Three-dimensional color Doppler ultrasonography of the kidneyvasculature in normal dogs

Three-dimensional color Doppler ultrasonography is a new techniqueto evaluate the pattern of blood vessels. This study was performed to assessthe feasibility of this method in evaluation of kidney vasculature pattern indogs. In this paper, visualization of the Renal, Interlobar, Arcuate, andinterlobular arteries and veins using 3D color Doppler ultrasonography indogs is shown and the technique is described. To our knowledge, this is thefirst clinical protocol in which 3D color Doppler ultrasonography was usedfor kidney in veterinary practice and seems to have the potential to providegreater detail of the vascularity associated with abnormal lesion.

Keywords:

three-dimensional , ultrasonography , color Doppler , kidney , dog