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Technical Innovations in Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography

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In this chapter the diagnostic potential of evaluating structural and functional interactions of female pelvic floor structures using novel image-processing techniques is presented. Technical innovations include three-dimensional volume render mode, maximum intensity projection, manual segmentation and sculpting, fusion imaging, PixelFlux, framing, color vector mapping, and motion tracking. When introduced into routine clinical practice, these new modalities will improve the management of pelvic floor dysfunctions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pelvic Floor Unit and Colorectal Service, 1st Department of General Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy

    Giulio Aniello Santoro MD

  2. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Children’s Teaching Hospital, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Aleksandra Stankiewicz MD & Andrzej Paweł Wieczorek MD

  3. Dipl Math Mathematisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany

    Jakob Scholbach

  4. Department of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

    Michał Chlebiej MSc

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  1. Pelvic Floor Unit and Colorectal Service 1st Department of General Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy

    Giulio Aniello Santoro (Head) (Head)

  2. Department of Pediatric Radiology Children’s Teaching Hospital, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Andrzej Paweł Wieczorek

  3. Diagnostic Imaging, Princess Grace Hospital, London, UK

    Clive I. Bartram

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Santoro, G.A., Stankiewicz, A., Scholbach, J., Chlebiej, M., Wieczorek, A.P. (2010). Technical Innovations in Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography. In: Santoro, G.A., Wieczorek, A.P., Bartram, C.I. (eds) Pelvic Floor Disorders. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1542-5_10

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