Physical and technical principles / D.H. Evans -- Arterial wall imaging / G. Devuyst, B. Piechowski-Jóźwiak, J. Bogousslavsky -- Endothelial function testing / L. Csiba -- Atherosclerotic carotid stenosis and occlusion / M. Sitzer -- Ultrasound diagnostics of the vertebrobasilar system / H.-C. von Büdingen, T. Staudacher, H.J. Büdingen -- Ultrasound diagnosis of cervical artery dissection / D.H. Benninger, R.W. Baumgartner -- Intracranial dural arteriovenous and carotid-cavernous fistulae and paragangliomas / J. Gandjour, R.W. Baumgartner -- Takayasu and temporal arteritis / W.A. Schmidt -- Transcranial insonation / R.W. Baumgartner -- Intracranial stenoses and occlusions, and circle of Willis collaterals / R.W. Baumgartner -- Acute stroke: perfusion imaging / G. Seidel, K. Meyer-Wiethe -- Sonothrombolysis: experimental evidence / M. Daffertshofer, M. Hennerici -- Acute stroke: therapeutic transcranial Doppler sonography / R. Mikulik, A.V. Alexandrov -- Acute stroke: therapeutic transcranial color duplex sonography / J. Eggers -- Cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations / C. Klötzsch, J.U. Harrer -- Cerebral veins and sinuses / E. Stolz -- Detection of microembolic signals with transcranial Doppler ultrasound / D. Georgiadis, M. Siebler -- Contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler ultrasound for diagnosis of patent foramen ovale / K. Nedeltchev, H.P. Mattle -- Cerebral autoregulation and vasomotor reactivity / R. Aaslid -- Cerebral circulation monitoring in carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting / R.G.A. Ackerstaff -- Syncope / A.C. Nirkko, R.W. Baumgartner -- Functional transcranial Doppler sonography / H. Lohmann, E.B. Ringelstein, S. Knecht -- Future developments in neurovascular ultrasound / S. Meairs, M. Hennerici.