Duplex Doppler ultrasonography is able to provide real time anatomic and hemodynamic information. The complete knowledge of the normal Doppler spectrum of each blood vessel is important to their identification, since each vessel has a specific Doppler sign. Recognizing the changes in the morphology of Doppler spectrum is only possible based on previous knowledge of its variations. This is a literature review about Doppler pattern of the major abdominal blood vessels in small animals.
ultrasonography; duplex Doppler; vascularization; abdomen
