Article
Cervical attenuation as a measure of preterm delivery: Impact of different region of interest sizes
2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
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Article
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Conference
36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Link to Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943572
Publication Date
1-1-2014
DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943572
Conference Date
August 26-30, 2014
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(41.8781136, -87.62979819999998)
Abstract
One to five transvaginal ultrasound scans were taken of 63 women to estimate the microstructural changes in cervix using ultrasonic attenuation. Spectral log difference algorithm showed a clear decrease in attenuation as the time to delivery comes closer. The decrease in attenuation occurs earlier in preterm birth compared to full term birth which can be used as a predictor for preterm birth. Attenuation estimate did not improve as the ROI size increased.
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IEEE
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2014
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en
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Citation Information
Viksit Kumar, Timothy Bigelow and Barbara McFarlin. "Cervical attenuation as a measure of preterm delivery: Impact of different region of interest sizes" Chicago, IL2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (2014) p. 234 - 237 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy_bigelow/26/
This is a manuscript of the proceeding published as Kumar, Viksit, Timothy Bigelow, and Barbara McFarlin. "Cervical attenuation as a measure of preterm delivery: Impact of different region of interest sizes." In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 234-237. IEEE, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943572. Posted with permission.