OC04.03: Telerobotic ultrasound to remotely provide obstetrical ultrasound services during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Clinical Policy Title: Prenatal Obstetrical Ultrasound

ABOUT THIS POLICY: Select Health of South Carolina has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Select Health of South Carolina’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professiona...

Routine obstetric ultrasound services.

Antenatal ultrasonography is widely used in pregnancy to assess fetal growth, wellbeing and anatomy. Although ultrasound screening is now an integral part of routine antenatal care, recommendations for the delivery of obstetric ultrasound vary from country to country. A recent survey of English maternity units reported that 100% of women are offered routine mid-trimester fetal anomaly scanning,...

Continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a letter to editor

Circumference measurements in obstetrical ultrasound: ellipse vs. arithmetic mean.

Quantitation of fetal parameters by prenatal sonography enables the assessment of menstrual age and fetal development. Appropriate fetal growth can be surmised on the basis of sequential measurements, as well as the relative variation of parameters such as biparietal diameter (BPD), femur diaphysis length (FDL), abdominal circumference (AC 1, and head circumference (HC). Accurate determination ...

Clinical 3 D ultrasound imaging : beyond obstetrical applications

ver the past 50 years, imagers have witnessed dramatic improvements in ultrasound image quality, resolution, availability, and range of indications. Most of these advances occurred within the confines of 2D planar imaging. Meanwhile, productivity gains and the explosion of applications for volumetric CT and MRI have whetted sonographers’ appetite for comparable volumetric technologies because s...