Doppler Ultrasound in Perinatal Medicine

Part 1 Basic considerations: the physics of Doppler ultrasound; the statistics as applied to Doppler ultrasound studies. Part 2 Continuous wave Doppler ultrasound: signal acquisition and reporting results; Doppler waveforms in normal pregnancy; umbilical artery Doppler ultrasonography as a screening tool; the applications of continuous wave screening to the uteroplacental circulation; the application of umbilical artery studies to complicated pregnancies; the application of uteroplacental waveforms to complicated pregnancies; the use of Doppler ultrasound in the management of diabetic pregnancy; the use of continuous wave Doppler ultrasound in a district general hospital; the pathophysiological basis on abnormal flow velocity waveforms. Part 3 Pulsed wave and colour flow Doppler ultrasound: pulsed Doppler examination of the normal foetus; the clinical value of waveforms from the descending aorta; Doppler studies of the cerebral and renal circulations in small-forgestation age foetuses; intracardiac Doppler ultrasound studies; neonatal cerebral blood flow; Doppler measurements of maternal cardiac output.