Fetal yawning 4D ultrasound ecografia 4D by Dr. Wolfgang Moroder: English: 4D Ultrasound image of fetal yawning at 30 weeks of pregnancy. Image generated by Voluson E8 system with 4D Volume Mode, with mechanical RAB4-8-D Wide Band Convex Volume Probe. Aquisition: surface mode. Threshold 91/Quality high2, Volume box angle: 54° by 50°. Mix 22/78. Speckle Reduction Imaging step 5. Deutsch: Ultraschall im 4D Verfahren eines gähnenden Fetus mit 30 Schwangerschaftswochen. Français : Image mobile, en trois dimensions, par ultrasons du bâillement d'un foetus à 30 semaines de grossesse.This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder.
We know that unborn babies hiccup, swallow and stretch in the womb but new observational research concludes that they also yawn.The 4D scans of 15 healthy fetuses, by Durham and Lancaster Universities, also suggest that yawning is a developmental process which could potentially give doctors another index of a fetus’ health.The study is published today in the prestigious international academic journal, PLOS ONE. It was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).While some researchers have suggested that fetuses yawn, others have disagreed and claim it is simple mouth opening.But the new research clearly distinguished ‘yawning’ from ‘non-yawn mouth opening’ based on the duration of mouth opening. The researchers did this by using the 4D video footage to closely examine all events where a mouth stretch occurred in the fetus.Using their newly developed criteria, the research team found that over half of the mouth openings observed in the study were classed as yawns… Read the full story »
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