COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY - A NEW INVESTIGATIVE MODALITY FOR INTRAOCULAR SPACE-OCCUPYING LESIONS

We report our experience with colour Doppler sonography (CDS) in 20 no rmal subjects and 25 patients with intraocular space-occupying lesions . The technique provided an in vivo cross-section of the vascular topo graphy of space-occupying lesions in real time. Colour coding and spec tral analysis helped to determine the direction and pattern of blood f low. CDS was found to be a useful diagnostic adjuvant, a guide to the treatment protocol, and helped in monitoring the progress of the disea se. In conditions of the eye where unclear media hindered a clinical e valuation, CDS sonography was a safe, easily reproducible and non-inva sive investigative tool. With further technical advances in waveform a nalysis and quantitative assessment, CDS holds promise as an investiga tive modality of choice in the future.