Abstract
Ultrasound imaging, and in particular translabial or transperineal ultrasound, has become the new diagnostic standard in urogynecology. Several factors are contributing to its acceptance, the most important being the availability of suitable equipment. Developments such as the assessment of levator activity and prolapse, but also the use of color Doppler to document urine leakage, enhance the clinical usefulness of the method. With 3D/4D imaging, the technique has finally reached resolutions comparable to magnetic resonance in all three planes, while providing clearly superior temporal resolution — by at least one order of magnitude.
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Dietz, H.P. (2008). Outlook. In: Atlas of Pelvic Floor Ultrasound. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-584-4_8
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