A new automatic algorithm to extract craniofacial measurements from fetal three-dimensional volumes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 642-647

  Tsai, P Y ^a   Chen, H C ^b   Huang, H H ^b   Chang, C H ^a   Fan, P S ^c   Huang, C I ^b   Cheng, Y C ^a   Chang, F M ^a   Sun, Y N ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D; automatic; craniofacial; model based segmentation; three dimensional; ultrasound; US

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; FACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861646046     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10104     Document Type: Article

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