Automatic fetal measurements for low-cost settings by using Local Phase Bone detection
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Amoah, Benjamin; Anto, Evelyn Arthur; Crimi, Alessandro
- Source
- 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. :161-164 Aug, 2015
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Ultrasonic imaging
Image segmentation
Ultrasonic variables measurement
Biomedical imaging
Bones
Manuals
Length measurement
- Language
- ISSN
- 1094-687X
1558-4615
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.