33rd World Congress, 16-19 October 2023, South Korea

Congratulations to all the award winners who were acknowledged during our ISUOG World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. You can read the winning abstracts below.

Award winners

Top abstract winner

ASPRE trial: effects of aspirin on mean arterial blood pressure and uterine artery pulsatility index trajectories in pregnancy (OC19.05), Presented by D.Rolnik, Australia

Young investigator award winner - Obstetrics 

Enhancing prenatal risk assessment: atypicality Index (AcFTS) as an adjunct to the combined first trimester screening in dichorionic twins (OC13.01)
Presented by S.E. Kristensen, Denmark

Young investigator winner - Gynecology 

The ADNEX model for ovarian cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of external validation studies (OC03.01)
Presented by L.Barreñada, Belgium

Ian Donald Gold Medal winner: Prof. Steven Goldstein

Stuart Campbell Award winner: Prof. Yves Ville

Best Oral Communications

The following oral communications were each selected as the best in their subject area. Selection was according to a combination of anonymous peer-review in advance of the Congress and scores for presentation and/or scientific merit allocated on-site by a panel of judges.
 
Get ready: AI, ChatGPT, and Network Fusion are coming your way
OC01.01: Performance of an AI algorithm for quality control of routine fetal ultrasound 
Presented by Julien Stirnemann​ (click here to view the abstract)
 
Intrapartum ultrasound
OC02.04: Assessment of the fetal cardiac function in the early stage of labour: a pilot study

Presented by Andrea Dall’Asta (click here to view the abstract)

Managing ovarian masses
OC03.01: The ADNEX model for ovarian cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of external validation studies

Presented by Lasai Barreñada (click here to view the abstract)

Early pregnancy complications
OC04.01: A prospective cohort study to assess the use of cfDNA in miscarriage to detect chromosomal abnormalities
Presented by Nina Parker (click here to view the abstract)
 
Fetal growth: normal and abnormal
OC05.05: Fetal cardiac function in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction and small for gestational age

Presented by Francesco D'Antonio​ (click here to view the abstract)

And

OC05.07: Long-term outcome according to birthweight in term pregnancy: a nationwide cohort study

Presented by Kyong-No Lee​ (click here to view the abstract)

Bleeding, endometrial and myometrial pathology
OC06.07: Performance of three-, four- and five- millimetres endometrial thicknesses in endometrial cancer detection

Presented by Ohad Rotenburg​ (click here to view the abstract)

Updates on fetal intervention and surgery
OC07.02: Tensile properties of sutures after exposure to warmed amniotic fluid: implications for fetal surgery

Presented by Cara Buskmiller​ (click here to view the abstract)

Exploring placenta abnormalities and beyond
OC08.03: Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in detecting posterior placenta accreta spectrum disorders: analysis of the ADOPAD multicentre study

Presented by Francesco D'Antonio​ (click here to view the abstract)

Pelvic pain and endometriosis
OC09.02: The influence of severe endometriosis on the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound diagnosis of uterosacral ligament endometriosis

Presented by Mathew Leonardi​ (click here to view the abstract)

And

OC09.03: Identification and characteristics of deep endometriosis infiltrating the sacral plexus with transvaginal ultrasound
Presented by Gábor Szabó​ (click here to view the abstract)
 
Fetal brain and CNS anomalies
OC10.05: The ganglionic eminence: a volumetric assessment of a transient brain structure in fetal MRI

Presented by Marlene Stuempflen​ (click here to view the abstract)

Screening of chromosomal anomalies (incl. cfDNA, genomics and gene therapy)
OC11.02: A late first trimester scan can alter management after a high-risk NIPT result

Presented by Fergus Scot​ (click here to view the abstract)

Imaging in oncology
OC12.07: TVS versus MRI for preoperative assessment of myometrial infiltration in patients with low-grade endometrial cancer: a head-to-head meta-analysis
Presented by Juan Luis Alcazar​ (click here to view the abstract)
 
And
 
OC12.08: Observer-reality agreement for tumour spread and prediction non-resectability in ovarian cancer (ISAAC study, imaging study on advanced ovarian cancer)
Presented by Daniela Fischerová (click here to view the abstract)
 
Strategic management of complicated multiple pregnancy
OC13.01: Enhancing prenatal risk assessment: atypicality Index (AcFTS) as an adjunct to the combined first trimester screening in dichorionic twins
Presented by Steffen Kristensen​ (click here to view the abstract)
 
Screening for pregnancy complications (stillbirth, preterm birth, pre-eclampsia)
OC14.02: Mid-trimester uterine artery Doppler for aspirin discontinuation in pregnancies at high risk for pre-eclampsia: post-hoc analysis of StopPRE trial
Presented by Manel Mendoza (click here to view the abstract)
 
Ultrasound and fertility preservation
OC15.03: Application of multimodal ultrasound to evaluate endometrial receptivity in patients with unexplained infertility
Presented by Guili Shen​ (click here to view the abstract)
 
Fetal disease and structural abnormalities
OC16.01: First trimester anomaly screening: is it a cost-effective use of resources?
Presented by Jehan Karim (click here to view the abstract)
 
Antenatal assessment of fetal heart: cardiac function and AI
OC17.07: Intrauterine adaptive changes of the fetal heart in assisted reproductive pregnancies
Presented by Coralia Stefanescu (click here to view the abstract)
 
Urogynecology
OC18.07: Are MRI-based scoring systems equivalent to standard tomographic assessment of avulsion? (click here to view the abstract)
 
And

OC18.08: Is it useful to distinguish type I and type II avulsions? (click here to view the abstract)
Both abstracts presented by Ka Lai Shek 

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