The use of elastography in placental research – A literature review
| Autor: | Vicki L. Clifton, Davide Fontanarosa, Erika Cavanagh, Christopher Edwards, Sailesh Kumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Placenta Sonoelastography Normal pregnancy Ultrasonography Prenatal 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy medicine Ultrasound elastography Fetal growth Humans 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Research Ultrasound Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Reproductive Medicine Elasticity Imaging Techniques Female Elastography Radiology business Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Placenta. 99:78-88 |
| ISSN: | 0143-4004 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Ultrasound elastography is a technique used to quantify biomechanical changes that occur in parenchymal tissue with disease. Recent research has applied the technique to the placenta in order to investigate changes associated with uteroplacental dysfunction. We performed a literature review to summarise the current available information regarding this novel technique. Methods: Pubmed, CINAHL and Embase were searched using the terms “placenta”, “ultrasound” and “elastography”. Only full text studies written in English and limited to placental sonoelastography were included. Results: Twenty-eight studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Publications were divided into in vivo and ex vivo groups, and further categorised into four subgroups: normal pregnancy, pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and other pregnancy complications. Conclusion: Ultrasound elastography can quantitatively assess biomechanical properties of the placenta in conditions where placental function is compromised. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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