| LDF | laser Doppler flux, laser Doppler fluxometry; limit dilution factor |
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| HVPC | high-voltage pulsed current |
| PD-AB-SAAP | pulsed diastolic autologous blood selective aortic arch perfusion |
| PFG | peak flow gauge; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis |
| PFGE | pulsed field gel electrophoresis |
| duplex Doppler scan | A method of visualizing and selectively assessing the flow patterns of peripheral arteries and veins using ultrasound imaging and pulsed Doppler. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| echocardiography, doppler | Measurement of intracardiac blood flow using an m-mode and/or two-dimensional (2-d) echocardiogram while simultaneously recording the spectrum of the audible doppler signal (e.g., velocity, direction, amplitude, intensity, timing) reflected from the moving column of red blood cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| echocardiography, doppler, colour | Echocardiography applying the doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colours on a gray scale in a real-time image. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultrasonography, doppler | Ultrasonography applying the doppler effect, with frequency-shifted ultrasound reflections produced by moving targets (usually red blood cells) in the bloodstream along the ultrasound axis in direct proportion to the velocity of movement of the targets, to determine both direction and velocity of blood flow. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultrasonography, doppler, colour | Ultrasonography applying the doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colours on a gray scale in a real-time image. This type of ultrasonography is well-suited to identifying the location of high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultrasonography, doppler, duplex | Ultrasonography applying the doppler effect combined with real-time imaging. The real-time image is created by rapid movement of the ultrasound beam. A powerful advantage of this technique is the ability to estimate the velocity of flow from the doppler shift frequency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultrasonography, doppler, transcranial | A non-invasive technique using ultrasound for the measurement of cerebrovascular haemodynamics, particularly cerebral blood flow velocity and cerebral collateral flow. With a high-intensity, low-frequency pulse probe, the intracranial arteries may be studied transtemporally, transorbitally, or from below the foramen magnum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foetal doppler study | <radiology> Non-stress test (NST), external monitoring for 20 minutes; poor specificity, greater than4 foetal heart accelerations (greater than15 bpm over baseline for 15 seconds) following foetal movement in foetus greater than34 weeks, no heart accelerations in immaturity, sleep, maternal sedation contraction stress test (CST), external monitoring after oxytocin or maternal breast stimulation, greater than 3 uterine contraction in 10 minutes; 50% specificity uterine and umbilical artery waveform, elevated systolic:diastolic ratio = increased vascular resistance foetal aortic flow volume, 185-246 ml/kg/min see also: biophysical profile, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) (12 Dec 1998) |
| laser-doppler flowmetry | A method of non-invasive, continuous measurement of microcirculation. The technique is based on the values of the doppler effect of low-power laser light scattered randomly by static structures and moving tissue particulates. (12 Dec 1998) |