Three and fourdimensional "STIC" examination of the fetal heart

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.

Keywords

• fetus
• heart
• ultrasound
• three and four-dimensional examinaton