Updates by Month

Membership Information

Details of Member Benefits and joining fees.

Annual Scientific Meeting

54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Medical Ultrasound Society.

Information about BMUS

Details of BMUS Officers, Council & Committees.

March is Endometriosis Month

1st Mar 2024

In partnership with the Australasian Sonographers Association (ASA), The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS), and Sonography Canada, we are pleased to provide a variety of free access education and learning resources.

BMUS is working in partnership throughout the month of March to provide a selection of educational resources focusing on Endometriosis to mark International Endometriosis Month and raise awareness of this condition.

We have come together with the ASA, SDMS and Sonography Canada to provide a range of resources free of charge to ultrasound communities arcross the world. They include Conference recordings, Journal Articles, Webinars, Top tips and YouTube videos all in one place.

These resources will be available until 31st March 2024.

The Australasian Sonographers Association

Conference Recordings

Endometriosis: Pelvic pain - Dr George Condous https://asa.ecreators.warpwire.com/w/3wYAAA/?autoplay=1
Endometriosis cases - Dr George Condous https://asa.ecreators.warpwire.com/w/4QYAAA/?autoplay=1
Endometriosis and the peri- and postmenopausal patient - Gillian Profaca https://asa.ecreators.warpwire.com/w/4wYAAA/?autoplay=1

Journal Articles

A step-by-step guide to sonographic evaluation of deep infiltrating endometriosis

Jung Fang, Sofie Piessens

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sono.12149

The accuracy of ultrasound compared to magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis: A narrative review

Taylor Hansen, Tracey Hanchard, Jennifer Alphonse

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sono.12350

Are sonographers the future ‘gold standard’ in the diagnosis of endometriosis?

Deslandes A, Panuccio C, Avery J, Condous G, Leonardi M, Knox S, et al.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/8RCPQTNQBB5QZTNMAEHR?target=10.1002/sono.12402

The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Conference Recording

Sonography as a cost-effective and non-invasive first-line detection imaging modality in diagnosing endometriosis, Tatyana Beaves, MD, RDMS, RDCS

https://www.sdms.org/activities/generalcontent/Sonography_as_a_Cost-Effective_and_Non-Invasive_First-Line_Detection/story_html5.html

Journal Articles

The following link includes 42 free access Journal articles on “endometriosis”

https://journals.sagepub.com/action/doSearch?AllField=endometriosis&SeriesKey=jdma&pageSize=10&startPage=&rel=&access=user

Sonography Canada

Lecture

Diagnosing endometriosis on ultrasound

Dr. Mathew Leonardi MD, PhD, FRCSC
Gynecologic Surgeon Sonologist, Hamilton Health Sciences
Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Honorary Adjunct Lecturer, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia

Articles and Papers

Current practice patterns, challenges, and need for education in performing and reporting advanced pelvic US and MRI to investigate endometriosis: A survey by the Canadian Association of Radiologists Endometriosis Working Group

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08465371231179292

Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Practice Statement on Advanced Pelvic Ultrasound for Endometriosis

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08465371231165986

Canadian Medical Association Journal: Diagnosis and management of endometriosis

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/195/10/E363

Additional Resources

Noninvasive ultrasound diagnosis of endometriosis

https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/noninvasive-ultrasound-diagnosis-endometriosis

JMIG: Sonographic evaluation for endometriosis in routine pelvic ultrasound

https://www.jmig.org/article/S1553-4650(19)30405-4/fulltext

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Prevalence of negative sliding sign representing pouch of Douglas obliteration during pelvic transvaginal ultrasound for any indication

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/uog.22023