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

۱ Physical and Technical Principles of Color Doppler Sonography
۲ Safety Aspects of Doppler and Color Doppler Sonography
۳ Uterine Blood Flow in Fertile and Infertile Women
۴ Uterine Causes of Infertility
۵ Changes in Uterine and Ovarian Perfusion with the Onset of Menopause
۶ Color Doppler Sonography for the Optimization of Assisted Reproduction
۷ Pulsed Doppler and Color Duplex Sonography in the Assessment of Tubal Patency
۸ Abnormalities of Corpus luteum Function
۹ Interventional Ultrasound in Reproductive Medicine
۱۰ Doppler Ultrasound Examinations from Folliculogenesis to Early Pregnancy
۱۱ Evaluation of Early Placentation and the Embryonic Circulation with Doppler Ultrasound
۱۲ Color Doppler Sonography in Ectopic Pregnancy
۱۳ Physiology of Doppler Flow in Maternal Vessels during Pregnancy
۱۴ Color Doppler Sonography of the Uterine Arteries in Early Pregnancy to Screen for Preeclampsia and Uteroplacental Insufficiency
۱۵ Normal Fetomaternal Doppler Indices in the Second and Third Trimesters of Pregnancy
۱۶ Venous Doppler Sonography
۱۷ Color Doppler Sonography in the Diagnosis of Nuchal Cord
۱۸ Chronic Placental Insufficiency
۱۹ Severely Abnormal Doppler Findings and Perinatal Abnormalities
۲۰ Fetal Doppler Findings in Late Pregnancy
۲۱ Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Changes and Doppler Sonography
۲۲ Color Doppler Ultrasound in Fetal Echocardiography
۲۳ Use of Color Doppler in Echocardiography
۲۴ Structure of the Human Placenta and Pathomorphological Changes in Placental Insufficiency
۲۵ Morphological and Morphometric Studies of the Placenta with Doppler Abnormalities of the Fetal Umbilical Arteries*
۲۶ Sonographic and Doppler Sonographic Examination of Uterine Anomalies
۲۷ Doppler Examination of the Normal Endometrium and Benign Endometrial Changes
۲۸ Transvaginal Color Doppler and Pulsed Doppler Diagnosis of Benign Changes in the Uterine Myometrium
۲۹ Use of Color Doppler in the Evaluation of Suspicious Endometrial Findings
۳۰ Malignant Uterine Tumors
۳۱ Blood Flow Changes in Cervical Carcinoma Treated by Primary Chemotherapy
۳۲ Color Doppler Imaging of Benign Adnexal Masses— A Spectrum of Findings
۳۳ Malignant Adnexal Tumors
۳۴ Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Sonography in Evaluating the Angiogenesis of Ovarian Tumors
۳۵ Ovarian Cancer Screening
۳۶ General Aspects of the Ultrasound Investigation of Blood Flow in Breast Tumors
۳۷ Color Doppler Sonography in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
۳۸ Usefulness of the Minimum Resistance Index in the Benign-Malignant Discrimination of Breast Tumors
۳۹ Effect of Menopausal Status and Hormone Replacement on Therapy Resistance Indices and Blood Flow Velocities in Breast Tumors
۴۰ Benign-Malignant Tumor Discrimination and Prognostic Evaluation of Breast Tumors with Color Doppler Sonography