Fetal diagnostics

A number of potentially fatal birth defects can be detected before birth because of the world-class imaging and diagnostics available at Texas Children's Fetal Center.

For health care professionals:
• View fetal algorithms used at Texas Children's Fetal Center.

Ultrasound

First Trimester (FIRST) 
Basic Ultrasound 
Comprehensive Scan

Advanced imaging

3-D and 4-D Ultrasound
Fetal MRI

Fetal echocardiography

Imaging the fetal heart with ultrasound technology to understand the fetal cardiac structure, function and rhythm.

Invasive diagnostics

Chorionic Villus Sampling
Fetoscopy
Fetal Blood Sampling
Fetal Tissue Biopsy
Genetic Amniocentesis