May 2025 UOG Highlights
The May issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a study presenting an automated method for modelling second-to-third trimester placentae, a study assessing the value of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A for preterm pre-eclampsia screening, a systematic review reporting the incremental yield of prenatal exome sequencing in phenotypically normal fetuses, a study assessing the ability of ultrasound examiners to detection infiltration of ovarian cancer, and a study comparing intrauterine transfusion techniques in hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.
April 2025 UOG Highlights
The April issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a study evaluating the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities at a routine 36-week scan, a study reporting on the COVID-19-related outbreak of maternal parvovirus B19 infection in Germany, a proof-of-concept study demonstrating the potential of cytomegalovirus cell-free DNA testing as a first-trimester screening test, and a Consensus Statement on ultrasound-guided biopsy in gynecological oncology.
February 2025 UOG Highlights
The February issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review on the accuracy of cell-free fetal DNA in detecting chromosomal anomalies in twin pregnancy, an evaluation of the 36-week scan for diagnosis and outcome of abnormal fetal presentation, a MATERA study reporting the use of maternal ophthalmic artery Doppler indices as a predictor for pre-eclampsia and a consensus opinion providing a systematic methodology for ultrasonographic assessment of lymph nodes to assess the extent of gynecological malignancy. This issue also features the newly updated ISUOG Practice Guidelines on the role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy.
Updated ISUOG Practice Guideline: Role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy
Watch the presentation by Prof. Asma Khalil summarising the key recommendations and supporting evidence of the updated ISUOG Practice Guideline on the role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy.
Newly updated ISUOG Practice Guidelines: role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy
Read the newly updated ISUOG Practice Guidelines on the role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy.
July 2024 UOG Highlights
The July issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review on the detection of non-cardiac fetal anomalies at the 11–14-week scan, a study proposing an artificial intelligence model for detection of coarctation of the aorta, a longitudinal analysis of levator ani muscle avulsion after vaginal delivery and a study of cardiovascular function in children from hypertensive pregnancy.
June 2024 UOG Highlights
The June issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review on the trimester-specific diagnostic performance of ultrasound in placenta accreta spectrum, a neuroimaging study investigating brain injury in pregnancies with twin–twin transfusion syndrome, a longitudinal evaluation of cervical stiffness in women who undergo spontaneous preterm delivery and a study comparing the characteristics of ovarian and tubal ectopic pregnancies.
UOG videoclip: Clinical and ultrasonographic characteristics of pregnancy-related enhanced myometrial vascularity
New UOG videoclip on the clinical and ultrasonographic characteristics of enhanced myometrial vascularity following first-trimester termination of pregnancy or management of non-viable pregnancy.
UOG videoclip: First-trimester cavum veli interpositi
New UOG Journal videoclip on the appearance of the cavum veli interpositi during the first trimester.
World Prematurity Day: Ultrasound plays its part
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 13 million babies are born prematurely every year. That’s roughly 25 preterm babies every minute – around the world.