Using a newly developed ultrasound transducer and a corresponding computer program, it proved possible to construct a three-dimensional (3-D) display--at 7, 9, 11 and 13 weeks of pregnancy, respectively--of three structures lying one inside the other: embryo, amniotic sac and uterus. By means of a special computer technique the three structures could be displayed both in relation to one another and singly. Spatial rotations of the reconstructed body can be displayed on the video screen as can the individual bodies in different cross-sections. With narrow angles between individual sections this method may become important in the intra-uterine diagnosis of malformations and also of neoplasms.
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