Twinkling Artifact

What is the twinkling artifact?

The twinkling artifact appears as a focus of rapidly alternating color Doppler signal observed when insonating irregular reflective surfaces, such as renal calculi. This color Doppler artifact is often helpful in confirming an echogenic focus in the kidney as representing a renal calculus.

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