Abstract
The present manuscript reviews the main three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) methods that are clinically available to measure fetal organ volumes. Nowadays, it is possible to measure the volume of different organs (lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, adrenal glands and brain) using 3DUS. Those measurements are clinically useful to predict pulmonary hypoplasia, cardiac dys function and anomalies, fetal growth, renal function and prematurity as well as to predict adequate and normal neurodevelopment.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 397-407 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Fetal adrenal gland
- Fetal brain volume
- Fetal heart volume
- Fetal kidney volume
- Fetal liver volume
- Fetal lung volume
- Fetal organ volumes
- Three-dimensional ultrasonography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Geriatrics and Gerontology