Vector and Doppler Ultrasound Velocities Evaluated in a Flow Phantom and the Femoropopliteal Vein

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Ultrasound is used for evaluating the veins of the lower extremities. Operator and angle dependency limit spectral Doppler ultrasound (SDUS). The aim of the study was to compare peak velocity measurements in a flow phantom and the femoropopliteal vein of 20 volunteers with the angle-independent vector velocity technique vector flow imaging (VFI) and SDUS. In the flow phantom, VFI underestimated velocity (p = 0.01), with a lower accuracy of 5.5% (p = 0.01) and with no difference in precision, that is, error factor, compared with SDUS (VFI: 1.02 vs. SDUS: 1.02, p = 0.58). In vivo, VFI estimated lower velocities (femoral: p = 0.001; popliteal: p = 0.001) with no difference in precision compared with SDUS (femoral: VFI 1.09 vs. SDUS 1.14, p = 0.37; popliteal: VFI 1.13 vs. SDUS 1.06, p = 0.09). In conclusion, the precise VFI technique can be used to characterize venous hemodynamics of the lower extremities despite its underestimation of velocities.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftUltrasound in Medicine and Biology
Vol/bind43
Udgave nummer10
Sider (fra-til)2477-2487
ISSN0301-5629
DOI
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2017

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