Open AccessAddition of power Doppler to grey scale transvaginal ultrasonography for improving the prediction of endometrial pathology in perimenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding
Author(s) -
P. Veena,
Dasabharathi Baskaran,
Dilip Kumar Maurya,
N S Kubera,
Jayalakshmi Dorairaj
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_96_17
Subject(s) - vascularity , medicine , hysteroscopy , power doppler , endometrial biopsy , grey scale , radiology , gynecology , metrorrhagia , predictive value , doppler effect , gold standard (test) , biopsy , obstetrics , ultrasonography , population , physics , environmental health , astronomy , family planning , computer science , research methodology , computer vision
Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) is a non-invasive procedure and can be used as a screening tool among women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). Power Doppler is useful in depicting the vascular architecture better than the conventional Doppler. Hence, this study was conducted to evaluate whether addition of power Doppler to grey scale TVS can replace invasive hysteroscopy for the prediction of endometrial pathology in perimenopausal women with AUB.