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3D/4D OB Ultrasound: Basics, Tips, and Possibilities
Diana M. Strickland, RDMS, RDCSEast Carolina University – Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
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Technical considerations
• Optimal– Body surfaces– Tissue/fluid interfaces
• Suboptimal– Oligohydramnios– Fetal part against uterine wall
• Strong Echoes– Bone/ Spine
Surface Rendering:
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Measurements
• More accurate CRL• Weight volume• Quantify AFV
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Artifacts
• Some will be unique to 3D– need to recognize
• Dropout– may simulate missing limbs
• Fetal small parts• Fetal motion
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Gynecology• Coronal and transverse vaginal quality
images of entire uterus• Septums• Adnexal masses
– size, wall structure, internal characteristics, vascularity
• Follicles• Fibroids• Endometrial thickness, Sonohysterography
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Comparison with 2D Imaging
• Multiple views, planes, and angles• Volumetric storage -Better appreciate size• Photographic quality image
– Improved patient understanding
ADVANTAGES
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Comparison with 2D Imaging
• Slow learning curve
• Placental interference
• Obesity• Oligohydramnios
• Small parts interference
• Fetal motion (20%)• Expert sonographer• Expense
DISADVANTAGES
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Clinical Applications• Still not a necessary component for
diagnosis (Adjunct)• May Improve Diagnosis
– Confirmation of a 2D diagnosis– Helps to re-evaluate after initial diagnosis
• Counseling– Help patient to conceptualize diagnosis
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4D or STIC
• Dynamic view of beating heart• Fetal movement and behavior *• Placental blood Flow
Serial 3D
* http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/images/yawn.mov
Gated 3D
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