GE Ad Draws Rave Reviews New Dimensions in Ultrasound Technology Add Motion, Touch.(GE Medical Systems Voluson 730)(Brief Article)

Since the 1960s, expectant parents have been able to see their unborn babies through ultrasound, the technology that bounces sound waves off the child, which a computer translates into images. For years, however, "baby's first picture" was so blurry it was nearly impossible for a layperson to interpret.

But recent developments -- 3D and 4D ultrasound -- are bringing the secret world of the unborn baby into much sharper focus, adding new dimensions such as movement and even "touch" to produce images of a vibrant human being that demolish the pro-abortion lie that the preborn are just "blobs of tissue."

Traditionally, ultrasound images are seen on a monitor screen as two-dimensional pictures. 3D ultrasound enters two-dimensional data into a computer, which reconstructs them as three-dimensional images characterized by depth and clarity.

Now, GE Medical Systems has developed what it calls a 4D ultrasound system, known as the Voluson 730, which you may have seen advertised on television. The system allows physicians (and parents!) to view continuously updated three-dimensional ultrasound images, which essentially show the baby's movements in "real time." It is like seeing a photo, only better.

The GE web site includes testimonials from doctors and parents who have used the Voluson 730. "The quality was amazing," Michelle Tooms of Mansfield, Texas, told the company. "I even think I saw him smile. The images made me feel close to my baby. It actually made me cry!"

Such an experience is portrayed in a moving television commercial advertising the system. While the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" plays in the background, the camera focuses on a woman with a look of wonder and joy.

Suddenly we see the beautiful, moving image of her baby's face and hand on an ultrasound screen. She is joined by her husband who is also watching the screen with awe.