Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Sep 2014)

Sonocubic fine: new three-dimensional ultrasound software to the screening of congenital heart diseases

  • Edward Araujo Júnior,
  • Luciane Alves da Rocha,
  • Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/1678-9741.20140040
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 426 – 431

Abstract

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Congenital heart disease is the most common fetal congenital malformations; however, the prenatal rate detection still is low. The two-dimensional echocardiography is the "gold standard" exam to screening and diagnosis of congenital heart disease during the prenatal; however, this exam is operator-depending and it is realized only in high risk pregnancies. Spatio-temporal image correlation is a three-dimensional ultrasound software that analyses the fetal heart and your connections in the multiplanar and rendering modes; however, spatio-temporal image correlation too is operator-depending and time-consuming. We presenting a new three-dimensional software named Sonocubic fine to the screening of congenital heart disease. This software applies intelligent navigation technology to spatio-temporal image correlation volume datasets to automatically generate nine fetal echocardiography standard views. Thus, this new software tends to be less operator-depending and time-consuming.

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