Pitfalls in Imaging of Female Infertility

Many women throughout the world face unexpected difficulty in reproducing. Infertility, as defined by lack of conception in a woman having regular unprotected intercourse for one year, has an worldwide prevalence of nine percent; fifty six percent of whom will seek medical care to correct the issue.1 In the United States, 6.7 million women, about 11% of the reproductive age population, have received evaluation and / or treatment for infertility.2 From 1996 to 2010 in the United States, the number of assisted reproductive technologic procedures for treatment of infertility doubled while the number of infants born as a result of these procedures nearly tripled.
Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research