Power color Doppler
Power Color Doppler — advanced ultrasound diagnostics of tissue vascularity to differentiate benign from malignant changes.
What is Power Color Doppler?
Power Color Doppler is an advanced ultrasound technique displaying tissue and organ blood flow in real time. It combines conventional ultrasound with the Doppler effect to visualize blood vessels, flow velocity, and tissue resistance.
Applications in gynecology
- Differentiation of benign and malignant tumors — malignant tumors have characteristic neovascular blood flow
- Fibroid assessment — fibroid vascularity and degeneration degree
- Ovarian cyst evaluation — solid vs. cystic components and their vascularity
- Ovulation monitoring — dominant follicle and corpus luteum blood flow
- Ectopic pregnancy — detection of abnormal trophoblastic blood flow
- Fetal circulation — flow assessment through umbilical artery, middle cerebral artery
Advantages of Power Doppler
- Higher sensitivity — detects even the slowest blood flow in small vessels
- Non-invasiveness — completely painless procedure without radiation
- Real-time display — dynamic flow visualization during examination
- Complementary — supplements conventional ultrasound with additional information
When is it recommended?
Power Color Doppler is recommended for all suspicious ovarian and uterine tumors, high-risk pregnancy monitoring, and placental circulation evaluation.
Performed by
Dr Đorđe Petković
Consultant in Operative & Endoscopic Gynaecology · 17+ years of experience
Patients often ask
Yes, completely. Power Color Doppler is non-invasive and radiation-free, identical to standard ultrasound.
Doppler examination takes 15-20 minutes, usually performed alongside standard gynecological ultrasound.