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New 4D Ultrasound at St. Luke's
has real time motion

New ultrasound technology is now available at St. Luke’s bringing 3D alive with “real-time” motion, creating what’s known as 4D ultrasound.

This new ultrasound technology displays clinical images of the human body, allowing physicians and patients to see revolutionary “4D images.” The fourth dimension is "real-time motion” added to three-dimensional images.

“What this means is that, for example, a pregnant woman can see her baby move and stretch and maybe even yawn within her body. It’s fairly close to a photo-type picture, but in motion,” said Scott Studden, St. Luke’s director of diagnostic imaging. “In this application, an added value is that this improved ultrasound technology allows a parent to see the baby and share these moving images of the baby with family and friends even before the baby is born.”

This GE Medical Systems ultrasound equipment, named the GE Voluson 730, is widely recognized for its clinical use in obstetrics and gynecology. It’s a powerful tool that can aid physicians studying a baby’s motion, behavior and surface anatomy in utero, as well as problems related to a woman’s uterus and ovaries.

According to Radiologist Dr. Frank Suslavich, “In addition to obstetrics, the 4D ultrasound with real-time motion has the potential to expand diagnostic capabilities, therapy planning and ultrasound-guided minimally invasive diagnostic procedures such as biopsies.”

The GE Voluson 730 is installed at only about 200 hospitals, clinics and physician offices within the US, and is currently the only one in our region.

St Luke's Hospital
915 East First Street
Duluth, Minnesota


 

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