Color Doppler Ultrasound Probes

A Color Doppler Ultrasound Probe is a noninvasive procedure that can be used to estimate the blood flow through your blood vessels by bouncing high-frequency ultrasound waves off circulating red blood cells.

A regular ultrasound uses sound waves to produce images, however, it can’t show blood flow.

A Doppler ultrasound helps to diagnose various conditions, such as:

• Blood clots

• Poorly functioning valves in your leg veins, which can cause blood or other fluids to pool in your legs (venous insufficiency)

• Heart valve defects and congenital heart disease

• A blocked artery (arterial occlusion)

• Decreased blood circulation into your legs (peripheral artery disease)

• Bulging arteries (aneurysms)

• Narrowing of an artery, such as in your neck (carotid artery stenosis)