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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
This article describes a set of processing and analysis techniques for automated identification and quantification of the early diastolic notch (EDN), a feature of Doppler sonograms from the uterine arteries which has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation. Examples covering different sonogram types are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and reproducibility of the processing/analysis tools. Also, a receiver-operating characteristic-based evaluation of the EDN quantification and pulsatility indexes is presented, which examines the ability to predict hypertension and/or intrauterine growth retardation, using a set of uterine Doppler sonograms from 92 patients acquired at 18 weeks of gestation. In summary, the ROC results confirm the link between the EDN and abnormal pregnancy outcomes, and suggest that EDN quantification has a higher diagnostic accuracy than the pulsatility index, which characterises the flow waveform in a global manner and therefore does not take explicitly into account the localised nature of the EDN. Quantification of the EDN at 18 weeks of gestation appears to best predict the most severely abnormal pregnancy outcomes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-5629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1001-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Diastole, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Fetal Growth Retardation, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Forecasting, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Pre-Eclampsia, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Pregnancy Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Pulsatile Flow, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-ROC Curve, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Ultrasonography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Ultrasonography, Prenatal, pubmed-meshheading:8553494-Uterus
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Computer analysis of the early diastolic notch in Doppler sonograms of the uterine arteries.
pubmed:affiliation
Ultrasonics Laboratory, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't