Three-Dimensional Ultrasound and Two-Dimen-sional Ultrasound Application for Antral Follicles Count in Assisted Reproduction Technology

Background: Nowadays almost 186 million people deal with infertility. Recruitment, development and monitoring of mul-tiple follicles in woman play crucial roles in Assisted Repro-ductive Technology (ART). Concordant with traditionally fal-low ups such as Follicular Stimulation Hormone (FSH) and Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) measurement, antral follicles count (AFC) even achieves the best predictive value in ovarian response to gonadotropin stimulation. Since there were some controversies in researches, we aim to compare predictive value of Two-dimensional Ultrasound and Three-dimensional Ultra-sound in follicular tracking in ART cycles.Materials and Methods: This is a study which compares value of Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Ultrasound in folli-cular tracking in ART. Eligible articles had extracted according to inclusion and exclusion criteria in reputable online library (Pubmed, Science Direct, Googleschalor,Iran Medex).Results: There are huge amounts of study which compare and analyze the advantages application of Three-dimensional Ul-trasound versus Two-dimensional Ultrasound. Since both 2D and 3D ultrasound are used for count the numerous follicles in each ovary, the techniques will be tiring and the reliability and validity of counts may be uncertain. But in general the reli-ability and validity of Three-dimensional Ultrasound are much significant. The most studies are in agreement with reduction of time for AFC with Three-dimensional application. The bet-ter images quality, exact ovarian volume and easier storage for further monitoring are other advantages.Conclusion: Three-dimensional Ultrasound can be best mo-dality of choice for determination of exact AFC, ovarian vol-ume and stroma with a significant reduction in time without increasing patient discomfort. Since it is not cost effective that three-dimensional Ultrasound applied for all patients, so poor responder cases and those who had low ovarian reserves can take advantage of it.

کلیدواژه ها:

Two-Dimensional Ultrasound ، Three-Dimensional Ultrasound ، Follicles ، ART