How useful is 3D and 4D ultrasound in perinatal medicine?
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Asim Kurjak
Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the published literature on the use of three-dimensional (3DUS) and four-dimensional (4DUS) ultrasound in perinatal medicine.
Methods: We systematically searched Medline through PubMED (January 2000–January 2006), including EMBASE/Excerpta Medica database as well as the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The search terms used to identify clinical application of 3DUS and 4DUS studies in perinatal medicine were technical development, special features, and recommendation for fetal imaging, research on 3DUS or 4DUS, and the usage of invasive 3DUS or 4DUS procedures. The reference bibliographies of relevant books were also manually searched for supplementary citations. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) studies related to the use of 3DUS or 4DUS in perinatal medicine; (2) full text were available in English; (3) publication format of original scientific articles, case reports, editorials or literature reviews and chapters in the books.
Results: Five hundred and seventy-five articles were identified, and among those, 438 were relevant to this review.
Conclusions: 3DUS and 4DUS provided additional information for the diagnosis of facial anomalies, evaluation of neural tube defects, and skeletal malformations. Additional research is needed to determine the clinical utility of 3DUS and 4DUS for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease, central nervous system (CNS) anomalies and detection of fetal neurodevelopmental impairment assessed by abnormal behavior in high-risk fetuses.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Cervical surgery and preterm birth
- How useful is 3D and 4D ultrasound in perinatal medicine?
- The combined effect of maternal smoking and obesity on the risk of preeclampsia
- Slow change in body mass index during early triplet pregnancy is associated with decreased birth weight
- Examining the relationship between positive mid-gestational fetal fibronectin assays and histological evidence of acute placental inflammation
- Paternal smoking is associated with a decreased prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus among offspring in two national British birth cohort studies (NCDS and BCS70)
- Three-dimensional ultrasound power Doppler assessment of the cervix: comparison between nulliparas and multiparas
- Gender- and parity-specific reference charts for fetal size in low risk singleton pregnancies at the onset of the third trimester
- Near term twin pregnancy: clinical relevance of weight discordance at birth
- Intracerebellar hemorrhage in premature infants: sonographic detection and outcome
- Determining the least time required for measuring energy expenditure in premature neonates
- Neither maternal nor fetal mutation (E474Q) in the α-subunit of the trifunctional protein is frequent in pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome
- Long-term subcutaneous morphine administration after surgery in newborns
- Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis: a rare but serious complication of hypernatremic dehydration in newborns
- Congress Calendar
- Roster of Perinatal Societies
Articles in the same Issue
- Cervical surgery and preterm birth
- How useful is 3D and 4D ultrasound in perinatal medicine?
- The combined effect of maternal smoking and obesity on the risk of preeclampsia
- Slow change in body mass index during early triplet pregnancy is associated with decreased birth weight
- Examining the relationship between positive mid-gestational fetal fibronectin assays and histological evidence of acute placental inflammation
- Paternal smoking is associated with a decreased prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus among offspring in two national British birth cohort studies (NCDS and BCS70)
- Three-dimensional ultrasound power Doppler assessment of the cervix: comparison between nulliparas and multiparas
- Gender- and parity-specific reference charts for fetal size in low risk singleton pregnancies at the onset of the third trimester
- Near term twin pregnancy: clinical relevance of weight discordance at birth
- Intracerebellar hemorrhage in premature infants: sonographic detection and outcome
- Determining the least time required for measuring energy expenditure in premature neonates
- Neither maternal nor fetal mutation (E474Q) in the α-subunit of the trifunctional protein is frequent in pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome
- Long-term subcutaneous morphine administration after surgery in newborns
- Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis: a rare but serious complication of hypernatremic dehydration in newborns
- Congress Calendar
- Roster of Perinatal Societies