2008, Part III, 199-210, DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-0573-0_20

Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Assessment of the Fetal Heart

Rabih Chaoui

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Abstract

In the last 10 years, 3D and live 3D ultrasound — also called 4D ultrasound (3D/4D) — became popular in prenatal diagnosis but focused mainly on the demonstration of the fetal face and other external fetal body parts (hands, feet, etc.). The use of the 3D/4D in assessing the fetal heart evolved rapidly with the advent of the new technique called spatial and temporal image correlation (STIC), which enabled acquisition of a volume data set with information pertaining to the beating fetal heart [1, 2]. Matrix transducers for live 4D examination are already available, but the resolution is still too low to be routinely used in fetal studies, and the expenses are still high.

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