Semiautomated ultrasonographic measurement of fetal nuchal translucency using a computer software tool

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Bernardino, Fernando ^a   Cardoso, Rui ^a   Montenegro, Nuno ^b   Bernardes, João ^b   Marques De Sá, Joaquim ^a  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b Institute of Histology and Embryology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fetal nuchal translucency; Image analysis; Image thresholding; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FETAL MONITORING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FETAL NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY; IMAGE THRESHOLDING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE NUCA;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031974123     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00235-4     Document Type: Article

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