Automatic detection and estimation of biparietal diameter from fetal ultrasonography

Pavan Annangi; Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan; Jyotirmoy Banerjee; Madhumita Gupta; Uday Patil

doi:10.1117/12.878091

25 March 2011 Automatic detection and estimation of biparietal diameter from fetal ultrasonography

Pavan Annangi, Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Madhumita Gupta, Uday Patil

Proceedings Volume 7968, Medical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy; 79680I (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878091
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

Fetal bi-parietal diameter (BPD) is known to provide a reliable estimate of gestational age (GA) of a fetus in the first half of pregnancy. In this paper, we present an automated method to identify and measure BPD from B-mode ultrasound images of fetal head. The method (a) automatically detects and places a region-of-interest on the head based on a prior work in our group (b) utilizes the concept of phase congruency for edge detection and (c) employs a cost function to identify the third ventricle inside the head (d) measures the BPD along the perpendicular bisector of occipital frontal diameter (OFD) from the outer rim of the cranium closer to the transducer to the inner rim of the cranium away from the transducer. The cost function is premised on the distribution of anatomical shape, size and presentation of the third ventricle in images that adhere to clinical guidelines describing the scan plane for BPD measurement. The OFD is assumed to lie along the third ventricle. The algorithm has been tested on 137 images acquired from four different scanners. Based on GA estimates and their bounds specified in Standard Obstetric Tables, the GA predictions from automated measurements are found to be within ±2SD of GA estimates from manual measurements by the operator and a second expert radiologist in 98% of the cases. The method described in this paper can also be adapted to assess the accuracy of the scan plane based on the presence/absence of the third ventricle.

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Pavan Annangi, Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Madhumita Gupta, and Uday Patil "Automatic detection and estimation of biparietal diameter from fetal ultrasonography", Proc. SPIE 7968, Medical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy, 79680I (25 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878091

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