3D Ultrasound Strain Imaging of Puborectalis Muscle

Shreya Das; Hendrik H G Hansen; Gijs A G M Hendriks; Frieda van den Noort; Claudia Manzini; C Huub van der Vaart; Chris L de Korte

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.016

3D Ultrasound Strain Imaging of Puborectalis Muscle

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 Mar;47(3):569-581. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.016. Epub 2020 Dec 23.

Authors

Shreya Das¹, Hendrik H G Hansen², Gijs A G M Hendriks², Frieda van den Noort³, Claudia Manzini⁴, C Huub van der Vaart⁴, Chris L de Korte⁵

Affiliations

¹ Medical Ultrasound Imaging Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: shreya.das@radboudumc.nl.
² Medical Ultrasound Imaging Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Robotics and Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁵ Medical Ultrasound Imaging Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Physics of Fluids, MIRA, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

PMID: 33358339
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.016

Abstract

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.

Keywords: 3D imaging; Obstetrics; Pelvic floor; Puborectalis; Strain imaging; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
Middle Aged
Pelvic Floor / diagnostic imaging*
Pelvic Floor / physiology*
Ultrasonography / methods
Young Adult