Fractional volume of placental vessels in women with diabetes using a novel stereological 3D power Doppler technique

• Published in: Placenta (Eastbourne) Vol. 34; no. 11; pp. 1002 - 1008
• Main Authors: Jones, N.W., Deshpande, R., Mousa, H.A., Mansell, P., Raine-Fenning, N., Bugg, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; Biological and medical sciences; Blood flow; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - pathology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - pathology; Diabetic Angiopathies - diagnostic imaging; Diabetic Angiopathies - pathology; Embryology: invertebrates and vertebrates. Teratology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Internal Medicine; Longitudinal Studies; Observer Variation; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Organ Size; Pilot Projects; Placenta; Placenta - blood supply; Placenta - diagnostic imaging; Placenta - pathology; Placental Circulation; Placentation; Power Doppler; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics - pathology; Reproducibility of Results; Stereology; Ultrasonography, Doppler; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; Ultrasound; Stereology; Placenta; Power Doppler; Diabetes; Ultrasound; Blood flow; Endocrinopathy; Sonography; Doppler ultrasound study; Human; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Fetal membrane; Volume; Diabetes mellitus; Female; Technique

In maternal diabetes the placenta is large with abnormal vascular development and increased villous volume. We used a novel stereological 3D power Doppler ultrasound technique to investigate differences in-vivo in the placental fractional volume of power Doppler signal (FrVol-PD) between women with...