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Neurosonology-related Guidelines and Recommendations of Other Societies

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ASNM and ASN joint guidelines for transcranial Doppler ultrasonic monitoring: an update. Razumovsky AY, Jahangiri FR, Balzer J. J Neuroimaaging 2022; 32: 781-797
 
Diagnosis of vascular diseases. Ultrasound investigations--guidelines. Antignani PL, Benedetti-Valentini F, Aluigi L, Baroncelli TA, Camporese G, Failla G, Martinelli O, Palasciano GC, Pulli R, Rispoli P, Amato A, Amitrano M, Dorigo W, Gossetti B, Irace L, Laurito A, Magnoni F, Minucci S, Pedrini L, Righi D, Verlato F; Italian Society for Vascular Investigation.
Int Angiol. 2012; 31(5 Suppl 1): 1-77.
 
Guidelines for noninvasive vascular laboratory testing: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology. Gerhard-Herman M, Gardin JM, Jaff M, Mohler E, Roman M, Naqvi TZ; American Society of Echocardiography; Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology.
Vasc Med. 2006 Nov;11(3):183-200.
 
American society of echocardiography report. Clinical application of noninvasive vascular ultrasound in cardiovascular risk stratification: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology.
Roman MJ, Naqvi TZ, Gardin JM, Gerhard-Herman M, Jaff M, Mohler E; American Society of Echocardiography; Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology.
Vasc Med. 2006 Nov;11(3):201-11.
 
Normatização dos Equipamentos e das Técnicas para a Realização de Exames de Ultra-Sonografia Vascular. Belem LHJ, Nogueira ACS, Schettino CD, Barros MVL, de Alcantara ML, de Carvalho Studart PC, de Araújo PP, do Amaral SI, Barretto S, Guimarães JI.
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2004; 82(suppl. VI): 1-14
 
Procedure operative per indagini diagnostiche vascolari - revisione 2004, parte I. A cura del Consiglio Direttivo della Società Italiana di Diagnostica Vascolare SIDV - GIUV. Antignani PL, Gossetti B, Righi D, Amato A, Annoni F, Impagliatelli M, Pedrini L, Pulli R, Verlato F.
Quadrimestrale di informazione sulle attività della Società Italiana di Diagnostica Vascolare. Bollettino della Società Italiana di Diagnostica Vascolare 2003; Anno VIII - N. 23-24: 1-64
 
Procedure operative per indagini diagnostiche vascolari - revisione 2007, parte II. A cura del Consiglio Direttivo della Società Italiana di Diagnostica Vascolare SIDV - GIUV. Benedetti Valentini F, Amato A, Righi D, Amitrano M, Dorigo W, Impagliatelli M, Magnoni F, Minucci S, Verlato F.
 
 
Extracranial Ultrasound
 
 
Cuantificación ultrasonográfica de la estenosis carotídea: recomendaciones de la Sociedad Española de Neurosonología. [Ultrasound measurement of carotid stenosis: recommendations from the Spanish Society of Neurosonology]. Serena J, Irimia P, Calleja S, Blanco M, Vivancos J, Ayo-Martín O; Representación de la Sociedad Española de Neurosonología (SONES).
Neurologia. 2013 Sep;28(7):435-42.
 
AIUM practice guideline for the performance of an ultrasound examination of the extracranial cerebrovascular system. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine; American College of Radiology; Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound.
J Ultrasound Med. 2012; 31(1): 145-54.
 
Ultraschallkriterien zur Graduierung von Stenosen der A. carotis interna – Revision der DEGUM-Kriterien und Transfer in NASCET-Stenosierungsgrade. [Revision of DEGUM ultrasound criteria for grading internal carotid artery stenoses and transfer to NASCET measurement]. Arning C, Widder B, von Reutern GM, Stiegler H, Görtler M.
Ultraschall Med. 2010; 31(3): 251-7.
 
Joint recommendations for reporting carotid ultrasound investigations in the United Kingdom. Oates CP, Naylor AR, Hartshorne T, Charles SM, Fail T, Humphries K, Aslam M, Khodabakhsh P.
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2009 Mar;37(3):251-61.
 
