Methods and systems for estimating gestation age of a fetus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPavan Kumar Veerabhadra ANNANGI, Jyotirmoy BANERJEE, Dirk Ryan PADFIELD
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for estimating the gestational age of a fetus are provided. According to one embodiment, the method generates a component image from a segmented ultrasound image of a fetal head. The component image includes one or more edges. The method then identifies a third ventricle within the component image. The method estimates a length of a bi-parietal diameter, based at least in part on the orientation of the third ventricle. Thereafter, the method estimates the gestational age of the fetus.
Claims10
A method for estimating gestational age of a fetus, the method comprising:
- generating a component image from a segmented ultrasound image of a fetal head, wherein the component image comprises one or more edges;
- identifying a third ventricle within the component image;
- and
- estimating length of a Bi-Parietal Diameter based, at least in part, upon orientation of the third ventricle.
An ultrasound imaging system for estimating gestational age of a fetus, the ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- computer program code stored in a computer readable storage medium, coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the computer program code, when executed, is operative to cause the one or more processors to:
- generate a component image from a segmented ultrasound image of a fetal head, wherein the component image comprises one or more edges;
- identify a third ventricle within the component image;
- and
- estimate length of a Bi-Parietal Diameter based, at least in part, upon orientation of the third ventricle.
A computer program product comprising a non- transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions for estimating gestational age of a fetus, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
- generate a component image from a segmented ultrasound image of a fetal head, wherein the component image comprises one or more edges;
- identify a third ventricle within the component image;
- and
- estimate length of a Bi-Parietal Diameter based, at least in part., upon orientation of the third ventricle.
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