10/02/2026
Color Doppler is special type of ultrasound which is used to check blood flow in the body.it is not a full color spectrum like a color television. Shades of blue and red are used to depict veins and arteries respectively. Along with this we also use a graph which represents the movement of blood in the artery or vein. This is used to identify abnormalities in the blood vessels like narrowing, blockage or abnormal expansion. For example in the neck, legs, arms and abdomen. It cannot be used in heart and generally in the brain because bones do not allow ultrasound signals to pass through it. You may near sounds during these Doppler studies . We also use this for fetal Doppler in some cases when we r checking for their growth