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Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Baby Scanning - 4d Baby Scans - Your Child in the Womb

The method know as three dimensional ultrasound scanning is used in early pregnancy, it can provide 3d pictures of the fetus. Most of the time the ultrasound images are rapidly collected and joined together and animated to created a “4d ultrasound”. Three dimensional scans works in a similar manner to the normal ultrasound scanning methods except that the ultrasound waves can be directed from multiple directions. The ultrasound waves are reflected back then captured to provide information to construct a 3-dimensional image in much the same way as 3d movies. 3 dimesional ultrasound was started by stephen smith and olaf von ramm. It’s important to understand that sonologists everywhere have always pictured 3d images of anatomy or pathology in their minds while doing their 2d scans. However, until recently it was very difficult to do this kind of reconstruction on on patient information using ultasound scanning. With the introduction of 4d baby scans for the first time allowed us a peek into the mechanics of thinking of a sonologist and hence letting us see the images on the ultrasound machine. 3d imaging should utilize ultrasound energy following the same limits as conventional 2d ultrasound to create the 3d images. There is no data to suggest harm due to 3d ultasound scanning, its use in none essential situations needs to be undertaken with an understanding of the risks involved.

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