Volume 11 Issue 1 (February) - Australasian Society for Ultrasound ...
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President<br />
Dr Matthew Andrews<br />
Honorary Secretary<br />
Mrs Roslyn Savage<br />
Honorary Treasurer<br />
Dr Andrew Ngu<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Dr Caroline Hong<br />
ULTRASOUND BULLETIN<br />
Official publication of the <strong>Australasian</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Ultrasound</strong> in Medicine<br />
Published quarterly<br />
ISSN 1441-6891<br />
Indexed by the Sociedad Iberoamericana de<br />
In<strong>for</strong>macion Cientifien (SIIC) Databases<br />
Editor<br />
Prof Ron Benzie<br />
University of Sydney, Division of Women's and<br />
Children's Health Nepean Hospital<br />
Penrith NSW<br />
Co-Editor<br />
Mr Keith Henderson<br />
ASUM Education Manager<br />
Editorial Board<br />
Ms Kaye Griffiths AM<br />
ANZAC Institute CRGH Concord NSW<br />
Ms Janine Horton<br />
Nanosonics NSW<br />
Assoc Prof Amarendra Trivedi<br />
Peninsula Health Vic<br />
Ms Jacqui Robinson<br />
Liverpool Hospital NSW<br />
Dr S Barnett NSW<br />
Scientist and a past President of ASUM<br />
Dr G Larcos<br />
Westmead Hospital NSW<br />
Dr S Cooper<br />
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW<br />
International Medical Board<br />
Dr Bernard Benoit, France<br />
Dr Pavulos Sladkevicius, University of Malmö,<br />
Sweden<br />
Dr Gurleen Sharland, Guy's and St Thomas'<br />
Hospital, London, United Kingdom<br />
Prof Alan Cameron, Queen Mother's Maternity<br />
Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom<br />
Editorial contributions<br />
Original research, case reports, quiz cases,<br />
short articles, meeting reports and calendar<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation are invited and should be<br />
addressed to The Editor at the address below<br />
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to ASUM at the address below<br />
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ASUM <strong>Ultrasound</strong> Bulletin <strong>February</strong> 2008 <strong>11</strong> (1)<br />
THE EXECUTIVE<br />
Authors in Ireland, Denmark, Holland and<br />
Australia add an international flavour<br />
to our journal 5<br />
Letter to the editor – Bush sonography,<br />
flying solo 5<br />
President’s message 7<br />
CEO’s message 9<br />
DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND<br />
Australian charts <strong>for</strong> assessing<br />
fetal growth: a review 12<br />
What factors are associated with<br />
parental desire to find out<br />
the sex of their baby? 19<br />
Interventional ultrasound – general<br />
principles and applications in<br />
gastroenterology 25<br />
CASE REPORT<br />
Fetal intracranial abnormalities in<br />
the third trimester – MRI as<br />
a useful diagnostic tool 30<br />
REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS<br />
Abstracts 37th Annual Scientific<br />
Meeting Cairns, 2007: Part 2 39<br />
Scanning the journals 47<br />
Book reviews 48<br />
EDUCATION<br />
2007 Giulia Franco Teaching Fellowship<br />
report 50<br />
REPORTS<br />
<strong>Ultrasound</strong><br />
Bulletin<br />
DMU 2007 report 51<br />
DMU diploma awarded 2007 51<br />
NOTICES<br />
Calendar 55<br />
Corporate members 55<br />
Guidelines <strong>for</strong> authors 56<br />
Cover image: Prenatal axial MRI of fetal brain<br />
demonstrating hydranencephaly. P 31.<br />
Editor writes that <strong>Ultrasound</strong> Bulletin is<br />
winning international readers and authors<br />
ASUM member on the experience of<br />
sonography in remote parts of Australia<br />
Pace picks up <strong>for</strong> WFUMB 2009 planning<br />
CEO rounds up what to expect in meetings and<br />
education <strong>for</strong> the year ahead<br />
Author reviews charts currently used in<br />
assessing fetal growth in Australia<br />
An exploration of the various factors associated<br />
with parental desire to discover the sex<br />
of their baby<br />
The authors draw from their own clinical experience<br />
in identifying the best methods of using<br />
interventional ultrasound in gastroenterology<br />
The authors report on the diagnosis of late<br />
gestation cranial abnormalities using MRI<br />
Second and final part of 2007 ASM abstracts<br />
The Gleaner reviews the current and best of<br />
ultrasound articles published globally<br />
All the latest ultrasound books reviewed<br />
2007 Giulia Franco Fellow Elvie Haluszkiewicz'<br />
teaching engagements took her to Central<br />
Australia and the Northern Territory<br />
Examiner writes that 2007 was a year of<br />
reinvigoration <strong>for</strong> the DMU<br />
ASUM <strong>Ultrasound</strong> Bulletin 2008 <strong>February</strong> <strong>11</strong> (1)<br />
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