateral MCA stroke with large arteries patent
MCA
MCA
stroke
areae
stroke
area
DW MRI: double embolic stroke
thalamic arterial stroke types
tuberothalamic
(polar) a.
MCA
AChA
PCA
ICA
thalamogeniculate a.
PCoA
PCA P1 perforator a.
medial posterior
choroidal a.
basilar a.
left thalamic stroke near perforator from PCA P1, Doppler profiles
preterm 34w, umbilical venous catheter only risk factor
coronal
coronal
unaffected preterm of similar PMA
parasagittal
lenticulostriate arteriopathy
ichtyosis/prematurity/eosinophilia syndrome
postnatal onset arteriopathy in a preterm of 28w GA
convex probe
linear probe
perforator arteries
unaffected inferior striate vein, in direction of the basal vein
superior sagittal sinus thrombosis; recanalisation in sagittal colour Doppler images
day 5
day 11
day 15
2 months
primary in utero thrombosis of the internal cerebral vein (dysfibrinogenaemia) and posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus
subacute clot on SWI at level of
superior thalamus
posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus on admission
on admission 18 days after birth
day 25
reappearing right ICV
left ICV
in TOF MRA MIP projection
left ICV
return of flow in the right ICV
Tajdar et al. 2018
screening for transverse sinus patency from the anterior fontanelle
ICVs
jugular vein
typical right transverse sinus dominance (different machines)
head rotated left for 90°, supine on back
atypical left transverse sinus dominance
face neutral up, supine on back
codominance
head again rotated left for 90°, supine on back
effect of neck rotation on visualisation of the sigmoid sinus (preterm 30w PMA)
VLBW transverse sinus thrombosis
asymptomatic at 24w GA, postnatal day 5
posterior caudate vein
terminal vein
ICVs
central clot in transverse
sigmoid sinus
sinus
normal aspect
transverse sinus patency or thrombosis near temporal lobe haematoma
right TS
left TS
patent ICVs
left TS and sigmoid sinus
term, caesarean section after failed vacuum traction, apnoea day 1:
both transverse sinus are patent
lesion
temporal lesion pointing to TS
limited flow in partially thrombosed left TS
term, spontaneous vaginal delivery, apnoeic seizures day 1:
partial thrombosis in the ipsilateral transverse sinus
normal right TS
normal right transverse sinus
phase-contrast MRV
a Willis’ cord is not a thrombus
term, pneumothorax
coronal
coronal
bridging vein
SSS
SSS
SSS
bridging vein
entering venous
lacuna
Willis’ cord
34w GA at 38w PMA, high blood pressure
skin and fontanelle
parasagittal
Willis’ cord
SSS
anterior
SSS
brain
SSS
Willis’ cord
gates on arteries: caliber of the vessel matters
ACA pial
MCA
perforator
ACA
ICA
basilar
a. basilaris
pial insular a.
ACA
MCA perforator a.
significant PDA: clinical relevance only when steal is important
Text
reflow in ACA
ICV not pulsatile
decreasing resistance index in term birth asphxyia: poor correlation with lesion pattern
normal arterial flow pattern
RI low
for RI values in ACA a negative
correlation (r= -0.48, p = 0.019)
exists between lowest RI on day 2
or 3 and (subsequent) hyperechoic
change to cortex compatible with
laminar cortical necrosis
RI normal
ACA resistance Index < 0,55
•
•
•
term birth asphyxia with
leukomalacia
HIE
stroke
hypoglycaemia
MCA RI = 0,69
RI normal
term birth asphyxia with
thalamic injury after cooling
ICV velocity 12 cm/sec
severe increase of intracranial pressure
term birth asphyxia: hyperechoic change to cortex
compatible with laminar cortical necrosis
blue colour due to reversed diastolic flow in ACA
ICA
ACA
extreme swelling with reflow in diastole in ICA and ACA
high systolic and low diastolic
flow velocity in ACA
plexus papilloma of
the third ventricle
with hydrocephalus
Doppler visualisation of CSF in motion in third ventricle and aqueduct
video
CSF returns into ventricles: best depicted in the aqueduct
velocities from -10 to +10 cm/sec
mastoid view
to and fro
v3
aqueduct
abnormal vessels near a lesion
bilateral GMH, abnormal oblique small vessel in the left matrix area with pulsatile character
high lateral atrial vein
near atrial venous infarct
TV
TV
?
