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Evaluation of ImageJ software in ultrasonic image analysis: Follicular and luteal morphological characteristics of cattle

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 236; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106907

1873-2232

Lindomar Sousa Brito, Ana Karina da Silva Cavalcante, Alexandra Soares Rodrigues, Priscila Assis Ferraz, Rodrigo Freitas Bittencourt, Luiz Di Paolo Maggitti, Isabela Costa Vasconcelos, Bia S.S. Carôso, Maicon Pereira Lents, Marcus Vinícius Galvão Loiola, Mónica Madrigal‐Valverde, Morgana Cardoso Brasileiro Borges Bastos, Osvaldo Santos de Brito, Antônio de Lisboa Ribeiro Filho,

Reproductive Biology and Fertility

This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two methodologies in evaluating B- and Doppler-mode ultrasonic images: analysis using ultrasonic software and utilizing a computer with ImageJ software. To determine if ImageJ software utilization is an efficacious alternative to ultrasonic software device- analysis, there were comparisons of values when using the two methods for morphological and vascular characteristics of follicular dynamics and luteal function in 18 crossbred cattle. From day 8 of an ovarian dynamics synchronization treatment regimen period until the time of ovulation (Day 10), B-mode and power-flow ultrasonic cineloops were obtained every 12 h to assess follicular diameter, wall area, and wall blood perfusion area. On Day 14 after ovulation, US cineloops of ovaries were obtained in B mode and power flow to evaluate various morphological and vascular characteristics of the corpus luteum (CL), including luteal diameter, luteal area, and CL blood perfusion area. Cineloops were evaluated and analyzed using ultrasonic software, and in a computer with ImageJ software. To evaluate consistency in results between the two methods, there was evaluation utilizing paired t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Bland-Altman plot, and Linear Regression Test procedures to calculate proportion of bias between values for measurements of variables evaluated. Results indicated none of the values for variables before and after ovulation differed (P > 0.05). It, therefore, was concluded that utilization of ImageJ software is an efficacious biomedical technique to analyze ultrasonic images of morphological and vascular characteristics before and after ovulation in cattle.