Effects of Prenatal Diagnostic Ultrasound Exposure on Rabbit Fetus: In-vivo Physical and Morphological Changes

This in-vivo experimental study was designed to determine the physical and morphological effects on fetus development. Twelve pregnant rabbits were exposed to ultrasound exposure durations of 30, 60 and 90 minutes in the middle of three stipulated gestational stages. All other acoustic output parameters were kept constant throughout the study. Result suggested that prenatal ultrasound exposure might interfere with those sensitive stages hence, plausibly interrupted the physical development. Further work is needed to provide more scientific evidences on prenatal ultrasound effects on foetus.

Dr. Sulaiman Md.Dom, Associate Professor of Medical Imaging Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Selangor, Malaysia since 1998. He was a diagnostic radiographer serving the Ministry of Health Malaysia for +12 years. His research findings were published in PubMed, SCOPUS and IEEEXplore® Digital Library.