Duration
04 May 2012 - 06 May 2012
Assessment of fetal behavior by four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound (US) and application of Kurjak antenatal neurodevelopmental scoring test (KANET) has been recently published in several journals. The starting point of this new test is the presumption that fetal behavior reflects the function of fetal brain. The test has been thoroughly described. The parameters of the KANET were selected based on developmental approach to the neurological assessment and on the theory on emergence of general movements (GM) from central pattern generators. By now the KANET has been shown to be useful in standardization of neurbehavioural assessment with the potential for antenatal detection of fetuses with severe neurobehavioral impairment. Further research has been initiated in several centers with similar objectives: to assess practical clinical application of the test in both, normal and high risk pregnancies. This research is part of ongoing multicentric study investigating the relationship between different parameters of fetal behavior assessed by KANET and postnatal neurological outcome.
LECTURERS:
Erich Saling (Germany)
Past, present and future of the fetal brain assessment
Kohei Shiota (Japan)
Advances in the study of embryology of fetal development
Zdravko Petanjek (Croatia)
Morphological investigation on the prenatal brain development
Aida Salihagic Kadic (Croatia)
What we have learnt from neurophysiology
Ritsuko K. Pooh (Japan)
Modern ultrasonic methods in the assessment of structural development of fetal CNS
Asim Kurjak (Croatia)
Facts and controversies in the assessment of function of the fetal rain
Milan Stanojevic (Croatia)
Neonatal aspects – is there continuity
Asim Kurjak and Milan Stanojevic (Croatia)
Controversies surrounding cereral palsy
Jose Ma Carrera (Spain)
The development of fetal neurobehavior
Ritsuko K. Pooh (Japan)
Early diagnosis of fetal brain anomalies
Ritsuko K. Pooh and Asim Kurjak
Vascularity of fetal brain studied by 3D Power Doppler
Toshiyuki Hata (Japan)
4D sonography in assessment of fetal neurobehavior
Asim Kurjak and Milan Stanojevic (Croatia)
KANET test in clinical practice