Wendy C. Ziai, MD, MPH

Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, and Critical Care Medicine

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD, USA

Christy L. Cornwell, BS, RVT, NVS

Neurosonology Consultant

Cardiovascular Ultrasound Services, Inc.

Columbus, OH, USA

Covers the full discipline of Neurosonology

Provides a comprehensive description of TCD techniques and interpretation

Concise and practical reference on cerebrovascular ultrasound

Principles of Transcranial Doppler Sonography.- Overview of Pertinent Cerebral Vascular Anatomy.- Cerebral Waveforms for Hemodynamic assessment.- Monitoring in Neurocritical Care - Overview.- Transcranial Doppler in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) and Vasculitis.- MONITORING FOR EMBOLI DETECTION (without and with MICROBUBBLES).- EVALUATION OF CEREBRAL CIRCULATORY ARREST.- Intracranial Stenosis.- Therapeutic TCD for patients with acute cerebral ischemia.- Clinical Application of Cerebrovascular Physiology.- Adult Traumatic Brain Injury.- Traumatic Brain Injury - Pediatric.- Cerebrovascular Reactivity Assessments in Traumatic Brain Injury.- Transcranial Doppler Protocols and Procedures: Vasomotor Reactivity.- Continuous Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring using TCD.- Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter for Increased Intracranial Pressure.- Cranial Ultrasound.- Applications of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in Sickle Cell Disease, Stroke, and Critical Illness in Children.- Point of care Transcranial Doppler.- CEREBROVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY IN THE SETTING OF TEMPORARY AND DURABLE MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT.- Electroencephalography versus Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography; Indications and Applications for Intracranial Monitoring.- Moyamoya Disease.- Vertebral Steal.- Transcranial Doppler in Acute Bacterial Meningitis .- TCD equipment, Lab Accreditation, Reimbursement, and Practice Issues.- Use of Transcranial Doppler in the Outpatient Ultrasound Lab.- Protocol for Non- Imaging Transcranial Doppler.- Transcranial Color Doppler Imaging for Adults.- Protocol for Monitoring for Emboli Detection (and with Microbubbles).- How to obtain measurements of the optic nerve sheath diameter in adults and children utilizing point-of-care ophthalmic ultrasonography.- Protocol for Extracranial Carotid Exam.