Medical Xpress March 27, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help sonographers identify any abnormalities at the 20-week pregnancy screening scan almost twice as quickly, without reducing the accuracy or reliability of diagnoses, a new study has shown.
This will help improve patient care by allowing sonographers to focus on other aspects of the scan, such as communicating with parents or spending more time looking at any areas of concern.
The trial is the first of its kind to use AI for the 20-week pregnancy scan on real patients, and is led by King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Results from the trial, published in NEJM AI, found that AI-assisted 20-week scans were significantly shorter than standard scans, reducing the scan...
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