Automated measurements of fetal head from ultrasound images

Valiollah Salari; I. Zador; Lawrence Chik; Robert J. Sokol

doi:10.1117/12.18907

1 July 1990 Automated measurements of fetal head from ultrasound images

Valiollah Salari, I. Zador, Lawrence Chik, Robert J. Sokol

Proceedings Volume 1233, Medical Imaging IV: Image Processing; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18907
Event: Medical Imaging '90, 1990, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Gestational age estimation from the measurements of the fetal head from the ultrasound images can be of great importance in management decisions during pregnancy. Biparietal diameter (BPD), occipital frontal diameter (OFD), and the head circumference (HC) are the most common parameters used for estimating the gestational age. Since the fetal head has an elliptical shape in the two dimensional image plane, extracting the ellipse and measuring the major axis (OFC), minor axis (BPD), and circumference (HC) are the task of image processing which will be discussed in this paper.

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Valiollah Salari, I. Zador, Lawrence Chik, and Robert J. Sokol "Automated measurements of fetal head from ultrasound images", Proc. SPIE 1233, Medical Imaging IV: Image Processing, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18907

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