Towards engineering ultrasound image analysis solutions for resource constrained environments

Mohammad Maraci

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Obstetric ultrasound has proven an integral part of prenatal care for many applications including detecting pregnancy risk factors and fetal abnormalities. Although ultrasound imaging is widely used in developed countries, its availability in limited-resource settings has been dependent on device portability, associated costs, and trained healthcare workers. In recent years, as ultrasound equipment has become cheaper and portable its availability in limited-resource settings has expanded w...

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Maraci, M. (2016). Towards engineering ultrasound image analysis solutions for resource constrained environments [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

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Maraci, Mohammad. Towards Engineering Ultrasound Image Analysis Solutions for Resource Constrained Environments. University of Oxford, 2016.

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Maraci, Mohammad. 2016. “Towards Engineering Ultrasound Image Analysis Solutions for Resource Constrained Environments.” PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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