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Feasibility of image registration and fusion for evaluation of structure and perfusion of the entire second trimester placenta by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound.
- Source :
- Placenta; May2020, Vol. 94, p13-19, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Placental perfusion can be evaluated by 3D power Doppler ultrasound (3D PD-US), particularly using the validated tool 3D Fractional Moving Blood Volume (3D-FMBV); however regional variability and size limitations beyond the first trimester mean that multiple 3D PD-US volumes are required to evaluate the whole organ.<bold>Purpose: </bold>We assessed the feasibility of manual offline stitching of second trimester 3D PD-US volumes of the placenta to assess whole organ perfusion using 3D-FMBV.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>This was a single-centre, prospective, observational cohort study of 36 normal second trimester singleton pregnancies with anterior placentas. 3D PD-US placental volumes were manually segmented offline and stitched together by rigid registration using manually selected, pair-wise coordinates. Data acquisition and offline volume segmentation and stitching were triplicated by a single observer with Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and Hausdorff distance used to assess consistency. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to assess intra-observer repeatability of 3D-FMBV and placental volume.<bold>Results: </bold>Acquisition and stitching success were 94% and 88%, respectively. Median time for acquisition, segmentation and stitching were 13 min, 40 min and 95 min, respectively. Median intra-observer DSCs were 0.94 and 0.88, and Hausdorff distances were 11.85 mm and 36.6 mm, for segmentations and stitching, respectively.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>3D-ultrasound volume stitching of the placenta is technically feasible. Intra-observer repeatability was good to excellent for all measured parameters. This work demonstrates technical feasibility; further studies may provide the basis of an in-vivo assessment tool to measure the placenta in mid-to late pregnancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01434004
- Volume :
- 94
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Placenta
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143192753
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2020.03.005