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Sonographic measurement of placental volume: a comparative analysis of two-dimensional and three-dimensional sonographic techniques

Title
Sonographic measurement of placental volume: a comparative analysis of two-dimensional and three-dimensional sonographic techniques
Creator
Kliman, Harvey J.; Romero, Roberto; Meyyazhagan, Arun; Avila, Cecilia; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Awonuga, Awoniyi; Tarca, Adi L.
Description
To evaluate the correlation between a simple two-dimensional (2D) sonographic method and the gold-standard three-dimensional (3D) method for estimating placental volume during early to mid-pregnancy. Placental volume was measured using both 2D and 3D ultrasound techniques in 58 pregnant patients between 11 and 22 weeks of gestation. All participants had normal term pregnancy outcomes. The correlation between the two methods was analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. A strong positive correlation was observed between the 2D and 3D placental volume estimates (Pearson's r=0.93, p<0.001), indicating high agreement between the two measurement approaches. The simpler 2D sonographic method shows excellent correlation with the 3D gold-standard technique and may serve as a feasible alternative for placental volume assessment, particularly in low-resource settings where access to advanced equipment is limited. 2026 the author(s)
Source
Journal of Perinatal Medicine;
Date
01-01-2026
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
EPV method; placental volume; sonographic assessment; three-dimensional ultrasound; two-dimensional ultrasound; VOCAL
Coverage
Kliman H.J., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Romero R., United States Department of Health and Human Services, Pregnancy Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University, Washington, United States; Meyyazhagan A., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States, Department of Life Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Avila C., Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, State University of New York, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, United States; Chaiworapongsa T., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; Awonuga A., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; Tarca A.L., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
Rights
All Open Access; Gold Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 3005577; CODEN: JPEMA
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Kliman, Harvey J.; Romero, Roberto; Meyyazhagan, Arun; Avila, Cecilia; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Awonuga, Awoniyi; Tarca, Adi L., “Sonographic measurement of placental volume: a comparative analysis of two-dimensional and three-dimensional sonographic techniques,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/23326.

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