Color Doppler Twinkling
Artifact
l Described in 1996 by Rahmouni as an artifact
of alternating red and blue behind certain
stationary objects.
Spectral Doppler of artifact generates a
heterogeneous broadband signal that
appears to alias.
Mainly associated with nephrolithiasis
Speculation that it is generated by rough
surfaces with multiple reflectors splitting
beam into components
Rahmouni, et al Radiology 1996;199:269