Scientists have come up with revolutionary 3D images of the heart of an unborn baby beating in the womb

The researchers created incredible images of the heart of an unborn baby beating inside her belly.

Pregnant women were digitized in an MRI machine and computers developed detailed 3D models of the fetuses.

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The research was conducted by King's College London and by Guy and St Thomas, who claim that this approach could easily be adopted by hospitals.

They claim that the process could help improve the care of many babies born with conbad heart disease.

Kirbi-Lea Pettitt, one of the mothers who participated in the study, was alerted to a heart problem with her baby's heart when she went to get her routine ultrasound scan at 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The researchers were able to examine the heart of her baby with extreme precision and detect a dangerous narrowing of the aorta.

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It also appeared that Baby Violet-Vienna also had two holes in her heart that could put her life in danger.

Fortunately, the incredible images taken during this study allowed doctors to create a plan to save the baby's life at birth.

The medical teams operated on him from the heart one week after his birth and Violet-Vienna is now a healthy baby, 11 months old.

Kirbi-Lea told the BBC: "Everyone loves it and it is booming – and it all depends on these specialists and this technology. It's amazing what they do, it saves lives. "

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Rescue technology works by capturing 2D images of the heart taken from different angles in the MRI machine.

With fetal hearts beating incredibly fast, images can often look blurry, but software bundles them together to form a 3D picture.

The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, states that doctors are then able to have a clear view of any abnormality of the organ.

Professor Reza Razavi, pediatric cardiology consultant, said, "It really helps parents get the support they need to know what's going to happen.

"But it also really helps babies because they get the right operation at the right time and have the best results."

Professor Razavi was prompted to improve the diagnosis of conbad anomalies after almost losing his daughter, a victim of conbad heart disease, and described the 3D images as "beautiful."

3D imaging has been tested on over 200 patients and its effectiveness has been confirmed for 85 pregnant women.

Dr. David Lloyd, a clinical research researcher at King's College London, said, "We hope this approach will become a common practice for the Evelina Fetal Cardiology team, which establishes a prenatal diagnosis at 400 babies every year ".

He said it would help improve the care of more than 150 babies with conbad heart disease at St. Thomas Hospital.

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Dr. Lloyd said the technology could be easily adapted in hospitals already equipped with an MRI machine.

The only novelty must be a computer with a correct graphics card.

At present, conbad heart disease affects up to eight in 1,000 babies in the UK and can develop in families or be caused by infections and certain medications.

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