Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Assessment of Fetal Neurobehavior by Three-/Four-dimensional Ultrasound
By Asim Kurjak, Ritsuko Kimata Pooh, Milan Stanojevic and 1 others.
Abstract
IntroductIonFor >40 years, ultrasound has been extensively used in medical imaging, providing help for the diagnosis and staging of numerous diseases of different organs and systems of the human body.The development of real-time two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound has enabled the direct visualization of fetal anatomy and activity in utero.Analysis of the dynamics of fetal behavior compared with morphological studies has led to the conclusion that fetal behavioral patterns directly reflect developmental and maturational processes of the fetal central nervous system (CNS).Therefore, it was suggested that the assessment of fetal behavior and developmental processes in different periods of gestation may make it possible to distinguish normal from abnormal brain development, as well as the early
Keywords
- Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
- Open access
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