3d OR 4d ULTRASOUND?

Question

I was wondering if anyone in the detroit mi area knew where I could get a 3d or 4d u/s. If there is a place does any of them take insurance or any hospitals like sinai

Answer 1

Typically, these types of ultrasounds are not covered at all by insurance. The reason why is because they are not considered under "pre-natal care." Usually, a clinic that specializes in these does them as opposed to hospitals. However, ask your doctor because a lot of hospitals are using this technology now in place of the traditional old type ultra sounds. If that's the case, insurance may take care of it.

Answer 2

I don't live in the Detroit area, but i just did some research on 3d and 4d ultrasounds myself, and i had to google information. I live in Indiana, so i typed in '4d ultrasound facilities in IN.'...and a few places that do them cropped up. Usually, insurance does not cover these if they are not Dr. ordered. If you want one for your own curiosity, you 'll end up paying out of pocket! That is my experience.

Answer 3

At which hospital is your OB at??? St John Hospital & Medical Center on Moross does them in the maternal fetal medicine division, but that is if your OB sends you. You can google for a independat office but your insurnace will not cover it, there is one in West Bloomfield, I bleieve their cheapest seeion is just over $200. Good Luck.

Answer 4

http://www.4dbabies.com/

That website gives you the opportunity to look up 4D or 3D ultrasounds in your area. I looked it up for you and it said there weren't any in the state of Michigan. If you don't mind driving, you can look up different states on that website that surround Michigan.

Answer 5

Ultrasound - we cannot hear it, but we can use it to image objects concealed from the eye. It has been used since early this century in medical, geological and oceanographical applications. Three-dimensional ultrasound as a concept has existed since the 50s, better known as ultrasound holography.

Ultrasound has been used in medicine since the Second World War and is recognised as a non-invasive, non-radiative, real-time and inexpensive imaging modality. For these reasons, and with the advent of three-dimensional medical imaging, there has been a renewed interest in ultrasound and three-dimensional ultrasound in particular.

This resource aims to collect all publicly available information on three-dimensional ultrasound and make it available to everybody. Although the majority of research has been into medical uses of three-dimensional ultrasound , I would like these pages to contain information from all disciplines since the very nature of this area is multidisciplinary. Dr. Bernard Benoit and Dr. Henri Bourgoin are experts on medical, and especially obstetric, applications of 3D ultrasound. They have gathered a lot of data using the Kretz Voluson equipment. Have a look at their pages for stunning images and video sequences.
Dr. Stefano Ciatti
Dr. Stefano Ciatti is a radiologist running a private practice in Prato near Florence, Italy. He uses a Kretz Combison 530D to image the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, breasts and the neonatal brain including color Doppler. He has a web page with image slides he prepared from a recent presentation.
Dr. Peter Cooperberg
Dr. Peter Cooperberg and his colleagues at St. Paul's Hospital Department of Radiology (Vancouver, BC, Canada) have compiled a list of interesting medical imaging cases as well as a number of fascinating 3D ultrasound imaging examples. These are just two of a number of collections which include ultrasound artifacts and sonograms of fetal orcas (killer whale)!
UCSD
Prof. Thomas Nelson and Dr. Dolores Pretorius head the 3D Ultrasound Imaging Group at University of California in San Diego. They are experts on the use of 3D ultrasound technology in medicine, especially in obstetrics.
Dr. Odd Gilja
Dr. Odd Gilja is a member of the Gastroenterology division of the Medical department A of the University of Bergen, Norway.

Dr. Gilia is working on the a project "Patients with functional dyspepsia studied by three-dimensional ultrasound".
Dr. Sven-Olov Molin
Dr. Sven-Olov Molin of the Department of Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Östra, Sweden is interested in technical and clinical development of 3D-endoluminal and laparsocopic ultrasound.
SHIMANE
Shimane National University, Japan.
K. Morimoto, MD has several examples of series of power Doppler images that have been rendered by an MIP algorithm. Movies of rotations of the resulting volumes are available.
Dr. N. Shinozuka
Dr. Norio Shinozuka, M.D., Ph.D. is based at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo and is an expert in his field. He's interested in applications of 3D ultrasound.
Dr. Joseph A Worrall
Dr. Joseph A Warrall of OB GYN Ultrasound at the Fairbanks Clinic, Alaska, USA, uses an ATL Ultramark9 HDI and is interested in the application of 3D ultrasound.