Current understanding and future potential applications of cerebral microvascular imaging in infants.

Microvascular imaging is an advanced Doppler ultrasound technique that detects slow flow in microvessels by suppressing clutter signal and motion-related artifacts. The technique has been applied in several conditions to assess organ perfusion and lesion characteristics. In this pictorial review, we aim to describe current knowledge of the technique, particularly its diagnostic utility in the infant brain, and expand on the unexplored but promising clinical applications of microvascular imaging in the brain with case illustrations.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  British Journal of Radiology

• Publication date

  2022-02-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1259/bjr.20211051PMID 35143338PMCID PMC10993979
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