Carotid artery stenosis: gray-scale and Doppler US diagnosis. Society of Radiologists in Ultrsound Consensus Conference. Grant EG, Benson CB, Moneta GL, Alexandrov AV, Baker JD, Bluth EI, Corroll BA, Eliasziw M, Gocke J, Hertzberg BS, Katanick S, Needleman L, Pellerito J, Polak JF, Rholl KS, Wooster DL, Zieler RE.
Radiology 2003; 229(2): 340-6
 
Ultraljud bra preoperativ metod för gradering av karotisstenos. Rekommendationer från Svenska kvalitetskommittén för karotiskirurgi.
Jogestrand T, von Arbin M, Bergqvist D, Lilja A, Lindqvist M, Mätzsch Th, Norrving B, Nowak J, Troeng Th, Wahlgren NG.
Läkartidningen 2003; 100(30-31): 2443-2445
 
 
Intima Media Thickness
 
 
Mannheim carotid intima-media thickness and plaque consensus (2004-2006-2011). An update on behalf of the advisory board of the 3rd, 4th and 5th watching the risk symposia, at the 13th, 15th and 20th European Stroke Conferences, Mannheim, Germany, 2004, Brussels, Belgium, 2006, and Hamburg, Germany, 2011.
Touboul PJ, Hennerici MG, Meairs S, Adams H, Amarenco P, Bornstein N, Csiba L, Desvarieux M, Ebrahim S, Hernandez Hernandez R, Jaff M, Kownator S, Naqvi T, Prati P, Rundek T, Sitzer M, Schminke U, Tardif JC, Taylor A, Vicaut E, Woo KS.
Cerebrovasc Dis. 2012;34(4):290-6.
 
Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine.
Stein JH, Korcarz CE, Hurst RT, Lonn E, Kendall CB, Mohler ER, Najjar SS, Rembold CM, Post WS; American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Feb;21(2):93-111
 
Mannheim carotid intima-media thickness consensus (2004-2006). An update on behalf of the Advisory Board of the 3rd and 4th Watching the Risk Symposium, 13th and 15th European Stroke Conferences, Mannheim, Germany, 2004, and Brussels, Belgium, 2006.
Touboul PJ, Hennerici MG, Meairs S, Adams H, Amarenco P, Bornstein N, Csiba L, Desvarieux M, Ebrahim S, Fatar M, Hernandez Hernandez R, Jaff M, Kownator S, Prati P, Rundek T, Sitzer M, Schminke U, Tardif JC, Taylor A, Vicaut E, Woo KS, Zannad F, Zureik M.
Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007;23(1):75-80.
 
Mannheim intima-media thickness consensus.
Touboul PJ, Hennerici MG, Meairs S, Adams H, Amarenco P, Desvarieux M, Ebrahim S, Fatar M, Hernandez Hernandez R, Kownator S, Prati P, Rundek T, Taylor A, Bornstein N, Csiba L, Vicaut E, Woo KS, Zannad F; Advisory Board of the 3rd Watching the Risk Symposium 2004, 13th European Stroke Conference.
Cerebrovasc Dis. 2004;18(4):346-9.
 
 
Transcranial Ultrasound
 
 
AIUM practice guideline for the performance of a transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination for adults and children.
American College of Radiology (ACR); Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR); Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU).
J Ultrasound Med. 2012; 31(9): 1489-500.
 
American Society of Neurophysiologic Monitoring and American Society of Neuroimaging joint guidelines for transcranial Doppler ultrasonic monitoring. Edmonds HL Jr, Isley MR, Sloan TB, Alexandrov AV, Razumovsky AY.
J Neuroimaging. 2011; 21(2): 177-83.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20331498
 
Brazilian Guidelines for transcranial doppler in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.
Lobo CL, Cançado RD, Leite AC, Dos Anjos AC, Pinto AC, Matta AP, Silva CM, Silva GS, Friedrisch JR, Braga JA, Lange MC, Figueiredo MS, Rugani MÁ, Veloso O, Moura PG, Cortez PI, Adams R, Gualandro SF, de Castilho SL, Thomé U, Zetola VF.
Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2011;33(1):43-8.
 
Consensus recommendations for transcranial color-coded duplex sonography for the assessment of intracranial arteries in clinical trials on acute stroke. Nedelmann M, Stolz E, Gerriets T, Baumgartner RW, Malferrari G, Seidel G, Kaps M; TCCS Consensus Group.
Stroke. 2009; 40(10): 3238-44.
Free full text: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/40/10/3238.long
 
Practice standards for transcranial Doppler ultrasound: part I--test performance. Alexandrov AV, Sloan MA, Wong LK, Douville C, Razumovsky AY, Koroshetz WJ, Kaps M, Tegeler CH; American Society of Neuroimaging Practice Guidelines Committee.
J Neuroimaging. 2007; 17(1): 11-8.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17238867
 
Practice Standards for Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasound. Part II. Clinical Indications and Expected Outcomes. Alexandrov AV, Sloan MA, Tegeler CH, Newell DN, Lumsden A, Garami Z, Levy CR, Wong LK, Douville C, Kaps M, Tsivgoulis G; for the American Society of Neuroimaging Practice Guidelines Committee.
J Neuroimaging. 2010 Oct 26. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00523.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977531
 
