Echoenhancers and Transcranial Color Duplex Sonography

Contributors;.

Part A: Basic Principles.

1. Historical Development of Transcranial Color-Coded Tomography;.

2. Physics of Sonographic Imging, Ultrasound- Tissue Interacctions and Safety Issues 3.Transducer Technology 4.Signal Processing in Functional and Morphological Ultrasound Imaging;.

5.Techniques of Doppler Sonography and Color Duplex Sonography;.

6. Power Doppler Imaging;.

7. Technical Aspects of the Clinical Examination;.

8. Artefacts;.

9. #-D Sonography - Technical Aspect;.

10. Three-Dimensional Transcranial Duplex Sonography with and without Contrast Enhancement;.

11. Ultrasound Contrast Agents;.

12. Galactose- Based Echo Contrast Agents in Diagnostic Ultrasound;.

13. Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion Using Echo Contrast Agents;.

14. Harmonic Imaging;.

15. Transient Responnse Imaging (TRI);.

16. New Concepts in Ultrasound Contrast Imaging;.

Part B: Clinical Applications;.

17. Examination Techniques;.

18. Parenchymal Anatomy;.

19. Vascular Anatomy and Flow Velocity;.

20. Abnormalities of the Intracranial Artery;.

21. Intracranial Veins;.

22. (Arteriovenous) Intracranial Malformations;.

23. Detection of Cerebral Aneurysms by TCCS and its Clinical Consequences;.

24. Diagnosis of Acute Stroke;.

25. Diagnosis of Craniocerebral Trauma;.

26. Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation Disorders;.

27. Intracranial Tumors;.

28. Intracranial Tumor Vascularization;.

29. Pathological Findings in Neuropsychiatric Disease;.

30. Findings in Extrpyramidal Movement Disorders;.

31. Functional Imaging