Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 624-626, February 2009

Progress toward “in vivo virtual histology” of ovarian follicles and corpora lutea by ultrasound biomicroscopy

  • Pilar Pallares, M.V.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Animalario, CNIC, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests: Pilar Pallares, M.V.D., Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain (FAX: 34-91-453-12-65).
    • ,
  • Claudia Letelier, M.V.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
    • Instituto de Ciencia Animal y Tecnologia de Carnes, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
    • ,
  • Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain

Received 23 January 2008; received in revised form 10 March 2008; accepted 9 May 2008. published online 11 August 2008.

High-frequency ultrasound imaging (40 MHz; ultrasound biomicroscopy) provides reliable ex vivo visualization of cellular components both in follicles and corpora lutea. In the near future and after logical technical evolution it may be useful for in vivo intraoperative evaluation of ovaries in large mammals and humans.

Key Words: Ovary, follicle, corpus luteum, ultrasonography

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 P.P. has nothing to disclose. C.L. has nothing to disclose. A.G.-B. has nothing to disclose.

 This study was developed under a collaborative project (CC07-018) between Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA). The CNIC is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and the Pro-CNIC Foundation; the INIA is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science Affairs; there was no other outside funding.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01146-1

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.033

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 624-626, February 2009

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