Performance of Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography (FINE, 5DHeart ©) in congenital heart defects – experiences from a retrospective single center study

Purpose: Congenital heart defects (CHD) are among the most common malformations as well as the main cause of malformation related childhood mortality. Although ultrasound is nowadays available almost everywhere, the majority of congenital heart defects are diagnosed postnatally. Fetal intelligent navigation echocardiograpy (FINE, 5D Heart©) was developed to assist physicians in the extraction of examinations planes in accordance to national and international guidelines from a STIC (spatiotemporal image correlation) volume data set. Material and methods: In our retrospective study STIC volumes of patients with a…