Medical Ultrasound Imaging Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Medical Ultrasound Imaging Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 Mar;47(3):569-581. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.016. Epub 2020 Dec 23.
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.
女性盆底（PF）肌肉为盆腔器官提供支撑。在分娩过程中，这些肌肉中的一些必须伸展至原来长度的三倍以上，以允许婴儿通过，这通常会导致损伤，进而导致日后的 PF 功能障碍（PFD）。三维（3D）超声（US）成像可用于对这些肌肉进行成像，并通过应变成像评估肌肉的定量、几何和功能信息来诊断损伤。在这项研究中，我们开发了 PF 肌肉的 3D US 应变成像，并探索了其在肛提肌（PRM）中的应用，PRM 是主要的 PF 肌肉之一。
