Automatic measurement of fetal Nuchal translucency from three-dimensional ultrasound data

Author(s):  
Siqing Nie ◽  
Jinhua Yu ◽  
Ping Chen ◽  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Yi Guo ◽  
...  
10.1002/pd.67 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 390-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Hull ◽  
Gina James ◽  
Dolores H. Pretorius

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgur Ozyuncu ◽  
Mert Turgal ◽  
Aslihan Yazicioglu

AbstractDiastrophic dysplasia is a rare genetic disorder characterized by short limbs and deformities of several joints occurring in conjunction with xyphoscoliosis, distinctive abduction of the first metacarpals (hitchhiker thumbs). A 28-year-old pregnant patient was referred due to detection of increased nuchal translucency at the first-trimester scan. We describe a case of diastrophic dysplasia diagnosed by two- and three-dimensional ultrasound and termination of pregnancy at 13 weeks of gestation. This case is the first report in the literature in which 3D ultrasound was used in diagnosis of diastrophic dysplasia as early as the 13th week of pregnancy. We think that prenatal diagnosis of diastrophic dysplasia can be possible even at first trimester.


2013 ◽  
Vol 208 (1) ◽  
pp. S156
Author(s):  
Adeeb Khalifeh ◽  
Fergal Malone ◽  
Antonella Lavelanet ◽  
Dimitri Chamchad ◽  
Andrew Gerson

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Y. Cho ◽  
J.-Y. Kwon ◽  
Y. H. Kim ◽  
K. H. Lee ◽  
J. Kim ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Clementschitsch ◽  
G. Hasenöhrl ◽  
H. Schaffer ◽  
H. Steiner

Lymphology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Paladini ◽  
G Donarini ◽  
A Conti ◽  
L Costanza De Angelis ◽  
MH Witte ◽  
...  

The aim of this study is to assess whether early cervical lymphatic obstruction is associated with a sonographically detectable dilatation of the ventricular system in the 1st trimester of pregnancy. In particular, the objective is to assess whether fetuses with non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF), cystic hygroma, or enlarged nuchal translucency (NT) have a greater atrial width/biparietal diameter (AW/BPD) ratio than normal at time of the combined first trimester screening scan. This retrospective study included 96 first trimester fetuses (33 normal and 63 with various degree of cervical lymphatic engorgement). Inclusion criteria were CRL in the 45-84 mm range and availability of one or more three-dimensional volume datasets of the fetal head, acquired from the BPD plane. Each three-dimensional volume dataset was opened and multiplanar correlation employed to align the three orthogonal planes. The ratio between the atrial width and the BPD (AW/BPD ratio) was used to evaluate the possible presence of increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid. Abnormal cases were placed into 4 categories: 1)enlarged non-septated NT 2.5-3.9 mm, no hydrops; 2) grossly enlarged non-septated NT/ edema >3.9 mm; 3) cystic hygroma and/or NIHF; 4) major anomalies with NT <2.5 mm. Presence of dilatation of the latero-cervical jugular lymphatic sacs, karyotype and presence of congenital anomalies were also recorded. The One-way ANOVA test was used to compare means. Intra- and inter-observer variability were also assessed. The AW/BPD ratio was found to be significantly higher in fetuses with grossly enlarged NT/nuchal edema and NIHF/septated cystic hygroma than in normal (p <0.05 and p <0.01, respectively). Also, the AW/BPD ratio was significantly higher in NIHF/septated cystic hygroma than in enlarged NT 2.5-3.9 mm (p <0.05). In case of enlarged NT (2.5-3.9 mm), the AW/BPD ratio is significantly higher in presence of JLS (p <0.01). At the end of the first trimester, presence of cervical lymphatic engorgement, in terms of grossly enlarged NT, nuchaledema, septated cystic hygroma, and NIHF, is statistically associated with a moderate dilatation of the ventricular system. Of note, among fetuses with moderately enlarged NT, those with evidence of dilatation of the JLS show a statistically significant increase in the AW/BPD ratio.


Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 5046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lvwen Huang ◽  
Han Guo ◽  
Qinqin Rao ◽  
Zixia Hou ◽  
Shuqin Li ◽  
...  

For the time-consuming and stressful body measuring task of Qinchuan cattle and farmers, the demand for the automatic measurement of body dimensions has become more and more urgent. It is necessary to explore automatic measurements with deep learning to improve breeding efficiency and promote the development of industry. In this paper, a novel approach to measuring the body dimensions of live Qinchuan cattle with on transfer learning is proposed. Deep learning of the Kd-network was trained with classical three-dimensional (3D) point cloud datasets (PCD) of the ShapeNet datasets. After a series of processes of PCD sensed by the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor, the cattle silhouettes could be extracted, which after augmentation could be applied as an input layer to the Kd-network. With the output of a convolutional layer of the trained deep model, the output layer of the deep model could be applied to pre-train the full connection network. The TrAdaBoost algorithm was employed to transfer the pre-trained convolutional layer and full connection of the deep model. To classify and recognize the PCD of the cattle silhouette, the average accuracy rate after training with transfer learning could reach up to 93.6%. On the basis of silhouette extraction, the candidate region of the feature surface shape could be extracted with mean curvature and Gaussian curvature. After the computation of the FPFH (fast point feature histogram) of the surface shape, the center of the feature surface could be recognized and the body dimensions of the cattle could finally be calculated. The experimental results showed that the comprehensive error of body dimensions was close to 2%, which could provide a feasible approach to the non-contact observations of the bodies of large physique livestock without any human intervention.


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