Talk:3D ultrasound

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I've added a {{fact}} tag to the statement of the inventors of 4D because the noted inventors appear to be one of several possible candidates according to [1].--Gareth8118 07:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I really know nothing about the field, but it came up in a recent conversation I had... how useful is 3d ultrasound for clinical purposes? It looks to me as if it reveals little or no internal structure of the fetus - you can get the shape, but not see inside. I ask because during the discussion someone observed that there is a political factor. Real medical applications and sites seem to use almost only 2d ultrasound, while 3d is much favored by non-medical uses, in particular media organisations and pro-life/anti-abortion campanigners (Looking for photogenic pics and good emotional impact, respectively) - both of which seem concerned less with actually working out the condition of the fetus than with getting a clear picture of the face that people are more likely to react to emotionally. 82.34.90.218 (talk) 20:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Answer on: How useful is 3d ultrasound for clinical purposes?

In an article by Asim Kurjak and his team, "Three-dimensional sonography in prenatal diagnosis: a luxury or a necessity?" (Journal of Perinatology, issue 3, 2000), he concluded:

".... the main advantages of three-dimensional ultrasound in perinatal medicine and antenatal diagnosis include scanning in the coronal plane, improved assessment of complex anatomic structures, surface analysis of minor defects, volumetric measuring of organs, "plastic" transparent imaging of fetal skeleton, spatial presentation of blood flow arborization and, finally, storage of scanned volumes and images. It is our decided opinion that three-dimensional sonography has gained a valuable place in prenatal diagnosis, becoming a necessity for every modern perinatal unit .... ". Tommy17v (talk) 20:00, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

This article is terrible. I just came back from a ob/gyn who ordered a 3D ultrasound for diagnostic purposes that have absolutely nothing to do with pregnancy. It does have uses beyond just pretty pictures of babies and I was surprised to find this article mentions none of them. Someone should add this.--41.238.140.219 (talk) 20:01, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Comment on utility of 3D ultrasound and internal structure of foetus

In response to (talk)'s comment above: "It looks to me as if it reveals little or no internal structure of the fetus - you can get the shape, but not see inside." Many obstetric 3D ultrasound scanners have tools to create a surface rendered view of some part of the 3D dataset. The rendered views of foetal faces etc. that are quite commonly seen do not constitute all of the image data from a 3D ultrasound scan, but only a surface chosen by the user. As much internal detail as in standard medical ultrasound scans is available from a 3D ultrasound scan. It all depends on what the user wants to display. Robotshed (talk) 15:03, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Advertising language throughout

This entire article sounds like it was written by people who sell this service. Leuchars (talk) 17:24, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

I agree and have added templates for NPOV Check and Peacock. The positive representations of 3D ultrasound seem to be full of weasel words and peacock terms and bereft of citations. Lineslarge (talk) 22:09, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Public funds used for 3D ultrasounds in catholic/christian organizations

Someone deleted the above sentence in the article due to lack of proof. For evidence of this, See Caris's own financial statement, which states that more than a third of its funding came from the federal CBAE grant. Caris is a Christian-based free pregnancy clinic in the Chicago area with the stated goal of decreasing the number of abortions. They prominently advertise free ultrasound services for pregnant women. The CBAE grant has since been discontinued in 2010.

"4D"?

I noticed someone removed all reference to the phrase "4D" and stating that there is no actual term outside of advertising. In response, please see ACOG's (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) own definition of the different types of ultrasound here: http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp025.cfm In this article, they themselves refer to 4D ultrasound and provide the definition.

Dubious

I think the likening of 3D ultrasound to 3D movies is incorrect and should be removed from the lead - it has no citation. Lineslarge (talk) 22:31, 14 July 2012 (UTC)