Congratulations to the following award winners! Click on the link to view their presentation.
Top abstract winner L.Rode (Denmark) presenting the abstract Prevention of preterm delivery in twin gestations (PREDICT): a multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial on the effect of vaginal micronised progesterone (OC 01.01).
Alfred Kratochwil 3D award winner R. Pooh (Japan) presenting the abstract Fetal brain morphology and medullary vascular development (OC23.05)
Young investigator award winner - obstetrics K. Melchiorre (UK) presenting the abstract Impaired maternal cardiac contractility and systolic dysfunction is a feature if preterm and not term pre-eclampsia (OC03.05)
Young investigator winner - gynecology A. Gaurilcikas (Lithuania) presenting the abstract Agreement between ultrasound and histopathological findings with regard to tumor size and extent of local disease in cases of early stage cervical cancer (OC24.01)
Maternal mortality: a global crisis - is there a role for ultrasound? a special lecture presented by Alfred Abuhamad
We are pleased to announce the following winners of the best presentation in their category (Oral Communication or Short Oral Presentation)
ORAL COMMUNICATION (OC) WINNERS:
CNS
OC23.01: Fetal optic nerve sheath measurement as a potential non-invasive tool for assessment of increased intracranial pressure
G. Malinger (Israel)
Early pregnancy
OC07.03: Local and systemic methotrexate injection may be the preferred treatment of cesarean section scar pregnancies: experience of 16 cases
I. Timor-Tritsch (United States)
Aneuploidy & fetal anomalies - first trimester
C02.03: Increased nuchal translucency, normal karyotype and infant development
C. Miltoft (Denmark)
Aneuploidy & fetal anomalies - second trimester
OC28.06: Potential role and clinical impact of noninvasive prenatal testing by massively parallel DNA sequencing of maternal blood
A. Sehnert (United States)
Fetal growth & asessing fetal health
OC30.04: Early treatment of gestational diabetes and obstetric adverse outcome prevention
B. Matarrelli (Italy)
Fetal heart
OC19.05: Fetal cerebral blood flow predicts neurologic functioning in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD)
I. Williams (United States)
Fetal therapy
OC15.02: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) vs. bipolar cord coagulation (BCC) in the management of complex monochorionic pregnancies: a 14 year single center experience
M. Bebbington (United States)
General gynecology
OC27.04; Ultrasound assessment of the intima and media layers on the carotid arteries in peri- and postmenopausal women
F. Chantraine (Switzerland)
Imaging in oncology
OC24.01: Agreement between ultrasound and histopathological findings with regard to tumor size and extent of local disease in cases of early stage cervical cancer
A. Gaurilcikas (Lithuania)
Imaging technologies
OC10.04: Analysis of fetal ear rotation by three-dimensional rendering mode using a novel method: the ear angle - preliminary results
A. Hatanaka (Brazil)
Maternal fetal Doppler
OC22.05: Comparison of placental blood flow in the third trimester of normal and diabetic pregnancy using a novel stereological 3D power Doppler technique
N. Jones (United Kingdom)
Multiple pregnancy
OC06.01: Vaginal progesterone and the risk of preterm delivery in high-risk twin gestations - secondary analysis of a placebo-controlled randomized trial
L. Rode (Denmark)
Obstetrical management
OC03.06: Pre-eclampsia predisposes to persistent long-term postpartum left ventricular myocardial injury
K. Melchiorre (Italy)
Safety issues
OC20.01: The effect of power settings on obstetric ultrasound measurements
R. Sande (Norway)
Ovarian pathology
OC21.02: Selection of women with an ovarian tumor for surgery in specialist centers: a comparison of two triaging protocols
B. Van Calster (Belgium)
Urogynecology
OC29.03: Does levator trauma 'heal'?
H. P. Dietz (Australia)
Pelvic pain
OC11.04: Office sonovaginography: redefining the concept of a normal pelvis on transvaginal ultrasound in women with suspected endometriosis
S. Reid (Australia)
Reproductive medicine
OC14.04: The reproductive outcomes of women with congenital uterine anomalies: a systematic review
Y. Chan (United Kingdom)
Uterine bleeding
OC17.02: New ultrasound based mathematical models for the preoperative prediction of high risk endometrial cancer
C. Van Holsbeke (Belgium)
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION (OP) WINNERS:
CNS
OP03.05: Prenatal detection of closed spina bifida
K. Kagan (Germany)
Early pregnancy
OP02.05: Ovulation-implantation interval in relation to early pregnancy outcome
A. Mahendru (United Kingdom)
Fetal anomalies
OP26.02: Second and third trimester termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly: impact of a previous caesarean section on maternal morbidity
M. Driessen (France)
Fetal growth & surveillance
OP20.02: Utility of uterine artery Doppler, alone or in combination with brain Doppler, in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome in term small-for-gestational-age fetuses
R. Cruz-Martinez (Spain)
Fetal heart
OP35.06: Detection of major fetal heart defects with routine use of color Doppler
C. Heien (Norway)
Fetal therapy
OP17.01: MRI findings in MC twin pregnancies after intra-uterine fetal death
S. Lipitz (Israel)
Gynecology case reports
OP13.02: A pelvic mass of curious origin in a patient with prior hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
L. Haakova (Czech Republic)
The first trimester scan
OP21.01: Low maternal levels of first trimester PAPP-A and free beta-hCH are associated with an increased risk of admission to NICU and of neonatal disease
I. Kirkegaard (Denmark)
Imaging technologies in obstetrics & gynecology
OP23.09: Fetal aortic intima media thickness measurement by decomposing unprocessed radio frequency derived ultrasound wall reflection into two Gaussian pulses
H. Migchels (Netherlands)
Quality assurance
OP33.03: Visibility and dimensions of caesarean section scars in pregnancy - an interobserver variability study
A. Smith (United Kingdom)
Labour
OP22.10: 3D ultrasound evaluation of changes in the angle of progression in nulliparous women undergoing spontaneous vaginal and operative delivery
A. Youssef (Italy)
Maternal fetal Doppler
OP09.04: Maternal ophthalmic artery Doppler: novel parameter to predict early-onset pre-eclampsia in the first trimester of pregnancy
F. Costa (Australia)
Multiple pregnancy
OP31.02: Aortic intima media thickness in twin pregnancies affected by selective intrauterine growth restricted and small for gestational age co-twin
E. Cosmi (Italy)
Obstetric case reports
OP28.01: The human fetal tail: first trimester finding leading to the detection of familial pilonidal sinus
E. Bornstein (United States)
Obstetric case reports
OP32.07: Subependymal heterotopia: US and MR diffusion tensor imaging
B. Matarrelli (Italy)
Ovarian pathology
OP24.02: The evolution of simple ovarian cysts detected at transvaginal ultrasound examination in breast cancer patients
D. Franchi (Italy)
Urogynecology
OP34.07: Levator ani muscle injury after first delivery in Chinese primiparous women
S. Chan (Hong Kong)
Placental disease
OP06.01: Diagnosis of placental insufficiency with magnetic resonance imaging using the Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) on a murine model ofvascular fetal growth restriction
G. Chalouhi (France)
Reproductive medicine
OP19.06: Anomalies of the Muller duct development in women with reproductive disorders
D. Smetanova (Czech Republic)
Reproductive medicine
OP19.08: The effect of ovulation on standardised fractional moving blood volume (sFMBV) of the subendometrium
S. Sur (United Kingdom)
Uterine pathology
OP08.01: Image Study Webapp - a web interface for imaging-based interrater agreement studies
A. Installe (Belgium)