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. 2021 Mar;47(3):569-581.
doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.016. Epub 2020 Dec 23.

3D Ultrasound Strain Imaging of Puborectalis Muscle

Shreya Das  1 , Hendrik H G Hansen  2 , Gijs A G M Hendriks  2 , Frieda van den Noort  3 , Claudia Manzini  4 , C Huub van der Vaart  4 , Chris L de Korte  5
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3D Ultrasound Strain Imaging of Puborectalis Muscle

Shreya Das et al. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 Mar.
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Abstract

The female pelvic floor (PF) muscles provide support to the pelvic organs. During delivery, some of these muscles have to stretch up to three times their original length to allow passage of the baby, leading frequently to damage and consequently later-life PF dysfunction (PFD). Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound (US) imaging can be used to image these muscles and to diagnose the damage by assessing quantitative, geometric and functional information of the muscles through strain imaging. In this study we developed 3D US strain imaging of the PF muscles and explored its application to the puborectalis muscle (PRM), which is one of the major PF muscles.

Keywords: 3D imaging; Obstetrics; Pelvic floor; Puborectalis; Strain imaging; Ultrasound.

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