T. Bourne

OBJECTIVE: To compare the value of using one-stop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs standard radiological imaging as a supplement to transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) for the preoperative assessment of patients with endometriosis referre…

Data on the assessment of adnexal masses during pregnancy is limited. Our objective was to evaluate the use of ultrasound as an adjunct to the management of adnexal masses in pregnant women. A prospective study was performed between Septemb…

OBJECTIVE: To generate guidance for detailed uterine niche evaluation by ultrasonography in the non-pregnant woman, using a modified Delphi procedure amongst European experts. METHODS: Twenty gynecological experts were approached through t…

In 2015, the international Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) group published a consensus on which terminology to use when describing myometrial lesions seen on ultrasonography1. The use of MUSA terminology to describe ultra…

STUDY QUESTION: Do sonographic characteristics of ovarian endometriomas vary with age in premenopausal women? SUMMARY ANSWER: With increasing age, multilocular cysts and cysts with papillations and other solid components become more common…

The IDEA (International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group) statement is a consensus opinion on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe the sonographic features of the different phenotypes of endometriosis. Currently…

INTRODUCTION: Preoperative characterisation of ovarian masses into benign or malignant is of paramount importance to optimise patient management. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we developed and validated a computerised model to characterise ov…

In multicentre studies, measurements will vary between centres for various reasons (e.g. subjectivity of measurements, differences in equipment, deviations from the protocol and differences in patient populations). The aim of this interim a…

To assess ultrasonographic features of adnexal endometriomas in relation to patient age in premenopausal patients. Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 5914 adnexal masses from the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) study. All…

The MUSA (Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment) statement is a consensus statement on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe and report the sonographic features of the myometrium using gray-scale sonography,…

BACKGROUND: To compare different ultrasound-based international ovarian tumour analysis (IOTA) strategies and risk of malignancy index (RMI) for ovarian cancer diagnosis using a meta-analysis approach of centre-specific data from IOTA3. ME…

Characterizing ovarian masses enables patients with malignancy to be appropriately triaged for treatment by subspecialist gynecological oncologists, which has been shown to optimize care and improve survival. Furthermore, correctly classify…

A 35-year-old woman was followed-up in her second pregnancy following the ultrasound-based diagnosis of a presumed right ovarian endometrioma prior to conception. At that time, a transvaginal ultra...

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement in predicting intracavitary uterine pathology at offline analysis of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volumes of the uterus. METHODS: 3D volumes (unenhanced ultras…

OBJECTIVES: To describe the ultrasound characteristics of endometriomas in pre- and postmenopausal patients and to develop rules that characterize endometriomas. METHODS: All patients included in the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (I…

Uterine abnormalities such as myomas, adenomyosis, endometrial polyps and uterine malignancies can have similar B-mode characteristics. The aim of this restrospective study was to evaluate whether elastography in addition to conventional so…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of acoustic streaming to discriminate between endometriomas and other adnexal masses. METHODS: We used data from 1938 patients with an adnexal mass included in Phase 2 of the International Ovarian Tumor …

AIM: To evaluate the performance of subjective evaluation of ultrasound findings (pattern recognition) to discriminate endometriomas from other types of adnexal masses and to compare the demographic and ultrasound characteristics of the tru…

Studies on the use of elastography have shown promising results in the diagnosis of lesions in the breast, liver and prostate. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the possible use of transvaginal elastography in gynecology. Conve…

To describe the US characteristics of masses that, based on pattern recognition, are presumed to be an endometrioma. The IOTA study included 3513 patients with an adnexal mass. All patients were scanned following the same US protocol. The U…

Acoustic streaming is the movement of fluid in a cyst due to energy transfer from the US wave. A previous study reported that absence of acoustic streaming could be a typical characteristic of an endometrioma (Eoma). The aim is to examine w…

The aim of a gynecological ‘one-stop bleeding clinic’ is to identify the cause of the bleeding and, if possible, to exclude endometrial carcinoma. Most of these outpatient clinics are based on the use of transvaginal sonography (TVS) with e…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of new transvaginal ultrasound-scan-based markers and to compare them to conventional ultrasound methods used in the detection of common pelvic pathology in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). DESIGN: A …

An estimated one of every 10 gynecologic visits—and half of all diagnostic laparoscopies—are occasioned by chronic pelvic pain (CPP), a condition that often presents a difficult clinical problem. The most common disorders found at laparosco…

Little information is available about prevalence of pathology among women presenting with acute gynaecological problems. The aim of this study was to look at the prevalence of pathology in women presenting to an AGU with pelvic pain and/or …