A novel algorithm for computer-assisted measurement of cervical length from transvaginal ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-342

  Wu, Min ^a   Fraser II, Robert F ^b   Chen, Chang Wen ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b St John's Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATTERN MATCHING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

CERVICAL LENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED MEASUREMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED LOCATION; PARAMETER CONTROL FUNCTION; REGION BASED SEGMENTATION; TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 4644319155     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2004.832548     Document Type: Article

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