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Contents<br />

1 Doppler Sonography: A Brief History .. 1<br />

Dev Maulik<br />

Christian Andreas Doppler and the Doppler<br />

Theory ......................... 1<br />

Verification of Doppler's Theory ....... 3<br />

Technical Utilization of Doppler's Principle 4<br />

Development of Spectral Doppler Ultrasonography<br />

..................... 4<br />

Development of Color Doppler<br />

Ultrasonography .................. 5<br />

Introduction of Doppler Ultrasonography<br />

to Obstetrics and Gynecology ........ 5<br />

Conclusion ...................... 6<br />

References .................... 6<br />

2 Physical Principles<br />

of Doppler Ultrasonography ........ 9<br />

Dev Maulik<br />

Propagation of Sound ............. 9<br />

Propagation Speed of Sound ......... 10<br />

Wavelength, Frequency, Pulse ........ 10<br />

Amplitude, Power, Intensity .......... 11<br />

Ultrasound and Piezoelectric Effect ..... 11<br />

Characteristics of Sound Transmission<br />

in a Medium .................... 12<br />

Doppler Effect ................... 13<br />

Doppler Ultrasound ............... 13<br />

Backscattering ................... 14<br />

Magnitude of Doppler Shift .......... 15<br />

Angle Dependence of Doppler Shift .... 16<br />

References .................... 17<br />

3 Spectral Doppler:<br />

Basic Principles and Instrumentation .. 19<br />

Dev Maulik<br />

Doppler Signal Processing ........... 19<br />

Reception-Amplification ........... 19<br />

Demodulation ................. 19<br />

Direction Discrimination .......... 20<br />

High-Pass and Low-Pass Filters ...... 20<br />

Doppler Spectral Analysis ........... 20<br />

Fourier Transform Spectral Analysis ... 21<br />

Limitations of FFT Spectral Analysis .. 22<br />

Analog Fourier Spectral Analysis ..... 23<br />

Autoregression Analysis ........... 23<br />

Continuous-Wave Doppler Ultrasonography<br />

..................... 24<br />

Pulsed-Wave Doppler Ultrasonography .. 25<br />

Doppler Sample Volume .......... 25<br />

Artifacts of Spectral Doppler Sonography 26<br />

Nyquist Limit .................. 26<br />

Implications of Aliasing ........... 27<br />

Range-Velocity Resolution ......... 27<br />

Mirror Imaging ................. 28<br />

Duplex System ................... 28<br />

Principles of the Duplex Doppler<br />

System ...................... 28<br />

Optimal Configuration of a Duplex<br />

System: Imaging Versus Doppler<br />

System ...................... 29<br />

Duplex Implementation ........... 30<br />

Electronic Array Scanner .......... 30<br />

Integration of the Doppler and Imaging<br />

Functions in Array Transducer ...... 31<br />

Multiple-Gate and Multiple-Sample<br />

Doppler Systems ................ 32<br />

Doppler Display .................. 33<br />

Summary ....................... 33<br />

References .................... 34<br />

4 Spectral Doppler Sonography:<br />

Waveform Analysis<br />

and Hemodynamic Interpretation .... 35<br />

Dev Maulik<br />

Spectral Doppler Sonogram .......... 35<br />

Doppler Frequency Shift Envelopes ... 36<br />

Hemodynamic Information from Doppler<br />

Sonography ..................... 37<br />

Flow Detection ................. 37<br />

Flow Direction ................. 37<br />

Flow Velocity Profile ............. 38<br />

Doppler Flow Quantification ......... 38<br />

Principle of Doppler Flowmetry ..... 39<br />

Doppler Velocity Measurement ...... 40

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