Use of portable real-time ultrasound scanner in district antenatal clinics.
A portable real-time ultrasound scanner was transported to nine district antenatal clinics up to 35 miles from the base hospital. A total of 100 patients was scanned. During a scanning time of five to ten minutes, measurements of biparietal diameters were obtained easily, and in most cases details of placental location, fetal movement and the fetal spine were obtained.
D003153:Community Health Services; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014852:Wales