Quantification of Placental Vascularization by Two-Dimensional Power Doppler

Objective To study placental vascularization using two-dimensional power Doppler techniques Design A prospective study was performed in patients to correlate visualization of placental vessels in vivo with known anatomy. Subjects Thirty eight patients and one patient with diabetes were used to the study. Methods To evaluate placental vascularization 2D power toppler was applied to obtain the images. Results Our results show that the placental vessels seen with this technique correlate well with known anatomy. A progressive increase of the index of vascularization with increasing gestational age.