A prospective blinded comparison of second trimester fetal measurements by expert and novice readers using low-cost novice-acquired 3D volumetric ultrasound.

Julia Rose SalinaroPatricia J McNallyJoão Ricardo Nickening VissociSarah C EllestadBrian NelsonJoshua Seth Broder

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2019)

Expert and novice interpretations of novice-acquired 3DUS volumes of second trimester fetuses provided reliable biometric measures compared with expert interpretation of expert-acquired 2DUS images. 3DUS volume acquisition with a low-cost system may reduce operator dependence of ultrasound.

Keyphrases

low cost
clinical practice
magnetic resonance imaging
gestational age
preterm birth
deep learning
randomized controlled trial
pregnancy outcomes
convolutional neural network
ultrasound guided
study protocol
pregnant women
optical coherence tomography