Sonographic examination of the fetal vermis tricks for obtaining the narrow midline target with 3-dimensional volume contrast imaging in the C plane

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 827-831

  Shen, Ori ^a,b   Yagel, Simcha ^a   Valsky, Dan V ^a   Rabinowitz, Roni ^b   Zalel, Yaron ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Cerebellum; Fetal vermis; Multiplanar reconstruction; posterior fossa; Volume contrast imaging in the C plane

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; CEREBELLUM; FETAL VERMIS; MULTIPLANAR RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME CONTRAST IMAGING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CEREBELLUM; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79957948815     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.6.827     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology Education Committee. Sonographic examination of the fetal central nervous system: guidelines for performing the "basic examination" and the "fetal neurosonogram." Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007; 29:109-116.
2. Babcook CJ, Chong BW, Salamat MS, Ellis WG, Goldstein RB. Sonographic anatomy of the developing cerebellum: normal embryology can resemble pathology. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1996; 166:427-433. (Pubitemid 26036311)
3. Zalel Y, Gilboa Y, Gabis L, et al. Rotation of the vermis as a cause of enlarged cisterna magna on prenatal imaging. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2006; 27:490-493. (Pubitemid 43724461)
4. Barr ML, Kiernan JA. The Human Nervous System. Philadelphia, PA: JB Lippincott Co; 1993.
5. Kapur RP, Mahony BS, Finch L, Siebert JR. Normal and abnormal anatomy of the cerebellar vermis in midgestational human fetuses. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2009; 85:700-709.
6. Robinson AJ, Blaser S, Toi A, et al. The fetal cerebellar vermis: assessment for abnormal development by ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasound Q 2007; 23:211-223. (Pubitemid 47367990)
7. Malinger G, Lev D, Lerman-Sagie T. The fetal cerebellum: pitfalls in diagnosis and management. Prenat Diagn 2009; 29:372-380.
8. Zalel Y, Yagel S, Achiron R, Kivilevich Z, Gindes L. Three-dimensional ultrasonography of the fetal vermis at 18 to 26 weeks' gestation: time of appearance of the primary fissure. J Ultrasound Med 2009; 28:1-8.
9. Pilu G, Segata M, Ghi T, et al. Diagnosis of midline anomalies of the fetal brain with the three-dimensional median view. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2006; 27:522-529. (Pubitemid 43724466)
10. Viñals F, Muñoz M, Naveas R, Shalper J, Giuliano A. The fetal cerebellar vermis: anatomy and biometric assessment using volume contrast imaging in the C-plane (VCI-C). Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2005; 26:622-627. (Pubitemid 41695412)
11. Malinger G, Ginath S, Lerman-Sagie T, Watemberg N, Lev D, Glezerman M. The fetal cerebellar vermis: normal development as shown by transvaginal ultrasound. Prenat Diagn 2001; 21:687-692.
12. Zalel Y, Seidman DS, Brand N, Lipitz S, Achiron R. The development of the fetal vermis: an in-utero sonographic evaluation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002; 19:136-139. (Pubitemid 34233991)
13. Pilu G, Ghi T, Carletti A, Segata M, Perolo A, Rizzo N. Three-dimensional ultrasound examination of the fetal central nervous system. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007; 30:233-25.
14. Bromley B, Shipp TD, Mitchell MA, Benacerraf BR. Tricks for obtaining a nuchal translucency measurement on the fetus in a difficult position. J Ultrasound Med 2010; 29:1261-1264.
15. Carroll SG, Porter H, Abdel-Fattah S, Kyle PM, Soothill PW. Correlation of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis and pathologic findings in fetal brain abnormalities. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2000; 16:149-153. (Pubitemid 33111775)
16. Forzano F, Mansour S, Ierullo A, Homfray T, Thilaganathan B. Posterior fossa malformation in fetuses: a report of 56 further cases and a review of the literature. Prenat Diagn 2007; 27:495-501. (Pubitemid 46997663)
17. Phillips JJ, Mahony BS, Siebert JR, Lalani T, Fligner CL, Kapur RP. Dandy-Walker malformation complex: correlation between ultrasonographic diagnosis and postmortem neuropathology. Obstet Gynecol 2006; 107:685-693.
18. Limperopoulos C, Robertson RL Jr, Khwaja OS, et al. How accurately does current fetal imaging identify posterior fossa anomalies? AJR Am J Roentgenol 2008; 190:1637-1643. (Pubitemid 351798542)