Color-coded Doppler sonography in pregnancy

Recently the advantages of angiodynography have been reported for different purposes. The goal of this study was to find out the validity of colour flow mapping for obstetric patients. Additionally, we compared the obtained results with those obtained by conventional pulsed Doppler measurement. 30 women with an uneventful pregnancy were investigated. Angiodynography enabled us to depict a selected vessel quicker and to visualise the course of the investigated vessel. Furthermore, the new method of colour flow mapping and subsequent pulsed Doppler measurement results in visual vessel recognition of fetal and maternal vasculature and therefore subsequent Doppler measurement is also possible in small vessels. This method could be valuable for the diagnosis of high-risk pregnancies.