TCD (transcranial Doppler) Flashcards
0 degree angle
all TCD
C1
cervical
C2
C3
petrous
lacerum
C4
C5
cavernous
clinoid
C6
C7
supraclinoid
communicating (terminal)
collateral supratrochlear
superior temporal
collateral dorsal nasal
facial
PULSED WAVE
TCD
No CW
TCD
Color is pulsed wave
never CW
mean velocity
correlates with perfusion
MCA depth
30-60 mm
ACA/MCA bifurcation

55-65 mm bidirectional
ACA

60-80 mm away
ACA velocity
50 +/- 11 cm/sec away
P1

60-70 mm toward
P1 velocity
39 +/- 10 cm/sec
vertebral

60-90 mm away
vertebral velocity
38 +/- 10 cm/sec
basilar artery

80-120 mm away
basilar velocity
30-57 cm/sec
transorbital window : 4 levels
parasellar,
genu,
supraclinoid,
ophthalmic
ophthalmic resistance
high
most velocities 80 cm/sec
> 100 cm/sec bad
siphon
60-80 mm
terminal ICA
55-65 mm
ambiguous
ophthalmic artery

40-60 mm,
toward
21 +/- 5 cm/sec
M1
30-60 mm
toward
55 +/- 12 cm/sec
P2

60-70 mm,
away,
40 +/- 10 cm/sec
siphon (orbital window)
60-80 mm,
47 +/- 14 cm/sec
variable flow direction
vasospasm in MCA
120-140 cm/sec mild (100-200)
140-200 cm/sec moderate (120-200)
> 200 cm/sec severe
43-67 cm/sec normal MCA
Lindegard ratio (hemispheric index)
compares ICA to MCA for severity of vasospasm
MCA/ICA ratio normal
(hemispheric index)
< 3
MCA 100-200 cm/sec
MCA/ICA ratio
moderate vasospasm
5-7
MCA 120-200 cm/sec
emboli
chirps or HITS
brain death

flow reversal
intraplaque hemorrhage
hypoechoic rim
incidence fetal ICA
25%
4 factors for vessel identification
depth direction
spatial
orientation
mean velocity
Transorbital window: vessel direction of siphon and OA
parasellar and genu flow toward probe
supraclinoid flows away
ophthalmic flow toward
MCA/ICA ratio
severe vasospasm
>7
velocity MCA > 200 cm/sec
terminal ICA
55-65 mm
ophthalmic artery collateral
abnormal side ACA reverses (toward)
intracrancial collaterals for ACA
develop turbulence and reverses (toward)