Intraoperative Color Doppler Flow Imaging of Cerebral AVMs

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Ultrasound is being used extensively during craniotomy for monitoring. In recent years, color Doppler flow imaging has gradually been established, but this technique has been mainly used in conjunction with heart disease. In the present study, the authors used color Doppler flow imaging during surgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) . Differentiation of AVM from surrounding tissue is possible by color Doppler flow imaging, and this intraoperative imaging provides the safest route toward the AVM for the operating neurosurgeons. If further development work could yield improved equipment with a higher-resolution image, color Doppler flow imaging would facilitate the resection of the AVM without the need for a preoperative angiogram.
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