Includes bibliographical references and index

Section I: Gynecologic sonography. Development of the female genital system -- Normal anatomy of the female pelvis -- Patient care and imaging techniques -- Vaginal ultrasound -- The female cycle -- Doppler evaluation of the pelvis -- Congenital anomalies of the female genital system -- Pediatric pelvis -- Benign diseases of the female pelvis -- Malignant diseases of the uterus and cervix -- Malignant diseases of the ovary -- Pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriosis -- Role of infertility management and contraception -- -- Section II: Obstetric sonography. The use of ultrasound in the first trimester -- Complications found in the first trimester -- Sonographic assessment of the ectopic pregnancy -- Assessment of fetal age and size in the second and third trimester -- The fetal environment -- Abnormalities of the placenta and cord -- Sonographic assessment of the fetal neural tube structures -- Ultrasound of the normal fetal chest, abdomen, and pelvis -- Abnormalities of the fetal chest, abdomen, and pelvis -- Fetal echocardiography -- Normal and abnormal fetal limbs -- Doppler ultrasound of the fetus -- Biophysical profile -- Multiple gestations -- Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) -- Sonographic signs of selected fetal syndromes -- Gestational trophoblastic disease -- The effect of maternal disease on pregnancy -- Gestational trophoblastic disease -- The effect of maternal disease on pregnancy -- Sonography of the post partum uterus -- Role of sonography in infertility -- Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling -- 3D/4D imaging in obstetrics and gynecology