Donald School Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

This book presents the latest developments in the field of ultrasound technologies and their application in diagnosis. It elaborates the nature and general physical principles of the ultrasound interaction with our tissue and how that reflects on images. It explains in clear language ultrasound's special application in obstetrics and gynecology with techniques, instrumentation and safety, basic biometry, sonographic assessment of the umbilical cord, fetal anatomy, abnormalities, etc.


Key features


A selection of very high quality ultrasound images of the fetus, gynecology and infertility.






About the authors


Badreldeen Ahmed, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.








Table of contents

Contents
1. Physical Bases of Medical Ultrasound
Jasminka Brnjas-Kraljevic
2. Techniques, Instrumentation and Safety
Kazuo Maeda
3. Early Normal and Abnormal Pregnancy
Alin Basgul Yigiter, Zehra Nese Kavak
4. Basic Biometry
Ingrid Marton, Badreldeen Ahmed, Berivoj Miskovic
5. Sonographic Determination of Gestational Age
Robin B Kalish
6. Cervical Incompetence: Ultrasonic Evaluation
Elena Scazzocchio, M Angeles Rodriguez, Fausto Astudillo Davalos
7. Fetal Growth
Giampaolo Mandruzzato, Gianpaolo Maso
8. The Placenta
Ivica Zalud
9. Sonographic Assessment of the Umbilical Cord
Mladen Predanic
10. Twins
Aris Antsaklis, Nicolas Papantoniou
11. Normal Fetal Anatomy
Abdallah Adra, Reem S Abu-Rustum
12. Fetal Abnormalities
Alin Basgul Yigiter, Zehra Nese Kavak
13. Abnormalities which should not be Missed by Ultrasound
Frank A Chervenak, Asim Kurjak, Jose Maria Carrera
14. Fetal Central Nervous System
Ritsuko K Pooh
15. Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis
Min Chen, Tao Duan
16. Ethics and Law in Congenital Defects
Jose M Carrera
17. Fetal Echocardiography
Badreldeen Ahmed, Milan Stanojevic
18. Obstetrical Doppler
Giampaolo Mandruzzato
19. Basic Principles of 3D and 4D Sonography
Asim Kurjak, Gino Varga, Guillermo Azumendi
20. Screening by Ultrasound in Pregnancy
Aris Antsaklis, George Daskalakis
21. Ultrasound in Human Reproduction
Veljko Vlaisavljevic, Marko Dosen
22. Uterus
Biserka Funduk-Kurjak, Ingrid Marton
23. Sonographic Evaluation of Benign Pelvic Masses
Aleksandar Ljubic, Tatjana Bozanovic, Zoran Vilendecic
24. Fallopian Tube
Biserka Funduk-Kurjak, Ingrid Marton, Moayyad Younis
25. The Basic Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Ovaries
Asim Kurjak, Badreldeen Ahmed, Sejfulah Perva
Index