Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide to transvaginal sonography for practitioners.

Divided into five sections, the text begins with discussion on general aspects of ultrasonography and transvaginal scanning.

The following sections cover the use of ultrasonography in a variety if gynaecological and obstetrical circumstances. The final sections cover Doppler sonography and 3D and 4D transvaginal sonography.

The third edition has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest advances in their field.

Authored by an internationally recognised team of experts led by Zagreb-based Asim Kurjak and Madrid-based Jose Bajo Arenas, the text is further enhanced by nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in transvaginal sonography
Highly illustrated with nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables
Internationally recognised editor and author team
Previous edition (9789350904732) published in 2013

Contents:

Section 1: General Aspects

Transvaginal Probe: Technical Aspect
Basis of Transvaginal Scanning
Safety of Transvaginal Scan Estimated from Ultrasonic Bioeffects
Tissue Characterization with Gray Level Histogram Width in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Transrectal Sonography

Section 2: Obstetrics

Fetal Anatomy in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
Ultrasound Imaging of Early Extraembryonic Structures
Ultrasound Markers of Aneuploidy in the First Trimester
Early Detection of Fetal Abnormality
Early Fetal Echocardiography
Assessment of Fetal Central Nervous System
Ultrasonographic Signs of Poor Pregnancy Outcome
Placenta and Transvaginal Sonography
Assessment of Placental Vascularization by 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound "Placental Biopsy" in Normal Pregnancies
Cervical Measurements and Preterm Labor
Transvaginal Assessment of the Cervix
Cervix in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
Transvaginal Sonography in Multiple Pregnancy

Section 3: Gynecology and Infertility

Uterine Lesions
2D and 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound Study of Endometrium as Implantation Marker
Follicular Monitoring
Asymptomatic Simple Ovarian Cyst in Postmenopausal Women: Syndrome of "Visible Ovary"
Transvaginal Sonography in Evaluation of Functional Ovarian Cysts
Baseline Scan and Ultrasound Diagnosis of PCOS
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Ultrasound Role
Ectopic Pregnancy
Female Pelvic Floor: Descriptive Anatomy and Clinical Exploration by Transvaginal Ultrasound Echography
Sonography of the Pelvic Infection
Sonohysterography
Transvaginal Sonography in Postmenopausal Women
Use of Different Ultrasound Techniques in the Field of Urogynecology

Section 4: Doppler Sonography

Physical Principles of the Doppler Effect and Its Application in Medicine
Use of Ultrasound in the Field of Infertility
Chorionic Volume and Intervillous Blood Flow in Normal First Trimester of Pregnancies Assessed by 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound
Doppler Evaluation of the Ovary: Clinical Applications and Challenges

Section 5: 3D and 4D Transvaginal Sonography

Three-Dimensional Sonoembryology
Cesarean Scar Hysterotomy: Assessment by 3D Transvaginal Echography
Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Ovaries by Transvaginal Sonography
Screening for Ovarian Cancer by Different Modes of Transvaginal Sonography
Four-Dimensional Technical Aspects
Fetal Upper Limb Movement in the First Half of Pregnancy Detected by Transvaginal 4D Ultrasound