Obstetric ultrasonography
| Obstetric ultrasonography | |
|---|---|
 Obstetric sonogram of a fetus at 16 weeks. The bright white circle center-right is the head, which faces to the left. Features include the forehead at 10 o'clock, the left ear toward the center at 7 o'clock and the right hand covering the eyes at 9:00. | |
| Other names | Prenatal Ultrasound |
| Specialty | |
| ICD-9-CM | 88.78 |
| MeSH | D016216 |
| OPS-301 code | Template:OPS301, Template:OPS301 |
Obstetric ultrasonography, or prenatal ultrasound,[1] is the use of medical ultrasonography in pregnancy, in which sound waves are used to create real-time visual images of the developing embryo or fetus in the uterus (womb).
Obstetric Ultrasonography Media
Biparietal diameter is taken as the maximal transverse diameter of in a visualization of the horizontal plane of the head.
Biparietal diameter (the transverse diameter of the head) by gestational age, with the blue line representing the mean and the green area representing the 90% prediction interval.
Fetus at 14 weeks (profile)
3D rendering of the fetal spine in a scan at 19 weeks of pregnancy
Polaroid photograph of an obstetric ultrasound taken in 1985
3D Ultrasound of fetal movements at 12 weeks
75-mm fetus (about 14 weeks' gestational age)
A 3D ultrasound taken of a fetus at 17 weeks.sucking his thumb
Related pages
- Ultrasound (3D)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
References
- ↑ MeSH Browser. meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
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