Registration-Based Segmentation of Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Images for Quantitative Measurement of Fetal Craniofacial Structure

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 811-823

  Chen, Hsin Chen ^a   Tsai, Pei Yin ^b   Huang, Hsiao Han ^a   Shih, Hui Hsuan ^a   Wang, Yi Ying ^c   Chang, Chiung Hsin ^b   Sun, Yung Nien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 d ultrasound; Fetal craniofacial structure; Quantitative measurement; Registration based segmentation; Snake deformation

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; CRANIOFACIAL; CRITICAL STEPS; EYE DETECTION; FEATURE BASED REGISTRATION; FETAL HEAD; FUZZY BOUNDARY; GABOR FEATURE; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ULTRASOUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND VOLUME;

DEFORMATION; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BILATERAL ORBITAL DIAMETER; BILATERAL PARIETAL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EYE EXAMINATION; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS CRANIOFACIAL STRUCTURE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTER ORBITAL DIAMETER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCIPITAL FRONTAL DIAMETER; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84862792716     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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