title: Automated region mask for four-chamber fetal heart biometry.
abstract: This letter proposes an automated region mask for the detection of cardiac chambers from ultrasonic fetal heart biometry. The fetal biometry consists of two dimensional ultrasonic cine-loop sequences of apical four chamber view of fetal heart, which are comparatively The clinical motion information of individual frame is extracted by keeping a constant frame rate of 25 frames per second (fps). The region mask is designed based on the superimposition of motion information from a set of consecutive frames that belong to one cardiac cycle followed by connected component labelling. The borders and edges of all four chambers are thus recognized leading to formation of binary region mask. Experimental study based on second trimester cine-loop sequences confirms the suitability of the proposed technique for detection of heart chambers.
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authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
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authors.lastname: Sriraam
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authors.lastname: Suresh
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authors.lastname: Muttan
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001331:Automation; D001699:Biometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods