Assessment of urethral vascularity using 2D colour Doppler high-frequency endovaginal ultrasonography in women treated for symptomatic stress urinary incontinence: 1-year prospective follow-up study

Abstract

At 12 months there is no change in vascularity parameters in women who opt for conservative or surgical treatment of SUI.

Super-resolution imaging of urethral vasculature in healthy pre- and post-menopausal females

“…To address this issue, an increasing number of studies have been using medical imaging methods to observe UV features, such as power Doppler (PD) and color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI). 3 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 The Doppler imaging modality relies on red blood cells inside blood vessels as the scattering medium. However, because the number of red blood cells in small vessels is extremely limited, a large number of vessels in the urethra are not visible for Doppler imaging.…”