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  • Title: Influence of temporal insonation window quality on the assessment of cerebral autoregulation with transcranial Doppler sonography.
    Author: Lorenz MW, Gonzalez M, Lienerth C, Loesel N, Thoelen N, Sitzer M.
    Journal: Ultrasound Med Biol; 2007 Oct; 33(10):1540-5. PubMed ID: 17544566.
    Abstract:
    Cerebral autoregulation can be assessed quickly and noninvasively using transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD). A poor transtemporal insonation window is a common limitation in TCD examinations. The effects of insonation quality on TCD autoregulation measurements have never been investigated. We developed two methods to quantitatively measure insonation quality. We also validated a model to artificially worsen the insonation window. This involves inserting a thin aluminium foil between the TCD probe and the skin. Forty-six healthy volunteers underwent TCD examination before and after artificial reduction of the transtemporal insonation quality. Two autoregulation parameters, the phase difference (PD) and a cross-correlation coefficient (Mx), were calculated from the recordings. The aluminium foil model realistically simulates poor insonation conditions, producing a decrease in the signal power from 36.4 +/- 2.8 dB to 32.0 +/- 1.5 dB. In corrupted insonation windows, the PD is artificially low (native: 34.2 +/- 9.3 degrees , corrupted: 29.9 +/- 9.7 degrees , p = 0.002), but the Mx is not significantly different. Insonation quality may introduce a systematic bias of clinically relevant magnitude into TCD-based cerebral autoregulation studies. This must be considered when studies of elderly patients are planned. This article discusses strategies to account for this bias.
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