Automatic Fetal Head Circumference Measurement in Ultrasound Using Random Forest and Fast Ellipse Fitting

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
Jing LiDong Ni

Abstract

Head circumference (HC) is one of the most important biometrics in assessing fetal growth during prenatal ultrasound examinations. However, the manual measurement of this biometric by doctors often requires substantial experience. We developed a learning-based framework that used prior knowledge and employed a fast ellipse fitting method (ElliFit) to measure HC automatically. We first integrated the prior knowledge about the gestational age and ultrasound scanning depth into a random forest classifier to localize the fetal head. We further used phase symmetry to detect the center line of the fetal skull and employed ElliFit to fit the HC ellipse for measurement. The experimental results from 145 HC images showed that our method had an average measurement error of 1.7 mm and outperformed traditional methods. The experimental results demonstrated that our method shows great promise for applications in clinical practice.

Citations

May 16, 2019·Physiological Measurement·Hwa Pyung KimJin Keun Seo
Oct 27, 2020·Ultrasonography·Jacques S Abramowicz
Oct 14, 2020·Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine·Maria Chiara FiorentinoEmanuele Frontoni
Sep 17, 2019·Medical Image Analysis·Zehui LinBaiying Lei
Jan 8, 2020·Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy·Patricia Garcia-CanadillaBart Bijnens

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