Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1405-1411 , September 2010

Evaluation of the Intraobserver and Interobserver Reliability of Data Acquisition for Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Angiography of the Whole Placenta at 12 Weeks Gestation

  • Nia Wyn Jones

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus Nottingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Nia Wyn Jones, M.B., B.Ch., Fetal Medicine Department, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Derby Road, Nottingham, UK. NG7 2UH.
    • ,
  • Nick Raine-Fenning

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Development, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Hatem Mousa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Fetal Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Eileen Bradley

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus Nottingham, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • George Bugg

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus Nottingham, United Kingdom

Received 8 December 2009 ,Revised 19 May 2010 ,Accepted 24 May 2010.

References 

  1. Alcazar J, Galvan R. Three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound scanning for the prediction of endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding and thickened endometrium. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009;200:44.e1–44.e6
  2. Bartlett J, Frost C. Reliability, repeatability and reproducibility: Analysis of measurement errors in continuous variables. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008;31:466–475
  3. Bland J, Altman D. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet. 1986;1:307–310
  4. Bland J, Altman D. Comparing methods of measurement: Why plotting difference against standard method is misleading. Lancet. 1995;346:1085–1087
  5. Bude R, Rubin J. Power Doppler sonography. Radiology. 1996;200:21–23
  6. de Paula C, Ruano R, Campos J, Zugaib M. Quantitative analysis of placental vasculature by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography in normal pregnancies from 12 to 40 weeks of gestation. Placenta. 2009;30:142–148
  7. Guiot C, Gaglioti P, Oberto M, Piccoli E, Rosato R, Todros T. Is three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound useful in the assessment of placental perfusion in normal and growth-restricted pregnancies?. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008;31:171–176
  8. Jones N, Hutchinson E, Brownbill P, Crocker I, Eccles D, Bugg G, et al. In vitro dual perfusion of human placental lobules as a flow phantom to investigate the relationship between fetoplacental flow and quantitative 3-D power Doppler angiography. Placenta. 2009;30:130–135
  9. Jones N, Raine-Fenning N, Jayaprakasan K, Mousa H, Taggart M, Bugg G. Changes in myometrial ‘perfusion’ during normal labor as visualized by three-dimensional power Doppler angiography. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009;33:307–312
  10. Lam P, Johnson I, Raine-Fenning N. Three-dimensional ultrasound features of the polycystic ovary and the effect of different phenotypic expressions on these parameters. Hum Reprod. 2007;22:3116–3123
  11. Mala Y, Ghosh S, Tripathi R. Three-dimensional power Doppler imaging in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009;105:36–38
  12. McGraw K, Wong S. Forming inferences about some intraclass correlation coefficients. Psychol Methods. 1996;1:30–46
  13. Mercé L, Barco M, Bau S, Kupesic S, Kurjak A. Assessment of placental vascularization by three-dimensional power Doppler “vascular biopsy” in normal pregnancies. Croat Med J. 2005;46:765–771
  14. Mercé L, Alcázar J, López C, Iglesias E, Bau S. Alvarez de los Heros J, Bajo J. Clinical usefulness of 3-dimensional sonography and power Doppler angiography for diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma. J Ultrasound Med. 2007;26:1279–1287
  15. Mercé L, Barco M, Alcázar J, Sabatel R, Troyano J. Intervillous and uteroplacental circulation in normal early pregnancy and early pregnancy loss assessed by 3-dimensional power Doppler angiography. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009;200:315.e1–315.e8
  16. Mercé L, Barco M, Bau S. Reproducibility of the study of placental vascularization by three-dimensional power Doppler. J Perinat Med. 2004;32:228–233
  17. Mercé L, Barco M, Bau S, Troyano J. Are endometrial parameters by three-dimensional ultrasound and power Doppler angiography related to in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer outcome?. Fertil Steril. 2008;89:111–117
  18. Noguchi J, Hata K, Tanaka H, Hata T. Placental vascular sonobiopsy using three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in normal and growth restricted fetuses. Placenta. 2009;30:391–397
  19. Pairleitner H, Steiner H, Hasenoehrl G, Staudach A. Three-dimensional power Doppler sonography: Imaging and quantifying blood flow and vascularization. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 1999;14:139–143
  20. Raine-Fenning N. The role of three-dimensional ultrasound in assisted reproduction treatment. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004;23:317–322
  21. Raine-Fenning N, Campbell B, Kendall N, Clewes J, Johnson I. Endometrial and subendometrial perfusion are impaired in women with unexplained subfertility. Hum Reprod. 2004;19:2605–2614
  22. Raine-Fenning N, Campbell B, Kendall N, Clewes J, Johnson I. Quantifying the changes in endometrial vascularity throughout the normal menstrual cycle with three-dimensional power Doppler angiography. Hum Reprod. 2004;19:330–338
  23. Raine-Fenning N, Nordin N, Ramnarine K, Campbell B, Clewes J, Perkins A, et al. Determining the relationship between three-dimensional power Doppler data and true blood flow characteristics: An in vitro flow phantom experiment. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008;32:540–550
  24. Raine-Fenning N, Nordin N, Ramnarine K, Campbell B, Clewes J, Perkins A, et al. Evaluation of the effect of machine settings on quantitative three-dimensional power Doppler angiography: An in vitro flow phantom experiment. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008;32:551–559
  25. Rankin G, Stokes M. Reliability of assessment tools in rehabilitation: An illustration of appropriate statistical analyses. Clin Rehabil. 1998;12:187–199
  26. Rizzo G, Capponi A, Pietrolucci M, Arduini D. Effects of maternal cigarette smoking on placental volume and vascularization measured by 3-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009;200:415.e1–415.e5
  27. Rovas L, Sladkevicius P, Strobel E, Valentin L. Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of three-dimensional gray-scale and power Doppler ultrasound examinations of the cervix in pregnant women. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005;26:132–137
  28. Rubin J, Bude R, Carson P, Bree R, Adler R. Power Doppler US: A potentially useful alternative to mean frequency-based color Doppler US. Radiology. 1994;190:853–856
  29. Welsh A. Quantification of power Doppler and the index “fractional moving blood volume” (FMBV). Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004;23:323–326
  30. Zalud I, Shaha S. Evaluation of the utero-placental circulation by three-dimensional Doppler ultrasound in the second trimester of normal pregnancy. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:299–305
  31. Zalud I, Shaha S. Three-dimensional sonography of the placental and uterine spiral vasculature: Influence of maternal age and parity. J Clin Ultrasound. 2008;36:391–396

PII: S0301-5629(10)00253-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.023

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1405-1411 , September 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution