Pregnancy ultrasound. Sonographer pointing at the ultrasound scan (on display screen) of a pregnant woman's unborn child. A transducer (not seen) is being used to scan the woman's swollen abdomen. It emits high-frequency sound waves and detects the reflected echoes. The results are used to build the image on the screen. This safe,non-invasive method is used routinely in pregnancy to assess the growth and health of the developing foetus,and detect any abnormalities. This is a standard anomaly scan,carried out when the mother is 20 weeks pregnant. The detection of a serious anomaly at this stage (halfway through pregnancy),allows surgery or a termination to be considered | |
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