Birth defects of the fetus are always a nightmare for mothers. Any fetus can have birth defects at different rates, so, the early detection of fetal defects is very important to have appropriate solution and monitoring. Ultrasound is one of the most effective, safest, most widely used methods for detecting birth defects. Nowadays, in congenital abnormalities in children, the congenital heart is one of the diseases with the highest occurrence rate (about 1%), greatly affecting the health and development of children.
At the very early stage, fetal ultrasound in the ideal conditions can accurately diagnose up to 85% to 90% of fetal deformities. The diagnostic of fetal ultrasound depends greatly on the equipment, the level of analytical ability of an ultrasound doctor, the time of fetal ultrasound.
Recently, Philips has launched a latest generation ultrasound product - EPIQ Elite. This is a reliable solution that helps doctors perform methods of screening for congenital heart defects, especially fetal echocardiography, with a series of advanced features:
- nSIGHT hardware platform and Windows 10 operating system increase 10 times the speed of signal processing and patient information security.
- HD MAX display technology - New generation 24’’ display screen with 40% more brightness than OLED technology.
- Modern, simple, easy to use design with image optimization tools, exclusive processing of Philips such as: XRES Pro, SonoCT, iSCAN, AutoSCAN ...
- PureWave, multi-frequency transducer technology overcomes limitations in difficult cases, produces high-resolution images from near to far, increasing reliability in early pregnancy diagnoses
- With specialized software for obstetrics such as TrueVue, FlexVue, STIC, aBiometry Assist, MicroFlow Imaging - Doctors will reduce the time for examination and diagnosis more accurately.