Transvaginal Colour Doppler

This is a comprehensive practical guide to the use of transvaginal colour Doppler. It shows in a realistic manner the pros and cons of this new imaging technique. Practitioners and gynaecologists are provided knowledge of its practical application in diagnosis and clinical research. It is illustrated by 41 colour and 55 black and white pictures.

Klappentext

This practical comprehensive guide to the new technique of transvaginal colour Doppler gives an insight to its clinical use for all practitioners and gynaecologists. It provides detailed information on the practical clinical value of colour Doppler and on its application in basic research. The editors have tried to place its use in true perspective, weighing the pros and cons, to avoid the danger of being overenthusiastic in the claims made for the role of colour Doppler.

Zusammenfassung
"..for the practising doctor who wants to have a critical up-to-date review of what is to be believed and not believed when interpreting data related to colour Doppler...this book will be very useful and informative, and is highly recommended." European Radiology "It is hard to find fault with this book...If you have ever thought about using colour flow, ...then this book is for you." Brit. J. Obstitrics & Gynaec.

Inhalt
I. General Principles.- Principles of Colour Doppler.- Angiogenesis.- Vascular Anatomy of the Pelvis.- The Human Heart Development of Form and Function.- Vascular Features of Gynaecological Neoplasms.- Vascular Physiology and Pathophysiology of Early Pregnancy.- New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors.- II. Uterus.- Vascular Changes During the Normal and Artificial Cycle.- Uterine and Endometrial Pathology.- Investigation of the Utero-Placental Circulation.- Transvaginal Colour Doppler in Trophoblastic Disease.- III. Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes.- Vascular Changes During the Ovarian Cycle.- Ovulation and the Periovulatory Follicle.- The Study of Ovarian Tumours.- Transvaginal Color Doppler Ultrasound in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.- Transvaginal Colour Doppler Studies of Ectopic Pregnancy.- Hystero-Contrast-Salpingography Colour Doppler and the Study of Fallopian Tube Patency.- IV. Embryo or Fetus.- Assessment of the Early Foetal Circulation.- Transvaginal Examination of the Foetal Heart.- V. Urinary Tract.- Doppler Studies of the Lower Urinary Tract.