Differentiating Operator Skill During Routine Fetal Ultrasound Scanning Using Probe Motion Tracking

Yipei Wang*, Richard Droste, Jianbo Jiao, Harshita Sharma, Lior Drukker, Aris T. Papageorghiou, J. Alison Noble

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider differentiating operator skill during fetal ultrasound scanning using probe motion tracking. We present a novel convolutional neural network-based deep learning framework to model ultrasound probe motion in order to classify operator skill levels, that is invariant to operators’ personal scanning styles. In this study, probe motion data during routine second-trimester fetal ultrasound scanning was acquired by operators of known experience levels (2 newly-qualified operators and 10 expert operators). The results demonstrate that the proposed model can successfully learn underlying probe motion features that distinguish operator skill levels during routine fetal ultrasound with 95% accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Ultrasound, and Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis - 1st International Workshop, ASMUS 2020, and 5th International Workshop, PIPPI 2020, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2020, Proceedings
EditorsYipeng Hu, Roxane Licandro, J. Alison Noble, Jana Hutter, Andrew Melbourne, Stephen Aylward, Esra Abaci Turk, Jordina Torrents Barrena, Jordina Torrents Barrena
PublisherSpringer
Pages180-188
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030603335
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event1st International Workshop on Advances in Simplifying Medical UltraSound, ASMUS 2020, and the 5th International Workshop on Perinatal, Preterm and Paediatric Image Analysis, PIPPI 2020, held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020 - Lima, Peru
Duration: 4 Oct 20208 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12437 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Advances in Simplifying Medical UltraSound, ASMUS 2020, and the 5th International Workshop on Perinatal, Preterm and Paediatric Image Analysis, PIPPI 2020, held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020
Country/TerritoryPeru
CityLima
Period4/10/208/10/20

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgement. We acknowledge the ERC (ERC-ADG-2015 694581, project PULSE), EPSRC (EP/M013774/1, Project Seebibyte), and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Fetal ultrasound
  • Operator skill
  • Probe motion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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