BVR
54
venous signal in a horizontal vessel near
the unvisualised left basal vein (BVR)
TV = terminal vein
medullary veins and venous infarction
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
internal cerebral vein
terminal vein
anterior thalamic vein
superior striate vein
septal vein
palmate convergence area
candelabra convergence area
subcortical convergence area
SSS
8
8
ependymal collector in
palmate area not
occluded by GMH
7
7
7
5
7
6
1
3
ven
t
ricl
e
ma
rgin
6
2
4
preterm 32w PMA, parasagittal
preterm 25w PMA, day 14, coronal
based on Okudera et al. 1999
venous infarction
GMH/IVH
GMH/IVH
venous
infarct
interlacing deep and superficial veins at the candelabra zone
explain the feathered outer appearance of a venous infarct
tributaries of the thalamostriate (terminal) vein and infarct types
anterior
terminal vein
longitudinal
caudate vein
terminal
vein
medullary
veins
medullary
veins
superior
choroidal vein
anterior infarction above caudate
head
internal
cerebral vein
thalamo-striate (terminal) vein
infarction
transverse
caudate vein
striatal vein
infarction
superior
thalamic
veins
striatal veins
para-atrial vein
infarction
inferior
thalamic
vein
inferior
striatal vein
temporal matrix
infarction
lateral atrial
vein
great cerebral
vein
hippocampal
venous
complex
straight
sinus
inferior
choroidal vein
PG
deep middle
cerebral vein
inferior
ventricle vein
PG
sigmoid sinus
basal vein
transverse sinus
5
4
6
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
internal cerebral vein
terminal (thalamo-striate) vein
medial atrial vein
longitudinal caudate vein
middle and posterior caudate veins
superior striate vein
5
1
inverted parasagittal sonogram
coronal doppler
2
anatomy of deep veins is relevant to onset of GMH in the caudothalamic groove
normal symmetrical deep
venous anatomy with
visualisation of the U-turn
coronal
coronal
GMH/IVH
3
2
3
2
1
1
coronal
4
1
2
3
4
internal cerebral vein
posterior caudate vein
terminal vein
U-turn from terminal vein to internal cerebral vein
4
3
1
1
2
3
4
internal cerebral vein
direct lateral vein
terminal vein
medial atrial vein
right parasagittal
preterm IVH following GMH in the
presence of a left direct lateral vein
coronal
atypical
terminal vein
atypical vein
terminal vein
posterior caudate vein
drop in flow velocity and reversed direction over the acute angle
between posterior caudate and terminal vein
high drainage by lateral atrial vein to basal vein on the right
typical
terminal vein
conspicuous middle and posterior caudate veins
TCV
PCV
PCV
TCV
PCV
6.5 mm
terminal vein receiving posterior caudate vein, different examples
posterior caudate vein (PCV) position and angle
Monro
venous fan
TCV
PCV
6,1 mm
posterior caudate vein distance to
foramen of Monro
obtuse, over right to acute angle between medullary vein and terminal vein
PCV = posterior caudate vein
TCV = transverse (middle) caudate vein
venous infarction within the terminal vein area: collector veins occluded or distended
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d4
d82
R
sc
L
d26
sc
L
R
GMH
sc
infarction right terminal vein (GA 25w)
sc
asymmetry in sulcus centralis (sc)
porencephaly
normal posterior caudate vein
GMH
GMH
GMH
enlarged middle caudate vein
persistent flow in displaced posterior caudate vein
venous infarction: empty venous space and enlarged pial draining veins
parasagittal
parasagittal
TCV
coronal
empty venous space
PCV
early porencephaly
4,9 mm
superior striate vein
bigger upward pial veins
above limited infarct
affected PCV ?
coronal
parasagittal
limited infarct, early
porencephaly
infarct area
normal downward drainage
caudal to lesion
parasagittal
PCV = posterior caudate vein
TCV = transverse (middle) caudate vein
sequence from carotid injury to medial striate perforator stroke to GMH to venous infarction
27w difficult vaginal breech, neck traction and carotid injury
parasagittal
coronal
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
coronal
3
coronal
4
axial
6
3
5
7
1 medial striate perforator stroke
2 GMH
3 venous infarction
4 terminal vein not visualised
5 carotid artery occluded
6 ACA A1 flow reversal toward unperfused
right carotid artery
7 internal cerebral vein patent
porencephaly forms independent of affected vein in GMH with venous infarction
preterm 25w 6d, caesarean section for fetal distress, pneumothorax and low initial blood pressure
day 3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
4
GMH
IVH
venous infarction (later porencephaly)
subependymal collector vein implicated
in venous infarction (with flow)
5 site of porencephaly formation
2
1
day 17
3
3
3
2
2
4
4
relation between gliotic leukomalacia and deep venous anatomy
juxtaventricular medullary veins
gliotic PVL
anterior terminal vein
caudate
terminal vein
striatum
hypoperfusion of
deep white matter
thalamus
leukomalacia
basal vein
internal cerebral vein
venous fan sits medial to gliotic PVL (arrow)
unstable perfusion of
germinal matrix
matrix
haemorrhage
medullary vein disorders (hyperechoic white matter) in term infants: congestion, medullary vein thrombosis and polycythaemia/hyperviscosity
thrombosis of superior sagittal and straight sinus with deep
venous congestion leading to white matter ischaemia
unexplained white matter haemorrhage with patent
superior sagittal sinus: medullary vein thrombosis ?
term, SGA, grunting, mild hypoglycaemia, low
platelet count and venous hematocrit 75 %
parasagittal
bilateral subcortical
orbitofrontal
haemorrhagic ischaemia
no flow in SSS
normal flow in SSS
sagittal
escape drainage via tentorial sinus
to transverse sinus
details of injury near the superior sagittal sinus
brain doppler imaging: achondroplasia at 2 months: venous congestion leading to distended lacunae
lacuna
Willis’ cord
microV Doppler
patent superior sagittal sinus under a thick hyperechoic dural membrane: intradural haematoma
bilateral subdural haematoma overlying sulcus calcarinus
abnormal
echoes near
calcar
sketch
sulcus
calcarinus
sulcus
calcarinus
posterior fontanel coronal
dissection of the aorta with reversed flow in both carotid arteries
normal downstream flow in both ICVs
upstream flow in basilar a
downstream flow in both carotids
downstream flow in both carotids and upstream in both A1s of ACA
term, PPHN, inotropes, anuria
reduced arterial flow in cortex adjacent to GMH with medullary venous infarction: spasm ?
before GMH
with GMH
reduced flow in white matter prior to venous
infarction
infarct
non-directional spectral microdoppler (Esaote MyLab twice)
GMH
ependymal vein not
visualised
reduced flow in white matter with venous
infarction present
term, heart failure, PPHN and NO, major inotropic use, not on oscillator, not on ECMO: unexplained rate observation in a deep vein
internal cerebral
vein at 379 bpm
off inotropics after 1week: normal flow profile
ACA at 180 bpm
SSS
sigmoid sinus
suspicion of injury to left pulvinar