TY - JOUR
T1 - Fetal CNS scanning-less of a headache than you think
AU - Monteagudo, Ana
AU - Timor-Tritsch, Ilan E.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Anatomy, pathology, and developmental changes of the fetal central nervous system (brain and spine) can be studied by prenatal sonography, using a transabdominal, or, and preferably, later in pregnancy in a cephalic presenting fetus, a transvaginal approach, with the possibility of obtaining coronal and sagittal views through the acoustic window provided by the fontanels and sutures of the skull. In a 3-dimensional sonography, both approaches may generate images in all 3 classic scanning planes (longitudinal, sagittal, and coronal). Guidelines exist concerning standard fetal anatomical survey, which includes fetal brain and spine as well as specific central nervous system examination, both basic and advanced. Normal anatomy of the fetal brain and spine in their various planes will be described with only few details on congenital anomalies.
AB - Anatomy, pathology, and developmental changes of the fetal central nervous system (brain and spine) can be studied by prenatal sonography, using a transabdominal, or, and preferably, later in pregnancy in a cephalic presenting fetus, a transvaginal approach, with the possibility of obtaining coronal and sagittal views through the acoustic window provided by the fontanels and sutures of the skull. In a 3-dimensional sonography, both approaches may generate images in all 3 classic scanning planes (longitudinal, sagittal, and coronal). Guidelines exist concerning standard fetal anatomical survey, which includes fetal brain and spine as well as specific central nervous system examination, both basic and advanced. Normal anatomy of the fetal brain and spine in their various planes will be described with only few details on congenital anomalies.
KW - 3D/4D
KW - fetal brain
KW - fetal spine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857612490&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3182446d65
DO - 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3182446d65
M3 - Article
C2 - 22343242
AN - SCOPUS:84857612490
SN - 0009-9201
VL - 55
SP - 249
EP - 265
JO - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 1
ER -