The role of 4D sonography in the neurological assessment of early human development

Abstract

The spectrum of disorders attributable to primary aberrations of the developmental program should increase dramatically in the next decades, in concert with the continuing explosion of neurobiologic insights into normal brain development. Neurological disability is the most feared complication of pregnancy, labor and the neonatal period. The cause and effect relationship is often uncertain. The advent of 4D sonography and its application to study of fetal behavior have begun to provide insight into the structural and functional fetal brain development.