NIPT has altered the face of modern-day fetal assessment. It has also had a significant effect on screening ultrasound examinations. Sonographers and sonologists alike need to recognise the impact this non-imaging technology has on ultrasound examinations and how we, as imaging specialists, can and should alter our examinations to encompass its place in modern-day fetal anomaly detection. Learning outcomes include when is NIPT best used or avoided; how does NIPT alter what needs imaging at the morphology scan; the impact of NIPT on the combined first trimester assessment.
"In recent years, bowel ultrasound has gained importance as a reliable and non-invasive imaging modality for the diagnostic work-up and clinical follow-up of patients with a range of gut disorders. With good cross-sectional imaging of the gut wall and display of the surrounding mesentery, it may...
