dating scan
Early pregnancy imaging
A dating scan is an ultrasound examination performed early in pregnancy to determine how far along the pregnancy is.
By measuring the embryo or fetus, technicians can estimate the due date more accurately than counting from the last menstrual period: The dating scan put her at nine weeks.
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- babyVery young child
- first trimesterPregnancy's initial twelve weeks
- weeksSeven-day periods
early pregnancy · heartbeat · sonogram · trimester · fetus · womb · monitor · gel · probe · nuchal · midwife · gestation · embryo · appointment · hospital · screen · image · growth
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, weeks, first trimester
- Early Pregnancyconception, implantation, positive test, pregnancy test, embryo
- maternity careantenatal care, maternity care, prenatal screening, midwifery, midwives
- prenatal testsamniocentesis, ultrasound, nuchal translucency, genetic screening, blood test
- ultrasoundsonogram, sonography, ultrasonography, echocardiogram, transducer
- Prenatal Ultrasoundfetal ultrasound, sonogram, 3D ultrasound, 4D ultrasound, doppler ultrasound