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A New Ultrasound Technique to Visualize the Proximal Fetal Cerebral Ventricle

Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.

John P. McGahan, MD

Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California; University of California Davis Medical Center, Division of Diagnostic Radiology (Research), 2516 Stockton Blvd., Ticon II, Sacramento, CA 95817.

In routine obstetric scanning of the fetal cranium, the near or proximal portion of the fetal cerebrum is obscured by reverberation caused by overlying cranium. A new technique is described in which the ultrasound probe is angled in relation to the bony calvarium to allow visualization of the more proximal fetal cerebrum, cerebral ventricle, and choroid plexus.

Key Words: fetus, ultrasound studies • fetus, central nervous system • fetus, abnormalities • brain, ultrasound studies

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 6, No. 6, 333-335 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/875647939000600607


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