title: Imaging the fetal abdomen: how efficacious are the AIUM/ACR guidelines?
abstract: This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine/American College of Radiology guidelines for the detection of fetal abdominal abnormalities. In Part 1 of the study, images from 100 fetuses with sonographically diagnosed abdominal anomalies were masked except for one view of the abdominal circumference, stomach, renal area, bladder, and cord insertion. Ninety-six cases were recognized as abnormal by two sonologists. In Part 2, sonograms of 70 normal fetuses and 30 abnormal fetuses were similarly masked and shown to a sonographer and a fourth year radiology resident. Each identified 29 of 30 abnormal cases. Among fetuses with abdominal anomalies detectable at a prenatal diagnostic center, the majority of abnormal fetuses could be identified by evaluation of the five AIUM/ACR recommended views.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Callen
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Damato
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Groffsky
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Filly
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011871:Radiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology