Connie Rees

Part I Summary and introduction	11
Summary	13
Nederlandse Samenvatting	16
Chapter 1 Introduction and thesis outline	19
Part II Diagnosis of Adenomyosis on MRI	39
Chapter 2 Objective measures of Adenomyosis on MRI and their Diagnostic Accuracy: a systematic review and meta analysis	41
Chapter 3 Prediction of Adenomyosis Diagnosis based on MRI	69
Chapter 4 Prediction of Adenomyosis Diagnosis based on MRI: an external validation study	91
Part III Effect of Adenomyosis on Uterine Contractile Function	113
Chapter 5 Quantitative ultrasound imaging and characterisation of uterine peristaltic waves	115
Chapter 6 Normal uterine contractile activity in healthy women throughout the menstrual cycle: an exploration of reference values using a novel quantitative 2D TVUS speckle tracking method	149
Chapter 7 The influence of uterine abnormalities on uterine peristalsis in the non-pregnant uterus: a systematic review	169
Chapter 8 Quantitative Ultrasound Measurement of Uterine Contractility in Adenomyotic versus Normal Uteri : A Multi-centre Prospective study	195
Part IV Effect of Adenomyosis on Fertility Outcomes	219
Chapter 9 Women with combined adenomyosis and endometriosis on MRI have worse IVF/ICSI outcomes adenomyosis and endometriosis alone: A matched retrospective cohort study compared to	221
Chapter 10 MRI Markers of Adenomyosis Severity Associated with Worse IVF/ICSI Outcomes	243
Part V Effect of Adenomyosis on Obstetric Outcomes	264
Chapter 11 The ADENO study: ADenomyosis and its Effect on Neonatal and Obstetric outcomes: a retrospective population-based study	267
Part VI Discussion	291
Chapter 12 General discussion and future perspectives References	293
Part VII Supplementary Material	339
Appendices per Chapter	341
List of Author’s Publications	342
Conference Abstracts and Presentations	344
Acknowledgements	356
Curriculum Vitae	366

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