Credit Information
Credit Type
* AMA PRA Category 1™
Number of Credits
1
Course Overview
Explore the advancements in fetal heart imaging with volumetric techniques like 3D and 4D ultrasound. This guide covers the principles, technologies, and clinical applications of volumetric imaging in fetal echocardiography. Learn about transducer technology, volume acquisition, and visualization methods used to assess fetal heart defects, such as D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, and Ebstein Anomaly. Discover how STIC (SpatioTemporal Image Correlation) and rendering technologies enhance diagnostic accuracy, and how these tools are utilized in clinical practice and telemedicine for diagnosing congenital heart disease.
Course Objectives
Volumetric imaging of the fetal heart can be accomplished with a variety of commercially available ultrasonographic equipment. The modality is increasingly used in clinical practice, either to help solve difficult cases or to gain a different perspective on anomalies seen by conventional two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS). After completing this activity, the participant will:
review commonly used terminology for volumetric imaging of the fetal heart;
gain an understanding of currently available transducer technologies;
review common pitfalls involved in volume dataset acquisition;
review methods commonly used to display volumetric images of the fetal heart;
recognize examples of common cardiac anomalies as depicted by volumetric imaging
adopt a practical approach to scanning the fetal heart using volumetric imaging;
utilize this technology's applicability to clinical practice, its potential role in telemedicine, and the published data on the accuracy of volumetric imaging to diagnose congenital heart disease (CDH).
Target Audience
Physicians, sonographers, and others who perform and/or interpret obstetrical ultrasound.
* AMA PRA Category 1 ™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ARDMS, CCI, ACCME, and Sonography Canada.
