Electronic spatiotemporal image correlation improves four-dimensional fetal echocardiography.
F GuasinaF BellussiG MorganelliG SalsiG PiluG SimonazziPublished in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2018)
Compared with a standard mechanical probe, the electronic 4D probe facilitates acquisition of sonographic cardiac volumes in mid-trimester fetuses. In our hands, eSTIC volumes of optimal or satisfactory diagnostic quality, allowing a detailed offline evaluation of the fetal heart, were obtained in more than 90% of cases within the time frame of a standard examination of fetal anatomy. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.