Comparative analysis of ultrasonographic methods of gestational age assessment

J Ultrasound Med. 1983 Apr;2(4):147-50. doi: 10.7863/jum.1983.2.4.147.

Abstract

Measurement of crown-rump length (CRL) is widely accepted as the most accurate method of gestational dating. The statistical accuracy of growth-adjusted sonographic age (GASA) determinations has been demonstrated to be similar. Ninety-six patients were prospectively examined by use of serial ultrasonography, and findings were evaluated to correlate CRL with a single biparietal diameter (BPD) obtained between 20 and 24 weeks of gestation, with GASA, and with accurate maternal dates. Growth-adjusted sonographic age was shown to be not as accurate as CRL and no more accurate than a single BPD obtained between 20 and 24 weeks or reliable maternal dates.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anthropometry / methods*
  • Female
  • Fetus / physiology
  • Gestational Age*
  • Growth
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Prospective Studies
  • Ultrasonography*