title: Manufacturing models of fetal malformations built from 3-dimensional ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography scan data.
abstract: Technological innovations accompanying advances in medicine have given rise to the possibility of obtaining better-defined fetal images that assist in medical diagnosis and contribute toward genetic counseling offered to parents during the prenatal period. In this article, we show our innovative experience of diagnosing fetal malformations through correlating 3-dimensional ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography, which are accurate techniques for fetal assessment, with a fetal image reconstruction technique to create physical fetal models.
authors.affiliation: *Radiology, Imaging Diagnostics Clinic (CPDI); and †Department of Radiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro; ‡Department of Obstetrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo; and §National Institute of Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heron
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Liliam Cristine
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Rolo
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Araujo Júnior
authors.forename: Jorge Roberto Lopes
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*