3D/4D Ultrasound - Real-time Imaging of the Fetus

At AMVI Hospital, we provide the Treatment for 3D/4D Ultrasound & we provide facility for 3D and 4D ultrasound scanning. This facilitates our doctors to inspect the fetus, the uterus with the amount of amniotic fluid and to observe for any abnormalities in the growing fetus. These scans are recommended for high risk pregnancy to monitor the growing fetus and the uterus of the mother.

At AMVI Hospital, we have a team of experts to help you treat and recover from all health conditions. We have the medical infrastructure and medical utilities to provide all round care and support to the patients. We have an expert team of doctors to discuss and organize ultrasound scanning appointments and to take proper care from the beginning of the pregnancy to childbirth with no complications. For any queries related to 3D and 4D ultrasound scanning contact us.

Ultrasound scans including 3D and 4D are more like a real-time photograph of your baby. With 3D scanning, many pictures of the child are taken in 2D and then merged to create a 3D image effect. With 4D scanning, pictures are made in real time and you can see what your child is doing in your womb at the time, such as moving of legs and arms or opening of the eyes.

Ultrasound scans are an essential tool to examine the health and internal organs of a growing fetus. It helps the gynaecologists to identify any complications. This identification allows doctors at AMVI Hospitals to treat the baby at the earliest. These 3D/4D scans done throughout pregnancy, help the experts to detect any kind of anomalies such as a cleft lip, underdeveloped limbs helps you keep a track of spinal problems and other congenital disabilities. It also helps in monitoring the amniotic fluid.

Reasons to get ultrasounds during pregnancy

Women with low-risk, complication-free pregnancies will typically have at least one ultrasound, while older moms and those with complications will usually have more. There are many reasons ultrasounds in general are necessary during pregnancy, depending on the trimester, including:

• Confirming your estimated due date
• Looking at your baby's heartbeat
• Making sure the pregnancy isn't ectopic (i.e. in the Fallopian tubes) and is in the uterus
• Confirming the number of babies in utero
• Making sure baby is developing properly and at the appropriate pace
• Checking and measuring baby's major organs
• Measuring the size of your baby
• Checking amniotic fluid levels
• Ruling out certain birth defects
• Determining baby's sex
• Giving parents a look at baby and providing reassurance that all is going as it should be in the pregnancy

Why 3D and 4D sonograms are performed during pregnancy

Medical practitioners use 2D and Doppler ultrasounds in uncomplicated pregnancies to examine the fetus, assess amniotic fluid and look for birth defects, among other reasons.

Ultrasounds in 3D and 4D are performed only to closely examine suspected fetal anomalies, such as cleft lip and spinal cord issues, or to monitor something specific. In other words, 3D sonograms and 4D ultrasounds are usually not part of routine prenatal exams.

What’s the difference between 2D, Doppler, 3D and 4D ultrasounds?

During your pregnancy, you may receive a combination of the following ultrasounds:

• 2D ultrasounds:  If you’ve visited the doctor, you’ve probably already experienced a 2D (two-dimensional) ultrasound and know it can be an exciting and magical moment. For this exam, a wand (transducer) is placed on your belly or into your vagina to send sound waves through your body. The waves bounce off internal organs and fluids, and a computer converts these echoes into a two-dimensional image (or a cross-sectional view) of the fetus on a screen.
• Doppler:  With Doppler fetal ultrasound, your practitioner uses a hand-held ultrasound device to amplify the sound of the fetal heartbeat with the help of a special jelly on your belly.
• 3D ultrasounds:  For 3D ultrasounds, multiple two-dimensional images are taken at various angles and then pieced together to form a three-dimensional rendering. For instance, instead of just seeing a profile view of your cutie’s face, in a 3D sonogram you can see the whole surface (it looks more like a regular photo).
• 4D ultrasounds:  A 4D ultrasound is similar to a 3D ultrasound, but the image shows movement like a video would. So in a 4D sonogram, you'd see your baby doing things in real time (like opening and closing his eyes and sucking his thumb).

Benefits of 3D Scan

• It has a better view of foetal heart structures because it produces images that cannot be achieved through 2D models
• It helps to diagnose neural defects and foetal musculoskeletal
• It helps to diagnose foetal face defects such as a cleft lip
• It takes less time to get the standard view of the plane
• The recorded volume data can be kept on record for better diagnosis and expert advice
• It is easy to study and understand

Benefits of 4D Scan

• Increase parenting relationships with the child
• Shorter time for foetal heart screening and diagnosis
• The recorded data can be kept on record for expert review
• It also shares the advantages of 3D ultrasound including examining the foetal heartbeat, placental localization and the assessment of foetal well being and growth