Heart Position Estimation based on Bone Distribution toward Autonomous Robotic Fetal Ultrasonography
Yuuki Shida Ryosuke Tsumura Takabumi Watanabe Hiroyasu Iwata Yuuki Shida Ryosuke Tsumura Takabumi Watanabe Hiroyasu Iwata
Autonomous fetal ultrasonography with a robotic ultrasound (US) can potentially solve the issue of the shortage of ob-gyn physicians in prenatal care. In fetal cardiac diagnosis, acoustic shading derived from the fetal skeleton makes the scanning procedure using a robotic US cumbersome. We hypothesize that fetal bone distribution can be used for determining the fetal position and for subsequently ...