Expert consensus on the application of color Doppler flow imaging in the diagnosis of ocular diseases (2024)

Pulse Doppler can quantitatively measures blood flow parameters related to artery vessels to understand the basic hemodynamics of ocular vessels.Color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) can not only clearly show the course and distribution of arteries such as ophthalmic artery, central retinal artery, short posterior ciliary artery, and central retinal vein, it also can investigate blood flow within intraocular and orbital lesions, providing richer information for disease diagnosis and differentiation based on blood flow characteristics.Although CDFI has been applied in the ophthalmology for over 35 years, there are still no unified standards for the indications, methods, precautions, criteria for image storage, and reporting guidelines of CDFI examinations across different regions, hospitals, and specialties in China.This can pose difficulties in disease diagnosis.This consensus provides corresponding recommendations on the relevance and specificity of CDFI examination indications and aims to establish standardized procedures and operational norms for CDFI exams.The goal is to better leverage the advantages of CDFI in diagnosing ocular diseases, standardize and improve the overall level of ocular ultrasound diagnostics, and facilitate the wider application of ocular CDFI.

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