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One of the most important challenges in obstetrical sonography is to improve the prenatal detection of congenital heart disease. To accomplish this goal, any strategy should include:
- Routine screening of the fetal heart in all pregnancies in which emphasis is placed on obtaining sonographic cardiac views
- Continuing education for sonologists to increase the ability to recognize congenital heart disease
To address these needs, the Perinatology Research Branch of NICHD / NIH in conjunction with Wayne State University has successfully developed a novel sonographic method known as Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography (FINE), which allows the automatic generation and display of nine standard fetal cardiac views required to diagnose most cardiac defects.
The FINE method considerably simplifies examination of the fetal heart and reduces operator dependency. Since it has been shown to identify a broad spectrum of congenital heart disease with 98% sensitivity, FINE offers a novel clinical solution to bring high quality prenatal screening and diagnosis of congenital heart disease to all pregnant women. The technology has already been licensed and successfully integrated worldwide into several commercially available ultrasound systems, and is known as 5D Heart.
Since the development of FINE, we are now pleased to present the FINE Lecture Series, a free and comprehensive program designed to provide educational content to all sonologists on the FINE method, its features, and practical implementation of FINE in the clinical setting. We sincerely hope that you find this information helpful for you and your patients.
The FINE Lecture Series, its material, and content were developed and prepared by faculty of the Perinatology Research Branch of NICHD / NIH in conjunction with Wayne State University.
FINE Lecture Series
View lectures by clicking a video link above, or clicking a title link below
- Introduction: Why Congenital Heart Disease is Important
- Intelligent Navigation in Ultrasound
- What is Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography (FINE)?
- STIC Part 1: General Recommendations
- STIC Part 2: Before STIC Acquisition
- STIC Part 3: Acquisition Process
- STICLoop™ Part 1 and Appropriateness of STIC Volumes
- STICLoop™ Part 2 and Appropriateness of STIC Volumes
- What is Anatomic Box®?
- How to Mark Using Anatomic Box®
- Intelligent and Marking Alerts
- Diagnostic Planes
- Fetal Cardiac Views
- Automatic Labeling
- FINE Part 1: New and Advanced Features
- FINE Part 2: New and Advanced Features
- VIS-Assistance Part 1: What is it?
- VIS-Assistance Part 2: Benefits
PRB Publications
- New and advanced features of fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) or 5D Heart. Yeo L, Romero R. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020 May:1-19.
- Prenatal diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia using: fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE). Yeo L, Markush D, Romero R. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019;32:3699-3702.
- Fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) detects 98% of congenital heart disease. Yeo L, Luewan S, Romero R. J Ultrasound Med 2018;37:2577-2593.
- Prenatal diagnosis of dextrocardia with complex congenital heart disease using fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) and a literature review. Yeo L, Luewan S, Markush D, Gill N, Romero R. Fetal Diagn Ther 2018;43:304-316.
- Color and power Doppler combined with fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) to evaluate the fetal heart. Yeo L, Romero R. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2017;50:476-491.
- A prospective study of the use of fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) to obtain standard fetal echocardiography views. Veronese P, Bogana G, Cerutti A, Yeo L, Romero R, Gervasi MT. Fetal Diagn Ther 2017;41:89-99.
- Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart and coarctation of the aorta with color Doppler FINE. Yeo L, Romero R. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2017;50:543-544.
- How to acquire cardiac volumes for sonographic examination of the fetal heart: Part 2. Yeo L, Romero R. J Ultrasound Med 2016;35:1043-1066.
- How to acquire cardiac volumes for sonographic examination of the fetal heart: Part 1. Yeo L, Romero R. J Ultrasound Med 2016;35:1021-1042.
- Intelligent navigation to improve obstetrical sonography. Yeo L, Romero R. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016;47:403-409.
- Prospective evaluation of the fetal heart using fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE). Garcia M, Yeo L, Romero R, Haggerty D, Giardina I, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Hernandez-Andrade E. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016;47:450-459.
- Fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE): a novel method for rapid, simple, and automatic examination of the fetal heart. Yeo L, Romero R. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013;42:268-284.