BACKGROUND: Vasculature and blood flow play a crucial role in the genesis, diagnosis, and treatment of uterine fibroids. Assessment of the different aspects of blood flow by medical imaging has therefore gained a prominent place in the clin…
INTRODUCTION: Imaging fibroid vascularity may predict fibroid growth and aid to determine most appropriate therapy. Microvascular (MV) flow imaging is relatively new and is able to detect slow flow in small vessels. Data on feasibility, rep…
BACKGROUND: Uterine disorders have clear overlapping symptoms and ultrasound discrimination is not always easy. Accurately measuring vascularity is of diagnostic and prognostic value. Power Doppler is limited to imaging only the larger vess…
Measuring vascularization in uterine fibroids is important for their diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Vascularization can be measured by power Doppler ultrasound. The power Doppler signal depends on fibroid characteristics and on a varie…