Re: follicle and oocyte ultrasound study
From: patrizia (pellpatri@iol.it)
Thu Sep 20 14:51:50 2001
Dear Prof. Dubose
I apologize for my late, but I really thank you for your suggestions
P.Pellizzari
>----- Original Message -----
From: "DuBose, Terry" <DuboseTerryJ@uams.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND"
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: follicle and oocyte ultrasound study
> Dear P.Pellizzari. I have two suggestions... first go to OBGYN.net
> (http://www.obgyn.net/medline.asp) and register there, and do a search. I
> used "studies concerning the follicle and the oocytes using both pulsed
and
> color Doppler and 3d ultrasound" and got RESULT SET: 200 documents
> displayed out of 1266027 documents found. The following two references
were
> at the top of the list, using "Relevency".
>
> Now specifically, who is doing research in the subject of Doppler of the
> ovaries?... I am sure there are many. But I would first start with
> Professor Stuart Campbell's group in the UK (see abstracts below). Others
> work to look for are Asim Kurjak (Zagreb, Croatia), Art Fleischer
> (Vanderbilt Univ. Nashville Tennessee, USA), and Kenneth Taylor (Yale
Univ,
> USA).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> The following sentence from Professor Campbell's 2nd abstract below is
very
> interesting.
> "There is growing evidence that studies of peri-follicular vascularity
will
> predict the development of a healthy oocyte and subsequently an embryo."
>
> If anyone knows more about this research, please tell us about it. I do
> not have access to the British Medical Bulletin. Thanks.
>
> Peace, Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, APS
> Assistant Professor & Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program
> CHRP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
> Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
> 501-686-6510
> http://www.io.com/~dubose/
> http://www.uams.edu/CHRP/dmshome.htm
> http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DuBose@io.com [mailto:DuBose@io.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:17 PM
> To: DuBose@io.com
> Subject: Ovary & Doppler
>
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>
> UI - 96369807
> TI - Ultrasound diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome.
> SO - Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996 Apr;10(2):249-62
> TA - Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab
> VI - 10
> IP - 2
> PG - 249-62
> DP - 1996
> AU - Kyei-Mensah A
> AU - Zaidi J
> AU - Campbell S
> AD - Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK.
> AB - The US diagnostic criteria of the PCO have been refined with each
> successive advance in US technology. Diagnostic accuracy has evolved from
a
> mere appreciation of overall ovarian size to the recognition of
> characteristic follicular patterns of distribution and subtle textural
> changes in the ovarian stroma. The most consistent features are the
presence
> of multiple small follicles arranged around, or scattered through, a dense
> echogenic ovarian stroma, although recognition of the latter is highly
> subjective. Sophisticated innovations such as 3D US, together with colour
> and pulsed Doppler US, should improve the objectivity of observations and
> allow quantitative analysis of the ovarian stroma, which is known to be
the
> source of the characteristic hyperandrogenaemia in PCOS. Valid comparative
> studies of women with normal and polycystic ovaries should now be feasible
> and will hopefully bring us closer to understanding the pathogenesis of
this
> fascinating condition.
> IS - 0950-351X
> MJ - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [ultrasonography]
> MJ - Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color [methods]
> MJ - Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed [methods]
> MT - Female; Human
> LA - English
> PT - Journal Article; Review; Review, Tutorial
> EM - 199611
>
> UI - 21089555
> TI - Advances in ultrasound assessment in the establishment and
development
> of pregnancy.
> SO - Br Med Bull 2000;56(3):691-703
> TA - Br Med Bull
> VI - 56
> IP - 3
> PG - 691-703
> DP - 2000
> AU - Sladkevicius P
> AU - Campbell S
> AD - Diana, Princess of Wales Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dept of
> Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer
> Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE, UK.
> AB - Current data demonstrate that angiogenesis in the ovaries and uterus
> is an essential component of both follicular and luteal phases of
menstrual
> cycle, tightly correlating with the levels of bioactive substances such as
> hormones, growth factors and interleukins. Ultrasound is used principally
to
> demonstrate follicular growth, a receptive triple layer endometrium and to
> exclude pathologies such as fibroids and ovarian tumours. However, the
> development of new technologies such as CDI, CPA, 3D-US, 3D-CPA is now set
> to expand the role of ultrasound in the assessment of the processes in the
> ovaries, uterus and early pregnancy. There is growing evidence that
studies
> of peri-follicular vascularity will predict the development of a healthy
> oocyte and subsequently an embryo. Endometrial blood flow studies with
> conventional CDI and the newer techniques of CPA and 3D-CPA will be
> important in predicting endometrial receptivity. Ovarian stromal
vascularity
> appears to correlate with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels
> and high vascularity is associated with PCO and a risk of ovarian
> hyperstimulation syndrome. 3D-CPA may improve our ability to assess
ovarian
> and endometrial vascularization and blood circulation, to diagnose tubal
> patency. Increasingly, 3D ultrasound is being applied to diagnose the
> pathology of early singleton and multiple pregnancies.
> IS - 0007-1420
> MJ - Pregnancy Tests [methods]
> MJ - Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
> MJ - Ultrasonography, Prenatal [methods]
> MN - Endometrium [blood supply] [ultrasonography]
> MN - Neovascularization, Physiologic
> MN - Ovarian Follicle [blood supply] [ultrasonography]
> MN - Ovary [blood supply] [ultrasonography]
> MN - Pregnancy Trimester, First
> MN - Pregnancy, Multiple
> MN - Pregnancy
> MN - Regional Blood Flow
> MN - Twins, Conjoined
> MT - Female; Human
> LA - English
> PT - Journal Article; Review; Review, Academic
> EM - 200103
> -----Original Message-----
> From: patrizia [mailto:pellpatri@iol.it]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 2:28 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
> Subject: follicle and oocyte ultrasound study
>
> Dear Multiple recipients of ultrasound
> I would be interested in performing studies concerning the follicle and
the
> oocytes using both pulsed and color doppler and 3d ultrasound. Do you know
> if there is a University department of obstetrics and gynaecology which is
> making this kind of research ? I would be very grateful if I could contact
> them
> Thank you
> P.Pellizzari
>
