Three‐dimensional (3D) and 4D color Doppler fetal echocardiography using spatio‐temporal image correlation (STIC)

Color Doppler echocardiography is used to visualize three transverse planes: the four‐chamber, five‐chamber, and three vessels and trachea views. Color Doppler spatio‐temporal image correlation (STIC) is a new three‐dimensional (3D) technique allowing the acquisition of a volume of data from the fetal heart that is displayed as a cineloop of a single cardiac cycle. The aim of the study was to examine the potential of color Doppler STIC to evaluate normal and abnormal fetal hearts.

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