Ultrasound video analysis for understanding infant breastfeeding

While it has been widely proved that breastfeeding is the healthiest feeding option for a baby and its mother, the mechanisms by which a baby removes milk from the breast are still not completely known. Partly this is due to the lack of tools to analyze images of the infant oral cavity during feedin...

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Main Authors: Monaci, G., Woolridge, M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cavity resonators
Dairy products
Educational institutions
Image processing
Image sequence analysis
Pediatrics
Tongue
Ultrasonic image processing
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:While it has been widely proved that breastfeeding is the healthiest feeding option for a baby and its mother, the mechanisms by which a baby removes milk from the breast are still not completely known. Partly this is due to the lack of tools to analyze images of the infant oral cavity during feeding automatically and quantitatively. In this paper we propose two methods for analyzing ultrasound videos to automatically detect relevant events such sucking and swallowing of milk and to discriminate different types of tongue action during milk removal. The proposed algorithms provide, for the first time, quantitative indications of the type of activities carried out during breastfeeding by the baby, promising unprecedented advancements in the field.
ISSN:1522-4880
2381-8549
DOI:10.1109/ICIP.2011.6115802