3D ultrasound
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3D ultrasound is a medical imaging technology. It is often used in obstetrics, cardiology, and for making pictures of blood vessels and arteries. It is also used for giving guidance to surgeons.
The technology is often used in fetal, cardiac, trans-rectal (GI) and intra-vascular (such as the arteries and veins) applications.
Uses
[change | change source]3D ultrasound gets used for making pictures (images) to diagnose symptoms in women[1] of the vaginal cavities, the inside of breasts, and the inside of the womb.
Other kind of inside the body pictures are also made of the bodies of men and women. For example, surgeons can use 3D ultrasound to show that their tools (for cutting) are moving in the correct direction. These tools could be used by the surgeons take away tumors from the abdomen (or stomach), breast,[1] or brain[2] for example.
Background
[change | change source]Governments use a lot of money on 2D ultrasound on pregnant women. Governments have used some money on 3D ultrasound.[verification needed] They have been used since before 1898, which is the year that the first ultrasound scan was taken.
Economy
[change | change source]C. 46% of the ultrasound-machines in Germany were for 3D in 2024. Furthermore, The 3D ultrasound and 4D ultrasound[verification needed] imaging (as part) "the German ultrasound machine/devices market had 46% of market in 2024", according to media.[3]
History
[change | change source]In 1986, the very first 3D picture of a fetus inside the womb was taken, according to media.[4]
The "first commercial 3D machine/scanner in the market" came in 1989. It was model Combison 330.[5]
Other information
[change | change source]Surgeons can use pictures from 3D ultrasound, as kind of a map,[6] while surgeons are doing an operation inside the body (of a human).
Three-dimensional ultrasound is a technology that changes common 2D grayscale ultrasound pictures into a volumetric dataset", according to media.[7]
Related pages
[change | change source]- grayscale form of ultrasound
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Giuliano, Vincenzo; Giuliano, Concetta (2013-05-01). "Improved breast cancer detection in asymptomatic women using 3D-automated breast ultrasound in mammographically dense breasts". Clinical Imaging. 37 (3): 480–486. doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.09.018. ISSN 0899-7071.
- ↑ "Ultralyd og bildeveiledet behandling". SINTEF (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ↑ https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/germany-ultrasound-devices-market. Retrieved 2025-04-28
- ↑ https://summitwomenshealth.com/blog/how-ultrasounds-have-changed-over-the-years#:~:text=3D%20and%204D%20ultrasounds%20now%20available&text=In%20the%201980s%20the%20first,shows%20movement%2C%20made%20its%20debut. Retrieved 2025-04-27
- ↑ https://www.ob-ultrasound.net/history-3D.html. Retrieved 2025-04-28
- ↑ https://www.kirurgen.no/fagstoff/nevrokirurgi/intra-operativ-3d-ultralydbasert-navigasjon-og-reseksjonskontroll-i-nevrokirurgi/. Retrieved 2025-04-27
- ↑ Morgan, Matt; Campos, Arlene; Murphy, Andrew (2015-01-01), "3D ultrasound", Radiopaedia.org, Radiopaedia.org, doi:10.53347/rID-33139, retrieved 2025-04-28
