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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
Role of tomographic ultrasound imaging with spatiotemporal image correlation for identifying fetal ventricular septal
Giuseppe Rizzo1, Alessandra Capponi, Marianne Vendola
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. giuseppe.rizzo@uniroma2.it
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to test the possibility of diagnosing ventricular septal defects (VSDs) by using tomographic ultrasound imaging (TUI) on 4-dimensional volumes of the fetal chest obtained with spatiotemporal image correlation and the color Doppler function.
Methods:
We retrospectively evaluated the 4-dimensional spatiotemporal image correlation volumes of 8 fetuses with VSDs (single in 7 and double in 1) between 20 and 33 weeks' gestation. The data were analyzed to determine whether VSDs were correctly identified in at least 1 of 7 automatically generated TUI displays.
Results:
All of the included VSDs were correctly identified with the use of an interslice distance in the TUI function ranging from 0.8 to 2 mm without the need to further manipulate the volume.
Conclusions:
This automatic approach shows good retrieval of diagnostic cardiac planes in fetuses with VSDs, which may improve the diagnostic accuracy for this disease.
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