Ultrasound in Gynecology An Atlas and Guide

This atlas and guide book is focused on gynecological ultrasound, an area that has remained in the shadow of obstetric ultrasound & fetal medicine. Gynecological ultrasound has seen rapid advances owing to expanding research and improved ultrasound equipment. This book leverages these advances and provides abundant illustrations and practice points of classical and new ultrasound features. It serves as a guide for radiologists, gynecologists and sonologists for the accurate diagnosis of gynecological pathologies.

The chapters of this book also serve as a comprehensive resource for various topics with hundreds of images and figures, including basic gray scale images, Doppler studies and three dimensional ultrasound illustrations. In addition, standard terms for the evaluation and reporting of gynecological pathologies are discussed. Emergencies like ovarian torsion, complex adnexal cyst are also covered.

Introduction.- General Techniques in Gynecological Ultrasound.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Myometrium.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Endometrium.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Cervix.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Vagina.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Ovaries.- Endometriosis.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Adnexal Pathologies.-Ultrasound Evaluation of Pregnancy Related Pathologies.- Torsion.- Ultrasound Evaluation of Congenital Uterine Anomalies.- Ultrasound in other Miscellaneous Conditions.- Exploring Pathologies based on Clinical Presentation.

Dr. Mala Sibal is a consultant physician at the department of Fetal Medicine & Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. She has fourteen years of experience in the field of gynecological ultrasound, prior to which she practiced clinical obstetrics and gynecology for seven years.

Dr. Sibal has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences on this subject and has authored peer-reviewed journal articles on novel diagnostic ultrasound techniques in the American Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. She has also trained and taught several practitioners and medical students in the fieldof gynecological ultrasound. Dr. Sibal is also a principal investigator in the ongoing International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA – 5) International Research Program. She has also created an online portal, ‘Gynecology Academy’ (www.gynac.org), for basic and advanced training in gynecological ultrasound.

She holds a DNB post-graduate degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology and an MBBS graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, where she stood first in Gynecology.