Determining Fetal Orientations From Blind Sweep Ultrasound Video

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.06836v1
• Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:51:15 GMT
• Title: Determining Fetal Orientations From Blind Sweep Ultrasound Video
• Authors: Jakub Maciej Wiśniewski, Anders Nymark Christensen, Mary Le Ngo, Martin Grønnebæk Tolsgaard, Chun Kit Wong,
• Abstract summary: The work distinguishes itself by introducing automated fetal lie prediction and by proposing an assistive paradigm that augments sonographer expertise rather than replacing it.<n>Future research will focus on enhancing acquisition efficiency, and exploring real-time clinical integration to improve workflow and support for obstetric clinicians.
• Score: 1.3456699275044242
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Cognitive demands of fetal ultrasound examinations pose unique challenges among clinicians. With the goal of providing an assistive tool, we developed an automated pipeline for predicting fetal orientation from ultrasound videos acquired following a simple blind sweep protocol. Leveraging on a pre-trained head detection and segmentation model, this is achieved by first determining the fetal presentation (cephalic or breech) with a template matching approach, followed by the fetal lie (facing left or right) by analyzing the spatial distribution of segmented brain anatomies. Evaluation on a dataset of third-trimester ultrasound scans demonstrated the promising accuracy of our pipeline. This work distinguishes itself by introducing automated fetal lie prediction and by proposing an assistive paradigm that augments sonographer expertise rather than replacing it. Future research will focus on enhancing acquisition efficiency, and exploring real-time clinical integration to improve workflow and support for obstetric clinicians.

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