title: The science and art of quality in obstetric ultrasound.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Due to the imbalance between increasing demand, limitations in healthcare resources and an increase in lawsuit cases in prenatal ultrasound practice, the need for quality has emerged in the field of prenatal ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over the past few years, various approaches for quality control based on nuchal translucency measurements, other biometric measurements or fetal images have been developed and tested.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review describes various qualitative and quantitative quality control procedures. Special emphasis is put on the use of fetal biometry to develop quality control systems based on both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Descartes, Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Laurent J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ville
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D048208:Nuchal Translucency Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards