Assessment of the female lower urinary tract by Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and correlation with introital ultrasound

Objective: To assess Tissue Doppler Imaging as new ultrasound tool for the analysis of tissue velocity parameters in urogynecology. A prospective study to evaluate the female lower urinary tract by Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and to correlate with introital ultrasound data. Materials and methods: In 25 patients with (n=14) and without (n=9) a hypermobility of the bladder neck colour TDI cineloops raw data were analysed the movement of the paraurethral tissue stimulated by a coughing fit. Sample areas were placed distal and proximal in the anterior and posterior paraurethral tissue. The TDI data were correlated…