Significant advances in diagnostic ultrasound are being made with the recent introduction of
grey scale scanning and real-time machines. While grey scale enables the visualization and …

Ultrasound for routine fetal malformation screening has been polemical from its early
beginning because of the very broad range of diagnosis rates disclosed, ie from 13% to …

Approximately 150,000 children with congenital anomalies are born annually in the United
States. Antenatal detection of these disorders would help to improve not only postpartum …

From its beginning in the fifties the use of ultrasound in gynaecology and obstetrics has
expanded extensively. Ultrasound technology has taken us from a time when the mother …

In the last decade objective evaluation of the fetus by a variety of antenatal tests including
biochemical, bioelectric, and biophysical means has become a reality. In this chapter the …

It has been almost four decades since the first ultrasonic devices for imaging the fetus were
developed. Conventional B-mode, or two-dimensional (2-D) ultrasound examination, which …

Routine obstetric ultrasonography has been performed at our institution since 1974. During
a recent 41-month period, 63 neonates with 83 congenital abnormalities had been scanned …

Debate on the value of routinc obstetrical ultrasound examination during pregnancy has
been rekindled by the publication of two studies: the RADIUS study, the largest randomized …

Although Ian Donald introduced ultrasound into obstetrics and gynecology in 19581, it was
three decades before we were able to diagnose a significant rate of fetal anomalies …

The safety of ultrasonography in pregnancy is well documented. In screening populations,
with the exception of the RADIUS trial, ultrasound examination can diagnose in …