Impact of ultrasound probe pressure on uterine positional displacement in gynecologic cancer patients

The aim of this study was to quantify the uterine positional displacement induced by ultrasound probe pressure on a phantom and address the daily uterine motion in a healthy volunteer. The phantom mimics the female pelvic region. The incorporated organs were subjected to displacement. A total of 42...

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Published in:Women's health (London, England) England), 2014-11, Vol.10 (6), p.583-590
Main Authors: Baker, Mariwan, Juhler-Nøttrup, Trine, Behrens, Claus F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bladder
Cancer
Cancer patients
Care and treatment
Complications and side effects
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Female
Female genital cancer
Genital Neoplasms, Female - diagnostic imaging
Health aspects
Humans
Medical imaging
Patients
phantom
Phantoms, Imaging
positional displacement
Pressure
probe pressure
Radiation therapy
Therapists
Tomography
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography - instrumentation
ultrasound
Uterus
Uterus - diagnostic imaging
Womens health
Work stations
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Summary:The aim of this study was to quantify the uterine positional displacement induced by ultrasound probe pressure on a phantom and address the daily uterine motion in a healthy volunteer. The phantom mimics the female pelvic region. The incorporated organs were subjected to displacement. A total of 42 phantom scans and 16 volunteer scans were acquired. The uterine shifts were measured in three directions. The difference of uterine positional displacements, using pressure versus without pressure on the phantom, was not statistically significant. The daily uterine positional variations of the volunteer were larger than the probe pressure induced displacements. The larger daily uterine shifts of the volunteer outweighed the submillimeter impact of the probe pressure in all directions.
ISSN:1745-5057
1745-5065
1745-5056
DOI:10.2217/whe.14.49