Title :
Automatic fetal measurements for low-cost settings by using Local Phase Bone detection
Author :
Benjamin Amoah;Evelyn Arthur Anto;Alessandro Crimi
Author_Institution :
Swiss Fed. of Technol., ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
The estimation of gestational age is done mostly by measurements of fetal anatomical structures such as the head and femur. These measurement are also used in diagnosis and growth assessment. Manual measurements is operator dependent and hence subject to variability.
Keywords :
"Ultrasonic imaging","Image segmentation","Ultrasonic variables measurement","Biomedical imaging","Bones","Manuals","Length measurement"
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Electronic_ISBN :
1558-4615
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318325
