SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL TRANSCRANIAL POWER DOPPLER IMAGING IN 2 STROKE PATIENTS

We applied a new technique of three-dimensional (3-D) transcranial pow er Doppler imaging to demonstrate the middle cerebral artery (MCA) in the 2 stroke patients. In the first patient, the 3-D power Doppler stu dy clearly showed the horizontal portion, bifurcation, proximal portio n of the upper and lower trunks, and the major branches of the lower t runk of the MCA, In the second patient, the 3-D power Doppler clearly revealed the proximal bifurcation of the left MCA. The 3-D transcrania l power Doppler seems to be useful in making clear 3-D images of the M CA.