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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Naiad Hossain
dc.contributor.authorTegnander, Eva
dc.contributor.authorDreier, Johan Morten
dc.contributor.authorEik-Nes, Sturla
dc.contributor.authorTorp, Hans
dc.contributor.authorKiss, Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-11T06:25:34Z
dc.date.available2021-08-11T06:25:34Z
dc.date.created2017-08-12T22:28:02Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationOpen Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017, 7 (3), .en_US
dc.identifier.issn2160-8792
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2767256
dc.description.abstractAn automatic method able to recognize a presented section through the biparietal plane of the fetal head and a section through the fetal femur in ultrasound images is developed. Once the correct anatomical section for measurement is identified by the machine, the placement of the measurement calipers is automatically determined by fitting an active contour model to the structure of interest. The fetal biparietal diameter (BPD) and femur length (FL) are then measured automatically. The validation data set contained 167 and 197 B-mode images for BPD and FL measurements, respectively. The images were acquired using 4 different ultrasound scanners, which resulted in varied image quality and gain settings. The mean gestational age (GA) of the fetuses was 19.4 weeks, range 16 to 41 weeks. A measurement success rate of 90% was achieved for both BPD and FL. The correlation coefficients between the manual and automatic measurements were 0.995 (BPD) and 0.967 (FL), mean errors were 0.5 mm (BPD) and -1.7 mm (FL) and error range with 95% confidence interval (CI) were ﹣3.8 - 4.8 mm (BPD) and ﹣11.4 - 8.1 mm (FL). The automatic measurement results were consistent in both high and low gain settings. The intraclass correlation coefficients between manual and automatic measurements were 0.995 (95% CI; 0.981 - 0.999) for BPD in high gain, 1.0 (95% CI; 0.998 - 1.0) for BPD in low gain, 0.998 (95% CI; 0.991 - 0.999) for FL in high gain and 0.999 (95% CI; 0.996 - 1.0) for FL in low gain settings. The method was implemented on a prototype, portable ultrasound machine designed to be used in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The overall performance of the method supports our hypothesis that automated methods can be used and are beneficial in a clinical setting.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishingen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAutomatic Detection and Measurement of Fetal Biparietal Diameter and Femur Length — Feasibility on a Portable Ultrasound Deviceen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber17en_US
dc.source.volume7en_US
dc.source.journalOpen Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecologyen_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4236/ojog.2017.73035
dc.identifier.cristin1485902
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