ABSTRACT
In a historical review the situation in obstetrics was shown in the last 3 decades. Compound-scans and "real-time-scan" were the fundamental instruments for the first sonographical diagnosis and changes in clinical practice. The demonstration of the foetal body and organs allows numerous measurements of length, areas, and volumes. Signs of foetal vital functions were studied in different aspects. Doppler-flow-measurements in different parts of the foetal circulatory system had brought to light new information. In future especially colour-coded flow measurement will show signs of foetal life such as drinking, vomiting, and urinating and will enable us to study these functions of foetal life.
Subject(s)
Congenital Abnormalities/history , Ultrasonography, Prenatal/history , Congenital Abnormalities/diagnostic imaging , Female , Fetal Movement/physiology , Forecasting , History, 20th Century , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Pregnancy , Transducers , Ultrasonography, Prenatal/instrumentationABSTRACT
Diagnosis of a malformation of the heart and a facial cleft and additionally other abnormalities by means of ultrasound. The result of karyotyping was trisomy 13.
