Automated 3D ultrasound measurement of the angle of progression in labor.

Elisa MontagutiNicola RizzoGianluigi PiluAly Youssef

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 (2017)

The assessment of the angle of progression through 3D ultrasound is highly reproducible. However, automated software leads to a systematic overestimation of AoP in comparison with the standard manual technique thus hindering its use in clinical practice in its present form.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
magnetic resonance imaging
deep learning
machine learning
high throughput
high resolution
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced ultrasound
data analysis
mass spectrometry