Colour duplex sonography of the extracranial brain-supplying vessels (vascular ultrasound of the arterial neck vessels)

Colour duplex sonography of the extracranial vessels supplying the brain images the vessels that are important for the blood supply to the brain and analyses their blood flow velocities.

Deposits and calcifications in these vessels can be displayed here with high sensitivity and very early on.

Deposits or stenoses (constrictions) of these vessels represent an essential cause of strokes. Early detection and possibly treatment of high-grade stenoses of these vessels is a prerequisite for being able to prevent strokes caused by these stenoses.