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Welcome to the website of the NSG-WFN

This website provides relevant news about ongoing work of the Neurosonology Specialty Group of the World Federation of Neurology. It contains teaching programs, upcoming meetings, updates on literature and guidelines as well as fellowship offers. We aim to stimulate the communication within our members and to attract all those interested in neurosonology to join us.

Prof. Dr. Fabienne Perren
Chairwoman of the Neurosonology Speciality Group

News

World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) Congress on November 4-7, 2023 in Muscat (Oman)

ESCHN and NSG WFN involvement, here ....

 

Neurosonology Specialty Group of the WFN Teaching workshops in Ukraine

Workshops discussed clinical use of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography for patients with different disease, including its application for war-time traumatic brain injury

For more informations click here

 

Reviews

Feasibility and validation of spinal cord vasculature imaging using high resolution ultrasound. Abd Allah F, Majidi S, Watanabe M, Chaudhry SA, Qureshi AI. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Sep;56(3):637-43

http://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214%2812%2900386-2/abstract

Detection and monitoring of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia: a review and assessment of the literature. Washington CW, Zipfel GJ; Participants in the International Multi-disciplinary Consensus Conference on the Critical Care Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Neurocrit Care. 2011 Sep;15(2):312-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21748499

 

Transcranial sonography in movement disorders. Berg D, Godau J, Walter U.
Lancet Neurol. 2008 Nov;7(11):1044-55.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18940694

 

Clinical experience with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography as a confirmatory test for brain death: a retrospective analysis. Sharma D, Souter MJ, Moore AE, Lam AM.
Neurocrit Care. 2011 14(3):370-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20694525

 

Sonothrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Bor-Seng-Shu E, Nogueira Rde C, Figueiredo EG, Evaristo EF, Conforto AB, Teixeira MJ.
Neurosurg Focus. 2012;32(1):E5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22208898

 

Brain tumor imaging with transcranial sonography: state of the art and review of the literature. van Leyen K, Klötzsch C, Harrer JU.
Ultraschall Med. 2011;32(6):572-81.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22033868

 

Ultrasonography of the optic nerve in neurocritically ill patients. Moretti R, Pizzi B.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2011;55(6):644-52.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21463263

 

Substantia nigra hyperechogenicity is a risk marker of Parkinson's disease: yes. Berg D.
J Neural Transm. 2011;118(4):613-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21207077

 

Substantia nigra hyperechogenicity is a risk marker of Parkinson's disease: no. Walter U.
J Neural Transm. 2011 Apr;118(4):607-12.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21190047

 

Cerebral autoregulation in stroke: a review of transcranial Doppler studies. Aries MJ, Elting JW, De Keyser J, Kremer BP, Vroomen PC.
Stroke. 2010 Nov;41(11):2697-704.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20930158

 

Current and future recanalization strategies for acute ischemic stroke. Alexandrov AV.
J Intern Med. 2010;267(2):209-19.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20175867

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