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Automatic Evaluation of Progression Angle and Fetal Head Station through Intrapartum Echographic Monitoring
Joint Authors
Soloperto, Giulia
Perrone, Emanuele
Casciaro, Sergio
Perrone, Antonio
Casciaro, Ernesto
Di Renzo, Gian Carlo
Conversano, Francesco
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Labor progression is routinely assessed through transvaginal digital inspections, meaning that the clinical decisions taken during the most delicate phase of pregnancy are subjective and scarcely supported by technological devices.
In response to such inadequacies, we combined intrapartum echographic acquisitions with advanced tracking algorithms in a new method for noninvasive, quantitative, and automatic monitoring of labor.
Aim of this work is the preliminary clinical validation and accuracy evaluation of our automatic algorithm in assessing progression angle (PA) and fetal head station (FHS).
A cohort of 10 parturients underwent conventional labor management, with additional translabial echographic examinations after each uterine contraction.
PA and FHS were evaluated by our automatic algorithm on the acquired images.
Additionally, an experienced clinical sonographer, blinded regarding the algorithm results, quantified on the same acquisitions of the two parameters through manual contouring, which were considered as the standard reference in the evaluation of automatic algorithm and routine method accuracies.
The automatic algorithm (mean error ± 2SD) provided a global accuracy of 0.9±4.0 mm for FHS and 4° ± 9° for PA, which is far above the diagnostic ability shown by the routine method, and therefore it resulted in a reliable method for earlier identification of abnormal labor patterns in support of clinical decisions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Casciaro, Sergio& Conversano, Francesco& Casciaro, Ernesto& Soloperto, Giulia& Perrone, Emanuele& Di Renzo, Gian Carlo…[et al.]. 2013. Automatic Evaluation of Progression Angle and Fetal Head Station through Intrapartum Echographic Monitoring. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459788
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Casciaro, Sergio…[et al.]. Automatic Evaluation of Progression Angle and Fetal Head Station through Intrapartum Echographic Monitoring. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Casciaro, Sergio& Conversano, Francesco& Casciaro, Ernesto& Soloperto, Giulia& Perrone, Emanuele& Di Renzo, Gian Carlo…[et al.]. Automatic Evaluation of Progression Angle and Fetal Head Station through Intrapartum Echographic Monitoring. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459788
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-459788