 
Brain Death
 
 
Brazilian guidelines for the application of transcranial ultrasound as a diagnostic test for the confirmation of brain death. Diretrizes brasileiras para o uso do ultrassom transcraniano como teste diagnóstico de confirmação de morte cerebral. Lange MC, Zétola VHF, Miranda-Alves M, Moro CHC, Silvado CE, Rodrigues DLG, di Gregorio EG, Silva GS, Oliveira-Filho J, Perdatella MTA, Octávio M. Pontes-Neto OM, Fábio SRC, Avelar WM, de Freitas GR, Task Force Group of the Neurosonology Department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2012;70(5):373-380
 
Recommendations for the use of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography to determine the existence of cerebral circulatory arrest as diagnostic support for brain death. Segura T, Calleja S, Irimia P, Tembl JI; Spanish Society of Neurosonology.
Rev Neurosci. 2009; 20(3-4): 251-9.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20157994
 
 
Ultrasound Contrast Agents
 
 
The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Practice of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS): update 2011 on non-hepatic applications. Piscaglia F, Nolsøe C, Dietrich CF, Cosgrove DO, Gilja OH, Bachmann Nielsen M, Albrecht T, Barozzi L, Bertolotto M, Catalano O, Claudon M, Clevert DA, Correas JM, D'Onofrio M, Drudi FM, Eyding J, Giovannini M, Hocke M, Ignee A, Jung EM, Klauser AS, Lassau N, Leen E, Mathis G, Saftoiu A, Seidel G, Sidhu PS, ter Haar G, Timmerman D, Weskott HP.
Ultraschall Med. 2012; 33(1): 33-59.
 
Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) - update 2008. Claudon M, Cosgrove D, Albrecht T, Bolondi L, Bosio M, Calliada F, Correas JM, Darge K, Dietrich C, D'Onofrio M, Evans DH, Filice C, Greiner L, Jäger K, Jong Nd, Leen E, Lencioni R, Lindsell D, Martegani A, Meairs S, Nolsøe C, Piscaglia F, Ricci P, Seidel G, Skjoldbye B, Solbiati L, Thorelius L, Tranquart F, Weskott HP, Whittingham T.
Ultraschall Med. 2008; 29(1): 28-44.
 
Recommendations on the safe use of ultrasound contrast agents. Barnett SB, Duck F, Ziskin M.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2007 Feb;33(2):173-4
 
Guidelines for the Use of Contrast Agents in Ultrasound. January 2004. Albrecht T, Blomley M, Bolondi L, Claudon M, Correas JM, Cosgrove D, Greiner L, Jäger K, Jong ND, Leen E, Lencioni R, Lindsell D, Martegani A, Solbiati L, Thorelius L, Tranquart F, Weskott HP, Whittingham T; EFSUMB Study Group.
Ultraschall Med. 2004; 25(4): 249-56
 
 
Microembolic Signals
 
 
Basic identification criteria of Doppler microembolic signals. Consensus Committee of the Ninth International Cerebral Hemodynamic Symposium. Babikian VL
Stroke 1995; 26(6): 1123.
 
Consensus on microembolus detection by TCD. International Consensus Group on Microembolus Detection.
Ringelstein EB, Droste DW, Babikian VL, Evans DH, Grosset DG, Kaps M, Markus HS, Russell D, Siebler M.
Stroke. 1998 Mar;29(3):725-9.
 
 
Patent Foramen ovale 
 
 
Detection of right-to-left shunt with ultrasound contrast agent and transcranial Doppler sonography.
Jauss M, Zanette E.
Cerebrovasc Dis. 2000 Nov-Dec;10(6):490-6.
 
 
Technical Aspects
 
 
AIUM Practice Guideline for Documentation of an Ultrasound Examination.
[No authors listed]
J Ultrasound Med. 2014; 33(6): 1098-102.
 
Guideline for Technical Quality Assurance (TQA) of Ultrasound devices (B-Mode) – Version 1.0 (July 2012). EFSUMB Technical Quality Assurance Group – US-TQA/B. Kollmann C, deKorte C, Dudley NJ, Gritzmann N, Martin K, Evans DH.
Ultraschall in Med 2012; 33: 544–549
 
International recommendations and guidelines for the safe use of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine. Barnett SB, Ter Haar GR, Ziskin MC, Rott HD, Duck FA, Maeda K.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2000 Mar;26(3):355-66.
 
Recommendations for documentation of neurosonographic examinations. German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, Neurology Section.
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Nerve and Muscle
 
 
The Italian MSUS Study Group recommendations for the format and content of the report and documentation in musculoskeletal ultrasonography in rheumatology.
Iagnocco A, Porta F, Cuomo G, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Grassi W, Sakellariou G, Epis O, Adinolfi A, Ceccarelli F, De Lucia O, Di Geso L, Di Sabatino V, Gabba A, Gattamelata A, Gutierrez M, Massaro L, Massarotti M, Perricone C, Picerno V, Ravagnani V, Riente L, Scioscia C, Naredo E, Filippou G; Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Study Group of the Italian Society of Rheumatology.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014; 53(2): 367-73.
 

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