Obstetric ultrasound, also known as prenatal or pregnancy ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves to produce images of a developing embryo The procedure also monitors the health of the mothers uterus ovaries and the blood flow through the umbilical cord to the placenta Your doctor will use information from obstetric ultrasounds to track pregnancy progress gestational age and help predict delivery dates

Types of Obstetric Ultrasound Scans

1 Dating Scan

2 First-Trimester Combined Screening (FTS)

3 NT scan

4 Anatomy Scan

5 Biophysical Profile (BPP)

In this course i will coach you

1 introduction of obstetrics ultrasound

2 pregnancy scanning

3 grading of the placenta

4 what is early pregnancy scan

5 what is nt scan

Nt scan is a special ultrasound done between 11-14 week just before completion of 3 months the ultrasound probe is kept on your abdominal wall ie your tummy and the scan is done you have to full your bladder means you have to hold your urine before going to this scan

6 what is Anomaly scan

this scan is done between 18-22 wks it is also known as

mid pregnancy scan

20 wk scan

Anatomy scan

Morphology scan

level 2 ultrasound

7 What is growth scan

growth scan is usually done around 32-34 weeks in normal pregnancy that is around 8 months this scan can be done in one or more than one time if require and also it can be done after 28 wks in special cases if necessary special cases

it takes around 30-40min of time as the colours

Doppler also performed during the growth scan no need to hold the urine before going to this scan or full the bladder

After completed this course you have to complete knowledge about 4 important pregnancy scan