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K Somasundaram, Department of Computer Science and Applications, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram 624302, IndiaReceived: September 07, 2018; Published: September 21, 2018
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.09.001774
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Monitoring of fetal brain growth during the pregnancy period is essential to have a healthy fetus. Fetal brain volume is a biomarker to identify any deformity in the fetal brain. In this paper we propose a method to estimate the fetal brain volume by manually segmenting the MRI of human fetus.
Keywords: Fetal Brain; Fetal Brain Volume; Fetal MRI
Abbreviations: GW: Gestational Week; CNS: Central Nervous System; US: Ultrasound; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; TOP: Termination of Pregnancy; IUFD: In Utero Fetal Death: SSFSE: Single Shot Fast Spin Echo; FOV: Field of View; ST: Slice Thickness; ISG: Inter Slice Gap
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