4D Ultrasound

The process of ultrasound is like a secret viewing of a secret world. It is far ahead of blurry ultrasound photos that show the child as an unconscious spot. If the pre-birth photo is essential for you, you can go for the option of 4D ultrasound and your insurance cover may not cover it.

Difference between Regular Ultrasound and 4D Ultrasound

Most of the people are aware of "2D ultrasound” machines of ultrasound. They make use of sound waves to take a blurry and two dimensional photo of the child. An expert technician or specialist can recognize the head, legs, arms, body and sex of the child but it appears like a disintegration of a still object. Sometimes one can guess unclear facial features of child. The techniques of ultrasound are used to verify the gestational age, size and to check certain problems.

4D ultrasound is a very classy technology. The basic concept is the same as the waves of sound go into the abdomen and reverberate from inside. Nevertheless, the 4D mechanism gathers the pictures at fast pace and offers far more clear images, also real life 3D image. These machines can also offer a moving video of the baby. 3D ultrasound, which can also be done, offers still images but not the videos.

Utility of 4D Ultrasound

The techniques of 3D or 4D ultrasound are extremely helpful in case your obstetrician is thinking about a certain problem with the baby. These techniques can help in seeing the limbs, face and body of child. In case a birth defect is assumed by using technique of 2D ultrasound, a more classy mechanism can tell whether it’s original and serious it can be. The techniques of 3D and 4D can also assist the doctor if this method is used while the child is in mother’s womb.

Risky for Health of Baby?

The technique of pregnancy ultrasound is usually considered a safe option of the ultrasound most of the time. Obstetricians make use of technique of ultrasound to verify pregnancies but the doctor use this technique only if it is necessary. 4D ultrasound technique is popularly used as a method to see the womb and create a reminder photo to keep that at home. Taking extra photos may be a fun but it can be risky for health of baby.

The sound put forward by the machine of ultrasound is a kind of energy. This energy can put an affect on the tissues, cause vibrations and increase the temperature. In case of injured people, the ultrasounds of higher energy are put to use to provide healing to the fractures of bones and to offer treatment and heat to stretched muscles and sprains. The mechanisms of 2D ultrasound which is used by the obstetricians normally use is of low energy. The 3D or 4D mechanisms that release reminder photos produces large amount of energy. There is no hard and fast proof that this energy is harmful for fetus but it has not even been proved secure.

Technician Training

The people who operate 4D mechanisms might not be well trained. The service of 4D is usually provided by the companies those are expert in reminder photos not in treatment. There is no surety that machine may be in good working condition or not. The energy levels or time of exposure may be more than an obstetrician would use. The normal technician may be worried about the quality of photo than the health of child.

Important Reasons of Performing Ultrasound

Here are some important reasons for doing ultrasound, as mentioned by FDA:

• Diagnosing pregnancy
• Determining the age of fetus
• Diagnosing inherited complications
• Verifying the situation of placenta
• Examining the numerous pregnancies