Characterization of FemaleInfertilityusing Ultrasonography

Abstract

Diagnosis of infertility includes several steps but mostly depend on qualitative conclusion therefore themain objective of this study was to characterize female infertility using ultrasonography. The data of this study collected from 180 patients 120 were infertile and 60 fertile. The study was conducted in in Mohammed bin Naif Medical center in Saudi Arabia in the period from December 2017 to December 2018. The result of this study showed that there were two variables that showed significance differences between the fertile and infertile female concerning laboratory test; they include FSH and PRL. In respect to ultrasonography all measurement concerning Rt and Lt ovary showed significance difference but uterus measurements were inconclusive. To classify the female as fertile and infertile using linear discriminant analysis stepwise method, four variables were chosen as the most discriminant one they include FSH, LH, Rt ovary width and Lt ovary length. The overall classification accuracy was 78.9%, for infertile was 70.8% and 95.0% for the fertile one. In conclusion differentiation between fertile and infertile female still an issue but using ovarian measurement with some laboratory test differentiations between fertile and infertile was possible.