title: [Clinical application of 3-dimensional ultrasound display. Initial results].
abstract: Using a newly developed ultrasound transducer and a corresponding computer program, it proved possible to construct a three-dimensional (3-D) display--at 7, 9, 11 and 13 weeks of pregnancy, respectively--of three structures lying one inside the other: embryo, amniotic sac and uterus. By means of a special computer technique the three structures could be displayed both in relation to one another and singly. Spatial rotations of the reconstructed body can be displayed on the video screen as can the individual bodies in different cross-sections. With narrow angles between individual sections this method may become important in the intra-uterine diagnosis of malformations and also of neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen sowie.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grotepass
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Menge
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ameling
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003626:Data Display; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Klinische Anwendung der dreidimensionalen Ultraschalldarstellung. Erste Ergebnisse.