Our Services: Ultrasound
Types of ultrasound and their uses:
- Two-dimensional (2D), real-time ultrasound
Used throughout the pregnancy to image and examine your baby. This 2D imaging enables the ultrasound technician to examine not only surface structures, such as the baby's face, but internal organs as well. Motion—the baby's heartbeat and limb movement for example—can also be easily detected with this type of ultrasound. It is the most common type of fetal ultrasound and the one most people are used to seeing.
- Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound
Used when the physician who interprets your ultrasound image decides 3D ultrasound would be helpful to further examine a fetal anomaly. This is one way we might check into the possibility of a birth defect.
- Four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound
Adds motion to a 3D image of the baby.
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