Active contour-based segmentation of normal and fetal spina bifida ultrasound images

R Ajitha, N Punitha - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Fetal spina bifida is a neurological disorder which occurs due to improper closure of the
spinal column. Fetus identified with spina bifida suffers from various paralytic disorders …

Computer aided detection of spina bifida using nearest neighbor classification with curvature scale space features of fetal skulls extracted from ultrasound images

U Konur, FS Gürgen, F Varol, L Akarun - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the problem of detecting the common neural tube defect of spina
bifida by a computer aided detection (CAD) system. We propose a method which extracts …

Computerized detection of spina bifida using SVM with Zernike moments of fetal skulls in ultrasound screening

U Konur - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2018 - Elsevier
A computer aided detection scheme for the neural tube defect of spina bifida is proposed.
Features from Zernike moments of fetal skull regions viewed by ultrasound are utilized in …

A two-view ultrasound CAD system for spina bifida detection using Zernike features

U Konur, F Gürgen, F Varol - Medical Imaging 2011 …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In this work, we address a very specific CAD (Computer Aided Detection/Diagnosis) problem
and try to detect one of the relatively common birth defects-spina bifida, in the prenatal …

Segmentation of fetal skulls using ellipse fitting and active appearance models

U Konur, F Gürgen, F Varol - 2012 20th Signal Processing and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we use ultrasound (US) imaging modality frequently employed in prenatal
diagnosis and axial skull images used primarily in the examination of fetal neural tubes and …