New Virtual Issue on Imaging in Fertility and Reproductive Health, curated to mark National Fertility Awareness Week, brings together 20 articles published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology that illustrate the role of ultrasound across fertility care and pregnancy.
Ultrasound accompanies almost every step of the reproductive journey. It maps the pelvis of those seeking to conceive, guides ovarian stimulation and endometrial preparation, confirms the location and viability of an early pregnancy, and follows the fetus conceived via assisted reproductive technology (ART). To mark National Fertility Awareness Week, this Virtual Issue brings together 20 articles published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology that illustrate the role of ultrasound across fertility care and pregnancy.
The collection opens with consensus statements and critical reviews that standardize how we examine and report the endometrium, adenomyosis, deep endometriosis and congenital uterine anomalies, providing the foundation on which both research and clinical care depend. It includes studies on uterine and tubal factors affecting fertility, followed by evidence on ovarian stimulation, endometrial thickness and endometrial preparation for frozen-embryo transfer. Two papers specifically address early pregnancy, where ultrasound informs counselling after miscarriage and can identify rare complications after in-vitro fertilization. The final section looks beyond conception, at gestational age dating, pre-eclampsia screening, fetal growth, neurodevelopment and cardiac outcomes in pregnancies conceived via ART.
Together, these articles showcase how imaging connects fertility care with pregnancy and infant outcomes, culminating in a valuable resource for all involved in the care of people seeking to conceive. Many thanks to UOG Editor Wellington Martins and Trainee Editor Noemi Salmeri for curating this collection, and to all the authors who have contributed their valuable work to this topic.
Explore the Virtual Issue on Imaging in Fertility and Reproductive Health online now by clicking here.