Color Doppler Sonography in Gynecology and Obstetrics

Description

This beautifully illustrated and formatted book covers all of the established and developing indications for the use of color Doppler ultrasound in gynecology and obstetrics. In gynecology the modality is used to measure blood flow in benign changes of the endometrium as well as malignant tumors of the uterus; screening for ovarian carcinoma, including 3D-power Doppler for the assessment of angiogenesis of ovarian tumors; and as an adjunct examination in assessing tumors of the breast. In obstetrics, the imaging method is useful in screening for gestosis and placental insufficiency in early pregnancy; evaluating the umbilical cord; fetal echocardiography and much more. More recent developments show the modality to be helpful in infertility diagnosis and reproductive medicine, providing information on the patency of the fallopian tubes, the quality of the vascularization of the uterus and more. With almost 600 illustrations and 90 useful tables, as well as a text that is highly structured for efficient reading, this text provides practitioners with technical and methodological basics as well as advanced tips for experienced users. Contents Physical and Technical Principles 1 Physical and Technical Principles of Color Doppler Sonography 2 Safety Aspects of Doppler and Color Doppler Sonography Infertility Evaluation and Assisted Reproduction 3 Uterine Blood Flow in Fertile and Infertile Women 4 Uterine Causes of Infertility 5 Changes in Uterine and Ovarian Perfusion with the
Onset of Menopause 6 Color Doppler Sonography for the Optimization of
Assisted Reproduction 7 Pulsed Doppler and Color Duplex Sonography in the
Assessment of Tubal Patency 8 Abnormalities of Corpus luteum Function 9 Interventional Ultrasound in Reproductive Medicine Obstetric Ultrasound 10 Doppler Ultrasound Examinations from Folliculogenesis to Early Pregnancy 11 Evaluation of Early Placentation and the Embryonic Circulation with Doppler Ultrasound 12 Color Doppler Sonography in Ectopic Pregnancy 13 Physiology of Doppler Flow in Maternal Vessels during Pregnancy 14 Color Doppler Sonography of the Uterine Arteries in Early Pregnancy to Screen for Preeclampsia and Uteroplacental Insufficiency 15 Normal Fetomaternal Doppler Indices in the Second and
Third Trimesters of Pregnancy 16 Venous Doppler Sonography Specific Obstetric Problems 17 Color Doppler Sonography in the Diagnosis
of Nuchal Cord 18 Chronic Placental Insufficiency 19 Severely Abnormal Doppler Findings and Perinatal Abnormalities 20 Fetal Doppler Findings in Late Pregnancy 21 Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Changes and Doppler Sonography 22 Color Doppler Ultrasound in Fetal Echocardiography 23 Use of Color Doppler in Echocardiography 24 Structure of the Human Placenta and Pathomorphological
Changes in Placental Insufficiency 25 Morphological and Morphometric Studies of the Placenta
with Doppler Abnormalities of the Fetal Umbilical Arteries* Gynecological Ultrasound 26 Sonographic and Doppler Sonographic Examination of
Uterine Anomalies 27 Doppler Examination of the Normal Endometrium and
Benign Endometrial Changes 28 Transvaginal Color Doppler and Pulsed Doppler Diagnosis of
Benign Changes in the Uterine Myometrium 29 Use of Color Doppler in the Evaluation of
Suspicious Endometrial Findings 30 Malignant Uterine Tumors 31 Blood Flow Changes in Cervical Carcinoma Treated by
Primary Chemotherapy 32 Color Doppler Imaging of Benign Adnexal Masses—
A Spectrum of Findings 33 Malignant Adnexal Tumors 34 Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Sonography in Evaluating
the Angiogenesis of Ovarian Tumors 35 Ovarian Cancer Screening 36 General Aspects of the Ultrasound Investigation of Blood Flow
in Breast Tumors 37 Color Doppler Sonography in the Diagnosis of
Breast Cancer 38 Usefulness of the Minimum Resistance Index in the
Benign–Malignant Discrimination of Breast Tumors 39 Effect of Menopausal Status and Hormone Replacement on Therapy Resistance Indices and Blood Flow Velocities in Breast Tumors 40 Benign–Malignant Tumor Discrimination and Prognostic Evaluation of Breast Tumors with Color Doppler Sonography Index