Fully automated, real-time 3D ultrasound segmentation to estimate first trimester placental volume using deep learning

Looney, Pádraig; Stevenson, Gordon N.; Nicolaides, Kypros H.; Plasencia, Walter; Molloholli, Malid; Natsis, Stavros; Collins, Sally L.

doi:10.1172/jci.insight.120178

Fully automated, real-time 3D ultrasound segmentation to estimate first trimester placental volume using deep learning

We present a new technique to fully automate the segmentation of an organ from 3D ultrasound (3D-US) volumes, using the placenta as the target organ. Image analysis tools to estimate organ volume do exist but are too time consuming and operator dependant. Fully automating the segmentation process…