News-Medical.Net November 11, 2024
A new AI-based software has been developed that can be integrated with an ultrasound device to ‘guide’ childbirth by providing precise, real-time information on the baby’s head position. It can clearly indicate to operators-;using a traffic light system-;whether to proceed with a natural descent in the birth canal, whether to use a vacuum extractor, or even if an emergency cesarean is needed.
This tool, which could be available in delivery rooms starting in 2028, was developed and validated as part of a study published in The European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and coordinated by Professor Tullio Ghi, who is now full professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Catholic University of Rome and Director of the...
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