[Doppler sonography measurement of jugular vein blood flow]

By multiplying mean cross section determined with a linear array scanner by time averaged mean spatial velocity measured with a single gated pw Doppler device, internal jugular venous volume flow was computed in 50 healthy male and 50 female volunteers aged 21 to 70 years with even age distribution within this range. Right plus left flow was 793 +/- 276 ml/min in males and 799 +/- 288 ml/min in females. There was no correlation between flow and age.