Three-dimensional sonoembryology
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B. Benoit
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound plays an important role in obstetrics, predominantly for assessing fetal anatomy. Presenting volume data in a standard anatomic orientation valuably assists both ultrasonographers and pregnant patients to recognize the anatomy more readily. Three-dimensional ultrasound is advantageous in studying normal embryonic and/or fetal development, as well as providing information for families at risk for specific congenital anomalies by confirming normality. This method offers advantages in assessing the embryo in the first trimester due to its ability to obtain multiplanar images through endovaginal volume acquisition. Rotation allows the systematic review of anatomic structures and early detection of fetal anomalies. Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging in vivo compliments pathologic and histologic evaluation of the developing embryo, giving rise to a new term: 3D sonoembryology. Rapid technological development will allow real-time 3D ultrasound to provide improved and expanded patient care on the one side, and increased knowledge of developmental anatomy on the other.
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- Two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound of fetal anasarca: the glass baby
- Congress Calendar
- Erratum
- Roster of Perinatal Medicine
Articles in the same Issue
- 3D Ultrasound and Perinatal Medicine
- Screening for uterine abnormalities by three-dimensional ultrasound improves perinatal outcome
- Three-dimensional power Doppler in study of embryonic vasculogenesis
- The assessment of placental blood vessels by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound
- Assessment of early chorionic circulation by three-dimensional power Doppler
- Limb deformities and three-dimensional ultrasound
- The assessment of fetal brain morphology and circulation by transvaginal 3D sonography and power Doppler
- Prenatal diagnosis: what does four-dimensional ultrasound add?
- Three-dimensional sonoembryology
- Three-dimensional ultrasound - a useful imaging technique in the assessment of neonatal brain
- Events from ovulation to implantation studied by three-dimensional ultrasound
- Multiple congenital contractures (Congenital multiple arthrogryposis)
- Two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound of fetal anasarca: the glass baby
- Congress Calendar
- Erratum
- Roster of Perinatal Medicine
