Diagnosis of prenatal-onset skeletal dysplasias ... there is little value to this methodology. Fetal MRI can be useful for analysis of the fetal spine if there is a suggestion of severe scoliosis ...

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal aneuploidies is routinely done by ... age (3 case), abnormal biochemical markers (6 cases), abnormal ultrasound (12 cases) or previous history of abnormal child ...

The progress made in first-trimester scanning has greatly broadened the ability to identify fetal structural abnormalities ...

Ultrasound uses high-frequency ... monitor the mother and fetus throughout pregnancy. It an confirm pregnancy and estimate gestational age, monitor fetal growth, position, and movement, check ...

Prenatal testing is important to ... "genetic counseling and ultrasound are usually performed by a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist." Amniocentesis (placing a needle under ultrasound guidance ...

"Fetal heart assessments are among the most technically demanding aspects of prenatal ultrasound," Cécile Dupont, BrightHeart CEO, said in a news release at the time of the FDA approval.