Normal and Abnormal Fetal Face Atlas Ultrasonographic Features
This atlas offers a guide to studying the fetal face by means of ultrasound analysis. It describes key phases in cranial-facial development, allowing the reader to learn the related semiology from its most simple iteration to the most complex one. T
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Normal and Abnormal Fetal Face Atlas
Jean-Marc Levaillant Jean-Philippe Bault • Bernard Benoit Gérard Couly
Normal and Abnormal Fetal Face Atlas Ultrasonographic Features
Jean-Marc Levaillant Center of women and fetal imaging Créteil France Jean-Philippe Bault Center of fetal imaging Ambroise Paré Les Mureaux France
Bernard Benoit Princess Grace Hospital Monaco Gérard Couly Department of maxillo-facial surgery Necker Hospital Paris France
Translation from the French language edition ‘La face foetale normale et pathologique: aspects échographiques’ by Jean-Marc Levaillant, Jean Philippe Bault, Bernard Benoit, Gérard Couly © Sauramps Médical, Paris, 2013; ISBN: 978-2840238690 ISBN 978-3-319-43768-2 ISBN 978-3-319-43769-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43769-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017933711 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
In the field of obstetrics and fetal medicine, there are a few invariables in clinical use of ultrasounds. The operator must have a clear representation of the structures he or she is analyzing and the possible anomalies, which supposes knowledge of basic physiology, anatomy, and embryology. He or she must be able to use the spectrum of technical solutions available, know what to expect from them, and use them in the most up-to-date fashion, such as not generating images that are aesthetically pleasing but lack information. He or she should take a systematic approach, standardizing imaging via an analysis through the planes of symmetry; the idea is to be able to reproduce the examination and to avoid creating nice-looking but fallacious images. When it is pertinent, use of objective quantitative criteria should be privileged. Communi
