Three and fourdimensional "STIC" examination of the fetal heart

  • Igor Japelj Oddelek za perinatologijo, Klinika za ginekologijo in perinatologijo, Univerzitetni klinični center Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor
  • Uršula Reš-Moravec Zdravstveni zavod Dravlje, Ulica bratov Babnik 10, 1000 Ljubljana
  • Ksenija Ogrizek-Pelkič Oddelek za perinatologijo, Klinika za ginekologijo in perinatologijo, Univerzitetni klinični center Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor
  • Stanko Pšeničnik Oddelek za biomedicinsko tehniko, Univerzitetni klinični center Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor
Keywords: fetus, heart, ultrasound, three and four-dimensional examinaton

Abstract

Background: We are describing the three and four-dimensional ultrasound examination of the fetal heart with the STIC technique, which allows to scan the three-dimensional volume of a beating heart.

Conclusions: The STIC examination enables us to find and present in the scanned volume all the typical scans of the fetal heart in the three-dimensional technique almost in real time.

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Japelj I, Reš-Moravec U, Ogrizek-Pelkič K, Pšeničnik S. Three and fourdimensional "STIC" examination of the fetal heart. TEST ZdravVestn [Internet]. 1 [cited 5Aug.2024];76(10). Available from: http://vestnik-dev.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2469
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Vol 76 No 10 (2007): October
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