"This additional pregnancy ultrasound scan information has at times proven to be invaluable, as we sometimes find a baby to be much smaller than was expected. On a number of occasions, we have found a problem not previously known, and this information has helped those involved with the pregnant woman's care to ensure she gets all the care she needs. We do play our part in ensuring a good outcome with a healthy baby."

Ultrasound: a screening or diagnostic technique in which very high frequency sound waves are passed into the body, and the reflected echoes are detected and analyzed to build a picture of the internal organs or of a fetus in the uterus.
3D scans and 4D scans utilise the same sound wave technology as 2D; however instead of the sound wave being sent straight down and reflected back, they are sent at different angles. The returning echoes are processed by a highly sophisticated computer programme resulting in a reconstructed three dimensional volume.

The article provides the reader with an insight into General Ultrasound & 4D in particular.. read more

4D: What the medical literature says

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 24(12):1599-624, 2005 Dec.
The article published in this prestigious journal looked at over 500 scientific articles on this subject. The results of the various studies reported in those articles clearly showed that Three-dimensional ultrasound provides additional diagnostic information for the diagnosis of facial anomalies, especially facial clefts. There was also evidence that 3D ultrasound provides additional diagnostic information in neural tube defects and skeletal malformations.

Here we have a summary of some publications which have appeared in scientific journals over the last five years or so on the subject.. read more